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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF AUGUST 9, 1999
AMONG
RAYOVAC CORPORATION,
VARIOUS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
AND
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
ARRANGED BY
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Defined Terms.........................................................................1
1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions................................................................26
1.3 Accounting Principles........................................................................27
1.4 Reallocation of Loans and Commitments........................................................27
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
2.1 Amounts and Terms of Commitments.............................................................28
2.2 Loan Accounts................................................................................28
2.3 Procedure for Borrowing......................................................................29
2.4 Conversion and Continuation Elections........................................................30
2.5 Swingline Loans..............................................................................31
2.6 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments............................................33
2.7 Optional Prepayments.........................................................................34
2.8 Mandatory Prepayments of Loans...............................................................35
2.9 Repayment....................................................................................36
2.10 Interest.....................................................................................36
2.11 Fees.........................................................................................37
2.12 Computation of Fees and Interest.............................................................37
2.13 Payments by the Company......................................................................38
2.14 Payments by the Lenders to the Administrative Agent..........................................38
2.15 Sharing of Payments, Etc.....................................................................39
ARTICLE III
THE LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.1 The Letter of Credit Subfacility; Existing Letters of Credit.................................40
3.2 Issuance, Amendment and Renewal of Letters of Credit.........................................41
3.3 Risk Participations, Drawings and Reimbursements.............................................43
3.4 Repayment of Participations..................................................................44
3.5 Role of the Issuing Lender...................................................................45
3.6 Obligations Absolute.........................................................................46
3.7 Cash Collateral Pledge.......................................................................47
3.8 Letter of Credit Fees........................................................................47
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3.9 Uniform Customs and Practice.................................................................47
3.10 Non-Dollar Letters of Credit.................................................................48
ARTICLE IV
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
4.1 Taxes........................................................................................49
4.2 Illegality...................................................................................51
4.3 Increased Costs and Reduction of Return......................................................52
4.4 Funding Losses...............................................................................52
4.5 Inability to Determine Rates.................................................................53
4.6 Certificates of Lenders......................................................................53
4.7 Substitution of Lenders......................................................................53
4.8 Survival.....................................................................................54
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1 Conditions of Effectiveness..................................................................54
5.2 Conditions to All Credit Extensions..........................................................57
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
6.1 Corporate Existence and Power................................................................58
6.2 Corporate Authorization; No Contravention....................................................58
6.3 Governmental Authorization...................................................................59
6.4 Binding Effect...............................................................................59
6.5 Litigation...................................................................................59
6.6 No Default...................................................................................59
6.7 ERISA Compliance.............................................................................59
6.8 Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations..........................................................60
6.9 Title to Properties..........................................................................60
6.10 Taxes........................................................................................60
6.11 Financial Condition..........................................................................61
6.12 Regulated Entities...........................................................................61
6.13 No Burdensome Restrictions...................................................................61
6.14 Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks and Licenses, etc............................................61
6.15 Subsidiaries.................................................................................62
6.16 Insurance....................................................................................62
6.17 Solvency, etc................................................................................62
6.18 Real Property................................................................................62
6.19 Swap Obligations.............................................................................62
6.20 Senior Indebtedness..........................................................................63
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6.21 Environmental Warranties.....................................................................63
6.22 Full Disclosure..............................................................................64
6.23 Financial Statements.........................................................................64
6.24 Year 2000 Problem............................................................................65
6.25 Overseas Acquisition.........................................................................65
ARTICLE VII
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
7.1 Financial Statements.........................................................................66
7.2 Certificates; Other Information..............................................................67
7.3 Notices......................................................................................67
7.4 Preservation of Corporate Existence, etc.....................................................68
7.5 Maintenance of Property......................................................................69
7.6 Insurance....................................................................................69
7.7 Payment of Obligations.......................................................................69
7.8 Compliance with Laws.........................................................................70
7.9 Compliance with ERISA........................................................................70
7.10 Inspection of Property and Books and Records.................................................70
7.11 Environmental Covenant.......................................................................70
7.12 Use of Proceeds..............................................................................71
7.13 Further Assurances...........................................................................71
7.14 Swap Contract................................................................................72
ARTICLE VIII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
8.1 Limitation on Liens..........................................................................72
8.2 Disposition of Assets........................................................................74
8.3 Consolidations and Mergers...................................................................75
8.4 Loans and Investments........................................................................75
8.5 Limitation on Indebtedness...................................................................77
8.6 Transactions with Affiliates.................................................................78
8.7 Use of Proceeds..............................................................................78
8.8 Contingent Obligations.......................................................................78
8.9 Joint Ventures...............................................................................79
8.10 Lease Obligations............................................................................79
8.11 Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio..............................................................80
8.12 Maximum Leverage Ratio.......................................................................80
8.13 Restricted Payments..........................................................................80
8.14 ERISA........................................................................................81
8.15 Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions...............................................81
8.16 Capital Expenditures.........................................................................81
8.17 Inconsistent Agreements......................................................................82
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8.18 Change in Business...........................................................................82
8.19 Amendments to Certain Documents..............................................................82
8.20 Limitation on Issuance of Guaranty Obligations...............................................82
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
9.1 Event of Default.............................................................................83
9.2 Remedies.....................................................................................85
9.3 Rights Not Exclusive.........................................................................86
ARTICLE X
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.1 Appointment and Authorization................................................................86
10.2 Delegation of Duties.........................................................................87
10.3 Liability of Administrative Agent............................................................87
10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent.............................................................87
10.5 Notice of Default............................................................................88
10.6 Credit Decision..............................................................................88
10.7 Indemnification..............................................................................89
10.8 Administrative Agent in Individual Capacity..................................................89
10.9 Successor Administrative Agent...............................................................89
10.10 Withholding Tax..............................................................................90
10.11 Collateral Matters...........................................................................92
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Amendments and Waivers.......................................................................93
11.2 Notices......................................................................................94
11.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies...............................................................94
11.4 Costs and Expenses...........................................................................95
11.5 Company Indemnification......................................................................95
11.6 Payments Set Aside...........................................................................96
11.7 Successors and Assigns.......................................................................96
11.8 Assignments, Participations, etc.............................................................96
11.9 Confidentiality..............................................................................98
11.10 Set-off......................................................................................98
11.11 Automatic Debits of Fees.....................................................................99
11.12 Notification of Addresses, Lending Offices, etc..............................................99
11.13 Counterparts.................................................................................99
11.14 Severability.................................................................................99
11.15 No Third Parties Benefited...................................................................99
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11.16 Governing Law and Jurisdiction...............................................................99
11.17 Waiver of Jury Trial........................................................................100
11.18 Entire Agreement............................................................................100
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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1.1 Pricing Schedule
Schedule 2.1 Commitments and Percentages
Schedule 3.1 Existing Letters of Credit
Schedule 5.1(h) Real Property to be Mortgaged
Schedule 6.5 Litigation
Schedule 6.11 Permitted Liabilities
Schedule 6.15 Subsidiaries and Minority Interests
Schedule 6.16 Insurance Matters
Schedule 6.18 Real Property
Schedule 6.21 Environmental Matters
Schedule 8.1 Liens
Schedule 8.4 Permitted Investments
Schedule 8.8 Contingent Obligations
Schedule 11.2 Lending Offices; Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of Notice of Borrowing
Exhibit B Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
Exhibit C Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Promissory Note
Exhibit E Copy of Security Agreement
Exhibit F Copy of Guaranty
Exhibit G Copy of Company Pledge Agreement
Exhibit H-1 Copy of Subsidiary Pledge Agreement (U.K.)
Exhibit H-2 Copy of Subsidiary Pledge Agreement (Canada)
Exhibit H-3 Copy of Subsidiary Pledge Agreement (Hong Kong)
Exhibit H-4 Copy of Subsidiary Pledge Agreement (Netherlands)
Exhibit H-5 Form of Subsidiary Pledge Agreement (Cayman Islands)
Exhibit I Form of Confirmation
Exhibit J Form of Opinion of Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx
Exhibit K Form of Opinion of Special Counsel to the Administrative
Agent
Exhibit L Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit M Form of Lender Certificate
Exhibit N Form of Mortgage Amendment
Exhibit O Form of Blocked Account Agreement
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of
August 9, 1999 is among RAYOVAC CORPORATION (the "COMPANY"), various financial
institutions, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent for the
Lenders.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of December 30, 1997 (the "EXISTING AGREEMENT"), the Company obtained
commitments for up to $90,000,000 in revolving loans and letters of credit and
commitments for up to $70,000,000 in acquisition loans;
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed to amend and restate the
Existing Agreement so as to, among other things, (a) add a $75,000,000 term loan
facility, (b) increase the amount of the revolving credit facility to
$250,000,000, (c) amend the pricing, certain covenants and various other
provisions of the Existing Agreement and (d) revise in certain respects the
composition of the lender group; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend that this Agreement and the
documents executed in connection herewith not effect a novation of the
obligations of the Company under the Existing Agreement, but merely a
restatement and, where applicable, an amendment of the terms governing such
obligations;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements
contained herein, the Existing Agreement is restated in its entirety, and the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS. The following terms have the following
meanings:
ACQUISITION means any transaction or series of related
transactions for the purpose of, or resulting directly or indirectly
in, (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of a
Person, or of any business or division of a Person, (b) the
acquisition of in excess of 50% of the capital stock, partnership
interests, membership interests or equity of any Person, or otherwise
causing any Person to become a Subsidiary or (c) a merger or
consolidation or any other combination with another Person (other than
a Person that is a Subsidiary) provided that the Company or a
Subsidiary is the surviving entity.
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT means Bank of America in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and any successor
administrative agent arising under SECTION 10.9.
AFFILIATE means, as to any Person, any other Person which,
directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is
under common control with, such Person. A Person shall be deemed to
control another Person if the controlling Person possesses, directly
or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such other Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities or membership interests, by contract,
or otherwise. Without limiting the foregoing, any Person which is an
officer, director or shareholder of the Company, or a member of the
immediate family of any such officer, director or shareholder, shall
be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company.
AGENT-RELATED PERSONS means Bank of America and any successor
administrative agent arising under SECTION 10.9, together with its
Affiliates (including the Arranger), and the officers, directors,
employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and
Affiliates.
AGENT'S PAYMENT OFFICE means the address for payments set forth
on SCHEDULE 11.2 in relation to the Administrative Agent, or such
other address as the Administrative Agent may from time to time
specify.
AGREEMENT means this Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement.
AGREEMENT CURRENCY - see SUBSECTION 3.10(G).
ARRANGER means Banc of America Securities LLC
ASSIGNEE - see SUBSECTION 11.8(A).
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE - see SUBSECTION 11.8(A).
ATTORNEY COSTS means and includes all reasonable and documented
fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and,
without duplication of effort, the allocated cost of internal legal
services and all disbursements of internal counsel.
BANK OF AMERICA means Bank of America, N.A., a national banking
association.
BANKRUPTCY CODE means the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978
(11 U.S.C. Section 101, ET SEQ.).
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BASE RATE means, for any day, the higher of: (a) 0.50% per annum
above the latest Federal Funds Rate; and (b) the rate of interest in
effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of
America in San Francisco as its "reference rate." (The "reference
rate" is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors
including Bank of America's costs and desired return, general economic
conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for
pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such
announced rate.) Any change in the reference rate announced by Bank of
America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day
specified in the public announcement of such change.
BASE RATE LOAN means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base
Rate.
BASE RATE MARGIN means at any time the rate per annum determined
pursuant to SCHEDULE 1.1.
BLOCKED ACCOUNT BANK means a bank which has executed and
delivered to the Administrative Agent a blocked account agreement
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT O or otherwise in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
BORROWING means a borrowing hereunder consisting of (a) Revolving
Loans or Term Loans of the same Type made to the Company on the same
day by the Lenders and, in the case of Offshore Rate Loans, having the
same Interest Period, or (b) a Swingline Loan made to the Company by
the Swingline Lender, in each case pursuant to ARTICLE II.
BORROWING DATE means any date on which a Borrowing occurs under
SECTION 2.3.
BUSINESS DAY means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other
day on which commercial banks in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco
or Charlotte are authorized or required by law to close and, if the
applicable Business Day relates to any Offshore Rate Loan, means such
a day on which dealings are carried on in the applicable offshore
Dollar interbank market.
CANADIAN SHARE PLEDGE AGREEMENT means the Share Pledge Agreement
dated as of November 11, 1996 between ROV Holding and the
Administrative Agent, a copy of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT
H-2.
CAPITAL ADEQUACY REGULATION means any guideline, request or
directive of any central bank or other Governmental Authority, or any
other law, rule or regulation, whether or not having the force of law,
in each case regarding capital adequacy of any bank or of any Person
controlling a bank.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES means all expenditures which, in accordance
with GAAP, would be required to be capitalized and shown on the
consolidated balance sheet of the
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Company, but excluding expenditures made in connection with the
replacement, substitution or restoration of assets to the extent
financed (i) from insurance proceeds (or other similar recoveries)
paid on account of the loss of or damage to the assets being replaced
or restored or (ii) with awards of compensation arising from the
taking by eminent domain or condemnation of the assets being replaced.
CASH COLLATERALIZE means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to
the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, as additional collateral for the
L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to
documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and the Issuing Lender (which documents are hereby consented to
by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term shall have corresponding
meanings. The Company hereby grants the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the
Lenders, a security interest in all such cash and deposit account
balances. Cash collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest
bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America.
CASH EQUIVALENT INVESTMENTS shall mean (i) securities issued
or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of
America or guaranteed by a government that is a member of the OECD
("OECD COUNTRY") or any agency or instrumentality thereof (PROVIDED
that the full faith and credit of the United States of America or such
OECD Country, as applicable, is pledged in support thereof) having
maturities of not more than three years from the date of acquisition,
(ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any State of the United
States of America or any local government or other political
subdivision thereof rated (at the time of acquisition of such security)
at least AA by Standard & Poor's Ratings Service, a division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. ("S&P") or at least Aa or the equivalent
thereof by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc. ("MOODY'S") having
maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition,
(iii) time deposits, certificates of deposit and bankers' acceptances
of (x) any Lender, (y) any commercial bank that is a member of the
Federal Reserve System or an applicable central bank of an OECD Country
having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000 or (z) any bank
whose short-term commercial paper rating (at the time of acquisition of
such security) by S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof (any
such bank, an "APPROVED BANK"), in each case with maturities of not
more than six months from the date of acquisition, (iv) commercial
paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Lender or Approved
Bank or by the parent company of any Lender or Approved Bank and
commercial paper and variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by,
any industrial or financial company with a short-term commercial paper
rating (at the time of acquisition of such security) of at least A-1 or
the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof
by Moody's, or guaranteed by any industrial company with a long-term
unsecured debt rating (at the time of acquisition of such security) of
at least AA or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least Aa or the
equivalent thereof by Moody's and in each case maturing within one year
after the date of acquisition and (v) repurchase agreements with any
Lender or any primary dealer maturing within one year from the
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date of acquisition that are fully collateralized by investment
instruments that would otherwise be Cash Equivalent Investments;
PROVIDED that the terms of such repurchase agreements comply with the
guidelines set forth in the Federal Financial Institutions Examination
Council Supervisory Policy -- Repurchase Agreements of Depository
Institutions With Securities Dealers and Others, as adopted by the
Comptroller of the Currency on October 31, 1985.
CERCLA means the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980.
CHANGE OF CONTROL means the occurrence of any of the following
events: (i) a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company shall
not be Continuing Directors; (ii) any Person or group of Persons
(within the meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act, but
excluding Xxxxxx X. Xxx Company and its Affiliates) shall acquire
beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated
under the Exchange Act) of 25% or more of the outstanding shares of
Voting Stock of the Company; or (iii) while any Senior Subordinated
Notes are outstanding, any "Change of Control" as defined in the
Senior Subordinated Note Indenture.
CODE means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
COLLATERAL DOCUMENT means the Security Agreement, each Pledge
Agreement, each Mortgage and any other document pursuant to which
collateral securing the liabilities of the Company or any Guarantor
under any Loan Document is granted or pledged to the Administrative
Agent for the benefit of itself, the Lenders and the Qualified Foreign
Lenders.
COMMERCIAL LETTER OF CREDIT means any Letter of Credit which is
drawable upon presentation of a sight draft and other documents
evidencing the sale or shipment of goods purchased by the Company or a
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business.
COMMITMENT means, as to each Lender, such Lender's Revolving
Commitment and/or Term Commitment, as applicable.
COMMON STOCK means the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of
the Company.
COMPANY - see the PREAMBLE.
COMPANY PLEDGE AGREEMENT means the Company Pledge Agreement dated
as of September 12, 1996 between the Company and the Administrative
Agent, a copy of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT G.
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE means a certificate substantially in the
form of EXHIBIT C.
COMPUTATION PERIOD means any period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters and in any case ending on the last day of a fiscal quarter.
CONSOLIDATED NET INCOME means, with respect to the Company and
its Subsidiaries for any period, the net income (or loss) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period; PROVIDED that the net
income of any Subsidiary shall be excluded from Consolidated Net
Income to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or
similar distributions by such Subsidiary from such income is not at
the time permitted by the terms of its charter or by-laws or any
judgment, decree, order, law, statute, rule, regulation, agreement,
indenture or other instrument which is binding on such Subsidiary.
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES means, at any time, the maximum estimated
amount of liabilities reasonably likely to result at such time from
pending litigation, asserted and unasserted claims and assessments,
guaranties, uninsured risks and other contingent liabilities of each
of the Company and of each Guarantor after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including all fees and
expenses related thereto).
CONTINGENT OBLIGATION means, as to any Person, any direct or
indirect liability of such Person, whether or not contingent, with or
without recourse: (a) with respect to any Indebtedness, lease,
dividend, letter of credit or other obligation (the "primary
obligation") of another Person (the "primary obligor"), including any
obligation of such Person (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise
acquire such primary obligation or any security therefor, (ii) to
advance or provide funds for the payment or discharge of any primary
obligation, or to maintain working capital or equity capital of the
primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or
any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of the
primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of
such primary obligation, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless
the holder of any primary obligation against loss in respect thereof
(each, a "GUARANTY OBLIGATION"); (b) with respect to any Surety
Instrument (other than any Letter of Credit) issued for the account of
such Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for
reimbursement of drawings or payments; (c) to purchase any materials,
supplies or other property from, or to obtain the services of, another
Person if the relevant contract or other related document or
obligation requires that payment for such materials, supplies or other
property, or for such services, shall be made regardless of whether
delivery of such materials, supplies or other property is ever made or
tendered, or such services are ever performed or tendered; or (d) in
respect of any Swap Contract. The amount of any Contingent Obligation
shall, (1) in the case of Guaranty Obligations, be deemed equal to the
stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of
which such Guaranty Obligation is made or, if not stated
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or if indeterminable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in
respect thereof, (2) in the case of Swap Contracts, be equal to the
Swap Termination Value and (3) in the case of other Contingent
Obligations, be equal to the maximum reasonably anticipated liability
in respect thereof.
CONTINUING DIRECTOR means (A) any individual who was a member of
the Company's Board of Directors on the Effective Date and (B) any
individual who becomes a member of the Company's Board of Directors
whose nomination for election by the Company's shareholders was
approved by a vote of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors
on the date of such nomination.
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION means, as to any Person, any provision of
any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking,
contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument,
document or agreement to which such Person is a party or by which it
or any of its property is bound.
CONVERSION/CONTINUATION DATE means any date on which, under
SECTION 2.4, the Company (a) converts Loans of one Type to the other
Type or (b) continues as Offshore Rate Loans, but with a new Interest
Period, Offshore Rate Loans having Interest Periods expiring on such
date.
CREDIT EXTENSION means and includes (a) the making of any Loan
hereunder and (b) the Issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder.
DOLLAR EQUIVALENT means, in relation to an amount denominated in
a currency other than Dollars, the amount of Dollars which could be
purchased with such amount at the prevailing foreign exchange spot
rate.
DOLLARS and $ mean lawful money of the United States.
DORMANT SUBSIDIARIES means, so long as either such Person does
not have assets with a fair market value in the aggregate in excess of
$100,000 and transacts no business, Minera Vidaluz and Zoe-Phos
International; PROVIDED that no Subsidiary may be a Dormant Subsidiary
if the Company or any of its other Subsidiaries provides any credit
support thereto or is liable in any respect for the liabilities
thereof.
EBITDA means, for any Computation Period, the sum of Consolidated
Net Income of the Company for such period excluding, to the extent
reflected in determining such Consolidated Net Income, extraordinary
gains for such period, PLUS to the extent deducted in determining such
Consolidated Net Income, Interest Expense, income tax expense,
depreciation, amortization and Restructuring Charges for such period.
If the Company or any Subsidiary makes an Acquisition or a material
divestiture during any Computation Period, then for purposes of
determining the Interest Coverage Ratio and Leverage Ratio, EBITDA
shall be adjusted for the period of time prior to the date of such
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Acquisition or divesture by adding the historical financial results
(other than Interest Expense) for such period of the Person or assets
acquired (without taking account of cost savings or other synergies
unless approved by the Required Lenders) or deleting that portion of
the financial results (other than Interest Expense) of the Company and
its Subsidiaries for such period attributable to the Person or assets
divested, all as reasonably determined by the Company and certified to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
EFFECTIVE AMOUNT means, with respect to any outstanding L/C
Obligations on any date, (i) the amount of such L/C Obligations on
such date after giving effect to any Issuances of Letters of Credit
occurring on such date, (ii) the amount of any undrawn Commercial
Letters of Credit which have expired less than 25 days prior to such
date and (iii) any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C
Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any
reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letter of
Credit or any reduction in the maximum amount available for drawing
under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
EFFECTIVE DATE means the date on which all conditions precedent
set forth in SECTIONS 5.1 and 5.2 are satisfied or waived by all
Lenders in their sole discretion (or, in the case of SUBSECTION
5.1(e), waived by the Person entitled to receive the applicable
payment).
ELIGIBLE ASSIGNEE means (i) a commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000; (ii) a commercial bank
organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the
OECD, or a political subdivision of any such country, and having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000, provided that
such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United
States; (iii)(x) a Lender, (y) an Affiliate of a Lender that is a
Person of the type specified in CLAUSE (i), (ii) or (iv) of this
definition or (z) a Person that is primarily engaged in the business
of commercial banking and that is (A) a Subsidiary of a Lender, (B) a
Subsidiary of a Person of which a Lender is a Subsidiary or (C) a
Person of which a Lender is a Subsidiary; and (iv) an insurance
company, pension fund, mutual fund, commercial finance company or
similar financial institution having a net worth of at least
$250,000,000.
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT means the Employment Agreement dated as of
September 12, 1996 between the Company and Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, as amended
from time to time in accordance with SECTION 8.19.
ENVIRONMENTAL CLAIMS means all claims, however asserted, by any
Governmental Authority or other Person alleging potential liability
under any Environmental Law or responsibility for violation of any
Environmental Law, or for release or injury to the environment.
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS means CERCLA, RCRA and all other federal,
state or local or foreign laws, statutes, common law duties, rules,
regulations, ordinances and codes relating to pollution or protection
of public or employee health or the environment, together with all
administrative orders, consent decrees, licenses, authorizations and
permits of any Governmental Authority implementing them.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
ERISA AFFILIATE means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with the Company within the meaning
of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of
the Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the
Code).
ERISA EVENT means: (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a
Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan
year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section
4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a substantial cessation of operations which is
treated as such a withdrawal; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or
notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the
filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension
Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA,
or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which might
reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the
imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than PBGC
premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
EVENT OF DEFAULT means any of the events or circumstances
specified in SECTION 9.1.
EXCESS CASH FLOW means, for any period, the remainder of
(a) EBITDA for such period (without giving effect to any
amount included in such EBITDA on a pro forma basis solely by
virtue of the second sentence of the definition of EBITDA),
LESS
(b) the sum, without duplication of
(i) repayments of principal of Term Loans pursuant to
SECTION 2.9(b), regularly scheduled principal payments
arising
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with respect to any other long-term Indebtedness of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, and the portion of any
regularly scheduled payments with respect to capital leases
allocable to principal, in each case made during such
period,
PLUS
(ii) voluntary prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant
to SECTION 2.7 during such period (other than any such
voluntary prepayments to the extent that the same are
applied in the order of maturity pursuant to CLAUSE (x) of
SUBSECTION 2.7(b) to installments of the Term Loans which
were not scheduled to be paid during such period).
PLUS
(iii) mandatory prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant
to SUBSECTIONS 2.8(a)(i), 2.8(a)(ii) and 2.8(a)(iii) made
during such period,
PLUS
(iv) cash payments made in such period with respect to
capital expenditures,
PLUS
(v) all federal, state, local and foreign income taxes
paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period,
PLUS
(vi) cash Interest Expense of the Company and its
Subsidiaries during such period,
PLUS
(vii) cash payments made by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in respect of pension liability, workers'
compensation, payments pursuant to SECTION 8.13(c) and other
post-employment benefits to the extent such payments exceed
book expenses for such items reflected in the calculation of
EBITDA, and
PLUS
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(viii) cash payments made by the Company and its
Subsidiaries during such period in respect of fees and
expenses in connection with the Overseas Acquisition.
EXCHANGE ACT means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
EXCLUDED ASSETS has the meaning assigned thereto in the Security
Agreement.
EXCLUDED TAXES - see the definition of "Taxes."
EXISTING AGREEMENT - see the RECITALS.
EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT means the Letters of Credit described
in SCHEDULE 3.1.
EXPECTED EQUITY OFFERING means an issuance by the Company of its
equity securities to the public, which raises at least $75,000,000 of
gross equity proceeds.
