AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JULY 29, 2005 AMONG BRAND SERVICES, INC., as Borrower, THE LENDERS LISTED HEREIN, as Lenders, AND CREDIT SUISSE, as Administrative Agent JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent, ANTARES CAPITAL...
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
DATED
AS OF JULY 29, 2005
AMONG
BRAND
SERVICES, INC.,
as
Borrower,
THE
LENDERS LISTED HEREIN,
as
Lenders,
AND
CREDIT
SUISSE,
as
Administrative Agent
_________________________
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as
Syndication Agent,
ANTARES
CAPITAL CORPORATION,
GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
and
CALYON
NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
Co-Documentation Agents,
AND
CREDIT
SUISSE
and
X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.,
as
Co-Arrangers
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
SECTION
1.
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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1.1
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Certain
Defined Terms
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2
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1.2
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Accounting
Terms; Utilization of GAAP for Purposes of Calculations Under
Agreement
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33
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1.3
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Other
Definitional Provisions and Rules of Construction
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33
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SECTION
2.
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AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS AND LOANS
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33
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2.1
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Commitments;
Making of Loans; the Register; Notes; Bankers’ Acceptances
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33
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2.2
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Interest
on the Loans
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42
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2.3
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Fees
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47
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2.4
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Repayments,
Prepayments and Reductions in Revolving Loan Commitments; General
Provisions Regarding Payments; Application of Proceeds of Collateral
and
Payments Under Guaranties
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48
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2.5
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Use
of Proceeds
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57
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2.6
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Special
Provisions Governing LIBOR Rate Loans and BA Loans
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57
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2.7
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Increased
Costs; Taxes; Capital Adequacy
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59
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2.8
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Statement
of Lenders; Obligation of Lenders and Issuing Lenders to
Mitigate
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63
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2.9
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Replacement
of a Lender
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64
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SECTION
3.
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LETTERS
OF CREDIT
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65
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3.1
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Issuance
of Letters of Credit and Lenders’ Purchase of Participations
Therein
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65
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3.2
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Letter
of Credit Fees
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69
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3.3
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Drawings
and Reimbursement of Amounts Paid Under Letters of Credit
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70
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3.4
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Obligations
Absolute
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74
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3.5
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Nature
of Issuing Lenders’ Duties
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75
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SECTION
4.
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CONDITIONS
TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
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76
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4.1
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Conditions
to Initial Loans
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76
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4.2
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Conditions
to All Loans
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83
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4.3
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Conditions
to Letters of Credit
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84
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SECTION
5.
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BORROWER’S
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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85
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5.1
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Organization,
Powers, Qualification, Good Standing, Business and
Subsidiaries
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85
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5.2
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Authorization
of Borrowing, etc.
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86
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5.3
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Financial
Condition
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87
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5.4
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No
Material Adverse Change; No Restricted Junior Payments
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88
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5.5
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Title
to Properties; Liens; Real Property; Intellectual Property
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88
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5.6
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Litigation;
Adverse Facts
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89
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5.7
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Payment
of Taxes
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89
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5.8
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Performance
of Agreements; Material Contracts
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89
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5.9
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Governmental
Regulation
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90
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5.10
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Securities
Activities
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90
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5.11
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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90
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5.12
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Certain
Fees
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91
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5.13
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Environmental
Protection
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91
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5.14
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Employee
Matters
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92
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5.15
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Solvency
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92
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5.16
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Matters
Relating to Collateral
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92
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5.17
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Disclosure
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93
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5.18
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Subordinated
Indebtedness
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93
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5.19
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Related
Agreements
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94
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SECTION
6.
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BORROWER’S
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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94
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6.1
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Financial
Statements and Other Reports
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94
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6.2
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Corporate
Existence, etc.
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99
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6.3
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Payment
of Taxes and Claims; Tax Consolidation
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100
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6.4
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Maintenance
of Properties; Insurance; Application of Net Insurance/
Condemnation
Proceeds
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100
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6.5
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Inspection
Rights; Lender Meeting
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102
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6.6
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Compliance
with Laws, etc.
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102
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6.7
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Environmental
Matters
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103
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6.8
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Execution
of Subsidiary Guaranty and Personal Property Collateral
Documents After
the Restatement Date
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104
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6.9
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Matters
Relating to Additional Real Property Collateral
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105
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SECTION
7.
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BORROWER’S
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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106
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7.1
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Indebtedness
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106
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7.2
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Liens
and Related Matters
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108
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7.3
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Investments;
Acquisitions
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110
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7.4
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Contingent
Obligations
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113
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7.5
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Restricted
Junior Payments
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113
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7.6
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Financial
Covenants
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115
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7.7
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Restriction
on Fundamental Changes; Asset Sales
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116
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7.8
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Capital
Expenditures
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117
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7.9
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Transactions
with Shareholders and Affiliates
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118
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7.10
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Limitations
on Sales and Lease-Backs
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118
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7.11
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Conduct
of Business
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119
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7.12
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Amendments
or Waivers of Certain Agreements; Amendments of Documents
Relating to
Subordinated Indebtedness
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119
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7.13
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Fiscal
Year
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119
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SECTION
8.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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119
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8.1
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Failure
to Make Payments When Due
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120
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8.2
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Default
in Other Agreements
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120
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8.3
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Breach
of Certain Covenants
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120
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8.4
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Breach
of Warranty
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120
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8.5
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Other
Defaults Under Loan Documents
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120
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8.6
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Involuntary
Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.
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121
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8.7
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Voluntary
Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc.
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121
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8.8
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Judgments
and Attachments
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122
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8.9
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Dissolution
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122
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8.10
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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122
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8.11
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Change
in Control
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122
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8.12
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Invalidity
of Loan Documents; Failure of Security; Repudiation of
Obligations
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9.
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ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
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123
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9.1
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Appointment
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123
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9.2
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Powers
and Duties; General Immunity
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124
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9.3
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Independent
Investigation by Lenders; No Responsibility For Appraisal
of
Creditworthiness
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126
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9.4
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Right
to Indemnity
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126
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9.5
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Successor
Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender
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127
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9.6
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Collateral
Documents and Guaranties
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127
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9.7
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Duties
of Other Agents
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128
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9.8
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Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim
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128
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SECTION
10.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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129
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10.1
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Successors
and Assigns; Assignments and Participations in Loans
and Letters of
Credit
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129
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10.2
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Expenses
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133
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10.3
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Indemnity
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134
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10.4
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Set-Off;
Security Interest in Deposit Accounts
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135
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10.5
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Ratable
Sharing
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135
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10.6
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Amendments
and Waivers
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136
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10.7
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Independence
of Covenants
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138
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10.8
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Notices;
Effectiveness of Signatures
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138
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10.9
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Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Agreements
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138
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10.10
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Failure
or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
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139
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10.11
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Marshalling;
Payments Set Aside
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139
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10.12
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Severability
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139
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10.13
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Obligations
Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights; Damage
Waiver
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139
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10.14
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Release
of Security Interest or Guaranty
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140
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10.15
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Applicable
Law
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140
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10.16
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Construction
of Agreement; Nature of Relationship
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140
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10.17
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Consent
to Jurisdiction and Service of Process
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141
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10.18
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Waiver
of Jury Trial
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141
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10.19
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Confidentiality
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142
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10.20
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Counterparts;
Effectiveness
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143
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EXHIBITS
I
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FORM
OF NOTICE OF BORROWING
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II
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FORM
OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION/CONTINUATION
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III
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FORM
OF REQUEST FOR ISSUANCE
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IV
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FORM
OF TERM NOTE
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V
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FORM
OF REVOLVING NOTE
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VI
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FORM
OF SWING LINE NOTE
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VII
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FORM
OF LC FACILITY NOTE
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VIII
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FORM
OF SYNTHETIC LETTER OF CREDIT NOTE
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IX
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FORM
OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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X
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FORM
OF ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
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XI
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FORM
OF FINANCIAL CONDITION CERTIFICATE
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XII
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SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTY
|
XIII
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SECURITY
AGREEMENT
|
XIV
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PARENT
GUARANTY
|
XV
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FORM
OF COLLATERAL ACCESS
AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULES
2.1
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LENDERS’
COMMITMENTS AND PRO RATA SHARES
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4.1C
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CORPORATE
AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE; OWNERSHIP
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4.1F
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LOCAL
COUNSEL
|
5.1
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SUBSIDIARIES
OF BORROWER
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5.5B
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REAL
PROPERTY
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5.5C
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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
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5.6
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LITIGATION
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5.7
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TAXES
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5.8
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MATERIAL
CONTRACTS
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5.11
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CERTAIN
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
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5.13
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ENVIRONMENTAL
MATTERS
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7.1
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CERTAIN
EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS
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7.2
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CERTAIN
EXISTING LIENS
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7.3
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CERTAIN
EXISTING INVESTMENTS
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7.4
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CERTAIN
CONTINGENT OBLIGATIONS
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BRAND
SERVICES, INC.
This
AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
is dated
as of July 29, 2005, and entered into by and among BRAND
SERVICES, INC.,
a
Delaware corporation ("Borrower"),
THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO
(each
individually referred to herein as a "Lender"
and
collectively as "Lenders")
and
CREDIT
SUISSE (formerly
known as Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its Cayman Islands Branch)
("Credit
Suisse"),
as
administrative agent for Lenders (in such capacity, "Administrative
Agent").
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
A. Borrower,
Administrative Agent and the lenders party thereto previously entered into
the
Credit Agreement dated as of October 16, 2002, as amended by First Amendment
and
Limited Waiver dated as of February 3, 2004, Amendment No. 2 and Limited
Waiver
No. 3 dated as of November 9, 2004 and Amendment No. 3 dated as of January
14,
2005 (the "Existing
Credit Agreement"),
under
which the lenders party thereto extended credit to Borrower in the form of
term
loans and revolving credit facilities.
B. Borrower
has informed
Administrative Agent that, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement dated
as of
May 19, 2005 (as the same may be amended from time to time on or prior
to the
Restatement Date, the "Aluma Asset
Purchase Agreement"),
among
Borrower and Aluma Enterprises, Inc., a corporation organized under the
laws of
Canada, Borrower intends to acquire substantially all of the assets and
to
assume certain of the liabilities of Aluma Enterprises, Inc. for aggregate
consideration consisting of the Dollar Equivalent of C$255,000,000 (subject
to
adjustment in accordance with the Aluma Asset Purchase Agreement) in cash
(the
"Aluma
Acquisition").
C. In
connection with
the foregoing, (a) Parent will issue and sell to JPMorgan Partners, LLC (the
"Sponsor")
$30,000,000 in aggregate liquidation preference of the Sponsor Preferred
Stock,
the proceeds of which will be used by Parent to make a cash contribution
to the
common equity of Borrower in an amount equal to $30,000,000 (the "Equity
Contribution")
and
(b) Borrower has requested that Lenders extend credit in the form
of (1)
Supplemental Term B Loans to Borrower on the Restatement Date in an
aggregate principal amount of $128,000,000 and (2) Supplemental Canadian
Dollar
Term B Loans in an aggregate principal amount of the Canadian Dollar Equivalent
of $57,000,000, in each case subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein and in the Amendment Agreement, the proceeds of which Supplemental
Term B Loans and Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans will be
used by
Borrower, together with the proceeds of the Equity Contribution, the proceeds
of
a Revolving Loan in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000
made
to Borrower on the Restatement Date and cash on hand of approximately
$10,000,000, solely (i) to pay the cash consideration in respect of
the
Aluma Acquisition and (ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby.
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D. Lenders
are willing
to extend such credit to Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions
set
forth herein and in the Amendment Agreement.
E. Borrower
and Lenders
desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in the form hereof
to,
among other things, (i) reduce the interest rate margins applicable
to the
Term B Loans and the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans to the interest
rate
margins to be applicable to the Supplemental Term B Loans, (ii) set forth
the
terms and conditions under which Lenders will make the Supplemental Term B
Loans and the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans to Borrower,
(iii) permit the Aluma Acquisition and (iv) make certain other
amendments thereto.
F. The
amendment and
restatement of this Agreement shall become effective as provided in the
Amendment Agreement.
Accordingly,
the
parties hereto agree as follows:
Section
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 |
Certain
Defined Terms.
|
The
following terms used in this Agreement shall have the following
meanings:
"Additional
Mortgaged Property"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 6.9.
"Additional
Mortgages"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 6.9.
"Additional
Costs"
means,
for any period, solely to the extent deducted in determining Net Income for
such
period, (i) Transaction Costs for such period; and (ii) Severance Costs
for
such period.
"Adjusted
LIBOR Rate"
means,
for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period
for
a LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i) the offered
quotation to first class banks in the London interbank market by the Reference
Lender for U.S. dollar deposits of amounts in same day funds comparable to
the
principal amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan of the Reference Lender for which the
Adjusted LIBOR Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to
such
Interest Period as of approximately 10:00 A.M. (New York City time)
on such
Interest Rate Determination Date by (ii) a percentage equal to 100%
minus
the stated maximum rate of all reserve requirements (including any marginal,
emergency, supplemental, special or other reserves) applicable on such Interest
Rate Determination Date to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System in
respect of "Eurocurrency Liabilities" as defined in Regulation D (or
any
successor category of liabilities under Regulation D).
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"Administrative
Agent"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement and also means
and includes any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to
subsection 9.5A.
"Affected
Lender"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.6C.
"Affected
Loans"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.6C.
"Affiliate",
as
applied to any Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For
the
purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative meanings,
the terms "controlling", "controlled by" and "under common control with"),
as
applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or
otherwise.
"Agents"
means
Administrative Agent, Syndication Agent, Co-Arrangers, and Co-Documentation
Agents.
"Agreement"
means
this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 2005,
as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Aluma
Acquisition"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preliminary statements to this
Agreement.
"Aluma
Acquisition
Documents"
means
all principal documents executed by Borrower and/or any of its Affiliates
in
connection with the Aluma Acquisition, in the form delivered to Administrative
Agent and Lenders prior to the Restatement Date, with such modifications
thereto
prior to execution and delivery thereof as may be reasonably satisfactory
to
Administrative Agent, and as such documents may be amended, supplemented
or
otherwise modified after the execution thereof to the extent permitted under
subsection 7.12C.
"Aluma
Asset Purchase Agreement"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preliminary statements to this
Agreement.
"Amendment
Agreement"
means
the Amendment Agreement dated as of July 29, 2005, effecting, among
other
things, the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit
Agreement.
"Applicable
Leverage Ratio"
means
the Leverage Ratio calculated as of the date for which a Pricing Certificate
has
been delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(iv) and such Applicable Leverage
Ratio shall remain in effect as set forth in subsections 2.4B(iii)(c)
and
2.4B(iii)(e).
"Applicable
Stamping Fee"
means,
with respect to each accepted or advanced BA Loan by a Supplemental Canadian
Dollar Term B Lender on any date, 3.25%.
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"Approved
Fund"
means a
Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity
that
administers or manages a Lender.
"Asset
Sale"
means
the sale by Parent or
any of
its Subsidiaries to any Person other than Borrower or any of its wholly-owned
Subsidiaries of (i) any of the stock of any of Parent’s Subsidiaries,
(ii) substantially all of the assets of any division or line of business
of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii) any other assets (whether
tangible or intangible) of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
(a) inventory sold in the ordinary course of business, (b) equipment
sold to customers of Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past business practices, (c) obsolete or worn
out
equipment in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in any
Fiscal Year, (d) sales, assignments, transfers or dispositions of accounts
in the ordinary course of business for purposes of collection and (e) any
such other assets to the extent that the aggregate value of such assets sold
in
any single transaction or related series of transactions is equal to $500,000
or
less).
"Assignment
Agreement"
means
an Assignment Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit
X
annexed
hereto.
"BA
Discount Proceeds"
means,
with respect to any BA Loan, an amount calculated on the date of acceptance
and
purchase or advance of such BA Loan by multiplying (a) the face or principal
amount of such BA Loan by (b) the quotient of one divided by the sum of one
plus
the product of (i) the BA Discount Rate applicable to such BA Loan multiplied
by
(ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the term of such BA Loan measured
in
days (commencing on the date of acceptance and purchase or advance and ending
on, but excluding, the maturity date thereof) and the denominator of which
is
365; with such quotient being rounded up or down to the nearest fifth decimal
place, with .000005 being rounded up.
"BA
Discount Rate"
means
(i) with respect to an issue of Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by a
Schedule I Lender, the CDOR Rate at or about 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on the
date of issuance and acceptance of such Bankers’ Acceptances for bankers’
acceptances having a comparable face value and an identical maturity date to
the
face value and maturity date of such Bankers’ Acceptances, and (ii) with respect
to an issue of Bankers’ Acceptances or a BA Equivalent Loan to be accepted or
advanced by any other Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender, the rate
established pursuant to clause (i) above plus 0.10% per annum.
"BA
Equivalent Loans"
means,
in relation to a Loan by way of BA Loans, an advance in Canadian Dollars made
by
a Non-Acceptance Lender pursuant to Section 2.1F(ix).
"BA
Loans"
means
the acceptance and purchase of Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Loans;
provided
that
reference to the amount or principal amount of a BA Loan shall mean the full
face amount of the applicable Bankers’ Acceptances or Discount Notes issued in
connection therewith.
"Bankers’
Acceptance"
means a
Draft denominated in Canadian Dollars drawn by Borrower and accepted and
purchased by a Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender as provided in Section
2.1F and includes a depository xxxx issued in accordance with the Depository
Bills and Notes Act
(Canada).
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"Bankruptcy Code"
means
Title 11 of the United States Code entitled "Bankruptcy", as now and
hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
"Base
Rate"
means,
at any time, the higher of (i) the Prime Rate or (ii) the rate
which
is ½ of 1% in excess of the Federal Funds Effective Rate. Any change in the Base
Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate
shall
be effective on the effective date of such change.
"Base
Rate Loans"
means
Loans bearing interest at rates determined by reference to the Base Rate as
provided in subsection 2.2A.
"Base
Rate Margin"
means
the margin over Base Rate used in determining the rate of interest on Base
Rate
Loans pursuant to subsection 2.2A.
"Borrower"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Borrower
Certificate of Incorporation"
means
the Certificate of Incorporation of Borrower, in the form delivered to
Administrative Agent and Lenders prior to the execution of the Amendment
Agreement and as such Certificate of Incorporation may be further amended from
time to time thereafter to the extent permitted under
subsection 7.12.
"Business
Day"
means
(i) for all purposes other than as covered by clause (ii) below,
any
day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the
laws of the State of New York or Toronto, Canada, or is a day on which banking
institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law or other
governmental action to close, and (ii) with respect to all notices,
determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate
or any LIBOR Rate Loans, any day that is a Business Day described in
clause (i) above and that is also a day for trading by and between
banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
"Canadian
Dollar Equivalent"
means,
on any date of determination, with respect to any amount in Dollars, the
equivalent in Canadian Dollars of such amount as determined by Administrative
Agent using the Exchange Rate then in effect.
"Canadian
Dollars"
and
"C$"
shall
mean the lawful money of Canada.
"Canadian
Prime Rate"
means
the higher of (a) the rate of interest per annum determined from time to time
by
Administrative Agent (in consultation with its Toronto branch) as being its
Toronto branch’s reference rate then in effect for determining interest rates on
Canadian Dollar denominated commercial loans made in Canada, and (b) the
one-month CDOR Rate plus 0.75% per annum.
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"Canadian
Prime Rate Loan"
shall
mean any Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Canadian Prime Rate.
"CapEx
Pull-Forward Amount"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 7.8(i).
