CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of July 6, 2007 among DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, as the Borrower, The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto, CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT...
EXHIBIT
4.2
Execution
Version
$2,300,000,000
Dated
as
of July 6, 2007
among
DOLLAR
GENERAL CORPORATION,
as
the
Borrower,
The
Several Lenders
from
Time
to Time Parties Hereto,
CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
XXXXXXX
XXXXX CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
as
Syndication Agent,
and
XXXXXX
COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.
and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Documentation Agents
XXXXXXX
XXXXX CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.
CITIGROUP
GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
XXXXXX
BROTHERS INC.
and
WACHOVIA
CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC,
as
Joint
Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
Page
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SECTION
1.
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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1.1.
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Defined
Terms
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2
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1.2.
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Other
Interpretive Provisions
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45
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1.3.
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Accounting
Terms
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46
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1.4.
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Rounding
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46
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1.5.
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References
to Agreements, Laws, Etc.
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46
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1.6.
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Determination
of Status.
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47
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SECTION
2.
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AMOUNT
AND TERMS OF CREDIT
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48
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2.1.
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Commitments
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48
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2.2.
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Minimum
Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings
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49
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2.3.
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Notice
of Borrowing
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49
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2.4.
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Disbursement
of Funds
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49
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2.5.
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Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt
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50
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2.6.
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Conversions
and Continuations
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51
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2.7.
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Pro
Rata Borrowings
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52
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2.8.
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Interest
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52
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2.9.
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Interest
Periods
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53
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2.10.
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Increased
Costs, Illegality, Etc.
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54
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2.11.
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Compensation
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56
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2.12.
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Change
of Lending Office
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56
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2.13.
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Notice
of Certain Costs
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56
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2.14.
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Incremental
Facilities
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56
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SECTION
3.
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[RESERVED].
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58
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SECTION
4.
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COMMITMENT
TERMINATIONS
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58
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4.1.
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Mandatory
Termination of Commitments
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58
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SECTION
5.
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PAYMENTS
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58
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5.1.
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Voluntary
Prepayments
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58
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5.2.
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Mandatory
Prepayments
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59
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5.3.
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Method
and Place of Payment
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62
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5.4.
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Net
Payments
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62
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5.5.
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Computations
of Interest and Fees
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65
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5.6.
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Limit
on Rate of Interest
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66
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SECTION
6.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO INITIAL BORROWING
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66
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6.1.
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Credit
Documents
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66
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6.2.
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Collateral
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67
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6.3.
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Legal
Opinions
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67
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6.4.
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Contemporaneous
Debt Financings and Repayments
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67
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6.5.
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Equity
Investments
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68
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6.6.
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Closing
Certificates
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68
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6.7.
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Authorization
of Proceedings of Each Credit Party
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68
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6.8.
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Fees
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68
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6.9.
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Representations
and Warranties
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68
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6.10.
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Related
Agreements
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68
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6.11.
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Solvency
Certificate
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68
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6.12.
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Merger
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68
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6.13.
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Pro
Forma Balance Sheet
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69
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6.14.
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Patriot
Act
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69
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SECTION
7.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO ALL CREDIT EVENTS
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69
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7.1.
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No
Default; Representations and Warranties
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69
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7.2.
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Notice
of Borrowing
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69
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SECTION
8.
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REPRESENTATIONS,
WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS
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69
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8.1.
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Corporate
Status
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70
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8.2.
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Corporate
Power and Authority
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70
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8.3.
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No
Violation
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70
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8.4.
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Litigation
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70
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8.5.
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Margin
Regulations
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70
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8.6.
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Governmental
Approvals
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70
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8.7.
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Investment
Company Act
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71
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8.8.
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True
and Complete Disclosure
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71
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8.9.
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Financial
Condition; Financial Statements
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71
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8.10.
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Tax
Matters
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72
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8.11.
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Compliance
with ERISA
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72
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8.12.
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Subsidiaries
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73
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8.13.
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Intellectual
Property
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73
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8.14.
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Environmental
Laws
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73
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8.15.
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Properties
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73
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8.16.
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Solvency
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74
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SECTION
9.
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
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74
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9.1.
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Information
Covenants
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74
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9.2.
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Books,
Records and Inspections
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77
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9.3.
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Maintenance
of Insurance
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78
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9.4.
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Payment
of Taxes
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78
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9.5.
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Consolidated
Corporate Franchises
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78
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9.6.
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Compliance
with Statutes, Regulations, Etc.
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78
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9.7.
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ERISA
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79
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9.8.
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Maintenance
of Properties
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79
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9.9.
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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80
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9.10.
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End
of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters
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80
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9.11.
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Additional
Guarantors and Grantors
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81
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9.12.
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Pledge
of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness
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81
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9.13.
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Use
of Proceeds
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81
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9.14.
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Further
Assurances
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82
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SECTION
10.
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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83
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10.1.
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Limitation
on Indebtedness
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83
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10.2.
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Limitation
on Liens
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89
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10.3.
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Limitation
on Fundamental Changes
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92
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10.4.
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Limitation
on Sale of Assets
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94
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10.5.
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Limitation
on Investments
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96
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10.6.
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Limitation
on Dividends
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99
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10.7.
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Limitations
on Debt Payments and Amendments
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102
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10.8.
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Changes
in Business
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103
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SECTION
11.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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103
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11.1.
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Payments
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103
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11.2.
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Representations,
Etc.
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103
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11.3.
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Covenants
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103
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11.4.
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Default
Under Other Agreements
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103
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11.5.
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Bankruptcy,
Etc.
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104
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11.6.
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ERISA
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104
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11.7.
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Guarantee
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105
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11.8.
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Pledge
Agreement
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105
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11.9.
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Security
Agreement
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105
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11.10.
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Mortgages
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105
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11.11.
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Judgments
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105
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11.12.
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Change
of Control
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105
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11.13.
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Subordination
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105
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11.14.
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Application
of Proceeds
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106
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11.15.
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Acknowledgement
by Lenders
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107
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SECTION
12.
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THE
AGENTS.
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107
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12.1.
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Appointment
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107
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12.2.
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Delegation
of Duties
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108
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12.3.
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Exculpatory
Provisions
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108
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12.4.
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Reliance
by Agents
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108
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12.5.
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Notice
of Default
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109
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12.6.
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Non-Reliance
on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Other
Lenders
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109
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12.7.
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Indemnification
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110
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12.8.
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Agents
in its Individual Capacities
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111
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12.9.
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Successor
Agents
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111
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12.10.
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Withholding
Tax
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112
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12.11.
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Intercreditor
Agreement
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112
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12.12.
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Agents
under Security Documents and Guarantee
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112
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12.13.
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Right
to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee.
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113
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SECTION
13.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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113
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13.1.
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Amendments,
Waivers and Releases
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113
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13.2.
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Notices
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116
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13.3.
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
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116
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13.4.
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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117
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13.5.
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Payment
of Expenses; Indemnification
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117
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13.6.
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Successors
and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
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118
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13.7.
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Replacements
of Lenders under Certain Circumstances
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122
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13.8.
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Adjustments;
Set-off
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123
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13.9.
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Counterparts
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123
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13.10.
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Severability
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123
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13.11.
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Integration
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123
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13.12.
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GOVERNING
LAW
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124
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13.13.
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Submission
to Jurisdiction; Waivers
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124
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13.14.
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Acknowledgments
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124
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13.15.
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WAIVERS
OF JURY TRIAL
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125
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13.16.
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Confidentiality
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126
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13.17.
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Direct
Website Communications
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126
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13.18.
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USA
PATRIOT Act
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128
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13.19.
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Judgment
Currency
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128
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13.20.
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Payments
Set Aside
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128
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
1.1(b)
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Mortgaged
Properties
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Schedule 1.1(c)
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Commitments
and Addresses of Lenders
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Schedule
1.1(d)
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Excluded
Subsidiaries
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Schedule
6.3
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Local
Counsels
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Schedule
8.3
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No
Violations
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Schedule
8.4
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Litigation
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Schedule 8.12
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Subsidiaries
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Schedule
8.15(a)
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Representations
and Warranties
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Schedule
9.9
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Closing
Date Affiliate Transactions
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Schedule
9.14(d)
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Post-Closing
Actions
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Schedule 10.1
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Closing
Date Indebtedness
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Schedule 10.2
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Closing
Date Liens
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Schedule 10.4
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Scheduled
Dispositions
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Schedule 10.5
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Closing
Date Investments
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Schedule
13.2
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Notice
Addresses
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
A
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Reserved
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Exhibit B
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Form
of Guarantee
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Exhibit C
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Form
of Mortgage (Real Property)
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Exhibit D
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Form
of Perfection Certificate
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Exhibit E
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Form
of Pledge Agreement
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Exhibit F
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Form
of Security Agreement
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Exhibit G
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Reserved
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Exhibit H-1
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Form
of Legal Opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx
LLP
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Exhibit H-2
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Form
of Legal Opinion of General Counsel
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Exhibit I
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Form
of Credit Party Closing Certificate
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Exhibit J
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Form
of Assignment and Acceptance
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Exhibit K
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Form
of Promissory Note
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Exhibit L
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Form
of Joinder Agreement
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CREDIT
AGREEMENT, dated as of July 6, 2007, among DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION, a
Tennessee corporation (the “Borrower”), the lending
institutions from time to time parties hereto (each a “Lender”
and, collectively, the “Lenders”), CITICORP NORTH AMERICA,
INC., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (such term and each other
capitalized term used but not defined in this preamble having the meaning
provided in Section 1), XXXXXXX SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as
Syndication Agent, XXXXXXX XXXXX CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
INC., XXXXXX BROTHERS INC. and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, as Joint Lead
Arrangers and Bookrunners, and XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. and WACHOVIA BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Documentation Agents (each, in such capacity, a
“Documentation Agent”).
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended from time to time
in
accordance therewith, the “Acquisition Agreement”), dated as of
March 11, 2007, by and among the Borrower, Holdings and Merger Sub, Merger
Sub
will merge with and into the Borrower (the “Merger”), with the
Borrower surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
Holdings;
WHEREAS,
to fund, in part, the Merger, it is intended that the Sponsors and certain
other
investors (including the Management Investors) will contribute an amount in
cash
to Holdings and/or a direct or indirect parent thereof in exchange for Stock
and
Stock Equivalents (which cash will be contributed to the Borrower in exchange
for common Stock of the Borrower), which together with the amount of any
rollover equity issued to existing shareholders of the Borrower (such
contribution and rollover, collectively, the “Equity
Investments”), shall be no less than 25% of the aggregate pro forma
capitalization of the Borrower on the Closing Date (the “Minimum Equity
Amount”);
WHEREAS,
to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement, it
is
intended that the Borrower will (a) issue under the Senior Notes Indenture
$1,175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 10.625% senior notes due 2015
(the
“Senior Notes”) in sales pursuant to Rule 144A and
Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Senior
Notes Offering”), generating aggregate gross proceeds of up to
$1,175,000,000, (b) issue under the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture
$725,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11.875%/12.625%% senior subordinated
notes due 2017 (the “Senior Subordinated Notes,” and together
with the Senior Notes, the “Notes”) in a sale pursuant to
Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Senior SubordinatedNotes Offering” and
together with the Senior Notes Offering, the “Notes Offerings”)
and (c) enter into the ABL Facility to provide for an aggregate principal
amount of up to $1,125,000,000 of revolving borrowings, of which up to
$432,300,000 may be borrowed on the Closing Date to finance a portion of the
Transactions;
WHEREAS,
in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders
extend credit in the form of Term Loans on the Closing Date in an aggregate
principal amount of $2,300,000,000;
WHEREAS,
the proceeds of the Term Loans will be used by the Borrower, together with
(a) the net proceeds of the Notes Offerings, (b) up to $432,300,000 of
borrowing
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under
the
ABL Facility and (c) the net proceeds of the Equity Investments to effect
the Merger and to pay Transaction Expenses; and
WHEREAS,
the Lenders are willing to make available to the Borrower such term loans upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements
contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION
1. Definitions
1.1. Defined
Terms
(a) As
used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this
Section 1.1 unless the context otherwise requires (it being
understood that defined terms in this Agreement shall include in the singular
number the plural and in the plural the singular):
“ABL
Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
“ABL
Collateral Agent” shall mean the collateral agent under the ABL
Facility.
“ABL
Documents” shall mean the ABL Facility Agreement, each other document
evidencing the ABL Facility, any guarantees issued thereunder and any collateral
and security documents (and the Intercreditor Agreement) entered into in
connection therewith.
“ABL
Facility” shall mean the asset-based revolving credit facility
evidenced by the ABL Facility Agreement.
“ABL
Facility Agreement” shall mean that certain Asset-Based Revolving
Credit Agreement entered into as of the Closing Date by and among the Borrower,
the subsidiary borrowers party thereto, the lenders party thereto in their
capacities as lenders thereunder, and The CIT Group/Business Credit, Inc.,
as
administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder, as amended, supplemented,
modified, extended, renewed or refinanced in accordance with the terms hereof
and the Intercreditor Agreement.
“ABR”
shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of
(a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the
rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to
time
by the Administrative Agent as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is
a rate set by the Administrative Agent based upon various factors including
the
Administrative Agent’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 ABR due to a change in such rate announced by the Administrative Agent
or in
the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall take effect at the opening of business
on
the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“ABR
Loan” shall mean each Loan bearing interest based on the
ABR.
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“Acquired
EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or
any Converted Restricted Subsidiary (any of the foregoing, a “Pro Forma
Entity”) for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated
EBITDA of such Pro Forma Entity (determined using such definitions as if
references to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries therein were to
such
Pro Forma Entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a
consolidated basis for such Pro Forma Entity in a manner not inconsistent with
GAAP.
“Acquired
Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition
of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Acquisition
Agreement” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“Adjusted
Total Term Loan Commitment” shall mean at any time the Total Term Loan
Commitment less the Term Loan Commitments of all Defaulting
Lenders.
“Adjusted
Total Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment” shall mean at any time the
Total Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment less the Tranche B-1 Term Loan
Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
“Adjusted
Total Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment” shall mean at any time the
Total Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment less the Tranche B-2 Term Loan
Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders.
“Administrative
Agent” shall mean Citicorp North America, Inc., as the administrative
agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents,
or
any successor administrative agent pursuant to Section 12.
“Administrative
Agent’s Office” shall mean the Administrative Agent’s address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 13.2, or such other address
or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the
Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative
Questionnaire” shall have the meaning provided in Section
13.6(b).
“Affiliate”
shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with
such
Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such
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, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling”
(“controlling”) and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative
thereto.
“Agent
Parties” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 13.17(c).
“Agents”
shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Syndication
Agent, each Joint Lead Arranger and Bookrunner and the Documentation
Agents.
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“Agreement”
shall mean this Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented
or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“Applicable
Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Applicable Amount
Reference Time”), an amount equal to (a) the sum, without duplication,
of:
(i)an
amount (which shall not be less
than zero) equal to the greater of (x) 50% of Cumulative Consolidated Net Income
of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period from the first
day of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the Closing Date until the
last
day of the then most recent fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, for
which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered and (y) (A) the cumulative
amount of Excess Cash Flow of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
for
all fiscal years (or, in the case of the fiscal year ending on or about January
31, 2008, the portion of the fiscal year) completed after the Closing Date
(commencing with and including the portion of the fiscal year ending on or
about
January 31, 2008 following the Closing Date) and prior to the Applicable Amount
Reference Time, minus (B) the portion of such Excess Cash Flow that has
been (or is required to be) applied after the Closing Date and prior to the
Applicable Amount Reference Time to the prepayment of Loans in accordance with
Section 5.2(a)(ii);
(ii)[Reserved];
(iii)
Reserved];
(iv) to
the extent not (A) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net
Income of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) already reflected
as a return of capital or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment,
the
aggregate JV Distribution Amount received by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary during the period from and including the Business Day immediately
following the Closing Date through and including the Applicable Amount Reference
Time;
(v)to
the extent not (A) already
included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and
the
Restricted Subsidiaries, (B) already reflected as a return of capital or deemed
reduction in the amount of such Investment and (C) required to be applied to
prepay Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2(a), the aggregate amount
of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of its ownership
interest in any joint venture that is not a Subsidiary or in any Unrestricted
Subsidiary during the period from and including the Business Day immediately
following the Closing Date through and including the Applicable Amount Reference
Time; and
(vi) other
than for purposes of Section 10.6(c), the aggregate amount of Retained
Declined Proceeds retained by the Borrower during the period from and including
the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including
the Applicable Amount Reference Time;
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minus
(b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i)
the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Section
10.5(g)(ii)(y),10.5(i)(y) or 10.5(v)(z) following the Closing
Date and prior to the Applicable Amount Reference Time (with regard to
Investments made pursuant to Section 10.5(g)(ii)(y), net of any return of
capital in respect of such Investment or deemed reduction in the amount of
such
Investment including, without limitation, upon the re-designation of any
Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the Disposition of any
such Investment);
(ii)the
aggregate amount of dividends
pursuant to Section 10.6(c)(z) following the Closing Date and prior to
the Applicable Amount Reference Time; and
(iii) the
aggregate amount of prepayments, repurchases and redemptions of Senior Notes
and
Senior Subordinated Notes pursuant to Section 10.7(a)(i)(3) following the
Closing Date and prior to the Applicable Amount Reference Time.
“Applicable
Equity Amount” shall mean, at any time (the “Applicable
Equity Amount Reference Time”), an amount equal
to, without duplication, (a) the amount of any capital contributions (other
than
(i) the Equity Investments and (ii) any Specified Equity Contribution (as
defined in the ABL Facility Agreement)) made in cash to, or any proceeds of
an
equity issuance received by, the Borrower from and including the Business Day
immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Applicable
Equity Amount Reference Time, including proceeds from the issuance of Stock
or
Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, but
excluding all proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Stock
minus
(b) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i)the
aggregate amount of Investments
made pursuant to Section 10.5(g)(ii)(x), 10.5(i)(x) or
10.5(v)(y) following the Closing Date and prior to the Applicable
Equity
Amount Reference Time (with regard to Investments made pursuant to Section
10.5(g)(ii)(x), net of any return of capital in respect of such Investment
or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment including, without
limitation, upon the re-designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary or the Disposition of any such Investment);
(ii)the
aggregate amount of dividends
pursuant to Section 10.6(c)(y) following the Closing Date and prior to
the Applicable Equity Amount Reference Time; and
(iii) the
aggregate amount of prepayments, repurchases and redemptions of Senior Notes
and
Senior Subordinated Notes pursuant to Section 10.7(a)(i)(2) following the
Closing Date and prior to the Applicable Equity Amount Reference
Time.
“Applicable
Margin”
shall mean, at any date, with respect to each Tranche B Term Loan
that is (a) a
LIBOR Rate Loan, 2.75% per annum, and (b) an ABR Loan, 1.75%
per annum.
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“Approved
Fund” shall
mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate
of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers
or
manages a Lender.
“XXXX”
shall mean Ashley River Insurance Company, Inc., a South Carolina corporation,
or any Subsidiary of the Borrower succeeding XXXX after the Closing Date as
the
so-called “captive” insurance company subject to regulation by a Governmental
Authority and providing insurance coverage and related services to the Borrower
and its other Subsidiaries.
“Asset
Sale Prepayment Event” shall mean any Disposition of any business
units, assets or other property of the Credit Parties or any of their Restricted
Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of business (including any Disposition
of any Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary of the Borrower owned by
the
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the term “Asset Sale Prepayment Event” shall not include any transaction
permitted by Section 10.4 (other than transactions permitted by
Section 10.4(b) or Section 10.4(n), which shall constitute
Asset Sale Prepayment Events).
“Assignment
and Acceptance” shall mean an assignment and acceptance substantially
in the form of Exhibit J, or such other form as may be approved by
the Administrative Agent.
“Authorized
Officer” shall mean the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer or any other senior officer of the Borrower designated as such in
writing to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Borrower.
“Bankruptcy
Code” shall have the meaning provided in Section
11.5.
“Board”
shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States (or any successor).
“Borrower”
shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Borrowing”
shall mean and include the incurrence of one Type of Term Loan on the
Closing Date (or resulting from conversions on a given date after the Closing
Date) having, in the case of LIBOR Loans, the same Interest Period.
“Business
Day” shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any other day on
which banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or other
governmental actions to close, and, if such day relates to (a) any interest
rate
settings as to a LIBOR Loan, (b) any fundings, disbursements, settlements and
payments in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, or (c) any other dealings pursuant
to this Agreement in respect of any such LIBOR Loan, such day shall be a day
on
which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in
the
London interbank eurodollar market.
“Capital
Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, the aggregate of all
expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities and including
in
all events all amounts expended or capitalized under Capital Leases) by the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity
with GAAP, are or are required to be
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included
as capital expenditures on a consolidated statement of cash flows of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“Capital
Lease” shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property
(whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity
with GAAP, is, or is required to be, accounted for as a capital lease on the
balance sheet of that Person.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations” shall mean, as applied to any Person, all
obligations under Capital Leases of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries,
in
each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as liabilities in accordance
with GAAP.
“Casualty
Event” shall mean, with respect to any property of any Person, any loss
of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking by a Governmental Authority
of, such property for which such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
receives insurance proceeds, or proceeds of a condemnation award or other
compensation.
“Change
in Law” shall mean (a) the adoption of any law, treaty, order,
policy, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change
in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation or in the interpretation
or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this
Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender with any guideline, request, directive
or order issued or made after the date hereof by any central bank or other
governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force
of
law).
“Change
of Control” shall mean and be deemed to have occurred if (a) at any
time prior to a Qualifying IPO, the Permitted Holders shall at any time not
own,
in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, at least
35% of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower; or
(b) at any time after a Qualifying IPO, any person, entity or “group”
(within the meaning of Section 13(d) or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of
1934, as amended), other than the Permitted Holders, shall at any time have
acquired direct or indirect beneficial ownership of a percentage of the voting
power of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Borrower that exceeds 35% thereof,
unless, in the case of either clause (a) or (b) above, the
Permitted Holders have, at such time, the right or the ability by voting power,
contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election at least a majority
of
the board of directors of the Borrower; or (c) Continuing Directors shall not
constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower; or
(d) at any time, a Change of Control (as defined in the Senior Notes
Indenture or the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture) shall have
occurred.
“Class”,
when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, shall refer to whether such
Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Tranche B Term Loans, Tranche
B-1 Term Loans, Tranche B-2 Term Loans or New Term Loans (of a particular
Series) and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such
Commitment is a Tranche B Term Loan Commitment or a New Term Loan
Commitment.
“Closing
Date” shall mean the date of the initial Borrowing
hereunder.
“Code”
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time,
and
the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section
references to the
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Code
are
to the Code, as in effect at the date of this Agreement, and any subsequent
provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted
therefor.
“Collateral”
shall mean all property pledged or purported to be pledged pursuant to the
Security Documents.
“Collateral
Agent” shall mean Citicorp North America, Inc., as collateral agent
under the Security Documents, or any successor collateral agent pursuant to
Section 12.
“Commitments”
shall mean, with respect to each Lender (to the extent applicable), such
Lender’s Tranche B Term Loan Commitment and New Term Loan
Commitment.
“Communications”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17(a).
“Confidential
Information” shall have the meaning provided in Section
13.16.
“Confidential
Information Memorandum” shall mean the Confidential Information
Memorandum of the Borrower dated June 2007.
“Consolidated
EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such
period, plus:
(a) without
duplication and to the extent already deducted (and not added back) in arriving
at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum of the following amounts for the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period:
(i)total
interest expense and to the
extent not reflected in such total interest expense, any losses on hedging
obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of
hedging interest rate risk, net of interest income and gains on such hedging
obligations, bank fees and costs of surety bonds in connection with financing
activities,
(ii)provision
for taxes based on income,
profits or capital, including federal, foreign, state, franchise, excise and
similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period,
including any penalties and interest relating to any tax
examinations,
(iii) depreciation
and amortization, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or
costs,
(iv)
Non-Cash Charges other than pursuant to clauses (b) and (d) of the definition
thereof,
(v)restructuring
charges, business
optimization expenses or reserves (including restructuring costs related to
acquisitions after the date hereof and to closure and/or consolidation of
facilities, costs and expenses relating to business
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optimization
programs and new systems design and implementation costs and project start-up
costs),
(vi)the
amount of any minority interest
expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity
interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary deducted (and
not
added back) in such period in arriving at Consolidated Net Income,
(vii)
(A) an amount equal to the impact on cost of goods sold and operating profit
of
incremental xxxx-xxxxx taken as a result of Project Alpha and (B) any expenses
associated with Project Alpha inventory and real estate initiatives (including
lease contract termination and other store closing costs, advertising, inventory
liquidation fees, incremental store labor and other costs), provided that
this clause (vii) shall not apply to any quarterly period beginning after
February 1, 2008,
(viii)
the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees (including
termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid in such period
to
the Sponsors,
(ix)any
costs or expenses incurred pursuant
to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management
or
employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder
agreement, to the extent that such costs or expenses are funded with cash
proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or net cash proceeds of
an
issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (other than Disqualified
Stock),
(x)the
amount of net cost savings
projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of specified
actions taken or to be taken prior to or during such period (which cost savings
shall be subject only to certification by management of the Borrower and shall
be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings had been realized
on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized
during such period from such actions; provided, that (A) such cost
savings are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (B) such actions
have been taken or are to be taken within 12 months after the date of
determination to take such action and some portion of the benefit is expected
to
be realized within 12 months of taking such action, (C) no cost savings shall
be
added pursuant to this clause (x) to the extent duplicative of any expenses
or
charges relating to such cost savings that are included in clause (v) above
with
respect to such period and (D) the aggregate amount of cost savings added
pursuant to this clause (x) shall not exceed $25,000,000 for any four
consecutive quarter period,
(xi)to
the extent covered by insurance and
actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that
there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed
by
the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the
applicable carrier in writing
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within
180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence
(with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed
within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events
or
business interruption,
(xii)the
amount of losses on Dispositions of
receivables and related assets in connection with any Permitted Receivables
Financing, and
(xiii)
Cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash
expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income
in
any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted
in
the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for
any
previous period and not added back,
less
(b) without
duplication and to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net
Income, the sum of the following amounts for such period:
(i)non-cash
gains (excluding any non-cash
gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for
a
potential cash item that reduced Consolidated Net Income or Consolidated EBITDA
in any prior period),
(ii)gains
on asset sales (other than asset
sales in the ordinary course of business),
(iii)
any net after-tax income from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or
hedging obligations or other derivative instruments, and
(iv)
cash expenditures (or any netting arrangements resulting in increased cash
expenditures) not deducted in arriving at Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated
Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash losses relating to such income
were added in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph
(a)
above for any previous period and not deducted,
in
each
case, as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP; provided that
(i)to
the extent included in
Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated
EBITDA currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements
of Indebtedness or intercompany balances (including the net loss or gain
resulting from Hedge Agreements for currency exchange risk),
(ii)to
the extent included in
Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated
EBITDA for any period any adjustments resulting from the application of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133,
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(iii)there
shall be included in
determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (A) the
Acquired EBITDA of any Person or business, or attributable to any property
or
asset, acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period
(but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person or business or any Acquired
EBITDA attributable to any assets or property, in each case to the extent not
so
acquired) to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred, abandoned or
otherwise disposed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (each such
Person, business, property or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed
of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”) and the Acquired EBITDA
of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary
during such period (each, a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”),
based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or
Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof
occurring prior to such acquisition or conversion) and (B) an adjustment in
respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro
Forma
Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period
(including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) as specified
in a Pro Forma Adjustment Certificate and delivered to the Lenders and the
Administrative Agent, and
(iv)to
the extent included in
Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated
EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business
or
asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred, abandoned
or
otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person,
property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a “Sold Entity or
Business”), and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that
is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each, a
“Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”) based on the actual
Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted
Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to
such sale, transfer or disposition or conversion).
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein and subject to adjustment as provided
in clauses (iii) and (iv) of the immediately preceding proviso
with respect to acquisitions and dispositions occurring following the Closing
Date, Consolidated EBITDA shall be deemed to be $136,100,000, $127,000,000,
$252,500,000 and $142,900,000, respectively, for the fiscal quarters ended
August 4, 2006, November 3, 2006, February 2, 2007 and May 4, 2007.
“Consolidated
EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio” shall mean, as of any
date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the
relevant Test Period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such Test
Period; provided that, for purposes of calculating the Consolidated
EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio for the initial three successive
fiscal quarters after the Closing Date (a) Consolidated Interest Expense shall
be calculated by (i) dividing (x) the aggregate Consolidated Interest Expense
incurred for all fiscal quarters commencing with the fiscal quarter ending
on or
about October 31, 2007 by (y) the number of fiscal quarters to have ended after
the Closing Date, and multiplying the quotient thereof by 4.
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“Consolidated
Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any period, without
duplication, the sum of:
(1) consolidated
interest expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in
computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original
issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par,
(b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect
to letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances, (c) non-cash interest
payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the
movement in the xxxx to market valuation of obligations in respect of Hedge
Agreements or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the
interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (e) net payments,
if any, pursuant to obligations under interest rate Hedge Agreements with
respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (u) accretion or accrual of
discounted liabilities not constituting Indebtedness, (v) any expense
resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the
application of recapitalization accounting or, if applicable, purchase
accounting, (w) all additional interest then owing pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement and any comparable “additional interest” with
respect to other securities, (x) amortization of deferred financing fees,
debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (y) any expensing of
bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts,
yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to
any
Permitted Receivables Facility); plus
(2) consolidated
capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, whether paid or accrued; less
(3) interest
income for such period; plus
(4) all
cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in
consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock during such period;
plus
(5) all
cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in
consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock during such
period.
For
purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall
be
deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to
be
the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance
with GAAP.
“Consolidated
Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the net income (loss) of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, excluding, without
duplication,
(a) any
after-tax effect of extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring charges and gains
for such period (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), including any
unusual or non-recurring operating expenses directly attributable to the
implementation of cost-savings initiatives, severance costs, relocation costs,
integration and facilities opening costs, signing costs, retention or completion
bonuses, transition costs and costs from
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curtailments
or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans for
such
period,
(b) the
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period to
the
extent included in Consolidated Net Income,
(c) Transaction
Expenses, to the extent incurred on or prior to May 1, 2008,
(d) any
fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof
for
such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, recapitalization,
asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities,
refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt
instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior
to
the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and
any
charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result
of
any such transaction,
(e) any
net after-tax effect of income or loss for such period attributable to the
early
extinguishment of Indebtedness or to hedging obligations or other derivative
instruments,
(f) accruals
and reserves established or adjusted within twelve months
after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of
the
Transactions in accordance with GAAP or changes as a result of adoption of
or
modification of accounting policies during such period,
(g) Non-Cash
Charges pursuant to clauses (b) or (d) of the definition thereof for such
period,
(h) the
amount of any net income (or loss) for such period from disposed or discontinued
operations,
(i) the
amount of losses on asset sales (other than asset sales made in the ordinary
course of business), disposals and abandonments, and
(j) solely
for purposes of determining the Applicable Amount, the net income for such
period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) to the extent
that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that
Restricted Subsidiary of its net income is not at the date of determination
wholly permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been
obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule,
or
governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends
or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated
Net
Income of the Borrower will be increased by the amount of dividends or other
distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent
converted into cash) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in
respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein.