FAIR VALUE means, at any time, the amount at which the assets, in
their entirety, of each of the Company and of each Guarantor would
likely change hands at such time as part of a going concern and for
continued use as part of a going concern between a willing buyer and a
willing seller, within a commercially reasonable period of time, each
having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts, with neither being
under any compulsion to act.
FEDERAL FUNDS RATE means, for any day, the rate set forth in the
weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor
publication, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(including any such successor, "H.15(519)") on the preceding Business
Day opposite the caption "Federal Funds (Effective)"; or, if for any
relevant day such rate is not so published on any such preceding
Business Day, the rate for such day will be the arithmetic mean as
determined by the Administrative Agent of the rates for the last
transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged prior to 9:00 a.m.
(New York City time) on that day by each of three leading brokers of
Federal funds transactions in New York City selected by the
Administrative Agent.
FEE LETTER - see SUBSECTION 2.11(a).
FOREIGN ACQUISITION means any Acquisition (i) of a Person
organized under the laws of, or which does a major portion of its
business in, a jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) outside of the United
States or (ii) of assets which are located outside of the United
States (it being understood that if an Acquisition includes Persons or
assets which do not constitute a Foreign Acquisition and Persons or
assets that do constitute a Foreign Acquisition, the consideration
allocable to such Foreign Acquisition shall be determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company).
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FOREIGN SUBSIDIARY shall mean each Subsidiary of the Company
organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the United
States or any state thereof.
FRB means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
and any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal
functions.
FUNDED DEBT means all indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as determined in accordance with GAAP.
FURTHER TAXES means any and all present or future taxes, levies,
assessments, imposts, duties, deductions, fees, withholdings or
similar charges (including net income taxes and franchise taxes), and
all liabilities with respect thereto, imposed by any jurisdiction on
account of amounts paid or payable pursuant to SECTION 4.1.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles set forth
from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of
comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting
profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date
of determination.
GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY means any nation or government, any state
or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar
monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other
entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or
otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
GUARANTOR means ROV Holding, Rovcal, Vidor Battery and each other
Person which from time to time executes and delivers a counterpart of
the Guaranty.
GUARANTY means the Guaranty dated as of September 12, 1996, a
copy of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT F.
GUARANTY OBLIGATION has the meaning specified in the definition
of Contingent Obligation.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL means
(a) any "hazardous substance", as defined by CERCLA;
(b) any "hazardous waste", as defined by RCRA;
(c) any petroleum product; or
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(d) any pollutant or contaminant or hazardous, dangerous
or toxic chemical, material or substance within the meaning of any
other Environmental Law.
HONG KONG CHARGE means the Deed of Charge and Memorandum of
Deposit dated as of November 11, 1996 between ROV Holding and the
Administrative Agent, a copy of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT
H-3.
HONOR DATE - see SUBSECTION 3.3(b).
INDEBTEDNESS of any Person means, without duplication: (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money; (b) all obligations
issued, undertaken or assumed by such Person as the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than trade payables entered into
and accrued expenses arising in the ordinary course of business on
ordinary terms); (c) all non-contingent reimbursement or payment
obligations with respect to Surety Instruments; (d) all obligations of
such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar
instruments; (e) all indebtedness of such Person created or arising
under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or
incurred as financing, in either case with respect to property
acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the
seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property); (f) all obligations
of such Person with respect to capital leases; (g) all indebtedness
referred to in CLAUSES (a) through (f) above secured by (or for which
the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property (including
accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such
Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such
Indebtedness; and (h) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person in
respect of indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred
to in CLAUSES (a) through (g) above.
INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES - see SECTION 11.5.
INDEMNIFIED PERSON - see SECTION 11.5.
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR - see SUBSECTION 7.1(a).
INSOLVENCY PROCEEDING means, with respect to any Person, (a) any
case, action or proceeding with respect to such Person before any
court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution,
winding-up or relief of debtors or (b) any general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for
creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of such Person's
creditors generally or any substantial portion of such creditors, in
each case undertaken under any U.S. Federal, State or foreign law,
including the Bankruptcy Code.
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INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO means, as of the last day of any fiscal
quarter, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for the Computation Period ending on
such day to (b) Interest Expense for such Computation Period.
INTEREST EXPENSE means for any period the consolidated interest
expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period (including
all imputed interest on capital leases). If the Company or any
Subsidiary makes an Acquisition or a material divestiture during any
Computation Period, then for purposes of determining the Interest
Coverage Ratio and Leverage Ratio, Interest Expense shall be adjusted
to account for all increases or decreases in Indebtedness directly
related to such Acquisition or divestiture based on the assumption
that such increase or decrease had occurred on the first day of such
Computation Period rather than on the date of such Acquisition or
divestiture, all as reasonably determined by the Company and certified
to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
INTEREST PAYMENT DATE means (i) as to any Offshore Rate Loan, the
last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and, in the
case of any Offshore Rate Loan with a six-month Interest Period, the
three-month anniversary of the first day of such Interest Period, and
(ii) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each calendar
quarter.
INTEREST PERIOD means, as to any Offshore Rate Loan, the period
commencing on the Borrowing Date of such Loan or on the
Conversion/Continuation Date on which the Loan is converted into or
continued as an Offshore Rate Loan, and ending one, two, three or six
months thereafter, as selected by the Company in its Notice of
Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation; PROVIDED that:
(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that
is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to
the following Business Day unless the result of such extension
would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar
month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the
preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business
Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of
such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the
calendar month at the end of such Interest Period;
(iii) no Interest Period for a Term Loan or any portion
thereof shall extend beyond any date upon which scheduled
principal payment is due in respect of the Term Loans unless the
aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans which are Base Rate
Loans, or are Offshore Rate Loans having Interest Periods that
will expire on or before such date, equals or exceeds the amount
of such principal payment;
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(iv) no Interest Period for a Revolving Loan or any portion
thereof shall extend beyond any Revolving Commitment Reduction
Date unless the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans
which are Base Rate Loans or Swingline Loans, or are Offshore
Rate Loans having Interest Periods that will expire before such
Revolving Commitment Reduction Date, PLUS the aggregate amount of
all Letters of Credit scheduled to expire before (or, in the case
of Commercial Letters of Credit, 25 days before) such Revolving
Commitment Reduction Date, PLUS the unused portion of the
Revolving Commitment Amount, equals or exceeds the amount of the
scheduled reduction of the Revolving Commitment Amount on such
Revolving Commitment Reduction Date; and
(v) no Interest Period for any Revolving Loan shall extend
beyond the Revolving Termination Date.
IRB DEBT means Indebtedness of the Company arising as a result of
the issuance of tax-exempt industrial revenue bonds or similar
tax-exempt public financing.
IRS means the Internal Revenue Service, and any Governmental
Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions under the Code.
ISSUANCE DATE - see SUBSECTION 3.1(a).
ISSUE means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, to issue or to
extend the expiry of, or to renew or increase the amount of, such
Letter of Credit; and the terms "ISSUED," "ISSUING" and "ISSUANCE"
have corresponding meanings.
ISSUING LENDER means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of
one or more Letters of Credit hereunder, together with any replacement
letter of credit issuer arising under SUBSECTION 10.1(B) or SECTION
10.9.
JOINT VENTURE means a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture or other similar legal arrangement (whether
created by contract or conducted through a separate legal entity)
which is not a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
and which is now or hereafter formed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with another Person in order to conduct a common venture
or enterprise with such Person.
XXXXX NOTE means the $500,000 Full Recourse Promissory Note,
dated September 12, 1996, made by Xxxxx X. Xxxxx in favor of the
Company.
JUDGMENT CURRENCY - see SUBSECTION 3.10(g).
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L/C ADVANCE means each Lender's participation in any L/C
Borrowing in accordance with its Percentage.
L/C AMENDMENT APPLICATION means an application form for amendment
of an outstanding standby or commercial documentary letter of credit
as shall at any time be in use at the Issuing Lender, as the Issuing
Lender shall request.
L/C APPLICATION means an application form for issuances of a
standby or commercial documentary letter of credit as shall at any
time be in use at the Issuing Lender, as the Issuing Lender shall
request.
L/C BORROWING means an extension of credit resulting from a
drawing under any Letter of Credit which shall not have been
reimbursed on the date when made nor converted into a Borrowing of
Revolving Loans under SUBSECTION 3.3(c).
L/C COMMITMENT means the commitment of the Issuing Lender to
Issue, and the commitments of the Lenders severally to participate in,
Letters of Credit (including the Existing Letters of Credit) from time
to time Issued or outstanding under ARTICLE III, in an aggregate
amount not to exceed on any date the lesser of $20,000,000 and the
Revolving Commitment Amount; IT BEING UNDERSTOOD that the L/C
Commitment is a part of the Revolving Commitments, rather than a
separate, independent commitment.
L/C FEE RATE means, at any time for any Letter of Credit, the
rate per annum determined pursuant to SCHEDULE 1.1; PROVIDED that such
rate shall be increased by 2% at any time an Event of Default exists.
L/C OBLIGATIONS means at any time the sum of (a) the aggregate
undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding, PLUS (b) the
amount of all unreimbursed drawings under all Letters of Credit,
including all outstanding L/C Borrowings.
L/C-RELATED DOCUMENTS means the Letters of Credit, the L/C
Applications, the L/C Amendment Applications and any other document
relating to any Letter of Credit, including any of the Issuing
Lender's standard form documents for letter of credit issuances.
LENDERS means the several financial institutions from time to
time party to this Agreement. References to the "Lenders" shall
include Bank of America in its capacity as the Issuing Lender and in
its capacity as Swingline Lender; for purposes of clarification only,
to the extent that the Issuing Lender or the Swingline Lender may have
any rights or obligations in addition to those of the other Lenders
due to its status as Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender, its status as
such will be specifically referenced.
LENDING OFFICE means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of
such Lender specified as its "Lending Office" or "Domestic Lending
Office" or "Offshore Lending
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Office", as the case may be, on SCHEDULE 11.2, or such other office or
offices as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Company
and the Administrative Agent.
LETTER OF CREDIT means the Existing Letters of Credit and any
letter of credit (whether a standby letter of credit or commercial
documentary letter of credit) Issued by the Issuing Lender pursuant to
ARTICLE III.
LEVERAGE RATIO means at, as of any date, the ratio of (i) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Funded Debt as of such
date TO (ii) EBITDA for the Computation Period most recently ended on
or before such date for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to SECTION 7.1.
LIEN means any security interest, mortgage, deed of trust,
pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge or deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other) or preferential arrangement of
any kind or nature whatsoever in respect of any property (including
those created by, arising under or evidenced by any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a
capital lease, or any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, but not including the
interest of a lessor under an operating lease).
LOAN means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Company
under ARTICLE II or ARTICLE III in the form of a Revolving Loan, Term
Loan, Swingline Loan or L/C Advance.
LOAN DOCUMENTS means this Agreement, any Notes, the Fee Letter,
the L/C-Related Documents, the Guaranty, the Collateral Documents and
all other documents delivered to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in connection herewith.
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT means the Management Agreement, dated as of
September 12, 1996, between Xxxxxx X. Xxx Company and the Company, as
amended from time to time in accordance with SECTION 8.19.
MANDATORY PREPAYMENT EVENT - see SUBSECTION 2.8(a).
MARGIN STOCK means "margin stock" as such term is defined in
Regulation T, U or X of the FRB.
MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT means (a) a material adverse change in,
or a material adverse effect upon, the operations, business,
properties, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material
impairment of the ability of the Company or any Guarantor to perform
any of its obligations under any Loan Document; or (c) a material
adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability against the Company or any Guarantor of any Loan
Document.
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MINERA VIDALUZ means Minera Vidaluz, S.A. de C.V., a corporation
organized under the laws of Mexico.
MORTGAGE means a mortgage, leasehold mortgage, deed of trust or
similar document granting a Lien on real property in appropriate form
for filing or recording in the applicable jurisdiction and otherwise
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
MORTGAGE AMENDMENT means an amendment to a Mortgage previously
executed by the Company or a Subsidiary, substantially in the form of
EXHIBIT N.
MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN means a "multiemployer plan", within the
meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, with respect to which the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.
NET CASH PROCEEDS means:
(a) with respect to the sale, transfer, or other disposition
by the Company or any Subsidiary of any asset (including any
stock of any Subsidiary), the aggregate cash proceeds (including
cash proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal
pursuant to a note, installment receivable or otherwise, but only
as and when received) received by the Company or any Subsidiary
pursuant to such sale, transfer or other disposition, net of (i)
the direct costs relating to such sale, transfer or other
disposition (including, without limitation, sales commissions and
legal, accounting and investment banking fees), (ii) taxes paid
or reasonably estimated by the Company to be payable as a result
thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and (iii) amounts
required to be applied to the repayment of any Indebtedness
secured by a Lien on the asset subject to such sale, transfer or
other disposition (other than the Loans); and
(b) with respect to any issuance of public equity
securities, the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company
or any Subsidiary pursuant to such issuance, net of the direct
costs relating to such issuance (including, without limitation,
sales and underwriter's discounts and commissions and legal,
accounting and investment banking fees).
NETHERLANDS SHARE PLEDGE AGREEMENT means the Deed of Pledge dated
as of November 11, 1996 between ROV Holding and the Administrative
Agent, a copy of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT H-4.
NON-DOLLAR LETTER OF CREDIT - see SECTION 3.10.
NON-USE FEE RATE means at any time the rate per annum determined
pursuant to SCHEDULE 1.1.
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NOTE means a promissory note executed by the Company in favor of
a Lender pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.2(b), in substantially the form of
EXHIBIT D.
NOTICE OF BORROWING means a notice in substantially the form of
EXHIBIT A.
NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION means a notice in substantially
the form of EXHIBIT B.
OBLIGATIONS means all advances, debts, liabilities, obligations,
covenants and duties arising under any Loan Document owing by the
Company to any Lender, the Administrative Agent, or any Indemnified
Person, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by
assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now
existing or hereafter arising.
OECD means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development.
OFFSHORE RATE means, for any Interest Period, with respect to
Offshore Rate Loans comprising part of the same Borrowing, the rate of
interest per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/16th
of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent as follows:
Offshore Rate = IBOR
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1.00 - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
Where,
"EURODOLLAR RESERVE PERCENTAGE" means for any day for any
Interest Period the maximum reserve percentage (expressed as a
decimal, rounded upward, if necessary, to the next 1/100th of 1%)
in effect on such day (whether or not applicable to any Lender)
under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for
determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any
emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement)
with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as
"Eurocurrency liabilities"); and
"IBOR" means the rate of interest per annum determined by the
Administrative Agent as the rate at which Dollar deposits in the
approximate amount of Bank of America's Offshore Rate Loan for
such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America's Grand
Cayman Branch, Grand Cayman B.W.I. (or such other office as may
be designated for such purpose by Bank of America), to major
banks in the offshore Dollar interbank market at their request at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) two Business Days
prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
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The Offshore Rate shall be adjusted automatically as to all
Offshore Rate Loans then outstanding as of the effective date of any
change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
OFFSHORE RATE LOAN means a Loan that bears interest based on the
Offshore Rate.
OFFSHORE RATE MARGIN means at any time the rate per annum
determined pursuant to SCHEDULE 1.1.
ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS means, (a) for any domestic corporation,
the certificate or articles of incorporation, the bylaws, any
certificate of determination or instrument relating to the rights of
preferred shareholders of such corporation, any shareholder rights
agreement, and all applicable resolutions of the board of directors
(or any committee thereof) of such corporation and (b) for any foreign
corporation, the equivalent documents.
OTHER TAXES means any present or future stamp, court or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or
similar levies which arise from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
OVERNIGHT RATE - see SUBSECTION 3.10(h).
OVERSEAS means Ray-O-Vac Overseas Corporation, a Panama
corporation.
OVERSEAS ACQUISITION means the acquisition by RLA of 100% of the
equity interests in Overseas pursuant to the Overseas Acquisition
Agreement.
OVERSEAS ACQUISITION AGREEMENT means (i) the Share Purchase
Agreement dated June 11, 1999 among the Company, Vidor Battery, RLA,
substantially all of the shareholders of ROV Limited, ROV Limited, ESB
Rov Ltd., Duranmas, S.A., certain second-tier subsidiaries of ROV
Limited, Overseas and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx and Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xx., the
Selling Group Representatives and (ii) the various Stock Purchase
Agreements dated June 11, 1999 among the Company, RLA and various
individuals selling minority interests in certain of the Overseas
Operating Subsidiaries.
OVERSEAS OPERATING SUBSIDIARIES means the "Operating
Subsidiaries" as defined in the Overseas Acquisition Agreement.
PARTICIPANT - see SUBSECTION 11.8(c).
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any
Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions
under ERISA.
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PENSION PLAN means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of
ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA with respect to which the Company
or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability.
PERCENTAGE means, as to any Lender, the percentage which (a) the
amount of such Lender's Commitment is of (b) the aggregate amount of
all of the Lenders' Commitments (or, if the Commitments have
terminated, which the sum of such Lender's Loans plus such Lender's
participation interest in Swingline Loans and L/C Obligations is of
the aggregate amount of all Loans and L/C Obligations). The initial
Percentage for each Lender is set forth across from such Lender's name
on SCHEDULE 2.1.
PERMITTED LIENS - see SECTION 8.1.
PERMITTED SWAP OBLIGATIONS means all obligations (contingent or
otherwise) of the Company or any Subsidiary existing or arising under
Swap Contracts, PROVIDED that each of the following criteria is
satisfied: (a) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such
Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly
mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments or assets
held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value
of securities issued by such Person in conjunction with a securities
repurchase program not otherwise prohibited hereunder, and not for
purposes of speculation or taking a "market view;" and (b) such Swap
Contracts do not contain (i) any provision ("walk-away" provision)
exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make
payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party or (ii)
any provision creating or permitting the declaration of an event of
default, termination event or similar event upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default hereunder (other than an Event of Default under
SUBSECTION 9.1(a)).
PERSON means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture or Governmental Authority.
PLAN means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA) with respect to which the Company may have any liability.
PLEDGE AGREEMENT means the Company Pledge Agreement and each
Subsidiary Pledge Agreement.
PRESENT FAIR SALEABLE VALUE means, at any time, the amount that
could be obtained at such time by an independent willing seller from
an independent willing buyer if the assets of each of the Company and
each Guarantor are sold with reasonable promptness in an arm's-length
transaction under present conditions for the sale of comparable
assets.
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QUALIFIED FOREIGN CREDIT FACILITY means a credit facility
provided by a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender to any Foreign
Subsidiary which (i) is guarantied by the Company, (ii) is permitted
under SUBSECTION 8.5(d), (iii) the Company has specified (in a written
notice to the Administrative Agent) is entitled to the benefit of the
Guaranty and the Collateral Documents and (iv) is permitted, at the
time of any incurrence of Debt thereunder, to be secured without
violating the provisions of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture.
QUALIFIED FOREIGN LENDER means any Lender or any Affiliate of a
Lender which is a party to a Qualified Foreign Credit Facility.
RCRA means the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C.
Section 690, ET SEQ.
RELEASE means a "release", as such term is defined in CERCLA.
REPLACEMENT LENDER - see SECTION 4.7.
REPORTABLE EVENT means any of the events set forth in Section
4043(b) of ERISA or the regulations thereunder, other than any such
event for which the 30-day notice requirement under ERISA has been
waived in regulations issued by the PBGC or administrative
pronouncements.
REQUIRED LENDERS means, at any time, Lenders having an aggregate
Percentage of 51% or more.
REQUIREMENT OF LAW means, as to any Person, any law (statutory or
common), treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator
or of a Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding
upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any
of its property is subject.
RESPONSIBLE OFFICER means the chief executive officer or the
president of the Company, or any other officer having substantially
the same authority and responsibility or the chief financial officer
or the treasurer of the Company, or any other officer having
substantially the same authority and responsibility.
RESTRUCTURING CHARGES means restructuring charges identified by
the Company in writing to the Administrative Agent (in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) prior to December 31, 1999
which will be incurred and payable prior to September 30, 2000 and
which are specifically attributable to the Overseas Acquisition, in an
amount not to exceed $15,000,000, of which not more than $5,000,000
may be cash restructuring charges.
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REVOLVING COMMITMENT means, as to any Lender, the commitment of
such Lender to make Revolving Loans pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.1(a). The
initial amount of each Lender's Revolving Commitment is set forth
across from such Lender's name on SCHEDULE 2.1.
REVOLVING COMMITMENT AMOUNT means $250,000,000, as reduced from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
REVOLVING COMMITMENT REDUCTION DATE - see SUBSECTION 2.6(a).
REVOLVING LOAN - see SUBSECTION 2.1(a).
REVOLVING OUTSTANDINGS means, at any time, the sum of the
principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans and Swingline
Loans plus the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations.
REVOLVING TERMINATION DATE means the earlier to occur of (a)
August 9, 2004; and (b) the date on which the Revolving Commitments
terminate in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
RLA means Rayovac Latin America, Ltd., a Cayman Islands
corporation which is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of ROV Holding.
ROV HOLDING means ROV Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a
Subsidiary.
ROVCAL means Rovcal, Inc., a direct, Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of
the Company organized under the laws of California, and having a
principal place of business in the State of California, the primary
business of which is the ownership of intellectual property and the
licensing of such property to the Company and its other Subsidiaries.
SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any
Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.
SECURITY AGREEMENT means the Security Agreement dated as of
September 12, 1996 among the Company, ROV Holding, any other Person
that becomes a party thereto and the Administrative Agent, a copy of
which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT E.
SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES means the 10 1/4% Senior Subordinated
Notes issued by the Company pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note
Indenture.
SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE INDENTURE means the Indenture dated as
of October 22, 1996 among the Company, ROV Holding and Marine Midland
Bank, as Trustee.
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STANDBY LETTER OF CREDIT means any Letter of Credit that is not a
Commercial Letter of Credit.
STATED LIABILITIES means, at any time, the recorded liabilities
(including Contingent Liabilities that would be recorded in accordance
with GAAP) of each of the Company and of each Guarantor at such time
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated under this
Agreement, determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
together with the amount, without duplication, of all Loans and
Contingent Liabilities.
SUBORDINATED DEBT means (a) the Senior Subordinated Notes and (b)
all other unsecured Indebtedness of the Company for money borrowed
which is subject to, and is only entitled to the benefits of, terms
and provisions (including maturity, amortization, acceleration,
interest rate, sinking fund, covenant, default and subordination
provisions) satisfactory in form and substance to the Required
Lenders, in each case as evidenced by their written approval thereof
(which may be granted or withheld in their sole discretion).
SUBSIDIARY of a Person means any corporation, association,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other
business entity of which more than 50% of the voting stock, membership
interests or other equity interests is owned or controlled directly or
indirectly by such Person, or one or more of the Subsidiaries of such
Person, or a combination thereof. Unless the context otherwise clearly
requires, references herein to a "Subsidiary" refer to a Subsidiary of
the Company.
SUBSIDIARY PLEDGE AGREEMENT means the U.K. Charge, the Hong Kong
Charge, the Netherlands Share Pledge Agreement, the Canadian Share
Pledge Agreement and each other agreement pursuant to which any
Subsidiary pledges to the Administrative Agent shares of stock owned
by it or Indebtedness owing to it.
SURETY INSTRUMENTS means all letters of credit (including standby
and commercial), banker's acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds
and similar instruments.
SWAP CONTRACT means any agreement, whether or not in writing,
relating to any transaction that is a rate swap, basis swap, forward
rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity
index swap or option, bond, note or xxxx option, interest rate option,
foreign exchange transaction, cap, collar or floor transaction,
currency swap, cross-currency rate swap, swaption, currency option or
any other, similar transaction (including any option to enter into any
of the foregoing) or any combination of the foregoing, and, unless the
context otherwise clearly requires, any master agreement relating to
or governing any or all of the foregoing.
SWAP TERMINATION VALUE means, in respect of any one or more Swap
Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally
enforceable netting agreement relating
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to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such
Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s)
determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b)
for any date prior to the date referenced in CLAUSE (a) the amount(s)
determined as the xxxx-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as
determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap
Contracts (which may include any Lender).
SWINGLINE LENDER means Bank of America in its capacity as lender
of Swingline Loans together with any replacement lender of Swingline
Loans arising under SECTION 10.9.
SWINGLINE LOAN has the meaning specified in SUBSECTION 2.5(a).
TAXES means any and all present or future taxes, levies,
assessments, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings,
fees or similar charges and all liabilities with respect thereto,
excluding, in the case of each Lender and the Administrative Agent,
such taxes (including income taxes, branch profit taxes or franchise
taxes) as are imposed on or measured by such Lender's or the
Administrative Agent's, as the case may be, net income by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of
which such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, is
organized, maintains a lending office or conducts business
(collectively, "EXCLUDED TAXES").
TERM COMMITMENT means, as to any Lender, the commitment of such
Lender to make a Term Loan pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.1(b). The amount
of each Term Lender's Term Commitment is set forth across from such
Lender's name on SCHEDULE 1.1.
TERM LOAN - see SUBSECTION 2.1(b).
TYPE of Loan means the characterization of a Loan as a Base Rate
Loan or an Offshore Rate Loan.
U.K. CHARGE means the Deed of Charge and Memorandum of Deposit
dated September 12, 1996 between ROV Holding and the Administrative
Agent, a copy of which is attached hereto as EXHIBIT H-1.
UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY means the excess of a Pension Plan's
benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the
current value of such Pension Plan's assets, determined in accordance
with the assumptions used for funding such Pension Plan pursuant to
Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.
UNITED STATES and U.S. each means the United States of America.
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UNMATURED EVENT OF DEFAULT means any event or circumstance which,
with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would (if not
cured or otherwise remedied during such time) constitute an Event of
Default.