"Capital
Expenditures"
means,
for any period, the sum of the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid
in
cash or other consideration or accrued as a liability and including that
portion
of Capital Leases which is capitalized on the consolidated balance sheet
of
Borrower and its Subsidiaries) by Borrower and its Subsidiaries during that
period that, in conformity with GAAP, are included in "additions to property,
plant or equipment" or comparable items reflected in the consolidated statement
of cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries. For purposes of this definition,
the purchase price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the
trade-in of existing equipment or with insurance proceeds shall be included
in
Capital Expenditures only to the extent of the gross amount of such purchase
price less the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment
being traded in at such time or the amount of such proceeds, as the case
may be;
provided,
that
Capital Expenditures shall not include Investments made under subsection
7.3(xi)
or (xii).
"Capital
Lease",
as
applied to any Person, means any lease of any property (whether real, personal
or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is accounted
for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
"Capital
Stock"
means
the capital stock or other equity interests of a Person.
"Cash"
means
money, currency or a credit balance in a Deposit Account.
"Cash
Equivalents"
means,
as at any date of determination, (i) marketable securities (a) issued
or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by
the
United States Government or (b) issued by any agency of the United States
the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States, in each case maturing within one year after such date;
(ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United
States
of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after such date
and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, the highest rating
obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s ("S&P")
or
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody’s");
(iii) commercial paper maturing no more than nine months from the date
of
creation thereof, which is issued by (A) a corporation (other than any Loan
Party) organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state
thereof or the District of Columbia and having, at the time of the acquisition
thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1 from Moody’s or
(B) any Lender (or its holding company); (iv) time deposits, certificates
of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year after such date and
issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under
the
laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of
Columbia that (a) is at least "adequately capitalized" (as defined in
the
regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator) and (b) has
Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) of not less than
$500,000,000; (v) shares of any money market mutual fund that (a) has
at least 95% of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments
referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) above, (b) has net assets
of
not less than $1,000,000,000, and (c) has the highest rating obtainable
from either S&P or Moody’s; (vi) short-term tax-exempt securities rated not
lower than MIG-1/1+ by either Moody’s or S&P with provisions for liquidity
or maturity accommodations of 183 days or less, (vii) investments in
so-called "auction rate securities" rated AAA or higher by S&P or Aaa or
higher by Moody’s and which have a reset date not more than 90 days from
the acquisition thereof and (viii) any interest bearing account in Canadian
dollars maintained with a Schedule A Bank in Canada.
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"Cash
Interest Expense"
means,
for any period, Interest Expense for such period excluding, however, any
interest expense not payable in Cash (including amortization of discount and
amortization of debt issuance costs).
"CDOR
Rate"
means,
as of any day with respect to a BA Loan and the Interest Period selected by
Borrower for such BA Loan, or otherwise as applicable, the per annum interest
rate equal to (i) the average of the annual rates for Canadian Dollar bankers
acceptances for a term equal to such Interest Period (or a term as closely
possible comparable to such Interest Period) or such other specified period
quoted (at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such day) on the Reuters
Monitor Money Rates Service, CDOR page "Canadian Interbank Bid BA Rates", and
(ii) if such rate is not available on such day, the rate for such date will
be
the annual discount rate (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100
of 1%) as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such day at which Administrative
Agent’s Toronto branch is then offering to purchase Canadian Dollar bankers
acceptances for a term approximately equal to such Interest Period (or a term
as
closely possible comparable to such Interest Period), or such other specified
period, accepted by it.
"Change
in Control"
means
any of the following: (i) any Person acting in concert with one or more
other Persons (other than the Equity Investors) shall have acquired beneficial
ownership, directly or indirectly, of Securities of Holdings (or other
Securities convertible into such Securities) representing more than 50% of
the
combined voting power of all Securities of Holdings entitled to vote in the
election of members of the Governing Body of Holdings, other than Securities
having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency;
(ii) (A) prior to an IPO, Holdings shall cease to beneficially own and
control 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Parent
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for
the
election of members of the Governing Body of Parent and, (B) after an IPO,
Holdings shall cease to beneficially own and control at least 35% of the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of Parent entitled (without regard
to
the occurrence of any contingency) to vote for the election of members of the
Governing Body of Parent; (iii) the occurrence of a change in the
composition of the Governing Body of Parent or Borrower such that a majority
of
the members of any such Governing Body are not Continuing Directors;
(iv) the failure at any time of Parent to legally and beneficially own
and
control 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Borrower
or the failure at any time of Parent to have the ability to elect all of the
Governing Body of Borrower and (v) the occurrence of any "Change of
Control" as defined in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the Parent Junior
Subordinated Note Indenture or any indenture governing any Permitted Additional
Subordinated Financing. As used herein, the term "beneficially own" or
"beneficial ownership" shall have the meaning set forth in the Exchange Act
and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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"Class"
means,
as
applied to Lenders, each of the following four classes of Lenders:
(i) Lenders having Term Loan Exposure, (ii) Lenders having Revolving
Loan Exposure, (iii) Lenders having LC Facility Exposure, and
(iv) Lenders having Synthetic Letter of Credit Exposure.
"Closing
Date"
means
October 16, 2002, the date on which the initial Loans were
made.
"Co-Arrangers"
means
Credit Suisse and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc.
"Co-Documentation
Agents"
means
Antares Capital Corporation, General Electric Capital Corporation and Calyon
New
York Branch.
"Collateral"
means,
collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Capital
Stock) in which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral
Documents as security for the Obligations.
"Collateral
Access Agreement"
means
any landlord waiver, mortgagee waiver, bailee letter or any similar
acknowledgement or agreement of any landlord or mortgagee in respect of any
Real
Property Asset where any Collateral is located or any warehouseman or processor
in possession of any inventory or equipment of any Loan Party, substantially
in
the form of Exhibit XV
annexed
hereto, with such changes as may be agreed by Borrower and Administrative Agent
in the reasonable exercise of its discretion.
"Collateral
Account"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the Security Agreement.
"Collateral
Documents"
means
the Security Agreement, the Mortgages and all other instruments or documents
delivered by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other
Loan
Documents in order to grant to Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders,
a
Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Loan Party as security
for
the Obligations.
"Commercial
Letter of Credit"
means
any letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the purpose of providing
the primary payment mechanism in connection with the purchase of any materials,
goods or services by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business of Borrower or such Subsidiary.
"Commitments"
means
the commitments of Lenders to make Loans as set forth in subsection 2.1A
and subsection 3.3.
"Compliance
Certificate"
means a
certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit IX
annexed
hereto.
"Concrete
Construction Asset Sale"
means
the sale of all of the assets of Aluma Systems Concrete Construction, LLC,
a
Delaware limited liability company, to one or more Persons in one transaction
or
a series of transactions.
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"Contingent
Obligation",
as
applied to any Person, means any direct or indirect liability, contingent or
otherwise, of that Person (i) with respect to any Indebtedness, lease,
dividend or other obligation of another if the primary purpose or intent thereof
by the Person incurring the Contingent Obligation is to provide assurance to
the
obligee of such obligation of another that such obligation of another will
be
paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied
with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected (in whole or
in
part) against loss in respect thereof, (ii) with respect to any letter
of
credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is
otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings, or (iii) under Hedge
Agreements. Contingent Obligations shall include (a) the direct or indirect
guaranty, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse
by such Person of the obligation of another, (b) the obligation to make
take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of non-performance by
any
other party or parties to an agreement, and (c) any liability of such
Person for the obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or
otherwise) (1) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation
or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge
of
such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases,
capital contributions or otherwise) or (2) to maintain the solvency
or any
balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in
the
case of any agreement described under subclauses (1) or (2) of this
sentence, the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in the preceding
sentence. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount
of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if less, the amount
to which such Contingent Obligation is specifically limited.
"Continuing
Directors"
means
as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of Parent
or Borrower who (i) was a member of such Board of Directors on the
Restatement Date or (ii) was nominated for election or elected to such
Board of Directors with the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing
Directors who were members of such Board of Directors at the time of such
nomination or election.
"Contractual
Obligation",
as
applied to any Person, means any provision of any Security issued by that Person
or of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking,
agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it
or
any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is
subject.
"Credit-Linked
Deposit"
means,
as
to each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender, the cash deposit made by such
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender pursuant to subsection 3.6A (or made
by
its (direct or indirect) predecessor in interest and acquired by such Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lender upon assignment to it of all or any portion of another
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s rights and obligations under such other
Lender’s Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment pursuant to subsection 2.9
or 10.1B, as the case may be), as such deposit may be (i) reduced from
time
to time pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and (ii) reduced or
increased from time to time pursuant to assignments to or by such Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lender pursuant to subsection 2.9 or 10.1B. The initial
amount of each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit shall
be equal to the amount of its Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment on the
First
Amendment Effective Date (or on the date when it becomes a Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Lender pursuant to subsection 2.9 or 10.1B).
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"Credit
Suisse"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this Agreement.
"Currency
Agreement"
means
any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option
contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement to which
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.
"Current
Assets"
means,
as at any date of determination, the total assets of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis which may properly be classified as current
assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding Cash and Cash
Equivalents.
"Current
Liabilities"
means,
as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis which may properly be classified as current
liabilities in conformity with GAAP.
"Declined
Proceeds"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.4B(iv)(c).
"Deposit
Account"
means a
demand, time, savings, passbook or similar account maintained with a Person
engaged in the business of banking, including a savings bank, savings and loan
association, credit union or trust company.
"Discount
Note"
means a
non-interest-bearing promissory note or depository note (within the meaning
of
the Depository
Bills and Notes Act
(Canada)) denominated in Canadian Dollars issued by Borrower to a Non-Acceptance
Lender to evidence a BA Equivalent Loan.
"Dollar
Equivalent"
means,
on any date of determination, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in
Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in Canadian
Dollars, the equivalent in Dollars of such amount as determined by
Administrative Agent using the Exchange Rate.
"Dollars"
and the
sign "$"
mean
the lawful money of the United States of America.
"Domestic
Subsidiary"
means
any Subsidiary of Borrower that is incorporated or organized under the laws
of
the United States of America, any state thereof or in the District of
Columbia.
"Draft"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.1F(vi).
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"EBITDA"
means,
for any period, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period
of
(i) Net Income, (ii) Interest Expense, (iii) provisions
for taxes
based on the income of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (iv) total
depreciation expense, (v) total amortization expense, (vi) any Additional
Costs during such period, and (vii) other non-cash items (other than
any
such non-cash item to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for
cash
expenditures in any future period), but only, in the case of
clauses (ii)-(vii), to the extent deducted in the calculation of Net
Income, less
other
non-cash items added in the calculation of Net Income (other than any such
non-cash item to the extent it results in the receipt of cash payments in any
future period), all of the foregoing as determined on a consolidated basis
for
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP.
"Eligible
Assignee"
means
(i) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Approved Fund of
any
Lender; and (ii) (a) a commercial bank organized under the laws
of the
United States or any state thereof; (b) a savings and loan association
or
savings bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof;
(c) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country
or a
political subdivision thereof; provided
that
(1) such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United
States or (2) such bank is organized under the laws of a country that
is a
member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a
political subdivision of such country; and (d) any other entity that
is an
"accredited investor" (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities
Act)
that extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses including insurance
companies, mutual funds and lease financing companies; provided
that
neither Borrower nor any Affiliate of Borrower shall be an Eligible
Assignee.
"Employee
Benefit Plan"
means
any "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which
is
maintained or contributed to by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective ERISA Affiliates, or with respect to which there is any
potential outstanding liability of Borrower.
"Environmental
Claim"
means
any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding,
demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise),
by any Government Authority or any other Person, arising (i) pursuant
to or
in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law,
(ii) in connection with any Hazardous Materials or any actual or alleged
Hazardous Materials Activity, or (iii) in connection with any actual
or
alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources
or
the environment.
"Environmental
Laws"
means
any and all current or future statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations,
guidance documents, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other
requirements of any Government Authority relating to (i) environmental
matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity,
(ii) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous
Materials, or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene,
land use or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in
any
manner applicable to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Facility.
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"Equity
Contribution"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preliminary statements of this
Agreement.
"Equity
Investors"
means
(a) the Sponsor and its Affiliates, (b) the other holders of equity
interests in Holdings on the Restatement Date and (c) the directors, executive
officers and other management employees of Holdings, Parent or Borrower on
the
Restatement Date.
"ERISA"
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and any successor thereto.
"ERISA
Affiliate",
as
applied to any Person, means (i) any corporation that is a member of
a
controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b)
of
the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any
trade
or business (whether or not incorporated) that is a member of a group of trades
or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c)
of
the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) any
member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m)
or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation
described in clause (i) above or any trade or business described in
clause (ii) above is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of a Person
or
any of its Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate
of
such Person or such Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with
respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of such Person or
such
Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which
such Person or such Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code
or ERISA.
"ERISA
Event"
means
(i) a "reportable event" within the meaning of Section 4043 of
ERISA
and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan
(excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has
been
waived by regulation); (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding
standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to
any
Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(d)
of
the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required
installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect
to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a
Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the provision by the administrator of any
Pension
Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to
terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c)
of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or
any
of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more
contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan, in either
case which results in liability pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of
ERISA;
(v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension
Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds
under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to
administer, any Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on Borrower,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant
to
Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of
Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal of Borrower, any
of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or
partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of
ERISA)
from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential withdrawal liability
therefor, or the receipt by Borrower,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice
from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant
to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or
has
terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii) the assertion
of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any
Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof,
or
against Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (ix) receipt
from
the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or
any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust
forming part of any Pension Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under
Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (x) the imposition
of
a Lien pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue
Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
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"Event
of Default"
means
each of the events set forth in Section 8.
"Excess
Cash Flow"
means,
for any period, an amount (if positive) equal to (i) the sum, without
duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) EBITDA and (b) the
Working Capital Adjustment minus
(ii) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of
(a) voluntary and scheduled repayments of Total Debt made in cash
(excluding repayments of Revolving Loans except to the extent the Revolving
Loan
Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments),
(b) Capital Expenditures made in cash (net of any proceeds of any related
financings with respect to such expenditures), (c) Cash Interest Expense,
(d) the provision for current taxes based on the income of Borrower
and its
Subsidiaries and payable in cash with respect to such period, and (e) to
the extent not included in the Working Capital Adjustment, (A) any
Additional Costs actually paid in cash during such period, (B) any cash
consideration paid by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with
any
Permitted Acquisitions (net of any amount of Indebtedness incurred or assumed
in
connection therewith and except to the extent financed with the proceed of
any
issuance of equity Securities) actually made during such period and as and
to
the extent permitted under subsection 7.3(xi) or (xii), and
(C) Restricted Junior Payments actually made in cash during such period
and
as and to the extent permitted under subsection 7.5.
"Exchange
Act"
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any
successor statute.
"Exchange
Rate"
means,
on any date of determination, (a) for purposes of determining the Dollar
Equivalent, the spot rate at which Canadian Dollars may be exchanged into
Dollars one Business Day prior to the Restatement Date as set forth on the
relevant Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rate Page at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(New
York City time) or, if such spot rate is not available on the relevant Bloomberg
Key Cross Currency Rate Page, such spot rate as quoted by Credit Suisse at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) and (b) for purposes of
determining the Canadian Dollar Equivalent, the spot rate at which Dollars
may
be exchanged into Canadian Dollars one Business Day prior to the Restatement
Date as set forth on the relevant Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rate Page at
approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) or, if such spot rate is not
available on the relevant Bloomberg Key Cross Currency Rate Page, such spot
rate
as quoted by Credit Suisse at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time).
If,
on the day that is one Business Day prior to the Restatement Date, for any
reason, no such spot rate is being quoted as set forth above, Administrative
Agent may use any method it deems commercially reasonable and appropriate to
determine such rate, and such determination shall be presumed correct absent
manifest error.
"Existing
Credit Agreement"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preliminary statements to this
Agreement.
"Facilities"
means
any and all real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other
improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased,
operated or used by any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective
predecessors or Affiliates.
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"Federal
Funds Effective Rate"
means,
for any period, a fluctuating interest rate equal for each day during such
period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal
funds brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business
Day,
for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the
average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by Administrative Agent.
"Financial
Plan"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 6.1(xii).
"First
Amendment Effective Date"
means
the effective date of the First Amendment and Limited Waiver dated as of
February 3, 2004, to the Existing Credit Agreement.
"First
Priority"
means,
with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant
to
any Collateral Document, that (i) such Lien is perfected and has priority
over any other Lien on such Collateral (other than Liens permitted pursuant
to
subsection 7.2) and
(ii) such Lien is the only Lien (other than Liens permitted pursuant
to
subsection 7.2) to which such Collateral is subject.
"Fiscal
Quarter"
means a
fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
"Fiscal
Year"
means
the fiscal year of the Loan Parties ending on December 31 of each calendar
year. For purposes of this Agreement, any particular Fiscal Year shall be
designated by reference to the calendar year in which such Fiscal Year
ends.
"Flood
Hazard Property"
means
any Real Property Asset subject to a Mortgage located in an area designated
by
the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide
hazards.
"Foreign
Subsidiary"
means
any Subsidiary of Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
"Fund"
means
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.
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"Funding
and Payment Office"
means
(i) the office of Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender located
at
Eleven Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000 or (ii) such other
office of Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender as may from time to time
hereafter be designated as such in a written notice delivered by Administrative
Agent and Swing Line Lender to Borrower and each Lender.
"Funding
Date"
means
the date of the funding of a Loan.
"GAAP"
means,
subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in
subsection 1.2, generally accepted accounting principles set forth in
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements
of
the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting
profession, in each case as the same are applicable to the circumstances as
of
the date of determination.
"Governing
Body"
means
the board of directors or other body having the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person that is a corporation,
partnership, trust or limited liability company.
"Government
Authority"
means
any political subdivision or department thereof, any other governmental or
regulatory body, commission, central bank, board, bureau, organ or
instrumentality or any court, in each case whether federal, state, local or
foreign.
"Governmental
Authorization"
means
any permit, license, registration, authorization, plan, directive, consent,
order or consent decree of or from, or notice to, any Government
Authority.
"Granting
Lender"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 10.1B(iii).
"Guaranties"
means
the Parent Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranty.
"Hazardous
Materials"
means
(i) any chemical, material or substance at any time defined as or included
in the definition of "hazardous substances", "hazardous wastes", "hazardous
materials", "extremely hazardous waste", "acutely hazardous waste", "radioactive
waste", "biohazardous waste", "pollutant", "toxic pollutant", "contaminant",
"restricted hazardous waste", "infectious waste", "toxic substances", or any
other term or expression intended to define, list or classify substances by
reason of properties harmful to health, safety or the indoor or outdoor
environment (including harmful properties such as ignitability, corrosivity,
reactivity, carcinogenicity, toxicity, reproductive toxicity, "TCLP toxicity"
or
"EP toxicity" or words of similar import under any applicable Environmental
Laws); (ii) any oil, petroleum, petroleum fraction or petroleum derived
substance; (iii) any drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes
associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural
gas or geothermal resources; (iv) any flammable substances or explosives;
(v) any radioactive materials; (vi) any asbestos-containing materials;
(vii) urea formaldehyde foam insulation; (viii) electrical equipment
which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing polychlorinated biphenyls;
(ix) pesticides; and (x) any other chemical, material or substance,
exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Government
Authority or which may or could pose a hazard to the health and safety of the
owners, occupants or any Persons in the vicinity of any Facility or to the
indoor or outdoor environment.
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"Hazardous
Materials Activity"
means
any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence
involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession,
storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release,
discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction,
treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling
of
any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with
respect to any of the foregoing.
"Hedge
Agreement"
means
an Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency Agreement designed to hedge against
fluctuations in interest rates or currency values, respectively.