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Without
duplication of the foregoing, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net
Income for any period the purchase accounting effects of adjustments to
inventory, property, equipment and intangible assets and deferred revenue in
component amounts required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative
pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the Transactions,
any
consummated acquisition whether consummated before or after the Closing Date,
or
the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.
“ConsolidatedSenior
SecuredDebt” shall mean Consolidated Total Debt
secured by a Lien on any assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated
Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any
date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt as
of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period then last
ended.
“Consolidated
Total Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount
that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total
assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower
and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.
“Consolidated
Total Debt” shall mean, as of any date of determination, (a) all
Indebtedness of the types described in clause (a) (other than Permitted
Intercompany Indebtedness), clause (d) (but, in the case of clause
(d), only to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of
credit) and clause (f) of the definition thereof, in each case actually
owing by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and to the
extent appearing on the balance sheet of the Borrower determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (provided that the amount of
any Capitalized Lease Obligations or any such Indebtedness issued at a discount
to its face value shall be determined in accordance with GAAP) minus (b)
the aggregate cash and cash equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all
Liens, other than nonconsensual Liens permitted by Section 10.2 and
Liens permitted by Section 10.2(k) and (o) and
clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 10.2(p)) included in
the cash and cash equivalents accounts listed on the consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as at such date.
“Consolidated
Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio” shall mean, as of any date of
determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day
of
the relevant Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test
Period.
“Consolidated
Working Capital” shall mean, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of
all amounts (other than cash and Permitted Investments) that would, in
conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets”
(or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries at such date excluding the current portion of current
and deferred income taxes over (b) the sum of all amounts that would, in
conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current
liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, including deferred
revenue but excluding, without duplication, (i) the current portion of any
Funded Debt, (ii) all Indebtedness consisting of Loans
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and
Letter of Credit Exposure in each case under (and as defined in) the ABL
Facility to the extent otherwise included therein, (iii) the current
portion of interest and (iv) the current portion of current and deferred income
taxes.
“Continuing
Director” shall mean, at any date, an individual (a) who is a
member of the board of directors of the Borrower on the date hereof,
(b) who, as of the date of determination, has been a member of such board
of directors for at least the twelve preceding months, (c) who has been
nominated to be a member of such board of directors, directly or indirectly,
by
a Sponsor or Persons nominated by a Sponsor or (d) who has been nominated
to be a member of such board of directors by a majority of the other Continuing
Directors then in office.
“Contract
Consideration” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of
Excess Cash Flow.
“Contractual
Requirement” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 8.3.
“Converted
Restricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the
definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Converted
Unrestricted Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided in the
definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA.”
“Credit
Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Guarantees, the Security
Documents and any promissory notes issued by the Borrower
hereunder.
“Credit
Event” shall mean and include the making (but not the conversion or
continuation) of a Loan.
“Credit
Facility” shall mean a category of Commitments and extensions of credit
thereunder.
“Credit
Party” shall mean each of the Borrower, the Guarantors and each other
Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to a Credit Document.
“Cumulative
Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net
Income for such period, taken as a single accounting
period. Cumulative Consolidated Net Income may be a positive or
negative amount.
“Debt
Incurrence Prepayment Event” shall mean any issuance or incurrence by
the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness
(excluding any Indebtedness permitted to be issued or incurred under
Section 10.1 (other than Section 10.1(m) (except with respect
to the Existing DC Sale Leaseback), (o) or (y)).
“Declined
Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 5.2(h).
“Default”
shall mean any event, act or condition that with notice or lapse of time, or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.
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“Defaulting
Lender” shall mean any Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is
in effect.
“Deferred
Net Cash Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided such term in the
definition of “Net Cash Proceeds.”
“Deferred
Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date” shall have the meaning provided such
term in the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds.”
“Designated
Non-Cash Consideration” shall mean the fair market value of non-cash
consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection
with a Disposition pursuant to Section 10.4(b) that is designated as
Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized
Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount
will be reduced by the fair market value of the portion of the non-cash
consideration converted to cash within 180 days following the consummation
of
the applicable Disposition).
“Disposed
EBITDA” shall mean, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any
Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period
of
Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted
Subsidiary (determined as if references to the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such
Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary and its respective
Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity
or
Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.
“Disposition”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.4(b).
“Disqualified
Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Stock or Stock
Equivalents of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security
into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or
upon
the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than
solely for Stock or Stock Equivalents that is not Disqualified Stock), other
than as a result of a change of control or asset sale, pursuant to a sinking
fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale to the
extent the terms of such Stock or Stock Equivalents provide that such Stock
or
Stock Equivalents shall not be required to be repurchased or redeemed until
the
Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date (or, if applicable, the latest New Term Loan
Maturity Date) has occurred or such repurchase or redemption is otherwise
permitted by this Agreement (including as a result of a waiver hereunder)),
in
whole or in part, in each case prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days
after the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date (or, if applicable, the latest
New
Term Loan Maturity Date) hereunder; provided that if such Stock or Stock
Equivalents are issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower
or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Stock or Stock
Equivalents shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be
required to be repurchased by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in order to
satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations; provided, further,
that
any Stock or Stock Equivalents held by any future, present or former employee,
director, manager or consultant, of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or
any
of its direct or indirect parent companies or any other entity in which the
Borrower or a Restricted
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Subsidiary
has an Investment and is designated in good faith as an “affiliate” by the Board
of Directors of the Borrower, in each case pursuant to any stockholders’
agreement, management equity plan or stock incentive plan or any other
management or employee benefit plan or agreement shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
“Disregarded
Entity” shall mean any Domestic Subsidiary that is disregarded for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
“Dividends”
or “dividends” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 10.6.
“Documentation
Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to that term as set forth in the
preamble hereto.
“Dollars”
and “$” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United
States of America.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, or the
District of Columbia.
“Environmental
Claims” shall mean any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees,
demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance, violation
or
potential responsibility or investigation (other than internal reports prepared
by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such
Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction
or an acquisition or disposition of real estate) or proceedings relating in
any
way to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under
any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, “Claims”), including,
without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory
authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other
actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and
(ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution,
indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief relating
to
the presence, release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials or arising
from alleged injury or threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent
relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or the environment
including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land
surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as
wetlands.
“Environmental
Law” shall mean any applicable Federal, state, foreign or local
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code and rule of common law now
or
hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or
administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or
administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the protection
of
the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water,
groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such
as
wetlands, or human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure
to
Hazardous Materials), or Hazardous Materials.
“Equity
Investments” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this
Agreement.
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“ERISA”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from
time to time. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA as in effect
at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA amendatory
thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
“ERISA
Affiliate” shall mean each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA)
that together with the Borrower would be deemed to be a “single employer” within
the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of
Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Event
of Default” shall have the meaning provided in Section
11.
“Excess
Cash Flow” shall mean, for any period, an amount equal to the excess
of:
(a) the
sum, without duplication, of
(i)Consolidated
Net Income for such
period,
(ii)an
amount equal to the amount of all
non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net
Income and cash receipts included in clauses (a) through (f) of
the definition of Consolidated Net Income and excluded in arriving at such
Consolidated Net Income,
(iii)decreases
in Consolidated Working
Capital for such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions
by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period
or
the application of purchase accounting),
(iv)
an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Dispositions by the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than
Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in
arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; and
(v)cash
receipts in respect of Hedge
Agreements during such fiscal year to the extent not otherwise included in
such
Consolidated Net Income;
over
(b) the sum, without duplication, of
(i)an
amount equal to the amount of all
non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash
charges included in clauses (a) through (f) of the definition of
Consolidated Net Income and included in arriving at such Consolidated Net
Income,
(ii)without
duplication of amounts deducted
pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior years, the amount of Capital
Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property accrued or made in cash
during such period, except to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or
acquisitions were financed with the
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proceeds
of Indebtedness of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries (unless such
Indebtedness has been repaid),
(iii)the
aggregate amount of all principal
payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
(including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of
Capitalized Lease Obligations, (B) the amount of any repayment of Term
Loans pursuant to Section 2.5 and (C) the amount of a mandatory
prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) to the extent
required due to a Disposition that resulted in an increase to Consolidated
Net
Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase, but excluding
(x) all other prepayments of Term Loans, (y) all prepayments of
Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans under and as defined in the ABL
Facility and (z) all prepayments in respect of any other revolving credit
facility, except in the case of clauses (y) and (z) to the extent
there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), except
to
the extent financed with the proceeds of other Indebtedness of the Borrower
or
the Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iv)
an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Dispositions by the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than
Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in
arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,
(v)increases
in Consolidated Working
Capital for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions
by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period
or
the application of purchase accounting),
(vi)payments
by the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities
of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness, to
the
extent not already deducted from Consolidated Net Income,
(vii)
without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in
prior fiscal years, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis) in connection
with Investments (including acquisitions) made during such period pursuant
to
Section 10.5 to the extent that such Investments were financed with
internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries,
(viii) the
amount of dividends paid during such period (on a consolidated basis) by the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 10.6(a),
(b) or (d), to the extent such dividends were financed with
internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries,
(ix)the
aggregate amount of expenditures
actually made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during
such period (including
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expenditures
for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are
not
expensed during such period and are not deducted in calculating Consolidated
Net
Income,
(x)the
aggregate amount of any premium,
make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are made in connection with
any
prepayment of Indebtedness to the extent that such payments are not deducted
in
calculating Consolidated Net Income,
(xi)without duplication of amounts
deducted from
Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration required to
be
paid in cash by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant
to
binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into
prior to or during such period relating to Permitted Acquisitions, Capital
Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property to be consummated or
made
during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following
the end of such period, provided that to the extent the aggregate amount
of internally generated cash actually utilized to finance such Permitted
Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property
during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract
Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation
of
Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters,
(xii)
the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash or tax
reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent
they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated
Net
Income for such period, and
(xiii)
cash expenditures in respect of Hedge Agreements during such fiscal year to
the
extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.
“Excluded
Stock and Stock Equivalents” shall mean (i) any Stock or Stock
Equivalents with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Collateral
Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the cost or other
consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of pledging such Stock
or
Stock Equivalents in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents
shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders
therefrom, (iii) solely in the case of any pledge of Stock and Stock Equivalents
of any Foreign Subsidiary to secure the Obligations, any Stock or Stock
Equivalents of any class of such Foreign Subsidiary in excess of 65% of the
outstanding Stock or Stock Equivalents of such class (such percentage to be
adjusted upon any Change in Law as may be required to avoid adverse U.S. federal
income tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary), (iv) any Stock
or
Stock Equivalents to the extent the pledge thereof would violate any applicable
Requirement of Law, (v) in the case of (A) any Stock or Stock Equivalents of
any
Subsidiary to the extent such Stock or Stock Equivalents are subject to a Lien
permitted by Section 10.2(h) or (B) any Stock or Stock Equivalents of any
Subsidiary that is not wholly-owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at
the
time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary, any Stock or Stock
Equivalents
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of
each
such Subsidiary described in clause (A) or (B) to the extent (1)
that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by any applicable
Contractual Requirement (other than customary non-assignment provisions which
are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law),
(2)
any Contractual Requirement prohibits such a pledge without the consent of
any
other party; provided that this clause (2) shall not apply if (x) such
other party is a Credit Party or wholly-owned Subsidiary or (y) consent has
been
obtained to consummate such pledge (it being understood that the foregoing
shall
not be deemed to obligate the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any such
consent)) and for so long as such Contractual Requirement or replacement or
renewal thereof is in effect, or (3) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations
would give any other party (other than a Credit Party or wholly-owned
Subsidiary) to any contract, agreement, instrument or indenture governing such
Stock or Stock Equivalents the right to terminate its obligations thereunder
(other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under
the
Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law) and (vi) any Stock or Stock
Equivalents of any Subsidiary to the extent that (A) the pledge of such Stock
or
Stock Equivalents would result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary as reasonably determined by the Borrower and (B) such Stock
or
Stock Equivalents have been identified in writing to the Collateral Agent by
an
Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
“Excluded
Subsidiary” shall mean (a) each Domestic Subsidiary listed on
Schedule 1.1(d)(i) hereto and each future Domestic Subsidiary, in each
case, for so long as any such Subsidiary does not constitute a Material
Subsidiary, (b) each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary
on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor
pursuant to the requirements of Section 9.11 (for so long as such
Subsidiary remains a non-wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary), (c) any
Disregarded Entity substantially all the assets of which consist of Stock and
Stock Equivalents of Foreign Subsidiaries, (d) each Domestic Subsidiary that
is
prohibited by any applicable Contractual Requirement or Requirement of Law
from
guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations at the time such
Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (and for so long as such restriction
or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect), (e) each Domestic
Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, (f) each other Domestic
Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with secured
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(j) and permitted by the
proviso to subclause (y) of Section 10.1(j)(i) and each Restricted
Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such Indebtedness to the extent and so long
as the financing documentation relating to such Permitted Acquisition to which
such Restricted Subsidiary is a party prohibits such Restricted Subsidiary
from
guaranteeing, or granting a Lien on any of its assets to secure, the
Obligations, (g) any other Domestic Subsidiary with respect to which, in
the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in writing by
notice to the Borrower), the cost or other consequences (including any adverse
tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee of the Obligations shall be excessive
in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, (h) each
Unrestricted Subsidiary, (i) any Receivables Subsidiary and (j)
XXXX.
“Excluded
Taxes” shall mean, with respect to any Agent or any Lender,
(a) net income taxes and franchise and excise taxes (imposed in lieu of net
income taxes) imposed on such Agent or Lender, (b) any Taxes imposed on any
Agent or any Lender as a result of any current or former connection between
such
Agent or Lender and the jurisdiction of the
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Governmental
Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising from such Agent
or
Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received
a
payment under, or having been a party to or having enforced, this Agreement
or
any other Credit Document), (c) any U.S. federal withholding tax that is imposed
on amounts payable to any Lender under the law in effect at the time such Lender
becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Participant, on the
date
such Participant became a Participant hereunder); provided that this
subclause (c) shall not apply to the extent that (x) the indemnity
payments or additional amounts any Lender (or Participant) would be entitled
to
receive (without regard to this subclause (c)) do not exceed the
indemnity payment or additional amounts that the person making the assignment,
participation or transfer to such Lender (or Participant) would have been
entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment, participation or transfer
or (y) any Tax is imposed on a Lender in connection with an interest or
participation in any Loan or other obligation that such Lender was required
to
acquire pursuant to Section 13.8(a) or that such Lender acquired pursuant
to Section 13.7 (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of
doubt, that any withholding tax imposed on a Lender as a result of a Change
in
Law occurring after the time such Lender became a party to this Agreement (or
designates a new lending office) shall not be an Excluded Tax) and (d) any
Tax
to the extent attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with
Section 5.4(e) (in the case of any Non-U.S. Lender) or Section
5.4(j) (in the case of a U.S. Lender).
“Existing
DC Sale Leaseback” shall mean any Sale Leaseback consummated by the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date to replace
one or more of the Sale Leasebacks existing on the Closing Date for the
distribution centers in Indianola, Mississippi; Ardmore, Oklahoma; and Fulton,
Missouri.
“Federal
Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of
the per annum rates on overnight federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on
such
day, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business
Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such
transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next
succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such
next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day
shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple
of
1/100 of 1%) charged to the Administrative Agent on such day on such
transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Foreign
Asset Sale” shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.2(i).
“Foreign
Plan” shall mean any employee benefit plan, program, policy,
arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any
of
its Subsidiaries with respect to employees employed outside the United
States.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a
Domestic Subsidiary.
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“Fund”
shall mean any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged
in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.
“Funded
Debt” shall mean all indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date
of
its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or
extendable, at the option of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, to
a
date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or
similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during
a
period of more than one year from such date, including all amounts of Funded
Debt required to be paid or prepaid within one year from the date of its
creation and, in the case of the Borrower, Indebtedness in respect of the
Loans.
“GAAP”
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that
if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests
an
amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change
occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the
operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the
Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof
for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or
after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision
shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately
before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have
been
withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.
“Governmental
Authority” shall mean any nation, sovereign or government, any state,
province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity
or
authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including a central
bank or stock exchange.
“Guarantee”
shall mean (a) the Guarantee made by each Guarantor in favor of the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially
in
the form of Exhibit B, and (b) any other guarantee of the Obligations
made by a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in each case as
the
same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Guarantee
Obligations” shall mean, as to any Person, any obligation of such
Person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other
Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly
or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not
contingent, (a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any property constituting
direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for
the
purchase or payment of any such Indebtedness or (ii) to maintain working capital
or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth
or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such
Indebtedness of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such
Indebtedness or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such
Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof;
provided, however, that the term “Guarantee
Obligations” shall not
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include
endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course
of
business or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the
Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition
of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with
respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee Obligation
shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount
of
the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or,
if
not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in
respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as
determined by such Person in good faith.
“Guarantors”
shall mean (a) each Domestic Subsidiary that is party to the Guarantee on the
Closing Date and (b) each Domestic Subsidiary that becomes a party to the
Guarantee after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.11 or
otherwise.
“Hazardous
Materials” shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum products,
radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation,
transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing
regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any chemicals,
materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous
substances”, “hazardous waste”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous
waste”, “restricted hazardous waste”, “toxic substances”, “toxic pollutants”,
“contaminants”, or “pollutants”, or words of similar import, under any
applicable Environmental Law; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance,
which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Environmental Law.
“Hedge
Agreements” shall mean interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements,
interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements,
cross-currency rate swap agreements, currency future or option contracts,
commodity price protection agreements or other commodity price hedging
agreements, and other similar agreements entered into by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business (and not for
speculative purposes) for the principal purpose of protecting the Borrower
or
any of the Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates,
currency exchange rates or commodity prices.
“Hedge
Bank” shall mean any Person (other than the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries) that either (x) at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge
Agreement or (y) with respect to any Secured Hedge Agreement that is in effect
on the Closing Date, on the Closing Date, is a Lender or Agent or an Affiliate
of a Lender or Agent, in its capacity as a party to such Secured Hedge
Agreement.
“Historical
Financial Statements” shall mean the audited consolidated balance
sheets of the Borrower as of January 28, 2005, February 3, 2006 and February
2,
2007 and the audited consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and
cash flows of the Borrower for each of the fiscal years in the three year period
ending on February 2, 2007.
“Holdings”
shall mean Buck Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and its
successors.
“Increased
Amount Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.14.
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“Indebtedness”
of any Person shall mean (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,
(b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan
agreements or other similar instruments, (c) the deferred purchase price of
assets or services that in accordance with GAAP would be included as a liability
on the balance sheet of such Person, (d) the face amount of all letters of
credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all
drafts drawn thereunder, (e) all Indebtedness of any other Person secured by
any
Lien on any property owned by such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness
has
been assumed by such Person, (f) the principal component of all Capitalized
Lease Obligations of such Person, (g) all obligations of such Person under
interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option
contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts,
commodity price protection agreements or other commodity price hedging
agreements and other similar agreements and (h) without duplication, all
Guarantee Obligations of such Person, provided that Indebtedness shall
not include (i) trade and other ordinary course payables and accrued
expenses arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) deferred or
prepaid revenue and (iii) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion
of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed
obligations of the respective seller. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person
for purposes of clause (e) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of
(i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market
value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good
faith.
“indemnified
liabilities” shall have the meaning provided in Section
13.5.
“Indemnified
Taxes” shall mean all Taxes (including Other Taxes) other than (i)
Excluded Taxes and (ii) any interest, penalties or expenses caused by an Agent’s
or Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
“Indentures”
shall mean the Senior Notes Indenture and the Senior Subordinated Notes
Indenture.
“Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding” shall mean:
(a) any
voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with
respect to any Credit Party;
(b) any
other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case
or
proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar
case or proceeding with respect to any Credit Party or with respect to a
material portion of their respective assets;
(c) any
liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Credit Party
whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy; or
(d) any
assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets
and
liabilities of any Credit Party.
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“Intercreditor
Agreement” shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the
Closing Date, among the Collateral Agent and the ABL Collateral Agent, as the
same may be amended, restated or modified from time to time.
“Interest
Period” shall mean, with respect to any Term Loan, the interest period
applicable thereto, as determined pursuant to
Section 2.9.
“Investment”
shall mean, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for
cash, property, services or securities or otherwise) of Stock, Stock
Equivalents, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership or other ownership interests
or other securities of any other Person (including any “short sale” or any sale
of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person
entering into such sale); (b) the making of any deposit with, or advance,
loan or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase
of property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement,
contingent or otherwise, to resell such property to such Person) (including
any
partnership or joint venture); (c) the entering into of any guarantee of,
or other contingent obligation with respect to, Indebtedness; or (d) the
purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions)
of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another
Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division
of
such Person; provided that, in the event that any Investment is made by
the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Person through substantially
concurrent interim transfers of any amount through one or more other Restricted
Subsidiaries, then such other substantially concurrent interim transfers shall
be disregarded for purposes of Section 10.5.
“Investment
Grade Rating” shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the
equivalent) by Xxxxx’x and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent
rating by any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected
by
the Borrower.
“Investment
Grade Securities” shall mean (a) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the government of the United States of America
or
any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Permitted Investments), (b)
debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but
excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances
among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (c) investments in any fund that
invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and
(b),
which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and
distribution.
“Investors”
shall mean the Sponsors, the Management Investors and each other investor
providing a portion of the Equity Investments on the Closing Date.
“Joinder
Agreement” shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit L.
“Joint
Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners” shall mean Xxxxxxx Sachs Credit
Partners L.P., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and Wachovia
Capital Markets, LLC.
“JV
Distribution Amount” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of cash
distributed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary by any joint venture
that is not a
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Subsidiary
(regardless of the form of legal entity) since the Closing Date and prior to
such time (without duplication of any amount treated as a reduction in the
outstanding amount of Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
pursuant to clause (i) or (v) of Section 10.5) and only to
the extent that neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary is under
any
obligation to repay such amount to such joint venture.
“KKR”
shall mean each of Kohlberg Kravis Xxxxxxx & Co., L.P. and KKR
Associates, L.P.
“Lender”
shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Lender
Default” shall mean (a) the failure (which has not been cured) of a
Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing that it is required to
make hereunder or (b) a Lender having notified the Administrative Agent and/or
the Borrower that it does not intend to comply with the obligations under
Section 2.1(a) or (c) a Lender being deemed insolvent or becoming
the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“LIBOR
Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by
reference to the LIBOR Rate.
“LIBOR
Rate” shall mean, for any Interest Period with respect to a LIBOR Loan,
the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate
(“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other commercially
available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the
Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London
time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period,
for
deposits in such currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period. If such rate
is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBOR Rate” for such
Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by the Administrative
Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first
day
of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the
LIBOR
Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with
a
term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by the Administrative
Agent’s London Branch to major banks in the applicable London interbank
eurocurrency market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London
time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period.
“Lien”
shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment,
lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any agreement to
give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or any lease or license in the nature thereof).
“Loan”
shall mean any Term Loan or New Term Loan made by any Lender
hereunder.
“Management
Investors” shall mean the directors, management officers and employees
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date.
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“Material
Adverse Effect” shall mean a circumstance or condition affecting the
business, assets, operations, properties or financial condition of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would, individually or in the
aggregate, materially adversely affect (a) the ability of the Borrower and
the other Credit Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their payment obligations
under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or (b) the rights
and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement
or
any of the other Credit Documents.
“Material
Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination, each Restricted
Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) whose total assets at the last day of the
Test Period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered were equal
to or greater than 2.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and
the
Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose revenues during such Test
Period were equal to or greater than 2.5% of the consolidated revenues of the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case
determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that if, at any time and
from time to time after the Closing Date, Restricted Subsidiaries that are
not
Material Subsidiaries have, in the aggregate, (x) total assets at the last
day
of such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the Consolidated Total
Assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (y)
revenues during such Test Period equal to or greater than 10.0% of the
consolidated revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, then the Borrower
shall, on the date on which financial statements for such quarter are delivered
pursuant to this Agreement, designate in writing to the Administrative Agent
one
or more of such Restricted Subsidiaries as “Material Subsidiaries.”
“Maturity
Date” shall mean the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date and the New Term
Loan Maturity Date.
“Maximum
Incremental Facilities Amount” shall mean, at any date of
determination, the difference of (a) $325,000,000 minus (b) the aggregate
principal amount of incremental commitments obtained under the ABL Facility
pursuant to Section 2.14 of the ABL Facility Agreement after the Closing
Date but prior to such date of determination.
“Merger”
shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Merger
Sub” shall mean Buck Acquisition Corp., a Tennessee
corporation.
“Minimum
Borrowing Amount” shall mean (a) with respect to a Borrowing of LIBOR
Loans, $5,000,000 and (b) with respect to a Borrowing of ABR Loans,
$1,000,000.
“Minimum
Equity Amount” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“Moody’s”
shall mean Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or any successor by merger or
consolidation to its business.
“Mortgage”
shall mean a Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and
Financing Statement or other security document entered into by the owner of
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Mortgaged
Property and the Collateral Agent in respect of that Mortgaged Property to
secure the Obligations, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, as
the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Mortgaged
Property” shall mean, initially, each parcel of real estate and the
improvements thereto owned by a Credit Party and identified on
Schedule 1.1(b), and includes each other parcel of real property and
improvements thereto with respect to which a Mortgage is granted pursuant to
Section 9.14.
“Multiemployer
Plan” shall mean a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Net
Cash Proceeds” shall mean, with respect to any Prepayment Event,
(a) the gross cash proceeds (including payments from time to time in
respect of installment obligations, if applicable) received by or on behalf
of
the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Prepayment
Event, as the case may be, less (b) the sum of:
(i)the
amount, if any, of all taxes paid
or estimated by the Borrower in good faith to be payable by the Borrower or
any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Prepayment
Event,
(ii)the
amount of any reasonable reserve
established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any
taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) associated
with the assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event and
(y) retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries,
provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve
(other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability)
shall
be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such Prepayment Event occurring on the
date
of such reduction,
(iii)the
amount of any Indebtedness (other
than Indebtedness hereunder or under the ABL Facility) secured by a Lien on
the
assets that are the subject of such Prepayment Event to the extent that the
instrument creating or evidencing such Indebtedness requires that such
Indebtedness be repaid upon consummation of such Prepayment Event,
(iv)in
the case of any Asset Sale
Prepayment Event or Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback (other than
the
Existing DC Sale Leasebacks), the amount of any proceeds of such Prepayment
Event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has reinvested (or intends
to reinvest within the Reinvestment Period or has entered into a binding
commitment prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest) in
the
business of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (subject to
Section 10.9), provided that any portion of such proceeds
that has not been so reinvested within such Reinvestment Period (with respect
to
such Prepayment Event, the “Deferred Net Cash Proceeds”) shall,
unless the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary has entered into a binding
commitment prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such
proceeds, (x) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment
Event, Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback occurring on the last day
of
such
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Reinvestment
Period or, if later, 180 days after the date the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary has entered into such binding commitment, as applicable (such last
day or 180th
day, as applicable, the “Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment
Date”), and (y) be applied to the repayment of Term Loans in
accordance with Section 5.2(a)(i),
(v)in
the case of any Asset Sale
Prepayment Event, Casualty Event or Permitted Sale Leaseback (other than the
Existing DC Sale Leasebacks) by a non-wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary, the
pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without
regard to this clause (v)) attributable to minority interests and
not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or a
wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof, and
(vi)
reasonable and customary fees paid by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary
in
connection with any of the foregoing,
in
each
case only to the extent not already deducted in arriving at the amount referred
to in clause (a) above.
“New
B-1 Lenders” shall have the meaning provided in Section
11.15.
“New
B-1 Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section
11.15.
“New
B-2 Lenders” shall have the meaning provided in Section
11.15.
“New
B-2 Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section
11.15.
“New
Term Loan Commitments” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.14.
“New
Term Loan Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.14.
“New
Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the date on which a New Term Loan
matures.
“New
Term Loan Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.5(c).
“New
Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.5(c).
“New
Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.14.
“Non-Cash
Charges” shall mean, without duplication, (a) losses on non-ordinary
course asset sales, disposals or abandonments, (b) any impairment charge or
asset write-off related to intangible assets (including goodwill), long-lived
assets, and investments in debt and equity securities pursuant to GAAP, (c)
all
losses from investments recorded using the equity method, (d) stock-based awards
compensation expense, including any such charges arising from stock options,
restricted stock grants or other equity incentive grants, and any cash
compensation
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charges
associated with the rollover or acceleration of stock-based awards or payment
of
stock options in connection with the Transactions, and (e) other non-cash
charges (provided that if any non-cash charges referred to in this
clause (e) represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in
any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period
shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding
amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior
period).
“Non-Consenting
Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section
13.7(b).
“Non-Defaulting
Lender” shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting
Lender.
“Non-U.S.
Lender” shall mean any Agent or Lender that is not, for United States
federal income tax purposes, (a) an individual who is a citizen or resident
of the United States, (b) a corporation, partnership or entity treated as a
corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, or any political subdivision thereof, (c) an estate whose
income is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source
or
(d) a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more United States
persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust
or
a trust that has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury
regulations to be treated as a United States person.
“Non-U.S.
Participant” shall mean any Participant that if it were a Lender would
qualify as a Non-U.S. Lender.
“Notes”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Notes
Offerings” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“Notice
of Borrowing” shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.3(a).
“Notice
of Conversion or Continuation” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.6.
“Obligations”
shall mean all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants
and
duties of, any Credit Party arising under any Credit Document or otherwise
with
respect to any Loan or under any Secured Hedge Agreement, in each case, entered
into with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, whether direct or indirect
(including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to
become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees
that accrue after the commencement by or against any Credit Party or any
Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law
naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether
such
interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Credit Parties
under the Credit Documents (and any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they
have obligations under the Credit Documents) include the obligation (including
guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees,
attorney costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Credit Party under
any Credit Document.