VIDOR BATTERY means Vidor Battery Company, a Wisconsin
corporation.
VOTING STOCK means, with respect to any corporation, the capital
stock of such corporation having general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect directors to the board of directors of such
corporation, but shall not include any capital stock that has or would
have such voting power solely by reason of the happening of any
contingency.
WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY means any corporation in which (other
than director's qualifying shares or due to native ownership
requirements) 100% of the capital stock of each class is owned
beneficially and of record by the Company or by one or more other
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.
ZOE-PHOS INTERNATIONAL means Zoe-Phos International N.V., a
corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands Antilles.
1.2 OTHER INTERPRETIVE PROVISIONS. (a) The meanings of defined terms are
equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.
(b) The words "hereof", "herein", "hereunder" and similar words refer
to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement; and SUBSECTION, SECTION, SCHEDULE and EXHIBIT references are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(c) (i) The term "documents" includes any and all instruments,
documents, agreements, certificates, indentures, notices and other
writings, however evidenced.
(ii) The term "including" is not limiting and means "including
without limitation."
(iii) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date
to a later specified date, the word "from" means "from and including"; the
words "to" and "until" each mean "to but excluding"; and the word "through"
means "to and including."
(d) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references to
agreements (including this Agreement) and other contractual instruments shall be
deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto, but
only to the extent such amendments and other modifications are not prohibited by
the terms of any Loan Document and (ii) references to any statute or regulation
are to be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting the statute or
regulation.
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(e) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
(f) This Agreement and the other Loan Documents may use several
different limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar
matters. All such limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and shall
each be performed in accordance with their terms.
1.3 ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
(a) Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, all accounting
terms not expressly defined herein shall be construed, and all financial
computations required under this Agreement shall be made, in accordance with
GAAP, consistently applied; PROVIDED that if the Company notifies the
Administrative Agent that the Company wishes to amend any covenant in ARTICLE
VIII or any corresponding definition to eliminate the effect of any change in
GAAP on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies
the Company that the Required Lenders wish to amend ARTICLE VIII or any
corresponding definition for such purpose), then the Company's compliance with
such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately
before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is
withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Company
and the Required Lenders.
(b) References herein to "fiscal year" and "fiscal quarter" refer to
such fiscal periods of the Company.
1.4 REALLOCATION OF LOANS AND COMMITMENTS.
(a) The Company and each Lender agree that, effective on the Effective
Date, this Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Existing Agreement.
On the Effective Date, the Commitments of the Lenders shall be reallocated in
accordance with the terms hereof and each Lender shall have a direct or
participation share equal to its Percentage of all outstanding Credit
Extensions.
(b) To facilitate the reallocation described in SUBSECTION (a), on the
Effective Date, (i) all loans under the Existing Agreement shall be deemed to be
Revolving Loans hereunder, (ii) each Lender which is a party to the Existing
Agreement shall transfer to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the
excess, if any, of such Lender's Percentage of all outstanding Revolving Loans
hereunder (including any Revolving Loans requested by the Company on the
Effective Date) over the amount of all of such Lender's loans under the Existing
Agreement, (iii) each Lender which is not a party to the Existing Agreement
shall transfer to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such Lender's
Percentage of all outstanding Revolving Loans hereunder (including any Revolving
Loans requested by the Company on the Effective Date), (iv) the Administrative
Agent shall apply the funds received from the Lenders pursuant to CLAUSES (ii)
and (iii), FIRST, on behalf of the Lenders (pro rata
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according to the amount of the loans each is required to purchase to achieve the
reallocation described in SUBSECTION (a)), to purchase from each Existing Lender
which is not a party hereto the loans of such Existing Lender under the Existing
Agreement (and, if applicable to purchase from any Existing Lender which is a
party hereto but which has loans under the Existing Agreement in excess of such
Lender's Percentage of all then-outstanding Revolving Loans hereunder (including
any Revolving Loans requested by the Company on the Effective Date), a portion
of such loans equal to such excess), SECOND, to pay to each Existing Lender all
interest, fees and other amounts (including amounts payable to Section 4.4 of
the Existing Agreement, assuming for such purpose that the loans under the
Existing Agreement were prepaid rather than reallocated on the Effective Date)
owed to such Existing Lender under the Existing Agreement (whether or not
otherwise then due) and, THIRD, as the Company shall direct and (v) the Company
shall select new Interest Periods to apply to all Revolving Loans hereunder (or,
to the extent the Company fails to do so, such Revolving Loans shall be Base
Rate Loans).
ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
2.1 AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS.
(a) THE REVOLVING FACILITY. Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms
and conditions set forth herein, to make loans to the Company (each such loan, a
"REVOLVING LOAN") from time to time on any Business Day during the period from
the Effective Date to the Revolving Termination Date, in an aggregate amount not
to exceed at any time outstanding such Lender's Percentage of the Revolving
Commitment Amount; PROVIDED that, after giving effect to any Borrowing of
Revolving Loans, the Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Revolving
Commitment Amount. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms
and conditions hereof, the Company may borrow under this SUBSECTION 2.1(a),
prepay under SECTION 2.7 or 2.8 and reborrow under this SUBSECTION 2.1(a).
(b) THE TERM LOAN FACILITY. Each Lender severally agrees, on the terms
and conditions set forth herein, to make a single loan to the Company (each such
loan, a "TERM LOAN") on the Effective Date in the amount of such Lender's
Percentage of $75,000,000. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company has
completed the Expected Equity Offering on or prior to the Effective Date, no
Term Loan will be made or required to be made on the Effective Date. Amounts
borrowed as Term Loans which are repaid or prepaid by the Company may not be
reborrowed. The Term Commitments shall expire concurrently with the making of
the Term Loans on the Effective Date.
2.2 LOAN ACCOUNTS. (a) The Loans made by each Lender and the Letters
of Credit Issued by the Issuing Lender shall be evidenced by one or more
accounts or records maintained by such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case
may be, in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained
by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and each
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Lender shall be conclusive (absent manifest error) as to the amount of the Loans
made by the Lenders to the Company and the Letters of Credit Issued for the
account of the Company, and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to
record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect
the obligation of the Company hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to
any Loan or any Letter of Credit.
(b) Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative
Agent, the Loans made by such Lender may be evidenced by one or more Notes in
addition to loan accounts. Each such Lender shall endorse on the schedules
annexed to its Note(s) the date, amount and maturity of each Loan made by it and
the amount of each payment of principal made by the Company with respect
thereto. Each such Lender is irrevocably authorized by the Company to endorse
its Note(s) and each Lender's record shall be conclusive absent manifest error;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the failure of a Lender to make, or an error in making,
a notation thereon with respect to any Loan shall not limit or otherwise affect
the obligations of the Company hereunder or under any Note to such Lender.
2.3 PROCEDURE FOR BORROWING. (a) Each Borrowing shall be made upon
the Company's irrevocable written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent
in the form of a Notice of Borrowing (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent (i) prior to 12:00 noon (Chicago time) three Business Days
prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Offshore Rate Loans and
(ii) prior to 12:00 noon (Chicago time) one Business Day prior to the requested
Borrowing Date, in the case of Base Rate Loans), specifying:
(A) the amount of the Borrowing, which shall be in an amount of
$1,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of $250,000;
(B) the requested Borrowing Date, which shall be a Business Day;
(C) the Type of Loans comprising the Borrowing; and
(D) in the case of Offshore Rate Loans, the duration of the
Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing.
(b) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its
receipt of any Notice of Borrowing and of the amount of such Lender's share of
the related Borrowing.
(c) Each Lender will make the amount of its share of each Borrowing
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Company at the
Agent's Payment Office by 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the Borrowing Date
requested by the Company in funds immediately available to the Administrative
Agent. The proceeds of all Loans will then be made available to the Company by
the Administrative Agent at such office by crediting the account of the Company
on the books of Bank of America with the aggregate of the amounts made available
to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like funds as received by the
Administrative Agent.
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(d) After giving effect to any Borrowing, there may not be more than
twelve different Interest Periods in effect.
2.4 CONVERSION AND CONTINUATION ELECTIONS. (a) The Company may, upon
irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
SUBSECTION 2.4(b):
(i) elect to convert, on any Business Day, any Base Rate Loans
(in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of
$250,000) into Offshore Rate Loans;
(ii) elect to convert, on the last day of the applicable Interest
Period, any Offshore Rate Loans (or any part thereof in an aggregate amount
of $1,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of $250,000) into Base Rate
Loans; or
(iii) elect to continue, as of the last day of the applicable
Interest Period, any Offshore Rate Loans having Interest Periods expiring
on such day (or any part thereof in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or a
higher integral multiple of $250,000);
PROVIDED that if at any time the aggregate amount of Offshore Rate Loans in
respect of any Borrowing shall have been reduced, by payment, prepayment or
conversion of part thereof, to be less than $1,000,000, such Offshore Rate Loans
shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans.
(b) The Company shall deliver a Notice of Conversion/Continuation to
be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (i) 12:00 noon (Chicago
time) at least three Business Days in advance of the Conversion/Continuation
Date, if the Loans are to be converted into or continued as Offshore Rate Loans
and (ii) not later than 12:00 noon (Chicago time) one Business Day prior to the
Conversion/Continuation Date, if the Loans are to be converted into Base Rate
Loans, specifying:
(A) the proposed Conversion/Continuation Date;
(B) the aggregate principal amount of Loans to be converted or
continued;
(C) the Type of Loans resulting from the proposed conversion or
continuation; and
(D) in the case of conversions into Offshore Rate Loans, the
duration of the requested Interest Period.
(c) If upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to
Offshore Rate Loans, the Company has failed to select timely a new Interest
Period to be applicable to such
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Offshore Rate Loans, the Company shall be deemed to have elected to convert such
Offshore Rate Loans into Base Rate Loans effective as of the expiration date of
such Interest Period.
(d) The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its
receipt of a Notice of Conversion/Continuation or, if no timely notice is
provided by the Company, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each
Lender of the details of any automatic conversion. All conversions and
continuations shall be made ratably according to the Percentages of the Lenders.
(e) Unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, during the existence
of an Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default, the Company may not elect
to have a Loan converted into or continued as an Offshore Rate Loan.
(f) After giving effect to any conversion or continuation of Loans,
there may not be more than twelve different Interest Periods in effect.
2.5 SWINGLINE LOANS.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender
may, in its sole discretion (subject to SUBSECTION 2.5(b)), make a portion of
the Revolving Commitments available to the Company by making swingline loans
(each such loan, a "SWINGLINE LOAN") to the Company on any Business Day during
the period from the Effective Date to the Revolving Termination Date in
accordance with the procedures set forth in this SECTION 2.5 in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the lesser of (x) the
Revolving Commitment Amount or (y) $10,000,000, notwithstanding the fact that
such Swingline Loans, when aggregated with the Swingline Lender's outstanding
Revolving Loans and direct or participation interest in Letters of Credit, may
exceed the Swingline Lender's Percentage of the Revolving Commitment Amount;
PROVIDED that at no time shall Revolving Outstandings exceed the Revolving
Commitment Amount. Subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Company
may borrow under this SUBSECTION 2.5(a), prepay pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.5(d)
and reborrow pursuant to this SUBSECTION 2.5(a) from time to time; PROVIDED that
the Swingline Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swingline Loan.
(b) The Company shall provide the Administrative Agent and the
Swingline Lender irrevocable written notice (or notice by a telephone call
confirmed promptly by facsimile) of any Swingline Loan requested hereunder
(which notice must be received by the Swingline Lender and the Administrative
Agent prior to 12:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the requested Borrowing Date)
specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed, and (ii) the requested Borrowing Date,
which must be a Business Day. Upon receipt of such notice, the Swingline Lender
will promptly confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing)
that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such notice from the
Company and, if not, the Swingline Lender will provide the Administrative Agent
with a copy thereof. If and only if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Swingline Lender on the proposed Borrowing Date that it may make available to
the Company the amount of the requested Swingline Loan, THEN, subject to the
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terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender may make the amount of the
requested Swingline Loan available to the Company by crediting the account of
the Company on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such Swingline
Loan. The Administrative Agent will not so notify the Swingline Lender if the
Administrative Agent has knowledge that (A) the limitations set forth in the
PROVISO set forth in the first sentence of SUBSECTION 2.5(a) are being violated
or would be violated by such Swingline Loan or (B) one or more conditions
specified in ARTICLE V is not then satisfied. Each Swingline Loan shall be in an
aggregate principal amount equal to $100,000 or a higher integral multiple
thereof. The Swingline Lender will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of
the amount of each Swingline Loan.
(c) Principal of and accrued interest on each Swingline Loan shall be
due and payable (i) on demand made by the Swingline Lender at any time upon one
Business Day's prior notice to the Company furnished at or before 11:45 a.m.
(Chicago time), and (ii) in any event on the Revolving Termination Date. In
addition, interest on each Swingline Loan shall be due and payable on each
Interest Payment Date. Interest on Swingline Loans shall be for the sole account
of the Swingline Lender (except to the extent that the other Lenders have funded
the purchase of participations therein pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.5(e)).
(d) The Company may, from time to time on any Business Day, make a
voluntary prepayment, in whole or in part, of the outstanding principal amount
of any Swingline Loan, without incurring any premium or penalty; PROVIDED that
(i) each such voluntary prepayment shall require prior written
notice given to the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender no later
than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the day on which the Company intends to
make a voluntary prepayment, and
(ii) each such voluntary prepayment shall be in an amount equal
to $100,000 or a higher integral multiple thereof.
Voluntary prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be made by the Company to
the Swingline Lender at such office as the Swingline Lender may designate by
notice to the Company from time to time. All such payments shall be made in
Dollars and in immediately available funds no later than 4:00 p.m. (Chicago
time) on the date specified by the Company pursuant to CLAUSE (i) above (and any
payment received later than such time shall be deemed to have been received on
the next Business Day). The Swingline Lender will promptly notify the
Administrative Agent of the amount of each prepayment of Swingline Loans.
(e) If (i) any Swingline Loan shall remain outstanding at 12:00
noon (Chicago time) on the Business Day immediately prior to a Business Day on
which Swingline Loans are due and payable pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.5(c) and by
such time on such Business Day the Administrative Agent shall have received
neither (A) a Notice of Borrowing delivered pursuant to SECTION 2.3 requesting
that Revolving Loans be made pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.1(a) on such following
Business Day in an amount at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of
such
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Swingline Loans, nor (B) any other notice indicating the Company's intent to
repay such Swingline Loans with funds obtained from other sources, or (ii) any
Swingline Loans shall remain outstanding during the existence of an Unmatured
Event of Default or Event of Default and the Swingline Lender shall in its sole
discretion notify the Administrative Agent that the Swingline Lender desires
that such Swingline Loans be converted into Revolving Loans, THEN the
Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have received a Notice of Borrowing from
the Company pursuant to SECTION 2.3 requesting that Base Rate Loans be made
pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.1(a) on the following Business Day in an amount equal
to the aggregate amount of such Swingline Loans, and the procedures set forth in
SUBSECTIONS 2.3(b) and 2.3(c) shall be followed in making such Base Rate Loans;
PROVIDED that such Base Rate Loans shall be made notwithstanding the Company's
failure to comply with SECTION 5.2; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that if a Borrowing
of Revolving Loans becomes legally impractical and if so required by the
Swingline Lender at the time such Revolving Loans are required to be made by the
Lenders in accordance with this SUBSECTION 2.5(e), each Lender agrees that in
lieu of making Revolving Loans as described in this SUBSECTION 2.5(e), such
Lender shall purchase a participation from the Swingline Lender in the
applicable Swingline Loans in an amount equal to such Lender's Percentage of
such Swingline Loans, and the procedures set forth in SUBSECTIONS 2.3(b) and
2.3(c) shall be followed in connection with the purchases of such
participations. The proceeds of such Base Rate Loans (or participations
purchased) shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline
Lender to repay such Swingline Loans (or as payment for such participations). A
copy of each notice given by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders pursuant to
this SUBSECTION 2.5(e) with respect to the making of Loans, or the purchases of
participations, shall be promptly delivered by the Administrative Agent to the
Company. Each Lender's obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make the
Revolving Loans, or purchase the participations, as contemplated by this
SUBSECTION 2.5(e), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected
by any circumstance, including (1) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment,
defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swingline Lender,
the Company or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (2) the occurrence or
continuance of an Unmatured Event of Default, an Event of Default or a Material
Adverse Effect; or (3) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
2.6 TERMINATION OR REDUCTION OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS.
(a) SCHEDULED REDUCTIONS OF REVOLVING COMMITMENT AMOUNT. If the
Expected Equity Offering is not completed by September 30, 2002, the Revolving
Commitment Amount shall be reduced on each of the following dates (each a
"REVOLVING COMMITMENT REDUCTION DATE") by the amount set forth opposite such
date:
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Revolving Commitment Reduction
Reduction Date Amount
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September 30, 2002 $25,000,000
September 30, 2003 $25,000,000.
(b) MANDATORY REDUCTION OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS. If the Term Loans
have been (or as a result of the application of the proceeds from any applicable
Mandatory Prepayment Event will be) paid in full, then upon the occurrence of a
Mandatory Prepayment Event described in SUBSECTION 2.8(a)(i) or 2.8(a)(ii), the
Revolving Commitments shall be reduced by the amount, if any, of any Net Cash
Proceeds which would have been required (and are not applied) to prepay the Term
Loans pursuant to such subsections if the Term Loans had not been (or were not
concurrently) paid in full, with each such reduction effective at the time such
prepayment would have been required pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.8(a). Reductions of
the Revolving Commitments pursuant to this SUBSECTION 2.6(b) shall not reduce
any scheduled reduction of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to SUBSECTION
2.6(a).
(c) VOLUNTARY REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS. The
Company may, upon not less than three Business Days' prior written notice to the
Administrative Agent, permanently reduce the Revolving Commitment Amount to an
amount which is not less than the Revolving Outstandings. Any such reduction (i)
shall be in an aggregate amount of $2,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of
$1,000,000 and (ii) shall be applied to reduce the remaining scheduled
reductions of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.6(a) in the
order of their occurrence. The Company may at any time on like notice terminate
the Revolving Commitments upon payment in full of all Revolving Loans and
Swingline Loans and Cash Collateralization in full of all L/C Obligations.
(d) EACH REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF REVOLVING COMMITMENTS. Once
reduced in accordance with this Section, the Revolving Commitment Amount may not
be increased without the consent of all Lenders. Any reduction of the Revolving
Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving Commitment of each Lender
according to its Percentage. All accrued commitment fees to, but not including,
the effective date of any reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments
shall be paid on the effective date of such reduction or termination.
2.7 OPTIONAL PREPAYMENTS. (a) Subject to SECTION 4.4, the Company may,
from time to time, upon irrevocable written notice to the Administrative Agent
(which notice must be received by 12:00 noon (Chicago time) one Business Day
prior to the requested day of prepayment in the case of Base Rate Loans and
12:00 noon (Chicago time) three Business Days prior to the date of prepayment in
the case of Offshore Rate Loans), prepay any Borrowing of Revolving Loans or
Term Loans in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, in an aggregate
amount of $1,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of $250,000.
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(b) Each notice of prepayment shall specify the date and amount of
such prepayment and the Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will
promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of any such notice and of such
Lender's share of such prepayment. If any such notice is given by the Company,
the Company shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with
accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid and any amounts required
pursuant to SECTION 4.4. All prepayments of Term Loans shall be applied, at the
Company's election (expressed in writing to the Administrative Agent no later
than one Business Day prior to such prepayment), (x) against one or both of the
next two unpaid principal installments of the Term Loans, (y) PRO RATA to the
unpaid installments of the Term Loans or (z) in such combination of the
alternatives expressed in CLAUSES (x) and (y) as the Company shall specify in
writing to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that if the Company
fails to give any notice as to application of such prepayment, such prepayment
will be applied as set forth in CLAUSE (y)).
2.8 MANDATORY PREPAYMENTS OF LOANS. (a) The Company shall make a
prepayment of the Term Loans upon the occurrence of any of the following (each a
"MANDATORY PREPAYMENT EVENT") at the following times and in the following
amounts (any such prepayment shall be subject to the provisions of SECTION 4.4):
(i) Within 120 days after any sale, transfer or other disposition
by the Company or any Subsidiary of any asset (other than sales of
inventory and dispositions of obsolete, unused, surplus or unnecessary
equipment, in each case in the ordinary course of business, sales of assets
described in CLAUSE (II) below and sales of Excluded Assets) to a Person
other than the Company or a Subsidiary, in an amount equal to 100% of the
Net Cash Proceeds of such sale, transfer or other disposition; PROVIDED
that the foregoing shall not apply (x) to sales, transfers or other
dispositions of such assets the proceeds of which are used or committed to
be used by the Company or a Subsidiary for capital expenditures within 120
days after any such sale, or (y) to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds
of all such sales, transfers or other dispositions in any fiscal year is
less than $1,000,000.
(ii) Within 30 days after any sale, transfer or other disposition
(including by way of merger or consolidation) by the Company or any
Subsidiary of any of the capital stock of any of the Company's operating
Subsidiaries to a Person other than the Company or a Subsidiary, in an
amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such sale.
(iii) Concurrently with the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from
any issuance of public equity securities of the Company (including the
Expected Equity Offering and any other public offering, but excluding any
issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to any employee or director
stock option program, benefit plan or compensation program), in an amount
equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.
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(iv) Within 90 days after the end of (a) the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1999, in an amount equal to 25% of Excess Cash Flow for such
fiscal year and (b) each fiscal year thereafter, in an amount equal to 50%
of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year.
All prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to this SUBSECTION 2.8(a) shall be
applied to the remaining installments of the Term Loans (x) in inverse order of
maturity, in the case of prepayments pursuant to CLAUSES (i) and (ii) and (y)
PRO RATA, in the case of prepayments pursuant to CLAUSES (iii) and (iv).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to make a
prepayment of the Term Loans upon the occurrence of a Mandatory Prepayment Event
described in CLAUSES (iii) or (iv), if the Expected Equity Offering previously
has been completed.
(b) If, on any Revolving Commitment Reduction Date or on any date on
which the Revolving Commitment Amount is reduced pursuant to SUBSECTION 2.6(b),
the Revolving Outstandings exceed the Revolving Commitment Amount (after giving
effect to the reduction of the Revolving Commitment Amount on such date), the
Company shall immediately prepay an outstanding principal amount of the
Revolving Loans, Swingline Loans and/or L/C Advances in an amount equal to such
excess (and any such prepayment shall be subject to the provisions of SECTION
4.4).
2.9 REPAYMENT.
(a) THE REVOLVING FACILITY. The Company shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on the Revolving
Termination Date the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans
outstanding on such date.
(b) THE TERM LOAN FACILITY. The Company shall make repayments of the
Term Loans on the last day of each fiscal quarter and on the scheduled Revolving
Termination Date, in each case in the applicable aggregate amount set forth in
the table below (such aggregate amounts to be applied to the Term Loans of the
Lenders pro rata according to their respective Percentages):
Fiscal Quarter Ending Amount
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12/31/99 through 9/30/00 $2,500,000
12/31/00 through 9/30/01 $3,750,000
12/31/01 through 9/30/02 $3,750,000
12/31/02 through 9/30/03 $3,750,000
12/31/03 through 6/30/04 and on the scheduled
Revolving Termination Date $5,000,000.
2.10 INTEREST. (a) Each Revolving Loan and Term Loan shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable
Borrowing Date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate PLUS the Base Rate
Margin or the Offshore Rate PLUS the Offshore Rate
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Margin, as the case may be (and subject to the Company's right to convert to the
other Type of Loans under SECTION 2.4). Each Swingline Loan shall bear interest
on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable Borrowing Date
at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate PLUS the Base Rate Margin.
(b) Interest on each Loan shall be paid in arrears on each Interest
Payment Date therefor. Interest shall also be paid on the date of any prepayment
of Offshore Rate Loans under SECTION 2.7 or 2.8 for the portion of the Loans so
prepaid and upon payment (including prepayment) in full thereof.
(c) Notwithstanding SUBSECTION (a) of this Section, during the
existence of any Event of Default, the Company shall pay interest (after as well
as before entry of judgment thereon to the extent permitted by law) on the
principal amount of all outstanding Loans and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, on any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, at a rate per annum equal to the rate otherwise applicable thereto
pursuant to the terms hereof or such other Loan Document (or, if no such rate is
specified, the Base Rate) PLUS the Base Rate Margin plus 2%. All such interest
shall be payable on demand.
(d) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations
of the Company to any Lender hereunder shall be subject to the limitation that
payments of interest shall not be required for any period for which interest is
computed hereunder to the extent (but only to the extent) that contracting for
or receiving such payment by such Lender would be contrary to the provisions of
any law applicable to such Lender limiting the highest rate of interest that may
be lawfully contracted for, charged or received by such Lender, and in such
event the Company shall pay such Lender interest at the highest rate permitted
by applicable law.
2.11 FEES. In addition to certain fees described in SECTION 3.8:
(a) ARRANGER AND AGENCY FEES. The Company shall pay arrangement fees
to the Arranger for the Arranger's own account and agency fees to the
Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agent's own account, in each case as
required by the letter agreement (the "FEE LETTER") among the Company, the
Arranger and the Administrative Agent dated as of January 25, 1999.