"Holdings"
means
Brand Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
"Indebtedness",
as
applied to any Person, means (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money,
(ii) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that
is
properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP,
(iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit
whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, (iv) any
obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property
or services (excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA), which
purchase price is (a) due more than six months from the date of incurrence
of the obligation in respect thereof or (b) evidenced by a note or similar
written instrument, and
(v) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned
or
held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby
shall
have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person.
Obligations under Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements constitute
(1) in the case of Hedge Agreements, Contingent Obligations, and
(2) in all other cases, Investments, and in neither case constitute
Indebtedness.
"Indemnified
Liabilities"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 10.3.
"Indemnitee"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 10.3.
"Intellectual
Property"
means
all patents, trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, technology, software, know-how
and processes used in or necessary for the conduct of the business of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted that are material to the condition
(financial or otherwise), business or operations of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
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"Interest
Expense"
means,
for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable
to
Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and capitalized interest) of Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding
Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including all commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit
and
bankers’ acceptance financing, net costs under Interest Rate Agreements and
amounts referred to in subsection 2.3 payable to Administrative Agent
and
Lenders that is considered interest expense in accordance with GAAP, but
excluding, however, any such amounts referred to in subsection 2.3 on or before
the Closing Date.
"Interest
Payment Date"
means
(i) with respect to any Base Rate Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan,
the
last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year,
commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and
(ii) with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest
Period applicable to such Loan; provided
that in
the case of each Interest Period of longer than three months "Interest Payment
Date" shall also include each date that is three months, or a multiple thereof,
after the commencement of such Interest Period.
"Interest
Period"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.2B.
"Interest
Rate Agreement"
means
any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate
collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which Parent
or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party.
"Interest
Rate Determination Date",
with
respect to any Interest Period for LIBOR Rate Loans, means the second Business
Day prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
"Interest
Rate Differential"
means
an amount (expressed as a percentage per annum) determined from time to time
by
Administrative Agent in consultation with Borrower that represents the excess
of
the Adjusted LIBOR Rate at the time of determination over the rate of return
per
annum payable to the Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders by Administrative Agent
on the Credit-Linked Deposits at such time. On the Restatement Date, the
Interest Rate Differential is 0.10% per annum.
"Internal
Revenue Code"
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time
to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
"Investment"
means
(i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by Parent or
any
of its Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any Securities of any
other Person (including any Subsidiary of Borrower), (ii) any direct
or
indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by
any
Subsidiary of Borrower from any Person other than Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, of any equity Securities of such Subsidiary, (iii) any
direct
or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving,
entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures
in
the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by Parent or any of
its
Subsidiaries to any other Person, including all indebtedness and accounts
receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise
from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business, or
(iv) Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements not constituting
Hedge
Agreements. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such
Investment plus
the cost
of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases
in
value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment
(other than adjustments for the repayment of, or the refund of capital with
respect to, the original principal amount of any such Investment).
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"IP
Collateral"
means,
collectively, the Intellectual Property that constitutes Collateral under the
Security Agreement.
"Issuing
Lender"
means
any Revolving Issuing Lender, LC Facility Issuing Lender or Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Issuing Lender.
"IPO"
means
any initial public offering of the common stock of Parent.
"Joint
Venture"
means a
joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate,
partnership or other legal form.
"LC
Facility Certificate of Deposit"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 3.1C.
"LC
Facility Commitment"
means
the commitment of a LC Facility Lender to acquire participations in LC Facility
Letters of Credit and make LC Facility Loans pursuant to subsection 2.1A(v),
and
"LC Facility Commitments" means such commitments of all LC Facility Lenders
in
the aggregate.
"LC
Facility Exposure",
with
respect to any LC Facility Lender, means, as of any date of determination (i)
prior to the termination of the LC Facility Commitments, that LC Facility
Lender’s LC Facility Commitment, and (ii) after the termination of the LC
Facility Commitments, the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the LC Facility Loans of that LC Facility Lender plus
(b) in
the event that LC Facility Lender is a LC Facility Issuing Lender, the aggregate
LC Facility Letter of Credit Usage in respect of all LC Facility Letters of
Credit issued by that LC Facility Lender (in each case net of any participations
purchased by other LC Facility Lenders in such LC Facility Letters of Credit
or
in any unreimbursed drawings thereunder) plus
(c) the
aggregate amount of all participations purchased by that LC Facility Lender
in
any outstanding LC Facility Letters of Credit or any unreimbursed drawings
under
any LC Facility Letters of Credit.
"LC
Facility Issuing Lender"
means
the LC Facility Lender that agrees or is otherwise obligated to issue such
Letter of Credit, determined as provided in subsection 3.1B.
"LC
Facility Lender"
means a
Lender that has a LC Facility Commitment and/or that has an outstanding LC
Facility Loan.
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"LC
Facility Letter of Credit"
or
"LC
Facility Letters of Credit"
means
Standby Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by LC Facility Issuing Lenders
pursuant to subsection 3.1.
"LC
Facility Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 3.3B(ii).
"LC
Facility Letter of Credit Usage"
means,
as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the maximum aggregate amount
which is or at any time thereafter may become available for drawing under all
LC
Facility Letters of Credit then outstanding plus
(ii) the
aggregate amount of all drawings under LC Facility Letters of Credit honored
by
LC Facility Issuing Lenders and not theretofore reimbursed by
Borrower.
"LC
Facility Loans"
means
the loans deemed made by LC Facility Lenders to Borrower pursuant to
subsection 3.3B and subsection 3.3C.
"LC
Facility Notes"
means
(i) the
promissory notes of Borrower issued pursuant to subsection 2.1E(i)(1)(c)
on
the Closing Date and/or (ii) any promissory notes issued by Borrower
pursuant to the second to last sentence of subsection 10.1B(i) in
connection with assignments of the LC Facility Commitments and LC Facility
Loans
of any LC Facility Lenders, in each case substantially in the form of
Exhibit VII
annexed
hereto, as they may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Leasehold
Property"
means
any leasehold interest of any Loan Party as lessee under any lease of real
property.
"Lender"
and
"Lenders"
means
the Persons identified as "Lenders" and listed on the signature pages of the
Amendment Agreement, together with their successors and permitted assigns
pursuant to subsection 10.1, and the term "Lenders" shall include Swing
Line Lender unless the context otherwise requires; provided
that the
term "Lenders",
when
used in the context of a particular Commitment, shall mean Lenders having that
Commitment.
"Lender
Deposit"
means
an
LC Facility Certificate of Deposit or a Credit-Linked Deposit.
"Letter
of Credit"
and
"Letters
of Credit"
means
(i) Revolving Letters of Credit, (ii) LC Facility Letters of
Credit
and (iii) Synthetic Letters of Credit.
"Leverage
Ratio"
means,
as at any date, the ratio of (a) Total Debt as at such date (other than
for
purposes of determining the rate of interest on Loans pursuant to subsection
2.2A, net of the aggregate amount of Cash and Cash Equivalents on hand as at
such date of Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries) to (b) EBITDA for the
consecutive four Fiscal Quarters ending on such date.
"LIBOR
Rate Loans"
means
Loans bearing interest at rates determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate as provided in subsection 2.2A.
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"LIBOR
Rate Margin"
means
the margin over the Adjusted LIBOR Rate used in determining the rate of interest
on LIBOR Rate Loans pursuant to subsection 2.2A.
"Lien"
means
any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance
of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security
interest) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the
practical effect of any of the foregoing.
"Loan"
or
"Loans"
means
one or more of the Term Loans, Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans, LC Facility
Loans or Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans or any combination thereof.
"Loan
Documents"
means
the Amendment Agreement, this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit (and
any applications for, or reimbursement agreements or other documents or
certificates executed by Borrower in favor of an Issuing Lender relating to,
the
Letters of Credit), the Guaranties and the Collateral Documents.
"Loan
Party"
means
each of Parent, Borrower and any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries from time to time
executing a Loan Document, and the "Loan Parties" means all such Persons,
collectively.
"Margin
Stock"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the
Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time.
"Material
Adverse Effect"
means
(i) a material adverse effect upon the business, operations, properties,
assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of Parent and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole or (ii) the material impairment of the ability of any
Loan
Party to perform, or of Administrative Agent or Lenders to enforce, the
Obligations.
"Material
Contract"
means
any contract or other arrangement to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
is
a party (other than the Loan Documents) for which breach, nonperformance,
cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
"Material
Real Property"
means,
as of any date of determination, (i) any fee interest in real property of any
Loan Party having a fair market value of $4,000,000 or more and (ii) a Leasehold
Property reasonably determined by Administrative Agent to be of material value
as Collateral or of material importance to the operations of Borrower and where
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor holds on a regular basis at such Leasehold
Property personal property with a fair market value in excess of (or such
Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor anticipates that the fair market value of
such
personal property held on a regular basis will, at any time during the term
of
such lease, exceed) $10,000,000.
"Material
Subsidiary"
means
any Domestic Subsidiary which, on a consolidated basis for such Domestic
Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, holds, owns or contributes, as the case may
be,
5% or more of the gross revenues, assets or EBITDA of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis.
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"Maturing
Amount"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.1F(iv).
"Maximum
Consolidated Net Capital Expenditures Amount"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 7.8.
"Mortgage"
means
(i) a security instrument (whether designated as a deed of trust or
a
mortgage or by any similar title) executed and delivered by any Loan Party,
substantially in the form agreed upon by Borrower and Administrative Agent
as of
the Closing Date or in such other form as may be approved by Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion, in each case with such changes thereto as may
be
recommended by Administrative Agent’s local counsel based on local laws or
customary local mortgage or deed of trust practices, or (ii) at
Administrative Agent’s option, in the case of an Additional Mortgaged Property,
an amendment to an existing Mortgage, in form satisfactory to Administrative
Agent, adding such Additional Mortgaged Property to the Real Property Assets
encumbered by such existing Mortgage, in either case as such security instrument
or amendment may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time. "Mortgages" means all such instruments.
"Multiemployer
Plan"
means
any Pension Plan that is a "multiemployer plan" as defined in Section 3(37)
of ERISA.
"Net
Asset Sale Proceeds",
with
respect to any Asset Sale, means Cash payments (including any Cash received
by
way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable
or
otherwise, but only as and when so received) received from such Asset Sale,
net
of any bona fide direct costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with
such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, (i) income taxes reasonably
estimated to be actually payable within two years of the date of such Asset
Sale
as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale,
(ii) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty,
if
any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured
by
a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid
under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale and (iii) all
reasonable and customary legal, investment banking, brokerage, accounting and
other professional fees, sales commissions and disbursements and all other
reasonable fees, expenses and charges, in each case actually incurred in
connection with such Asset Sale.
"Net
Debt Securities Proceeds"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.4B(iii)(d).
"Net
Equity Securities Proceeds"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.4B(iii)(c).
"Net
Income"
means,
for any period, the net income (or loss) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
a
consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period
determined in conformity with GAAP; provided
that
there shall be excluded (i) the income (or loss) of any Person (other
than
a Subsidiary of Borrower) in which any other Person (other than Borrower or
any
of its Subsidiaries) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount
of
dividends or other distributions actually paid to Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries by such Person during such period, (ii) the income (or
loss)
of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower
or
is merged into or consolidated with Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
that
Person’s assets are acquired by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries,
(iii) the income of any Subsidiary of Borrower to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary
of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its
charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule
or
governmental regulation applicable to that Subsidiary, (iv) any after-tax
gains or losses attributable to asset sales or returned surplus assets of any
Pension Plan, and (v) (to the extent not included in clauses
(i) through (iv) above) any net extraordinary gains or net non-cash
extraordinary losses.
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"Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds"
means
any Cash payments or proceeds received by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
(i) under any business interruption or casualty insurance policy in
respect
of a covered loss thereunder or (ii) as a result of the taking of any
assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to the power
of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any
such
assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, in each
case net of any actual and reasonable documented costs incurred by Parent or
any
of its Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any
claims of Parent or such Subsidiary in respect thereof and any proceeds or
awards required to be paid to a creditor (other than Lenders) which holds a
first-priority Lien permitted under the Loan Documents on the property which
is
the subject of such casualty or condemnation event described above.
"New
Business’’
means,
with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, the property, assets or business
acquired by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Permitted
Acquisition.
"Non-Acceptance
Lender"
means a
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender that does not accept Bankers’
Acceptances.
"Non-US
Lender"
means a
Lender that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
United States or any state or other political subdivision thereof.
"Notes"
means
one or more of the Term Notes, Revolving Notes, Swing Line Note or LC Facility
Notes or any combination thereof.
"Notice
of Borrowing"
means a
notice substantially in the form of Exhibit I
annexed
hereto.
"Notice
of Conversion/Continuation"
means a
notice substantially in the form of Exhibit II
annexed
hereto.
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"Obligations"
means
all obligations of every nature of each Loan Party from time to time owed to
Administrative Agent, any other Agent, Lenders or any of them under the Loan
Documents, whether for principal, interest, reimbursement of amounts drawn
under
Letters of Credit, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise.
"Officer"
means
the president, chief executive officer, a vice president, chief financial
officer, treasurer, general partner (if an individual), managing member (if
an
individual) or other individual appointed by the Governing Body or the
Organizational Documents of a corporation, partnership, trust or limited
liability company to serve in a similar capacity as the foregoing.
"Officer’s
Certificate",
as
applied to any Person that is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited
liability company, means a certificate executed on behalf of such Person by
one
or more Officers of such Person or one or more Officers of a general partner
or
a managing member if such general partner or managing member is a corporation,
partnership, trust or limited liability company.
"Operating
Lease",
as
applied to any Person, means any lease (including leases that may be terminated
by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed)
that is not a Capital Lease other than any such lease under which that Person
is
the lessor.
"Organizational
Documents"
means
the documents (including Bylaws, if applicable) pursuant to which a Person
that
is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company is organized.
"Parent"
means
Brand Intermediate Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Parent
Certificate of Incorporation"
means
the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Parent, in
the
form delivered to Administrative Agent and Lenders prior to the execution of
the
Amendment Agreement and as such Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation may be further amended from time to time thereafter to the extent
permitted under subsection 7.12.
"Parent
Guaranty"
means
the Parent Guaranty dated as of the Closing Date, entered into by Parent in
favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders, a copy of which is
attached as Exhibit
XIV
hereto,
as such Parent Guaranty may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Parent
Junior Subordinated Note Indenture" means
that certain Indenture dated
as
of the Closing Date, between Parent, as issuer, and The Bank of New York Trust
Company of Florida, N.A., as trustee, as such Indenture may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent
permitted under subsection 7.12.
"Parent
Junior Subordinated Notes"
means
the 13% Senior Subordinated Pay-in-Kind Notes due 2013 of Parent issued pursuant
to the Parent Junior Subordinated Note Indenture.
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"Parent
Junior Subordinated Notes Issue Date"
means
October 16, 2002.
"Participant"
means a
purchaser of a participation in the rights and obligations under this Agreement
pursuant to subsection 10.1C.
"Patriot
Act"
means
the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required
to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act).
"PBGC"
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
"Pension
Plan"
means
any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject
to
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of
ERISA.
"Permitted
Acquisition"
means
any acquisition, by purchase or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the
business, property or fixed assets of, or stock or other evidence of beneficial
ownership of, any Person or any division or line of business of any Person
by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries permitted under and made in accordance
with
subsection 7.3(xi) or (xii).
"Permitted
Acquisition Closing Date"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 7.3(xi).
"Permitted
Additional Subordinated Financing"
means
the issuance by Borrower of unsecured Indebtedness that (i) is expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations
(as
defined in the Security Agreement) on terms and conditions no less favorable
to
Lenders than the terms and conditions set forth in the Senior Subordinated
Notes, (ii) will not mature prior to the date that is one year after the Term
Loan Maturity Date, (iii) has no scheduled amortization or payments of principal
prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date, and (iv) has covenant, default and remedy
provisions no more restrictive, or mandatory prepayment, repurchase or
redemption provisions no more onerous or expansive in scope, taken as a whole,
than those set forth in the Senior Subordinated Notes.
"Permitted
Encumbrances"
means
the following types of Liens (excluding any such Lien imposed pursuant to
Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal Revenue Code or by ERISA,
any
such Lien relating to or imposed in connection with any Environmental Claim
but
including any of the foregoing to the extent such Liens are not delinquent
or
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and excluding
any
such Lien expressly prohibited by any applicable terms of any of the Collateral
Documents):
(i) Liens
for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims the payment of which is
not, at the time, required by subsection 6.3;
(ii) statutory
Liens of landlords, Liens of collecting banks under the UCC on items in the
course of collection, statutory Liens and rights of set-off of banks, statutory
Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen,
and other Liens imposed by law, in each case incurred in the ordinary course
of
business (a) for amounts not yet overdue or (b) for amounts that
are
overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess
of 30 days) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings,
so long as (1) such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any,
as
shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts,
and (2) in the case of a Lien with respect to any portion of the
Collateral, such contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale
of
any portion of the Collateral on account of such Lien;
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(iii) Liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection
with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of governmental
insurance benefits or social security, or to secure the performance of tenders,
statutory obligations, insurance obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids,
leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money
bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment
of
borrowed money), so long as no foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have
been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account
thereof;
(iv) any
attachment or judgment Lien not constituting an Event of Default under
subsection 8.8;
(v) (a) licenses
(with respect to Intellectual Property and other property), leases (other than
leases of scaffolding equipment) or subleases granted to third parties in
accordance with any applicable terms of the Collateral Documents and not
interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business
of
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or resulting in a material diminution in
the
value of any Collateral as security for the Obligations and (b) leases
of
scaffolding equipment granted to customers of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries in the ordinary conduct of the business of Borrower or any such
Subsidiary;
(vi) (a)
easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects
or irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere
in
any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries or result in a material diminution in the value of
any
Collateral as security for the Obligations; and (b) in the case of any property
covered by a Mortgage, encumbrances disclosed in the title insurance policy
issued to, and reasonably approved by, Administrative Agent;
(vii) any
(a) interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease not
prohibited by this Agreement, (b) Lien or restriction that the interest
or
title of such lessor or sublessor may be subject to, or (c) subordination
of the interest of the lessee or sublessee under such lease to any Lien or
restriction referred to in the preceding clause (b), so long as the
holder
of such Lien or restriction agrees to recognize the rights of such lessee or
sublessee under such lease;
(viii) Liens
arising from filing UCC financing statements relating solely to leases not
prohibited by this Agreement;
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(ix) 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;
(x) any
zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office
or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
(xi) Liens
granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents; and
(xii) Liens
securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for
borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
"Person"
means
and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general
partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships,
joint
stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust
companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or
not
legal entities, and governments (whether federal, state or local, domestic
or
foreign, and including political subdivisions thereof) and agencies or other
administrative or regulatory bodies thereof.
"Pledged
Collateral"
means,
collectively, the "Pledged Shares" and the "Pledged Debt", each as defined
in
the Security Agreement.
"Potential
Event of Default"
means a
condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
an Event of Default.
"Pricing
Certificate"
means
an Officer’s Certificate of Borrower certifying the Leverage Ratio as at the
last day of any Fiscal Quarter and setting forth the calculation of such
Leverage Ratio in reasonable detail, which Officer’s Certificate may be
delivered to Administrative Agent at any time on or after the date of delivery
by Borrower of the Compliance Certificate with respect to the period ending
on
the last day of such Fiscal Quarter.
"Prime
Rate"
means
the rate of interest per annum determined from time to time by Administrative
Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City
and
notified to Borrower. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not
necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer.