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“Other
Taxes” shall mean any and all present or future stamp, registration,
documentary or any other excise, property or similar taxes (including interest,
fines, penalties, additions to tax and related expenses with regard thereto)
arising from any payment made or required to be made under this Agreement or
any
other Credit Document or from the execution or delivery of, registration or
enforcement of, consummation or administration of, or otherwise with respect
to,
this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
“Overnight
Rate” shall mean, for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds
Effective Rate and (b) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent
in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
“Participant”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(c).
“Patriot
Act” shall have the meaning provided in Section
13.18.
“PBGC”
shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to
Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.
“Pension
Act” shall mean the Pension Protection Act of 2006, as it presently
exists or as it may be amended from time to time.
“Perfection
Certificate” shall mean a certificate of each Borrower in the form of
Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative
Agent.
“Permitted
Acquisition” shall mean the acquisition, by merger or otherwise, by the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries of assets or Stock or Stock
Equivalents, so long as (a) such acquisition and all transactions related
thereto shall be consummated in accordance with applicable law; (b) such
acquisition shall result in the issuer of such Stock or Stock Equivalents and
its Subsidiaries becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and a Subsidiary Guarantor,
to
the extent required by Section 9.11; (c) such acquisition shall
result in the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Lenders,
being granted a security interest in any Stock, Stock Equivalent or any assets
so acquired, to the extent required by Sections 9.11, 9.12 and/or
9.14; (d) each Person (or, as applicable, the assets) so
acquired shall
be in (or with respect to assets, useful for engaging in) the same or generally
related line of business as conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on
the Closing Date; and (e) both immediately before and after giving effect
to such acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing.
“Permitted
Additional Debt” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness issued by the
Borrower or a Guarantor, (a) the terms of which (i) do not
provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or sinking fund
obligation prior to the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date (or, if later, the
latest New Term Loan Maturity Date) (other than customary offers to purchase
upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and customary acceleration
rights after an event of default) and (ii) to the extent the same are
subordinated, provide for customary subordination to the Obligations under
the
Credit Documents, (b) the covenants, events of default, guarantees and
other terms of which (other than interest rate and redemption premiums), taken
as a whole, are not more restrictive to the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries than
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those
herein (or the extent such Permitted Additional Debt constitutes refinancing
Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Notes, those applicable to the Senior
Subordinated Notes being so refinanced); provided that a certificate of
an Authorized Officer of the Borrower is delivered to the Administrative Agent
at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together
with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions
of
such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating
that
the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy
the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and
conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent
notifies the Borrower within such period that it disagrees with such
determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it
disagrees) and (c) of which no Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a
Guarantor or any guarantor of the Indebtedness being refinanced by such
Permitted Additional Debt, if applicable) is an obligor.
“Permitted
Holders” shall mean each of (a) the Sponsors and (b) the
Management Investors.
“Permitted
Intercompany Indebtedness” shall mean all Indebtedness of the Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary
having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any and all rollovers and
extensions) and incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided that
the
aggregate amount of Permitted Intercompany Indebtedness owed by Subsidiaries
that are not Credit Parties to Credit Parties shall not exceed
$100,000,000.
“Permitted
Investments” shall mean:
(a) securities
issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States government or any
agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case having maturities and/or reset
dates of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition
thereof;
(b) securities
issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision
of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof or any political
subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof having
maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof
and,
at the time of acquisition, having an investment grade rating generally
obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxx’x (or, if at any time neither S&P
nor Xxxxx’x shall be rating such obligations, then from another nationally
recognized rating service);
(c) commercial
paper maturing no more than 12 months after the date of creation thereof
and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from
either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall
be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally
recognized rating service);
(d) domestic
and LIBOR certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing no more than
two years after the date of acquisition thereof issued by any Lender or any
other bank having combined capital and surplus of not less than
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$500,000,000
in the case of domestic banks and $100,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent
thereof) in the case of foreign banks;
(e) repurchase
agreements with a term of not more than 90 days for underlying securities
of the type described in clauses (a), (b) and (d) above
entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(d) above or securities dealers of recognized national
standing;
(f) marketable
short-term money market and similar funds (x) either having assets in excess
of
$500,000,000 or (y) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P
or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such
obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating
service);
(g) shares
of investment companies that are registered under the Investment Company Act
of
1940 and substantially all the investments of which are one or more of the
types
of securities described in clauses (a) through (f) above;
and
(h) in
the case of Investments by any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary or Investments
made
in a country outside the United States of America, other customarily utilized
high-quality Investments in the country where such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary
is located or in which such Investment is made.
“Permitted
Liens” shall mean:
(a) Liens
for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims not yet overdue for
a
period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings for which appropriate reserves have been established
to
the extent required by and in accordance with GAAP, or for property taxes on
property that the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries has determined to abandon
if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge or claim is to such
property;
(b) Liens
in respect of property or assets of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries
imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other
similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, in each case so long
as such Liens arise in the ordinary course of business and do not individually
or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Liens
arising from judgments or decrees in circumstances not constituting an Event
of
Default under Section 11.11;
(d) Liens
incurred or deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment
insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance
of
tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases,
government contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or otherwise
constituting Investments permitted by Section 10.5;
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(e) ground
leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;
(f) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other
similar charges or encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with
the
business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(g) any
interest or title of a lessor or secured by a lessor’s interest under any lease
permitted by this Agreement;
(h) Liens
in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of
goods;
(i) Liens
on goods the purchase price of which is financed by a documentary letter of
credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
provided that such Lien secures only the obligations of the Borrower or
such Subsidiaries in respect of such letter of credit to the extent permitted
under Section 10.1;
(j) leases,
licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others not interfering in any
material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole;
(k) Liens
arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or
similar filings made in respect of operating leases entered into by the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries;
(l) Liens
created in the ordinary course of business in favor of banks and other financial
institutions over credit balances of any bank accounts of the Borrower and
the
Restricted Subsidiaries held at such banks or financial institutions, as the
case may be, to facilitate the operation of cash pooling and/or interest set-off
arrangements in respect of such bank accounts in the ordinary course of
business;
(m) Liens
on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a
Permitted Receivables Financing; and
(n) any
zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental
Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
“Permitted
Receivables
Financing” shall mean any customary accounts receivable financing
facility (including customary back-to-back intercompany arrangements in respect
thereof) to the extent that (a) the maturity date is no earlier than the
maturity date applicable to the ABL Facility; (b) any collateral securing the
obligations of the obligors thereunder shall be pledged to the Secured Parties
on a second priority basis to secure the Obligations pursuant to intercreditor
arrangement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; (c) the remaining
terms applicable to such financing facility must be, when taken as a whole,
at
least as favorable to the Lenders as the terms applicable to the ABL Facility
and (d) the
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proceeds
of all Indebtedness incurred under such facility must be applied to the
prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 5.2.
“Permitted
Sale
Leaseback” shall mean any Existing DC Sale Leaseback and any Sale
Leaseback consummated by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries
after the Closing Date, provided that any such Sale Leaseback not between
(a) a Credit Party and another Credit Party or (b) a Restricted Subsidiary
that
is not a Credit Party and another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit
Party is consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation
in
good faith by (i) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) in the
case of any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sales Leasebacks) the aggregate
proceeds of which exceed $35,000,000, the board of directors of the Borrower
or
such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account
any
retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such
Sale Leaseback).
“Person”
shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation,
limited liability company, association, trust or other enterprise or any
Governmental Authority.
“PIK
Interest Amount” shall mean the aggregate principal amount of all
increases in outstanding principal amount of Senior Subordinated Notes and
issuances of PIK Notes (as defined in the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture)
in connection with an election by the Borrower to pay interest on the Senior
Subordinated Notes in kind.
“Plan”
shall mean any multiemployer or single-employer plan, as defined in Section
4001
of ERISA and subject to Title IV of ERISA, that is or was within any of the
preceding six plan years maintained or contributed to by (or to which there
is
or was an obligation to contribute or to make payments to) the Borrower or
an
ERISA Affiliate.
“Platform”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1.
“Pledge
Agreement” shall mean (a) the Pledge Agreement, entered into by
the Credit Parties party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the
Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, on the
Closing Date, and (b) any other pledge agreement with respect to any or all
of the Obligations delivered pursuant to Section 9.12, in each case, as
the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Post-Acquisition
Period” shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the
period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and
ending on the last day of the sixth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately
following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition is
consummated.
“Preferred
Stock” shall mean any Stock or Stock Equivalents with preferential
rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding
up.
“Prepayment
Event” shall mean any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Debt Incurrence
Prepayment Event, Casualty Event or any Permitted Sale Leaseback (other than
the
Existing DC Sale Leasebacks).
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“Prime
Rate” shall mean the “prime rate” referred to in the definition of
ABR.
“Pro
Forma Adjustment” shall mean, for any Test Period that includes all or
any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with
respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business
or
Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower,
the
pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated
EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result
of (a) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes
of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings
or
(b) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in
each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired
Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of
the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (i) at the
election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to
be
determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted
Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with
such acquisition was less than $5,000,000 and (ii) so long as such actions
are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during
such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, it may be assumed, for purposes
of
projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or
such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that the applicable amount of
such
cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or
the
applicable amount of such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred
during the entirety of such Test Period; providedfurther that any
such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such
Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost
savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA or such
Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, for such Test Period.
“Pro
Forma Adjustment Certificate” shall mean any certificate of an
Authorized Officer of the Borrower delivered pursuant to
Section 9.1(h) or Section 9.1(d).
“Pro
Forma Balance Sheet” shall have the meaning provided in Section
9.1.
“Pro
Forma Basis”, “Pro Forma Compliance” and “Pro
Forma Effect” shall mean, with respect to compliance with any test or
covenant hereunder, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment
shall have been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following
transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of
the
first day of the applicable period of measurement in such test or
covenant: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative)
attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction,
(i) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of all or
substantially all Capital Stock in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any
division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or
any
of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted
Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified
Transaction”, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any
incurrence or assumption of Indebtedness by the Borrower or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith (it being agreed that if such
Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, such Indebtedness shall have an
implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this
definition determined by utilizing the rate that is or would be in effect with
respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination);
provided that, without limiting the
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application
of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to (A) above (but without duplication
thereof), the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test
or
covenant solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the
definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating
expense reductions) that are (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction,
(y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (ii) otherwise consistent
with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.
“Pro
Forma Entity” shall have the meaning provided in the definition of the
term “Acquired EBITDA.”
“Pro
Forma Financial Statements” shall have the meaning provided in
Section
9.1.
“Projections”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(h).
“Project
Alpha” shall mean the decision by the Borrower to eliminate the
historical packaway strategy and to close approximately 400 underperforming
stores.
“Qualifying
IPO” shall mean the issuance by the Borrower or any direct
or indirect parent of the Borrower of its common Stock in an underwritten
primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration
statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement
filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or
in
connection with a secondary public offering).
“Real
Estate” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.1(e).
“Receivables
Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary established in connection with a
Permitted Receivables Financing that is not permitted by the terms of such
Permitted Receivables Financing to guarantee the Obligations.
“Refinanced
Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section
13.1.
“Register”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(b)(iv).
“Registration
Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement related to
the Senior Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes, dated as of the Closing
Date, among the Borrower, the other Credit Parties party thereto and the
financial institutions party thereto, as such agreement may be amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any additional notes
issued pursuant to the Indentures, one or more registration rights agreements
between the Borrower and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may
be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights given
by
the Borrower to the purchasers of such additional notes to register such
additional notes under the Securities Act.
“Regulation D”
shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and any
successor to all or a portion thereof establishing reserve
requirements.
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“Regulation T”
shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any
successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin
requirements.
“Regulation U”
shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any
successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin
requirements.
“Regulation X”
shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any
successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin
requirements.
“Reinvestment
Period” shall mean 15 months following the date of receipt of Net Cash
Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Event.
“Rejection
Notice” shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.2(h).
“Related
Parties” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, such
Person’s Affiliates and the directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and
advisors of such Person and any Person that possesses, directly or indirectly,
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of
such
Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise.
“Repayment
Amount” shall mean a Tranche B Term Loan Repayment Amount or a New Term
Loan Repayment Amount with respect to any Series, as applicable.
“Replacement
Term Loans” shall have the meaning provided in Section
13.1.
“Reportable
Event” shall mean an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations thereunder, other than any event as to which the thirty day notice
period has been waived.
“Required
Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or
holding a majority of (a) the Adjusted Total Term Loan Commitment at such date
and (b) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (excluding Term
Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date.
“Required
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting
Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (a) the Adjusted Total
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment at such date and (b) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans (excluding
Tranche B-1 Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such
date.
“Required
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting
Lenders having or holding a majority of the sum of (a) the Adjusted Total
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment at such date and (b) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Tranche B-2 Term Loans (excluding
Tranche B-2 Term Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such
date.
“Requirement
of Law” shall mean, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation
and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person,
and
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any
law,
treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or
other
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person
or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property
or assets is subject.
“Restricted
Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean a Foreign Subsidiary that is a
Restricted Subsidiary.
“Restricted
Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an
Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Retained
Declined Proceeds” shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.2(f).
“S&P”
shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by
merger or consolidation to its business.
“Sale
Leaseback” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions
pursuant to which the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells,
transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether
now
owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter
rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for
substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold,
transferred or disposed.
“Scheduled
Dispositions” shall have the meaning provided in Section
10.4(j).
“SEC”
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor
thereto.
“Section
9.1 Financials” shall mean the financial statements delivered, or
required to be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(a) or (b)
together with the accompanying officer’s certificate delivered, or required to
be delivered, pursuant to Section 9.1(d).
“Secured
Hedge Agreement” shall mean any Hedge Agreement that is entered into by
and between the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Hedge
Bank.
“Secured
Parties” shall mean the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent,
each Lender, each Hedge Bank that is party to any Secured Hedge Agreement and
each sub-agent pursuant to Section 12 appointed by the Administrative
Agent with respect to matters relating to the Credit Facilities or by the
Collateral Agent with respect to matters relating to any Security
Document.
“Security
Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreement entered into by the
Borrower, the other grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F,
as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Security
Documents” shall mean, collectively, (a) the Guarantee, (b) the
Pledge Agreement, (c) the Security Agreement, (d) the Mortgages,
(e) the Intercreditor Agreement and
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(f)
each
other security agreement or other instrument or document executed and delivered
pursuant to Section 9.11, 9.12 or 9.14 or pursuant to any
other such Security Documents or otherwise to secure or perfect the security
interest in any or all of the Obligations.
“Securitization”
shall mean a public or private offering by a Lender or any of its Affiliates
or
their respective successors and assigns of securities or notes which represent
an interest in, or which are collateralized, in whole or in part, by the Loans
and the Lender’s rights under the Credit Documents.
“Senior
Notes” shall mean (a) the Senior Notes defined in the preamble and (b)
any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension
thereof that constitutes Permitted Additional Debt.
“Senior
Notes Indenture” shall mean the Indenture dated as of the Closing Date,
among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, N.A.,
as
trustee, pursuant to which the Senior Notes are issued, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
therewith.
“Senior
Notes Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“Senior
Secured Incurrence Test” means, as of any date, the Consolidated Senior
Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio shall be no greater than 4.25 to
1.00.
“Senior
Subordinated Notes” shall mean (a) the Senior Subordinated Notes
defined in the preamble and (b) any modification, replacement, refinancing,
refunding, renewal or extension thereof that constitutes Permitted Additional
Debt.
“Senior
Subordinated Notes Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the
Closing Date, among the Borrower, the guarantors party thereto and Xxxxx Fargo
Bank, N.A., as trustee, pursuant to which the Senior Subordinated Notes are
issued, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time
to time in accordance therewith.
“Senior
Subordinated Notes Offering” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“Series”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.14.
“Sold
Entity or Business” shall have the meaning provided in the definition
of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.
“Solvent”
shall mean, with respect to any Person, that as of the Closing Date, (a) (i)
the
sum of such Person’s debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the
present fair saleable value of such Person’s present assets; (ii) such Person’s
capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated
on
the Closing Date; and (iii) such Person has not incurred and does not intend
to
incur, or believe that it will incur, debts including current obligations beyond
its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or
otherwise); and (b) such Person is “solvent” within the meaning given that term
and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and
conveyances. For purposes of
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this
definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed
as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing
at
such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become
an
actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities
meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
No. 5).
“Specified
Subsidiary” shall mean, at any date of determination (a) any Material
Subsidiary, (b) any Unrestricted Subsidiary (i) whose total assets at the
last day of the Test Period ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal
period for which Section 9.1 Financials have been delivered were equal to or
greater than 10% of the Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries at such date, or (ii) whose revenues during such Test Period
were equal to or greater than 10% of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance
with
GAAP, and (c) each other Unrestricted Subsidiary that is the subject of an
Event of Default under Section 11.5 and that, when such Subsidiary’s
total assets or revenues are aggregated with the total assets or revenues,
as
applicable, of each other Subsidiary that is the subject of an Event of Default
under Section 11.5, would constitute a Specified Subsidiary under
clause (b) above.
“Specified
Transaction” shall mean, with respect to any period, any Investment,
any Disposition of assets, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, dividend,
Subsidiary designation, New Term Loan or other event that by the terms of this
Agreement requires “Pro Forma Compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or
requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a “Pro Forma
Basis.”
“Sponsor”
shall mean any of KKR, GS Capital Partners VI Fund, L.P. and funds managed
by
Citigroup Private Equity LP, and each of their respective Affiliates but
excluding portfolio companies of any of the foregoing.
“Stock”
shall mean shares of capital stock or shares in the capital, as the case may
be
(whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock or ordinary shares
or
preferred shares, as the case may be), beneficial, partnership or membership
interests, participations or other equivalents (regardless of how designated)
of
or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent
entity, whether voting or non-voting.
“Stock
Equivalents” shall mean all securities convertible into or exchangeable
for Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase or subscribe
for
any Stock, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or
exercisable.
“Subsidiary”
of any Person shall mean and include (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose
Stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power
to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of
whether or not at the time Stock of any class or classes of such corporation
shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency) is at the time owned by such Person directly or indirectly through
Subsidiaries and (b) any limited liability company, partnership, association,
joint venture or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly
through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the
time. Unless otherwise expressly provided, all references herein to a
“Subsidiary” shall mean a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
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“Successor
Borrower” shall have the meaning provided in Section
10.3(a).
“Syndication
Agent” shall mean Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Credit Partners L.P., together with its
affiliates, as syndication agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents.
“Taxes”
shall mean any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts,
assessments, deductions, withholdings or other similar charges imposed by any
Governmental Authority whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary,
combined or other basis and any interest, fines, penalties or additions to
tax
with respect to the foregoing.
“Term
Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s
Tranche B Term Loan Commitment and, if applicable, New Term Loan Commitment
with
respect to any Series.
“Term
Loans” shall mean the Tranche B Term Loans and any New Term Loans,
collectively.
“Test
Period” shall mean, for any determination under this Agreement, the
four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then last ended.
“Total
Assets” shall mean, as of any date of determination with respect to any
Person, the amount that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite
the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a balance sheet of such
Person at such date.
“Total
Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the Tranche B Term Loan
Commitments and the New Term Loan Commitments, if applicable, of all the
Lenders.
“Total
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders.
“Total
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the sum of the
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments of all Lenders.
“Tranche
B-1 Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.5(b).
“Tranche
B-2 Repayment Amount” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.5(b).
“Tranche
B-1 Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.5(b).
“Tranche
B-2 Repayment Date” shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.5(b).
“Tranche
BTerm Loan” shall mean any Tranche B-1 Term Loan and
any Tranche B-2 Term Loan.
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“Tranche
B-1Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.1.
“Tranche
B-2Term Loan” shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.1.
“Tranche
BTerm Loan Commitment” shall mean the Tranche B-1 Term
Loan Commitment and the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment.
“Tranche
B-1Term Loan Commitment” shall mean,
(a) in the case of each Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender that is a Lender on
the date hereof, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 1.1(c) as such Lender’s “Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment”
and (b) in the case of any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date
hereof, the amount specified as such Lender’s “Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment”
in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion
of the Total Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment, in each case as the same may
be
changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate
amount of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is
$1,700,000,000.
“Tranche
B-2Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, (a) in the
case of each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender that is a Lender on the date hereof,
the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1(c)
as such Lender’s “Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment” and (b) in the case of
any Lender that becomes a Lender after the date hereof, the amount specified
as
such Lender’s “Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment” in the Assignment and
Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender assumed a portion of the Total Tranche
B-2 Term Loan Commitment, in each case as the same may be changed from time
to
time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate amount of the
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is
$600,000,000.
“Tranche
B Term Loan Lender” shall mean any Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender and any
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender.
“Tranche
B-1 Term Loan Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Tranche B-1 Term Loan
Commitment or an outstanding Tranche B-1 Term Loan.
“Tranche
B-2 Term Loan Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Tranche B-2 Term Loan
Commitment or an outstanding Tranche B-2 Term Loan.
“Tranche
B Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean July 6, 2014, or, if such
date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.
“Transaction
Expenses” shall mean any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions, this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby.
“Transactions”
shall mean, collectively, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
the
ABL Facility, the Senior Notes Indenture, the Senior Subordinated Notes
Indenture, the Merger and the Equity Investments and any repayment, repurchase,
prepayment or defeasance of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection therewith.
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“Transferee”
shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.6(e).
“Type”
shall mean, as to any Term Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a LIBOR
Loan.
“Unfunded
Current Liability” of any Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which
the Accumulated Benefit Obligation (as defined under Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 87 (“SFAS 87”)) under the Plan as of
the close of its most recent plan year, determined in accordance with SFAS
87 as
in effect on the date hereof, exceeds the fair market value of the assets
allocable thereto.
“Unrestricted
Subsidiary” shall mean (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
formed or acquired after the Closing Date, provided that at such time (or
promptly thereafter) the Borrower designates such Subsidiary an Unrestricted
Subsidiary in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, (b) any
Restricted Subsidiary subsequently designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary
by
the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent, provided
that in the case of (a) and (b), (x) such designation shall be
deemed to be an Investment (or reduction in an outstanding Investment, in the
case of a designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary)
on the date of such designation in an amount equal to the net book value of
the
Borrower’s investment therein and such designation shall be permitted only to
the extent permitted under Section 10.5 on the date of such designation
and (y) no Default or Event of Default would result from such designation after
giving Pro Forma Effect thereto and (c) each Subsidiary of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary. No Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary if, after such designation, it would be a “Restricted Subsidiary” for
the purpose of the ABL Facilities, the Senior Notes or the Senior Subordinated
Notes. The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative
Agent, re-designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary,
and
thereafter, such Subsidiary shall no longer constitute an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, but only if (x) to the extent such Subsidiary has outstanding
Indebtedness on the date of such designation, immediately after giving effect
to
such designation, the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis
after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, with the Senior
Secured Incurrence Test (and, as a condition precedent to the effectiveness
of
any such designation, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
a
certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations demonstrating
satisfaction of such test) and (y) no Default or Event of Default would result
from such re-designation. On or promptly after the date of its
formation, acquisition, designation or re-designation, as applicable, each
Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign
Subsidiary) shall have entered into a tax sharing agreement containing terms
that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, provide for an
appropriate allocation of tax liabilities and benefits.
“U.S.
Lender” shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.4(j).
“Voting
Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Stock or
Stock Equivalents having the right to vote for the election of directors of
such
Person under ordinary circumstances..
1.2. Other
Interpretive Provisions With
reference to this Agreement and each other Credit Document, unless otherwise
specified herein or in such other Credit Document:
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(a) The
meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural
forms of the defined terms.
(b) The
words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import
when used in any Credit Document shall refer to such Credit Document
as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(c) Article,
Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Credit Document in which
such reference appears.
(d) The
term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
(e) The
term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements,
certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however
evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(f) 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”.
(g) Section
headings herein and in the other Credit Documents are included for convenience
of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement
or
any other Credit Document.
1.3. Accounting
Terms.
(a) All
accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be
construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios
and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with
any
test or covenant contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during
which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Consolidated Total Debt to
Consolidated EBITDA Ratio, the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest
Expense Ratio and the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA
Ratio shall each be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified
Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.
1.4. Rounding. Any
financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be
permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate
component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than
the
number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result
up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest
number).
1.5. References
to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless
otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to organizational documents,
agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other Contractual Requirements
shall be deemed to include all subsequent
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amendments,
restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other
modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments,
restatements, amendment and restatements, extensions, supplements and other
modifications are permitted by any Credit Document; and (b) references to
any Requirement of Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such
Requirement of Law.
1.6. [Reserved].
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SECTION
2. Amount and
Terms of Credit
2.1. Commitments.
(a) (i) Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Tranche B-1 Term
Loan Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to make a loan or loans (each
a
“Tranche B-1 Term Loan”) on the Closing Date to the Borrower in
Dollars, which Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender
the
Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and in the aggregate shall
not
exceed $1,700,000,000. Such Tranche B-1 Term Loans (A) shall be
made on the Closing Date, (B) may at the option of the Borrower be incurred
and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans,
provided that all Tranche B-1 Term Loans made by each of the Tranche B-1
Term Loan Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise
specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Tranche B-1 Term Loans of
the
same Type, (C) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions
hereof, but once repaid or prepaid, may not be reborrowed, (D) shall not exceed
for any such Lender the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and
(E) shall not exceed in the aggregate the Total Tranche B-1 Term Loan
Commitments. On the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, all then
unpaid Tranche B-1 Term Loans shall be repaid in full in Dollars.
(ii) Subject
to and upon
the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender
severally agrees to make a loan or loans (each a “Tranche B-2 Term
Loan”) on the Closing Date to the Borrower in Dollars, which Tranche
B-2 Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Tranche B-2 Term Loan
Commitment of such Lender and in the aggregate shall not exceed
$600,000,000. Such Tranche B-2 Term Loans (i) shall be made on
the Closing Date, (ii) may at the option of the Borrower be incurred and
maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or LIBOR Loans, provided
that all Tranche B-2 Term Loans made by each of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan
Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically
provided herein, consist entirely of Tranche B-2 Term Loans of the same Type,
(iii) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof,
but once repaid or prepaid, may not be reborrowed, (iv) shall not exceed for
any
such Lender the Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitment of such Lender and
(v) shall not exceed in the aggregate the Total Tranche B-2 Term Loan
Commitments. On the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, all then
unpaid Tranche B-2 Term Loans shall be repaid in full in Dollars.
(b) Each
Lender may at its option make any LIBOR Loan by causing any domestic or foreign
branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan, provided that
(A) any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the
Borrower to repay such Loan and (B) in exercising such option, such Lender
shall use its reasonable efforts to minimize any increased costs to the Borrower
resulting therefrom (which obligation of the Lender shall not require it to
take, or refrain from taking, actions that it determines would result in
increased costs for which it will not be compensated hereunder or that it
determines would be otherwise disadvantageous to it and in the event of such
request for costs for which compensation is provided under this Agreement,
the
provisions of Section 2.10 shall apply).
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2.2. Minimum
Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings. The
aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing of Term Loans shall be in a minimum
amount of at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount for such Type of Loans and
in a
multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. More than one Borrowing may
be incurred on the Closing Date, provided that at no time shall there be
outstanding more than 20 Borrowings of LIBOR Loans under this
Agreement.
2.3. Notice
of Borrowing.
(a) The
applicable Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Administrative
Agent’s Office (i) prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) at least three
Business Days’ prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in
writing) of the Borrowing of Term Loans if such Term Loans are to be initially
LIBOR Loans (or prior to 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) two Business Days’ prior
written notice in the case of a Borrowing of Term Loans to be made on the
Closing Date initially as LIBOR Loans) and (ii) written notice (or
telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) prior to 12:00 Noon (New
York City time) on the date of the Borrowing of Term Loans if such Term Loans
are to be ABR Loans. Such notice (a “Notice of
Borrowing”) shall specify (i) the aggregate principal amount of
the Term Loans to be made, (ii) the date of the Borrowing (which shall be
the Closing Date) and (iii) whether the Term Loans shall consist of ABR
Term Loans and/or LIBOR Loans and, if the Term Loans are to include LIBOR Loans,
the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto (it being agreed that
the
initial Interest Period applicable to the Term Loans made on the Closing Date
shall commence on such date and shall end on July 31, 2007). The
Administrative Agent shall promptly give each Lender written notice (or
telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of the proposed Borrowing
of
Term Loans, of such Lender’s proportionate share thereof and of the other
matters covered by the related Notice of Borrowing.
(b) Without
in any way limiting the obligation of the Borrower to confirm in writing any
notice it may give hereunder by telephone, the Administrative Agent may act
prior to receipt of written confirmation without liability upon the basis of
such telephonic notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to
be
from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.
2.4. Disbursement
of Funds.
(a) No
later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified in each Notice
of Borrowing, each Lender will make available its pro rata portion, if
any, of each Borrowing requested to be made on such date in the manner provided
below; provided that, on the Closing Date, such funds may be made
available at such earlier time as may be agreed among the Lenders, the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent for the purpose of consummating the
Transactions.
(b) Each
Lender shall make available all amounts it is to fund to the applicable Borrower
under any Borrowing for its applicable Commitments, and in immediately available
funds to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Office in
Dollars and the Administrative Agent will make available to the Borrower, by
depositing to an account designated by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent
the aggregate of the amounts so made available in Dollars. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender
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prior
to
the date of any such Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make
available to the Administrative Agent its portion of the Borrowing or Borrowings
to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender
has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of
Borrowing, and the Administrative Agent, in reliance upon such assumption,
may
(in its sole discretion and without any obligation to do so) make available
to
the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is
not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender and the
Administrative Agent has made available such amount to the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount
from
such Lender. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount
forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Borrower shall immediately
pay
such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent in Dollars. The
Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or
the
Borrower interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from
the
date such corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent
to
the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the
Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if paid by such
Lender, the Overnight Rate or (ii) if paid by the Borrower, the then-applicable
rate of interest or fees, calculated in accordance with Section 2.8, for
the respective Loans.
(c) Nothing
in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its
obligation to fulfill its commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights
that
the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such
Lender hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be
responsible for the failure of any other Lender to fulfill its commitments
hereunder).
2.5. Repayment
of Loans; Evidence of Debt.
(a) The
Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the benefit
of
the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders, on the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date,
the
then outstanding Tranche B-1 Term Loans. The Borrower shall
repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the benefit of the Tranche
B-2 Term Loan Lenders, on the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, the then
outstanding Tranche B-2 Term Loans.