(b) COMMITMENT FEES. The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of each Lender a commitment fee calculated at a rate per annum
equal to the Non-Use Fee Rate on the average daily unused portion of such
Lender's Percentage of the Revolving Commitment Amount, computed on a quarterly
basis in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter based upon
the daily utilization for that quarter as calculated by the Administrative
Agent. For purposes of calculating utilization under this subsection, the
Revolving Commitment Amount shall be deemed used to the extent of the principal
amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding (but, for such purpose, Swingline
Loans shall not constitute usage of the Revolving Commitment Amount) PLUS the
Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations then outstanding. Such commitment fee
shall accrue from the Effective Date to the
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Revolving Termination Date and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on
the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, with the final payment to be
made on the Revolving Termination Date. The commitment fees provided in this
subsection shall accrue at all times after the Effective Date, including at any
time during which one or more conditions in ARTICLE V are not met.
2.12 COMPUTATION OF FEES AND INTEREST. (a) All computations of interest for
Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Bank of America's "reference
rate" shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may
be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of interest and fees shall
be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed. Interest and
fees shall accrue during each period during which interest or such fees are
computed from the first day thereof to the last day thereof.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent
shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Lenders in the absence of
manifest error. The Administrative Agent will, at the request of the Company or
any Lender, deliver to the Company or such Lender, as the case may be, a
statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining
any interest rate and the resulting interest rate.
2.13 PAYMENTS BY THE COMPANY. (a) All payments to be made by the
Company shall be made without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim. Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Company shall be made
to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders at the Agent's
Payment Office, and shall be made in Dollars and in immediately available funds,
no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date specified herein. Except as
expressly otherwise provided herein, the Administrative Agent will promptly
distribute, in like funds as received, to each Lender its Percentage (or other
applicable portion) of such payment. Any payment received by the Administrative
Agent later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) shall be deemed to have been received
on the following Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue
to accrue.
(b) Whenever any payment is due on a day other than a Business Day,
such payment shall be made on the following Business Day (unless, in the case of
an Offshore Rate Loan, such following Business Day is in another calendar month,
in which case such payment shall be made on the preceding Business Day), and
such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of
interest or fees, as the case may be.
(c) Unless the Administrative Agent receives notice from the Company
prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders that the Company
will not make such payment in full as and when required, the Administrative
Agent may assume that the Company has made such payment in full to the
Administrative Agent on such date in immediately available funds and the
Administrative Agent may (but shall not be so required), in reliance upon such
assumption, distribute to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the
amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent the Company has not made such
payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall repay to the
Administrative Agent on demand such
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amount distributed to such Lender, together with interest thereon at the Federal
Funds Rate for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender
until the date repaid.
2.14 PAYMENTS BY THE LENDERS TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. (a) Unless the
Administrative Agent receives notice from a Lender on or prior to the Effective
Date, or, with respect to any Borrowing after the Effective Date, at least one
Business Day prior to the date of such Borrowing, that such Lender will not make
available as and when required hereunder to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Company the amount of such Lender's Percentage of such Borrowing,
the Administrative Agent may assume that each Lender has made such amount
available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds on the
Borrowing Date and the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be required to),
in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company on such date a
corresponding amount. If and to the extent any Lender shall not have made its
full amount available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds
and the Administrative Agent in such circumstances has made available to the
Company such amount, such Lender shall on the Business Day following such
Borrowing Date make such amount available to the Administrative Agent, together
with interest at the Federal Funds Rate for each day during such period. A
notice of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to
amounts owing under this SUBSECTION (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error. If such amount is so made available, such payment to the Administrative
Agent shall constitute such Lender's Loan on the date of Borrowing for all
purposes of this Agreement. If such amount is not made available to the
Administrative Agent on the Business Day following the Borrowing Date, the
Administrative Agent will notify the Company of such failure to fund and, upon
demand by the Administrative Agent, the Company shall pay such amount to the
Administrative Agent for the Administrative Agent's account, together with
interest thereon for each day elapsed since the date of such Borrowing, at a
rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable at the time to the Loans
comprising such Borrowing.
(b) The failure of any Lender to make any Loan on any Borrowing Date
shall not relieve any other Lender of any obligation hereunder to make a Loan on
such Borrowing Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on any Borrowing
Date.
2.15 SHARING OF PAYMENTS, ETC. If, other than as expressly provided
elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it any
payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of
set-off, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share of such payment
(determined in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement), such Lender
shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact and (b)
purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them as
shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment
PRO RATA with each other Lender; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if all or any portion
of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender, such
purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to
the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount
equal to such paying Lender's ratable share (according to the proportion of (i)
the amount of such paying Lender's required repayment to (ii) the total amount
so recovered from the
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purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the
purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered. The Company
agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all its rights of payment
(including the right of set-off, but subject to SECTION 11.10) with respect to
such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the
Company in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep
records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error)
of participations purchased under this Section and will in each case notify the
Lenders following any such purchases or repayments.
ARTICLE III
THE LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.1 THE LETTER OF CREDIT SUBFACILITY; EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT. (a) On
the terms and conditions set forth herein: (i) the Issuing Lender agrees, (A)
from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Effective Date
to the Revolving Termination Date to issue Letters of Credit for the account of
the Company, and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in
accordance with SUBSECTIONS 3.2(c) and 3.2(d), and (B) to honor properly drawn
drafts under the Letters of Credit issued by it; and (ii) the Lenders severally
agree to participate in Letters of Credit Issued for the account of the Company;
PROVIDED that the Issuing Lender shall not be obligated to Issue, and no Lender
shall be obligated to participate in, any Letter of Credit if as of the date of
Issuance of such Letter of Credit (the "ISSUANCE DATE") (1) the Revolving
Outstandings exceed the Revolving Commitment Amount, (2) the Effective Amount of
all L/C Obligations exceeds the amount of the L/C Commitment or (3) the sum of
the participation of any Lender in the Effective Amount of all L/C Obligations
and Swingline Loans PLUS the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans
of such Lender shall exceed such Lender's Revolving Commitment. Within the
foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the
Company's ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and,
accordingly, the Company may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of
Credit to replace Letters of Credit which have expired or which have been drawn
upon and reimbursed.
(b) The Issuing Lender shall not be under any obligation to Issue any
Letter of Credit if:
(i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority
or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing
Lender from Issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Requirement of Law
applicable to the Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or
not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with
jurisdiction over the Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that the
Issuing Lender refrain from, the Issuance of letters of credit generally or
such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender
with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital
requirement (for which the Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated
hereunder) not in effect on the Effective Date, or shall impose
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upon the Issuing Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was
not applicable on the Effective Date and which the Issuing Lender in good
xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(ii) the Issuing Lender has received written notice from any
Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Company, on or prior to the
Business Day prior to the requested date of Issuance of such Letter of
Credit, that one or more of the applicable conditions contained in ARTICLE
V is not then satisfied;
(iii) the expiry date of such Letter of Credit is after the
Revolving Termination Date, or, in the case of a Commercial Letter of
Credit, the expiry date of such Letter of Credit is less than 25 days prior
to the Revolving Termination Date, unless all of the Lenders have approved
such expiry date in writing;
(iv) such Letter of Credit does not provide for drafts, or is not
otherwise in form and substance acceptable to the Issuing Lender, or the
Issuance of such Letter of Credit shall violate any applicable policies of
the Issuing Lender; or
(v) except as provided in SECTION 3.10, such Letter of Credit is
denominated in a currency other than Dollars.
(c) On and after the Effective Date, the Existing Letters of Credit
shall be deemed for all purposes to be Letters of Credit outstanding under this
Agreement. Each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Issuing Lender on the Effective
Date a participation in each Existing Letter of Credit and each drawing
thereunder in an amount equal to the product of (i) such Lender's Percentage
times (ii) the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit
and the amount of such drawing, respectively.
3.2 ISSUANCE, AMENDMENT AND RENEWAL OF LETTERS OF CREDIT. (a) Each Letter
of Credit shall be issued upon the irrevocable written request of the Company
received by the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent at least four
Business Days (or such shorter time as the Issuing Lender and the Administrative
Agent may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the
proposed date of issuance. Each such request for issuance of a Letter of Credit
shall be by facsimile, confirmed immediately in an original writing, in the form
of an L/C Application, and shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the
Issuing Lender: (i) the face amount of the Letter of Credit; (ii) the expiry
date of the Letter of Credit; (iii) the name and address of the beneficiary
thereof; (iv) the documents to be presented by the beneficiary of the Letter of
Credit in case of any drawing thereunder; (v) the full text of any certificate
to be presented by the beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (vi)
such other matters as the Issuing Lender may require.
(b) At least two Business Days prior to the Issuance of any Letter of
Credit, the Issuing Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by
telephone or in writing) that
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the Administrative Agent has received a copy of the L/C Application or L/C
Amendment Application from the Company and, if not, the Issuing Lender will
provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. If and only if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Issuing Lender on or before the Business Day
immediately preceding the proposed date of Issuance of a Letter of Credit that
the Issuing Lender may Issue such Letter of Credit, then, subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, the Issuing Lender shall, on the requested date, Issue
such Letter of Credit for the account of the Company in accordance with the
Issuing Lender's usual and customary business practices. The Administrative
Agent shall not give such notice if the Administrative Agent has knowledge that
(A) such Issuance is not then permitted under SUBSECTION 3.1(a) as a result of
the limitations set forth in CLAUSE (1) or (2) thereof or (B) the Issuing Lender
has received a notice described in SUBSECTION 3.1(b)(ii). The Administrative
Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any Letter of Credit Issuance
hereunder.
(c) From time to time while a Letter of Credit is outstanding and
prior to the Revolving Termination Date, the Issuing Lender will, upon the
written request of the Company received by the Issuing Lender (with a copy sent
by the Company to the Administrative Agent) at least four Business Days (or such
shorter time as the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent may agree in a
particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed date of
amendment, amend any Letter of Credit issued by it. Each such request for
amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be made by facsimile, confirmed
immediately in an original writing, made in the form of an L/C Amendment
Application and shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the Issuing
Lender: (i) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (ii) the proposed date of
amendment of such Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (iii) the
nature of the proposed amendment; and (iv) such other matters as the Issuing
Lender may require. The Issuing Lender shall not have any obligation to amend
any Letter of Credit if: (A) the Issuing Lender would have no obligation at such
time to Issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms of this
Agreement; or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the
proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(d) The Issuing Lender and the Lenders agree that, while a Letter of
Credit is outstanding and prior to the Revolving Termination Date, at the option
of the Company and upon the written request of the Company received by the
Issuing Lender (with a copy sent by the Company to the Administrative Agent) at
least four Business Days (or such shorter time as the Issuing Lender and the
Administrative Agent may agree in a particular instance in their sole
discretion) prior to the proposed date of notification of renewal, the Issuing
Lender shall be entitled, with the approval of the Administrative Agent, to
authorize the automatic renewal of any Letter of Credit issued by it. Each such
request for renewal of a Letter of Credit shall be made by facsimile, confirmed
immediately in an original writing, in the form of an L/C Amendment Application,
and shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the Issuing Lender: (i) the
Letter of Credit to be renewed; (ii) the proposed date of notification of
renewal of such Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (iii) the
revised expiry date of such Letter of Credit (which, unless all Lenders
otherwise consent in writing, shall be prior to the Revolving Termination Date);
and (iv) such other matters as the Issuing Lender may require. The Issuing
Lender shall not be under any obligation to renew any Letter of Credit if: (A)
the Issuing Lender
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would have no obligation at such time to issue or amend such Letter of Credit in
its renewed form under the terms of this Agreement; or (B) the beneficiary of
such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed renewal of such Letter of
Credit. If any outstanding Letter of Credit shall provide that it shall be
automatically renewed unless the beneficiary thereof receives notice from the
Issuing Lender that such Letter of Credit shall not be renewed, and if at the
time of renewal the Issuing Lender would be entitled to authorize the automatic
renewal of such Letter of Credit in accordance with this SUBSECTION 3.2(d) upon
the request of the Company but the Issuing Lender shall not have received any
L/C Amendment Application from the Company with respect to such renewal or other
written direction by the Company with respect thereto, the Issuing Lender shall
nonetheless be permitted to allow such Letter of Credit to renew, subject to the
approval of the Administrative Agent, and the Company and the Lenders hereby
authorize such renewal, and, accordingly, the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to
have received an L/C Amendment Application from the Company requesting such
renewal.
(e) The Issuing Lender may, at its election (or as required by the
Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders), deliver any
notices of termination or other communications to any Letter of Credit
beneficiary or transferee, and take any other action as necessary or
appropriate, at any time and from time to time, in order to cause the expiry
date of such Letter of Credit to be a date not later than the Revolving
Termination Date.
(f) This Agreement shall control in the event of any conflict with any
L/C-Related Document (other than any Letter of Credit).
(g) The Issuing Lender will deliver to the Administrative Agent,
concurrently or promptly following its delivery of a Letter of Credit, or
amendment to or renewal of a Letter of Credit, to an advising bank or a
beneficiary, a true and complete copy of each such Letter of Credit or amendment
to or renewal of a Letter of Credit.
3.3 RISK PARTICIPATIONS, DRAWINGS AND REIMBURSEMENTS. (a) Immediately
upon the Issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Issuing
Lender a participation in such Letter of Credit and each drawing thereunder in
an amount equal to the product of (i) such Lender's Percentage times (ii) the
maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and the amount
of such drawing, respectively.
(b) In the event of any request for a drawing under a Letter of Credit
by the beneficiary or transferee thereof, the Issuing Lender will promptly
notify the Company and the Administrative Agent. The Company shall reimburse the
Issuing Lender prior to 10:30 a.m. (Chicago time), on each date that any amount
is paid by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit (each such date, an
"HONOR DATE") in an amount equal to the amount so paid by the Issuing Lender;
PROVIDED that, to the extent that the Issuing Lender accepts a drawing under a
Letter of Credit after 10:30 a.m. (Chicago time), the Company will not be
obligated to reimburse the Issuing Lender until the next Business Day and the
"Honor Date" for such Letter of Credit
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shall be such next Business Day. If the Company fails to reimburse the Issuing
Lender for the full amount of any drawing under any Letter of Credit by 10:30
a.m. (Chicago time) on the Honor Date, the Issuing Lender will promptly notify
the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each
Lender thereof, and the Company shall be deemed to have requested that Base Rate
Loans be made by the Lenders to be disbursed on the Honor Date under such Letter
of Credit, subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving
Commitment Amount and subject to the conditions set forth in SECTION 5.3 other
than SECTION 5.3(a). Any notice given by the Issuing Lender or the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this SUBSECTION 3.3(b) may be oral if
immediately confirmed in writing (including by facsimile); PROVIDED that the
lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or
binding effect of such notice.
(c) Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to SUBSECTION 3.3(b)
make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender
an amount in Dollars and in immediately available funds equal to its Percentage
of the amount of the drawing, whereupon the participating Lenders shall (subject
to SUBSECTION 3.3(d)) each be deemed to have made a Revolving Loan consisting of
a Base Rate Loan to the Company in such amount. If any Lender so notified fails
to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender the amount of such Lender's Percentage of the amount of such drawing by
no later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the Honor Date, then interest shall
accrue on such Lender's obligation to make such payment, from the Honor Date to
the date such Lender makes such payment, at a rate per annum equal to the
Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time during such period. The
Administrative Agent will promptly give notice of the occurrence of the Honor
Date, but failure of the Administrative Agent to give any such notice on the
Honor Date or in sufficient time to enable any Lender to effect such payment on
such date shall not relieve such Lender from its obligations under this SECTION
3.3.
(d) With respect to any unreimbursed drawing that is not converted
into Revolving Loans consisting of Base Rate Loans in whole or in part, because
of the Company's failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in SECTION 5.3
(other than SECTION 5.3(a), which need not be satisfied) or for any other
reason, the Company shall be deemed to have incurred from the Issuing Lender an
L/C Borrowing in the amount of such drawing, which L/C Borrowing shall be due
and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at a rate
per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate PLUS the Base Rate Margin PLUS 2%,
and each Lender's payment to the Issuing Lender pursuant to SUBSECTION 3.3(c)
shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing
and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its
participation obligation under this SECTION 3.3.
(e) Each Lender's obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make
Revolving Loans or L/C Advances, as contemplated by this SECTION 3.3, as a
result of a drawing under a Letter of Credit, shall be absolute and
unconditional and without recourse to the Issuing Lender and shall not be
affected by any circumstance, including (i) any set-off, counterclaim,
recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the
Issuing Lender, the Company or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii)
the occurrence or continuance of
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an Event of Default, an Unmatured Event of Default or a Material Adverse Effect
or (iii) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing; PROVIDED that each Lender's obligation to make
Revolving Loans under this SECTION 3.3 is subject to the conditions set forth in
SECTION 5.3.
3.4 REPAYMENT OF PARTICIPATIONS. (a) Upon (and only upon) receipt by the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender of immediately
available funds from the Company (i) in reimbursement of any payment made by the
Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit with respect to which any Lender has
paid the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender for such
Lender's participation in such Letter of Credit pursuant to SECTION 3.3 or (ii)
in payment of interest thereon, the Administrative Agent will pay to each
Lender, in like funds as those received by the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Issuing Lender, the amount of such Lender's Percentage of such
funds, and the Issuing Lender shall receive the amount of the Percentage of such
funds of any Lender that did not so pay the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Issuing Lender.
(b) If the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender is required at
any time to return to the Company, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator or
custodian, or to any official in any Insolvency Proceeding, any portion of any
payment made by the Company to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Issuing Lender pursuant to SUBSECTION 3.4(a) in reimbursement of a payment made
under a Letter of Credit or interest or fee thereon, each Lender shall, on
demand of the Administrative Agent, forthwith return to the Administrative Agent
or the Issuing Lender the amount of its Percentage of any amount so returned by
the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender PLUS interest thereon from the
date such demand is made to the date such amount is returned by such Lender to
the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the
Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time.
3.5 ROLE OF THE ISSUING LENDER. (a) Each Lender and the Company agree
that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall
not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft
and certificate expressly required by such Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or
inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of
the Person executing or delivering any such document.
(b) None of any Agent-Related Person, the Issuing Lender or any of
their respective correspondents, participants or assignees shall be liable to
any Lender for: (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the
request or with the approval of the Lenders (including the Required Lenders, as
applicable); (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence
or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any L/C-Related Document.
(c) The Company hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of
any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit;
PROVIDED that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the
Company's pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the
beneficiary or transferee at law or under this Agreement or
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any other agreement. None of any Agent-Related Person, the Issuing Lender or any
of their respective correspondents, participants or assignees shall be liable or
responsible for any of the matters described in CLAUSES (i) through (vii) of
SECTION 3.6; PROVIDED that, anything in such clauses to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Company may have a claim against the Issuing Lender, and
the Issuing Lender may be liable to the Company, to the extent, but only to the
extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages
suffered by the Company which the Company proves were caused by the Issuing
Lender's willful misconduct or gross negligence or the Issuing Lender's willful
or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the
presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s)
strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing: (i) the Issuing Lender may
accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without
responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or
information to the contrary; and (ii) the Issuing Lender shall not be
responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or
assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights
or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove
to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
3.6 OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE. The obligations of the Company under this
Agreement and any L/C-Related Document to reimburse the Issuing Lender for a
drawing under a Letter of Credit, and to repay any L/C Borrowing and any drawing
under a Letter of Credit converted into Revolving Loans, shall be unconditional
and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and each such other L/C-Related Document under all circumstances,
including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or
any L/C-Related Document;
(ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in
any other term of, all or any of the obligations of the Company in respect
of any Letter of Credit or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent
to departure from all or any of the L/C- Related Documents;
(iii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right
that the Company may have at any time against any beneficiary or any
transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such
beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender or
any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the
transactions contemplated hereby or by the L/C-Related Documents or any
unrelated transaction;
(iv) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented
under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or
insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or
inaccurate in any respect or any loss or delay in the transmission or
otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any
Letter of Credit;
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(v) any payment by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit
against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly
comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the
Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a
trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of
creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to
any beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit, including any
arising in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding;
(vi) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral,
or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any
guarantee, for all or any of the obligations of the Company in respect of
any Letter of Credit; or
(vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or
not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that
might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the
Company or a guarantor.
3.7 CASH COLLATERAL PLEDGE. If any Letter of Credit remains outstanding
and partially or wholly undrawn as of the Revolving Termination Date, then the
Company shall immediately Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an amount
equal to the maximum amount then available to be drawn under all Letters of
Credit.
3.8 LETTER OF CREDIT FEES. (a) The Company shall pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Lender a letter of credit fee with respect to each
Letter of Credit at a rate per annum equal to the L/C Fee Rate on the average
daily maximum amount available to be drawn on such Letter of Credit, computed on
a quarterly basis in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter.
(b) The Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender a letter of credit
fronting fee for each Letter of Credit Issued equal to 0.25% per annum of the
average daily maximum amount available to be drawn on such Letter of Credit,
computed on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter and on the Revolving
Termination Date (or such later date on which such Letter of Credit shall expire
or be fully drawn).
(c) The letter of credit fees payable under SUBSECTION 3.8(a) and the
fronting fees payable under SUBSECTION 3.8(b) shall be due and payable quarterly
in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter during which
Letters of Credit are outstanding, commencing on the first such quarterly date
to occur after the Effective Date, through the Revolving Termination Date (or
such later date upon which all outstanding Letters of Credit shall expire or be
fully drawn), with the final payment to be made on the Revolving Termination
Date (or such later date). For purposes of calculating the fees payable under
SUBSECTION 3.8(a) and SUBSECTION 3.8(b), any undrawn Commercial Letters of
Credit should be considered outstanding and available to be drawn upon for 25
days after its expiry date.
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(d) The Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender from time to time on
demand the normal issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees,
and other standard costs and charges, of the Issuing Lender relating to letters
of credit as from time to time in effect.
3.9 UNIFORM CUSTOMS AND PRACTICE. The Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits as published by the International Chamber of Commerce most
recently at the time of issuance of any Letter of Credit shall (unless otherwise
expressly provided in such Letter of Credit) apply to each Letter of Credit.
3.10 NON-DOLLAR LETTERS OF CREDIT. (a) The Company, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders (i) agree that the Issuing Lender may
(in its sole discretion) issue Letters of Credit ("NON-DOLLAR LETTERS OF
CREDIT") in currencies other than Dollars and (ii) further agree as follows with
respect to such Non-Dollar Letters of Credit:
(b) The Company agrees that its reimbursement obligation under
SUBSECTION 3.3(b) and any resulting L/C Borrowing, in each case in respect of a
drawing under any Non-Dollar Letter of Credit, (i) shall be payable in Dollars
at the Dollar Equivalent of such obligation in the currency in which such
Non-Dollar Letter of Credit was issued (determined on the date of payment) and
(ii) shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Overnight
Rate PLUS the Offshore Rate Margin PLUS 3% for each day from and including the
Honor Date to but excluding the date such obligation is paid in full (IT BEING
UNDERSTOOD that any payment received after 10:30 a.m., Chicago time, on any day
shall be deemed received on the following Business Day).
(c) Each Lender agrees that its obligation to make Revolving Loans
under SUBSECTION 3.3(b) and to make L/C Advances for any unpaid reimbursement
obligation or L/C Borrowing in respect of a drawing under any Non-Dollar Letter
of Credit shall be payable in Dollars at the Dollar Equivalent of such
obligation in the currency in which such Non-Dollar Letter of Credit was issued
(calculated on the date of payment) (and any such amount which is not paid when
due shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Overnight Rate PLUS,
beginning on the third Business Day after such amount was due, the Offshore Rate
Margin.
(d) For purposes of determining whether there is availability for the
Company to request, continue or convert any Loan, or request, extend or increase
the face amount of any Letter of Credit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Effective
Amount of each Non-Dollar Letter of Credit shall be calculated on the date such
Loan is to be made, continued or converted or such Letter of Credit is to be
issued, extended or increased.
(e) For purposes of determining (i) the amount of the unused portion
of the Revolving Commitment Amount under SUBSECTION 2.11(b), (ii) the letter of
credit fee under SUBSECTION 3.8(a) and (iii) the letter of credit fronting fee
under SUBSECTION 3.8(b), the Dollar Equivalent of the Effective Amount of any
Non-Dollar Letter of Credit shall be determined on each of (1) the date of an
issuance, extension or change in the face amount of such Non-Dollar
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Letter of Credit, (2) the date of any payment by the Issuing Lender in respect
of a drawing under such Non-Dollar Letter of Credit, (3) the last day of each
calendar month and (4) each day on which the Revolving Commitment Amount is
reduced.
(f) If, on the last day of any calendar month or any day on which the
Revolving Commitment Amount is reduced, the sum of the principal amount of all
Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans plus the Effective Amount of all Letters of
Credit (valuing the Effective Amount of, and all reimbursement obligations and
L/C Borrowings of the Company in respect of, any Non-Dollar Letter of Credit at
the Dollar Equivalent thereof as of such day) would exceed the Revolving
Commitment Amount, then the Company will immediately eliminate such excess by
prepaying Revolving Loans and/or Swingline Loans and/or causing one or more
Letters of Credit to be reduced or terminated.
(g) If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is
necessary to convert a sum due in respect of any Non-Dollar Letter of Credit in
one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at
which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Issuing Lender could
purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day
preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Company
in respect of any such sum due from it to the Issuing Lender or any Lender
hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the "JUDGMENT
CURRENCY") other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with
the applicable provisions of the applicable Non-Dollar Letter of Credit (the
"AGREEMENT CURRENCY"), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day
following receipt by the Issuing Lender or such Lender of any sum adjudged to be
so due in the Judgment Currency, the Issuing Lender or such Lender may in
accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with
the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is
less than the sum originally due to the Issuing Lender or such Lender in the
Agreement Currency, the Company agrees, as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Issuing Lender or such
Lender, as applicable, against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement
Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Issuing
Lender or such Lender in such currency, the Issuing Lender and each other Lender
agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Company (or to any other Person
who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
(h) For purposes of this Section, "OVERNIGHT RATE" means, for any day,
the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable
currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which
such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by the London
Branch of Bank of America to major banks in the London or other applicable
offshore interbank market. The Overnight Rate for any day which is not a
Business Day (or on which dealings are not carried on in the applicable offshore
interbank market) shall be the Overnight Rate for the immediately preceding
Business Day.