Administrative Agent or any other Lender may make commercial loans or other
loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.
"Proceedings"
means
any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise),
governmental investigation or arbitration.
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"Property
Sale-Leaseback"
means
any sale or transfer of real property acquired after the Closing Date (other
than any such real property acquired in a Permitted Acquisition) by Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person and with respect to which Borrower
or any such Subsidiary becomes and remain liable as lessee, guarantor or other
surety with respect to any such lease.
"Pro
Forma Basis"
means,
as of any date of determination, the compliance of Borrower with the financial
covenants set forth in subsection 7.6A and 7.6B as of the last day of the four
Fiscal Quarter period most recently ended prior to such date of determination
for which the relevant financial information is available (the "Compliance
Period"),
after
giving effect on a pro
forma
basis to
any Permitted Acquisitions made during such Compliance Period and any
dispositions made during such Compliance Period (other than sales of inventory
in the ordinary course of business and dispositions of obsolete equipment)
on
the following basis:
(i) any
Indebtedness incurred or assumed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with such Permitted Acquisitions and any Indebtedness repaid in
connection with such Permitted Acquisitions or dispositions shall be deemed
to
have been incurred or repaid, respectively, as of the first day of the
Compliance Period;
(ii) if
such
Indebtedness incurred or assumed by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with such Permitted Acquisitions has a floating or formula rate,
then
the rate of interest for such Indebtedness for the applicable period shall
be
computed as if the rate in effect for such Indebtedness on the relevant
measurement date had been the applicable rate for the entire applicable
period;
(iii) income
statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property
or
business acquired or disposed of in such Permitted Acquisitions or dispositions
shall be included as if such acquisitions or dispositions took place on the
first day of such Compliance Period on a pro
forma basis;
and
(iv) any
historical extraordinary non-recurring costs or expenses or other verifiable
costs or expenses that will not continue after the acquisition or disposition
date may be eliminated and other expenses and cost reductions may be reflected
on a basis consistent with Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and
Exchange Commission; provided
that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Regulation S-X, the
pro
forma
adjustments for prospective synergies and cost reductions disclosed to Lenders
in the Confidential Information Memorandum dated June 2005 shall be
permitted so long as such pro
forma
adjustments are (a) directly attributable to the Aluma Acquisition, (b) expected
to have a continuing impact on Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (c) factually
supportable.
With
respect to any such Permitted Acquisitions, such pro
forma
calculations shall be based on the audited or reviewed financial results to
the
extent delivered in compliance with subsection 7.3(xi) or (xii). All
pro
forma adjustments
shall be approved for use in such calculations by Administrative
Agent.
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"Pro
Rata Share"
means
(i) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating
to the Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the
Term Loan Exposure of that Lender by (y) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure
of all Lenders, (ii) with respect to all payments, computations and
other
matters relating to the Supplemental Term B Loan of any Lender, the percentage
obtained by dividing (x) the Supplemental Term B Loan Exposure of that
Lender by (y) the aggregate Supplemental Term B Loan Exposure of all
Lenders, (iii) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters
relating to the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan of any Lender, the
percentage obtained by dividing (x) the Supplemental Canadian Dollar
Term B
Loan Exposure of that Lender by (y) the aggregate Supplemental Canadian
Dollar Term B Loan Exposure of all Lenders, (iv) with respect to all payments,
computations and other matters relating to the Revolving Loan Commitment or
the
Revolving Loans of any Lender or any Revolving Letters of Credit issued or
participations therein deemed purchased by any Lender or any assignments of
any
Swing Line Loans deemed purchased by any Lender, the percentage obtained by
dividing (x) the Revolving Loan Exposure of that Lender by (y) the
aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders, (v) with respect to
all
payments, computations and other matters relating to the LC Facility Commitment
or the LC Facility Loans of any LC Facility Lender or any LC Facility Letters
of
Credit issued or participations therein deemed purchased by any LC Facility
Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the LC Facility Exposure
of
that LC Facility Lender by (y) the aggregate LC Facility Exposure of
all
Lenders, (vi) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters
relating to the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment or the Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Loans of any Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender or any Synthetic Letters
of Credit issued or participations therein deemed purchased by any Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the
Synthetic Letter of Credit Exposure of that Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender
by
(y) the aggregate Synthetic Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders,
and
(vii) for all other purposes with respect to each Lender, the percentage
obtained by dividing (x) the sum of the Term Loan Exposure of that Lender
plus
the
Revolving Loan Exposure of that Lender plus
the LC
Facility Exposure of that Lender plus
the
Synthetic Letter of Credit
Exposure of that Lender by (y) the sum of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure
of all Lenders plus
the
aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders plus
the
aggregate LC Facility Exposure of all Lenders plus
the
aggregate Synthetic Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders, in any such case
as the applicable percentage may be adjusted by assignments permitted pursuant
to subsection 10.1. The initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender as of
the
Restatement Date for purposes of each of clauses (ii), (iii), (iv) and
(v)
of the preceding sentence is set forth opposite the name of that Lender on
Schedule 2.1
annexed
to this Agreement.
"PTO"
means
the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any successor or substitute
office in which filings are necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative
Agent, desirable in order to create or perfect Liens on any IP
Collateral.
"Purchase
Money Indebtedness"
means
Indebtedness of Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower incurred in
connection with the purchase of assets or other property for the business of
such Borrower or such Subsidiary for the purposes of financing all or any part
of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant
or equipment used in the business of Borrower or such Subsidiary; provided
that (x)
the recourse of the Lenders with respect to such Indebtedness is limited solely
to such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, (y) the only Lien
granted by such Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, securing such
Indebtedness (which amount shall not exceed 125% of the purchase price of the
asset or property (net of taxes and soft costs)) is on the assets or other
property so purchased (and the proceeds of such assets or other property) and
(z) such Indebtedness is without recourse to any other Loan Party.
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"Real
Property Asset"
means,
at any time of determination, any interest then owned by any Loan Party in
any
real property.
"Reference
Lender"
means
Credit Suisse.
"Refunded
Swing Line Loans"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.1A(iii).
"Register"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.1D.
"Regulation D"
means
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
as in
effect from time to time.
"Related
Affiliate"
means
with respect to any Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender, an Affiliate
or
lending office of such Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender designated
by
it to make its Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans available to Borrower
under this Agreement.
"Related
Agreements"
means,
collectively, the Parent Certificate of Incorporation, the Borrower Certificate
of Incorporation, the Senior Subordinated Notes Indenture, the Parent Junior
Subordinated Note Indenture, any indenture governing any Permitted Additional
Subordinated Financing, the Aluma Asset Purchase Agreement and the Sponsor
Preferred Stock Documents.
"Release"
means
any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping,
deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of
Hazardous Materials into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the
abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles
containing any Hazardous Materials), including the movement of any Hazardous
Materials through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
"Repayable
Net Asset Sale Proceeds"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 2.4B(iii)(a).
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"Request
for Issuance"
means a
request substantially in the form of Exhibit III
annexed
hereto.
"Requisite
Class Lenders"
means,
at any time of determination, (i) for Lenders holding Term Loans, Lenders
holding more than 50% of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders,
(ii) for Lenders holding Revolving Loan Commitments, Lenders holding
more
than 50% of the aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders, (iii) for
Lenders holding LC Facility Commitments, Lenders holding more than 50% of the
aggregate LC Facility Exposure of all Lenders, and (iv) for Lenders
holding
Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments, Lenders holding more than 50% of the
aggregate Synthetic Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders.
"Requisite
Lenders"
means
Lenders having or holding more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate Term Loan
Exposure of all Lenders plus
the
aggregate Revolving Loan Exposure of all Lenders plus
the
aggregate LC Facility Exposure of all Lenders plus
the
aggregate Synthetic Letter of Credit Exposure of all Lenders.
"Restatement
Date"
means
July 29, 2005.
"Restricted
Junior Payment"
means
(i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account
of
any shares of any class of stock of Borrower or Parent now or hereafter
outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock
to the holders of that class, (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking
fund
or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect,
of any shares of any class of stock of Borrower or Parent now or hereafter
outstanding, (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender
of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of
any
class of stock of Borrower or Parent now or hereafter outstanding, and
(iv) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or
interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including
in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect
to, any Subordinated Indebtedness.
"Revolving
Issuing Lender"
means
the Revolving Lender that agrees or is otherwise obligated to issue such
Revolving Letter of Credit, determined as provided in subsection
3.1B(ii).
"Revolving
LC Reimbursement Date"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 3.3B(i).
"Revolving
Lender"
means a
Lender that has a Revolving Loan Commitment and/or that has an outstanding
Revolving Loan.
"Revolving
Letter of Credit"
or
"Revolving
Letters of Credit"
means
Commercial Letters of Credit and Standby Letters of Credit issued or to be
issued by Revolving Issuing Lenders for the account of Borrower pursuant to
subsection 3.1.
"Revolving
Letter of Credit Usage"
means,
as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the maximum aggregate amount
which is or at any time thereafter may become available for drawing under all
Revolving Letters of Credit then outstanding plus
(ii) the
aggregate amount of all drawings under Revolving Letters of Credit honored
by
Revolving Issuing Lenders and not theretofore reimbursed out of the proceeds
of
Revolving Loans pursuant to subsection 3.3B or otherwise reimbursed by
Borrower.
"Revolving
Loan Commitment"
means
the commitment of a Revolving Lender to make Revolving Loans to Borrower
pursuant to subsection 2.1A(ii), and "Revolving
Loan Commitments"
means
such commitments of all Revolving Lenders in the aggregate.
"Revolving
Loan Commitment Termination Date"
means
October 16, 2008.
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"Revolving
Loan Exposure",
with
respect to any Revolving Lender, means, as of any date of determination
(i) prior to the termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments, that
Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, and (ii) after the termination of the
Revolving Loan Commitments, the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender plus
(b) in the event that Lender is a Revolving Issuing Lender, the aggregate
Revolving Letter of Credit Usage in respect of all Revolving Letters of Credit
issued by that Lender (in each case net of any participations purchased by
other
Revolving Lenders in such Letters of Credit or in any unreimbursed drawings
thereunder) plus
(c) the aggregate amount of all participations purchased by that Revolving
Lender in any outstanding Revolving Letters of Credit or any unreimbursed
drawings under any Revolving Letters of Credit plus
(d) in the case of Swing Line Lender, the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of all Swing Line Loans (net of any assignments thereof purchased by
other Revolving Lenders) plus
(e) the aggregate amount of all assignments purchased by that Lender
in any
outstanding Swing Line Loans.
"Revolving
Loans"
means
the Loans made by Revolving Lenders to Borrower pursuant to
subsection 2.1A(ii).
"Revolving
Notes"
means
(i) the promissory notes of Borrower issued pursuant to
subsection 2.1E(i)(1)(b) on the Closing Date and/or (ii) any
promissory notes issued by Borrower pursuant to the second to last sentence
of
subsection 10.1B(i) in connection with assignments of the Revolving
Loan
Commitments and Revolving Loans of any Revolving Lenders, in each case
substantially in the form of Exhibit V
annexed
hereto, as they may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Schedule
I Lender"
means
any Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender named in Schedule I to the
Bank
Act
(Canada).
"Securities"
means
any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates,
certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or
arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences
of
indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated, certificated
or
uncertificated, or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known
as
"securities" or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in
temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any
right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
"Securities
Act"
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor
statute.
"Security
Agreement"
means
the Security Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, entered into by Borrower,
Parent and the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of Administrative Agent for the
benefit of Lenders, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit XIII
hereto,
as such Security Agreement may thereafter be amended, restated, supplemented
or
otherwise modified from time to time.
"Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture"
means
that certain Indenture dated
as
of October 16, 2002, between Borrower, as issuer, and The Bank of New York
Trust
Company of Florida, N.A., as trustee, as such Indenture may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent
permitted under subsection 7.12.
"Senior
Subordinated Notes"
means
the 12% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2012 of Borrower, issued pursuant to
the
Senior Subordinated Note Indenture.
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"Severance
Costs"
means,
for any period, recruitment costs, relocation expenses and other severance
costs
(including related legal expenses) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred
in
connection with (i) a restructuring of the operations of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, (ii) the Aluma Acquisition or (iii) a Permitted Acquisition;
provided
that the
calculation of any such Severance Costs shall be set forth in an Officer’s
Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative
Agent which shall be delivered to Administrative Agent, together with its
delivery of any financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to
subsection 6.1; and provided,
further
that the
aggregate amount of such Severance Costs (other than Severance Costs in an
amount not to exceed $2,000,000 relating to the separation from Parent
(effective January 1, 2005) of Parent’s former President and Chief Executive
Officer) shall not exceed $5,000,000 in any Fiscal Year.
"Solvent",
with
respect to any Person, means that as of the date of determination both
(i)(a) the then fair saleable value of the property of such Person is
(1) greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent
liabilities) of such Person and (2) not less than the amount that will
be
required to pay the probable liabilities on such Person’s then existing debts as
they become absolute and due considering all financing alternatives and
potential asset sales reasonably available to such Person; (b) such
Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business or any
contemplated or undertaken transaction; and (c) such Person does not
intend
to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe) that it will incur,
debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due; and
(ii) 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 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.
"SPC"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 10.1B(iii).
"Sponsor"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preliminary statements to this
Agreement.
"Sponsor
Preferred Stock"
means
the $30,000,000 in aggregate liquidation preference of preferred equity
interests of Parent to be issued and sold by Parent to the Sponsor or its
Affiliates on the Restatement Date, which equity interests shall have the terms
and conditions set forth in the Sponsor Preferred Stock Documents.
"Sponsor
Preferred Stock Documents"
means
that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of the Restatement Date, between
Parent and the Sponsor, the Parent Certificate of Incorporation and all other
instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing or governing the Sponsor
Preferred Stock or providing for any right in respect thereof.
"Standby
Letter of Credit"
means
any standby letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the purpose of
supporting (i) Indebtedness of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
respect of industrial revenue or development bonds or financings,
(ii) workers’ compensation liabilities of Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, (iii) the obligations of third party insurers of Borrower
or
any of its Subsidiaries arising by virtue of the laws of any jurisdiction
requiring third party insurers, (iv) obligations with respect to Capital
Leases or Operating Leases of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and
(v) performance, payment, deposit or surety obligations of Borrower
or any
of its Subsidiaries, in any case if required by law or governmental rule or
regulation or in accordance with custom and practice in the
industry.
"Subordinated
Indebtedness"
means
the (i) Senior Subordinated Notes, (ii) Parent Junior Subordinated
Notes (iii) any Permitted Additional Subordinated Financing and
(iv) any other Indebtedness of Parent and its Subsidiaries incurred
from
time to time and subordinated in right of payment to the
Obligations.
"Subsidiary",
with
respect to any Person, means any corporation, partnership, trust, limited
liability company, association, Joint Venture or other business entity of which
more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership
interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote
in the election of the members of the Governing Body is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.
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"Subsidiary
Guarantor"
means
any Domestic Subsidiary of Borrower that is a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty
on the Restatement Date and each Subsidiary that becomes a party thereto after
the Restatement Date pursuant to subsection 6.8.
"Subsidiary
Guaranty"
means
the Subsidiary Guaranty dated as of the Closing Date, entered into by the
Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto in favor of Administrative Agent for the
benefit of Lenders (to be executed and delivered by additional Subsidiaries
of
Borrower from time to time thereafter in accordance with subsection 6.8),
a
copy of which is attached as Exhibit XII
hereto,
as such Subsidiary Guaranty may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Commitment"
means
the commitment of a Lender to make a Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan
to
Borrower on the Restatement Date pursuant to subsection 2.1A(vii), and
"Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Commitments"
means
such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate.
"Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Exposure",
with
respect to any Lender, means, as of any date of determination, the outstanding
principal amount of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan of that
Lender.
"Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Loans"
means
the Loans made by Lenders to Borrower on the Restatement Date pursuant to
subsection 2.1A(vii).
"Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Lender"
means
any Lender with an outstanding Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B
Loan.
"Supplemental
Collateral Agent"
has the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 9.1B.
"Supplemental
Term B Loan Commitment"
means
the commitment of a Lender to make a Supplemental Term B Loan to Borrower
on the Restatement Date pursuant to subsection 2.1A(iv), and "Supplemental
Term B Loan Commitments"
means
such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate.
"Supplemental
Term B Loan Exposure",
with
respect to any Lender, means as of any date of determination, the outstanding
principal amount of the Supplemental Term B Loans of that Lender.
"Supplemental
Term B Loans"
means
the Loans made by Lenders to Borrower on the Restatement Date pursuant to
subsection 2.1A(iv).
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"Swing
Line Lender"
means
Credit Suisse, or any Person serving as a successor Administrative Agent
hereunder, in its capacity as Swing Line Lender hereunder.
"Swing
Line Loan Commitment"
means
the commitment of Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans to Borrower
pursuant to subsection 2.1A(iii).
"Swing
Line Loans"
means
the Loans made by Swing Line Lender to Borrower pursuant to
subsection 2.1A(iii).
"Swing
Line Note"
means
(i) the promissory note of Borrower issued pursuant to
subsection 2.1E(i)(2) on the Closing Date and/or (ii) any promissory
note issued by Borrower to any successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line
Lender pursuant to the last sentence of subsection 9.5B, in each case
substantially in the form of Exhibit VI
annexed
hereto, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from
time to time.
"Syndication
Agent"
means
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
"Synthetic
Letter of Credit"
or
"Synthetic
Letters of Credit"
means
Standby Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by Synthetic Letter of Credit
Issuing Lenders pursuant to subsection 3.1.
"Synthetic
Letter of Credit Commitment"
means
the
commitment of a Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender to acquire participations
in
Synthetic Letters of Credit and make Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans pursuant
to subsection 2.1A(vi), and "Synthetic
Letter of Credit Commitments"
means
such commitments of all Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders in the
aggregate.
"Synthetic
Letter of Credit Exposure",
with
respect to any Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender, means, as of any date of
determination (i) prior to the termination of the Synthetic Letter of
Credit Commitments, that Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Synthetic Letter of
Credit Commitment, and (ii) after the termination of the Synthetic Letter
of Credit Commitments, the sum of (a) the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans of that Synthetic Letter of
Credit Lender plus
(b) in the event that Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender is a Synthetic
Letter of Credit Issuing Lender, the aggregate Synthetic Letter of Credit Usage
in respect of all Synthetic Letters of Credit issued by that Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Lender (in each case net of any participations purchased by other
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders in such Synthetic Letters of Credit or in
any
unreimbursed drawings thereunder) plus
(c) the aggregate amount of all participations purchased by that Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lender in any outstanding Synthetic Letters of Credit or any
unreimbursed drawings under any Synthetic Letters of Credit.
"Synthetic
Letter of Credit Facility Maturity Date"
means
January 15, 2012.
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"Synthetic
Letter of Credit Issuing Lender"
means
the
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender that agrees or is otherwise obligated to
issue
such Letter of Credit, determined as provided in subsection 3.1B.
"Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lender"
means
a
Lender that has a Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment and/or that has an
outstanding Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan.
"Synthetic
Letter of Credit Loans"
means
the
loans deemed made by Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders to Borrower pursuant
to
subsection 3.3B and subsection 3.3C.
"Synthetic
Letter of Credit Notes"
means
(i) the
promissory notes of Borrower issued pursuant to subsection 2.1E(iii)
on the
First Amendment Effective Date and/or (ii) any promissory notes issued
by
Borrower pursuant to the second to last sentence of subsection 10.1B(i)
in
connection with assignments of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments and
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans of any Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders,
in
each case substantially in the form of Exhibit VIII
annexed
hereto, as they may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Synthetic
Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date"
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in subsection 3.3B(iii).