(b) In
addition to the provision set forth in clause (a) above, (i) the Borrower shall
repay to the Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the benefit of the Tranche
B-1 Term Loan Lenders, on the last Business Day of each March, June, September
and December, commencing with the first such date following the second
anniversary of the Closing Date (each, a “Tranche B-1 Repayment
Date”), an aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate
principal amount of all Tranche B-1 Term Loans outstanding on the Closing Date
(each, a “Tranche B-1 Repayment Amount”) (which payments shall
be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments to Tranche B-1 Term
Loans in accordance with the order of priority set forth in
Section 5.2(b)) and (ii) the Borrower shall repay to the
Administrative Agent, in Dollars, for the benefit of the Tranche B-2 Term Loan
Lenders, on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December,
commencing with the first such date following the second anniversary of the
Closing Date (each, a “Tranche B-2 Repayment Date”), an
aggregate principal amount equal to 0.25% of the aggregate principal amount
of
all Tranche B-2 Term Loans outstanding on the Closing Date (each, a
“Tranche B-2 Repayment Amount”) (which
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payments
shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments to Tranche B-2
Term Loans in accordance with the order of priority set forth in
Section 5.2(b)).
(c) In
the event that any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall, subject
to Section 2.14(d), be repaid by the Borrower in the amounts (each, a
“New Term Loan Repayment Amount”) and on the dates (each a
“New Term Loan Repayment Date”) set forth in the applicable
Joinder Agreement.
(d) Each
Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or
accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to the appropriate lending
office of such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such lending office
of
such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest
payable and paid to such lending office of such Lender from time to time under
this Agreement.
(e) The
Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to
Section 13.6(b), and a subaccount for each Lender, in which Register
and subaccounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan
made hereunder, whether such Loan is a Tranche B-1 Term Loan, a Tranche B-2
Term
Loan or a New Term Loan, as applicable, the Type of each Loan made, the Interest
Period, if any, applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or
interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to
each
Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative
Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.
(f) The
entries made in the Register and accounts and subaccounts maintained pursuant
to
clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 2.5 shall, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence
and
amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided,
however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent
to
maintain such account, such Register or such subaccount, as applicable, or
any
error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower
to
repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.6. Conversions
and Continuations.
(a) Subject
to the penultimate sentence of this clause (a), (x) the Borrower shall
have the option on any Business Day to convert all or a portion equal to at
least $5,000,000 of the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans of one Type
into a Borrowing or Borrowings of another Type and (y) each Borrower shall
have
the option on any Business Day to continue the outstanding principal amount
of
any LIBOR Loans as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period,
provided that (i) no partial conversion of LIBOR Loans shall reduce the
outstanding principal amount of LIBOR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing
to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount, (ii) ABR Loans may not be converted
into LIBOR Loans if a Default or Event of Default is in existence on the date
of
the conversion and the Administrative Agent has or the Required Lenders have
determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversion,
(iii) LIBOR Loans may not be continued as LIBOR Loans for an additional
Interest Period if a Default or Event of Default is in existence on the date
of
the proposed continuation and the Administrative Agent has or the Required
Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
continuation and (iv) Borrowings resulting from
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conversions
pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be limited in number as provided in
Section 2.2. Each such conversion or continuation shall be
effected by the Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent at the
Administrative Agent’s Office prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) at least
(i) three Business Days’, in the case of a continuation of or conversion to
LIBOR Loans or (ii) one Business Day’s in the case of a conversion into ABR
Loans, prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing)
(each, a “Notice of Conversion or Continuation”) specifying the
Loans to be so converted or continued, the Type of Loans to be converted into
or
continued and, if such Loans are to be converted into or continued as LIBOR
Loans, the Interest Period to be initially applicable thereto. The
Administrative Agent shall give each applicable Lender notice as promptly as
practicable of any such proposed conversion or continuation affecting any of
its
Loans.
(b) If
any Default or Event of Default is in existence at the time of any proposed
continuation of any LIBOR Loans and the Administrative Agent has or the Required
Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
continuation, such LIBOR Loans shall be automatically converted on the last
day
of the current Interest Period into ABR Loans. If upon the expiration
of any Interest Period in respect of LIBOR Loans, the Borrower has failed to
elect a new Interest Period to be applicable thereto as provided in
clause (a) above, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to
convert such Borrowing of LIBOR Loans into a Borrowing of ABR Loans, effective
as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.
2.7. Pro
Rata Borrowings. Each
extension of Tranche B-1 Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the
Lenders pro rata on the basis of their then applicable Tranche B-1 Term
Loan Commitments. Each extension of Tranche B-2 Term Loans under this
Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their
then applicable Tranche B-2 Term Loan Commitments. Each extension of
New Term Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders pro
rata on the basis of their then applicable New Term Loan
Commitments. It is understood that (a) no Lender shall be responsible
for any default by any other Lender in its obligation to make Loans hereunder
and that each Lender severally but not jointly shall be obligated to make the
Loans provided to be made by it hereunder, regardless of the failure of any
other Lender to fulfill its commitments hereunder and (b) failure by a Lender
to
perform any of its obligations under any of the Credit Documents shall not
release any Person from performance of its obligation under any Credit
Document.
2.8. Interest.
(a) The
unpaid principal amount of each ABR Loan shall bear interest from the date
of
the Borrowing thereof until maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise)
at a
rate per annum that shall at all times be the Applicable Margin plus
the ABR, in each case, in effect from time to time.
(b) The
unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan shall bear interest from the date
of
the Borrowing thereof until maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or
otherwise) at a rate per annum that shall at all times be the
Applicable Margin plus the relevant LIBOR Rate.
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(c) If
all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any Loan or (ii) any
interest payable thereon shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest
at a rate per annum that is (the “Default Rate”) (x)
in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable
thereto plus 2% or (y) in the case of any overdue interest, to the
extent permitted by applicable law, the rate described in
Section 2.8(a)plus 2% from the date of such non-payment to
the date on which such amount is paid in full (after as well as before
judgment).
(d) Interest
on each Loan shall accrue from and including the date of any Borrowing to but
excluding the date of any repayment thereof and shall be payable in Dollars;
provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same date on which it is
made shall bear interest for one day. Except as provided below,
interest shall be payable (i) in respect of each ABR Loan, quarterly in arrears
on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, (ii)
in
respect of each LIBOR Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable
thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in excess of three months, on
each date occurring at three-month intervals after the first day of such
Interest Period, (iii) in respect of each Loan, (A) on any prepayment, (B)
at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and (C) after such maturity,
on demand.
(e) All
computations of interest hereunder shall be made in accordance with
Section 5.5.
(f) The
Administrative Agent, upon determining the interest rate for any Borrowing
of
LIBOR Loans, shall promptly notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders
thereof. Each such determination shall, absent clearly demonstrable
error, be final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
2.9. Interest
Periods. At
the time the Borrower gives a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or
Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into or continuation
as,
a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans in accordance with Section 2.6(a), the
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent written notice (or telephonic
notice promptly confirmed in writing) of the Interest Period applicable to
such
Borrowing, which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower be a
one,
two, three or six or (if available to all the Lenders making such LIBOR Loans
as
determined by such Lenders in good faith based on prevailing market conditions)
a nine or twelve month period.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained above:
(a) the
initial Interest Period for any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall commence on
the
date of such Borrowing (including the date of any conversion from a Borrowing
of
ABR Loans) and each Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such
Borrowing shall commence on the day on which the next preceding Interest Period
expires;
(b) if
any Interest Period relating to a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans begins on the last
Business Day of a calendar month or begins on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest
Period,
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such
Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at
the
end of such Interest Period;
(c) if
any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business
Day,
such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day,
provided that if any Interest Period in respect of a LIBOR Loan would
otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month
after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period
shall expire on the next preceding Business Day; and
(d) the
Borrower shall not be entitled to elect any Interest Period in respect of any
LIBOR Loan if such Interest Period would extend beyond the applicable Maturity
Date of such Loan.
2.10. Increased
Costs, Illegality, Etc.
(a) In
the event that (x) in
the case of clause (i) below, the Administrative Agent or
(y) in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) below, any
Lender shall have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent
clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties
hereto):
(i) on
any date for
determining the LIBOR Rate for any Interest Period that (x) deposits in the
principal amounts and currencies of the Loans comprising such LIBOR Borrowing
are not generally available in the relevant market or (y) by reason of any
changes arising on or after the Closing Date affecting the interbank LIBOR
market, adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable
interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of LIBOR Rate;
or
(ii)
at any time, that such Lender shall incur increased costs or reductions in
the
amounts received or receivable hereunder with respect to any LIBOR Loans (other
than any increase or reduction attributable to Taxes) because of (x) any change
since the date hereof in any applicable law, governmental rule, regulation,
guideline or order (or in the interpretation or administration thereof and
including the introduction of any new law or governmental rule, regulation,
guideline or order), such as, for example, without limitation, a change in
official reserve requirements, and/or (y) other circumstances affecting the
interbank LIBOR market or the position of such Lender in such market;
or
(iii) at
any time, that the making or continuance of any LIBOR Loan has become unlawful
as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law,
governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any
such governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force
of
law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or
has
become impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the date
hereof that materially and adversely affects the interbank LIBOR
market;
then,
and
in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of
clause (i) above) shall within a reasonable time thereafter give
notice (if by telephone, confirmed in
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writing)
to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent of such determination (which
notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other
Lenders). Thereafter (x) in the case of clause (i)
above, LIBOR Loans shall no longer be available until such time as the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer
exist (which notice the Administrative Agent agrees to give at such time when
such circumstances no longer exist), and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice
of
Conversion given by the Borrower with respect to LIBOR Loans that have not
yet
been incurred shall be deemed rescinded by the Borrower, (y) in the case of
clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender, promptly
after receipt of written demand therefor such additional amounts as shall be
required to compensate such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in
amounts receivable hereunder (it being agreed that a written notice as to the
additional amounts owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis
for the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower by such Lender shall,
absent clearly demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon
all
parties hereto) and (z) in the case of subclause (iii) above,
the Borrower shall take one of the actions specified in Section 2.10(b)
as promptly as possible and, in any event, within the time period required
by
law.
(b) At
any time that any LIBOR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in
Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii), the Borrower may (and in the case of
a LIBOR Loan affected pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(iii) shall) either (x)
if the affected LIBOR Loan is then being made pursuant to a Borrowing, cancel
such Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed
promptly in writing) thereof on the same date that the Borrower was notified
by
a Lender pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (y) if
the affected LIBOR Loan is then outstanding, upon at least three Business Days’
notice to the Administrative Agent, require the affected Lender to convert
each
such LIBOR Loan into an ABR Loan, provided that if more than one Lender
is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated in the same
manner pursuant to this Section 2.10(b).
(c) If,
after the date hereof, any Change in Law relating to capital adequacy of any
Lender or compliance by any Lender or its parent with any Change in Law relating
to capital adequacy occurring after the date hereof, has or would have the
effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or its parent’s or its
Affiliate’s capital or assets as a consequence of such Lender’s commitments or
obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or its parent
or
its Affiliate could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lender’s or its parent’s policies with respect to capital
adequacy), then from time to time, promptly after demand by such Lender (with
a
copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or its parent for
such reduction, it being understood and agreed, however, that a Lender shall
not
be entitled to such compensation as a result of such Lender’s compliance with,
or pursuant to any request or directive to comply with, any law, rule or
regulation as in effect on the date hereof. Each Lender, upon
determining in good faith that any additional amounts will be payable pursuant
to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt written notice thereof to the
applicable Borrower, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the
basis
of the calculation of such additional amounts, although the failure to give
any
such notice shall not, subject to Section 2.13, release or diminish
the Borrower’s obligations to pay additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 2.10(c)upon receipt of such notice.
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(d) It
is understood that this Section 2.10 shall not apply to (i) Taxes
indemnifiable under Section 5.4, (ii) net income taxes and franchise and
excise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on any Agent or
Lender or (iii) Taxes included under clauses (c) and (d) of the definition
of
Excluded Taxes.
2.11. Compensation. If
(a) any payment of principal of any LIBOR Loan is made by the Borrower to
or for the account of a Lender other than on the last day of the Interest Period
for such LIBOR Loan as a result of a payment or conversion pursuant to
Section 2.5, 2.6, 2.10, 5.1, 5.2 or
13.7, as a result of acceleration
of the maturity of the Loans pursuant
to Section 11 or for any other reason, (b) any Borrowing of LIBOR
Loans is not made as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Borrowing, (c) any
ABR Loan is not converted into a LIBOR Loan as a result of a withdrawn Notice
of
Conversion or Continuation, (d) any LIBOR Loan is not continued as a LIBOR
Loan, as the case may be, as a result of a withdrawn Notice of Conversion or
Continuation or (e) any prepayment of principal of any LIBOR Loan is not
made as a result of a withdrawn notice of prepayment pursuant to
Section 5.1 or 5.2, the Borrower shall, after receipt of a
written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth in reasonable
detail the basis for requesting such amount), pay to the Administrative Agent
for the account of such Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender
for any additional losses, costs or expenses that such Lender may reasonably
incur as a result of such payment, failure to convert, failure to continue
or
failure to prepay, including any loss, cost or expense (excluding loss of
anticipated profits) actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or
reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by any Lender to fund or
maintain such LIBOR Loan.
2.12. Change
of Lending Office. Each
Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the
operation of Section 2.10(a)(ii), 2.10(a)(iii), 2.10(b) or
5.4 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested
by the Borrower,
use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender)
to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event,
provided that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender and
its lending office suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, with
the object of avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation
of any such Section. Nothing in this Section 2.12 shall affect
or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the right of any Lender
provided in Section 2.10 or 5.4.
2.13. Notice
of Certain Costs. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent any notice required
by
Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4 is given by any Lender more
than 180 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had
knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost,
reduction in amounts, loss, tax or other additional amounts described in such
Sections, such Lender shall not be entitled to compensation under
Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4, as the case may be, for any
such amounts incurred or accruing prior to the 181st day prior to the giving
of
such notice to the Borrower.
2.14. Incremental
Facilities.
(a) The
Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request
the
establishment of one or more additional tranches of term loans (the commitments
thereto, the “New Term Loan Commitments”), by an amount not in
excess of the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount in the aggregate from the
Closing Date and not less than
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$50,000,000
individually (or such lesser individual amount as shall constitute all remaining
available amounts under the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount on such
date). Each such notice shall specify the date (each, an
“Increased Amount Date”) on which the Borrower proposes that
the New Term Loan Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not
less
than ten Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to
the
Administrative Agent. The Borrower may approach any Lender or any
Person (other than a natural person) to provide all or a portion of the New
Term
Loan Commitments; provided that any Lender offered or approached to
provide all or a portion of the New Term Loan Commitments may elect or decline,
in its sole discretion, to provide a New Term Loan Commitment. In
each case, such New Term Loan Commitments shall become effective as of the
applicable Increased Amount Date; provided that (i) no Default or
Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after
giving effect to such New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable; (ii) both
before and after giving effect to the making of any Series of New Term Loans,
each of the conditions set forth in Section 7 shall be satisfied;
(iii) the New Term Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or
more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower and
Administrative Agent, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and
shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.4(e);
(iv) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section
2.11 in connection with the New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable; and
(v) the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any legal opinions
or other documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection
with any such transaction. Any New Term Loans made on an Increased
Amount Date shall be designated a separate series (a “Series”)
of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) On
any Increased Amount Date on which any New Term Loan Commitments of any Series
are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and
conditions, (i) each Lender with a New Term Loan Commitment (each, a
“New Term Loan Lender”) of any Series shall make a Loan to the
Borrower (a “New Term Loan”) in an amount equal to its New Term
Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series
shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment
of
such Series and the New Term Loans of such Series made pursuant
thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
(x) to the extent the first $100,000,000 of the Maximum Incremental Facilities
Amount, or any portion thereof, shall comprise New Term Loan Commitments to
be
obtained by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.14, such New Term
Loan Commitments (and corresponding New Term Loans) shall not be permitted
to be
obtained hereunder unless the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated
EBITDA Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of
such
Indebtedness, shall be no greater than 4.25 to 1.00 on the date of such
incurrence (based on the Consolidated EBITDA as of the most recent Test Period);
and (y) with respect to all remaining New Term Loan Commitments to be obtained
by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.14, such New Term Loan
Commitments (and corresponding New Term Loans) shall not be permitted to be
obtained hereunder unless the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated
EBITDA Ratio, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of
such
Indebtedness, shall be no greater than4.00 to 1.00 on the date of such
incurrence (based on the Consolidated EBITDA as of the most recent Test
Period).
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(d) The
terms and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments of
any
Series shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein or in the applicable
Joinder Agreement, at the option of the Borrower, identical to the existing
Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-2 Term Loans; provided that (i) the
applicable New Term Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no earlier than
the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date and mandatory prepayment and other payment
rights (other than scheduled amortization) of the New Term Loans shall be
identical to those applicable to the existing Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche
B-2 Term Loans, as the case may be, (ii) the rate of interest and the
amortization schedule applicable to the New Term Loans of each Series shall
be
determined by the Borrower and the applicable new Lenders and shall be set
forth
in each applicable Joinder Agreement; provided that such amortization
schedule shall not have a weighted average life to maturity that is shorter
than
that applicable to the Tranche B Term Loans in effect at that time and (iii)
all
other terms applicable to the New Term Loans of each Series that differ from
the
existing Tranche B-1 Term Loans or Tranche B-2 Term Loans, as the case may
be,
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (as evidenced by
its
execution of the applicable Joinder Agreement).
(e) Each
Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such
amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary
or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the
provision of this Section 2.14.
SECTION
3. [Reserved].
SECTION
4. Commitment
Terminations
4.1. Mandatory
Termination of Commitments.
(a) The
Tranche B Term Loan Commitments shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City
time) on the Closing Date.
(b) The
New Term Loan Commitment for any Series shall, unless otherwise provided in
the
applicable Joinder Agreement, terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time)
on the Increased Amount Date for such Series.
SECTION
5. Payments
5.1. Voluntary
Prepayments.
(a) The
Borrower shall have the right to prepay its Term Loans, subject to clause (b)
below, in whole or in part from time to time on the following terms and
conditions: (a) the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at
the Administrative Agent’s Office written notice (or telephonic notice promptly
confirmed in writing) of its intent to make such prepayment, the amount of
such
prepayment and (in the case of LIBOR Loans) the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant
to which made, which notice shall be given by the Borrower no later than 12:00
noon (New York City time) (i) in the case of LIBOR Loans, three Business Days
prior to and (ii) in the case of ABR Loans, one Business Day prior to, the
date
of such prepayment and
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shall
promptly be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to each of the Lenders;
(b)
each partial prepayment of (i) any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans shall be in a
minimum amount of $5,000,000 and in multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof
and (ii) any ABR Loans shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and in
multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof; provided that no partial
prepayment of LIBOR Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce
the
outstanding LIBOR Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than
the applicable Minimum Borrowing Amount for such LIBOR Loans and (c) any
prepayment of LIBOR Loans pursuant to this Section 5.1 on any day other
than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto shall be subject
to
compliance by the Borrower with the applicable provisions of Section
2.11. Each prepayment in respect of any Term Loans pursuant to
this Section 5.1 shall be (a) applied pro rata to the
Tranche B-1 Term Loans, the Tranche B-2 Term Loans and the New Term Loans based
on the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due thereunder and
(b) subject to the preceding subclause (a), applied to reduce
Tranche X-0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X-0 Repayment Amounts and/or any New
Term
Loan Repayment Amounts, as the case may be, in such order as the Borrower may
specify.
(b) (i) In
the event that the Tranche B-1 Term Loans are repaid in whole or in part
pursuant to Section 5.1(a) or Section 5.2(a)(i) on or after the
Closing Date but on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date,
the
Borrower shall pay to Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders having Tranche B-1 Term
Loans, a prepayment premium of 1.00% on the amount so repaid and (ii) in the
event that the Tranche B-2 Term Loans are repaid in whole or in part pursuant
to
Section 5.1(a) or Section 5.2(a)(i), the Borrower shall pay to
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders having Tranche B-2 Term Loans, a prepayment
premium as follows: (i) 2.00% of such amount so repaid if such prepayment occurs
on or after the Closing Date but on or prior to the first anniversary of the
Closing Date and (ii) 1.00% of such amount so repaid if such prepayment occurs
after the first anniversary of the Closing Date but on or prior to the second
anniversary of the Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Section 5.1(b), the premiums set forth herein
shall not be applicable to prepayments of Term Loans of up to $150,000,000
in
aggregate principal amount, to the extent such prepayments are made pursuant
to
this Section 5.1 on or prior to the date that is 45 days after the
Closing Date.
5.2. Mandatory
Prepayments.
(a) Term
Loan Prepayments. (i) On each occasion that a Prepayment Event
occurs, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days after its receipt of
the
Net Cash Proceeds of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event and within seven
Business Days after the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event (or, in the
case of Deferred Net Cash Proceeds, within seven Business Days after the
Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), prepay, in accordance with
clause (b) below, Term Loans in a principal amount equal to 100% of
the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event; provided that, at the
option of the Borrower, the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition of ABL
Collateral, to the extent required under the ABL Documents, may be used to
prepay outstanding loans under the ABL Facility.
(ii) Not
later than the date that is ninety days after the last day of any fiscal year
(commencing with and including the portion of the fiscal year ending on or
about
January 31, 2008 following the Closing Date, the Borrower shall prepay, in
accordance with clause (b) below, Term Loans in a principal amount
equal to (x) 50% of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal
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year,
provided that (A) the percentage in this Section 5.2(a)(ii) shall
be reduced to 25% if the ratio of Consolidated Total Debt on the date of
prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto and as certified by an Authorized
Officer of the Borrower) to Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent Test Period
ended prior to such prepayment date is less than or equal to 6.0 to 1.0 but
greater than 5.0 to 1.0 and (B) no payment of any Term Loans shall be
required under this Section 5.2(a)(ii) if the ratio of Consolidated
Total Debt on the date of prepayment (prior to giving effect thereto and as
certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower) to Consolidated EBITDA
for
the most recent Test Period ended prior to such prepayment date is less than
or
equal to 5.0 to 1.00, minus (y) the principal amount of Term Loans
voluntarily prepaid pursuant to Section 5.1 during such fiscal
year.
(b) Application
to Repayment Amounts. Subject to Section 5.2(f), each
prepayment of Term Loans required by Section 5.2(a)(i) or (ii)
shall be allocated pro rata among the Tranche B Term Loans and the New
Term Loans based on the applicable remaining Repayment Amounts due thereunder
and shall be applied, first, to the next eight unpaid Repayment Amounts due
in
respect of such Term Loans in direct order of maturity thereof, and, second,
on
a pro rata basis among the remaining unpaid Repayment Amounts due in
respect of such Term Loans. Subject to Section 5.2(f),
with respect to each such prepayment, the Borrower will, not later than the
date
specified in Section 5.2(a) for making such prepayment, give the
Administrative Agent telephonic notice (promptly confirmed in writing and which
shall include a calculation of the amount of such prepayment to be applied
to
each Class of Term Loans) requesting that the Administrative Agent provide
notice of such prepayment to each Lender.
(c) Application
to Term Loans. With respect to each prepayment of Term Loans
required by Section 5.2(a), the Borrower may, if
applicable, designate the Types of Loans that are to be prepaid and
the specific Borrowing(s) pursuant to which made. In the absence of a
designation by the Borrower as described in the preceding sentence, the
Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in
its
reasonable discretion with a view, but no obligation, to minimize breakage
costs
owing under Section 2.11.
(d) LIBOR
Interest Periods. In lieu of making any payment pursuant to this
Section 5.2 in respect of any LIBOR Loan other than on the last day
of the Interest Period therefor so long as no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Borrower at its option may deposit with the
Administrative Agent an amount equal to the amount of the LIBOR Loan to be
prepaid and such LIBOR Loan shall be repaid on the last day of the Interest
Period therefor in the required amount. Such deposit shall be held by
the Administrative Agent in a corporate time deposit account established on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, earning interest
at
the then-customary rate for accounts of such type. Such deposit shall
constitute cash collateral for the LIBOR Loans to be so prepaid, provided
that the Borrower may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make
the applicable payment required pursuant to this
Section 5.2.
(e) Minimum
Amount. No prepayment shall be required pursuant to
Section 5.2(a)(i) (i) in the case of any Disposition yielding
Net Cash Proceeds of less than $2,000,000 in the aggregate and (ii) unless
and until the amount at any time of Net Cash Proceeds from Prepayment Events
required to be applied at or prior to such time pursuant to such Section and
not
yet applied at or prior to such time to prepay Term Loans pursuant to
such
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exceeds $25,000,000 in the aggregate for all Prepayment Events (other than
those
that are under the threshold specified in subclause (i)) in any one
fiscal year, at which time all such Net Cash Proceeds referred to in this
subclause (ii) with respect to such fiscal year shall be applied as a
prepayment in accordance with this Section 5.2.
(f) Rejection
Right. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in
writing of (i) any voluntary prepayment of Term Loans described in the last
sentence of Section 5.1(b) on or prior to the date that is 45 days
after the Closing Date and (ii) any mandatory prepayment of Term Loans required
to be made pursuant to Section 5.2(a), in each case at least three
Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice
shall specify the date of such prepayment and, in the case of prepayments
described in clause (ii) above, provide a reasonably detailed calculation of
the
amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly
notify each Lender holding Term Loans of the contents of the Borrower’s
prepayment notice and of such Lender’s pro rata share of the
prepayment. Each Tranche B Term Loan Lender may reject all or a
portion of its pro rata share of any such prepayment of Term Loans (x)
being voluntarily prepaid without any accompanying prepayment premium on or
prior to the date that is 45 days after the Closing Date or (y) required to
be
made pursuant to Section 5.2(a) (such declined amounts described in
clause (y), the “Declined Proceeds”) by providing
written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time)
one Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the
Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice
shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory repayment of Tranche B
Term
Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Lender fails to deliver a
Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified
above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the
Tranche B Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an
acceptance of the total amount of such prepayment of Tranche B Term
Loans. Any Declined Proceeds remaining thereafter shall be retained
by the Borrower (“Retained Declined Proceeds”).
(g) Foreign
Asset Sales. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
Section 5.2, (i) to the extent that any or all of the Net Cash
Proceeds from a Casualty Event of, or any asset sale by, a Restricted Foreign
Subsidiary giving rise to an Asset Sale Prepayment Event (a “Foreign
Asset Sale”) or any amount included in Excess Cash Flow and
attributable to Foreign Subsidiaries are prohibited or delayed by applicable
local law from being repatriated to the United States, such portion of the
Net
Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be applied
to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 5.2 but
may be retained by the applicable Restricted Foreign Subsidiary so long, but
only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the
United States (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable
Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions required by the
applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation
of
any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow is permitted under
the applicable local law, such repatriation will be immediately effected and
such repatriated Net Cash Proceeds will be promptly (and in any event not later
than two Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional
taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of
the
Term Loans as required pursuant to this Section 5.2 and (ii) to
the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation
of
any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any
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Foreign
Asset Sale or Excess Cash Flow would have a material adverse tax consequence
with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, the Net Cash
Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow so affected may be retained by the applicable
Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of this
clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds or
Excess Cash Flow so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied
to
reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to Section 5.2(a),
(x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds or
Excess Cash Flow to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash
Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow had been received by the Borrower rather than
such
Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would
have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash
Flow had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash
Flow that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or
(y) such Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow are applied to there
repayment of Indebtedness of a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary.
5.3. Method
and Place of Payment.
(a) Except
as otherwise specifically provided herein, all payments under this Agreement
shall be made by the Borrower, without set-off, counterclaim or deduction of
any
kind, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders
entitled thereto not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time), in each
case, on the date when due and shall be made in immediately available funds
at
the Administrative Agent’s Office or at such other office as the Administrative
Agent shall specify for such purpose by notice to the Borrower, it being
understood that written or facsimile notice by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent to make a payment from the funds in the Borrower’s account
at the Administrative Agent’s Office shall constitute the making of such payment
to the extent of such funds held in such account. All repayments or
prepayments of any Loans (whether of principal, interest or otherwise) hereunder
and all other payments under each Credit Document shall be made in
Dollars. The Administrative Agent will thereafter cause to be
distributed on the same day (if payment was actually received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) or, otherwise,
on the next Business Day) like funds relating to the payment of principal or
interest or fees ratably to the Lenders entitled thereto.
(b) Any
payments under this Agreement that are made later than 2:00 p.m. (New York
City time) shall be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business
Day. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be
due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal,
interest shall be payable during such extension at the applicable rate in effect
immediately prior to such extension.
5.4. Net
Payments.
(a) Any
and all payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor under
this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of,
and
without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Indemnified
Taxes; provided that if the Borrower or any Guarantor shall
be required by applicable Requirements of Law to deduct or withhold any
Indemnified Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be
increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions and
withholdings (including
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deductions
or withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this
Section 5.4) the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any
Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions or withholdings been made, (ii) the
applicable Borrower or such Guarantor shall make such deductions or withholdings
and (iii) the applicable Borrower or such Guarantor shall timely pay the
full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority within
the time allowed and in accordance with applicable Requirements of
Law. Whenever any Indemnified Taxes are payable by the Borrower or
such Guarantor, as promptly as possible thereafter, the Borrower or Guarantor
shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account
of
such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official
receipt (or other evidence acceptable to such Lender, acting reasonably)
received by the Borrower or such Guarantor showing payment thereof.
(b) [Reserved].
(c) The
Borrower shall timely pay and shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Administrative Agent, each Collateral Agent and each Lender (whether or not
such
Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority) with regard to any Other Taxes.
(d) The
Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and each Lender within fifteen Business Days after written
demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes imposed on the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or such Lender as the case may be,
on
or with respect to any payment by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder or under any other Credit Document
(including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts
payable under this Section 5.4) and any reasonable expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental
Authority. A certificate setting forth reasonable detail as to the
amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender,
the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (as applicable) on its own behalf
or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(e) Each
Non-U.S. Lender with respect to the Tranche B Term Loans or any other Loan
made
to the Borrower shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do
so:
(i)
deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent, prior to the date on which the first payment to the
Non-U.S. Lender is due hereunder, two copies of (x) in the case of a
Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under
Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio
interest”, United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (together
with a certificate representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for
purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder
(within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower
and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower (within
the
meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), (y) Internal Revenue Service
Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, in each case properly completed and duly executed
by
such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or reduced
rate
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of,
U.S.
Federal withholding tax on payments by the Borrower under this Agreement or
(z)
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all necessary attachments (including
the forms described in clauses (x) and (y) above, as required); and
(ii) deliver
to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such
form
or certification (or any applicable successor form) on or before the date that
any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the
occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form previously
delivered by it to the Borrower;
unless
in
any such case any Change in Law has occurred prior to the date on which any
such
delivery would otherwise be required that renders any such form inapplicable
or
would prevent such Non-U.S. Lender from duly completing and delivering any
such
form with respect to it and such Non-U.S. Lender promptly so advises the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Each Person that shall become
a Participant pursuant to Section 13.6 or a Lender pursuant to Section
13.6 shall, upon the effectiveness of the related transfer, be required to
provide all the forms and statements required pursuant to this Section
5.4(e), provided that in the case of a Participant such Participant
shall furnish all such required forms and statements to the Lender from which
the related participation shall have been purchased.