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ARTICLE IV
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
4.1 TAXES. (a) Any and all payments by the Company to each Lender or the
Administrative Agent under this Agreement and any other Loan Document shall be
made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any Taxes. In
addition, the Company shall pay all Other Taxes.
(b) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender and
the Administrative Agent for the full amount of Taxes, Other Taxes and Further
Taxes paid by such Lender in the amount necessary to preserve the after-tax
yield such Lender would have received if such Taxes, Other Taxes or Further
Taxes had not been imposed, and any liability (including penalties, interest,
additions to tax and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses) arising therefrom or
with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes
were correctly or legally asserted; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no participant of
any Lender shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under this
SUBSECTION 4.1(b) than such Lender would have been entitled to receive with
respect to the rights participated; and PROVIDED FURTHER that the Company shall
not indemnify any Lender (or participant thereof) or the Administrative Agent
for Taxes, Other Taxes, Further Taxes, penalties, additions to tax, interest and
expenses arising as a result of any of their own willful misconduct or gross
negligence. Payment under this SUBSECTION 4.1(b) shall be made within 30 days
from the date such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) makes
written demand therefor, including with such demand an identification of the
Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes (together with the amounts thereof) with
respect to which such demand for indemnification is being made.
(c) If the Company shall be required by law to deduct or withhold any
Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable
hereunder to any Lender or the Administrative Agent, then:
(i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that,
after making all required deductions and withholdings (including deductions
and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section),
such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, receives and
retains an amount equal to the sum it would have received and retained had
no such deductions or withholdings been made;
(ii) the Company shall make such deductions and withholdings; and
(iii) the Company shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld
to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with
applicable law.
(d) Within 10 days after the date the Company receives any receipt for
the payment of any Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes deducted or withheld
pursuant to CLAUSE (c)
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above, the Company shall furnish to each Lender and the Administrative Agent the
original or a certified copy of such receipt evidencing payment thereof, or
other evidence of payment satisfactory to such Lender or the Administrative
Agent.
(e) If the Company is required to pay additional amounts to any Lender
or the Administrative Agent pursuant to SUBSECTION (b) of this Section or
SECTION 4.3, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with
legal and regulatory restrictions) to change the jurisdiction of its Lending
Office so as to reduce or eliminate any such additional payment by the Company
which may thereafter accrue, if such change in the sole judgment of such Lender
is not otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.
(f) If a Lender (or participant thereof) or the Administrative Agent
shall become aware that it is entitled to receive a refund (including interest
and penalties, if any) in respect of Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes as to
which it has been indemnified by the Company pursuant to this SECTION 4.1, it
shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the availability of such refund
(including interest and penalties, if any) and shall, within 30 days after
receipt of a request by the Company, apply for such refund. If any Lender (or
participant thereof) or the Administrative Agent receives a refund (including
interest and penalties, if any) in respect of any Taxes, Other Taxes or Further
Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Company pursuant to this
SECTION 4.1, it shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt of such refund
and shall, within 15 days of receipt, repay such refund (to the extent of
amounts that have been paid by the Company under this SECTION 4.1 with respect
to such refund and not previously reimbursed) to the Company, net of all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender or the Administrative Agent and
without any interest (other than the interest, if any, included in such refund).
4.2 ILLEGALITY. (a) After the date hereof, if any Lender determines that
the introduction of any Requirement of Law, or any change in any Requirement of
Law, or in the interpretation or administration of any Requirement of Law, has
made it unlawful, or that any central bank or other Governmental Authority has
asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable Lending Office
to make Offshore Rate Loans, then, on notice thereof by the Lender to the
Company through the Administrative Agent, any obligation of such Lender to make
Offshore Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the
Administrative Agent and the Company that the circumstances giving rise to such
determination no longer exist.
(b) After the date hereof, if a Lender determines that it is unlawful
to maintain any Offshore Rate Loan, the Company shall, upon its receipt of
notice of such fact and demand from such Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), prepay in full such Offshore Rate Loan, together with
interest accrued thereon and any amount required under SECTION 4.4, either on
the last day of the Interest Period thereof, if such Lender may lawfully
continue to maintain such Offshore Rate Loan to such day, or on such earlier
date on which such Lender may no longer lawfully continue to maintain such
Offshore Rate Loan (as determined by such Lender). If the Company is required to
so prepay any Offshore Rate Loan, then concurrently with such
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prepayment, the Company shall borrow from the affected Lender, in the amount of
such repayment, a Base Rate Loan.
(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or maintain Offshore Rate
Loans has been terminated or suspended pursuant to SUBSECTION (a) or (b) above,
all Loans which would otherwise be made by such Lender as Offshore Rate Loans
shall be instead Base Rate Loans.
(d) Before giving any notice to the Administrative Agent or demand
upon the Company under this Section, the affected Lender shall designate a
different Lending Office with respect to its Offshore Rate Loans if such
designation will avoid the need for giving such notice or making such demand and
will not, in the judgment of such Lender, be illegal or otherwise
disadvantageous to such Lender.
4.3 INCREASED COSTS AND REDUCTION OF RETURN. (a) After the date hereof, if
any Lender determines that, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change
(other than any change by way of imposition of or increase in reserve
requirements included in the calculation of the Offshore Rate) in or in the
interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii) compliance by such Lender with
any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority
(whether or not having the force of law), there shall be any increase in the
cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any
Offshore Rate Loan or participating in Letters of Credit or, in the case of the
Issuing Lender, any increase in the cost to the Issuing Lender of agreeing to
issue, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or of agreeing to make or
making, funding or maintaining any unpaid drawing under any Letter of Credit,
then the Company shall be liable for, and shall from time to time, upon demand
(with a copy of such demand to be sent to the Administrative Agent), pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender, additional amounts as are
sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased costs.
(b) After the date hereof, if any Lender shall have determined that
(i) the introduction of any Capital Adequacy Regulation, (ii) any change in any
Capital Adequacy Regulation, (iii) any change in the interpretation or
administration of any Capital Adequacy Regulation by any central bank or other
Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or (iv) compliance by such Lender (or its Lending Office) or any
corporation controlling such Lender with any Capital Adequacy Regulation,
affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be
maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender and (taking
into consideration such Lender's or such corporation's policies with respect to
capital adequacy and such Lender's desired return on capital) determines that
the amount of such capital is increased as a consequence of any of its
Commitments, Loans or obligations under this Agreement, then, upon demand of
such Lender to the Company through the Administrative Agent, the Company shall
pay to such Lender, from time to time as specified by such Lender, additional
amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increase.
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(c) This SECTION 4.3 shall not require the Company to reimburse the
Administrative Agent or any Lender for any Taxes which are otherwise covered by
the indemnity set forth in SECTION 4.1 or any Excluded Taxes.
4.4 FUNDING LOSSES. The Company shall reimburse each Lender and hold each
Lender harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur
as a consequence of:
(a) the failure of the Company to make on a timely basis any payment
of principal of any Offshore Rate Loan;
(b) the failure of the Company to borrow, continue or convert a Loan
after the Company has given (or is deemed to have given) a Notice of Borrowing
or a Notice of Conversion/Continuation;
(c) the failure of the Company to make any prepayment in accordance
with any notice delivered under SECTION 2.7;
(d) the prepayment (including pursuant to SECTION 2.8) or other
payment (including after acceleration thereof) of an Offshore Rate Loan on a day
that is not the last day of the relevant Interest Period; or
(e) the automatic conversion under SUBSECTION 2.4(a) of any Offshore
Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan on a day that is not the last day of the relevant
Interest Period;
including any such loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment
of funds obtained by it to maintain its Offshore Rate Loans or from fees payable
to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. For purposes of
calculating amounts payable by the Company to the Lenders under this Section and
under SUBSECTION 4.3(a), each Offshore Rate Loan made by a Lender (and each
related reserve, special deposit or similar requirement) shall be conclusively
deemed to have been funded at the IBOR used in determining the Offshore Rate for
such Offshore Rate Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the
interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period,
whether or not such Offshore Rate Loan is in fact so funded.
4.5 INABILITY TO DETERMINE RATES. If the Administrative Agent determines
that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining
the Offshore Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed
Offshore Rate Loan, or the Required Lenders determine (and notify the
Administrative Agent) that the Offshore Rate applicable pursuant to SUBSECTION
2.10(a) for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Offshore
Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of
funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Company
and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain
Offshore Rate Loans hereunder shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent,
with the consent of the Required Lenders,
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revokes such notice in writing. Upon receipt of such notice, the Company may
revoke any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation then
submitted by it. If the Company does not revoke such Notice, the Lenders shall
make, convert or continue the Loans, as proposed by the Company, in the amount
specified in the applicable notice submitted by the Company, but such Loans
shall be made, converted or continued as Base Rate Loans instead of Offshore
Rate Loans.
4.6 CERTIFICATES OF LENDERS. Any Lender claiming reimbursement or
compensation under this ARTICLE IV shall deliver to the Company (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent) a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the
basis for such claim and a calculation of the amount payable to such Lender and
such certificate shall be conclusive and binding on the Company in the absence
of manifest error.
4.7 SUBSTITUTION OF LENDERS. In the event the Company becomes obligated to
pay additional amounts to any Lender pursuant to SECTIONS 4.1(b) or (c) or
SECTION 4.3, or if it becomes illegal for any Lender to continue to fund or to
make Offshore Rate Loans pursuant to SECTION 4.2, as a result of any condition
described in any such Section, then, unless such Lender has theretofore taken
steps to remove or cure, and has removed or cured, the conditions creating the
cause for such obligation to pay such additional amounts or for such illegality,
the Company may designate a replacement bank or other financial institution
which is a Lender (subject to the consent of such Lender) or is acceptable to
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender in their
sole discretion (any such replacement bank or other financial institution being
herein called a "REPLACEMENT LENDER") to purchase the Loans of such Lender and
such Lender's rights hereunder, without recourse to or warranty by, or expense
to, such Lender for a purchase price equal to the outstanding principal amount
of the Loans payable to such Lender plus any accrued but unpaid interest on such
Loans and accrued but unpaid commitment fees in respect of such Lender's
Commitments and any other amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement
(including amounts payable pursuant to SECTION 4.4, assuming for such purpose
that all Offshore Rate Loans of such Lender were prepaid on the date of the
replacement of such Lender), and to assume all the obligations of such Lender
hereunder, and, upon such purchase, such Lender shall no longer be a party
hereto or have any rights hereunder and shall be relieved from all obligations
to the Company hereunder, and the Replacement Lender shall succeed to the rights
and obligations of such Lender hereunder.
4.8 SURVIVAL. The agreements and obligations of the Company in this
ARTICLE IV shall survive the payment of all other Obligations.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1 CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS. This Agreement shall become effective
(and the Existing Agreement shall be deemed to have been amended and restated
hereby) on the date that
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the Administrative Agent shall have received: (i) evidence (satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) that the Company has completed (or will concurrently
complete) the Overseas Acquisition; (ii) evidence (satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent) that the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture shall have
been amended in accordance with the proposed amendments described in the Consent
Solicitation Statement dated as of August 6, 1999 issued by the Company; (iii)
evidence (satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) that pro forma EBITDA for
the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending December 31, 1998, was at
least $70,000,000 (including at least $12,000,000 contributed to the Company by
the Overseas Operating Subsidiaries); (iv) an unaudited pro forma consolidated
balance sheet of the Company which gives effect to this Agreement as if the
Effective Date had occurred on June 30, 1999; (v) information (satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent) regarding the proposed corporate, tax, accounting and
operating structures of Overseas and the Overseas Operating Subsidiaries; and
(vi) all of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender, and (except for any Notes) in sufficient
copies for each Lender:
(a) CREDIT AGREEMENT AND NOTES. This Agreement and the Notes (if any)
executed by each party thereto.
(b) RESOLUTIONS AND INCUMBENCY.
(i) Copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the
Company and each Guarantor authorizing the transactions contemplated
hereby, certified as of the Effective Date by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of such Person; and
(ii) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of
the Company and each Guarantor certifying the names and true signatures of
the officers of such Person authorized to execute, deliver and perform this
Agreement and the other documents to be delivered by it hereunder.
(c) ORGANIZATION DOCUMENTS; GOOD STANDING. Each of the following
documents:
(i) for the Company and each Guarantor, the articles or
certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of each such Person, as the
case may be, as in effect on the Effective Date, certified by the Secretary
or Treasurer of such Person, as of the Effective Date; and
(ii) a good standing certificate for the Company and each
Guarantor from the Secretary of State (or similar applicable Governmental
Authority) of the jurisdiction of its organization.
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(d) LEGAL OPINIONS.
(i) An opinion of Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, substantially in
the form of EXHIBIT J, and
(ii) An opinion of Xxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxx, special counsel to the
Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT K.
(e) PAYMENT OF FEES. Evidence of payment by the Company of all
accrued and unpaid fees, costs and expenses to the extent then due and payable
on the Effective Date, together with Attorney Costs of the Administrative Agent
and the Arranger to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Effective Date, PLUS
such additional amounts of Attorney Costs as shall constitute the Administrative
Agent's reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs incurred or to be incurred by it
through the closing proceedings (IT BEING UNDERSTOOD that such estimate shall
not thereafter preclude final settling of accounts between the Company and the
Administrative Agent), including any such costs, fees and expenses arising under
or referenced in SECTION 2.11 or 11.4.
(f) CERTIFICATE. A certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, dated
as of the Effective Date, stating that:
(i) the representations and warranties contained in ARTICLE VI
are true and correct on and as of such date, as though made on and as of
such date (and assuming that the transactions contemplated by the Overseas
Acquisition Agreement had been completed and that Overseas already was a
Subsidiary of the Company);
(ii) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists or
will result from the effectiveness hereof; and
(iii) no event or circumstance has occurred since September 30,
1998 that has resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(g) CONFIRMATION. A Confirmation, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT
I, executed by the Company and each Guarantor.
(h) REAL PROPERTY. With respect to each parcel of real property owned
or leased by the Company or any Subsidiary and listed on SCHEDULE 5.1(h), a duly
executed Mortgage Amendment providing for a fully perfected Lien, in favor of
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, in all right, title and interest of the Company and each Subsidiary to
the real property subject to such Mortgage, superior in right to any Lien (other
than Permitted Liens), existing or future, which the Company or any Subsidiary
or any creditors thereof or purchasers therefrom, or any other Person, may have
against such real property, together with:
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(i) an ALTA (or other form acceptable to the Administrative Agent
and the Required Lenders) date down endorsement of the mortgagee policy of
title insurance or a binder issued by a title insurance company
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders insuring
(or undertaking to insure, in the case of a binder) that the Mortgage and
Mortgage Amendment create and constitute a valid first mortgage Lien
against such real property in favor of the Administrative Agent, subject
only to exceptions acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Required
Lenders, with such endorsements and affirmative insurance as the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request;
(ii) copies of all documents of record concerning such parcel as
shown on the endorsement or binder referred to above; and
(iii) a certificate of insurance confirming that the insurance
required to be maintained with respect to such real property by this
Agreement, any Mortgage, any Mortgage Amendment or any other Loan Document
is in full force and effect.
(i) ROV HOLDING PLEDGE AGREEMENT. A pledge agreement, executed by ROV
Holding and the Administrative Agent, whereby ROV Holding pledges 65% of the
stock of RLA, substantially in the form of EXHIBIT H-5.
(j) GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT. A counterpart of the Guaranty and
Security Agreement executed by Rovcal and Vidor Battery.
(k) OTHER DOCUMENTS. Such other approvals, opinions, documents or
materials as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
5.2 CONDITIONS TO ALL CREDIT EXTENSIONS. The obligation of each Lender to
make any Loan to be made by it and the obligation of the Issuing Lender to Issue
any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions
precedent on the relevant Borrowing Date or Issuance Date:
(a) NOTICE, APPLICATION. In the case of any Loan, the Administrative
Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing, and in the case of any Issuance
of any Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent shall
have received an L/C Application or L/C Amendment Application, as required under
SECTION 3.2.
(b) CONTINUATION OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The
representations and warranties in ARTICLE VI shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension with the same
effect as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case
they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).
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(c) NO EXISTING DEFAULT. No Event of Default or Unmatured Event of
Default shall exist or shall result from such Credit Extension.
(d) SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTE INDENTURE. If, after giving effect to
such Credit Extension, the sum of the Revolving Outstandings plus the aggregate
principal amount of all Term Loans will exceed $225,000,000, the Administrative
Agent shall have received evidence, reasonably satisfactory to it, that all of
the Obligations (including the Obligations created by such Credit Extension) are
permitted by the first paragraph of Section 4.09 of the Senior Subordinated Note
Indenture (without regard to any other provision of the Senior Subordinated Note
Indenture).
Each Notice of Borrowing and L/C Application or L/C Amendment Application
submitted by the Company hereunder shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Company hereunder, as of the date of such notice and as of the
applicable Borrowing Date or Issuance Date, that the conditions in this SECTION
5.2 are satisfied.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Company represents and warrants to each Agent and each Lender that:
6.1 CORPORATE EXISTENCE AND POWER. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries (other than any Dormant Subsidiary):
(a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation;
(b) has the power and authority and all governmental licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals (i) to own its assets and to carry on its
business and (ii) to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan
Documents;
(c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and is licensed and in
good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or
operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification
or license; and
(d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law;
except, in each case referred to in CLAUSE (b)(i), (c) or (d), to the extent
that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.2 CORPORATE AUTHORIZATION; NO CONTRAVENTION. The execution and delivery
by the Company of this Agreement and each other Loan Document to which it is a
party, the
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Borrowings hereunder, the execution and delivery by each Guarantor of each Loan
Document to which it is a party and the performance by each of the Company and
each Guarantor of its obligations under each Loan Document to which it is a
party (i) are within the corporate powers of the Company and each Guarantor, as
applicable, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on
the part of the Company and each Guarantor (including any necessary shareholder
action) and (iii) do not and will not:
(a) contravene the terms of any of the Organization Documents of the
Company or any Guarantor;
(b) conflict with or result in a breach or contravention of, or the
creation of any Lien under, any document evidencing any Contractual Obligation
to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or any order, injunction, writ
or decree of any Governmental Authority to which the Company, any Guarantor or
any of their properties are subject; or
(c) violate any Requirement of Law.
6.3 GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORIZATION. No approval, consent, exemption,
authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority is necessary or required in connection with the
execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, the Company of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party or any
Guarantor with respect to each Loan Document to which it is a party, except, in
each case, for filings required to perfect Liens in favor of the Administrative
Agent granted under the Loan Documents.
6.4 BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement and each other Loan Document to which
the Company is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally or by
equitable principles relating to enforceability; and with respect to each
Guarantor, each Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor, enforceable against such
Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors' rights generally and by equitable principles relating to
enforceability.
6.5 LITIGATION. Except as specifically disclosed in SCHEDULE 6.5, there
are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the best
knowledge of the Company, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in
arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, against the Company or any
Subsidiary or any of their respective properties which: purport to affect or
pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby; or would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No injunction, writ, temporary restraining order or
other order of any nature has been issued by any court or other Governmental
Authority purporting to enjoin or
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restrain the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, or directing that the transactions provided for herein or therein
not be consummated as herein or therein provided.
6.6 NO DEFAULT. No Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists
or would result from the incurring of any Obligations by the Company. As of the
Effective Date, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is in default under or
with respect to any Contractual Obligation in any respect which, individually or
together with all such defaults, would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, or that would, if such default had occurred after the Effective
Date, create an Event of Default under SUBSECTION 9.1(e).
6.7 ERISA COMPLIANCE.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state law. Each
Plan which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received
a favorable determination letter from the IRS and, to the best knowledge of the
Company, nothing has occurred which would cause the loss of such qualification.
The Company and each ERISA Affiliate has made all required contributions to any
Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver
or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code
has been made with respect to any Plan.
(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company,
threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or actions by any Governmental
Authority, with respect to any Plan which has resulted or would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited
transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to
any Plan which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no
contribution failure has occurred with respect to a Pension Plan sufficient to
give rise to a Lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA; neither the Company nor any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability to
the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan; neither the
Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur,
any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under
Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 or
4243 of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor any
ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section
4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
6.8 USE OF PROCEEDS; MARGIN REGULATIONS. The proceeds of the Loans are to
be used solely for the purposes set forth in and permitted by SECTION 7.12 and
not in contravention of Section 8.7. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
generally engaged in the business of
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purchasing or selling Margin Stock or extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
6.9 TITLE TO PROPERTIES. Each of the Company and each Subsidiary has good
record and marketable title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in,
all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its businesses,
except for such defects in title as would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and each Subsidiary has good
title to all their other respective material properties and assets (except for
those assets disposed of not in violation of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents). As of the Effective Date, the property of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
6.10 TAXES. The Company and its Subsidiaries have filed all Federal and
State income tax returns and all other material tax returns and reports required
to be filed, and have paid all Federal and State income taxes and all other
material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or
imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and
payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance
with GAAP. There is no written, and, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
there is no oral, proposed tax assessment against the Company or any Subsidiary
that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.11 FINANCIAL CONDITION. (a) The audited consolidated financial statements
of the Company dated September 30, 1998, and the related consolidated statements
of income or operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the fiscal year
then ended:
(i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) present fairly the financial condition of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and the results of operations for
the period covered thereby; and
(iii) except as specifically disclosed in SCHEDULE 6.11, show all
material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities
for taxes, material commitments and Contingent Obligations.
(b) Since September 30, 1998 there has been no Material Adverse
Effect.
6.12 REGULATED ENTITIES. None of the Company or any Subsidiary is an
"investment company" within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
None of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject to regulation under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate
Commerce Act, any state public utilities code, or any other Federal or state
statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness.
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6.13 NO BURDENSOME RESTRICTIONS. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
a party to or bound by any Contractual Obligation or subject to any restriction
in any Organization Document or any Requirement of Law which would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.14 COPYRIGHTS, PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND LICENSES, ETC. The Company and
its Subsidiaries own or are licensed or otherwise have the right to use all of
the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights and other
similar rights that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their
respective businesses, without conflict with the rights of any other Person. To
the best knowledge of the Company, no slogan or other advertising device,
product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now
contemplated to be employed, by the Company or any Subsidiary infringes upon any
valid rights held by any other Person. Except as specifically disclosed in
SCHEDULE 6.5, no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending
or threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary, and no patent, invention,
device, application, principle or any statute, law, rule, regulation, standard
or code, relating in each case to intellectual property, is, to the knowledge of
the Company, pending or proposed, which, in either case, would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.15 SUBSIDIARIES. As of the Effective Date, the Company has no
Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in PART (a) of SCHEDULE
6.15 hereto and has no equity investments in any other corporation or entity
other than those specifically disclosed in PART (b) of SCHEDULE 6.15. As of the
Effective Date, neither Minera Vidaluz nor Zoe-Phos International has assets
with a fair market value in excess of $100,000 or conducts any business. As of
the Effective Date, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides any
credit support to, or is liable in any manner for any liabilities of, Minera
Vidaluz or Zoe-Phos International.
6.16 INSURANCE. Except as specifically disclosed in SCHEDULE 6.16, the
properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries are insured with financially
sound and reputable insurance companies (which may be Affiliates of the
Company), in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are
customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning
similar properties in localities where the Company or such Subsidiary operates.
6.17 SOLVENCY, ETC. On the Effective Date (or, in the case of any Person
that becomes a Guarantor after the Effective Date, on the date such Person
becomes a Guarantor), and immediately prior to and after giving effect to each
Credit Extension and the use of the proceeds thereof, each of the Company and
each Guarantor will not have an unreasonably small capital (meaning that for the
period from the date of determination through the scheduled Revolving
Termination Date, each of the Company and each Guarantor, after consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, is a going concern and has
sufficient capital to ensure that it will be able to pay its debts and
liabilities as they mature and continue to be a going concern in the business in
which such entities are engaged and proposed to be engaged for such period),
each of the Company's and each Guarantor's assets will exceed its liabilities,
each of the Company and each Guarantor will be solvent, will be able to pay its
Stated Liabilities as
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they mature (meaning that each of the Company and such Guarantor will have
sufficient assets and cash flow to pay their respective Stated Liabilities as
those liabilities mature or otherwise become payable in the normal course of
business) and both the Fair Value and Present Fair Saleable Value of the assets
of the Company and each Guarantor exceeds the Stated Liabilities, respectively,
of each of the Company and each Guarantor.
6.18 REAL PROPERTY. Set forth on SCHEDULE 6.18 is a complete and accurate
list, as of the date of this Agreement, of the address and legal description of
any real property located in the United States owned or leased by the Company or
any Subsidiary, together with, in the case of leased property, the last known
name and mailing address of the lessor of such property.
6.19 SWAP OBLIGATIONS. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
incurred any outstanding obligations under any Swap Contracts, other than
Permitted Swap Obligations. The Company has undertaken its own independent
assessment of its consolidated assets, liabilities and commitments and has
considered appropriate means of mitigating and managing risks associated with
such matters and has not relied on any swap counterparty or any Affiliate of any
swap counterparty in determining whether to enter into any Swap Contract.