"Synthetic
Letter of Credit Usage"
means,
as
at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the maximum aggregate amount
which is or at any time thereafter may become available for drawing under all
Synthetic Letters of Credit then outstanding plus
(ii) the aggregate amount of all drawings under Synthetic Letters of
Credit
honored by Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lenders and not theretofore
reimbursed by Borrower.
"Tax"
or
"Taxes"
means
any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or
withholding of any nature and whatever called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever
and
wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed, including interest,
penalties, additions to tax and any similar liabilities with respect thereto;
except that, in the case of a Lender, there shall be excluded (i) taxes
that are imposed on the overall net income or net profits (including franchise
taxes imposed in lieu thereof) (a) by the United States, (b) by
any
other Government Authority under the laws of which such Lender is organized
or
has its principal office or maintains its applicable lending office, or
(c) by any jurisdiction solely as a result of a present or former
connection between such Lender and such jurisdiction (other than any such
connection arising solely from such Lender having executed, delivered or
performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, any of
the
Loan Documents), and (ii) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United
States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which such Lender
is located.
"Term B
Loans"
means
the Loans made by Lenders to Borrower on the Closing Date as described in
subsection 2.1A(i).
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"Term
Loan Exposure",
with
respect to any Lender, means, as of any date of determination, the outstanding
principal amount of the Term Loan of that Lender, with the aggregate principal
amount of any Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan being the Dollar
Equivalent of such Loan.
"Term
Loan Maturity Date"
means
January 15, 2012.
"Term
Lender"
means
any Lender with an outstanding Term Loan.
"Term
Loans"
means,
collectively, the Term B Loans and, unless the context shall otherwise require,
the Supplemental Term B Loans and the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term
B
Loans.
"Term
Notes"
means
(i) the promissory notes of Borrower issued pursuant to
subsection 2.1E(i)(1)(a) on the Closing Date (or, with respect to
Supplemental Term B Loans or Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans,
the
Restatement Date) and/or (ii) any promissory notes issued by Borrower
pursuant to the second to last sentence of subsection 10.1B(i) in
connection with assignments of the Term Loans of any Lenders, in each case
substantially in the form of Exhibit IV
annexed
hereto, as they may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
"Title
Company"
means
one or more title insurance companies reasonably satisfactory to Administrative
Agent.
"Total
Debt"
means,
as at any date of determination, the aggregate stated balance sheet amount
of
all Indebtedness of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Total
Utilization of LC Commitment"
means,
as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount
of all outstanding LC Facility Loans plus
(ii) the
LC Facility Letter of Credit Usage.
"Total
Utilization of Revolving Loan Commitments"
means,
as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans plus
(ii) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swing Line Loans
plus
(iii) the Revolving Letter of Credit Usage.
"Total
Utilization of Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments"
means,
as at any date of determination, the sum of (i) the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans plus
(ii) the
Synthetic Letter of Credit Usage.
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"Transaction
Costs"
means
the fees, costs and expenses payable by Parent and its Subsidiaries on or before
the Restatement Date (or promptly thereafter in connection with the transactions
occurring on the Restatement Date) in connection with the transactions
contemplated by the Loan Documents and by the Aluma Acquisition
Documents.
"Transactions"
means,
collectively, (a) the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of the
Aluma Asset Purchase Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by Parent
and
Borrower of the Sponsor Preferred Stock Documents and the issuance of the
Sponsor Preferred Stock, (c) the execution, delivery and performance by the
Loan
Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are a party and the making of the
borrowings hereunder and (d) the payment of the Transaction Costs.
"UCC"
means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction.
"Unfunded
Advances/Participations"
means
(i) with respect to Administrative Agent, the aggregate amount, if any
(a) made available to Borrower on the assumption that each applicable
Lender has made its portion of the applicable Loan available to Administrative
Agent as contemplated by subsection 2.1C and (b) with respect to which
a
corresponding amount shall not in fact have been made available to
Administrative Agent by any such Lender (other than the Administrative Agent
in
its capacity as a Lender), (ii) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, the
aggregate amount, if any, of participations in respect of any outstanding Swing
Line Loan that shall not have been funded by the Revolving Lenders (other than
the Administrative Agent in its capacity as a Revolving Lender) in accordance
with subsection 2.1A(iii), and (iii) with respect to any Issuing Lender, the
aggregate amount, if any, of participations in respect of any outstanding Letter
of Credit disbursement that shall not have been funded by the applicable Lenders
(other than the Administrative Agent in its capacity as a Lender) in accordance
with subsection 3.3.
"U.S.
Dollar Term Loans"
means
the Term B Loans and the Supplemental Term B Loans.
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"Working
Capital"
means,
as at any date of determination, the excess (or deficit) of Current Assets
over
Current Liabilities.
"Working
Capital Adjustment"
means,
for any period on a consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative
number) by which Working Capital as of the beginning of such period exceeds
(or
is less than) Working Capital as of the end of such period; provided
that,
with respect to the period in which the Aluma Acquisition is consummated,
Working Capital as of the beginning of such period shall be deemed to include
the Working Capital of Aluma as of the Restatement Date.
1.2 |
Accounting
Terms; Utilization of GAAP for Purposes of Calculations Under
Agreement.
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Except
as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all accounting terms not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity
with GAAP. Financial statements and other information required to be delivered
by Borrower to Lenders pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) and (xii) of
subsection 6.1 shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect
at
the time of such preparation (and delivered together with the reconciliation
statements provided for in subsection 6.1(v)). Calculations in connection
with the definitions, covenants and other provisions of this Agreement shall
utilize GAAP as in effect on the date of determination, applied in a manner
consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements referred to
in
subsection 5.3. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan
Document, and Borrower, Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders shall so
request, Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower shall negotiate in good
faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof
in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of Requisite Lenders);
provided
that,
until so amended, such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in
accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and Borrower shall provide
to
Administrative Agent and Lenders reconciliation statements provided for in
subsection 6.1(v).
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Other
Definitional Provisions and Rules of Construction.
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A. Any
of
the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used
in
the singular or the plural, depending on the reference.
B. References
to "Sections" and "subsections" shall be to Sections and subsections,
respectively, of this Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. Section
and subsection headings in this Agreement are included herein for
convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement
for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
C. The
use
in any of the Loan Documents of the word "include" or "including", when
following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to
limit
such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth
immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or
not
nonlimiting language (such as "without limitation" or "but not limited to"
or
words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be
deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest
possible scope of such general statement, term or matter.
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Section
2. AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS AND
LOANS
2.1 |
Commitments;
Making of Loans; the Register; Notes; Bankers’
Acceptances.
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A. Commitments.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties of Borrower herein set forth, each Lender hereby
severally agrees to make the Loans as described in subsections 2.1A(ii),
2.1A(iv), 2.1A(v), 2.1A(vi) and 2.1A(vii) and Swing Line Lender hereby agrees
to
make the Swing Line Loans as described in
subsection 2.1A(iii).
(i) Term B
Loans.
Term B Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $130,000,000 were made
to
Borrower on the Closing Date (of which Term B Loans in an aggregate principal
amount of $102,091,325.77 remain outstanding on the Restatement Date) by each
Lender that had a commitment to make a Term B Loan on the Closing Date.
Term B Loans which are subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be
reborrowed.
(ii) Revolving
Loans.
Each
Revolving Lender severally agrees, subject to the limitations set forth below
with respect to the maximum amount of Revolving Loans permitted to be
outstanding from time to time, to lend to Borrower from time to time during
the
period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Loan Commitment
Termination Date an aggregate amount not exceeding its Pro Rata Share of the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan Commitments to be used for the purposes
identified in subsection 2.5B; provided
that the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans made on the Restatement Date
shall
not exceed $5,000,000. The original amount of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving
Loan Commitment is set forth opposite its name on Schedule 2.1
annexed
hereto and the aggregate original amount of the Revolving Loan Commitments
is
$50,000,000; provided
that the
Revolving Loan Commitments of Revolving Lenders shall be adjusted to give effect
to any assignments of the Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to
subsection 10.1B and shall be reduced from time to time by the amount
of
any reductions thereto made pursuant to subsection 2.4. Each Revolving
Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Loan Commitment
Termination Date and all Revolving Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder
with respect to the Revolving Loans and the Revolving Loan Commitments shall
be
paid in full no later than that date. Amounts borrowed under this
subsection 2.1A(ii) may be repaid and reborrowed to but excluding the
Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date.
Anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Revolving
Loans
and the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be subject to the limitation that
in no
event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Loan Commitments at any time
exceed the Revolving Loan Commitments then in effect.
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(iii) Swing
Line Loans.
(a) General
Provisions.
Swing
Line Lender hereby agrees, subject to the limitations set forth below with
respect to the maximum amount of Swing Line Loans permitted to be outstanding
from time to time, to make a portion of the Revolving Loan Commitments available
to Borrower from time to time during the period from the Closing Date to but
excluding the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date by making Swing Line
Loans to Borrower in an aggregate amount not exceeding the amount of the Swing
Line Loan Commitment to be used for the purposes identified in
subsection 2.5B, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans,
when
aggregated with Swing Line Lender’s outstanding Revolving Loans and Swing Line
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Letter of Credit Usage then in effect,
may exceed Swing Line Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment. The original amount of
the Swing Line Loan Commitment is $15,000,000; provided
that any
reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitments made pursuant to subsection 2.4
that reduces the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments to an amount less than
the
then current amount of the Swing Line Loan Commitment shall result in an
automatic corresponding reduction of the Swing Line Loan Commitment to the
amount of the Revolving Loan Commitments, as so reduced, without any further
action on the part of Borrower, Administrative Agent or Swing Line Lender.
The
Swing Line Loan Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Loan Commitment
Termination Date and all Swing Line Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder
with respect to the Swing Line Loans shall be paid in full no later than that
date. Amounts borrowed under this subsection 2.1A(iii) may be repaid
and
reborrowed to but excluding the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination
Date.
Anything
contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Swing Line
Loans and the Swing Line Loan Commitment shall be subject to the limitation
that
in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving Loan Commitments at any
time exceed the Revolving Loan Commitments then in effect.
(b) Swing
Line Loan Prepayment with Proceeds of Revolving Loans.
With
respect to any Swing Line Loans that have not been voluntarily prepaid by
Borrower pursuant to subsection 2.4B(i), Swing Line Lender may, at any
time
in its sole and absolute discretion, deliver to Administrative Agent (with
a
copy to Borrower), no later than 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on
the
first Business Day in advance of the proposed Funding Date, a notice requesting
Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans on such
Funding Date in an amount equal to the amount of such Swing Line Loans (the
"Refunded
Swing Line Loans")
outstanding on the date such notice is given. Borrower hereby acknowledges
and
agrees to the giving of such notice and approves the borrowing of the Revolving
Loans effected thereby. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, (1) the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by Revolving
Lenders other than Swing Line Lender shall be immediately delivered by
Administrative Agent to Swing Line Lender (and not to Borrower) and applied
to
repay a corresponding portion of the Refunded Swing Line Loans and (2) on
the day such Revolving Loans are made, Swing Line Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
Refunded Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be paid with the proceeds of a
Revolving Loan made by Swing Line Lender, and such portion of the Swing Line
Loans deemed to be so paid shall no longer be outstanding as Swing Line Loans
and shall no longer be due under the Swing Line Note, if any, of Swing Line
Lender but shall instead constitute part of Swing Line Lender’s outstanding
Revolving Loans and shall be due under the Revolving Note, if any, of Swing
Line
Lender. Borrower hereby authorizes Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender
to
charge any accounts Administrative Agent and/or Swing Line Lender may have
in
Borrower’s name (up to the amount available in each such account) in order to
immediately pay Swing Line Lender the amount of the Refunded Swing Line Loans
to
the extent the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by Revolving Lenders,
including the Revolving Loan deemed to be made by Swing Line Lender, are not
sufficient to repay in full the Refunded Swing Line Loans. If any portion of
any
such amount paid (or deemed to be paid) to Swing Line Lender should be recovered
by or on behalf of Borrower from Swing Line Lender in any bankruptcy proceeding,
in any assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise, the loss of the
amount so recovered shall be ratably shared among all Lenders in the manner
contemplated by subsection 10.5.
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(c) Swing
Line Loan Assignments.
If for
any reason (1) Revolving Loans are not made upon the request of Swing
Line
Lender as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph in an amount
sufficient to repay any amounts owed to Swing Line Lender in respect of any
outstanding Swing Line Loans or (2) the Revolving Loan Commitments are
terminated at a time when any Swing Line Loans are outstanding, each Revolving
Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, have purchased an assignment
of
such outstanding Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share
(calculated, in the case of the foregoing clause (2), immediately prior
to
such termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the unpaid amount of
such
Swing Line Loans together with accrued interest thereon. Upon one Business
Day’s
notice from Swing Line Lender, each Revolving Lender shall deliver to Swing
Line
Lender an amount equal to its respective assignment in same day funds at the
Funding and Payment Office. In order to further evidence such assignment (and
without prejudice to the effectiveness of the assignment provisions set forth
above), each Revolving Lender agrees to enter into an Assignment Agreement
at
the request of Swing Line Lender in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Swing Line Lender. In the event any Revolving Lender fails to make available
to Swing Line Lender the amount of such Revolving Lender’s assignment as
provided in this paragraph, Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover
such
amount on demand from such Revolving Lender together with interest thereon
at
the rate customarily used by Swing Line Lender for the correction of errors
among banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. In the
event Swing Line Lender receives a payment of any amount in which other
Revolving Lenders have purchased assignments as provided in this paragraph,
Swing Line Lender shall promptly distribute to each such other Revolving Lender
its Pro Rata Share of such payment.
(d) Revolving
Lenders’ Obligations.
Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Revolving
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans for the purpose of repaying any
Refunded Swing Line Loans pursuant to subsection 2.1A(iii)(b) and each
Revolving Lender’s obligation to purchase an assignment of any unpaid Swing Line
Loans pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph shall be absolute and
unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including
(1) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which
such Revolving Lender may have against Swing Line Lender, Borrower or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (2) the occurrence or continuation
of an
Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default; (3) any adverse change
in
the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise)
or prospects of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; (4) any breach of
this
Agreement or any other Loan Document by any party thereto; or (5) any
other
circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any
of
the foregoing; provided
that
such obligations of each Revolving Lender are subject to the condition that
(x) Swing Line Lender believed in good faith that all conditions under
Section 4 to the making of the applicable Refunded Swing Line Loans
or
other unpaid Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, were satisfied at the time
such Refunded Swing Line Loans or unpaid Swing Line Loans were made or
(y) the satisfaction of any such condition not satisfied had been waived
in
accordance with subsection 10.6 prior to or at the time such Refunded
Swing
Line Loans or other unpaid Swing Line Loans were made.
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(iv) Supplemental
Term B Loans.
Each
Lender that has a Supplemental Term B Loan Commitment severally agrees
to
lend to Borrower on the Restatement Date an amount in Dollars not exceeding
its
Pro Rata Share of the aggregate amount of the Supplemental Term B Loan
Commitments to be used for the purposes identified in subsection 2.5A.
The
amount of each Lender’s Supplemental Term B Loan Commitment is set forth
opposite its name on Schedule 2.1
annexed
hereto and the aggregate amount of the Supplemental Term B Loan Commitments
is $128,000,000;
provided
that the
Supplemental Term B Loan Commitments of Lenders shall be adjusted to
give
effect to any assignments of the Supplemental Term B Loan Commitments
pursuant to subsection 10.1B. Each Lender’s Supplemental Term B Loan
Commitment shall expire immediately and without further action on
September 15, 2005 if the Supplemental Term B Loans are not made
on or
before that date. Borrower may make only one borrowing under the Supplemental
Term B Loan Commitments. Supplemental Term B Loans which are
subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.
(v) LC
Facility Commitment.
Each LC
Facility Lender severally agrees, subject to the limitations set forth in
subsection 3.1A with respect to the Total Utilization of LC Facility
Commitments, (i) to acquire participations in LC Facility Letters of Credit
pursuant to subsection 3.1C and (ii) to make LC Facility Loans to Borrower
pursuant to subsection 3.3C from time to time during the period from (and
including) the Closing Date to (with respect to LC Facility Loans) but excluding
the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date in an aggregate amount not
exceeding its Pro Rata Share of the aggregate amount of the LC Facility
Commitments to be used for the purposes identified in subsection 2.5B. The
original amount of each LC Facility Lender’s LC Facility Commitment is set forth
opposite its name on Schedule
2.1
annexed
hereto and the aggregate original amount of the LC Facility Commitments is
$20,000,000; provided
that the
LC Facility Commitments of LC Facility Lenders shall be adjusted to give effect
to any assignments of the LC Facility Loan Commitments pursuant to subsection
10.1B and shall be reduced from time to time by the amount of any reductions
thereto made pursuant to subsection 2.4. Each LC Facility Lender’s LC Facility
Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date and
all LC Facility Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to
the
LC Facility Loans and the LC Facility Commitments shall be paid in full no
later
than that date. LC Facility Loans borrowed pursuant to subsection 3.3C(i) may
be
prepaid without reducing the LC Facility Commitments; provided,
however,
that LC
Facility Loans may not be reborrowed as such.
(vi) Synthetic
Letter of Credit Commitment.
Each
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender severally agrees, subject to the limitations
set forth in subsection 3.1A with respect to the Total Utilization of
Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments, (i) to acquire participations
in
Synthetic Letters of Credit pursuant to subsection 3.1C and (ii) to
make Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans to Borrower pursuant to
subsection 3.3B(iii) from time to time during the period from (and
including) the First Amendment Effective Date to (with respect to Synthetic
Letter of Credit Loans) but excluding the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination
Date in an aggregate amount not exceeding its Pro Rata Share of the aggregate
amount of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments to be used for the purposes
identified in subsection 2.5B. The aggregate amount of the Synthetic
Letter
of Credit Commitments as of the First Amendment Effective Date is $15,000,000;
provided
that the
Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments of Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders
shall be adjusted to give effect to any assignments of the Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Loan Commitments pursuant to subsection 10.1B and shall be reduced
from time to time by the amount of any reductions thereto made pursuant to
subsection 2.4. Each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Synthetic Letter
of Credit Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination
Date and all Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans and all other amounts owed
hereunder with respect to the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans and the Synthetic
Letter of Credit Commitments shall be paid in full no later than that date.
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans may be prepaid from time to time pursuant
to
subsection 2.4B(i) without reducing the Synthetic Letter of Credit
Commitments; provided,
however,
that
the amount of each such prepayment shall be applied to replenish the
Credit-Linked Deposits in accordance with subsection 2.4 except to the
extent that a voluntary reduction of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments
is made simultaneously with such prepayment; and provided further
that
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans may not be reborrowed except pursuant to
subsection 3.3B(iii).
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(vii) Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Loans.
Each
Lender that has a Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Commitment
severally agrees to lend to Borrower on the Restatement Date an amount in
Canadian Dollars not exceeding its Pro Rata Share of the aggregate amount of
the
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Commitments to be used for
the
purposes identified in subsection 2.5A. The amount of each Lender’s
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Commitment is set forth opposite
its name on Schedule 2.1
annexed
hereto and the aggregate amount of the Supplemental Term B Loan Commitments
is the Canadian Dollar Equivalent of $57,000,000;
provided
that the
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Commitments of Lenders shall
be
adjusted to give effect to any assignments of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar
Term B Loan Commitments pursuant to subsection 10.1B. Each Lender’s
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Commitment shall expire
immediately and without further action on September 15, 2005 if the
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans are not made on or before
that
date. Borrower may make only one borrowing under the Supplemental Canadian
Dollar Term B Loan Commitments. Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B
Loans which are subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Each
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender, if it is not a "United States
person" (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue
Code), shall designate by notice in writing to Administrative Agent,
a
Related
Affiliate of such Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender that is either
a
"United States person" (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Internal Revenue Code) or is a Non-US Lender that has fulfilled the requirements
in subsection 2.7B, for the purposes of making Supplemental Canadian Dollar
Term
B Loans available to Borrower.