(f)
[Reserved].
(g) [Reserved].
(h) If
any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable,
determines, in its sole discretion, that it had received and retained a refund
of an Indemnified Tax (including an Other Tax) for which a payment has been
made
by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, which refund in the good faith
judgment of such Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent,
as
the case may be, is attributable to such payment made by the Borrower, then
the
Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be,
shall reimburse the Borrower for such amount (net of all out-of-pocket expenses
of such Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case
may be, and without interest other than any interest received thereon from
the
relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund) as the Lender,
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, determines
in
its sole discretion to be the proportion of the refund as will leave it, after
such reimbursement, in no better or worse position (taking into account expenses
or any taxes imposed on the refund) than it would have been in if the payment
had not been required; provided that the Borrower, upon the request of
the Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, agrees to repay
the amount paid over to it (plus any penalties, interest or other charges
imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Lender, the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in the event the Lender, the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent is required to repay such refund
to
such Governmental Authority. A Lender, the Administrative Agent or
the Collateral Agent shall claim any refund that it determines is available
to
it, unless it concludes in its sole discretion that it would be adversely
affected by making such a claim. Neither the Lender, the
Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be obliged to disclose
any
information regarding its tax affairs or computations to any Credit Party in
connection with this clause (h) or any other provision of this
Section 5.4.
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(i) If
the Borrower determines that a reasonable basis exists for contesting a Tax,
each Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall use reasonable efforts to
cooperate with the Borrower as the Borrower may reasonably request in
challenging such Tax. Subject to the provisions of Section
2.12, each Lender and Agent agrees to use reasonable efforts to cooperate
with the Borrower as the Borrower may reasonably request to minimize any amount
payable by the Borrower or Guarantor pursuant to this Section
5.4. The Borrower shall indemnify and hold each Lender and Agent
harmless against any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Person in
connection with any request made by the Borrower pursuant to this Section
5.4(i). Nothing in this Section 5.4(i) shall obligate any
Lender or Agent to take any action that such Person, in its sole judgment,
determines may result in a material detriment to such Person.
(j)
Each Lender and Agent with respect to the Tranche B Term Loans
and any other Loan made to the Borrower that is a United States person under
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (each, a “U.S. Lender”) shall
deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent two United States Internal
Revenue Service Forms W-9 (or substitute or successor form), properly completed
and duly executed, certifying that such Lender or Agent is exempt from United
States backup withholding (i) on or prior to the Closing Date (or on or prior
to
the date it becomes a party to this Agreement), (ii) on or before the date
that
such form expires or becomes obsolete, (iii) after the occurrence of a change
in
the Agent’s or Lender’s circumstances requiring a change in the most recent form
previously delivered by it to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and
(iv) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested by the Borrower or
the
Administrative Agent.
(k) Any
amount payable under this Agreement or any other Credit Document by the Borrower
or a Guarantor is exclusive of any value added tax or any other Tax of a similar
nature which might be chargeable in connection with that amount. If
any such Tax is chargeable, the Borrower or Guarantor, as the case may be,
shall
pay to the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender, as the case may
be,
(in addition to and at the same time as paying that amount) an amount equal
to
the amount of that Tax.
(l) Where
this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any party to this Agreement
or any Credit Document, as the case may be, to reimburse the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent or a Lender for any costs or expenses, that party
must also at the same time pay and indemnify the Administrative Agent,
Collateral Agent, or Lender, as the case may be against all value added tax
or
any other Tax of a similar nature incurred by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or a Lender in respect of the costs and expenses to the extent
that the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lender acting reasonably
determines that it is not entitled to a credit or repayment from the relevant
tax authority in respect of that tax.
(m) The
agreements in this Section 5.4 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
5.5. Computations
of Interest and Fees. Except
as provided in the next succeeding sentence, interest on LIBOR Loans and ABR
Loans shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days
elapsed. Interest on ABR Loans in respect of which the rate of
interest is calculated on the basis of the Administrative Agent’s prime rate and
interest on
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overdue
interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may
be) day year for the actual days elapsed.
5.6. Limit
on Rate of Interest.
(a) No
Payment Shall Exceed Lawful Rate. Notwithstanding any other term
of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay any interest
or
other amounts under or in connection with this Agreement or otherwise in respect
of the Obligations in excess of the amount or rate permitted under or consistent
with any applicable law, rule or regulation.
(b) Payment
at Highest Lawful Rate. If the Borrower is not obliged to make a
payment that it would otherwise be required to make, as a result of Section
5.6(a), the Borrower shall make such payment to the maximum extent permitted
by or consistent with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
(c) Adjustment
if Any Payment Exceeds Lawful Rate. If any provision of this
Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents would obligate the Borrower
to
make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Lender in an amount
or calculated at a rate that would be prohibited by any applicable law, rule
or
regulation, then notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall
be
deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount
or
rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law,
such
adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, by reducing the amount
or
rate of interest required to be paid by the Borrower to the affected Lender
under Section 2.8.
(d) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby,
if any Lender shall have received from the Borrower an amount in excess of
the
maximum permitted by any applicable law, rule or regulation, then the Borrower
shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the Administrative Agent to obtain
reimbursement from that Lender in an amount equal to such excess, and pending
such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by
that
Lender to the Borrower.
SECTION
6. Conditions
Precedent to Initial Borrowing
The
initial Borrowing under this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions precedent, except as otherwise agreed between the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent.
6.1. Credit
Documents. The
Administrative Agent shall have received:
(a) this
Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower
and each Lender;
(b) the
Guarantee, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each
Guarantor;
(c) the
Pledge Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each
pledgor party thereto;
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(d) the
Security Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of
each
grantor party thereto; and
(e) the
Intercreditor Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer
of
the applicable Credit Parties and of the Collateral Agent and the other agents
party thereto.
6.2. Collateral. Except
for any items referred to on Schedule 9.14(d):
(a) (i)
All outstanding equity interests in whatever form of each Subsidiary directly
owned by or on behalf of any Credit Party and required to be pledged pursuant
to
the Pledge Agreement shall have been pledged pursuant thereto and (ii) the
Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates representing securities
pledged under the Pledge Agreement to the extent certificated, accompanied
by
instruments of transfer and undated stock powers endorsed in blank;
(b) All
documents and instruments, including Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable
personal property and financing statements, reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create the Liens
intended to be created by any Security Document and perfect such Liens to the
extent required by, and with the priority required by, such Security Document
shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing, registration
or
recording and none of the Collateral shall be subject to any other pledges,
security interests or mortgages, except for liens permitted
hereunder;
(c) The
Borrower shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed Perfection
Certificate, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower,
together with all attachments contemplated thereby; and
(d) The
Guarantee shall be in full force and effect.
6.3. Legal
Opinions
. The
Administrative Agent shall have received the executed legal opinions of
(a) Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special New York counsel to the
Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1, (b) Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, General Counsel of the Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit H-2 and (c) local counsel to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent in the jurisdictions listed on Schedule 6.3 in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent. The Borrower, the other Credit Parties and the Administrative
Agent hereby instruct such counsel to deliver such legal opinions.
6.4. Contemporaneous
Debt Financings and Repayments. (i) The
Borrower shall have received gross proceeds of $1,175,000,000 from the issuance
of Senior Notes under the Senior Notes Indenture, (ii) the Borrower shall have
received gross proceeds of $725,000,000 from the issuance of Senior Subordinated
Notes under the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture and (iii) the Borrower
and the applicable borrowers and guarantors thereunder shall have entered into
the ABL Facility providing for revolving borrowings in an aggregate principal
amount of up to $1,125,000,000.
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6.5. Equity
Investments. Equity
Investments, which, to the extent constituting Stock other than common Stock,
shall be on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably
satisfactory to the Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners to the extent material
to the interests of the Lenders, in an amount not less than the Minimum Equity
Amount shall have been made.
6.6. Closing
Certificates. The
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the Credit Parties,
dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit I, with
appropriate insertions, executed by the President or any Vice President and
the
Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of each Credit Party, and attaching the
documents referred to in Section 6.7 and such other closing certificates
as it may reasonably request.
6.7. Authorization
of Proceedings of Each Credit Party. The
Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the resolutions, in form
and
substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the board of directors
or
other managers of each Credit Party (or a duly authorized committee thereof)
authorizing (a) the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents
(and any agreements relating thereto) to which it is a party and (b) in the
case
of the Borrower, the extensions of credit contemplated hereunder.
6.8. Fees. The
Agents shall have received the fees in the amounts previously agreed in writing
by the Agents to be received on the Closing Date and all expenses (including
the
reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) payable by the
Credit Parties for which invoices have been presented prior to the Closing
Date
shall have been paid.
6.9. Representations
and Warranties. On
the Closing Date, (a) there shall be no breach of any representation made by
the
Company in the Acquisition Agreement that is (i) material to the interests
of
the Lenders and (ii) the breach of which would give the Sponsor
and/or any of its Affiliates formed to consummate the Merger (including Merger
Sub) the right to terminate their respective obligations thereunder, and (b)
the
representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties in Section 8.2,
Section 8.5 and Section 8.7, as they relate to the Credit Parties
at such time, shall be true and correct in all material respects.
6.10. Related
Agreements. The
Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed or conformed copy
of
the Acquisition Agreement which shall be in full force and effect.
6.11. Solvency
Certificate. On
the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate
from an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that after giving
effect to the consummation of the Transactions, the Borrower on a consolidated
basis with its Subsidiaries is Solvent.
6.12. Merger. Concurrently
with the initial Credit Event hereunder, the Merger shall have been consummated
in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, without giving effect
to any amendments or waivers thereto that are materially adverse to the Lenders
(including, without limitation, the definition of, and representations,
warranties and conditions relating to the absence of any, “Company Material
Adverse Effect” therein) without the reasonable consent of the Joint Lead
Arrangers and Bookrunners, and all Indebtedness of the
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Borrower
and its Subsidiaries existing prior to the Merger (other than Indebtedness
set
forth on Schedule 10.1 and Indebtedness of Credit Parties owed to other Credit
Parties permitted by Section 10.1(b)) shall have been repaid or
repurchased in full.
6.13. Pro
Forma Balance Sheet. The
Administrative Agent shall have received a pro forma consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower as of the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter
ended at least twenty consecutive Business Days prior to the Closing Date,
after
giving effect to the Transactions, together with a certificate of an Authorized
Officer of the Borrower to the effect that such statement accurately presents
the pro forma consolidated financial position of the Borrower in accordance
with
GAAP.
6.14.
Patriot Act. The
Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners shall have received such documentation
and
information as is reasonably requested in writing at least 10 days prior to
the
Closing Date by the Administrative Agent about the Borrower and the Guarantors
in respect of applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules
and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act.
SECTION
7. Conditions Precedent
to All Credit Events
The
agreement of each Lender to make any Loan requested to be made by it on any
date
is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions
precedent:
7.1. No
Default; Representations and Warranties. At
the time of each Credit Event and also after giving effect thereto (other than
any Credit Event on the Closing Date) (a) no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and (b) all representations and warranties
made by any Credit Party contained herein or in the other Credit Documents
shall
be true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though
such
representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of such
Credit Event (except where such representations and warranties expressly relate
to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall
have
been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier
date).
7.2. Notice
of Borrowing. Prior
to the making of each Term Loan, the Administrative Agent shall have received
a
Notice of Borrowing (whether in writing or by telephone) meeting the
requirements of Section 2.3.
The
acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a
representation and warranty by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that
all
the applicable conditions specified in Section 7 above have been
satisfied as of that time.
SECTION
8. Representations,
Warranties and Agreements
In
order
to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans as
provided for herein, the Borrower makes (on the Closing Date and on each other
date as required or otherwise set forth in this Agreement) the following
representations and warranties to, and agreements with, the Lenders,
all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the
making of the Loans:
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8.1. Corporate
Status. The
Borrower and each Material Subsidiary (a) is a duly organized and validly
existing corporation or other entity in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization and has the corporate or other organizational
power and authority to own its property and assets and to transact the business
in which it is engaged and (b) has duly qualified and is authorized to do
business and is in good standing (if applicable) in all jurisdictions where
it
is required to be so qualified, except where the failure to be so qualified
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
8.2. Corporate
Power and Authority. Each
Credit Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority
to
execute, deliver and carry out the terms and provisions of the Credit Documents
to which it is a party and has taken all necessary corporate or other
organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
of
the Credit Documents to which it is a party. Each Credit Party has
duly executed and delivered each Credit Document to which it is a party and
each
such Credit Document constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
such
Credit Party enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of
equity.
8.3. No
Violation. Neither
the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit Party of the Credit
Documents to which it is a party nor compliance with the terms and provisions
thereof nor the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby will (a) contravene any applicable provision
of any material law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or
decree of any court or governmental instrumentality, (b) result in any
breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of (or
the
obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property or assets
of
such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Liens
created under the Credit Documents or Liens subject to the Intercreditor
Agreement) pursuant to, the terms of any material indenture, loan agreement,
lease agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, agreement or other material instrument
to which such Credit Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries is a party
or
by which it or any of its property or assets is bound (any such term, covenant,
condition or provision, a “Contractual Requirement”) other than
(x) any such breach, default or Lien that could not reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect or (y) as disclosed on Schedule 8.3
or (c) violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, by-laws or
other organizational documents of such Credit Party or any of the Restricted
Subsidiaries.
8.4. Litigation. Except
as set forth on Schedule 8.4, there are no actions, suits or proceedings
(including Environmental Claims) pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
threatened with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.5. Margin
Regulations. Neither
the making of any Loan hereunder nor the use of the proceeds thereof will
violate the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board.
8.6. Governmental
Approvals. The
execution, delivery and performance of the Acquisition Agreement and each Credit
Document do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing
with,
or other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (i) such
as
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have
been
obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings and recordings
in respect of the Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents and the
ABL
Documents and (iii) such licenses, approvals, authorizations or consents the
failure of which to obtain or make could not reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
8.7. Investment
Company Act. The
Borrower is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
8.8. True
and Complete Disclosure.
(a) None
of the written factual information and written data (taken as a whole)
heretofore or contemporaneously furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower,
any
of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective authorized representatives to
the
Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, and/or any Lender on or before
the Closing Date (including all such information and data contained in
(i) the Confidential Information Memorandum (as updated prior to the
Closing Date and including all information incorporated by reference therein)
and (ii) the Credit Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this
Agreement or any transaction contemplated herein contained any untrue statement
of any material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make
such information and data (taken as a whole) not misleading at such time in
light of the circumstances under which such information or data was furnished,
it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section 8.8(a),
such factual information and data shall not include proforma
financial information, projections or estimates (including financial estimates,
forecasts and other forward-looking information) and information of a general
economic or general industry nature.
(b) The
projections (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking
information) contained in the information and data referred to in Section
8.8(a) above were based on good faith estimates and assumptions
believed by such Persons to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized
by the Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed
as
facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such
projections may differ from the projected results.
8.9. Financial
Condition; Financial Statements. (a) The
unaudited historical consolidated financial information of the Borrower as
set
forth in the Confidential Information Memorandum and (b) the Historical
Financial Statements, in each case present fairly in all material respects
the
consolidated financial position of the Borrower at the respective dates of
said
information, statements and results of operations for the respective periods
covered thereby. The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at May 4,
2007 (including the notes thereto) (the “Pro Forma Balance
Sheet”) and the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of
operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the 12-month period ending
on such date (together with the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, the “Pro Forma
Financial Statements”), copies of which have heretofore been furnished
to the Administrative Agent, have been prepared based on (x) the Historical
Financial Statements and (y) the unaudited historical consolidated financial
information described in clause (a) of this Section 8.9 and have
been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by the Borrower
to be
reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all
material respects on a Pro Forma Basis the estimated financial position of
the
Borrower and its
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Subsidiaries
as at May 4, 2007 and their estimated results of operations for the period
covered thereby. The financial statements referred to in
clause (b) of this Section 8.9 have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied except to the extent provided in
the
notes to said financial statements. After the Closing Date, there has
been no Material Adverse Effect.
8.10. Tax
Matters. Except
where the failure of which could not be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (a) each of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries has filed all
federal income tax returns and all other tax returns, domestic and foreign,
required to be filed by it and has paid all material taxes payable by it that
have become due, other than those (i) not yet delinquent or
(ii) contested in good faith as to which adequate reserves have been
provided to the extent required by law and in accordance with GAAP and (b)
the
Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries have paid, or have provided adequate
reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary) in accordance with GAAP for the payment of, all federal, state,
provincial and foreign taxes applicable for the current fiscal year to the
Closing Date.
8.11. Compliance
with ERISA.
(a) Each
Plan is in compliance with ERISA, the Code and any applicable Requirement of
Law; no Reportable Event has occurred (or is reasonably likely to occur) with
respect to any Plan; no Plan is insolvent or in reorganization (or is reasonably
likely to be insolvent or in reorganization), and no written notice of any
such
insolvency or reorganization has been given to the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate; no Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) has an accumulated or
waived funding deficiency (or is reasonably likely to have such a deficiency);
on and after the effectiveness of the Pension Act, each Plan that is subject
to
Title IV of ERISA has satisfied the minimum funding standards (within the
meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such
Plan, and there has been no determination that any such Plan is, or is expected
to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 4010(d)(2) of
ERISA);none of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred (or is
reasonably likely to incur) any liability to or on account of a Plan pursuant
to
Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of
ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code or has been notified in writing that
it will incur any liability under any of the foregoing Sections with respect
to
any Plan; no proceedings have been instituted (or are reasonably likely to
be
instituted) to terminate or to reorganize any Plan or to appoint a trustee
to
administer any Plan, and no written notice of any such proceedings has been
given to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; and no lien imposed under the
Code
or ERISA on the assets of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate exists (or is
reasonably likely to exist) nor has the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate been
notified in writing that such a lien will be imposed on the assets of the
Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate on account of any Plan, except to the extent
that a breach of any of the representations, warranties or agreements in this
Section 8.11(a) would not result, individually or in the aggregate, in an
amount of liability that would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect. No Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) has an Unfunded
Current Liability that would, individually or when taken together with any
other
liabilities referenced in this Section 8.11(a), be reasonably likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect. With respect to Plans that are
Multiemployer Plans (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), the representations
and warranties in this Section 8.11(a), other than any made with respect
to (i) liability under Section
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4201
or
4204 of ERISA or (ii) liability for termination or reorganization of such Plans
under ERISA, are made to the best knowledge of the Borrower.
(b) All
Foreign Plans are in compliance with, and have been established, administered
and operated in accordance with, the terms of such Foreign Plans and applicable
law, except for any failure to so comply, establish, administer or operate
the
Foreign Plans as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. All contributions or other payments which are due with
respect to each Foreign Plan have been made in full and there are no funding
deficiencies thereunder, except to the extent any such events would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
8.12. Subsidiaries.
Schedule 8.12 lists each Subsidiary of the Borrower (and the direct and
indirect ownership interest of the Borrower therein), in each case existing
on
the Closing Date. Each Material Subsidiary as of the Closing Date has
been so designated on Schedule 8.12.
8.13. Intellectual
Property. The
Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries have obtained all intellectual property,
free from burdensome restrictions, that is necessary for the operation of their
respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted,
except where the failure to obtain any such rights could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.14. Environmental
Laws.
(a) Except
as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect: (i) the Borrower and each of the Subsidiaries and all Real
Estate are in compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) neither the Borrower
nor any Subsidiary is subject to any Environmental Claim or any other liability
under any Environmental Law; (iii) neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary
is
conducting any investigation, removal, remedial or other corrective action
pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location; and (iv) no underground
storage tank or related piping, or any impoundment or disposal area containing
Hazardous Materials is located at, on or under any Real Estate currently owned
or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) Neither
the Borrower nor any of the Subsidiaries has treated, stored, transported,
released or disposed or arranged for disposal or transport for disposal of
Hazardous Materials at, on, under or from any currently or formerly owned or
leased Real Estate or facility in a manner that could reasonably be expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.15. Properties.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 8.15(a), the Borrower and each of the
Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to or leasehold interests in all
properties that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses
as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, free and clear of all
Liens (other than any Liens permitted by this Agreement) and except where the
failure to have such good title could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and (b) no Mortgage encumbers improved Real Estate
that
is located in
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an
area
that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
as an
area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the National Flood
Insurance Act of 1968 unless flood insurance available under such Act has been
obtained.
8.16.
Solvency. On
the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions), immediately
following the making of each Loan and after giving effect to the application
of
the proceeds of such Loans, the Borrower on a consolidated basis with its
Subsidiaries will be Solvent.
SECTION
9. Affirmative
Covenants
The
Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date and thereafter,
until the Commitments have terminated and the Loans, together with interest,
fees and all other Obligations incurred hereunder (other than contingent
indemnity obligations), are paid in full:
9.1. Information
Covenants. The
Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly make
such information available to the Lenders in accordance with its customary
practice):
(a) Annual
Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event
within 5 days after the date on which such financial statements are required
to
be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted extensions) (or,
if
such financial statements are not required to be filed with the SEC, on or
before the date that is 95 days after the end of each such fiscal year), the
consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and, if
different, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as at
the
end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of operations
and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth comparative consolidated
figures for the preceding fiscal years (or, in lieu of such audited financial
statements of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, a detailed
reconciliation, reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and
the
Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and the Subsidiaries,
on the other hand), all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with
GAAP, and, in each case, certified by independent certified public accountants
of recognized national standing whose opinion shall not be qualified as to
the
scope of audit or as to the status of the Borrower or any of the Material
Subsidiaries (or a group of Subsidiaries that together would constitute a
Material Subsidiary) as to a going concern, together in any event with a
certificate of such accounting firm stating that in the course of either
(i) its regular audit of the consolidated business of the Borrower, which
audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
or
(ii) performing certain other procedures permitted by professional
standards, such accounting firm has obtained no knowledge of any Event of
Default relating to Section 10.9 that has occurred and is continuing
or, if in the opinion of such accounting firm such an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof.
(b) Quarterly
Financial Statements. On or before the date that is 75 days after
the end of the fiscal quarter ending August 3, 2007 and, thereafter, as soon
as
available
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and
in
any event within 5 days after the date on which such financial statements are
required to be filed with the SEC (after giving effect to any permitted
extensions) with respect to each of the first three quarterly accounting periods
in each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, if such financial statements are not
required to be filed with the SEC, on or before the date that is 50 days
after the end of each such quarterly accounting period), the consolidated
balance sheets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and, if different, the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as at the end of such
quarterly period and the related consolidated statements of operations for
such
quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year
ended
with the last day of such quarterly period, and the related consolidated
statement of cash flows for such quarterly accounting period and for the elapsed
portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such quarterly period,
and
setting forth comparative consolidated figures for the related periods in the
prior fiscal year or, in the case of such consolidated balance sheet, for the
last day of the prior fiscal year (or, in lieu of such unaudited financial
statements of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, a detailed
reconciliation reflecting such financial information for the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the Borrower and the Subsidiaries,
on the other hand), all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer
of
the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject to changes
resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments.
(c) Officer’s
Certificates. At the time of the delivery of the financial
statements provided for in Section 9.1(a) and (b), a certificate
of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to the effect that no Default or Event
of Default exists or, if any Default or Event of Default does exist, specifying
the nature and extent thereof, which certificate shall set forth (i) a
specification of any change in the identity of the Restricted Subsidiaries
and
Unrestricted Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year or period, as the
case may be, from the Restricted Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
respectively, provided to the Lenders on the Closing Date or the most recent
fiscal year or period, as the case may be, (ii) the amount of any Pro Forma
Adjustment not previously set forth in a Pro Forma Adjustment Certificate or
any
change in the amount of a Pro Forma Adjustment set forth in any Pro Forma
Adjustment Certificate previously provided and, in either case, in reasonable
detail, the calculations and basis therefor. At the time of the
delivery of the financial statements provided for in Section 9.1(a),
(i) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth in
reasonable detail the Applicable Amount and the Applicable Equity Amount as
at
the end of the fiscal year to which such financial statements relate and (ii)
a
certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth the
information required pursuant to Section I (other than section D thereof) of
the
Perfection Certificate or confirming that there has been no change in such
information since the Closing Date or the date of the most recent certificate
delivered pursuant to this clause (c)(ii), as the case may
be.
(d) Notice
of Default; Litigation. Promptly after an Authorized Officer of
the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice
of (i)
the occurrence of any event that constitutes a Default or Event of Default,
which notice shall
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specify
the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower
proposes to take with respect thereto and (ii) any litigation or governmental
proceeding pending against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that could
reasonably be expected to be determined adversely and, if so determined,
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Environmental
Matters. Promptly after obtaining knowledge of any one or more of
the following environmental matters, unless such environmental matters would
not, individually or when aggregated with all other such matters, be reasonably
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, notice of:
(i) any
pending or threatened Environmental Claim against any Credit Party or any
Real
Estate;
(ii) any
condition or occurrence on any Real Estate that (x) could reasonably be expected
to result in noncompliance by any Credit Party with any applicable Environmental
Law or (y) could reasonably be anticipated to form the basis of an Environmental
Claim against any Credit Party or any Real Estate;
(iii) any
condition or occurrence on any Real Estate that could reasonably be anticipated
to cause such Real Estate to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership,
occupancy, use or transferability of such Real Estate under any Environmental
Law; and
(iv) the
conduct of any investigation, or any removal, remedial or other corrective
action in response to the actual or alleged presence, release or threatened
release of any Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any Real
Estate.
All
such
notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim,
investigation, condition, occurrence or removal or remedial action and the
response thereto. The term “Real Estate” shall mean
land, buildings and improvements owned or leased by any Credit Party, but
excluding all operating fixtures and equipment, whether or not incorporated
into
improvements.
(f) Other
Information. Promptly upon filing thereof, copies of any filings
(including on Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K) or registration statements with, and
reports to, the SEC or any analogous Governmental Authority in any relevant
jurisdiction by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than amendments
to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in
the
form it becomes effective, is delivered to the Administrative Agent), exhibits
to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statements
on
Form S-8) and copies of all financial statements, proxy statements, notices
and
reports that the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries shall send to the holders
of any publicly issued debt of the Borrower and/or any of the Subsidiaries
(including the Notes (whether publicly issued or not)) and lenders and agents
under the ABL Facility, in each case in their capacity as such holders, lenders
or agents (in each case to the extent not theretofore delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement) and, with reasonable
promptness, such other information (financial or otherwise) as the
Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any Lender
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(acting
through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request in writing from time
to
time.
(g) Pro
Forma Adjustment Certificate. Not later than any date on which
financial statements are delivered with respect to any Test Period in which
a
Pro Forma Adjustment is made as a result of the consummation of the acquisition
of any Acquired Entity or Business by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
for which there shall be a Pro Forma Adjustment, a certificate of an Authorized
Officer of the Borrower setting forth the amount of such Pro Forma Adjustment
and, in reasonable detail, the calculations and basis therefor.
(h) Projections. Within
ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal
year ending on or about January 31, 2009) of the Borrower, a reasonably detailed
consolidated budget for the following fiscal year as customarily prepared by
management of the Borrower for its internal use (including a projected
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end
of
the following fiscal year, the related consolidated statements of projected
cash
flow and projected income and a summary of the material underlying assumptions
applicable thereto) (collectively, the “Projections”), which
Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of an Authorized
Officer stating that such Projections have been prepared in good faith on the
basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to
be
reasonable at the time of preparation of such Projections, it being understood
that actual results may vary from such Projections.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the obligations in clauses (a), (b) and (f)
of this Section 9.1 may be satisfied with respect to financial
information of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries by furnishing (A)
the applicable financial statements of any direct or indirect parent of the
Borrower or (B) the Borrower’s (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), as
applicable, Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC;
provided that, with respect to each of subclauses (A) and
(B) of this paragraph, to the extent such information
relates to a parent
of the Borrower, such information is accompanied by consolidating or other
information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the
information relating to such parent, on the one hand, and the information
relating to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis,
on the other hand.
9.2. Books,
Records and Inspections. The
Borrower will, and will cause each Restricted Subsidiary to, permit officers
and
designated representatives of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders
to visit and inspect any of the properties or assets of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary in whomsoever’s possession to the extent that it is within such
party’s control to permit such inspection (and shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause such inspection to be permitted to the extent that it is not
within such party’s control to permit such inspection), and to examine the books
and records of the Borrower and any such Subsidiary and discuss the affairs,
finances and accounts of the Borrower and of any such Subsidiary with, and
be
advised as to the same by, its and their officers and independent accountants,
all at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable
extent as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may desire (and
subject, in the case of any such meetings or advice from such independent
accountants, to such accountants’ customary policies and procedures);
provided that, excluding
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any
such
visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default (a) only
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Lenders may exercise rights
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 9.2,
(b) without limiting the rights of the Administrative Agent under (and as
defined in) the ABL Facility, the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such
rights more than two times in any calendar year and (c) only one such visit
shall be at the Borrower’s expense; providedfurther that when an
Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its representatives
or independent contractors) or any representative of the Required Lenders may
do
any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal
business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative
Agent and the Required Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to
participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public
accountants.
9.3. Maintenance
of Insurance. The
Borrower will, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to, at all times maintain
in full force and effect, pursuant to self-insurance arrangements or with
insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the good faith judgment
of
the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the
time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed, insurance in at least such
amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes
(in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and
prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) and against at least
such risks (and with such risk retentions) as the Borrower believes (in the
good
faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in
light
of the size and nature of its business; and will furnish to the Administrative
Agent, upon written request from the Administrative Agent, information presented
in reasonable detail as to the insurance so carried.
9.4. Payment
of Taxes. The
Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each of the Subsidiaries to
pay
and discharge, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or
levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties
belonging to it, prior to the date on which material penalties attach thereto,
and all lawful material claims in respect of any Taxes imposed, assessed or
levied that, if unpaid, could reasonably be expected to become a material Lien
upon any properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries,
provided that neither the Borrower, nor any of the Subsidiaries shall be
required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim that is being
contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate
reserves (in the good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) with respect
thereto in accordance with GAAP and the failure to pay could not reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
9.5. Consolidated
Corporate Franchises. The
Borrower will do, and will cause each Material Subsidiary to do, or cause to
be
done, all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
existence, corporate rights and authority, except to the extent that the failure
to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
provided, however, that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may
consummate any transaction permitted under Section 10.3, 10.4
or 10.5.