6.20 SENIOR INDEBTEDNESS. The Company's obligation to pay the Obligations,
including interest thereon and all fees, costs, expenses and indemnities related
thereto, constitute "Designated Senior Debt" of the Company as such term is
defined in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture. The Guaranty Obligations of
each Subsidiary party to the guaranty of the Senior Subordinated Notes are
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of such Subsidiary's Guaranty
Obligations under the Guaranty. The Company acknowledges that the Lenders and
the Administrative Agent have entered into this Agreement, and have extended
Commitments, in reliance upon the subordination provisions in the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture and in the Subsidiary guaranties thereof.
6.21 ENVIRONMENTAL WARRANTIES. Except as set forth in SCHEDULE 6.21:
(a) all facilities and property (including underlying groundwater)
owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with
all Environmental Laws, except for such non-compliance as would not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) there are no pending or threatened Environmental Claims, except
for such Environmental Claims that are not reasonably likely, either singly or
in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) there have been no Releases of Hazardous Materials at, on or under
any property now or, to the best of the Company's knowledge, previously owned or
leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, singly or in the
aggregate, have, or may reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect;
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(d) the Company and its Subsidiaries have been issued and are in
compliance with all permits, certificates, approvals, licenses and other
authorizations relating to environmental matters and necessary or desirable for
their businesses, except to the extent that the failure to have or comply with
such permits, certificates, approvals, licenses and other authorizations
relating to environmental matters would not be reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(e) no property now or, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
previously owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is listed
or proposed for listing (with respect to owned property only) on the National
Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA, or, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
is on the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation Liability
Information List or on any similar state list of sites requiring investigation
or clean-up, except, in each case, for any such listing that, singly or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
and
(f) to the best of the Company's knowledge, neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary of the Company has directly transported or directly arranged for
the transportation of any Hazardous Material to any location which is listed or
proposed for listing on the National Priorities List pursuant to CERCLA, or
which is the subject of federal, state or local enforcement actions or other
investigations which may lead to Environmental Claims against the Company or
such Subsidiary except, in each case, to the extent that the foregoing would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.22 FULL DISCLOSURE. None of the representations or warranties made by the
Company or any Subsidiary in the Loan Documents as of the date such
representations and warranties are made or deemed made and none of the written
statements contained in any exhibit, report, statement or certificate furnished
by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the Loan
Documents, considering each of the foregoing taken as a whole and in the context
in which it was made and together with all other representations, warranties and
written statements taken as a whole theretofore furnished by the Company and its
Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the
Loan Documents, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make such
representation, warranty or written statement, in light of the circumstances
under which it is made, not misleading as of the time when made or delivered;
PROVIDED that the Company's representation and warranty as to any forecast,
projection or other statement regarding future performance, future financial
results or other future development is limited to the fact that such forecast,
projection or statement was prepared in good faith on the basis of information
and assumptions that the Company believed to be reasonable as of the date such
material was provided (IT BEING UNDERSTOOD that projections are subject to
significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the
Company's control, and that no assurance can be given that the projections will
be realized).
6.23 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. (a) ROV LIMITED. The audited consolidated
financial statements of ROV Limited dated December 31, 1996, December 31, 1997
and December 31,
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1998 and the unaudited consolidated financial statements of ROV Limited for the
quarter ending March 31, 1999, and the related consolidated statements of income
or operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the periods then ended:
(i) present fairly the financial conditions of ROV Limited as of
the dates thereof and the results of operations for the periods covered
thereby; and
(ii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct
or contingent, of ROV Limited as of the dates thereof, including
liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Contingent Obligations,
except that the unaudited financial statements do not reflect the effect of
normal year end adjustments.
(b) OVERSEAS AND OVERSEAS OPERATING SUBSIDIARIES. The unaudited pro
forma consolidated financial statements of Overseas and the Overseas Operating
Subsidiaries dated December 31, 1998, and the related consolidated statements of
income or operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the period then
ended:
(i) present fairly the financial conditions of Overseas and the
Operating Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and the results of operations
for the period covered thereby; and
(ii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct
or contingent, of Overseas and the Operating Subsidiaries as of the date
thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitment and
Contingent Obligations, except that the unaudited financial statements do
not reflect the effect of normal year end adjustments.
6.24 YEAR 2000 PROBLEM. The Company and its Subsidiaries have reviewed the
areas within their business and operations which could be adversely affected by,
and have developed or are developing a program to address on a timely basis, the
"Year 2000 Problem" (that is the risk that computer applications used by the
Company and its Subsidiaries may be unable to recognize and perform properly
date-sensitive functions involving certain dates prior to and any date after
December 31, 1999). Based on such review and program, the Company reasonably
believes that the "Year 2000 Problem" will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.25 OVERSEAS ACQUISITION.
(a) Concurrently with the initial Credit Extension, the Overseas
Acquisition shall be consummated in accordance with the terms of the Overseas
Acquisition Agreement, without waiver of any of the conditions thereof.
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(b) The Overseas Acquisition complies with all Requirements of Law,
and all necessary governmental, regulatory, shareholder and other consents and
approvals required for the consummation of the Overseas Acquisition Agreement
have been (or prior to the consummation thereof, will be) duly obtained and are
(or will be) in full force and effect. All applicable waiting periods with
respect to the Overseas Acquisition have expired without any action being taken
by any competent Governmental Authority which restrains, prevents or imposes
material adverse conditions upon the consummation of any such transaction.
(c) The execution and delivery of the Overseas Acquisition Agreement
and the consummation of the Overseas Acquisition did not violate any Requirement
of Law, or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any Contractual
Obligation affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(d) There does not exist any judgment, order or injunction prohibiting
or imposing material adverse conditions upon the consummation of the Overseas
Acquisition.
(e) All of the representations and warranties of the Company and RLA
and, to the best of the Company's knowledge, the other parties to the Overseas
Acquisition Agreement which are contained in the Overseas Acquisition are true
and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of
the date of the initial Credit Extension.
ARTICLE VII
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any Loan or
other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit
shall remain outstanding, unless the Required Lenders waive compliance in
writing:
7.1 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. The Company shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent (which shall promptly deliver to the Lenders), in form and detail
satisfactory to the Required Lenders:
(a) as soon as available, but not later than 91 days after the end of
each fiscal year, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders' equity and cash
flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures
for the previous fiscal year, and accompanied by the opinion of a
nationally-recognized independent public accounting firm (the "INDEPENDENT
AUDITOR"), which report (x) shall state that such consolidated financial
statements present fairly the consolidated
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financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods indicated
in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years and (y)
shall not have a "going concern" qualification or be qualified or limited
because of a restricted or limited examination by the Independent Auditor of any
material portion of the Company's or any Subsidiary's (other than a Dormant
Subsidiary's) records;
(b) promptly when available, and in any event within 46 days after the
end of each fiscal quarter (other than the last fiscal quarter of each fiscal
year), a copy of the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter, and the related consolidated
statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for such quarter and
for the period beginning with the first day of the applicable fiscal year and
ending on the last day of such quarter, including a comparison with the
corresponding quarter and period of the previous fiscal year and a comparison
with the budget for such quarter and for such period of the current fiscal year;
(c) not later than 91 days after the end of each fiscal year
(beginning with the fiscal year ended September 30, 1999), a copy of the
projections of the Company of the consolidated operating budget and cash flow
budget of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the succeeding fiscal year, such
projections to be accompanied by a certificate of the chief financial officer of
the Company to the effect that (i) such projections were prepared by the Company
in good faith, (ii) the Company has a reasonable basis for the assumptions
contained in such projections and (iii) such projections have been prepared
according to such assumptions;
(d) not later than 75 days after the Effective Date, a copy of the
unaudited consolidated financial statements of ROV Limited for the quarter
ending June 30, 1999, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the period then ended; and
(e) not later than 60 days after the Effective Date, a copy of the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Overseas and the Operating Subsidiaries
as of the Effective Date prepared in accordance with GAAP.
7.2 CERTIFICATES; OTHER INFORMATION. The Company shall furnish to the
Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver to the Lenders):
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in SUBSECTION 7.1(a), a certificate of the Independent Auditor
stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was
obtained of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default, except as
specified in such certificate;
(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements
referred to in SUBSECTION 7.1(a) and each set of quarterly statements referred
to in SUBSECTION 7.1(b), a Compliance Certificate executed by a Responsible
Officer;
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(c) promptly, copies of all financial statements and reports that the
Company sends to its shareholders, and copies of all financial statements and
regular, periodic or special reports (including Forms 10K, 10Q and 8K) that the
Company or any Subsidiary may make to, or file with, the SEC;
(d) promptly from time to time, any notices (including without
limitation notices of default or acceleration thereunder) received from any
holder or trustee of, under or with respect to any Subordinated Debt; and
(e) promptly, such additional information regarding the business,
financial or corporate affairs of the Company or any Subsidiary as the
Administrative Agent, at the request of any Lender, may from time to time
reasonably request.
7.3 NOTICES. Promptly upon a Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge
thereof, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent (and the
Administrative Agent will promptly distribute such notice to the Lenders) of:
(a) the occurrence of any Event of Default or Unmatured Event of
Default;
(b) any matter that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect, including, if applicable, any breach or
non-performance of, or any default under, a Contractual Obligation of the
Company or any Subsidiary, any dispute, litigation, investigation, proceeding or
suspension between the Company or any Subsidiary and any Governmental Authority
or the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or
proceeding affecting the Company or any Subsidiary;
(c) the occurrence of any of the following events affecting the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate (but in no event more than ten days after such
event, PROVIDED that the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent (which
shall promptly inform each Lender thereof) not less than ten days before the
occurrence of any event described in CLAUSE (ii) below), and deliver to the
Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver to each Lender a copy
thereof) a copy of any notice with respect to such event that is filed with a
Governmental Authority and any notice delivered by a Governmental Authority to
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to such event:
(i) an ERISA Event;
(ii) a contribution failure with respect to a Pension Plan
sufficient to give rise to a Lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA;
(iii) a material increase in Unfunded Pension Liabilities;
(iv) the adoption of, or the commencement of contributions to,
any Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code by the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate; or
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(v) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan subject to Section
412 of the Code, if such amendment results in a material increase in
contributions or Unfunded Pension Liabilities;
(d) any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting
practices by the Company or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries;
(e) any proposed payment of or on Subordinated Debt prior to the
making thereof (other than scheduled payments of interest); and
(f) upon the request from time to time of the Administrative Agent,
the Swap Termination Values, together with a description of the method by which
such values were determined, relating to any then-outstanding Swap Contracts to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is party.
Each notice under CLAUSE (a), (b) or (c) of this Section shall be
accompanied by a written statement by a Responsible Officer setting forth
details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the
Company or any affected Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto and at
what time. Each notice under SUBSECTION 7.3(a) shall describe with particularity
any and all clauses or provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
that have been breached or violated.
7.4 PRESERVATION OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE, ETC. The Company shall, and shall
cause each Subsidiary (other than a Dormant Subsidiary) to:
(a) preserve and maintain in full force and effect its corporate
existence and good standing under the laws of its state or jurisdiction of
incorporation except a Subsidiary need not be in compliance with the foregoing
to the extent such Subsidiary is sold pursuant to SECTION 8.2 or merged or
consolidated unto another Person pursuant to SECTION 8.3;
(b) preserve and maintain in full force and effect all governmental
rights, privileges, qualifications, permits, licenses and franchises, in each
case which are material and which are necessary or desirable in the normal
conduct of its business, except in connection with transactions permitted by
SECTION 8.3 and dispositions of assets permitted by SECTION 8.2; and
(c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, copyrights,
trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.5 MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY. The Company shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary (other than a Dormant Subsidiary) to, maintain and preserve all
property material to the normal conduct of its business in good working order
and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, other than obsolete, worn out or
surplus equipment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that nothing in this SECTION 7.5 shall
prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from discontinuing the
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operation and the maintenance of any of its properties or any Dormant Subsidiary
if such discontinuance is, in the opinion of the Board of Directors or senior
management of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business and not
disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders.
7.6 INSURANCE. The Company shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary (other
than a Dormant Subsidiary) to, maintain with financially sound and reputable
insurers (which may be Affiliates of the Company), insurance with respect to its
properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured
against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in
such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such
other Persons.
7.7 PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS. The Company shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to, pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable all of
its material obligations and liabilities, including:
(a) all material tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges
or levies upon it or its properties or assets unless the same are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Company or such Subsidiary; and
(b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Lien
upon its property.
7.8 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. The Company shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to, comply in all material respects with all material Requirements of
Law of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or its business
(including the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act), except such as may be
contested in good faith or as to which a bona fide dispute may exist.
7.9 COMPLIANCE WITH ERISA. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its
ERISA Affiliates to: (a) maintain each Plan in compliance in all material
respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or
state law; (b) cause each Plan which is qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code to maintain such qualification; and (c) make all required contributions to
any Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code.
7.10 INSPECTION OF PROPERTY AND BOOKS AND RECORDS. The Company shall, and
shall cause each Subsidiary to, maintain proper books of record and account, in
which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently
applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the
assets and business of the Company and such Subsidiary. The Company shall
permit, and shall cause each Subsidiary to permit, representatives and
independent contractors of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to visit and
inspect any of their respective properties, to examine their respective
corporate, financial and operating records, and to make copies thereof or
abstracts therefrom, and to discuss their respective affairs, finances and
accounts with their respective directors, officers, and independent public
accountants and to
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inspect any of their inventory and equipment, to perform appraisals of any of
their equipment, and to inspect, audit, check and make copies and/or extracts
from the books, records, computer data and records, computer programs, journals,
orders, receipts, correspondence and other data relating to inventory, accounts
receivable, contract rights, general intangibles, equipment and any other
collateral, or relating to any other transactions between the parties hereto; at
such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be
reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Company; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any
Lender may do any of the foregoing without advance notice. After the occurrence
and during the continuance of any Event of Default, any such inspection shall be
at the Company's expense.
7.11 ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANT. The Company will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to,
(a) use and operate all of its facilities and properties in material
compliance with all Environmental Laws, keep all necessary permits, approvals,
certificates, licenses and other authorizations relating to environmental
matters in effect and remain in material compliance therewith, and handle all
Hazardous Materials in material compliance with all applicable Environmental
Laws;
(b) promptly notify the Administrative Agent and provide copies of all
written Environmental Claims, and shall act in a diligent and prudent fashion to
address such Environmental Claims, including Environmental Claims that allege
that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is not in compliance with
Environmental Laws; and
(c) provide such information and certifications which the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time to evidence
compliance with this SECTION 7.12.
7.12 USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company shall use the proceeds of the Loans (i)
to consummate the Overseas Acquisition, (ii) for fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the Overseas Acquisition and any Acquisition described in CLAUSE
(iii) below, (iii) to consummate Acquisitions permitted by SUBSECTION 8.4(j),
and (iv) for working capital and other general corporate purposes not in
contravention of any Requirement of Law or of any Loan Document.
7.13 FURTHER ASSURANCES. (a) The Company shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to, take such actions, and to execute, acknowledge, deliver, record,
file and register any and all such security agreements, mortgages, assignments,
estoppel certificates, financing statements and continuations thereof, notices
of assignment and other documents and instruments, as the Administrative Agent
or the Required Lenders may reasonably request from time to time in order (i) to
ensure that (x) the obligations of the Company hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents are secured by substantially all assets of the Company (PROVIDED
that, unless otherwise reasonably required by the Required Lenders, the pledge
of the capital stock of a Foreign Subsidiary shall be limited to 65% of the
outstanding capital stock of such Subsidiary
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and, so long as ROV Holding owns no substantial business assets other than stock
of Foreign Subsidiaries, the pledge of stock of ROV Holding shall be limited to
65% of the outstanding capital stock of ROV Holding) other than stock of Dormant
Subsidiaries and guaranteed, pursuant to the Guaranty, by all Subsidiaries
(other than Foreign Subsidiaries and Dormant Subsidiaries) (including, promptly
upon the acquisition or creation thereof, any Subsidiary acquired or created
after the date hereof) and (y) the obligations of each Subsidiary under the
Guaranty are secured by substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary other
than stock of Dormant Subsidiaries (PROVIDED that, unless reasonably required by
the Required Lenders, the pledge of the capital stock of a Foreign Subsidiary
shall be limited to 65% of the outstanding capital stock of such Subsidiary),
(b) to perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of
the Collateral Documents and the Liens intended to be created thereby and (c) to
better assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the rights granted or now or hereafter
intended to be granted to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under any
Loan Document or under any other document executed in connection therewith.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of any document referred to
above, the Company shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, deliver all
resolutions, opinions and corporate documents as the Administrative Agent or the
Required Lenders may reasonably request to confirm the enforceability of such
document and the perfection of the security interest created thereby, if
applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this SUBSECTION (a),
unless the Required Lenders otherwise request in writing (in which case the
Company will, or will cause the applicable Subsidiary to, promptly comply with
such request), neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have any obligation
to (i) perfect the Lien of the Administrative Agent on (x) any motor vehicle
which is subject to a certificate of title statute or (y) any note, shares of
stock or other security taken in settlement of claim so long as the aggregate
value of all such notes, shares and other securities not pledged to (or
otherwise subject to a perfected Lien in favor of) the Administrative Agent does
not exceed $250,000; or (ii) xxxxx x Xxxx to the Administrative Agent on its
real property located at 000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, 0000 Xxx
Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx or 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx.
(b) If any Subsidiary that on the date hereof is a Dormant Subsidiary
ceases to be a Dormant Subsidiary, the Company shall promptly pledge or cause to
be pledged, pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, (i) 65% (or, if such Subsidiary is not a Foreign
Subsidiary, 100%) of the stock of such Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent
(so long as such Subsidiary is not owned by a Foreign Subsidiary), (ii) in
connection with such pledge, deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent such certificates and opinions of counsel as requested by
the Administrative Agent, and (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent the stock certificates (if any) to be pledged thereunder,
together with undated stock powers duly executed in blank.
7.14 SWAP CONTRACTS. Within 45 days after the Effective Date, the Company
shall enter into one or more Swap Contracts with terms and counterparties
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent covering at least
$75,000,000 of Indebtedness of the Company for a period of not less than three
years.
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ARTICLE VIII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, or any Loan or
other Obligation shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit
shall remain outstanding, unless the Required Lenders waive compliance in
writing:
8.1 LIMITATION ON LIENS. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make, create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien upon or with respect to any part of its property, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following ("PERMITTED LIENS"):
(a) any Lien existing on property of the Company or any Subsidiary on
the Effective Date and set forth on SCHEDULE 8.1 securing Indebtedness
outstanding on such date;
(b) any Lien created under any Loan Document;
(c) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges
which are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty, or to the extent
that non-payment thereof is permitted by SECTION 7.7, PROVIDED that no notice of
lien has been filed or recorded under the Code;
(d) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', landlords', materialmen's,
repairmen's or other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business
which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing the
forfeiture or sale of the property subject thereto;
(e) Liens (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) consisting of pledges
or deposits required in the ordinary course of business in connection with
workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
legislation;
(f) Liens on property of the Company or any Subsidiary securing the
non-delinquent performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed
money), leases, statutory obligations, surety bonds (excluding appeal bonds and
other bonds posted in connection with court proceedings or judgments) and other
non-delinquent obligations of a like nature, in each case, incurred in the
ordinary course of business; PROVIDED that all such Liens in the aggregate would
not (even if enforced) cause a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) Liens consisting of judgment or judicial attachment Liens and
Liens securing contingent obligations on appeal bonds and other bonds posted in
connection with court proceedings or judgments, provided that the enforcement of
such Liens is effectively stayed and
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all such Liens in the aggregate at any time outstanding for the Company and its
Subsidiaries do not exceed $5,000,000;
(h) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business which, in the
aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case
materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or interfere
with the ordinary conduct of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole;
(i) purchase money security interests on any property acquired by the
Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, securing
Indebtedness incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of
the cost of acquiring such property, PROVIDED that any such Lien attaches to
such property concurrently with or within 90 days after the acquisition thereof,
such Lien attaches solely to the property so acquired in such transaction, the
principal amount of the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed 100% of the
cost of such property and the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by
all such purchase money security interests shall not at any time exceed
$5,000,000;
(j) Liens securing obligations in respect of capital leases on assets
subject to such leases, PROVIDED that such capital leases are otherwise
permitted hereunder;
(k) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law
provision relating to banker's liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and
remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor
depository institution, PROVIDED that such deposit account is not a dedicated
cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by the
Company in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the FRB and
such deposit account is not intended by the Company or any Subsidiary to provide
collateral to the depository institution;
(l) extensions, renewals and replacements of Liens referred to in
CLAUSES (a) through (k) above; PROVIDED that any such extension, renewal or
replacement Lien is limited to the property or assets covered by the Lien
extended, renewed or replaced and does not secure any Indebtedness in addition
to that secured immediately prior to such extension, renewal or replacement;
(m) Liens relating to IRB Debt permitted by SUBSECTION 8.5(k) covering
only those capital improvements financed by such IRB Debt; and
(n) Liens securing other Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries not expressly permitted by CLAUSES (a) through (m) above; PROVIDED
that the aggregate amount of the Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted
pursuant to this CLAUSE (n) does not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate;
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PROVIDED that no Lien (other than as set forth in CLAUSE (b) above) may attach
to any Excluded Assets.
8.2 DISPOSITION OF ASSETS. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, sell, assign, lease, convey, transfer or
otherwise dispose of (whether in one or a series of transactions) any property
(including accounts and notes receivable, with or without recourse) or enter
into any agreement to do any of the foregoing, except:
(a) dispositions of inventory, or used, worn-out or surplus equipment,
all in the ordinary course of business;
(b) the sale of equipment to the extent that such equipment is
exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement
equipment, or the proceeds of such sale are reasonably promptly applied to the
purchase price of such replacement equipment;
(c) dispositions not otherwise permitted hereunder (including the
disposition of all of the capital stock of any operating Subsidiary and
including a disposition pursuant to a sale and lease-back transaction) which are
made for fair market value if the fair market value of all assets so disposed of
by the Company and its Subsidiaries under this CLAUSE (c) does not exceed in the
aggregate $7,500,000 (or, after completion of the Expected Equity Offering,
$10,000,000); PROVIDED that (i) at the time of any disposition, no Event of
Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall exist or will result from such
disposition, (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or
such Subsidiary from such disposition is in cash or Cash Equivalent Investments
and (iii) the proceeds thereof are applied as provided in SUBSECTIONS 2.8(a) and
2.8(b); and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that any proceeds from the sale or other
disposition by Minera Vidaluz, S.A. de C.V. of its facility located in Mexico
City, Mexico shall not be included in determining the value of assets sold or
disposed of pursuant to this CLAUSE (c), and shall not be required to be applied
as described in CLAUSE (iii) above, to the extent that prior to or within 270
days after such sale or other disposition Minera Vidaluz, S.A. de C.V. uses
funds to purchase or build a replacement facility in Mexico;
(d) mergers expressly permitted by SECTION 8.3 or transfers by any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company of its assets upon its liquidation to the
Company or any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (subject, in the case of any
such transfer to a foreign Subsidiary, to the limitations of SECTION 8.4);
(e) the sale of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property to
Rovcal pursuant to documentation reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders;
and
(f) in addition to any other disposition permitted by this SECTION
8.2, the sale or disposition of any assets (including the disposition of all of
the capital stock of any operating Subsidiary and including a disposition
pursuant to a sale and lease-back transaction) if the fair market value of all
assets so disposed of by the Company and its Subsidiaries under this
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CLAUSE (f) does not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate; PROVIDED that (i) at the
time of any disposition, no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall
exist or will result from such disposition and (ii) the proceeds thereof are
applied as provided in SUBSECTIONS 2.8(a) and 2.8(b).
8.3 CONSOLIDATIONS AND MERGERS. The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, merge or consolidate with or into any other Person,
except that (a) any Subsidiary may merge with the Company (PROVIDED that the
Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or with any one or
more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (PROVIDED that the continuing or surviving
corporation shall be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and, except in the case of a
transaction involving only Foreign Subsidiaries, shall not be a Foreign
Subsidiary); and (b) the Company or any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate in
connection with any Acquisition permitted by SUBSECTION 8.4(j).