B. Borrowing
Mechanics. Term
Loans or Revolving Loans made on any Funding Date (other than Revolving Loans
made pursuant to a request by Swing Line Lender pursuant to
subsection 2.1A(ii) or Revolving Loans made pursuant to
subsection 3.3B) shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of (a) for
Term Loans, the Dollar Equivalent of $2,500,000 and multiples of the Dollar
Equivalent of $500,000 in excess of that amount and (b) for Revolving Loans,
$2,000,000 and multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount. Swing Line Loans
made on any Funding Date shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000
and
multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount. Whenever Borrower desires that
Lenders make Term Loans or Revolving Loans it shall deliver to Administrative
Agent a duly executed Notice of Borrowing no later than 12:00 Noon (New York
City time) at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed Funding
Date
(in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan or a BA Loan) or at least one Business Day
in
advance of the proposed Funding Date (in the case of a Base Rate Loan or a
Canadian Prime Rate Loan). Whenever Borrower desires that Swing Line Lender
make
a Swing Line Loan, it shall deliver to Swing Line Lender, with a copy to
Administrative Agent, a duly executed Notice of Borrowing no later than 12:00
Noon (New York City time) on the proposed Funding Date. Term Loans and Revolving
Loans may be continued as or converted into Base Rate Loans, Canadian Prime
Rate
Loans, LIBOR Rate Loans and/or BA Loans in the manner provided in
subsection 2.2D. In lieu of delivering a Notice of Borrowing, Borrower
may
give Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed
borrowing under this subsection 2.1B; provided
that
such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of a duly
executed Notice of Borrowing to Administrative Agent on or before the applicable
Funding Date.
Neither
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Borrower in
acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that Administrative Agent
believes in good faith to have been given by an Officer or other person
authorized to borrow on behalf of Borrower or for otherwise acting in good
faith
under this subsection 2.1B or under subsection 2.2D, and upon
funding
of Loans by Lenders, and upon conversion or continuation of the applicable
basis
for determining the interest rate with respect to any Loans pursuant to
subsection 2.2D, in each case in accordance with this Agreement, pursuant
to any such telephonic notice Borrower shall have effected Loans or a conversion
or continuation, as the case may be, hereunder.
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Borrower
shall notify Administrative Agent prior to the funding of any Loans in the
event
that any of the matters to which Borrower is required to certify in the
applicable Notice of Borrowing is no longer true and correct as of the
applicable Funding Date, and the acceptance by Borrower of the proceeds of
any
Loans shall constitute a re-certification by Borrower, as of the applicable
Funding Date, as to the matters to which Borrower is required to certify in
the
applicable Notice of Borrowing.
Except
as
otherwise provided in subsections 2.6B, 2.6C and 2.6G, a Notice of
Borrowing for, or a Notice of Conversion/Continuation for conversion to, or
continuation of, a LIBOR Rate Loan or a BA Loan (or telephonic notice in lieu
thereof) shall be irrevocable, and Borrower shall be bound to make a borrowing
or to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith.
C. Disbursement
of Funds.
All
Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) shall be made by Lenders simultaneously
and
proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that
neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for any default
by any other Lender in that other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested
hereunder nor shall the Commitment of any Lender to make the particular type
of
Loan requested be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other
Lender in that other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder.
Promptly after receipt by Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing pursuant
to subsection 2.1B (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof), Administrative
Agent shall notify each Lender for that type of Loan of the proposed borrowing.
Each such Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to Administrative
Agent not later than 2:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the applicable Funding
Date, in same day funds in Dollars (or, in the case of the Supplemental Canadian
Dollar Term B Loans, in Canadian Dollars), at the Funding and Payment Office.
Except as provided in subsection 2.1A(iii) or subsection 3.3B
with
respect to Revolving Loans used to repay Refunded Swing Line Loans or to
reimburse any Revolving Issuing Lender or LC Facility Issuing Lender or
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender, as the case may be, for the amount of a
drawing under a Revolving Letter of Credit or LC Facility Letter of Credit
or
Synthetic Letter of Credit, as the case may be, issued by it and with respect
to
any Swing Line Loans, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent
specified in subsections 4.1 (in the case of Loans made on the Restatement
Date) and 4.2 (in the case of all Loans), Administrative Agent shall make the
proceeds (or, in the case of BA Loans, the BA Discount Proceeds) of such Loans
available to Borrower on the applicable Funding Date, in same day funds in
Dollars (or, in the case of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans,
in
Canadian Dollars) equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by
Administrative Agent from Lenders. In the case of Swing Line Loans, upon
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified in subsection
4.2,
Swing Line Lender shall make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to
Borrower not later than 2:00 P.M. (New
York
City time) on the applicable Funding Date, in same day funds in Dollars and
pursuant to the instructions in the Notice of Borrowing for such Swing Line
Loan.
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Unless
Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to a Funding
Date for any Loans that such Lender does not intend to make available to
Administrative Agent the amount of such Lender’s Loan requested on such Funding
Date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount
available to Administrative Agent on such Funding Date and Administrative Agent
may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available
to
Borrower a corresponding amount on such Funding Date. If such corresponding
amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender,
Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount
on
demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such
Funding Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at
the
customary rate set by Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among
banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate or, if applicable,
the Canadian Prime Rate. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount
forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify Borrower and Borrower shall immediately pay such
corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with interest thereon,
for
each day from such Funding Date until the date such amount is paid to
Administrative Agent, at the rate payable under this Agreement for Base Rate
Loans or, if applicable, Canadian Prime Rate Loans. Nothing in this
subsection 2.1C shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation
to fulfill its Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrower
may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender
hereunder.
D. The
Register. Administrative
Agent, acting solely for these purposes as an agent of Borrower (it being
acknowledged that Administrative Agent, in such capacity, and its officers,
directors, employees, agent and affiliates shall constitute Indemnitees under
subsection 10.3), shall maintain
(and
make available for inspection by Borrower and Lenders upon reasonable prior
notice at reasonable times) at its address referred to in subsection 10.8
a
register for the recordation of, and shall record, the name and address of
each
Lender, and the Commitments and Loans of each Lender from time to time (the
"Register").
Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall deem and treat the Persons
listed as Lenders in the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding
Commitments and Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof; all amounts owed
with respect to any Commitment or Loan shall be owed to the Lender listed in
the
Register as the owner thereof; and any request, authority or consent of any
Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or
consent, is listed in the Register as a Lender shall be conclusive and binding
on any subsequent holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding
Commitments or Loans. Each Lender shall record on its internal records (and
make
available for inspection by Administrative Agent upon reasonable prior notice)
the amount of its Loans and Commitments and each payment in respect hereof,
and
any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower, absent
manifest error, subject to the entries in the Register, which shall, absent
manifest error, govern in the event of any inconsistency with any Lender’s
records. Failure to make any recordation in the Register or in any Lender’s
records, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Loans or
Commitments or any Obligations in respect of any Loans.
E. Notes.
At the
request of any Lender, Borrower shall execute and deliver (i) on the
Closing Date (or, with respect to Supplemental Term B Loans or Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Loans, the Restatement Date) and from time to time
thereafter (or as required by subsection 10.1B(i)), (1) to such
Lender
(a) if such Lender holds a Term Loan, a Term Note substantially in the
form
of Exhibit IV
annexed
hereto to evidence such Lender’s Term Loan and with other appropriate
insertions, (b) if such Lender holds a Revolving Loan Commitment, a
Revolving Note substantially in the form of Exhibit V
annexed
hereto to evidence such Lender’s Revolving Loans, in the principal amount of
such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment and with other appropriate insertions,
and (c) if such Lender holds an LC Facility Commitment, an LC Facility
Note
substantially in the form of Exhibit VII
annexed
hereto to evidence such Lender’s LC Facility Loans, in the principal amount of
such Lender’s LC Facility Commitment, and (2) to the Swing Line Lender, if
the requesting Lender is the Swing Line Lender, a Swing Line Note substantially
in the form of Exhibit VI
annexed
hereto to evidence the Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Loans, in the principal
amount of the Swing Line Loan Commitment and with other appropriate insertions
and (ii) on the First Amendment Effective Date, and from time to time
thereafter as required by subsection 10.1B(i), if such Lender holds
a
Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment, a Synthetic Letter of Credit Note
substantially in the form of Exhibit VIII
annexed
hereto to evidence such Lender’s Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans, in the
principal amount of such Lender’s Synthetic Letter of Credit
Commitment.
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F. Bankers’
Acceptances.
(i) Administrative
Agent, promptly following receipt of a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Conversion/Continuation requesting BA Loans, shall advise each Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Lender of the face or principal amount and term of each
BA Loan to be accepted (and purchased) or advanced by it. The aggregate face
or
principal amount of BA Loans to be accepted or advanced by a Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Lender shall be determined by Administrative Agent by
reference to such Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender’s Pro Rata Share of
the issue or advance of BA Loans, except that the aggregate face amount of
Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B
Lenders shall be increased or reduced by Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion as may be necessary to ensure that the face amount of the Bankers’
Acceptance to be accepted by each applicable Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term
B
Lender would be C$100,000 or a whole multiple thereof. For greater certainty,
the foregoing requirement for a minimum face amount and a whole multiple of
C$100,000 shall not apply to BA Equivalent Loans.
(ii) On
the
date specified in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation
on
which a BA Loan is to be made, Administrative Agent shall advise Borrower as
to
Administrative Agent’s determination of the BA Discount Rate for the BA Loans to
be purchased or advanced, as the case may be.
(iii) Borrower
shall issue and each Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender shall accept
and
subsequently purchase the Bankers’ Acceptance accepted by it at the applicable
BA Discount Rate. Subject to clause (iv) below, each Supplemental Canadian
Dollar Term B Lender shall provide Administrative Agent, for the account of
Borrower, the BA Discount Proceeds less the Applicable Stamping Fee payable
by
Borrower with respect to the Bankers’ Acceptance.
(iv) In
the
event Borrower requests a continuation of BA Loans for a further Interest
Period, or requests conversion from Canadian Prime Rate Loans into BA Loans
in
accordance with Section 2.2D, Administrative Agent shall make arrangements
satisfactory to it to ensure the BA Discount Proceeds from the replacement
BA
Loans are applied to repay the face amount of the maturing BA Loans or the
principal amount of such loans to be converted (the "Maturing
Amount")
and
Borrower shall concurrently pay to Administrative Agent any positive difference
between the Maturing Amount and such BA Discount Proceeds.
(v) Each
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender may from time to time hold, sell,
rediscount or otherwise dispose of any or all Bankers’ Acceptances accepted and
purchased by it.
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(vi) In
order
to facilitate the issuance of Bankers’ Acceptances pursuant to this Agreement,
Borrower hereby authorizes each of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B
Lenders, and appoints each of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lenders
as
Borrower’s attorney, to complete, sign and endorse drafts or depository bills
(as defined in the Depository
Bills and Notes Act
(Canada)
(each such executed draft or xxxx being herein referred to as a "Draft")
on its
behalf in handwritten form or by facsimile or mechanical signature or otherwise
in accordance with the applicable Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Conversion/Continuation and, once so completed, signed and endorsed to accept
them as Bankers’ Acceptances under this Agreement and then if applicable,
purchase, discount or negotiate such Bankers’ Acceptances in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement. Drafts so completed, signed, endorsed and
negotiated on behalf of Borrower by a Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender
shall bind Borrower as fully and effectively as if so performed by an authorized
Officer of Borrower. Each draft of a Bankers’ Acceptance completed, signed or
endorsed by a Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender shall mature on the
last day of the term thereof. All Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by a
particular Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender shall, at the option
of
such Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender, be issued in the form of
depository bills made payable originally to and deposited with The Depository
for Securities Limited pursuant to the Depository
Bills and Notes Act
(Canada).
(vii) Any
Drafts to be used for Bankers’ Acceptances which are held by a Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Lender shall be held in safekeeping with the same degree
of care as if they were such Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender’s own
property being kept at the place at which they are to be held. Borrower may,
by
written notice to Administrative Agent, designate persons other than authorized
Officers authorized to give Administrative Agent instructions regarding the
manner in which Drafts are to be completed and the times at which they are
to be
issued; provided,
however,
that
receipt by Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Conversion/Continuation requesting an advance or continuation into, Bankers’
Acceptances shall be deemed to be sufficient authority from authorized Officers
or such designated persons for each of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term
B
Lenders to complete, and issue drafts in accordance with such notice. None
of
Administrative Agent or the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lenders nor
any
of their respective directors, officers, employees or representatives shall
be
liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under this
Section 2.1F(vii) except for their own respective gross negligence or willful
misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(viii) Borrower
waives presentment for payment and any other defense to the payment of any
amounts due to a Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender in respect of a
Bankers’ Acceptance accepted and purchased by it pursuant to this Agreement
which might exist solely by reason of the Bankers’ Acceptance being held, at the
maturity thereof, by the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender in its
own
right and Borrower agrees not to claim any days of grace if the Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Lender as holder sues Borrower on the Bankers’ Acceptance
for payment of the amount payable by Borrower thereunder. Each Bankers’
Acceptance shall mature and the face amount thereof shall be due and payable
on
the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
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(ix) Whenever
Borrower requests a Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan under this
Agreement by way of Bankers’ Acceptances, each Non-Acceptance Lender shall, in
lieu of accepting a Bankers’ Acceptance, make a BA Equivalent Loan by way of
Discount Note in an amount equal to the Non-Acceptance Lender’s Pro Rata Share
of the BA Loan. All terms of this Agreement applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances
and Drafts shall apply equally to Discount Notes evidencing BA Equivalent Loans
with such changes as may in the context be necessary. For greater
certainty:
(a) the
term
of a Discount Note shall be the same as the Interest Period for Bankers’
Acceptances accepted on the same date of the Borrowing in respect of the same
BA
Loan;
(b) an
acceptance fee will be payable in respect of a Discount Note and shall be
calculated at the same rate and in the same manner as the Applicable Stamping
Fee in respect of a Bankers’ Acceptance; and
(c) the
proceeds from a BA Equivalent Loan shall be equal to the BA Discount Proceeds
of
the Discount Note.
2.2 |
Interest
on the Loans.
|
A. Rate
of Interest.
Subject
to the provisions of subsections 2.6 and 2.7, each Loan (other than
a Swing
Line Loan or a BA Loan) shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount
thereof from the date made through maturity (whether by acceleration or
otherwise) at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate, the Canadian
Prime Rate or the Adjusted LIBOR Rate. Subject to the provisions of
subsection 2.7, each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid
principal amount thereof from the date made through maturity (whether by
acceleration or otherwise) at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
Subject to the provisions of subsections 2.6 and 2.7, the interest component
in
respect of each BA Loan shall be as provided in subsection 2.2A(iv). The
applicable basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any
Term Loan or any Revolving Loan shall be selected by Borrower initially
at
the time a Notice of Borrowing is given with respect to such Loan pursuant
to
subsection 2.1B, and the basis for determining the interest rate with
respect to any Term Loan or any Revolving Loan may be changed from time
to
time pursuant to subsection 2.2D. If on any day a Term Loan or
a
Revolving Loan is outstanding with respect to which notice has not been
delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then
for
that day that Loan shall bear interest determined by reference to the Base
Rate
or the Canadian Prime Rate, as applicable.
(i) Subject
to the provisions of subsections 2.2E, 2.2G and 2.7, the Revolving Loans
shall bear interest through maturity as follows:
(a) if
a Base
Rate Loan, then at the sum of the Base Rate plus
the Base
Rate Margin set forth in the table below opposite the Leverage Ratio for the
four Fiscal Quarter period for which the applicable Pricing Certificate has
been
delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(iv); or
(b) if
a
LIBOR Rate Loan, then at the sum of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus
the
LIBOR Rate Margin set forth in the table below opposite the Leverage Ratio
for
the four Fiscal Quarter period for which the applicable Pricing Certificate
has
been delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(iv):
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Leverage
Ratio
|
LIBOR
Rate
Margin
|
Base
Rate Margin
|
|
Greater
than or equal to
|
3.50:1.00
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3.50%
|
2.25%
|
Greater
than or equal to
but
less than
|
3.00:1.00
3.50:1.00
|
3.25%
|
2.00%
|
Less
than
|
3.00:1.00
|
3.00%
|
1.75%
|
(ii) Subject
to the provisions of subsections 2.2E, 2.2G and 2.7, the LC Facility Loans
shall
bear interest through maturity as follows:
(a) if
a Base
Rate Loan, then at the sum of the Base Rate plus
the Base
Rate Margin set forth in the table below opposite the Leverage Ratio for the
four Fiscal Quarter period for which the applicable Pricing Certificate has
been
delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(iv); or
(b) if
a
LIBOR Rate Loan, then at the sum of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus
the
LIBOR Rate Margin set forth in the table below opposite the Leverage Ratio
for
the four Fiscal Quarter period for which the applicable Pricing Certificate
has
been delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(iv):
Leverage
Ratio
|
LIBOR
Rate
Margin
|
Base
Rate Margin
|
|
Greater
than or equal to
|
3.50:1.00
|
4.00%
|
2.75%
|
Less
than
|
3.50:1.00
|
3.75%
|
2.50%
|
(iii) Subject
to the provisions of subsections 2.2E, 2.2G and 2.7, the U.S. Dollar Term Loans
and the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans shall bear interest through maturity
(a) if a Base Rate Loan, then at the sum of the Base Rate plus
2.00%,
or (b) if a LIBOR Rate Loan, then at the sum of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate
plus
3.00%.
(iv) Subject
to the provisions of subsections 2.2E, 2.2G and 2.7, (a) Supplemental Canadian
Dollar Term B Loans that are Canadian Prime Rate Loans shall bear interest
through maturity at the sum of the Canadian Prime Rate plus
2.25%,
and (b) in respect of Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans that
are BA
Loans Borrower shall pay to each Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender
that
accepts or advances a BA Loan, as a condition of and at the time of such
acceptance or advance, a fee at the rate of the then Applicable Stamping Fee
calculated on the basis of a year of 365 days on the face amount at
maturity (or the principal amount in the case of a BA Equivalent Loan) of such
Bankers’ Acceptance for the period from and including the date of acceptance (or
advance in the case of a BA Equivalent Loan) of such Bankers’ Acceptance for the
period from and including the date of acceptance to but excluding the maturity
date of such Bankers’ Acceptance.
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(v) Upon
delivery of the Pricing Certificate by Borrower to Administrative Agent pursuant
to subsection 6.1(iv), the Base Rate Margin and the LIBOR Rate Margin
shall
automatically be adjusted in accordance with such Pricing Certificate, such
adjustment to become effective on the next succeeding Business Day following
the
receipt by Administrative Agent of such Pricing Certificate; provided
that, if
at any time a Pricing Certificate is not delivered at the time required pursuant
to subsection 6.1(iv), from the time such Pricing Certificate was required
to be delivered until delivery of such Pricing Certificate, the applicable
margins shall be the maximum percentage amount for the relevant Loan set forth
above.
(vi) Subject
to the provisions of subsections 2.2E, 2.2G and 2.7, the Swing Line
Loans
shall bear interest through maturity at the sum of the Base Rate plus
the
applicable Base Rate Margin for Revolving Loans.
B. Interest
Periods.