9.6. Compliance
with Statutes, Regulations, Etc. The
Borrower will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply with all applicable
laws, rules, regulations and orders applicable to it or its property, including
all governmental approvals or authorizations required to
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conduct
its business, and to maintain all such governmental approvals or authorizations
in full force and effect, in each case except where the failure to do so could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.7. ERISA. (a) Promptly
after the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know of the
occurrence of any of the following events that, individually or in the aggregate
(including in the aggregate such events previously disclosed or exempt from
disclosure hereunder, to the extent the liability therefor remains outstanding),
would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, the
Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized
Officer or any other senior officer of the Borrower setting forth details as
to
such occurrence and the action, if any, that the Borrower or such ERISA
Affiliate is required or proposes to take, together with any notices (required,
proposed or otherwise) given to or filed with or by the Borrower, such ERISA
Affiliate, the PBGC, a Plan participant (other than notices relating to an
individual participant’s benefits) or the Plan administrator with respect
thereto: that a Reportable Event has occurred; that an accumulated
funding deficiency has been incurred or an application is to be made to the
Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding
standard (including any required installment payments) or an extension of any
amortization period under Section 412 of the Code with respect to a Plan; that
a
Plan having an Unfunded Current Liability has been or is to be terminated,
reorganized, partitioned or declared insolvent under Title IV of ERISA
(including the giving of written notice thereof); that a Plan has an Unfunded
Current Liability that has or will result in a lien under ERISA or the Code;
that proceedings will be or have been instituted to terminate a Plan having
an
Unfunded Current Liability (including the giving of written notice thereof);
that a proceeding has been instituted against the Borrower or an ERISA Affiliate
pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a
Plan;
that the PBGC has notified the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of its intention
to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; that the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate has failed to make a required installment or other payment pursuant
to
Section 412 of the Code with respect to a Plan; or that the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred or will incur (or has been notified in writing
that
it will incur) any liability (including any contingent or secondary liability)
to or on account of a Plan pursuant to Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062,
4063, 4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the
Code.
(b) Promptly
following any request therefor, on and after the effectiveness of the Pension
Act, the Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of (i) any
documents described in Section 101(k) of ERISA that the Borrower and any of
its
Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate may request with respect to any
Multiemployer Plan and (ii) any notices described in Section 101(l) of ERISA
that the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate may request
with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; provided that if the Borrower, any
of
its Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has not requested such documents or
notices from the administrator or sponsor of the applicable Multiemployer Plan,
the Borrower, the applicable Subsidiary(ies) or the ERISA Affiliate(s) shall
promptly make a request for such documents or notices from such administrator
or
sponsor and shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after
receipt thereof.
9.8. Maintenance
of Properties. The
Borrower will, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, keep
and
maintain all property material to the conduct of its business
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in
good
working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the
extent that the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
9.9. Transactions
with Affiliates. The
Borrower will conduct, and cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to conduct,
all transactions with any of its Affiliates (other than the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries) on terms that are substantially as favorable to the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as it would obtain in a comparable
arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate, provided
that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) the payment of customary
fees to the Sponsors for management, consulting and financial services rendered
to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and customary investment banking fees
paid
to the Sponsors for services rendered to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
in
connection with divestitures, acquisitions, financings and other transactions,
(b) transactions permitted by Section 10.6, (c) the payment of
the Transaction Expenses, (d) the issuance of Stock or Stock Equivalents of
Holdings to the management of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent
thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions or
pursuant to arrangements described in clause (f) of this Section
9.9, (e) loans, advances and other transactions between or among the
Borrower, any Subsidiary or any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal
entity) in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has invested (and which
Subsidiary or joint venture would not be an Affiliate of the Borrower but for
the Borrower’s or a Subsidiary’s ownership of Stock or Stock Equivalents in such
joint venture or Subsidiary) to the extent permitted under Section 10,
(f) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries and their respective officers, employees or consultants (including
management and employee benefit plans or agreements, stock option plans and
other compensatory arrangements) in the ordinary course of business, (g)
payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the
Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any
such
parent) and the Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable
to
the ownership or operation of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (h) the payment
of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities
provided on behalf of, directors, managers, consultants, officers and employees
of the Borrower (or, to the extent attributable to the ownership of the Borrower
by such parent, any direct or indirect parent thereof) and the Subsidiaries
in
the ordinary course of business, and (i) transactions pursuant to permitted
agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 9.9
or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment (together with any
other amendment or supplemental agreements) is not adverse, taken as a whole,
to
the Lenders in any material respect.
9.10.
End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters The
Borrower will, for financial reporting purposes, cause (a) each of its, and
each
of its Subsidiaries’, fiscal years to end on the Friday closest to January 31 of
each year and (b) each of its, and each of its Subsidiaries’, fiscal quarters to
end on dates consistent with such fiscal year-end and the Borrower’s past
practice; provided, however, that the Borrower may, upon written
notice to the Administrative Agent change the financial reporting convention
specified above to any other financial reporting convention reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make
any
adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary in order to reflect such change
in financial reporting.
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9.11.
Additional Guarantors and Grantors. Except
as otherwise provided in Section 10.1(j) and subject to any applicable
limitations set forth in the Security Documents, the Borrower will cause each
direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary (excluding any Excluded Subsidiary)
formed or otherwise purchased or acquired after the date hereof (including
pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition) and each other Domestic Subsidiary that
ceases to constitute an Excluded Subsidiary to, within 30 days from the date
of
such formation, acquisition or cessation, as applicable (or such longer period
as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion), execute
a
supplement to each of the Guarantee, the Pledge Agreement and the Security
Agreement in order to become a Guarantor under such Guarantee and a grantor
under such Security Documents or, to the extent reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent, enter into a new Security Document substantially consistent
with the analogous existing Security Documents and otherwise in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to such Collateral Agent and take all other
action reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant a perfected
security interest in its assets to substantially the same extent as created
by
the Credit Parties on the Closing Date (including actions required pursuant
to
Section 9.14(d)).
9.12. Pledge
of Additional Stock and Evidence of Indebtedness.
(a) Except
as otherwise provided in Section 10.1(j) and subject to any
applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents or with respect
to
which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in
writing by notice to the Borrower), the cost or other consequences (including
any adverse tax consequences) of doing so shall be excessive in view of the
benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom, the Borrower will cause (i)
all certificates representing Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary
(other than (x) any Excluded Stock and Stock Equivalents, (y) any Stock and
Stock Equivalents issued by any Subsidiary for so long as such Subsidiary does
not (on a consolidated basis with its Restricted Subsidiaries) have property,
plant and equipment with a book value in excess of $5,000,000 or a contribution
to Consolidated EBITDA for any four fiscal quarter period that includes any
date
on or after the Closing Date in excess of $10,000,000 and (z) any Stock and
Stock Equivalents issued by XXXX) held directly by the Borrower or any
Guarantor, (ii) all evidences of Indebtedness in excess of $5,000,000 received
by the Borrower or any of the Guarantors in connection with any disposition
of
assets pursuant to Section 10.4(b) and (iii) any promissory notes
executed after the date hereof evidencing Indebtedness in excess of $5,000,000
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is owing to the Borrower or any
Guarantor, in each case, to be delivered to the Collateral Agent as security
for
the Obligations under the Pledge Agreement.
(b) The
Borrower agrees that all Indebtedness in excess of $5,000,000 of the Borrower
or
any Subsidiary that is owing to any Credit Party shall be evidenced by one
or
more promissory notes.
9.13. Use
of Proceeds.
(a) The
Borrower will use the proceeds of all Tranche B Term Loans to effect the
Transactions.
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(b) The
Borrower will use the proceeds of any New Term Loans for general corporate
purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions).
9.14.
Further Assurances.
(a) The
Borrower will, and will cause each other Credit Party to, execute any and all
further documents, financing statements, agreements and instruments, and take
all such further actions (including the filing and recording of financing
statements, fixture filings, mortgages, deeds of trust and other documents)
that
may be required under any applicable law, or that the Collateral Agent or the
Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to grant, preserve, protect
and perfect the validity and priority of the security interests created or
intended to be created by the applicable Security Documents, all at the expense
of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries.
(b) Except
with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent
(confirmed in writing by written notice to the Borrower), the cost or other
consequences (including any tax consequence) of doing so shall be excessive
in
view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom and subject to
applicable limitations set forth in the Security Documents, if any assets
(including any Real Estate or improvements thereto or any interest therein
but
excluding Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Subsidiary) with a book value
or
fair market value in excess of $5,000,000 are acquired by the Borrower or any
other Credit Party after the Closing Date (other than assets constituting
Collateral under a Security Document that become subject to the Lien of the
applicable Security Document upon acquisition thereof) that are of a nature
secured by a Security Document, the Borrower will notify the Collateral Agent,
and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, the Borrower will cause such assets
to be subjected to a Lien securing the applicable Obligations and will take,
and
cause the other applicable Credit Parties to take, such actions as shall be
necessary or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect
such Liens consistent with the applicable requirements of the Security
Documents, including actions described in clause (a) of this Section
9.14.
(c) Any
Mortgage delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with the preceding
clause (b) shall be accompanied by (x) a policy or policies (or
an unconditional binding commitment therefor) of title insurance issued by
a
nationally recognized title insurance company insuring the Lien of each Mortgage
as a valid Lien (with the priority described therein) on the Mortgaged Property
described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by
Section 10.2, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and
reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (y) an opinion
of
local counsel to the mortgagor in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to
the Collateral Agent.
(d) The
Borrower agrees that it will, or will cause its relevant Subsidiaries to,
complete each of the actions described on Schedule 9.14(d) as soon
as commercially reasonable and by no later than the date set forth in
Schedule 9.14(d) with respect to such action or such later date as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably agree.
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SECTION
10. Negative
Covenants
The
Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that on the Closing Date (immediately
after
consummation of the Merger) and thereafter, until the Commitments have
terminated and the Loans, together with interest, fees and all other Obligations
incurred hereunder (other than contingent indemnity obligations), are paid
in
full:
10.1. Limitation
on Indebtedness. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness,
provided that the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary
(other than a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary) may incur Indebtedness (and all
premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses,
charges and additional or contingent interest with regard to such Indebtedness),
if immediately before and after giving effect to such incurrence, (x) no Default
shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) the Borrower shall be in
compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the Senior Secured Incurrence Test,
provided, further, that Restricted Subsidiaries that are not
Guarantors may not incur Indebtedness pursuant to the foregoing proviso in
an
aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time, when combined with the
total
amount of Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not
Guarantors pursuant to Section 10.1(d), (j), (k) and
(n), exceeding $125,000,000.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the limitations set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph
shall not apply to any of the following items:
(a) (x)
Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents and (y) Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1,125,000,000 at any time outstanding
under the ABL Facility (plus additional Indebtedness thereunder or under any
amendment thereto, which does not exceed, in the aggregate, the difference
of
(i) $325,000,000 less (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all New Term Loans
made pursuant to Section 2.14);
(b) subject
to compliance with Section 10.5, Indebtedness of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;
provided that all such Indebtedness of any Credit Party owed to any
Person that is not a Credit Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations
on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(c) Indebtedness
in respect of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letter of credit,
warehouse receipt or similar facilities entered into in the ordinary course
of
business (including in respect of workers compensation claims, health,
disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability
insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to
reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation
claims);
(d) subject
to compliance with Section 10.5, Guarantee Obligations incurred by
(i) Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or
other Restricted Subsidiaries that is permitted to be incurred under this
Agreement (except that a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may
not, by virtue of this Section
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10.1(d)
guarantee Indebtedness that such Restricted Subsidiary could not otherwise
incur
under this Section 10.1) and (ii) the Borrower in respect of
Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that is permitted to be incurred under
this Agreement; provided that (i) if the Indebtedness being guaranteed
under this Section 10.1(d) is subordinated to the Obligations, such
Guarantee Obligations shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Obligations
on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the
subordination of such Indebtedness, (ii) no guarantee by any Restricted
Subsidiary of the ABL Facility, Senior Notes, Senior Subordinated Notes or
any
Permitted Additional Debt shall be permitted unless such Restricted Subsidiary
shall have also provided a guarantee of the Obligations substantially on the
terms set forth in the Guarantee and (iii) the aggregate amount of Guarantee
Obligations incurred by Credit Parties under this clause (d) in respect
of obligations owed by Persons that are not Credit Parties and the aggregate
amount of Guarantee Obligations incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are
not
Guarantors under this clause (d), when combined with the total amount of
Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors
pursuant to the proviso in the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and
Section 10.1(j), (k) and (n), shall not exceed
$125,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(e) Guarantee
Obligations (i) incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of
obligations of (or to) suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors and licensees
or (ii) otherwise constituting Investments permitted by
Sections 10.5(d), 10.5(g), 10.5(i), 10.5(q),
10.5(r), 10.5(t) and 10.5(v);
(f) (i)
Indebtedness (including Indebtedness arising under Capital Leases) incurred
within 270 days of the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement,
expansion or improvement of fixed or capital assets to finance the acquisition,
construction, repair, replacement expansion, or improvement of such fixed or
capital assets, (ii) Indebtedness arising under Capital Leases entered into
in connection with Permitted Sale Leasebacks and (iii) Indebtedness arising
under Capital Leases, other than Capital Leases in effect on the date hereof
and
Capital Leases entered into pursuant to subclauses (i) and
(ii) above, provided, that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this clause (iii) at any time outstanding shall
not exceed $75,000,000 and (iv) any modification, replacement, refinancing,
refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified in subclause
(i), (ii) or (iii) above, provided that, except to the
extent otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, the principal amount thereof
does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior
to
such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension
except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon
plus the reasonable amounts paid in respect of fees and expenses incurred in
connection with such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal
or extension;
(g) Indebtedness
outstanding on the date hereof listed on Schedule 10.1 and any
modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension thereof;
provided that except to the extent otherwise expressly permitted
hereunder, in the case of any such modification, replacement, refinancing,
refunding, renewal or extension, (x) the principal amount thereof does not
exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior to such
modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or
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extension
except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon
plus the reasonable amounts paid in respect of fees and expenses incurred in
connection with such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal
or extension plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and
letters of credit undrawn thereunder, (y) the direct and contingent obligors
with respect to such Indebtedness are not changed and (z) to the extent such
Indebtedness being modified, replaced, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended
constitutes Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary,
the
creditor with respect to such Indebtedness is not changed;
(h) Indebtedness
in respect of Hedge Agreements;
(i) Indebtedness
in respect of (x) the Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $1,175,000,000 and (y) the Senior Subordinated Notes in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $725,000,000 plus the PIK Interest
Amount;
(j) (i)
Indebtedness of a Person or Indebtedness attaching to assets of a Person that,
in either case, becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or is a Restricted Subsidiary
that survives a merger with such Person) or Indebtedness attaching to assets
that are acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case
after the Closing Date as the result of a Permitted Acquisition; provided
that
(w) such
Indebtedness existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary
or
at the time such assets were acquired and, in each case, was not created in
anticipation thereof,
(x) such
Indebtedness is not guaranteed in any respect by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary (other than by any such Person that so becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary or is the survivor of a merger with such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries), and
(y) (A)
the Stock and Stock Equivalents of such Person are pledged to secure the
Obligations, to the extent required under Section 9.12, (B) such Person
executes a supplement to the applicable Guarantee and Security Documents (or
alternative guarantee and security agreements in relation to the Obligations
reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to the extent required under
Section 9.11 or 9.12, as applicable and (C) to the extent the
assets of such Person that are required to become Collateral under Section
9.11 or 9.12 are subject to a Lien securing such Indebtedness, such
Lien shall be subject to an intercreditor agreement on terms and conditions
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent providing that such Lien
shall rank junior to the Lien securing the Obligations; provided that the
requirements of this subclause (y) shall not apply to (I) an aggregate
amount at any time outstanding of up to $25,000,000 of the aggregate principal
amount of such Indebtedness (and modifications, replacements, refinancings,
refunding, renewals and extensions thereof pursuant to subclause (ii)
below) and (II) any Indebtedness of the type that could have been incurred
under
Section 10.1(f).
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(ii)any
modification, replacement,
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified
in
subclause (i) above, provided that, except to the extent otherwise
expressly permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness
does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior
to
such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension
except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon
plus the reasonable amounts paid in respect of fees and expenses incurred in
connection with such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal
or extension plus an amount equal to any existing commitment unutilized and
letters of credit undrawn thereunder and (y) the direct and contingent obligors
with respect to such Indebtedness are not changed; and
(iii)the
aggregate amount of Indebtedness
incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors under this clause
(j), when combined with the total amount of Indebtedness incurred by
Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors pursuant to the proviso in
the
first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(d),
(k) and (n), shall not exceed $125,000,000 at any time
outstanding;
(k) (i)
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance
a
Permitted Acquisition; provided that (x) the Borrower or another Credit
Party pledges the Stock and Stock Equivalents of such acquired Person to secure
the Obligations to the extent required under Section 9.12, (y) such
acquired Person executes a supplement to the applicable Guarantee and Security
Documents (or alternative guarantee and security arrangements in relation to
the
Obligations reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent) to the extent
required under Section 9.11 or 9.12, as applicable and (z) to the
extent the assets of such acquired Person that are required to become Collateral
under Section 9.11 or 9.12 are subject to a Lien securing such
Indebtedness, such Lien becomes subject to intercreditor arrangements reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent providing that such Lien shall rank
junior to the Lien securing the Obligations;
(ii)any
modification, replacement,
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified
in
subclause (i) above, provided that, except to the extent otherwise
expressly permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness
does not exceed the principal amount thereof outstanding immediately prior
to
such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension
except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon
plus the reasonable amounts paid in respect of fees and expenses incurred in
connection with such modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal
or extension and (y) the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such
Indebtedness are not changed; and
(iii)notwithstanding
the foregoing,
Indebtedness may only be incurred pursuant to this clause (k) to the
extent that either (A) both immediately before and aftergiving effect to such
incurrence, the Senior Secured Incurrence Test, on a Pro Forma Basis, shall
be
satisfied or (B) the Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio,
on a Pro Forma Basis, shall be greater than immediately prior to such
incurrence; provided that Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors
may not incur
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Indebtedness
pursuant to this clause (k) in an aggregate principal amount, when
combined with the total amount of Indebtedness incurred by Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors pursuant to the proviso in the first
paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section 10.1(d), (j) and
(n), at any time outstanding in excess of $125,000,000
at any time
outstanding;
(l)
Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety
bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations not in connection with
money borrowed, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business or
consistent with past practice, including those incurred to secure health, safety
and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business or consistent
with past practice;
(m) (i) Indebtedness
incurred in connection with any Permitted Sale Leaseback (provided that
the Net Cash Proceeds thereof are promptly applied to the prepayment of the
Term
Loans to the extent required by Section 5.2) and (ii) any
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness specified
in
subclause (i) above, provided that, except to the extent
otherwise permitted hereunder, (x) the principal amount of any such
Indebtedness is not increased above the principal amount thereof outstanding
immediately prior to such refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and
(y) the direct and contingent obligors with respect to such Indebtedness
are not changed;
(n) (i) additional
Indebtedness and (ii) any refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of
any Indebtedness specified in subclause (i) above; provided
that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness incurred and remaining outstanding
pursuant to this clause (n) shall not at any time exceed the greater
of (A) $150,000,000 and (B) 2.00% of Consolidated Total Assets (determined
at
the time of incurrence); provided further that the aggregate amount of
Indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors under
this clause (n), when combined with the total amount of Indebtedness
incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors pursuant to the
proviso in the first paragraph of this Section 10.1 and Section
10.1(d), (j) and (k), shall not exceed $125,000,000 at any
time outstanding;
(o) Indebtedness
in respect of Permitted Additional Debt to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds
therefrom are, immediately after the receipt thereof, applied to the prepayment
of Term Loans in accordance with Section 5.2, (including any
refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any such Indebtedness that,
itself, constitutes Permitted Additional Debt);
(p) Indebtedness
in respect of overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, netting
services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other cash management and
similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Indebtedness
incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of
goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and
services;
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(r) Indebtedness
arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary providing
for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations
(including earn-outs), in each case entered into in connection with Permitted
Acquisitions, other Investments and the disposition of any business, assets
or
Stock permitted hereunder;
(s) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) obligations
to
pay insurance premiums or (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply
agreements, in each case arising in the ordinary course of
business;
(t) Indebtedness
representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower (or, to the
extent such work is done for the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, any direct or
indirect parent thereof) and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(u) Indebtedness
consisting of promissory notes issued by the Borrower or any Guarantor to
current or former officers, managers, consultants, directors and employees
(or
their respective spouses, former spouses, successors, executors, administrators,
heirs, legatees or distributees) to finance the purchase or redemption of Stock
or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof)
permitted by Section 10.6(b);
(v) Indebtedness
consisting of obligations of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under
deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person
in
connection with the Transactions and Permitted Acquisitions or any other
Investment permitted hereunder;
(w) [Reserved];
(x) additional
Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount that
at
the time of incurrence does not cause the aggregate principal amount of
Indebtedness incurred in reliance on this clause (x) outstanding at any
time to exceed 5.00% of Total Assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries, taken as
a
whole (determined at the time of incurrence);
(y) Indebtedness
in respect of Permitted Receivables Financings;
(z) Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any joint venture (regardless
of
the form of legal entity) that is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary
course of business in connection with the cash management operations (including
with respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of the Borrower and
its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(aa) all
premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses,
charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in
clauses (a) through (y) above.
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For
purposes of determining compliance
with this Section 10.1, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets
the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in
clauses (a) through (z) above, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion,
classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of
Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include
the
amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses;
provided that (i) all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit
Documents will be deemed at all times to have been incurred in reliance only
on
the exception in clause (a) of Section 10.1, (ii) all
Indebtedness outstanding under the ABL Facility will be deemed at all times
to
have been incurred in reliance only on the exception of clause (a) of
Section 10.1 and (iii) all Indebtedness outstanding under the Notes
will be deemed at all times to have been incurred in reliance only on the
exception of clause (i) of Section 10.1.
10.2. Limitation
on Liens. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to,
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets
of
any kind (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
except:
(a) Liens
arising under the Credit Documents;
(b) Liens
on the ABL Collateral securing the “Obligations” under and as defined in the ABL
Documents with respect to the Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section
10.1(a) and any related obligations with respect to cash management and
hedging arrangements contemplated thereby;
(c) [Reserved];
(d) Permitted
Liens;
(e) (i)
Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(f),
provided that (x) such Liens attach concurrently with or within two
hundred and seventy (270) days after completion of the acquisition,
construction, repair, replacement or improvement (as applicable) of the property
subject to such Liens and (y) such Liens attach at all times only to the assets
so financed except (1) for accessions to the property financed with the proceeds
of such Indebtedness and the proceeds and the products thereof and (2) that
individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross
collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender,
and, and (ii) Liens on the assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Credit Party securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 10.1(n),
(p), or (x);
(f) Liens
existing on the date hereof, provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness
in excess of (x) $2,000,000 individually or (y) $5,000,000 in the aggregate
(when taken together with all other Liens securing obligations outstanding
in
reliance on this clause (f) that are not listed on Schedule 10.2) shall
only be permitted to the extent such Lien is listed on Schedule
10.2;
(g) the
modification, replacement, extension or renewal of any Lien permitted by
clauses (a) through (f) and clauses (h) and (v) of
this Section 10.2 upon or in the same
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assets
theretofore subject to such Lien (or upon or in after-acquired property that
is
affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien or any proceeds
or products thereof) or the replacement, extension or renewal (without increase
in the amount or change in any direct or contingent obligor except to the extent
otherwise permitted hereunder) of the Indebtedness secured thereby; to the
extent such replacement, extension or renewal is permitted by Section
10.1;
(h) Liens
existing on the assets of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (or
is
a Restricted Subsidiary that survives a merger with such Person) pursuant to
a
Permitted Acquisition or other permitted Investment, or existing on assets
acquired after the Closing Date to the extent the Liens on such assets secure
Indebtedness permitted by Section 10.1(j); provided that such
Liens (i) are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation
of, such Person becoming such a Restricted Subsidiary or such assets being
acquired and (ii) attach at all times only to the same assets to which such
Liens attached (and after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated
into
the property covered by such Lien), and secure only the same Indebtedness or
obligations that such Liens secured, immediately prior to such Permitted
Acquisition and any modification, replacement, refinancing, refunding, renewal
or extension thereof permitted by Section 10.1(j);
(i) (i) Liens
placed on the Stock and Stock Equivalents of any Restricted Subsidiary acquired
pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant
to
Section 10.1(k) in connection with such Permitted Acquisition and
(ii) Liens placed upon the assets of such Restricted Subsidiary to secure a
guarantee by, or Indebtedness of, such Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness
of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to
Section 10.1(k); provided that (x) the Borrower shall be in
compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis, with the Senior Secured Incurrence Test at
the
time of creation of such Liens and (ii) at the time such Indebtedness is
incurred, the holders of such Indebtedness shall have entered into intercreditor
arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent providing
that
the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall rank junior to the Lien securing
the
Obligations;
(j) Liens
securing Indebtedness or other obligations (i) of the Borrower or a Restricted
Subsidiary in favor of a Credit Party; and (ii) of any Restricted Subsidiary
that is not a Credit Party in favor of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not
a
Credit Party;
(k) Liens
(i) of a collecting bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial
Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading
accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course
of business; and (iii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter
of
law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off);
(l) Liens
(i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired
in an
Investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.5 to be applied against the
purchase price for such Investment, and (ii) consisting of an agreement to
sell,
transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any property in a transaction permitted
under Section 10.4,
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in
each
case, solely to the extent such Investment or sale, disposition, transfer or
lease, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation
of such Lien;
(m) Liens
arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for sale or purchase of goods entered into by the Borrower or
any
of the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business permitted
by
this Agreement;
(n) Liens
deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements
permitted under Section 10.5;
(o) Liens
encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and
similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage
accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative
purposes;
(p) Liens
that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of
depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of
Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and
the
Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other
agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Liens
solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by the Borrower or any of the
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase
agreement permitted hereunder;
(r) Liens
on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the
premiums with respect thereto;
(s) Liens
on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing
such Person’s obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or
banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to
facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or
goods;
(t) Liens
securing letters of credit in a currency other than Dollars permitted by
Section 10.1(c) in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to
exceed $25,000,000;
(u) additional
Liens so long as the aggregate principal amount of the obligations secured
thereby at any time outstanding does not exceed $100,000,000; provided
that, to the extent that (x) the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to
Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is less than 3.50 to 1.00 and (y) the corporate credit
rating of the Borrower by S&P is B or better and the corporate family rating
of the Borrower by Xxxxx’x is B2 or better (in each case with no negative
outlook), then the amounts of obligations secured by additional Liens permitted
pursuant to this clause (u) shall not exceed the greater of $100,000,000
and 1.25% of Consolidated Total Assets (as determined at the date of
incurrence); and
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(v) additional
Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under the first paragraph of Section
10.1, provided that to the extent such Liens are contemplated to be
on assets that constitute Collateral, at the time such Indebtedness is incurred,
the holders of such Indebtedness shall have entered into intercreditor
arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent providing
that
the Liens securing such Indebtedness shall rank junior to the Lien securing
the
Obligations.
10.3. Limitation
on Fundamental Changes. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to,
enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up
or
dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell,
lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all its
business units, assets or other properties, except that:
(a) so
long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would result therefrom and (ii) both before and after giving effect to such
transaction the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio
shall, on a Pro Forma Basis, be equal to or less than 4.25 to 1.00, any
Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person may be merged, amalgamated or
consolidated with or into the Borrower, provided that (A) the Borrower
shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (B) if the Person
formed by or surviving any such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is not
the
Borrower (such other Person, the “Successor Borrower”), (1) the
Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws
of
the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory
thereof, (2) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations
of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant
to
a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, (3) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to
such merger or consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Guarantee
confirmed that its guarantee thereunder shall apply to any Successor Borrower’s
obligations under this Agreement, (4) each Subsidiary grantor and each
Subsidiary pledgor, unless it is the other party to such merger or
consolidation, shall have by a supplement to the Security Agreement or the
Pledge Agreement, as applicable, affirmed that its obligations thereunder shall
apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause (3), (5) each
mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger
or consolidation, shall have affirmed that its obligations under the applicable
Mortgage shall apply to its Guarantee as reaffirmed pursuant to clause
(3) and (6) the Successor Borrower shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent (x) an officer’s certificate stating that such merger or
consolidation and such supplements preserve the enforceability of the Guarantee
and the perfection and priority of the Liens under the applicable Security
Documents and (y) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of
counsel to the effect that such merger or consolidation does not violate this
Agreement or any other Credit Document and that the provisions set forth in
the
preceding clauses (3) through (5) preserve the enforceability of
the Guarantee and the perfection and priority of the Liens created under the
applicable Security Documents (it being understood that if the foregoing are
satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for,
the
Borrower under this Agreement);
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(b) so
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would
result therefrom, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Person (in each
case, other than the Borrower) may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with
or into any one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower, provided that (i)
in the case of any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving one or more
Restricted Subsidiaries, (A) a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the
continuing or surviving Person or (B) the Borrower shall take all steps
necessary to cause the Person formed by or surviving any such merger,
amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Restricted Subsidiary) to become
a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in the case of any merger, amalgamation or
consolidation involving one or more Guarantors, a Guarantor shall be the
continuing or surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such
merger, amalgamation or consolidation (if other than a Guarantor) shall execute
a supplement to the Guarantee Agreement and the relevant Security Documents
in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in order
to become a Guarantor and pledgor, mortgagor and grantor, as applicable,
thereunder for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (iii) no Default or Event
of
Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation
of
such merger, amalgamation or consolidation and (iv) Borrower shall have
delivered to the Administrative Agent an officers’ certificate stating that such
merger, amalgamation or consolidation and any such supplements to any Security
Document preserve the enforceability of the Guarantees and the perfection and
priority of the Liens under the applicable Security Documents;
(c) the
Merger may be consummated;
(d) any
Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may sell, lease, transfer
or
otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or
otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(e) any
Subsidiary may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of
its
assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to any Credit Party;
provided that the consideration for any such disposition by any Person
other than a Guarantor shall not exceed the fair value of such
assets;
(f) any
Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if (i) the Borrower determines
in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests
of
the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (ii)
to
the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is a Credit Party, any assets or business
of such Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise disposed of or transferred in
accordance with Section 10.4 or 10.5 or, in the case of any such
business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted
by, a Credit Party after giving effect to such liquidation or dissolution;
and
(g) to
the extent that no Default or Event of Default would result from the
consummation of such disposition, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries
may consummate a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or disposition,
the purpose of which is to effect a disposition permitted pursuant to
Section 10.4.