8.4 LOANS AND INVESTMENTS. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, purchase or acquire, or make any commitment to purchase or
acquire, any capital stock, equity interest or other obligations or securities
of, or any interest in, any other Person, or make or commit to make any
Acquisition, or make or commit to make any advance, loan, extension of credit or
capital contribution to or any other investment in, any other Person, except
for:
(a) investments in Cash Equivalent Investments;
(b) extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes
receivable arising from the sale or lease of goods or services in the ordinary
course of business;
(c) investments by the Company in its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries or by
any Subsidiary in any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, in the form of contributions to
capital or loans or advances; PROVIDED that, immediately before and after giving
effect to such investment, no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and the aggregate amount invested in
Foreign Subsidiaries after the Effective Date (excluding investments which
constitute Guaranty Obligations) shall not exceed $20,000,000;
(d) loans or advances made by any Subsidiary to the Company;
(e) loans and advances to employees in the ordinary course of business
(such as travel advances and including the Xxxxx Note) in an aggregate amount
not at any time exceeding $3,000,000;
(f) investments by the Company and its Subsidiaries in Joint Ventures
in the form of contributions of capital, loans, advances or Contingent
Obligations; PROVIDED that, immediately before and after giving effect to such
investment, (x) no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, including without limitation pursuant to SECTION
8.9, and (y) the aggregate amount of all investments pursuant to this CLAUSE
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(f) shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate (with all such investments
valued at the time of investment at the cash amount thereof, if in cash, the
fair market value thereof as determined by the board of directors of the
Company, if in property, and at the maximum amount thereof if in Contingent
Obligations);
(g) investments constituting Permitted Swap Obligations or payments or
advances under Swap Contracts relating to Permitted Swap Obligations;
(h) investments existing on the Effective Date and set forth on
SCHEDULE 8.4;
(i) investments incurred in order to consummate the Overseas
Acquisition (including the loan made by ROV Holding to RLA in the amount of
$50,000,000 and the contribution to capital of $65,000,000 by ROV Holding to
RLA, the proceeds of which shall be used by RLA to make the purchase described
in the Overseas Acquisition Agreement);
(j) investments incurred in order to consummate Acquisitions (in
addition to the Overseas Acquisition), PROVIDED that (i) no Unmatured Event of
Default or Event of Default exists or will result therefrom, (ii) the acquired
Person is engaged in, or the acquired assets will be used in, a line of business
engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date of this Agreement or
a business or activity that is substantially similar, related or incidental
thereto or which constitutes a reasonable extension of product lines of the
Company in existence on the date of this Agreement, (iii) after giving effect to
such Acquisition, the Company would have been in compliance on a PRO FORMA
basis, after giving effect to such Acquisition (as if such Acquisition had
occurred, and any related Indebtedness had been assumed or incurred, on the
first day of the most recently-ended Computation Period, but without adjustment
for expected cost savings and other synergies) with SECTIONS 8.11 and 8.12 as of
such most recently-ended Computation Period, (iv) the board of directors of any
entity proposed to be acquired has not announced that it will oppose such
Acquisition and has not commenced any litigation which alleges that such
Acquisition violates, or will violate, any Requirement of Law or any Contractual
Obligation of such entity, (v) the Company shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent projections prepared by the Company demonstrating that at
all times during the 12 months following such Acquisition (and after giving
effect to increased working capital and other financing needs resulting
therefrom) the Company will have unused availability hereunder in an amount not
less than $10,000,000, (vi) if the total consideration to be paid in connection
with such proposed Acquisition exceeds $3,000,000, the Company shall have
delivered to the Agent a certificate setting forth calculations demonstrating
compliance with the requirements set forth in CLAUSE (iii) above, and (vii) if
(A) the total aggregate consideration paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries
in connection with all Acquisitions by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
completed after the Effective Date exceeds (or after such Acquisition would
exceed) $100,000,000 or (B) the total aggregate consideration paid by the
Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with Foreign Acquisitions by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries completed after the Effective Date exceeds
(or after such Acquisition would exceed) $50,000,000, such proposed Acquisition
shall be approved in writing by the Required Lenders;
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(k) bank deposits in the ordinary course of business; PROVIDED that
the aggregate amount of all such deposits (excluding (x) amounts in payroll
accounts or for accounts payable, in each case to the extent that checks have
been issued to third parties, and (y) amounts maintained (in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice) in accounts of any Person which is
acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary in accordance with the terms hereof
during the 45 days following the date of such acquisition) which are maintained
by the Company and the Subsidiaries (other than Foreign Subsidiaries) with any
bank other than a Lender or a Blocked Account Bank shall not at any time exceed
$1,000,000 for three consecutive Business Days; and
(l) other investments in an aggregate amount not exceeding $5,000,000
during the term of this Agreement (with all such investments valued at the time
of investment at the cash amount thereof, if in cash, the fair market value
thereof as determined by the board of directors of the Company, if in property,
and at the maximum amount thereof if in Contingent Obligations).
8.5 LIMITATION ON INDEBTEDNESS. The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, or otherwise
become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any
Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Agreement and the Guaranty;
(b) Subordinated Debt;
(c) Indebtedness consisting of Contingent Obligations permitted
pursuant to SECTION 8.8;
(d) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries to Persons other than the
Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not at any time exceeding
$25,000,000;
(e) Indebtedness of Subsidiaries to the Company or Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries;
(f) Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by SUBSECTION 8.1(i);
(g) Indebtedness incurred in connection with leases permitted pursuant
to SECTION 8.10;
(h) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in
connection with guaranties resulting from endorsement of negotiable instruments
in the ordinary course of business;
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(i) surety bonds and appeal bonds required in the ordinary course of
business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of the
Company or in connection with judgments that do not result in an Unmatured Event
of Default or an Event of Default;
(j) IRB Debt in a principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any
one time outstanding; and
(k) other Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness of Foreign
Subsidiaries) in an aggregate amount not at any time exceeding $5,000,000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Rovcal shall not incur any Indebtedness
other than Indebtedness to the Company.
8.6 TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES. The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of the
Company (other than a Subsidiary), except upon fair and reasonable terms no less
favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than would be obtainable in a
comparable arm's-length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the
Company; IT BEING UNDERSTOOD that the Management Agreement, the Xxxxx Note and
the Employment Agreement shall not violate this Section.
8.7 USE OF PROCEEDS. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, use any portion of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of
Credit, directly or indirectly, to purchase or carry Margin Stock, to repay or
otherwise refinance indebtedness of the Company or others incurred to purchase
or carry Margin Stock, to extend credit for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any Margin Stock or acquire any security in any transaction that is
subject to Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act; PROVIDED that the Company may
use the proceeds of any Loan to repurchase Common Stock so long as (i) such
repurchase is permitted by SECTION 8.13 and (ii) any such repurchased Common
Stock is immediately cancelled and retired.
8.8 CONTINGENT OBLIGATIONS. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Contingent
Obligation except:
(a) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) Permitted Swap Obligations;
(c) Contingent Obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries
existing as of the Effective Date and listed in SCHEDULE 8.8;
(d) Guaranty Obligations by the Company relating to Indebtedness of
Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries which is permitted hereunder;
(e) Contingent Obligations arising under the Loan Documents; and
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(f) Contingent Obligations with respect to Joint Ventures to the
extent permitted by SECTION 8.9; and
(g) Guaranty Obligations of ROV Holding (and any other Subsidiary
which is required to execute a guaranty pursuant to Section 4.16 or 4.17 of the
Senior Subordinated Note Indenture as in effect on the date hereof) of the
obligations of the Company under the Senior Subordinated Notes.
8.9 JOINT VENTURES. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, enter into any Joint Venture, except that the Company or any
Subsidiary may enter into any Joint Venture so long as the aggregate amount
invested by the Company and its Subsidiaries in all Joint Ventures in any form
(including without limitation by capital contribution, incurrence of
Indebtedness by any such Joint Venture to the Company or any Subsidiary or the
incurrence of Contingent Obligations by the Company or any Subsidiary with
respect to any such Joint Venture), during the term of this Agreement does not
exceed $5,000,000; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that for purposes of determining the
aggregate amount invested in Joint Ventures hereunder (x) any return of
principal or equity received in cash on any amount invested hereunder and (y)
the fair market value of any other property received in exchange for any amount
invested hereunder shall be deducted.
8.10 LEASE OBLIGATIONS. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, create or suffer to exist any obligations for the payment of rent
for any property under lease or agreement to lease, except for:
(a) leases of the Company and its Subsidiaries in existence on the
Effective Date and any renewal, extension or refinancing thereof;
(b) operating leases entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary
after the Effective Date in the ordinary course of business; and
(c) capital leases entered into by the Company to finance the
acquisition of equipment; PROVIDED that no Event of Default or Unmatured Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from the incurrence of
the obligations of the Company contemplated thereby.
8.11 MINIMUM INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO. The Company will not permit the
Interest Coverage Ratio for any Computation Period to be less than (a) 3.0 to 1,
if the Expected Equity Offering has been completed and (b) 2.5 to 1, if the
Expected Equity Offering has not been completed.
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8.12 MAXIMUM LEVERAGE RATIO. (a) If the Expected Equity Offering has been
completed, the Company will not permit the Leverage Ratio for any Computation
Period to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite the period in which such
Computation Period ends:
PERIOD RATIO
9/30/99 - 9/30/00 3.50:1.0
12/31/00 - 9/30/02 3.25:1.0
12/31/02 and thereafter 3.00:1.0.
(b) If the Expected Equity Offering has not been completed, the
Company will not permit the Leverage Ratio for any Computation Period to exceed
the ratio set forth below opposite the period in which such Computation Period
ends:
PERIOD RATIO
9/30/99 - 9/30/00 4.50:1.0
12/31/00 - 9/30/02 4.00:1.0
12/31/02 and thereafter 3.50:1.0.
8.13 RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, (i) declare or make any dividend payment or other distribution of
assets, properties, cash, rights, obligations or securities on account of any
shares of any class of its capital stock, or purchase, redeem or otherwise
acquire for value any shares of its capital stock or any warrants, rights or
options to acquire such shares, now or hereafter outstanding, or (ii) make any
redemption, prepayment, defeasance, purchase or repurchase of any Subordinated
Debt (any of the foregoing, a "Distribution") except that:
(a) any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends to the Company or a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(b) the Company may declare and make dividend payments or other
distributions payable solely in Common Stock;
(c) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may purchase Common Stock
or options with respect to Common Stock held by employees or management of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the termination of
employment of any such employees or management, PROVIDED that all such payments
do not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate and the price paid for any such Common
Stock or options does not exceed the market value of such Common Stock or
options at the time paid; and
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(d) so long as no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (i) the Company may
repurchase Common Stock, PROVIDED that the aggregate amount of all payments made
to repurchase Common Stock pursuant to this CLAUSE (i) does not exceed
$20,000,000 and the price paid for any such Common Stock does not exceed the
fair market value of such Common Stock at the time paid and (ii) the Company may
make other Distributions (which may include additional purchases of Common
Stock) in an aggregate amount not exceeding (at the time of such Distribution)
$3,598,750 plus 25% of the Company's Consolidated Net Income during the period
from October 1, 1998 through the most recent date for which the Company has
delivered financial statements pursuant to SECTION 7.1(a) or (b); PROVIDED that
any Common Stock repurchased by the Company shall be immediately cancelled and
retired.
8.14 ERISA. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its ERISA
Affiliates to: engage in a prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary
responsibility rules with respect to any Plan which has resulted or would
reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Company in an aggregate
amount in excess of $1,000,000 at any time; or engage in a transaction that
could be subject to Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
8.15 LIMITATIONS ON SALE AND LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS. The Company shall not,
and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement with any
Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any Subsidiary of any real or
personal property, which property is or has been sold or transferred by the
Company or any Subsidiary to such Person in contemplation of taking back a lease
thereof in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000,000.
8.16 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. The Company shall not permit the aggregate
amount of all Capital Expenditures made by the Company and its Subsidiaries for
any fiscal year to exceed the amount set forth below opposite such fiscal year:
FISCAL YEAR AMOUNT
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ending 9/30/99 $30,000,000
ending 9/30/00 $30,000,000
ending 9/30/01 $30,000,000
ending 9/30/02 $31,000,000
ending 9/30/03 $32,000,000.
8.17 INCONSISTENT AGREEMENTS. The Company will not, and will not permit any
Subsidiary to, enter into any agreement containing any provision which would be
violated or breached by any borrowing by the Company hereunder or by the
performance by the Company or any Subsidiary of their respective obligations
hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
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8.18 CHANGE IN BUSINESS. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than those lines of business carried
on by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof, any business or
activities that are substantially similar, related or incidental thereto and
reasonable extensions of product lines of the Company in existence on the date
hereof.
8.19 AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN DOCUMENTS. The Company shall not make or agree
to any amendment to or modification of, or waive any of its rights under, any of
the terms of (a) the Management Agreement or (b) the Subordinated Note
Indenture, unless such amendment is not adverse in any respect to the Lenders.
8.20 LIMITATION ON ISSUANCE OF GUARANTY OBLIGATIONS. The Company will not
permit any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume, suffer to exist, or otherwise
become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Guaranty
Obligation relating to any Indebtedness of the Company unless
(i) such Subsidiary, if it is not already a party to the Guaranty,
simultaneously executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a
counterpart of the Guaranty, together with such supporting documentation as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, notwithstanding SECTION
7.14,
(ii) if such Indebtedness is by its terms subordinated to the
Obligations, any such assumption, guaranty or other liability of such
Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to such
Subsidiary's Guaranty Obligation with respect to the Obligations to the
same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations
(PROVIDED that such Subsidiary's Guaranty Obligation of such Indebtedness
of the Company shall be subordinated to the full amount of such
Subsidiary's Guaranty Obligation under the Guaranty without giving effect
to any reduction thereto necessary to render the Guaranty Obligation of
such Subsidiary thereunder not voidable under applicable law relating to
fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer), and
(iii) such Subsidiary waives and will not in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any right of reimbursement,
indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Company or any
other Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Subsidiary under such
Guaranty Obligation.
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
9.1 EVENT OF DEFAULT. Any of the following shall constitute an "EVENT
OF DEFAULT":
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(a) NON-PAYMENT. The Company fails to pay, when and as required to be
paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or of any L/C Obligation, or,
within three Business Days after the same becomes due, any amount of interest or
any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(b) REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY. Any representation or warranty by the
Company or any Subsidiary made or deemed made herein or in any other Loan
Document, or which is contained in any certificate, document or financial or
other statement by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Responsible Officer
furnished at any time under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, is
incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made.
(c) SPECIFIC DEFAULTS. The Company fails to perform or observe any
term, covenant or agreement contained in any of SECTION 7.3(a) or ARTICLE VIII.
(d) OTHER DEFAULTS. The Company or any Guarantor party thereto fails
to perform or observe any other term or covenant contained in this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period
of 30 days after the earlier of the date upon which a Responsible Officer knew
or reasonably should have known of such failure or the date upon which written
notice thereof is given to the Company by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
(e) CROSS-DEFAULT. The Company or any Guarantor fails to make any
payment in respect of any Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation (other than in
respect of Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including
undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all
creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than
$3,000,000 when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment,
acceleration, demand, or otherwise but subject to any applicable grace period)
or fails to perform or observe any other condition or covenant, or any other
event shall occur or condition shall exist, under any agreement or instrument
relating to any such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation, if the effect of
such failure, event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders
of such Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Indebtedness (or a
trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or
beneficiaries) to cause, such Indebtedness to be declared to be due and payable
prior to its stated maturity, or such Contingent Obligation to become payable,
or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded or there occurs under any
Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract)
resulting from any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the
Company or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap
Contract) or any Termination Event (as so defined) as to which the Company or
any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined), and, in either event, the
Swap Termination Value owed by the Company or such Subsidiary as a result
thereof is greater than $3,000,000.
(f) INSOLVENCY; VOLUNTARY PROCEEDINGS. The Company or any Subsidiary
(other than a Dormant Subsidiary): ceases or fails to be solvent, or generally
fails to pay, or admits in
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writing its inability to pay, its debts as they become due; voluntarily ceases
to conduct its business in the ordinary course; commences any Insolvency
Proceeding with respect to itself; or takes any action to effectuate or
authorize any of the foregoing.
(g) INVOLUNTARY PROCEEDINGS. Any involuntary Insolvency Proceeding is
commenced or filed against the Company or any Subsidiary (other than a Dormant
Subsidiary), or any writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, warrant of execution
or similar process is issued or levied against a substantial part of the
Company's or any Subsidiary's properties, and such proceeding or petition shall
not be dismissed, or such writ, judgment, warrant of attachment, warrant of
execution or similar process shall not be released, vacated or fully bonded
within 60 days after commencement, filing or levy; the Company or any Subsidiary
(other than a Dormant Subsidiary) admits the material allegations of a petition
against it in any Insolvency Proceeding, or an order for relief (or similar
order under non-U.S. law) is ordered in any Insolvency Proceeding; or the
Company or any Subsidiary (other than a Dormant Subsidiary) acquiesces in the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator,
mortgagee in possession (or agent therefor) or other similar Person for itself
or a substantial portion of its property or business.
(h) ERISA. One or more ERISA Events shall occur with respect to a
Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be
expected to result in liability of the Company under Title IV of ERISA to the
Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of
$3,000,000; a contribution failure shall have occurred with respect to a Pension
Plan sufficient to give rise to a Lien under Section 302(f) of ERISA; the
aggregate amount of Unfunded Pension Liability among all Pension Plans at any
time exceeds $3,000,000; or the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall fail to pay
when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, one or more
installment payments with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201
of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan which results in an aggregate withdrawal
liability in excess of $3,000,000.
(i) MONETARY JUDGMENTS. One or more judgments, orders, decrees or
arbitration awards is entered against the Company or any Subsidiary involving in
the aggregate a liability (to the extent not covered by independent third-party
insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), as to any single
or related series of transactions, incidents or conditions, of $3,000,000 or
more, and the same shall remain undischarged, unvacated and unstayed pending
appeal for a period of 30 days after the entry thereof, or the Company or any
Subsidiary shall enter into any agreement to settle or compromise any pending or
threatened litigation (to the extent not covered by independent third party
insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), as to any single
or related series of claims, involving payment by the Company or any Subsidiary
of $3,000,000 or more.
(j) NON-MONETARY JUDGMENTS. Any non-monetary judgment, order or decree
is entered against the Company or any Subsidiary which has or would reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall be any period of
30 consecutive days during
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which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending
appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect.
(k) CHANGE OF CONTROL. Any Change of Control occurs.
(l) GUARANTOR DEFAULTS. The Guaranty shall cease to be in full force
and effect with respect to any Guarantor (other than as expressly permitted
hereunder), any Guarantor shall fail to comply with or to perform any applicable
provision of the Guaranty, or any Guarantor (or any Person acting by, through or
on behalf of such Guarantor) shall contest in any manner the validity, binding
nature or enforceability of the Guaranty with respect to such Guarantor.
(m) COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS, ETC. Any Collateral Document shall cease to
be in full force and effect with respect to the Company or any Guarantor (other
than as expressly permitted hereunder), the Company or any Guarantor shall fail
to comply with or to perform any applicable provision of any Collateral
Document, or the Company or any Guarantor (or any Person acting by, through or
on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor) shall contest in any manner the
validity, binding nature or enforceability of any Collateral Document.
9.2 REMEDIES. If any Event of Default occurs, the Administrative Agent
shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders do
any or all of the following:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any
obligation of the Issuing Lender to Issue Letters of Credit to be terminated,
whereupon such commitments and obligations shall be terminated;
(b) declare an amount equal to the maximum aggregate amount that is or
at any time thereafter may become available for drawing under any outstanding
Letter of Credit (whether or not any beneficiary shall have presented, or shall
be entitled at such time to present, the drafts or other documents required to
draw under such Letter of Credit) to be immediately due and payable, and declare
the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and
unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any
other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Company; and
(c) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and
remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable
law;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in
SUBSECTION 9.1(f) or (g), the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and the
obligation of the Issuing Lender to Issue Letters of Credit shall automatically
terminate and the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all
interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and
payable without further act of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or
any other Lender.
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9.3 RIGHTS NOT EXCLUSIVE. The rights provided for in this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other
rights, powers, privileges or remedies provided by law or in equity, or under
any other instrument, document or agreement now existing or hereafter arising.
ARTICLE X
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.1 APPOINTMENT AND AUTHORIZATION.
(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably (subject to SECTION 10.9) appoints,
designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its
behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and
to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it
by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to
the contrary contained elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the
Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with
any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties,
obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term "agent" in this
Agreement and in the other Loan Documents with reference to the Administrative
Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express)
obligation arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such
term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or
reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting
parties.
(b) The Issuing Lender shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect
to any Letters of Credit Issued by it and the documents associated therewith
until such time and except for so long as the Administrative Agent may agree at
the request of the Required Lenders to act for the Issuing Lender with respect
thereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Issuing Lender shall have all of the
benefits and immunities provided to the Administrative Agent in this ARTICLE X
with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Issuing Lender in
connection with Letters of Credit Issued by it or proposed to be Issued by it
and the applications and agreements for letters of credit pertaining to the
Letters of Credit as fully as if the term "Administrative Agent", as used in
this ARTICLE X, included the Issuing Lender with respect to such acts or
omissions and as additionally provided in this Agreement with respect to the
Issuing Lender.
(c) The Swingline Lender shall act on behalf of the Lenders with
respect to any Swingline Loan until such time and except for so long as the
Administrative Agent may agree at the request of the Required Lenders to act for
the Swingline Lender with respect thereto; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Swingline
Lender shall have all of the benefits and immunities
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provided to the Administrative Agent in this ARTICLE X with respect to any acts
taken or omissions suffered by the Issuing Lender in connection with Swingline
Loans made or proposed to be made by it as fully as if the term "Administrative
Agent", as used in this ARTICLE X, included the Swingline Lender with respect to
such acts or omissions and as additionally provided in this Agreement with
respect to the Swingline Lender.
10.2 DELEGATION OF DUTIES. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its
duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by or through agents,
employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel
concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall
not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or
attorney-in-fact that it selects with reasonable care.
10.3 LIABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. None of the Agent-Related Persons
shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under
or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the
transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct) or be responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any
recital, statement, representation or warranty made by the Company or any
Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company, or any officer thereof, contained in
this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report,
statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the
Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or
sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the existence,
creation, validity, attachment, perfection, enforceability, value or sufficiency
of any collateral security for the Obligations or for any failure of the Company
or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender
to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the
agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Company or any
of the Company's Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
10.4 RELIANCE BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. (a) The Administrative Agent shall
be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing,
resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram,
facsimile, telex or telephone message, statement or other document or
conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed,
sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of
legal counsel (including counsel to the Company), independent accountants and
other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent
shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice
or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so
requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders
against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason
of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall
in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or
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consent of the Required Lenders and such request and any action taken or failure
to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Lenders.
(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions
specified in SECTIONS 5.1, each Lender that has executed this Agreement shall be
deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted, or to be satisfied with, each
document or other matter either sent by the Administrative Agent to such Lender
for consent, approval, acceptance or satisfaction, or required thereunder to be
consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to such Lender.
10.5 NOTICE OF DEFAULT. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to
have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default or Unmatured
Event of Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal,
interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
written notice from a Lender or the Company referring to this Agreement,
describing such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default and stating that
such notice is a "notice of default". The Administrative Agent will notify the
Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take
such action with respect to such Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default
as may be requested by the Required Lenders in accordance with ARTICLE IX;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received
any such request, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to)
take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event
of Default or Unmatured Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the
best interest of the Lenders.
10.6 CREDIT DECISION. Each Lender acknowledges that none of the Agent-
Related Persons has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act
by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs
of the Company and its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender. Each
Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and
without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and
investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and
other condition and creditworthiness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and
all applicable bank regulatory laws relating to the transactions contemplated
hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend
credit to the Company hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it will,
independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or
not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make
such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business,
prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Company. Except for notices, reports and other documents
expressly herein required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative
Agent, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to
provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning
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the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or
creditworthiness of the Company which may come into the possession of any of the
Agent-Related Persons.
10.7 INDEMNIFICATION. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby
are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand the Administrative
Agent and the Agent-Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by or on
behalf of the Company and without limiting the obligation of the Company to do
so), pro rata, from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to the Administrative
Agent or any Agent-Related Person of any portion of the Indemnified Liabilities
resulting solely from such Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the
Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or
out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative
Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration,
modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal
proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or
responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document
contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative
Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Company. The
undertaking in this Section shall survive the payment of all Obligations
hereunder and the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent.
10.8 ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY. Bank of America and its
Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept
deposits from, acquire equity interests in and generally engage in any kind of
banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with the
Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates as though Bank of America were not
the Administrative Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the
Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, Bank of
America or its Affiliates may receive information regarding the Company or its
Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality
obligations in favor of the Company or such Affiliates) and acknowledge that the
Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to
them. With respect to its Loans, Bank of America and any Affiliate thereof shall
have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may
exercise the same as though Bank of America were not the Administrative Agent.
10.9 SUCCESSOR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT. The Administrative Agent may, and at
the request of the Required Lenders shall, resign as Administrative Agent upon
30 days' notice to the Lenders and the Company. If the Administrative Agent
resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with
the consent of the Company so long as no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), to appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for
the Lenders. If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of
the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may
appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and the Company, a successor agent
from among the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor
agent hereunder, such successor agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers
and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the term "Administrative
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Agent" shall mean such successor agent and the retiring Administrative Agent's
appointment, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated.
After any retiring Administrative Agent's resignation hereunder as
Administrative Agent, the provisions of this ARTICLE X and SECTIONS 11.4 and
11.5 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken
by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement. If no successor
agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date which is 30
days following a retiring Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the
retiring Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become
effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative
Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a
successor agent as provided for above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however,
Bank of America may not be removed as the Administrative Agent at the request of
the Required Lenders unless Bank of America and any Affiliate thereof acting as
the Issuing Lender or Swingline Lender hereunder shall also simultaneously be
replaced as the Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender pursuant to documentation in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Bank of America (and, if
applicable, such Affiliate).
10.10 WITHHOLDING TAX. (a) If any Lender is a "foreign corporation,
partnership or trust" within the meaning of the Code and such Lender claims
exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. withholding tax under Section 1441 or
1442 of the Code, such Lender shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the
Company:
(i) if such Lender claims an exemption from, or a reduction of,
withholding tax under a United States tax treaty, properly completed IRS
Forms 1001 and W-8 before the payment of any interest in the first calendar
year and before the payment of any interest in each third succeeding
calendar year during which interest may be paid under this Agreement;
(ii) if such Lender claims that interest paid under this Agreement is
exempt from United States withholding tax because it is effectively
connected with a United States trade or business of such Lender, two
properly completed and executed copies of IRS Form 4224 before the payment
of any interest is due in the first taxable year of such Lender and in each
succeeding taxable year of such Lender during which interest may be paid
under this Agreement, and IRS Form W-9;
(iii) if such Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service
Form 1001 or 4224, such Lender shall deliver (A) a certificate
substantially in the form of EXHIBIT M and (B) two properly completed and
signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 certifying that such
Lender is entitled to an exemption from United States withholding tax with
respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and any
Note; and
(iv) such other form or forms as may be required under the Code or
other laws of the United States as a condition to exemption from, or
reduction of, United States withholding tax.