In
connection with each LIBOR Rate Loan and BA Loan, Borrower may, pursuant to
the
applicable Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as the
case
may be, select an interest period (each an "Interest
Period")
to be
applicable to such Loan, which Interest Period shall be, at Borrower’s option,
(a) in respect of LIBOR Rate Loans, either a one, two, three or six month period
(or a nine or twelve month period if, at the time of the relevant LIBOR Rate
Loan, all Lenders participating therein agree to make an interest period of
such
duration available) and (b) in respect of BA Loans, either a one, two, three
or
six month period (in each case subject to availability); provided
that:
(i) the
initial Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan or BA Loan shall commence on
the
Funding Date in respect of such Loan, in the case of a Loan initially made
as a
LIBOR Rate Loan or BA Loan, as applicable, or on the date specified in the
applicable Notice of Conversion/Continuation, in the case of a Loan converted
to
a LIBOR Rate Loan or BA Loan, as applicable;
(ii) in
the
case of immediately successive Interest Periods applicable to a LIBOR Rate
Loan
or BA Loan continued as such pursuant to a Notice of Conversion/Continuation,
each successive Interest Period shall commence on the day on which the next
preceding Interest Period expires;
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(iii) if
an
Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Loan 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 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;
(iv) no
BA
Loan shall mature on a day which is not a Business Day and if any Interest
Period for a BA Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business
Day,
such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business
Day;
(v) if
Borrower fails to provide a Notice of Conversion/Continuation in respect of
BA
Loans within the time period required in subsection 2.2D, such BA Loans shall
automatically be converted into Canadian Prime Rate Loans on the last day of
the
Interest Period applicable thereto;
(vi) any
Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day
of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day
in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to
clause (v) of this subsection 2.2B, end on the last Business
Day of a
calendar month;
(vii) no
Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Term Loans shall extend
beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date and no Interest Period with respect to any
portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Loan Commitment
Termination Date;
(viii) no
Interest Period with respect to any type of Term Loans shall extend
beyond
a date on which Borrower is required to make a scheduled payment of principal
of
such type of Term Loans, unless the sum of (a) the aggregate
principal
amount of such type of Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans plus
(b) the aggregate principal amount of such type of Term Loans
that are
LIBOR Rate Loans with Interest Periods expiring on or before such date equals
or
exceeds the principal amount required to be paid on such type of Term Loans
on such date;
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(ix) no
Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend
beyond the date on which a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitments
is scheduled to occur unless the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount
of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans plus
(b) the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans that are LIBOR
Rate
Loans with Interest Periods expiring on or before such date plus
(c) the excess of the Revolving Loan Commitments then in effect over
the
aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans then outstanding equals or exceeds
the permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitments that is scheduled
to
occur on such date;
(x) there
shall be no more than 12 Interest Periods outstanding at any time; and
(xi) in
the
event Borrower fails to specify an Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan
or BA
Loan in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation,
Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month or
30
days, as applicable.
C. Interest
Payments.
Subject
to the provisions of subsection 2.2E, interest on each Loan shall be
payable in arrears on and to each Interest Payment Date applicable to that
Loan,
upon any prepayment of that Loan (to the extent accrued on the amount being
prepaid) and at maturity (including final maturity); provided
that in
the event any Swing Line Loans or any Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans
are prepaid pursuant to subsection 2.4B(i), interest accrued on such
Loans
through the date of such prepayment shall be payable on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date applicable to Base Rate Loans (or, if earlier, at final
maturity).
D. Conversion
or Continuation.
Subject
to the provisions of subsection 2.6, Borrower shall have the option
(i) to convert at any time all or any part of its outstanding Term Loans,
LC Facility Loans, Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans or Revolving Loans equal
to
the Dollar Equivalent of $2,500,000 and multiples of the Dollar Equivalent
of
$500,000 in excess of that amount from Loans bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to one basis to Loans bearing interest at a rate
determined by reference to an alternative basis or (ii) upon the expiration
of any Interest Period applicable to a LIBOR Rate Loan or a BA Loan, to continue
all or any portion of such Loan equal to the Dollar Equivalent of $2,500,000
and
multiples of the Dollar Equivalent of $500,000 in excess of that amount as
a
LIBOR Rate Loan or a BA Loan; provided,
however,
that a
LIBOR Rate Loan may only be converted into a Base Rate Loan and a BA Loan may
only be converted into a Canadian Prime Rate Loan on the expiration date of
an
Interest Period applicable thereto.
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Borrower
shall deliver a duly executed Notice of Conversion/Continuation to
Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) at least
one
Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a
conversion to a Base Rate Loan or a Canadian Prime Rate Loan) and at least
three
Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the
case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a LIBOR Rate Loan or a BA Loan).
In lieu of delivering a Notice of Conversion/Continuation, Borrower may give
Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed
conversion/continuation under this subsection 2.2D; provided
that
such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of a duly
executed Notice of Conversion/Continuation to Administrative Agent on or before
the proposed conversion/continuation date. Upon receipt of written or telephonic
notice of any proposed conversion/continuation under this subsection 2.2D,
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender of the Loan
subject to the Notice of Conversion/Continuation.
E. Default
Rate.
Upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default, the outstanding
principal amount of all Loans and, to the extent permitted by applicable law,
any interest payments thereon not paid when due and any fees and other amounts
then due and payable hereunder, shall thereafter bear interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other
applicable bankruptcy laws) payable upon demand at a rate that is 2% per annum
in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable under this Agreement with
respect to the applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other
amounts, at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate
otherwise payable under this Agreement for Base Rate Loans); provided
that, in
the case of LIBOR Rate Loans and BA Loans, upon the expiration of the Interest
Period in effect at the time any such increase in interest rate is effective
such LIBOR Rate Loans or BA Loans, as applicable, shall thereupon become Base
Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans, as applicable, and shall thereafter
bear interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess
of
the interest rate otherwise payable under this Agreement for Base Rate Loans
or
Canadian Prime Rate Loans, as applicable. Payment or acceptance of the increased
rates of interest provided for in this subsection 2.2E is not a permitted
alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event
of
Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Administrative
Agent or any Lender.
F. Computation
of Interest.
Interest
on the Loans shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case
for
the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In
computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the
first
day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base
Rate Loan or a Canadian Prime Rate Loan being converted from a LIBOR Rate Loan
or a BA Loan, as applicable, the date of conversion of such LIBOR Rate Loan
or
BA Loan to such Base Rate Loan or Canadian Prime Rate Loan, as the case may
be,
shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date
of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate
Loan or a Canadian Prime Rate Loan being converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan or
a BA
Loan, as applicable, the date of conversion of such Base Rate Loan or Canadian
Prime Rate Loan to such LIBOR Rate Loan or BA Loan, as the case may be, shall
be
excluded; provided
that if
a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall
be paid on that Loan.
G. Maximum
Rate.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.2, in
no
event shall the rate of interest payable by Borrower with respect to any Loan
exceed the maximum rate of interest permitted to be charged under applicable
law.
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2.3 |
Fees.
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A. Commitment
Fees. Borrower
agrees to pay to Administrative Agent, for distribution to each Revolving Lender
in proportion to that Lender’s Pro Rata Share, commitment fees for the period
from and including the Closing Date to and excluding the Revolving Loan
Commitment Termination Date equal to the average of the daily excess of the
Revolving Loan Commitments over the sum of (i) the aggregate principal
amount of outstanding Revolving Loans (but not any outstanding Swing Line Loans)
plus
(ii) the Revolving Letter of Credit Usage multiplied
by
a rate
per annum equal to the percentage set forth in the table below opposite the
Leverage Ratio for the four Fiscal Quarter period for which the applicable
Pricing Certificate has been delivered pursuant to
subsection 6.1(iv):
Leverage
Ratio
|
Commitment
Fee
Percentage
|
3.00:1.00
or greater
|
0.50%
|
Less
than 3.00:1.00
|
0.375%
|
such
commitment fees to be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual
number of days elapsed and to be payable quarterly in arrears on the last
Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing
on
the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Revolving Loan
Commitment Termination Date. Upon delivery of the Pricing Certificate by
Borrower to Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 6.1(iv), the
applicable commitment fee percentage shall automatically be adjusted in
accordance with such Pricing Certificate, such adjustment to become effective
on
the next succeeding Business Day following the receipt by Administrative Agent
of such Pricing Certificate; provided
that, if
at any time a Pricing Certificate is not delivered at the time required pursuant
to subsection 6.1(iv), from the time such Pricing Certificate was required
to be delivered until delivery of such Pricing Certificate, the applicable
commitment fee percentage shall be the maximum percentage amount set forth
above.
B. Other
Fees.
Borrower
agrees to pay to Administrative Agent such fees in the amounts and at the times
separately agreed upon between Borrower and Administrative Agent or
Co-Arrangers, as the case may be.
2.4 |
Repayments,
Prepayments and Reductions in Revolving Loan Commitments; General
Provisions Regarding Payments; Application of Proceeds of Collateral
and
Payments Under Guaranties.
|
A. Scheduled
Payments of Term Loans.
(i) U.S.
Dollar Term Loans.
Borrower shall make principal payments in Dollars on the U.S. Dollar Term Loans
in installments on the dates and in the amounts set forth below:
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Date
|
Scheduled
Repayment
of
U.S. Dollar Term Loans
|
September
30, 2005
|
$575,000.00
|
December
31, 2005
|
$575,000.00
|
March
31, 2006
|
$575,000.00
|
June
30, 2006
|
$575,000.00
|
September
30, 2006
|
$575,000.00
|
December
31, 2006
|
$575,000.00
|
March 31,
2007
|
$575,000.00
|
June
30, 2007
|
$575,000.00
|
September
30, 2007
|
$575,000.00
|
December
31, 2007
|
$575,000.00
|
March
31, 2008
|
$575,000.00
|
June 30,
2008
|
$575,000.00
|
September
30, 2008
|
$575,000.00
|
December
31, 2008
|
$575,000.00
|
March
31, 2009
|
$575,000.00
|
June
30, 2009
|
$575,000.00
|
September
30, 2009
|
$575,000.00
|
December
31, 2009
|
$575,000.00
|
March
31, 2010
|
$575,000.00
|
June
30, 2010
|
$575,000.00
|
September
30, 2010
|
$575,000.00
|
December
31, 2010
|
$575,000.00
|
March
31, 2011
|
$575,000.00
|
June
30, 2011
|
$575,000.00
|
September
30, 2011
|
$575,000.00
|
December
31, 2011
|
$575,000.00
|
Term
Loan Maturity Date
|
$215,141,325.77
|
TOTAL:
|
$230,091,325.77
|
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;
provided
that the
scheduled installments of principal of the U.S. Dollar Term Loans set forth
above shall be reduced in connection with any voluntary or mandatory prepayments
of the U.S. Dollar Term Loans in accordance with subsection 2.4B(iv);
and
provided,
further,
that
the U.S. Dollar Term Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect
to
the U.S. Dollar Term Loans shall be paid in full no later than the Term Loan
Maturity Date, and the final installment payable by Borrower in respect of
the
U.S. Dollar Term Loans on such date shall be in an amount, if such amount
is
different from that specified above, sufficient to repay all amounts owing
by
Borrower under this Agreement with respect to the U.S. Dollar Term
Loans.
(ii) Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Loans.
Borrower shall make principal payments in Canadian Dollars on the Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Loans in installments on the dates and in the amounts
set
forth below:
Date
|
Scheduled
Repayment
of
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans
|
September
30, 2005
|
C$176,000.00
|
December
31, 2005
|
C$176,000.00
|
March
31, 2006
|
C$176,000.00
|
June
30, 2006
|
C$176,000.00
|
September
30, 2006
|
C$176,000.00
|
December
31, 2006
|
C$176,000.00
|
March 31,
2007
|
C$176,000.00
|
June
30, 2007
|
C$176,000.00
|
September
30, 2007
|
C$176,000.00
|
December
31, 2007
|
C$176,000.00
|
March
31, 2008
|
C$176,000.00
|
June 30,
2008
|
C$176,000.00
|
September
30, 2008
|
C$176,000.00
|
December
31, 2008
|
C$176,000.00
|
March
31, 2009
|
C$176,000.00
|
June
30, 2009
|
C$176,000.00
|
September
30, 2009
|
C$176,000.00
|
December
31, 2009
|
C$176,000.00
|
March
31, 2010
|
C$176,000.00
|
June
30, 2010
|
C$176,000.00
|
September
30, 2010
|
C$176,000.00
|
December
31, 2010
|
C$176,000.00
|
March
31, 2011
|
C$176,000.00
|
June
30, 2011
|
C$176,000.00
|
September
30, 2011
|
C$176,000.00
|
December
31, 2011
|
C$176,000.00
|
Term
Loan Maturity Date
|
C$65,750,600.00
|
TOTAL:
|
C$70,326,600.00
|
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;
provided
that the
scheduled installments of principal of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term
B
Loans set forth above shall be reduced in connection with any voluntary or
mandatory prepayments of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans in
accordance with subsection 2.4B(iv); and provided,
further,
that
the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans and all other amounts owed
hereunder with respect to the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans shall
be
paid in full no later than the Term Loan Maturity Date, and the final
installment payable by Borrower in respect of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar
Term B Loans on such date shall be in an amount, if such amount is different
from that specified above, sufficient to repay all amounts owing by Borrower
under this Agreement with respect to the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term
B
Loans.
B. Prepayments
and Unscheduled Reductions in Commitments.
(i) Voluntary
Prepayments.
Borrower may, upon written or telephonic notice to Administrative Agent on
or
prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the date of prepayment, which
notice, if telephonic, shall be promptly confirmed in writing, at any time
and
from time to time prepay any Swing Line Loan on any Business Day in whole or
in
part in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000 and multiples of $100,000 in
excess of that amount. Borrower may, upon not less than one Business Day’s prior
written or telephonic notice, in the case of Base Rate Loans or Canadian Prime
Rate Loans, and three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice, in the
case of LIBOR Rate Loans or BA Loans, in each case given to Administrative
Agent
by 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the date required and, if given by
telephone, promptly confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (who shall
promptly notify each Lender for the Loans to be prepaid), at any time and from
time to time prepay any Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in an
aggregate minimum amount of (a) for Term Loans, the Dollar Equivalent of
$2,500,000 and multiples of the Dollar Equivalent of $500,000 in excess of
that
amount and (b) for Revolving Loans, $1,000,000 and multiples of $500,000 in
excess of that amount; provided,
however,
that
(x) a LIBOR Rate Loan may only be prepaid on the expiration of the Interest
Period applicable thereto unless Borrower pays on such date of prepayment all
amounts owing to Lenders under subsection 2.6D and (y) BA Loans may
not be
repaid on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable
thereto; provided further
that
Borrower shall be permitted to defease any BA Loan by depositing with
Administrative Agent an amount (as specified by Administrative Agent) sufficient
to pay all amounts that will be due in respect of such BA Loan at the end of
the
Interest Period applicable thereto. Notice of prepayment having been given
as
aforesaid shall be irrevocable and the principal amount of the Loans specified
in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified
therein. Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in
subsection 2.4B(iv).
(ii) Voluntary
Reductions of Commitments.
Borrower may, upon not less than three Business Days’ prior written or
telephonic notice confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (who shall
promptly notify each Revolving Lender or LC Facility Lender or Synthetic Letter
of Credit Lender, as the case may be, of such notice), at any time and from
time
to time terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part, without premium or
penalty, (a) the Revolving Loan Commitments in an amount up to the amount
by which the Revolving Loan Commitments exceed the Total Utilization of
Revolving Loan Commitments at the time of such proposed termination or
reduction; provided
that any
such partial reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be in an
aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and multiples of $500,000 in excess
of
that amount, (b) the LC Facility Commitments in an amount up to the amount
by
which the LC Facility Commitments exceed the Total Utilization of LC Facility
Commitments at the time of such proposed termination or reduction; provided
that any
such partial reduction of the LC Facility Commitments shall be in an aggregate
minimum amount of $2,500,000 and multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount,
and (c) the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments in an amount up to
the
amount by which the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments exceed the Total
Utilization of Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments at the time of such
proposed termination or reduction; provided
that any
such partial reduction of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments shall
be in
an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and multiples of $500,000 in excess
of
that amount. Borrower’s notice to Administrative Agent shall designate the date
(which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount
of any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the Revolving
Loan Commitments or LC Facility Commitment or Synthetic Letter of Credit
Commitments, as the case may be, shall be effective on the date specified in
Borrower’s notice and shall reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment, LC Facility
Commitment or Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment, as the case may be, of
each
Revolving Lender, LC Facility Lender or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender,
respectively, proportionately to its Pro Rata Share. Any such voluntary
reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitments or LC Facility Commitment or
Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments, as the case may be, shall be applied
as
specified in subsection 2.4B(iv).
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(iii) Mandatory
Prepayments.
The
Loans shall be prepaid in the amounts and under the circumstances set forth
below, all such prepayments and/or reductions to be applied as set forth below
or as more specifically provided in subsection 2.4B(iv):
(a) Prepayments
From Net Asset Sale Proceeds.
Within
3 Business Days of receipt by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net
Asset
Sale Proceeds in respect of Asset Sales in an aggregate amount in excess of
$5,000,000 in any Fiscal Year (any such Net Asset Sale Proceeds being the
"Repayable
Net Asset Sale Proceeds"),
Borrower shall either (1) prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to
100%
of such Repayable Net Asset Sale Proceeds or (2) so long as no Potential Event
of Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, deliver
to
Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (x) that portion of
such Repayable Net Asset Sale Proceeds that Parent or such Subsidiary intends
to
reinvest in equipment or other productive assets of the general type used in
the
business of Parent and its Subsidiaries within 365 days of such date
of
receipt and (y) the proposed use of such portion of the Net Asset Sale Proceeds
and such other information with respect to such reinvestment as Administrative
Agent may reasonably request, and Parent shall, or shall cause one or more
of
its Subsidiaries to, promptly and diligently apply such portion to such
reinvestment purposes; provided,
however,
that
pending such reinvestment, such portion of the Repayable Net Asset Sale Proceeds
shall be applied to prepay outstanding Revolving Loans (without a reduction
in
Revolving Loan Commitments) to the full extent thereof. In addition, Borrower
shall, no later than 365 days after receipt of such Repayable Net Asset
Sale Proceeds that have not theretofore been applied to the Obligations or
that
have not been so reinvested as provided above, make an additional prepayment
of
the Loans in the full amount of all such Repayable Net Asset Sale
Proceeds.
(b) Prepayments
from Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds.
No
later than the third Business Day following the date of receipt by
Administrative Agent or by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds that are required to be applied to prepay the
Loans pursuant to the provisions of subsection 6.4C, Borrower shall
prepay
the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds.
(c) Prepayments
Due to Issuance of Equity Securities.
On the
first Business Day following receipt by Parent (or, solely in the case of clause
(z) below, Holdings) or any of its Subsidiaries of the Cash proceeds (any such
proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable
costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal fees and
expenses, being "Net
Equity Securities Proceeds")
from
(x) the issuance of any equity Securities of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than the Sponsor Preferred Stock), (y) any capital
contribution to Parent by any holder of equity Securities thereof (other than
Net Equity Securities Proceeds from any capital contribution to Parent by
Holdings with the proceeds of equity Securities issued by Holdings to the Equity
Investors) or (z) the initial public offering of equity Securities of
Holdings or any successors thereto, Borrower shall apply an aggregate amount
equal to 50% of such Net Equity Securities Proceeds to prepay the Loans;
provided
that if
the Applicable Leverage Ratio is less than 3.00:1.00 at the time of such
issuance (after giving pro forma
effect
to
the intended application of such proceeds), no portion of such Net Equity
Securities Proceeds shall be required to be prepaid (except as shall be prepaid
in such intended application).