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10.4. Limitation
on Sale of Assets. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to,
(i) convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of
its property, business or assets (including receivables and leasehold
interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired or (ii) sell to any
Person (other than the Borrower or a Guarantor) any shares owned by it of any
Restricted Subsidiary’s Stock and Stock Equivalents, except that:
(a) the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose
of (i) inventory, used or surplus equipment, vehicles and other assets in the
ordinary course of business, (ii) Permitted Investments and Investment Grade
Securities and (iii) assets for the purposes of charitable contributions or
similar gifts to the extent such assets are not material to the ability of
the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to conduct its
business in the ordinary course;
(b) the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose
of assets (each of the foregoing, a “Disposition”), excluding
any Disposition of accounts receivable except in connection with the Disposition
of any business to which such accounts receivable relate, for fair value,
provided that (i) to the extent required, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof
to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries are promptly applied to the
prepayment of Term Loans as provided for in Section 5.2, (ii) after
giving effect to any such sale, transfer or disposition, no Default or Event
of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (iii) with respect to any
Disposition pursuant to this clause (b) for a purchase price in excess of
$7,500,000, the Person making such Disposition shall receive not less than
75%
of such consideration in the form of cash or Permitted Investments;
provided that for the purposes of this subclause (iii) the
following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities (as shown on the
Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided
hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of the Borrower or such Restricted
Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms (1) subordinated
to
the payment in cash of the Obligations or (2) not secured by the assets that
are
the subject of such Disposition, that are assumed by the transferee with respect
to the applicable Disposition and for which the Borrower and all of the
Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable
creditors in writing, (B) any securities received by the Person making such
Disposition from the purchaser that are converted by such Person into cash
(to
the extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of the
applicable Disposition, (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received
by the Person making such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value,
taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received
pursuant to this Section 10.4(b) that is at that time outstanding, not in
excess of the greater of (x) $80,000,000 and (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Total
Assets at the time of the receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration,
with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration
being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent
changes in value, (iv) any non-cash proceeds received are pledged to the
Collateral Agent to the extent required under Section 9.12; and (v) to
the extent (A) the corporate credit rating of the Borrower by S&P is not B
or better and the corporate family rating of the Borrower by Xxxxx’x is not B2
or better (in each case with no negative
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or (B) the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is
equal to or greater than 3.50 to 1.00, the aggregate consideration for all
Dispositions made pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed the
greater of (1) $150,000,000 and (2) 2.5% of Consolidated Total Assets for all
such transactions consummated after the Closing Date;
(c) (i)
the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions to the
Borrower or any other Credit Party and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary that
is
not a Credit Party may make Dispositions to the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary, provided that with respect to any such Dispositions, such
sale, transfer or disposition shall be for fair value;
(d) the
Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may effect any transaction permitted
by
Section 10.3, 10.5 or 10.6;
(e) the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may lease, sublease, license or
sublicense (on a non-exclusive basis with respect to any intellectual property)
real, personal or intellectual property in the ordinary course of
business;
(f) Dispositions
of property (including like-kind exchanges) to the extent that (i) such property
is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement
property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are applied to the purchase
price of such replacement property, in each case under Section 1031 of the
Code
or otherwise;
(g) Dispositions
of property pursuant to Existing DC Sale Leaseback transactions;
(h) Dispositions
of Investments in joint ventures (regardless of the form of legal entity) to
the
extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between
the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar
binding arrangements;
(i) customary
Dispositions in connection with any Permitted Receivables
Financing;
(j) Dispositions
listed on Schedule 10.4 (“Scheduled
Dispositions”);
(k) transfers
of property subject to a Casualty Event or in connection with any condemnation
proceeding upon receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Casualty Event or
condemnation proceeding;
(l) Dispositions
of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise
thereof;
(m) the
unwinding of any Hedge Agreement;
(n) the
Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Dispositions, (excluding
any
Disposition of accounts receivable except in connection with the
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Disposition
of any business to which such accounts receivable relate), for fair value to
the
extent that (i) the aggregate consideration for all such Dispositions
consummated after the Closing Date does not exceed 3.5% of Consolidated Total
Assets and (ii) the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Disposition are promptly
applied to the prepayment of Term Loans as provided in Section 5.2
without giving effect to any reinvestment rights under clause (iv) of the
definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”;
(o) Disposition
of any asset between or among the Borrower and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries
as
a substantially concurrent interim Disposition in connection with a Disposition
otherwise permitted pursuant to clauses (a) through (n)
above.
10.5. Limitation
on Investments. The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries,
to
make any Investment except:
(a) extensions
of trade credit and asset purchases in the ordinary course of
business;
(b) Investments
that were Permitted Investments when such Investments were made or Investments
in Investment Grade Securities;
(c) loans
and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Borrower (or any direct
or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and
customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous
ordinary business purposes (including employee payroll advances), (ii) in
connection with such Person’s purchase of Stock or Stock Equivalents of the
Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof; provided that, to the
extent such loans and advances are made in cash, the amount of such loans and
advances used to acquire such Stock or Stock Equivalents shall be contributed
to
the Borrower in cash) and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing
subclauses (i) and (ii); provided that the aggregate
principal amount outstanding pursuant to subclause (iii) shall not exceed
$10,000,000;
(d) Investments
existing on, or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in
existence on, the date hereof as set forth on Schedule 10.5 and any
extensions, renewals or reinvestments thereof, so long as the amount of any
Investment made pursuant to this clause (d) is not increased at any
time above the amount of such Investment set forth on Schedule
10.5;
(e) Investments
received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers or
customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes
with, customers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon foreclosure
with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect
to any secured Investment;
(f) Investments
to the extent that payment for such Investments is made with Stock or Stock
Equivalents of Holdings;
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(g) Investments
(i) (a) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Credit Party, (b)
between or among Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties, and (c)
consisting of intercompany Investments incurred in the ordinary course of
business in connection with the cash management operations (including with
respect to intercompany self-insurance arrangements) among the Borrower and
the
Restricted Subsidiaries (provided that any such intercompany Investment in
connection with cash management arrangements by a Credit Party in a Subsidiary
that is not a Credit Party is in the form of an intercompany loan or advance
and
the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary complies with Section 9.12 to
the extent applicable), (ii) by Credit Parties in any Restricted Subsidiary
that
is not a Credit Party, to the extent that the aggregate amount of all
Investments made on or after the Closing Date pursuant to this subclause
(ii), when valued at the fair market value (determined by the Borrower
acting in good faith) of each such Investment at the time each such Investment
was made, is not in excess of (w) $25,000,000 plus (x) the Applicable Equity
Amount at such time plus (y) to the extent the Consolidated Senior
Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is not greater than 4.25 to
1.00, both before and after giving effect, on a Pro Forma Basis, to the making
of such Investment, the Applicable Amount at such time and (iii) by Credit
Parties in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party so long as
such
Investment is part of a series of simultaneous Investments by Restricted
Subsidiaries in other Restricted Subsidiaries that result in the proceeds of
the
initial Investment being invested in one or more Credit Parties;
(h) Investments
constituting Permitted Acquisitions;
(i)
Investments (including but not limited to (i) minority Investments and
Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries, (ii) Investments in joint
ventures (regardless of the form of legal entity) or similar Persons that do
not
constitute Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) Investments in Subsidiaries that
are not Credit Parties), in each case valued at the fair market value
(determined by the Borrower acting in good faith) of such Investment at the
time
each such Investment is made, in an aggregate amount pursuant to this clause
(i) that, at the time each such Investment is made, would not exceed the sum
of (w) $100,000,000 plus (x) the Applicable Equity Amount at such
time plus (y) to the extent the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to
Consolidated EBITDA Ratio for the Test Period is not greater than
4.25 to 1.00, both before and after giving effect, on a Pro Forma
Basis, to the making of such Investment, the Applicable Amount at such time
plus (z) without duplication of any amount that increased the JV
Distribution Amount, an amount equal to any repayments, interest, returns,
profits, distributions, income and similar amounts actually received in cash
in
respect of any such Investment (which amount referred to in this subclause
(z) shall not exceed the amount of such Investment valued at the fair market
value of such Investment at the time such Investment was made);
(j) Investments
constituting non-cash proceeds of Dispositions of assets to the extent permitted
by Section 10.4;
(k) Investments
made to repurchase or retire Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or
any
direct or indirect parent thereof owned by any employee or any stock ownership
plan or key employee stock
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ownership
plan of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof);
(l)
Investments consisting of dividends permitted under Section
10.6;
(m) loans
and advances to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in lieu of, and
not in excess of the amount of, dividends to the extent permitted to be made
to
such parent in accordance with Section 10.6;
(n) Investments
consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or
notes
receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of
business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction
thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers
in the ordinary course of business;
(o) Investments
in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection
or
deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past
practices;
(p) advances
of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of
business;
(q) Guarantee
Obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than
Capital Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness,
in
each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(r) Investments
held by a Person acquired (including by way of merger or consolidation) after
the Closing Date otherwise in accordance with this Section 10.5 to
the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in
connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence
on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;
(s) Investments
in Hedge Agreements permitted by Section 10.1;
(t) Investments
arising out of or in connection with any Permitted Receivables
Financing;
(u) Investments
in fixed income assets by XXXX consistent with customary practices of portfolio
management on the part of so-called “captive” insurance companies of comparable
size and scope of activities as XXXX;
(v) other
Investments, which, when aggregated with (i) all aggregate principal amounts
paid pursuant to Section 10.7(a) from the Closing Date and (ii) all loans
and advances made to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower pursuant
to
Section 10.5(m) in lieu of dividends permitted by Section
10.6(c) and (iii) all dividends paid pursuant to Section 10.6(c),
shall not exceed an amount equal to (x) $150,000,000 plus (y) the
Applicable Equity Amount at the time such dividends are paid plus (z) to
the extent the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio
is
not
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greater
than 4.25 to 1.00, both before and after giving effect, on a Pro Forma Basis,
to
the making of such Investment, the Applicable Amount at the time such Investment
is made;
(w) advances,
loans and extensions of credit made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Permitted
Intercompany Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate amount of
advances, loans and extensions of credit made by Credit Parties to Restricted
Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties under this clause (w) shall not
exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(x) Investments
consisting of purchases and acquisitions of assets and services in the ordinary
course of business; and
(y) Investments
consisting of licensing of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing
arrangements with other Persons in the ordinary course of business.
10.6. Limitation
on Dividends. The
Borrower will not declare or pay any dividends (other than dividends payable
solely in its Stock) or return any capital to its stockholders or make any
other
distribution, payment or delivery of property or cash to its stockholders as
such, or redeem, retire, purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly,
for consideration, any shares of any class of its Stock or Stock Equivalents
or
the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any direct or indirect parent now or hereafter
outstanding, or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes, or permit
any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for
consideration (other than in connection with an Investment permitted by
Section 10.5) any Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower, now or
hereafter outstanding (all of the foregoing, “dividends”),
provided that, so long as no Default or Event of Default
exists or would
exist after giving effect thereto:
(a) the
Borrower may (or may pay dividends to permit any direct or indirect parent
thereof to) redeem in whole or in part any of its Stock or Stock Equivalents
for
another class of its (or such parent’s) Stock or Stock Equivalents or with
proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of
new
Stock or Stock Equivalents, provided that such new Stock or Stock
Equivalents contain terms and provisions at least as advantageous to the Lenders
in all respects material to their interests as those contained in the Stock
or
Stock Equivalents redeemed thereby;
(b) the
Borrower may (or may pay dividends to permit any direct or indirect parent
thereof to) repurchase shares of its (or such parent’s) Stock or Stock
Equivalents held by any present or former officer, director or employee (or
their respective Affiliates, estates or immediate family members) of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any parent thereof, so long as such repurchase
is pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, management and/or employee
stock plans, stock subscription agreements or shareholder agreements or any
other management or employee benefit plan or agreement;
(c) the
Borrower may pay dividends on its Stock or Stock Equivalents, provided
that the amount of all such dividends paid from the Closing Date pursuant to
this clause (c), when aggregated with (i) all aggregate principal amounts
paid pursuant to
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Section
10.7(a) from the Closing Date and (ii) (A) all loans and advances made to
any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower pursuant to
Section 10.5(m) in lieu of dividends permitted by this clause
(c) and (B) all Investments made pursuant to Section 10.5(v),
shall not exceed an amount equal to (x) $150,000,000 plus (y) the
Applicable Equity Amount at the time such dividends are paid plus (z) to
the extent the Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio
is
not greater than 4.25 to 1.00, both before and after giving effect, on a Pro
Forma Basis, to the payment of such dividend, the Applicable Amount at the
time
such dividends are paid; and
(d) the
Borrower may pay dividends:
(i) [Reserved];
(ii) the
proceeds of which shall be used to allow any direct or indirect parent of the
Borrower to pay (A) its operating expenses incurred in the ordinary course
of
business and other corporate overhead costs and expenses (including
administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third
parties), which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course
of business and attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower
or
its Subsidiaries, (B) any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made
by directors or officers of the Borrower (or any parent thereof) attributable
to
the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
or
(C) fees and expenses otherwise due and payable by the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries and permitted to be paid by the Borrower or such
Restricted Subsidiary under this Agreement;
(iii) the
proceeds of which shall be used to pay franchise and excise taxes and other
fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain the corporate existence of any
direct or indirect parent of the Borrower;
(iv) to
any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower to finance any Investment
permitted to be made by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to
Section 10.5; provided that (A) such dividend shall be made
substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment, (B) such parent
shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property
acquired (whether assets, Stock or Stock Equivalents) to be contributed to
the
Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the merger (to the extent
permitted in Section 10.5) of the Person formed or acquired into the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (C) Borrower shall
comply with Sections 9.11 and 9.12 to the extent
applicable;
(v) the
proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary costs, fees and expenses (other
than to Affiliates) related to any unsuccessful equity or debt offering or
acquisition payable by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries and permitted
to be paid by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries by this Agreement;
and
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(vi) the
proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus and other
benefits payable to officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent
company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits
are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries;
(e) [Reserved];
(f) the
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries may (i) pay cash in lieu of
fractional shares in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof
or any Permitted Acquisition and (ii) honor any conversion request by a holder
of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares
in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible
Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;
(g) the
Borrower may pay any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date
of
declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have
complied with the provisions of this Agreement;
(h) the
Borrower may declare and pay dividends on the Borrower’s common stock following
the first public offering of the Borrower’s common stock or the common stock of
any of its direct or indirect parents after the Closing Date, of up to 6% per
annum of the net proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or
from
any such public offering to the extent such net proceeds are not utilized in
connection with other transactions permitted by Section 10.5, 10.6 or 10.7;
and
(i) the
Borrower may pay dividends in an amount equal to withholding or similar Taxes
payable or expected to be payable by any present or former employee, director,
manager or consultant (or their respective Affiliates, estates or immediate
family members) and any repurchases of Stock or Stock Equivalents in
consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with
the exercise of stock options.
Notwithstanding
anything to the
contrary contained in this Section 10 (including Section 10.5 and
this Section 10.6), the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay any cash dividend or make any cash distribution
on or in respect of the Borrower’s Stock or Stock Equivalents or purchase or
otherwise acquire for cash any Stock or Stock Equivalents of the Borrower or
any
direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, for the purpose of paying any cash
dividend or making any cash distribution to, or acquiring any Stock or Stock
Equivalents of the Borrower or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower
for
cash from the Sponsor, or guarantee any Indebtedness of any Affiliate of the
Borrower for the purpose of paying such dividend, making such distribution
or so
acquiring such Stock or Stock Equivalents to or from the Sponsor, in each case
by means of utilization of the cumulative dividend and investment credit
provided by the use of the Applicable Amount or the exceptions provided by
Section 10.5(i), (m) and (v), Section 10.6(c) and
(g) and Section 10.7(a), unless at the time and after
giving
effect to such payment, the Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA
Ratio
would be equal to or less than 6.00 to 1.00.
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10.7.
Limitations on Debt Payments and Amendments.
(a) The
Borrower will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, prepay,
repurchase or redeem or otherwise defease any Senior Notes, Senior Subordinated
Notes or any other Permitted Additional Debt that is subordinated to the
Obligations other than as contemplated by Section 10.1(i);
provided, however, that so long as no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing at the date of such prepayment,
repurchase, redemption or other defeasance or would result therefrom, the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may prepay, repurchase or redeem Senior
Notes, Senior Subordinated Notes or such Permitted Additional Debt (i) in an
aggregate amount from the Closing Date, when aggregated with (A) the aggregate
amount of dividends paid pursuant to Section 10.6(c) from the Closing
Date and (B) all (I) Investments made pursuant to Section 10.5(v)
and (II) loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower
made pursuant to Section 10.5(m), not in excess of the sum of (1)
$150,000,000 plus (2) the Applicable Equity Amount at the time of such
prepayment, repurchase or redemption plus (3) to the extent the
Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is not greater
than 4.25 to 1.00, both before and after giving effect, on a Pro Forma Basis,
to
the making of such prepayment, repurchase or redemption, the Applicable Amount
at the time of such prepayment, repurchase or redemption; provided that
to the extent that the Indebtedness being prepaid, repurchased, redeemed or
otherwise defeased pursuant to this clause (i) comprises Senior
Subordinated Notes and such prepayment, repurchase or redemption is made from
the proceeds of other Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or its Restricted
Subsidiaries, such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Obligations on
terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as the Senior Subordinated Notes;
(ii) in the case of Senior Notes, (A) with the proceeds of Senior Notes
described in clause (b) of the definition thereof plus (B) with additional
amounts to the extent that, with respect solely to this clause (B), the
Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio is not greater than 4.00
to
1.00 both before and after giving effect, on a Pro Forma Basis, to the making
of
such prepayment, repurchase or redemption, (iii) in the case of Senior
Subordinated Notes, with the proceeds of Senior Subordinated Notes described
in
clause (b) of the definition thereof and (iv) in the case of Permitted
Additional Debt, with the proceeds of other Permitted Additional
Debt. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 10.7
shall restrict the making of any “AHYDO catch-up payment” in respect of the
Senior Subordinated Notes.
(b) The
Borrower will not waive, amend, modify, terminate or release any Senior Notes,
Senior Subordinated Notes or Permitted Additional Debt that is subordinated
to
the Obligations or, in each case, the terms applicable thereto, to the extent
that any such waiver, amendment, modification, termination or release would
be
adverse to the Lenders in any material respect.
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10.8. Changes
in Business. The
Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not fundamentally and
substantively alter the character of their business, taken as a whole, from
the
business conducted by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
on
the Closing Date and other business activities incidental or reasonably related
to any of the foregoing.
SECTION
11. Events
of Default
Upon
the
occurrence of any of the following specified events (each an “Event of
Default”):
11.1. Payments. The
Borrower shall (a) default in the payment when due of any principal of the
Loans
or (b) default, and such default shall continue for five or more days, in the
payment when due of any interest on the Loans or any fees or any other amounts
owing hereunder or under any other Credit Document; or
11.2.
Representations, Etc. Any
representation, warranty or statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party
herein or in any other Credit Document or any certificate delivered or required
to be delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any
material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made; or
11.3. Covenants. Any
Credit Party shall:
(a) default
in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement
contained in Section 9.1(d), 9.5 (solely with respect to the
Borrower) or Section 10; or
(b) default
in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement
(other than those referred to in Section 11.1 or 11.2 or clause
(a) of this Section 11.3) contained in this Agreement or any
Security Document and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of
at
least 30 days after receipt of written notice by the Borrower from the
Administrative Agent; or
11.4. Default
Under Other Agreements. (a) The
Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i) default in any payment
with respect to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) in excess of
$50,000,000 in the aggregate, for the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiaries,
beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement
under which such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance
or performance of any agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness
(other than Indebtedness in respect of the sale leaseback transactions set
forth
on Schedule 8.3) or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing,
securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist
(other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge Agreements,
termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Hedge
Agreements), the effect of which default or other event or condition is to
cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee
or
agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, any such Indebtedness
to
become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically
or
otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem
such
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Indebtedness
to be made, prior to its stated maturity; or (b) without limiting the
provisions of clause (a) above, any such Indebtedness (other than
Indebtedness in respect of the sale leaseback transactions set forth on
Schedule 8.3) shall be declared to be due and payable, or required to be
prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or as a
mandatory prepayment (and, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of any Hedge
Agreements, other than due to a termination event or equivalent event pursuant
to the terms of such Hedge Agreements), prior to the stated maturity thereof,
provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to secured
Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer
of
the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer
is
permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness;
or
11.5. Bankruptcy,
Etc. The
Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case, proceeding
or action concerning itself under (a) Title 11 of the United States Code
entitled “Bankruptcy,” or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is
a Specified Subsidiary, any domestic or foreign law relating to bankruptcy,
judicial management, insolvency, reorganization, administration or relief of
debtors in effect in its jurisdiction of incorporation, in each case as now
or
hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto (collectively, the
“Bankruptcy Code”); or an involuntary case, proceeding or
action is commenced against the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary and the
petition is not controverted within 30 days after commencement of the case,
proceeding or action; or an involuntary case, proceeding or action is commenced
against the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary and the petition is not
dismissed within 60 days after commencement of the case, proceeding or action;
or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code), judicial manager, receiver,
receiver manager, trustee, administrator or similar person is appointed for,
or
takes charge of, all or substantially all of the property of the Borrower or
any
Specified Subsidiary; or the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary commences
any
other voluntary proceeding or action under any reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment of debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, administration
or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction whether now or hereafter
in
effect relating to the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary; or there is
commenced against the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary any such proceeding
or action that remains undismissed for a period of 60 days; or the Borrower
or
any Specified Subsidiary is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order
of
relief or other order approving any such case or proceeding or action is
entered; or the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary suffers any appointment
of
any custodian, receiver, receiver manager, trustee, administrator or the like
for it or any substantial part of its property to continue undischarged or
unstayed for a period of 60 days; or the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary
makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any corporate action
is taken by the Borrower or any Specified Subsidiary for the purpose of
effecting any of the foregoing; or
11.6. ERISA. (a)
Any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standard required for any
plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standard or extension of any
amortization period is sought or granted under Section 412 of the Code; any
Plan
is or shall have been terminated or is the subject of termination proceedings
under ERISA (including the giving of written notice thereof); an event shall
have occurred or a condition shall exist in either case entitling the PBGC
to
terminate any Plan or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan (including
the
giving of written notice thereof); any Plan shall have an accumulated funding
deficiency (whether or not waived); the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred or is likely to incur a
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liability
to or on account of a Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063,
4064, 4069, 4201 or 4204 of ERISA or Section 4971 or 4975 of the Code (including
the giving of written notice thereof); (b) there could result from any event
or
events set forth in clause (a) of this Section 11.6 the imposition
of a lien, the granting of a security interest, or a liability, or the
reasonable likelihood of incurring a lien, security interest or liability;
and
(c) such lien, security interest or liability will or would be reasonably likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
11.7. Guarantee. Any
Guarantee provided by any Credit Party or any material provision thereof shall
cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof
and
thereof) or any such Guarantor thereunder or any other Credit Party shall deny
or disaffirm in writing any such Guarantor’s obligations under the Guarantee;
or
11.8. Pledge
Agreement. Any
Pledge Agreement pursuant to which the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any
Subsidiary is pledged or any material provision thereof shall cease to be in
full force or effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof; or
any
perfection defect arising solely as a result of the failure of the Collateral
Agent to maintain any possessory collateral) or any pledgor thereunder or any
other Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any pledgor’s obligations
under any Pledge Agreement; or
11.9. Security
Agreement. The
Security Agreement or any other Security Document pursuant to which the assets
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary are pledged as Collateral or any material
provision thereof shall cease to be in full force or effect (other than pursuant
to the terms hereof or thereof) or any grantor thereunder or any other Credit
Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any grantor’s obligations under the
Security Agreement or any other Security Document; or
11.10. Mortgages. Any
Mortgage or any material provision of any Mortgage relating to any material
portion of the Collateral shall cease to be in full force or effect (other
than
pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof) or any mortgagor thereunder or any
other Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm in writing any mortgagor’s
obligations under any Mortgage; or
11.11. Judgments. One
or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower or any of
the
Restricted Subsidiaries involving a liability of $50,000,000 or more in the
aggregate for all such judgments and decrees for the Borrower and the Restricted
Subsidiaries (to the extent not paid or covered by insurance provided by a
carrier not disputing coverage) and any such judgments or decrees shall not
have
been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within
60
days after the entry thereof; or
11.12. Change
of Control. A
Change of Control shall occur; or
11.13. Subordination.
The Senior Subordinated Notes or any guarantees of the foregoing shall cease,
for any reason, to be validly subordinated to the Obligations or the obligations
of the Credit Parties under the Guarantee and the other Security Documents,
as
the case may be, as provided in the Senior Subordinated Notes
Indenture;
then,
and
in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall
then be continuing, the Administrative Agent may and, upon the written request
of the Required Lenders,
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shall,
by
written notice to the Borrower, take any or all of the following actions,
without prejudice to the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to
enforce its claims against the Borrower, except as otherwise specifically
provided for in this Agreement (provided that, if an Event of Default
specified in Section 11.5 shall occur with respect to the Borrower, the
result that would occur upon the giving of written notice by the Administrative
Agent as specified below shall occur automatically without the giving of any
such notice): declare the principal of and any accrued interest and fees in
respect of any or all Loans and any or all Obligations owing hereunder and
thereunder to be, whereupon the same shall become, forthwith due and payable
without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which
are hereby waived by the Borrower.
11.14. Application
of Proceeds. Any
amount received by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent from any
Credit Party (or from proceeds of any Collateral) following any acceleration
of
the Obligations under this Agreement or any Event of Default with respect to
the
Borrower under Section 11.5 shall be applied:
(i)
first, to the payment of all reasonable and documented costs and
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent in connection
with any collection or sale or otherwise in connection with any Credit Document,
including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents
and
legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Administrative Agent
or
the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document on behalf
of
any Credit Party and any other reasonable and documented costs or expenses
incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or
under any other Credit Document (and, if there shall be a shortfall in the
amount available pursuant to this clause to pay all amounts due under this
clause, on a pro rata basis taking into account all amounts due under this
clause (including on account of principal, interest, fees, expenses or
otherwise, as applicable));
(ii) second,
to the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders and New B-1 Lenders, an amount equal to
all
Obligations owing to them in respect of the Tranche B-1 Term Loans and New
B-1
Loans on the date of any distribution (other than any amounts in respect of
post-petition interest) (and, if there shall be a shortfall in the amount
available pursuant to this clause to pay all amounts due under this clause,
on a
pro rata basis taking into account all amounts due under this clause (including
on account of principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise, as
applicable));
(iii) third,
to the Secured Parties, an amount equal to all remaining Obligations owing
to
them on the date of any distribution (including any amounts in respect of
post-petition interest (including such amounts owed to the Tranche B-1 Lenders
and New B-1 Lenders) (and, if there shall be a shortfall in the amount available
pursuant to this clause to pay all amounts due under this clause, on a pro
rata
basis taking into account all amounts due under this clause (including on
account of principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise, as applicable));
and
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(iv) fourth,
any surplus then remaining shall be paid to the applicable Credit Parties or
their successors or assigns or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive
the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct;
provided
that any amount received constituting ABL Collateral shall be applied in
accordance with the provisions set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
11.15. Acknowledgement
by Lenders. Each
Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender and each New Term Loan Lender holding New Term
Loans that were identified by the Borrower to be identical (except as
contemplated by Section 2.14 with respect to interest rates and amortization)
to
Tranche B-2 Term Loans (“New B-2 Loans” and the lenders
thereof, “New B-2 Lenders”) hereby agrees to turn over to the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders and New
Term Loan Lenders holding New Term Loans that were identified by the Borrower
to
be identical (except as contemplated by Section 2.14 with respect to interest
rates and amortization) to Tranche B-1 Term Loans (“New B-1
Loans” and the lenders thereof, “New B-1 Lenders”),
amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to
effectuate the priority of payments set forth in Section 11.14, even if
such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Tranche
B-2 Lenders and the New B-2 Lenders. If any Secured Party collects or
receives any amount pursuant to Section 11.14 to which it is not entitled
thereunder, such Secured Party shall hold the same in trust for the applicable
Secured Parties entitled to such amount and shall forthwith deliver the same
to
the Administrative Agent for the account of such Secured Parties, to be applied
in accordance with Section 11.14.
SECTION
12. The Agents.
12.1. Appointment.
(a) Each
Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent
as
the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents
and
irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take
such
action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 12 (other
than Section 12.1(c) with respect to the Joint Lead Arrangers and
Section 12.9 with respect to the Borrower) are solely for the benefit of
the Agents and the Lenders, and the Borrower shall not have rights as third
party beneficiary of any such provision. Notwithstanding any provision to the
contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have
any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or
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 Credit Document or otherwise exist against the
Administrative Agent.
(b) The
Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby irrevocably designate and appoint
the Collateral Agent as the agent with respect to the Collateral, and each
of
the Administrative Agent and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Collateral
Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions
of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and to exercise such powers
and
perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the
terms of this Agreement and the other
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Credit
Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in
this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or
responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary
relationship with any of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and no implied
covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities
shall
be read into this Agreement or any other Credit Document or otherwise exist
against the Collateral Agent.
(c) Each
of the Syndication Agent, Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners and the
Documentation Agent, each in its capacity as such, shall not have any
obligations, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement but shall be
entitled to all benefits of this Section 12.
12.2. Delegation
of Duties. The
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may each execute any of its duties
under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents by or through agents,
sub-agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice
of
counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither the
Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any agents, sub-agents or attorneys-in-fact selected
by it in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined
in
the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
12.3. Exculpatory
Provisions. No
Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact
or Affiliates shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted
to be
taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other
Credit Document (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful
misconduct, as determined in the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein) or
(b)
responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders or any participant for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any of the Borrower,
any Guarantor, any other Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this
Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate, report, statement
or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by such Agent
under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Credit Document or
for
the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency
of this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or the perfection or priority
of
any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the
Security Documents, or for any failure of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any
other Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. No Agent 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 Credit
Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party
or
any Affiliate thereof. The Collateral Agent shall not be under any
obligation to the Administrative Agent or 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 Credit Document, or to inspect the
properties, books or records of any Credit Party.
12.4. Reliance
by Agents. The
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely,
and
shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice,
consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message,
statement, order
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or
other
document or instruction 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 Borrower), independent
accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the
Lender specified in the Register with respect to any amount owing hereunder
as
the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment,
negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative
Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be
fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement
or any other Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or
concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first
be
indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability
and
expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take
any
such action. The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall
in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting,
under
this Agreement and the other Credit Documents in accordance with a request
of
the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to
act
pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders
of
the Loans; provided that the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or in the opinion
of its counsel, may expose it to liability or that is contrary to any Credit
Document or applicable law. For purposes of determining compliance
with the conditions specified in Section 6 and 7 on the Closing
Date, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have
consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document
or
other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable
or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received
notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its
objection thereto.