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Each such Lender agrees to promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the
Company of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any
claimed exemption or reduction.
(b) If any Lender claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding
tax under a United States tax treaty by providing IRS Form 1001 and such Lender
sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or part of
the Obligations of the Company to such Lender, such Lender agrees to notify the
Administrative Agent and the Company of the percentage amount in which it is no
longer the beneficial owner of Obligations of the Company to such Lender. To the
extent of such percentage amount, the Administrative Agent and the Company will
treat such Lender's IRS Form 1001 as no longer valid.
(c) If any Lender claiming exemption from United States withholding
tax by filing IRS Form 4224 with the Administrative Agent and the Company sells,
assigns, grants a participation in, or otherwise transfers all or part of the
Obligations of the Company to such Lender, such Lender agrees to undertake sole
responsibility for complying with the withholding tax requirements imposed by
Sections 1441 and 1442 of the Code.
(d) If any Lender is entitled to a reduction in the applicable
withholding tax, the Administrative Agent or the Company, as the case may be,
may withhold from any interest payment to such Lender an amount equivalent to
the applicable withholding tax after taking into account such reduction. If the
forms or other documentation required by SUBSECTION (a) of this Section are not
timely delivered to the Administrative Agent, or the Company, as the case may
be, then the Administrative Agent or the Company, as the case may be, may
withhold from any interest payment to such Lender not providing such forms or
other documentation an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax
without deduction.
(e) If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority of the United
States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent or
the Company did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the
account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not
properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative
Agent or the Company of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption
from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason)
such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Company, as the case
may be, fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the
Administrative Agent or the Company, as the case may be, as Tax or otherwise,
including penalties and interest, and including any Taxes imposed by any
jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or the Company,
as the case may be, under this Section, together with all costs and expenses
(including Attorney Costs). The obligation of the Lenders under this subsection
shall survive the payment of all Obligations and the resignation or replacement
of the Administrative Agent.
(f) If any Lender claims exemption from, or reduction of, withholding
tax under the Code by providing IRS Form W-8 and a certificate in the form of
EXHIBIT M and such Lender sells, assigns, grants a participation in, or
otherwise transfers all or part of the
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Obligations of the Company to such Lender, such Lender agrees to notify the
Administrative Agent and the Company of the percentage amount in which it is no
longer the beneficial owner of Obligations of the Company to such Lender. To the
extent of such percentage amount, the Administrative Agent and the Company will
treat such Lender's IRS Form W-8 and certificate in the form of EXHIBIT M as no
longer valid.
10.11 COLLATERAL MATTERS.
(a) The Administrative Agent is authorized on behalf of all the
Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from the
Lenders, from time to time to take any action with respect to any collateral or
the Collateral Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain
perfected the security interest in and Liens upon the collateral granted
pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
(b) The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its
option and in its discretion, (i) to release any Lien granted to or held by the
Administrative Agent upon any collateral: (A) upon termination of the
Commitments and payment in full of all Loans and all other obligations known to
the Administrative Agent and payable under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document; (B) constituting property sold or to be sold or disposed of as part of
or in connection with any disposition permitted hereunder; (C) constituting
property in which the Company or any Subsidiary owned no interest at the time
the Lien was granted or at any time thereafter; (D) constituting property leased
to the Company or any Subsidiary under a lease which has expired or been
terminated in a transaction permitted under this Agreement or is about to expire
and which has not been, and is not intended by the Company or such Subsidiary to
be, renewed or extended; (E) consisting of an instrument evidencing Indebtedness
or other debt instrument, if the indebtedness thereby has been paid in full; or
(F) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders or,
if required by SECTION 11.1(f), all the Lenders; and (ii) to subordinate its
interest in any collateral to the holder of any Lien permitted by CLAUSE (i) or
(j) of SECTION 8.1. Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the
Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent's authority to release
or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of collateral pursuant
to this SUBSECTION 10.11(b).
(c) Each Lender agrees with and in favor of each other (which
agreement shall not be for the benefit of the Company or any Subsidiary) that
any security interest in real property collateral received by a Lender in
connection with the extension of any loan or financial commitment between such
Lender and the Company or any of its Affiliates and not related to the
transactions contemplated hereby shall not constitute collateral for the
Company's obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. No amendment or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent with respect to any
departure by the Company therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be
in writing and signed by the Required Lenders and the Company and acknowledged
by the Administrative Agent, and then any such amendment, waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose
for which given; PROVIDED that no such amendment, waiver or consent:
(a) shall increase or extend any Commitment of any Lender (or
reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to SECTION 9.2) without the written
consent of such Lender;
(b) shall postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any
other Loan Document for any payment of principal of or interest on any Loan
without the written consent of the Lender holding (or which is required to make)
such Loan;
(c) shall reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified
herein on, any Loan without the written consent of the Lender holding (or which
is required to make) such Loan;
(d) shall reduce any fees payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document, or postpone or delay any date fixed by this Agreement or any other
Loan Document for the payment of fees or any other amounts due to any Lender
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, without the written consent of the
Person to whom such fee or other amount is to be paid;
(e) shall change the Percentage of the Lenders which is required for
any waiver, amendment or consent hereunder, or amend the definition of "Required
Lenders", without the written consent of all Lenders;
(f) shall release the Guaranty or any Guarantor or release all or any
substantial part of the collateral securing the Obligations without the written
consent of all Lenders;
(g) shall amend or waive any provision of this Section or SECTION
2.15, or any other provision herein providing for consent or other action by all
Lenders, without the written consent of all Lenders;
(h) shall, unless in writing and signed by the Issuing Lender in
addition to the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be, affect the
rights or duties of the Issuing Lender under this Agreement or any L/C-Related
Document;
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(i) shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swingline Lender in
addition to the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be, affect the
rights and duties of the Swingline Lender under this Agreement; and
(j) shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in
addition to the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be, affect the
rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document.
11.2 NOTICES. (a) All notices, requests and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing (including, unless the context expressly otherwise provides,
by facsimile transmission, provided that any matter transmitted by the Company
by facsimile (i) shall be immediately confirmed by a telephone call to the
recipient at the number specified on SCHEDULE 11.2, and (ii) shall be followed
promptly by delivery of a hard copy original thereof) and mailed, faxed or
delivered to the address or facsimile number specified for notices on SCHEDULE
11.2 or (x) in the case of the Company or the Administrative Agent, to such
other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the
other parties and (y) in the case of any other party, at such other address as
shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the Company and the
Administrative Agent.
(b) All such notices, requests and communications shall, if
transmitted by overnight delivery, or faxed, be effective when delivered, or
transmitted in legible form by facsimile machine, respectively, or if mailed, on
the third Business Day after the date deposited into the U.S. mail; except that
notices to the Administrative Agent pursuant to ARTICLE II, III or X shall not
be effective until actually received by the Administrative Agent, and notices
pursuant to ARTICLE III to the Issuing Lender shall not be effective until
actually received by the Issuing Lender.
(c) Any agreement of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders herein
to receive certain notices by telephone or facsimile is solely for the
convenience and at the request of the Company. The Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall be entitled to rely on the authority of any Person purporting to
be a Person authorized by the Company to give such notice and the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders shall not have any liability to the Company or any other
Person on account of any action taken or not taken by the Administrative Agent
or the Lenders in reliance upon such telephonic or facsimile notice. The
obligation of the Company to repay the Loans and L/C Obligations shall not be
affected in any way or to any extent by any failure of the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders to receive written confirmation of any telephonic or facsimile
notice or the receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of a
confirmation which is at variance with the terms understood by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders to be contained in the telephonic or
facsimile notice.
11.3 NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. No failure to exercise and no delay in
exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right,
remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor
shall any single or partial exercise of
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any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
11.4 COSTS AND EXPENSES. The Company shall:
(a) whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated,
pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the
Arranger) within five Business Days after demand (subject to SUBSECTION 5.1(e))
for all reasonable and documented costs and expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent and its Affiliates in connection with the preparation,
delivery, administration and execution of, and any amendment, supplement, waiver
or modification to (in each case, whether or not consummated), this Agreement,
any other Loan Document and any other document prepared in connection herewith
or therewith, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, including Attorney Costs incurred by the Administrative Agent and the
Arranger with respect thereto; and
(b) pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and each Lender within five
Business Days after demand (subject to SUBSECTION 5.1(e)) for all costs and
expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by them in connection with the
enforcement, attempted enforcement or preservation of any right or remedy under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document during the existence of an Event of
Default or after acceleration of the Loans (including in connection with any
"workout" or restructuring regarding the Loans and including in any Insolvency
Proceeding or appellate proceeding).
11.5 COMPANY INDEMNIFICATION. Whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby are consummated, the Company shall indemnify and hold the
Agent-Related Persons and each Lender and each of their respective officers,
directors, employees, counsel, agents and attorneys-in-fact (each an
"INDEMNIFIED PERSON") harmless from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
charges, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or
nature whatsoever which may at any time (including at any time following
repayment of the Loans, the termination of the Letters of Credit and the
termination, resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or
replacement of any Lender) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any
such Person in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any
document contemplated by or referred to herein, or the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, or any action taken or omitted by any such Person under or in
connection with any of the foregoing, including with respect to any
investigation, litigation or proceeding (including any Insolvency Proceeding or
appellate proceeding or any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to
any environmental cleanup, audit, compliance or other matter relating to the
protection of the environment or the Release by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any Hazardous Material) related to or arising out of this
Agreement or the Loans or Letters of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof,
whether or not any Indemnified Person is a party thereto (all the foregoing,
collectively, the "INDEMNIFIED LIABILITIES"); PROVIDED that the Company shall
have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Person with respect to
Indemnified Liabilities resulting solely from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Indemnified Person. The agreements in this Section
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shall survive payment of all other Obligations. Each Agent-Related Person and
each Lender agrees that if any investigation, litigation or proceeding is
asserted or threatened in writing or instituted against it or any other
Indemnified Person, or any remedial, removal or response action is requested of
it or any other Indemnified Party, for which such Agent-Related Person or such
Lender may desire indemnity or defense hereunder, such Agent-Related Person or
such Lender shall notify the Company in writing of such event; PROVIDED that
failure to so notify the Company shall not affect the right of any Agent-Related
Person or Lender to seek indemnification under this Section.
11.6 PAYMENTS SET ASIDE. To the extent that the Company makes a payment
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent or any
Lender exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such
set-off or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in its
discretion) to be repaid to a trustee or receiver, or any other party, in
connection with any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, then (a) to the extent
of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such
payment had not been made or such set-off had not occurred and (b) each Lender
severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its pro rata
share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent.
11.7 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns, except that the Company may not assign or transfer any
of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender.
11.8 ASSIGNMENTS, PARTICIPATIONS, ETC. (a) Any Lender may, with the written
consent of the Company (at all times other than during the existence of an Event
of Default), the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swingline
Lender, which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, at any
time assign and delegate to one or more Eligible Assignees (PROVIDED that no
written consent of the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or
the Swingline Lender shall be required in connection with any assignment and
delegation by a Lender to a Person described in CLAUSE (iii) of the definition
of Eligible Assignee) (each, an "ASSIGNEE") all, or a ratable part of all, of
the Loans, the Commitments, the L/C Obligations and the other rights and
obligations of such Lender hereunder, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 (or, if
less, all of such Lender's remaining rights and obligations hereunder); PROVIDED
that (A) the Company, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the
Swingline Lender may continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in
connection with the interest so assigned to an Assignee until (i) written notice
of such assignment, together with payment instructions, addresses and related
information with respect to the Assignee shall have been given to the Company
and the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the Assignee, (ii) such Lender
and the Assignee shall have delivered to the Company and the Administrative
Agent an Assignment and Acceptance in the form of EXHIBIT L (an "ASSIGNMENT AND
ACCEPTANCE") together with any Note or Notes subject to such assignment and
(iii) the assignor Lender or the
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Assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent a processing fee in the
amount of $3,500 and (B) the Company shall not, as a result of any assignment by
any Lender to any of such Lender's Affiliates, incur any increased liability for
Taxes, Other Taxes or Further Taxes pursuant to SECTION 4.1. The Company
designates the Administrative Agent as its agent for maintaining a book entry
record of ownership identifying the Lenders and the amount of the respective
Loans and Notes which they own. The foregoing provisions are intended to comply
with the registration requirements in Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1 so
that the Loans and Notes are considered to be in "registered form" pursuant to
such regulation.
(b) From and after the date that the Administrative Agent notifies the
assignor Lender that it has provided its consent, and received the consents of
the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Lender and (if applicable) the Company, with
respect to an executed Assignment and Acceptance and payment of the
above-referenced processing fee, (i) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party
hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been
assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, shall have the rights
and obligations of a Lender under the Loan Documents, and (ii) the assignor
Lender shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder and under the
other Loan Documents have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment and
Acceptance, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the
Loan Documents.
(c) Any Lender may at any time sell to one or more commercial banks or
other Persons not Affiliates of the Company (a "PARTICIPANT") participating
interests in any Loan, the Commitments of such Lender and the other interests of
such Lender (the "ORIGINATING LENDER") hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) the originating Lender's obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) the originating Lender shall
remain solely responsible for the performance of such obligations, (iii) the
Company, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent
shall continue to deal solely and directly with the originating Lender in
connection with the originating Lender's rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (iv) except in the case of a transfer
or grant of a participating interest by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender,
no Lender shall transfer or grant any participating interest under which the
Participant has rights to approve any amendment to, or any consent or waiver
with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except to the extent
such amendment, consent or waiver would require unanimous consent of the Lenders
or the consent of a particular Lender, in each case as described in the PROVISO
to SECTION 11.1. In the case of any such participation, the Participant shall be
entitled to the benefit of SECTIONS 4.1, 4.3 and 11.5 as though it were also a
Lender hereunder (PROVIDED, with respect to SECTIONS 4.1 and 4.3, the Company
shall not be required to pay any amount which it would not have been required to
pay if no participating interest had been sold), and if amounts outstanding
under this Agreement are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall
have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the
Participant shall be deemed to have the right of set-off in respect of its
participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent
as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a
Lender under this Agreement. Each Lender may furnish any information concerning
the Company and its Subsidiaries in the possession of such Lender from time to
time
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to participants and prospective participants and may furnish information in
response to credit inquiries consistent with general banking practice. Each
Lender which sells a participation will maintain a book entry record of
ownership identifying the Participant(s) and the amount of such participation(s)
owned by such Participant(s). Such book entry record of ownership shall be
maintained by the Lender as agent for the Company and the Administrative Agent.
This provision is intended to comply with the registration requirements in
Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1 so that the Loans and Notes are considered
to be in "registered form" pursuant to such regulation.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any
Lender may at any time create a security interest in, or pledge all or any
portion of, its rights under and interest in this Agreement and any Note held
by it in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of
the FRB or U.S. Treasury Regulation 31 CFR Section 203.14, and such Federal
Reserve Bank may enforce such pledge or security interest in any manner
permitted under applicable law.
11.9 CONFIDENTIALITY. Each Lender agrees to take, and to cause its
Affiliates to take, normal and reasonable precautions and exercise due care to
maintain the confidentiality of all non-public information provided to it by the
Company or any Subsidiary, or by the Administrative Agent on the Company's or
any Subsidiary's behalf, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and
neither such Lender nor any of its Affiliates shall use any such information
other than in connection with or in enforcement of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents or in connection with other business now or hereafter existing or
contemplated with the Company or any Subsidiary, except to the extent such
information (i) was or becomes generally available to the public other than as a
result of disclosure by such Lender or (ii) was or becomes available on a
non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company (PROVIDED that such
source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company or any
Subsidiary known to such Lender); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Lender may
disclose such information (A) at the request or pursuant to any requirement of
any Governmental Authority to which such Lender is subject or in connection with
an examination of such Lender by any such authority, (B) pursuant to subpoena or
other court process, (C) when required to do so in accordance with the
provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law, (D) to the extent reasonably
required in connection with any litigation or proceeding to which the
Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates may be
party, (E) to the extent reasonably required in connection with the exercise of
any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (F) to such Lender's
independent auditors and other professional advisors, (G) to any Participant or
Assignee, actual or potential, provided that such Person agrees in writing to
keep such information confidential to the same extent required of the Lenders
hereunder, (H) as to any Lender or its Affiliate, as expressly permitted under
the terms of any other document or agreement regarding confidentiality to which
the Company or any Subsidiary is party or is deemed party with such Lender or
such Affiliate and (I) to its Affiliates.
11.10 SET-OFF. In addition to any right or remedy of the Lenders provided
by law, if an Event of Default exists, or the Loans have been accelerated, each
Lender is authorized at any
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time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Company, any such notice
being waived by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off
and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional
or final) at any time held by, and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such
Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Company against any and all
Obligations owing to such Lender, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of
whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall have made demand
under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations
may be contingent or unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the
Company and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made
by such Lender; PROVIDED that the failure to give such notice shall not affect
the validity of such set-off and application.
11.11 AUTOMATIC DEBITS OF FEES. With respect to any commitment fee,
arrangement fee, agency fee, letter of credit fee or other fee, or any other
cost or expense (including Attorney Costs) due and payable to the Administrative
Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Lender under the Loan Documents, the
Company hereby irrevocably authorizes Bank of America to debit any deposit
account of the Company with Bank of America in an amount such that the aggregate
amount debited from all such deposit accounts does not exceed such fee or other
cost or expense. If there are insufficient funds in such deposit accounts to
cover the amount of the fee or other cost or expense then due, such debits will
be reversed (in whole or in part, in Bank of America's sole discretion) and such
amount not debited shall be deemed to be unpaid. No such debit under this
Section shall be deemed a set-off.
11.12 NOTIFICATION OF ADDRESSES, LENDING OFFICES, ETC. Each Lender shall
notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any change in the address to which
notices to such Lender should be directed, of addresses of any Lending Office,
of payment instructions in respect of all payments to be made to it hereunder
and of such other administrative information as the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably request.
11.13 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an
original, and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
11.14 SEVERABILITY. The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of
this Agreement or any instrument or agreement required hereunder shall not in
any way affect or impair the legality or enforceability of the remaining
provisions of this Agreement or such instrument or agreement.
11.15 NO THIRD PARTIES BENEFITED. This Agreement is made and entered into
for the sole protection and legal benefit of the Company, the Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and the Agent-Related Persons, and their permitted
successors and assigns, and no other Person shall be a direct or indirect legal
beneficiary of, or have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in
connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
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11.16 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION. (a) THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY NOTES
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS SHALL
RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR
OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND
THE LENDERS CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING
ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON
CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT
RELATED HERETO. THE COMPANY, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS EACH WAIVE
PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE
BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW.
11.17 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE COMPANY, THE LENDERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT EACH WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR
CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY, IN ANY
ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES
AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR ANY AGENT-RELATED PERSON, PARTICIPANT OR ASSIGNEE,
WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. THE COMPANY,
THE LENDERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE
OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE
FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR
OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY PROVISION
HEREOF OR THEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT, RENEWAL,
SUPPLEMENT OR MODIFICATION TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS.
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11.18 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, together with the other Loan
Documents, embodies the entire agreement and understanding among the Company,
the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, and supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous agreements and understandings of such Persons, verbal or
written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of
the day and year first above written.
RAYOVAC CORPORATION
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender,
Swingline Lender and a Lender
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
BANK LEUMI USA
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
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BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
COMERICA BANK
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
DRESDNER BANK AG, NEW YORK AND GRAND
CAYMAN BRANCHES
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
FIRSTAR BANK MILWAUKEE, N.A.
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
XXXXXX TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
M&I XXXXXXXX & ILSLEY BANK
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
THE MITSUBISHI TRUST AND BANKING
CORPORATION
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
NATIONAL CITY BANK
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
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THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
ST. XXXXXXX BANK, F.S.B.
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
SUNTRUST BANK, CENTRAL FLORIDA, N.A.
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By: __________________________________________
Title: _______________________________________
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SCHEDULE 1.1
PRICING SCHEDULE
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OFFSHORE RATE BASE RATE NON-USE
LEVERAGE RATIO MARGIN MARGIN FEE RATE L/C FEE RATE
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(greater than)4.00:1 1.750% 0.750% 0.500% 1.750%
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(less than/equal to)4.00:1 but (greater than)3.50:1 1.625% 0.625% 0.500% 1.625%
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(less than/equal to)3.50:1 but (greater than)3.00:1 1.500% 0.500% 0.375% 1.500%
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(less than/equal to)3.00:1 but (greater than)2.50:1 1.250% 0.250% 0.375% 1.250%
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(less than/equal to)2.50:1 but (greater than)2.00:1 1.000% 0% 0.250% 1.000%
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(less than/equal to)2.00:1 0.750% 0% 0.250% 0.750%
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Initially, the Offshore Rate Margin, the Base Rate Margin, the Non-Use Fee
Rate and the L/C Fee Rate shall be (a) 1.75%, 0.75%, 0.5%, and 1.75%,
respectively. The Offshore Rate Margin, the Base Rate Margin, the Non-Use Fee
Rate and the L/C Fee Rate shall be adjusted, to the extent applicable, 46 days
(or, in the case of the last fiscal quarter of any fiscal year, 91 days) after
the end of each fiscal quarter based on the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of
such fiscal quarter; PROVIDED that if the Company fails to deliver the financial
statements required by SECTION 7.1 by the 46th day (or, if applicable, the 91st
day) after any fiscal quarter, the Offshore Rate Margin, the Base Rate Margin,
the Non-Use Fee Rate and the L/C Fee Rate that would apply if the Leverage Ratio
were greater than 4.00 to 1 shall apply until such financial statements are
delivered; PROVIDED, FURTHER, the initial Offshore Rate Margin, Base Rate
Margin, Non-Use Fee Rate and L/C Fee Rate may not be reduced for a period of 91
days after the Effective Date.
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SCHEDULE 2.1
COMMITMENTS AND PERCENTAGES
LENDER REVOLVING COMMITMENT TERM COMMITMENT PERCENTAGE
Bank of America, N.A. $ 14,615,379 $ 4,384,621 5.0000000%
Dresdner Bank AG $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0000000%
U.S. Bank National Association $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0769231%
The First National Bank of Chicago $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0769231%
Fleet National Bank $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0000000%
Firstar Bank Milwaukee, N.A. $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0769231%
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0769231%
Banque Nationale de Paris $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0769231%
National City Bank $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0769231%
M&I Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx Bank $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0000000%
Comerica Bank $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0000000%
LaSalle Bank National Association $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0000000%
The Bank of Nova Scotia $ 12,692,308 $ 3,807,692 5.0000000%
SunTrust Bank, Central Florida, N.A. $ 10,769,231 $ 3,230,769 4.3076923%
The Northern Trust Company $ 10,769,231 $ 3,230,769 4.3076923%
The Mitsubishi Trust and
Banking Corporation $ 10,769,231 $ 3,230,769 4.0000000%
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
Trust Company $ 10,769,231 $ 3,230,769 4.0000000%
The Bank of New York $ 10,769,231 $ 3,230,769 4.3076923%
St. Xxxxxxx Bank, F.S.B. $ 10,769,231 $ 3,230,769 4.0000000%
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC $ 10,769,231 $ 3,230,769 4.0000000%
Bank Leumi USA $ 7,692,308 $ 2,307,692 3.0769231%
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$250,000,000.00 $75,000,000.00 100%
SCHEDULE 11.2
OFFSHORE AND DOMESTIC LENDING OFFICES,
ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
RAYOVAC CORPORATION
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Treasurer
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
Bank of America, N.A.
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender
DOMESTIC AND OFFSHORE LENDING OFFICE:
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Notices (other than Borrowing notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation):
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Borrowing notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation:
Agency Administrative Services #5596
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Issuing Lender
Address for Notices for Standby Letters of Credit:
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Address for Notices for Commercial Letters of Credit:
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Swingline Lender
Address for Notices:
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
BANK LEUMI USA
Bank Leumi LE-Israel B.M.
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
The Bank of New York
0 Xxxx Xxxxxx 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
XXX XXXX XX XXXX XXXXXX
Xxx Xxxx xx Xxxx Xxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST COMPANY
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Trust Company
1251 Avenue of the Xxxxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS
Banque Nationale de Paris
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Jo Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
COMERICA BANK
Comerica Bank
Two Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Light
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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DRESDNER BANK XX
Xxxxxxxx Bank AG
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
The First National Bank of Chicago
One First National Plaza
00xx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
FIRSTAR BANK MILWAUKEE, N.A.
Firstar Bank Milwaukee, N.A.
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
Fleet National Bank
One Federal Street
Mail Stop MAOFOO3C
Boston, Massachusetts 02110-2012
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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XXXXXX TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK
Xxxxxx Trust and Savings Bank
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
00 Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
LaSalle National Bank
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
M&I XXXXXXXX & XXXXXX BANK
M & I Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx Bank
000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. XxXxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
MITSUBISHI TRUST AND BANKING CORPORATION
Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
NATIONAL CITY BANK
National City Bank
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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Borrowing notices and Notices of Conversion/Continuation:
National City Bank
0000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx #0000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
The Northern Trust Company
00 Xxxxx XxXxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
Wall Street Plaza
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
XX. XXXXXXX XXXX, X.X.X.
Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxx, F.S.B.
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Tans
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
SUNTRUST BANK, CENTRAL FLORIDA, N.A.
Sun Trust Bank, N.A.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Mail Code 0-1106
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
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Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
U.S. Bank, N.A.
000 X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
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