12.5. Notice
of Default. Neither
the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default
hereunder unless the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable,
has received notice from a Lender or a Borrower referring to this Agreement,
describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is
a
“notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent
receives such a notice, it shall give notice thereof to the Lenders and the
Collateral Agent. The Administrative Agent shall take such action
with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed
by the Required Lenders, provided that unless and until the
Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative
Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it
shall
deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders except to the extent that
this Agreement requires that such action be taken only with the approval of
the
Required Lenders or each of the Lenders, as applicable.
12.6. Non-Reliance
on Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Other Lenders. Each
Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor the
Collateral Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees,
agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or
warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent
hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, any
Guarantor or any other Credit Party, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent
to
any Lender. Each
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Lender
represents to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent that it has,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it
has
deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the
business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Borrower, Guarantor and other Credit Party and made
its
own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this
Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently
and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any
other Lender, 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
Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform
itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition
and creditworthiness of the Borrower, any Guarantor and any other Credit
Party. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly
required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder,
neither the Administrative Agent nor the Collateral Agent shall have any duty
or
responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information
concerning the business, assets, operations, properties, financial condition,
prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Credit
Party that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or
Collateral Agent any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.
12.7. Indemnification. The
Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
each in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties
and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably
according to their respective portions of the Term Loan Commitments or Term
Loans, as applicable, outstanding on the date on which indemnification is sought
(or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Term Loan
Commitments shall have terminated and the Term Loans shall have been paid in
full, ratably in accordance with their respective portions of the Term Loans
in
effect immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time
occur (including at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed
on,
incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the Collateral
Agent
in any way relating to or arising out of the Commitments, this Agreement, any
of
the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to
herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any
action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent
under or in connection with any of the foregoing, provided that no Lender
shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent for the
payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting
from such Administrative Agent’s or the Collateral Agent’s, as applicable, gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court
of
competent jurisdiction; provided,
further,
that no action
taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other
number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Credit
Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct
for purposes of this Section 12.7. In the case of any
investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time occur
(including at any
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time
following the payment of the Loans), this Section 12.7 applies
whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any
Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each
Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent upon
demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including
attorneys’ fees) incurred by such Agent in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement
(whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal
advice rendered in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement,
any other Credit Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to
herein, to the extent that such Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by
or
on behalf of the Borrower, provided that such reimbursement by the
Lenders shall not affect the Borrower’s continuing reimbursement obligations
with respect thereto. If any indemnity furnished to any Agent for any
purpose shall, in the opinion of such Agent, be insufficient or become impaired,
such Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to
do
the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished;
provided, in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any
Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action,
judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s pro
rata portion thereof; and provided further, this sentence shall not be
deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against any liability,
obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or
disbursement resulting from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The agreements in this Section 12.7 shall survive
the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
12.8. Agents
in its Individual Capacities. Each
Agent and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally
engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, any Guarantor, and any other
Credit Party as though such Agent were not an Agent hereunder and under the
other Credit Documents. With respect to the Loans made by it, each
Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were
not
an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its
individual capacity.
12.9. Successor
Agents. Each
of the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may at any time give notice
of
its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any
such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, subject
to the consent of the Borrower (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
so
long as no Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 is continuing, to
appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States,
or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United
States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the
Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days
after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring
Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent meeting the
qualifications set forth above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s
appointment as the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may
be,
hereunder, and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing
statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the
Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or
desirable, or as the Required Lenders may request, in order to continue the
perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Security
Documents, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the
rights, powers, privileges and duties
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the
retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from
all
of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Credit Documents
(if
not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this
Section). The fees payable by the Borrower (following the
effectiveness of such appointment) to such Agent shall be the same as those
payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and
such
successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under
the other Credit Documents, the provisions of this Section 12 (including
12.7) and Section 13.5 shall continue in effect for the benefit of
such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in
respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the
retiring Agent was acting as an Agent.
12.10. Withholding
Tax. To
the extent required by any applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold
from any interest payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable
withholding tax. If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of
the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that the Administrative
Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account
of
any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered, was not properly
executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent
of a
change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of,
withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall
indemnify the Administrative Agent (to the extent that the Administrative Agent
has not already been reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the
obligation of the Borrower to do so) fully for all amounts paid, directly or
indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as tax or otherwise, including penalties
and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses,
allocated staff costs and any out of pocket expenses.
12.11.
Intercreditor Agreement. The
Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement,
and the parties hereto acknowledge that the Intercreditor Agreement is binding
upon them. Each Lender (a) hereby consents to the subordination of
the Liens on the ABL Collateral securing the Obligations on the terms set forth
in the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) hereby agrees that it will be bound by
and
will take no actions contrary to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement
and (c) hereby authorizes and instructs the Collateral Agent to enter into
the
Intercreditor Agreement and to subject the Liens on the ABL Collateral securing
the Obligations to the provisions thereof. In addition, each Lender
hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to enter into (i) any amendments to
the
Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) any other intercreditor arrangements, in the
case of clauses (i) and (ii) to the extent required to give effect
to the establishment of intercreditor rights and privileges as contemplated
and
required by Section 10.2(i) and (v) of this
Agreement.
12.12. Agents
under Security Documents and Guarantee. Each
Secured Party hereby further authorizes the Administrative Agent or Collateral
Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
to be the agent for and representative of the Secured Parties with respect
to
the Collateral and the Security Documents. Subject to Section
13.1, without further written consent or authorization from any Secured
Party, the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, may execute
any documents or instruments necessary to in connection with a sale or
disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement, (i) release any Lien
encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of such sale or other
disposition of assets, or with respect to which Required Lenders (or such other
Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 13.1) have
otherwise consented or (ii) release any Guarantor from
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the
Guarantee, or with respect to which Required Lenders (or such other Lenders
as
may be required to give such consent under Section 13.1) have otherwise
consented.
12.13.
Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guarantee. Anything
contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Borrower, the Agents and each Secured Party hereby agree that (i) no Secured
Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral
or
to enforce the Guarantee, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights
and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent,
on
behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and all
powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised
solely by the Collateral Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by the
Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale
or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser
or
licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition
and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties
(but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities
unless Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled,
for
the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price
for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use
and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price
for any collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such sale or other
disposition.
SECTION
13. Miscellaneous
13.1. Amendments,
Waivers and Releases. Neither
this Agreement nor any other Credit Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof,
may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 13.1. The Required Lenders may, or,
with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent
and/or the Collateral Agent may, from time to time, (a) enter into with the
relevant Credit Party or Credit Parties written amendments, supplements or
modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding
any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or changing
in
any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Credit Parties hereunder or
thereunder or (b) waive in writing, on such terms and conditions as the Required
Lenders or the Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent, as the case may
be,
may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or
the
other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences;
provided, however, that each such waiver and each such amendment,
supplement or modification shall be effective only in the specific instance
and
for the specific purpose for which given and provided, further,
that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall
(i)
forgive or reduce any portion of any Loan or extend the final scheduled maturity
date of any Loan or reduce the stated rate (it being understood that any change
to the definition of Consolidated Total Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or
Consolidated Senior Secured Debt to Consolidated EBITDA Ratio or in the
component definitions thereof shall not constitute a reduction in the rate
and
only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any
obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the “default rate” or amend
Section 2.8(c)), or forgive any portion, or extend the date for the
payment, of any interest or fee payable hereunder (other than as a result of
waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates),
or
extend the final expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment, or increase the
aggregate amount of the Commitments of any Lender, or amend or modify any
provisions of Section 5.3(a) (with respect to the ratable
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allocation
of any payments only) and 13.8(a) and 13.20, or make any Loan,
interest, fee or other amount payable in any currency other than expressly
provided herein, in each case without the written consent of each Lender
directly and adversely affected thereby, or (ii) amend, modify or waive any
provision of this Section 13.1 or reduce the percentages specified
in the definitions of the terms “Required Lenders”, “Required Tranche B-1 Term
Loan Lenders”, “Required Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders”, consent to
the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under
any Credit Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to
Section 10.3) or alter the order of application set forth in the
final paragraph of Section 11, in each case without the written consent
of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (iii) amend, modify
or waive any provision of Section 12 without the written consent of the
then-current Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent or any other former
or
current Agent to whom Section 12 then applies in a manner that directly
and adversely affects such Person, or (iv) release all or substantially all
of
the Guarantors under the Guarantees (except as expressly permitted by the
Guarantees or this Agreement) or release all or substantially all of the
Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the
Security Documents or this Agreement) without the prior written consent of
each
Lender, or (v) amend Section 2.9 so as to permit Interest Period
intervals greater than six months without regard to availability to Lenders,
without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected
thereby, or (vi) amend Section 11.14 or 11.15, decrease any
Tranche B-1 Repayment Amount, extend any scheduled Tranche B-1 Repayment Date
or
decrease the amount or allocation of any mandatory prepayment to be received
by
any Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lender, in each case without the written consent
of
the Required Tranche B-1 Term Loan Lenders or (vii) amend Section 11.14
or 11.15, decrease any Tranche B-2 Repayment Amount, extend any scheduled
Tranche B-2 Repayment Date or decrease the amount or allocation of any mandatory
prepayment to be received by any Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lender, in each case
without the written consent of the Required Tranche B-2 Term Loan Lenders or
(viii) affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable
to,
any Agent under this Agreement or any other Credit Document without the prior
written consent of such Agent. Any such waiver and any such
amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the
affected Lenders and shall be binding upon the Borrower, such Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and all future holders of the affected Loans. In
the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent
shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under
the
other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be
deemed to be cured and not continuing, it being understood that no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon. In connection with the foregoing
provisions, the Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligations to,
with
the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or
consents on behalf of such Lender.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right
to
approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that
the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the
consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held
or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the
Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders).
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in addition to any credit extensions and related Joinder
Agreement(s) effectuated without the consent of Lenders in accordance with
Section 2.14, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and
restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative
Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities
to
this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time
outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof
to
share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents
with the Term Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and
(b)
to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any
determination of the Required Lenders and other definitions related to such
new
Term Loans.
In
addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with
the
written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders
providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit
the
refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans (“Refinanced Term
Loans”) with a replacement term loan tranche (“Replacement Term
Loans”) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal
amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal
amount of such Refinanced Term Loans, (b) the Applicable Margin and
Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than
the
Applicable Margin and Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term Loans
immediately prior to such refinancing, (c) the weighted average life to maturity
of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average
life to maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing
(except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization
has
been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the applicable Term Loans) and
(d)
all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially
identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term
Loans than those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent
necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period
after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect immediately prior
to
such refinancing.
The
Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent
by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released
(i) in full, upon the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all
Obligations hereunder (except for contingent indemnification obligations in
respect of which a claim has not yet been made), (ii) upon the sale or
other disposition of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection
with
any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other
than another Credit Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is
made
in compliance with the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may
rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Credit
Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the
extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to a Credit Party, upon
termination (in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) or expiration
of
such lease, (iv) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified
in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders
whose consent may be required in accordance with this Section 13.1),
(v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any
Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the
applicable Guarantee (in accordance with the following sentence) and
(vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in
connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to
the
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Collateral
Documents. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect
or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon
(or obligations (other than those being released) of the Credit Parties in
respect of) all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds
of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral
except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of
the
Credit Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree
that the Guarantors shall be released from the Guarantees upon consummation
of
any transaction resulting in such Subsidiary ceasing to constitute a Restricted
Subsidiary. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and
the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to execute and deliver any instruments,
documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the
release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions
of
this paragraph, all without the further consent or joinder of any
Lender.
13.2.
Notices. Unless
otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications
provided for hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be in writing
(including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall
be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or
electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly
permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable
telephone number, as follows:
(a) if
to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, to the
address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified
for such Person on Schedule 13.2 or to such other address, facsimile
number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated
by
such party in a notice to the other parties; and
(b) if
to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address
or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such
other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number
as
shall be designated by such party in a notice to the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
All
such
notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the
earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii)
(A)
if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the
relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, three Business Days after
deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when
sent
and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic
mail, when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to
the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Sections 2, 4,
and 5 shall not be effective until received.
13.3. No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No
failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy,
power or privilege hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall operate
as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of 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. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein
provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and
privileges provided by law.
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13.4. Survival
of Representations and Warranties. All
representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents
and
in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the making of the Loans hereunder.
13.5. Payment
of Expenses; Indemnification. The
Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Agents for all their reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development,
preparation and execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement or
modification to, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other
documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation
and
administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including
the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
and one counsel in each relevant local jurisdiction, (b) to pay or reimburse
each Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred
in
connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this
Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including
the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel to the
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and the other Agents (unless there is
an
actual or perceived conflict of interest in which case each such Person may
retain its own counsel), (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold harmless each Lender
and Agent from, any and all recording and filing fees and (d) to pay, indemnify,
and hold harmless each Lender and Agent and their respective Affiliates,
directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all other
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever, including reasonable and documented fees, disbursements and other
charges of one primary counsel and one local counsel in each relevant
jurisdiction to such indemnified Persons (unless there is an actual or perceived
conflict of interest or the availability of different claims or defenses in
which case each such Person may retain its own counsel), related to the
Transactions (including, without limitation, the Merger) or, with respect to
the
execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this
Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any such other documents, including,
without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to the violation of,
noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law (other than by
such
indemnified person or any of its Related Parties (other than any trustee or
advisor)) or to any actual or alleged presence, release or threatened release
of
Hazardous Materials involving or attributable to the operations of the Borrower,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Real Estate (all the foregoing in this
clause (d), collectively, the “indemnified
liabilities”), provided that the Borrower shall have no
obligation hereunder to any Agent or any Lender or any of their respective
Related Parties with respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent it has
been determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from (i) the gross negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct of the party to be indemnified or any of its Related Parties
(other than any trustee or advisor) or (ii) any material breach of any
Credit Document by the party to be indemnified. No Person entitled to
indemnification under clause (d) of this Section 13.5 shall be
liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or
other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information
transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any such
Person have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential
damages relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document or arising
out
of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after
the Closing Date). In the case of an investigation,
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litigation
or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 13.5 applies,
such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation
or proceeding is brought by any Credit Party, its directors, stockholders or
creditors or any other Person, whether or not any Person entitled to
indemnification under clause (d) of this Section
13.5 is otherwise a party thereto. All amounts payable
under this Section 13.5 shall be paid within ten Business Days of receipt
by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expense in
reasonable retail. The agreements in this Section 13.5 shall
survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable
hereunder.
13.6. Successors
and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.
(a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby,
except that (i) except as expressly permitted by Section 10.3, the
Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and
each
Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such
consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise
transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this
Section 13.6. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied,
shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto,
their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to
the
extent provided in clause (c) of this Section 13.6) and, to the
extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders and each other Person
entitled to indemnification under Section 13.5) any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) (i) Subject
to the conditions set forth in clause (b)(ii) below, any Lender may at
any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments
and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such
consent not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; it being understood that,
without limitation, the Borrower shall have the right to withhold or delay
its
consent to any assignment if, in order for such assignment to comply with
applicable law, the Borrower would be required to obtain the consent of, or
make
any filing or registration with, any Governmental Authority) of:
(A) the
Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for
an assignment (1) to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund,
(2)
if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has
occurred and is continuing, any other assignee or (3) to a Person not more
than
14 days following the Closing Date, to the extent the Borrower has previously
consented to an allocation of Tranche B Term Loan Commitments or Tranche B
Term
Loans in an amount greater than or equal to the amount assigned to a Person
in
such time period; and
(B) the
Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed).
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no such assignment shall be made to a natural
person.
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(ii) Assignments
shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except
in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an
Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning
Lender’s Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date
the
Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000, and increments of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent otherwise consents (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld
or
delayed), provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required
if an Event of Default under Section 11.1 or Section 11.5 has
occurred and is continuing; provided further that contemporaneous
assignments to a single assignee made by Affiliates of Lenders and related
Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum
assignment amount requirements stated above;
(B) each
partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of
all
the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement,
provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and
obligations in respect of one Class of Commitments or Loans;
(C) The
parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent
an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee
in
the amount of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its
sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the
case
of any assignment; and
(D) the
assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent
an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent
(the “Administrative Questionnaire”).
(iii) Subject
to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to clause (b)(iv) of
this Section 13.6, from and after the effective date specified in each
Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto
and,
to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have
the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement
(and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to
be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of
Sections 2.10, 2.11, 5.4 and 13.5). Any
assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement
that does not comply with this Section 13.6 shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such
rights and obligations in accordance with clause (c) of this Section
13.6.
(iv) The
Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower,
shall
maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment
and
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Acceptance
delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses
of
the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of, the Loans owing
to
each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the
“Register”). Further, each Register shall contain
the name and address of the Administrative Agent and the lending office through
which each such Person acts under this Agreement. The entries in the
Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all
purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the
contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the
Borrower and the Collateral Agent, at any reasonable time and from time to
time
upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon
its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an
assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative
Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the
processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this
Section 13.6 (unless waived) and any written consent to such assignment
required by clause (b) of this Section 13.6, the Administrative
Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information
contained therein in the Register.
(c) (i)
Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (each, a
“Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments
and the Loans owing to it), provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations
and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue
to
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s
rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or
instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide
that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and
to
approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement
or any other Credit Document, provided that such agreement or instrument
may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant,
agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (i) or
(iv) of the proviso to Section 13.1 that affects such
Participant. Subject to clause (c)(ii) of this Section
13.6, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.4 to the same extent
as if it were a Lender and provided that such Participant agrees to be subject
to the requirements of those Sections as though it were a Lender and had
acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this
Section 13.6. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant
also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 13.8(b) as though
it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to
Section 13.8(a) as though it were a Lender.
(ii) A
Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under
Section 2.10, 2.11 or 5.4 than the applicable Lender
would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold
to
such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant
is
made with the Borrower’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld).
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(d) Any
Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
at
any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its
rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including
any
pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this
Section 13.6 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a
security interest, provided that no such pledge or assignment of a
security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder
or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party
hereto. In order to facilitate such pledge or assignment or for any
other reason, the Borrower hereby agrees that, upon request of any Lender at
any
time and from time to time after the Borrower has made its initial borrowing
hereunder, the Borrower shall provide to such Lender, at the Borrower’s own
expense, a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit K
evidencing the Tranche B Term Loans and New Term Loans, respectively, owing
to
such Lender.
(e) Subject
to Section 13.16, the Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any
Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or assignee (each, a
“Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all
financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Borrower and
its Affiliates that has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the
Borrower and its Affiliates pursuant to this Agreement or that has been
delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Borrower and its Affiliates
in
connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Borrower and its
Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.
(f) The
words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any
Assignment and Acceptance shall be deemed to include electronic signatures
or
the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same
legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or
the
use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent
and
as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic
Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic
Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform
Electronic Transactions Act.
(g) SPV
Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special
purpose funding vehicle (a “SPV”), identified as such in
writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent
and
the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any
Loan
that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make the Borrower
pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall
constitute a commitment by any SPV to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPV elects
not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of
such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant
to
the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPV hereunder shall
utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if,
such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby
agrees that no SPV shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment
obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with
the
Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto
hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement)
that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full
of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPV,
it
shall not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against,
such SPV any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation
proceedings under the laws
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of
the
United States or any State thereof. In addition, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 13.6, any SPV may (i)
with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and
the
Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign
all
or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any
financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and Administrative Agent)
providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPV
to
support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential
basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency,
commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or
liquidity enhancement to such SPV. This Section 13.6(g) may
not be amended without the written consent of the
SPV. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (x)
no SPV shall be entitled to any greater rights under Sections 2.10,
2.11 and 5.4 than its Granting Lender would have been entitled to absent
the use of such SPV and (y) each SPV agrees to be subject to the requirements
of
Sections 2.10, 2.11 and 5.4 as though it were a Lender and
has acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this
Section 13.6.
13.7. Replacements
of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.
(a) The
Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender that (a) requests
reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.10 or
5.4, (b) is affected in the manner described in Section
2.10(a)(iii) and as a result thereof any of the actions described in such
Section is required to be taken or (c) becomes a Defaulting Lender, with a
replacement bank or other financial institution, provided that (i) such
replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of
Default under Section 11.1 or 11.5 shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall repay
(or
the replacement bank or institution shall purchase, at par) all Loans and other
amounts (other than any disputed amounts), pursuant to Section 2.10,
2.11 or 5.4, as the case may be) owing to such replaced Lender
prior to the date of replacement, (iv) the replacement bank or institution,
if
not already a Lender, and the terms and conditions of such replacement, shall
be
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (v) the replaced Lender
shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions
of
Section 13.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay
the registration and processing fee referred to therein) and (vi) any such
replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower,
the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced
Lender.
(b) If
any Lender (such Lender, a “Non-Consenting Lender”) has failed
to consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, discharge or termination that
pursuant to the terms of Section 13.1 requires the consent of all of the
Lenders affected and with respect to which the Required Lenders shall have
granted their consent, then provided no Event of Default then exists, the
Borrower shall have the right (unless such Non-Consenting Lender grants such
consent) to replace such Non-Consenting Lender by requiring such Non-Consenting
Lender to assign its Loans, and its Commitments hereunder to one or more
assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, provided
that: (a) all Obligations of the Borrower owing to such
Non-Consenting Lender being replaced shall be paid in full to such
Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such assignment, (b) the replacement
Lender shall purchase the foregoing by paying to such Non-Consenting Lender
a
price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest
thereon and (c) the Borrower shall pay to such Non-Consenting Lender the amount,
if any, owing to such Lender pursuant to Section 5.1(b). In
connection with
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any
such
assignment, the Borrower, Administrative Agent, such Non-Consenting Lender
and
the replacement Lender shall otherwise comply with Section
13.6.
13.8.
Adjustments; Set-off.
(a) Subject
to Section 11.15, if any Lender (a “benefited Lender”)
shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest
thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily
or
involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature
referred to in Section 11.5, or otherwise), in a greater proportion than
any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in
respect of such other Lender’s Loans, or interest thereon, such benefited Lender
shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in
such
portion of each such other Lender’s Loan, or shall provide such other Lenders
with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall
be
necessary to cause such benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits
of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders;
provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess
payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such benefited Lender, such
purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned,
to
the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) Subject
to Section 11.15, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, in addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided
by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower,
any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted
by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower
hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to
set-off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency,
and
any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time
held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the
credit or the account of the Borrower. Each Lender agrees promptly to
notify the Borrower 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.
13.9. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on
any
number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic
transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed
to
constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this
Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
13.10. Severability. Any
provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any
other jurisdiction.
13.11. Integration. This
Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of the
Borrower, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders
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with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings,
representations or warranties by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent nor any Lender relative
to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in
the
other Credit Documents.
13.12. GOVERNING
LAW. THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
13.13. Submission
to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The
Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits
for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for
recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the
non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York,
the
courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of
New York and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents
that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives
any
objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action
or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought
in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees
that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by
mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially
similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person at its address set forth
on Schedule 13.2 at such other address of which the Administrative Agent
shall have been notified pursuant to Section 13.2;
(d) agrees
that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in
any
other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in any other
jurisdiction; and
(e) waives,
to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim
or
recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this
Section 13.13 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential
damages.
(f) Each
Borrower agrees that a final judgment in any action or proceeding shall be
conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or
in any other manner provided by law.
13.14. Acknowledgments. The
Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it
has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents;
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(b) (i) the
credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other
services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment,
waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) are an
arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Borrower, on the one hand, and
the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Agents on the other hand,
and the Borrower and the other Credit Parties are capable of evaluating and
understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of
the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Credit Documents (including
any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in
connection with the process leading to such transaction, each of the
Administrative Agent and the other Agents is and has been acting solely as
a
principal and is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary for any of the
Borrower, any other Credit Parties or any of their respective Affiliates,
stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) neither the
Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has assumed or will assume an advisory,
agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Borrower or any other Credit
Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process
leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or of any other Credit Document (irrespective of whether
the
Administrative Agent or other Agent has advised or is currently advising the
Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates on other
matters) and neither the Administrative Agent or other Agent has any obligation
to the Borrower, the other Credit Parties or their respective Affiliates with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations
expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents; (iv) the
Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Affiliate of the foregoing
may
be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ
from those of the Borrower and their respective Affiliates, and neither the
Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has any obligation to disclose any
of
such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship;
and
(v) neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Agent has provided and none
will provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to
any
of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or
other modification hereof or of any other Credit Document) and the Borrower
has
consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent
it has deemed appropriate. The Borrower hereby waives and releases,
to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that it may have against
the
Administrative Agent or any other Agent with respect to any breach or alleged
breach of agency or fiduciary duty; and
(c) no
joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise
exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders
or
among the Borrower, on the one hand, and any Lender, on the other
hand.
13.15. WAIVERS
OF JURY TRIAL. THE
BORROWER, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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13.16. Confidentiality.
The
Administrative Agent, each other Agent and each Lender shall hold all non-public
information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
in connection with such Lender’s evaluation of whether to become a Lender
hereunder or obtained by such Lender, the Administrative Agent or such other
Agent pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement (“Confidential
Information”), confidential in accordance with its customary procedure
for handling confidential information of this nature and (in the case of a
Lender that is a bank) in accordance with safe and sound banking practices
and
in any event may make disclosure as required or requested by any governmental,
regulatory or self-regulatory agency or representative thereof or pursuant
to
legal process or applicable law or regulation or (a) to such Lender’s or the
Administrative Agent’s or such other Agent’s attorneys, professional advisors,
independent auditors, trustees or Affiliates, (b) to an investor or prospective
investor in a Securitization that agrees its access to information regarding
the
Credit Parties, the Loans and the Credit Documents is solely for purposes of
evaluating an investment in a Securitization and who agrees to treat such
information as confidential, (c) to a trustee, collateral manager, servicer,
backup servicer, noteholder or secured party in connection with the
administration, servicing and reporting on the assets serving as collateral
for
a Securitization and who agrees to treat such information as confidential and
(d) to a nationally recognized ratings agency that requires access to
information regarding the Credit Parties, the Loans and Credit Documents in
connection with ratings issued with respect to a Securitization; provided
that unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each
Lender, the Administrative Agent and each other Agent shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to notify the Borrower of any request made to such Lender,
the Administrative Agent or such other Agent, as applicable, by any
governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory agency or representative thereof
(other than any such request in connection with an examination of the financial
condition of such Lender by such governmental agency) for disclosure of any
such
non-public information prior to disclosure of such information, and provided
further that in no event shall any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any
other Agent be obligated or required to return any materials furnished by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary. Each Lender, the Administrative Agent and
each other Agent agrees that it will not provide to prospective Transferees
or
to any pledgee referred to in Section 13.6 or to prospective direct or
indirect contractual counterparties in swap agreements to be entered into in
connection with Loans made hereunder any of the Confidential Information unless
such Person is advised of and agrees to be bound by the provisions of this
Section 13.16 or confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as
those set forth in the Section 13.16.
13.17. Direct
Website Communications.
(a) The
Borrower may, at its option, provide to the Administrative Agent any
information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish
to
the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents, including, without
limitation, all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other
reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such
communication that (A) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an
existing, borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of
an
interest rate or interest period relating thereto), (B) relates to the payment
of any principal or other amount due under the Credit Agreement prior to the
scheduled date therefor, (C) provides notice of any default or event of default
under this Agreement or (D) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition
precedent to the effectiveness of the Credit Agreement and/or any borrowing
or
other
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extension
of credit thereunder (all such non-excluded communications being referred to
herein collectively as “Communications”), by transmitting the
Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable
to
the Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agent at
[ ]; provided that: (i) upon written
request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies
of
such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each
Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by
the
Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by
facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any
such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail
electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Each
Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or
requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative
Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents. Nothing in this
Section 13.17 shall prejudice the right of the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender to give any notice or other
communication pursuant to any Credit Document in any other manner specified
in
such Credit Document.
(i) The
Administrative Agent agrees that the receipt of the Communications by the
Administrative Agent at its e-mail address set forth above shall constitute
effective delivery of the Communications to the Administrative Agent for
purposes of the Credit Documents. Each Lender agrees that notice to
it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that the Communications have
been posted to the Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the
Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Credit
Documents. Each Lender agrees (A) to notify the Administrative Agent
in writing (including by electronic communication) from time to time of such
Lender’s e-mail address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic
transmission and (B) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such e-mail
address.
(b) The
Borrower further agrees that the Administrative Agent may make the
Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on
Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the
“Platform”), so long as the access to such Platform is limited
(i) to the Agents and the Lenders and (ii) remains subject the confidentiality
requirements set forth in Section 13.16.
(c) THE
PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES
(AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER
MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY
FOR
ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD
PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY
AGENT
PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In
no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties
(collectively, the “Agent Parties” and each an “Agent
Party”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the Letter of
Credit Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities
or
expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of
the
Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials
through the internet, except to the extent the liability of any Agent Party
resulted from
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such
Agent Party’s (or any of its Related Parties’ (other than any trustee or
advisor)) gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct or material breach
of the Credit Documents.
The
Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that certain of the Lenders may be
“public-side” Lenders (Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public
information with respect to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or their securities)
and, if documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to the Credit
Documents or otherwise are being distributed through the Platform, any document
or notice that the Borrower has indicated contains only publicly available
information with respect to the Borrower may be posted on that portion of the
Platform designated for such public-side Lenders. If the Borrower has
not indicated whether a document or notice delivered contains only publicly
available information, the Administrative Agent shall post such document or
notice solely on that portion of the Platform designated for Lenders who wish
to
receive material nonpublic information with respect to the Borrower, its
Subsidiaries and their securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to indicate whether any
document or notice contains only publicly available information.
13.18. USA
PATRIOT Act. Each
Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the
USA
Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,
2001)) (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify
and record information that identifies each Credit Party, which information
includes the name and address of each Credit Party and other information that
will allow such Lender to identify each Credit Party in accordance with the
Patriot Act.
13.19. Judgment
Currency. If,
for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert
a sum due hereunder or any other Credit Document in one currency into another
currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with
normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent 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 Borrower in respect of
any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder
or
under the other Credit Documents 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 this
Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the
extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent
of
any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative
Agent
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 Administrative Agent
from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate
obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the
Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against
such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is
greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such
currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess
to
the Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under
applicable law).
13.20. Payments
Set Aside. To
the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to any
Agent
or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and
such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently
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declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including
pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its
discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in
connection with any 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 setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally
agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share
of
any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest
thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a
rate
per annum equal to the applicable Overnight Rate from time to time in
effect.