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(d) Prepayments
Due to Issuance of Debt Securities.
On the
first Business Day following receipt by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of
the
Cash proceeds (any such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions
and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including
reasonable legal fees and expenses, being "Net
Debt Securities Proceeds")
from
the issuance of any debt Securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsection 7.1, other than as
set
forth in subsection 7.1(xi)), Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an
aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Debt Securities Proceeds;
provided
that, in
the case of Net Debt Securities Proceeds from any debt Securities issued under
subsection 7.1(xi), Borrower shall apply at least 50% of such Net Debt
Securities Proceeds to repay the outstanding Term Loans and may apply the
remaining 50% of such Net Debt Securities Proceeds in accordance with subsection
7.1(xi)(a)(1).
(e) Prepayments
from Excess Cash Flow.
In the
event that there shall be Excess Cash Flow for any Fiscal Year (commencing
with
Fiscal Year 2003), Borrower shall, no later than 90 days (the "Excess
Cash Flow Payment Date")
(or no
later than 5 Business Days after any earlier date on which Borrower may be
required to deliver year-end financial statements pursuant to subsection
6.1(iii); provided
that
such date is no later than the Excess Cash Flow Payment Date) after the end
of
such Fiscal Year, prepay the Loans in an aggregate amount equal to 50% of such
Excess Cash Flow; provided
that for
any Fiscal Year in which the Applicable Leverage Ratio as at the last day
thereof is less than 3.00:1.00, no portion of the Excess Cash Flow shall be
required to be prepaid; and provided,
further,
that
such mandatory prepayment shall be required only in an amount equal to the
amount necessary to reduce the Applicable Leverage Ratio, as at the last day
of
the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, to 3.00:1.00.
(f) Calculations
of Net Proceeds Amounts; Additional Prepayments Based on Subsequent
Calculations.
Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to
subsections 2.4B(iii)(a)-(e), Borrower shall deliver to Administrative
Agent an Officer’s Certificate demonstrating the calculation of the amount of
the applicable Net Asset Sale Proceeds, Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds,
Net
Equity Securities Proceeds, Net Debt Securities Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow,
as
the case may be, that gave rise to such prepayment and/or reduction. In the
event that Borrower shall subsequently determine that the actual amount was
greater than the amount set forth in such Officer’s Certificate, Borrower shall
promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal to the
amount of such excess, and Borrower shall concurrently therewith deliver to
Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate demonstrating the derivation of
the additional amount resulting in such excess.
(g) Prepayments
Due to Reductions or Restrictions of Revolving Loan Commitments.
Borrower shall from time to time prepay first
the
Swing Line Loans and second
the
Revolving Loans to the extent necessary so that the Total Utilization of
Revolving Loan Commitments shall not at any time exceed the Revolving Loan
Commitments then in effect.
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(h) Prepayments
Due to Reductions or Restrictions of LC Facility Commitments.
Borrower shall from time to time prepay the LC Facility Loans to the extent
necessary so that the Total Utilization of LC Commitments shall not at any
time
exceed the LC Facility Commitments then in effect.
(i) Prepayments
Due to Reductions or Restrictions of Synthetic Letter of Credit
Commitments.
Borrower shall from time to time prepay the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans
to
the extent necessary so that the Total Utilization of Synthetic Letter of Credit
Commitments shall not at any time exceed the Synthetic Letter of Credit
Commitments then in effect.
(iv) Application
of Prepayments.
(a) Application
of Voluntary Prepayments by Type of Loans and Order of Maturity.
Any
voluntary prepayments pursuant to subsection 2.4B(i) shall be applied
as
specified by Borrower in the applicable notice of prepayment; provided
that in
the event Borrower fails to specify the Loans to which any such prepayment
shall
be applied, such prepayment shall be applied first
to repay
outstanding Swing Line Loans to the full extent thereof, second
to repay
outstanding Revolving Loans and/or LC Facility Loans and/or Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Loans, as the case may be, to the full extent thereof, and third
to repay
outstanding Term Loans to the full extent thereof. Any voluntary prepayments
of
the Revolving Loans and the LC Facility Loans and the Synthetic Letter of Credit
Loans pursuant to subsection 2.4B(i) shall be applied to prepay the Revolving
Loans and the LC Facility Loans and the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans on
a
pro
rata
basis
(in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof).
Any
voluntary prepayments of Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans shall, to the extent
of the excess of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments (determined after
giving effect to any reductions of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments
occurring simultaneously with such prepayments) over the Total Utilization
of
Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments, be retained by Administrative Agent
and
applied to increase the amount of each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s
Credit-Linked Deposit in an amount equal to such Synthetic Letter of Credit
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such excess. Any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans
pursuant to subsection 2.4B(i) shall be applied to prepay all
Term Loans on a pro
rata
basis
(in accordance with the Dollar Equivalent of the respective outstanding
principal amounts thereof) and to reduce the scheduled installments of principal
of all Term Loans set forth in subsection 2.4A on a pro
rata
basis
(in accordance with the Dollar Equivalent of the respective outstanding
principal amounts thereof) to each remaining scheduled installment of principal
of such Term Loans set forth in subsection 2.4A. The Canadian Dollar
Equivalent of the portion of any voluntary prepayments allocable to the
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans in accordance with the immediately
preceding sentence shall be paid to Administrative Agent in Canadian
Dollars.
(b) Application
of Mandatory Prepayments by Type of Loans.
Except
as provided in subsection 2.4D, any amount required to be applied as
a
mandatory prepayment of the Loans pursuant to subsections 2.4B(iii)(a)-(f)
shall be applied, subject to subsection 2.4B(iv)(c), to prepay all Term Loans
to
the full extent thereof; provided
that, at
all times after the payment in full of all Term Loans under this Agreement,
any
such amount shall be applied first
to
prepay the Swing Line Loans to the full extent thereof, and second,
to the
extent of any remaining portion of such amount, to prepay the Revolving Loans
and/or the LC Facility Loans and/or the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans, as
the
case may be, to the full extent thereof.
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(c) Notice
of Mandatory Prepayments; Right of Term Lenders to Decline Mandatory
Prepayments.
Borrower shall deliver written notice of the proposed date and amount of any
mandatory prepayment required to be made pursuant to subsection 2.4B(iii) by
no
later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) at least five Business Days prior
to
the date of such proposed mandatory prepayment. Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify the Term Lenders of the proposed date and amount of such
mandatory prepayment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein,
any
Term
Lender may elect, by
notice
to Administrative Agent in writing or by fax in the manner specified in such
notice at least three Business Days prior to the proposed date of such mandatory
prepayment,
to
decline all (but not a portion) of its pro
rata
share of
such mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the "Declined
Proceeds").
By
prompt notice from Administrative Agent, any Declined Proceeds shall be offered
to the Term Lenders not so declining such mandatory prepayment (with such Term
Lenders having the right to decline any mandatory prepayment with Declined
Proceeds by notice to Administrative Agent in writing or by fax in the manner
specified in such notice at least two Business Days prior to the proposed date
of such mandatory prepayment). To the extent Term Lenders elect to decline
their
pro
rata
share of
such Declined Proceeds, any remaining Declined Proceeds may be retained by
Borrower.
(d) Application
of Mandatory Prepayments of Term Loans to Term Loans and the Scheduled
Installments of Principal Thereof.
Any
mandatory prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to subsection 2.4B(iii)
shall be applied to prepay all Term Loans on a pro
rata
basis
(in accordance with the Dollar Equivalent of the respective outstanding
principal amounts thereof) and shall be applied to reduce the scheduled
installments of principal of all Term Loans as set forth in
subsection 2.4A on a pro
rata
basis
(in accordance with the Dollar Equivalent of the respective outstanding
principal amounts thereof) to each remaining scheduled installment of principal
of such Term Loans set forth in subsection 2.4A that is unpaid at the
time
of such prepayment. The Canadian Dollar Equivalent of the portion of any
mandatory prepayments allocable to the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B
Loans
in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall be paid to
Administrative Agent in Canadian Dollars.
(e) Application
of Mandatory Prepayments of Revolving Loans, LC Facility Loans and Synthetic
Letter of Credit Loans.
Any
mandatory prepayments of the Revolving Loans, the LC Facility Loans or the
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans, as the case may be, pursuant to
subsection 2.4B(iii) shall be applied to prepay the Revolving Loans,
the LC
Facility Loans and the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans on a pro
rata
basis
(in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof).
Any
mandatory prepayments of Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans shall, to the extent
of the excess of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments (determined after
giving effect to any reductions of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments
occurring simultaneously with such prepayments) over the Total Utilization
of
Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments, be retained by Administrative Agent
and
applied to increase the amount of each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s
Credit-Linked Deposit in an amount equal to such Synthetic Letter of Credit
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such excess.
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(f) Application
of Prepayments to Base Rate Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans, LIBOR Rate Loans
and BA Loans.
Considering Term Loans, Revolving Loans, Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans and
LC
Facility Loans being prepaid separately, any voluntary prepayment thereof,
and
any mandatory prepayment thereof whereby all Term Lenders shall have accepted
such mandatory prepayment, shall be applied first pro
rata
to Base
Rate Loans and Canadian Prime Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before
pro
rata
application to LIBOR Rate Loans and BA Loans, in each case in a manner that
minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by Borrower pursuant
to
subsection 2.6D. If some but not all Term Lenders shall have accepted
any
mandatory prepayment made pursuant to subsection 2.4B(iii), then the aggregate
amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be allocated ratably to each
outstanding Term Loan of the accepting Term Lenders, regardless of whether
such
Term Loans are Base Rate Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans, LIBOR Rate Loans
or
BA Loans (and in the case of all such LIBOR Rate Loans and BA Loans, such
mandatory prepayment shall be allocated ratably among all such Term Loans as
to
which a single Interest Period is in effect).
C. General
Provisions Regarding Payments.
(i) Manner
and Time of Payment.
All
payments by Borrower of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall
be
made in Dollars (or, in the case of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B
Loans, in Canadian Dollars) in same day funds, without defense, setoff or
counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to
Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the
date
due at the Funding and Payment Office for the account of Lenders; funds received
by Administrative Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to
have
been paid by Borrower on the next succeeding Business Day. Borrower hereby
authorizes Administrative Agent to charge any accounts Administrative Agent
may
have in Borrower’s name in order to cause timely payment to be made to
Administrative Agent of all principal, interest, fees and expenses due hereunder
(subject to sufficient funds being available in its accounts for that
purpose).
(ii) Application
of Payments to Principal and Interest.
Except
as provided in subsection 2.2C, all payments in respect of the principal
amount of any Loan shall include payment of accrued interest on the principal
amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any
payments in respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and payable
with
respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest before
application to principal.
(iii) Apportionment
of Payments.
Aggregate principal and interest payments in respect of Term Loans, LC Facility
Loans, Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and Revolving Loans
shall be apportioned among all outstanding Loans to which such payments relate,
in each case proportionately to Lenders’ respective Pro Rata Shares.
Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata
Share
of all such payments received by Administrative Agent and the commitment fees
of
such Lender, if any, when received by Administrative Agent pursuant to
subsection 2.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
subsection 2.4C(iii), if, pursuant to the provisions of
subsection 2.6C, any Notice of Conversion/Continuation is withdrawn
as to
any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans or Canadian
Prime Rate Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any LIBOR Rate Loans or BA
Loans, as applicable, Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in
apportioning payments received thereafter.
(iv) Payments
on Business Days.
Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day
that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the preceding Business
Day.
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(v) Notation
of Payment.
Each
Lender agrees that before disposing of any Note held by it, or any part thereof
(other than by granting participations therein), that Lender will make a
notation thereon of all Loans evidenced by that Note and all principal payments
previously made thereon and of the date to which interest thereon has been
paid;
provided
that the
failure to make (or any error in the making of) a notation of any Loan made
under such Note shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of Borrower
hereunder or under such Note with respect to any Loan or any payments of
principal or interest on such Note.
D. Application
of Proceeds of Collateral and Payments after Event of
Default.
Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, either if
requested by Requisite Lenders or upon termination of the Revolving Loan
Commitments (a) all payments received on account of the Obligations,
whether from Borrower, from any Guarantor or otherwise, shall be applied by
Administrative Agent against the Obligations and (b) all proceeds received
by Administrative Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other
realization upon all or any part of the Collateral under any Collateral Document
may, in the discretion of Administrative Agent, be held by Administrative Agent
as Collateral for, and/or (then or at any time thereafter) applied in full
or in
part by Administrative Agent against, the applicable Secured Obligations (as
defined in such Collateral Document), in each case in the following order of
priority:
(i) to
the
payment of all costs and expenses of such sale, collection or other realization,
all other expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by Administrative
Agent in connection therewith, and all amounts for which Administrative Agent
is
entitled to compensation (including the fees described in subsection 2.3B),
reimbursement and indemnification under any Loan Document and all advances
made
by Administrative Agent thereunder for the account of the applicable Loan Party,
and to the payment of all costs and expenses paid or incurred by Administrative
Agent in connection with the Loan Documents, all in accordance with
subsections 9.4, 10.2 and 10.3 and the other terms of this Agreement
and
the Loan Documents;
(ii) thereafter,
to the payment of accrued fees described in subsection 2.3A or B or
subsection 3.2 and accrued interest, in each case for the ratable benefit
of the Lenders to whom such fees and interest are owed;
(iii) thereafter,
to the payment of Unfunded Advances/Participations (the amounts so applied
to be
distributed between or among Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender and
any
Issuing Lender pro
rata
in
accordance with the amount of Unfunded Advances/Participations owed to
them);
(iv) thereafter,
to the payment of the principal amount of all Loans (including, without
limitation, the principal amount of Swing Line Loans and assignments of Swing
Line Loans that have been purchased under subsection 2.1A(iii)(c)) for
the
ratable benefit of the Lenders (including, without limitation, the Swing Line
Lender in its capacity as such and as a Revolving Lender);
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(v) thereafter,
to the payment of all other Obligations for the ratable benefit of the holders
thereof (subject to the provisions of subsection 2.4C(ii) hereof);
and
(vi) thereafter,
to the payment to or upon the order of such Loan Party or to whomsoever may
be
lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction
may direct.
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Use
of Proceeds.
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A. Supplemental
Term B Loans; Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans.
The
proceeds of the Supplemental Term B Loans and the Supplemental Canadian
Dollar Term B Loans shall be applied by Borrower (i) to fund a portion
of
the consideration in respect of the Aluma Acquisition and (ii) to pay
Transaction Costs.
B. Revolving
Loans; LC Facility Loans; Swing Line Loans.
The
proceeds of (x) any Revolving Loans made on the Restatement Date (the
aggregate principal amount of which shall not exceed $5,000,000) shall be
applied (i) to fund a portion of the consideration in respect of the
Aluma
Acquisition and (ii) to pay Transaction Costs and (y) any Revolving
Loans, any LC Facility Loans, Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans and any Swing
Line Loans made after the Restatement Date shall be applied by Borrower for
working capital and other general corporate purposes, which may include the
making of intercompany loans to any of Borrower’s Subsidiaries, in accordance
with subsection 7.1(iv), for their own general corporate purposes and
to
finance Permitted Acquisitions.
C. Margin
Regulations.
No
portion of the proceeds of any borrowing under this Agreement shall be used
by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any manner that might cause the borrowing
or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation U, Regulation
T
or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
or
any other regulation of such Board or to violate the Exchange Act, in each
case
as in effect on the date or dates of such borrowing and such use of
proceeds.
2.6 |
Special
Provisions Governing LIBOR Rate Loans and BA
Loans.
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Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the following provisions
shall govern with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans and BA Loans as to the matters
covered:
A. Determination
of Applicable Interest Rate.
As soon
as practicable after 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on each Interest
Rate
Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination
shall, absent manifest error, be conclusive and binding upon all parties) the
interest rate that shall apply to the LIBOR Rate Loans for which an interest
rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall
promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing)
to Borrower and each Lender.
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B. Inability
to Determine Applicable Interest Rate.
(i) In
the
event that Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination
shall
be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate
Determination Date that by reason of circumstances affecting the London
interbank market adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the
interest rate applicable to such Loans on the basis provided for in the
definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate, Administrative Agent shall on such date
give
notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Borrower
and
each Lender of such determination, whereupon (i) no Loans may be made
as,
or converted to, LIBOR Rate Loans until such time as Administrative Agent
notifies Borrower and Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice
no longer exist and (ii) any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Conversion/Continuation given by Borrower with respect to the Loans in respect
of which such determination was made shall be deemed to be for a Base Rate
Loan.
(ii) In
the
event that Administrative Agent (in consultation with its Toronto branch) shall
have reasonably determined (which determination shall, absent clearly
demonstrable error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto)
that there does not exist a normal market in Canada for the purchase and sale
of
bankers’ acceptances, then, and in any such event, Administrative Agent shall
within a reasonable time thereafter give notice (if by telephone confirmed
in
writing) to Borrower and each of the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lenders
of such determination. Thereafter, BA Loans shall no longer be available until
such time as Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and the Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice
by Administrative Agent no longer exist (which notice Administrative Agent
agrees to give at such time when such circumstances no longer exist), and any
Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation given by Borrower
with
respect to BA Loans that have not yet been incurred shall be deemed rescinded
by
Borrower. Any maturing BA Loans shall thereafter, and until contrary notice
is
provided by Administrative Agent, be continued as a Canadian Prime Rate
Loan.
C. Illegality
or Impracticability of LIBOR Rate Loans. In
the
event that on any date any Lender shall have determined (which determination
shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto but shall be made only
after consultation with Borrower and Administrative Agent) that the making,
maintaining or continuation of its LIBOR Rate Loans (i) has become unlawful
as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty,
governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any
such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the
force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful)
or (ii) has become impracticable, or would cause such Lender material
hardship, as a result of contingencies occurring after the date of this
Agreement which materially and adversely affect the London interbank market
or
the position of such Lender in that market, then, and in any such event, such
Lender shall be an "Affected
Lender"
and it
shall on that day give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in
writing) to Borrower and Administrative Agent of such determination (which
notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender).
Thereafter (a) the obligation of the Affected Lender to make Loans as,
or
to convert Loans to, LIBOR Rate Loans shall be suspended until such notice
shall
be withdrawn by the Affected Lender, (b) to the extent such determination
by the Affected Lender relates to a LIBOR Rate Loan then being requested by
Borrower pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation, the Affected Lender shall make such Loan as (or convert
such Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan, (c) the Affected
Lender’s obligation to maintain its outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans (the
"Affected
Loans")
shall
be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period
then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law,
and
(d) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans
on
the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent
a
determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a LIBOR Rate
Loan then being requested by Borrower pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing or
a
Notice of Conversion/Continuation, Borrower shall have the option, subject
to
the provisions of subsection 2.6D, to rescind such Notice of Borrowing
or
Notice of Conversion/Continuation as to all Lenders by giving notice (by
telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Administrative Agent
of
such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of its
determination as described above (which notice of rescission Administrative
Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Except as provided in
the
immediately preceding sentence, nothing in this subsection 2.6C shall
affect the obligation of any Lender other than an Affected Lender to make or
maintain Loans as, or to convert Loans to, LIBOR Rate Loans in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement.
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D. Compensation
For Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. Borrower
shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by that Lender pursuant
to
subsection 2.8, for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities
(including any interest paid by that Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by
it
to make or carry its LIBOR Rate Loans or BA Loans and any loss, expense or
liability sustained by that Lender in connection with the liquidation or
re-employment of such funds) which that Lender may sustain: (i) if for
any
reason (other than a default by that Lender) a borrowing of any LIBOR Rate
Loan
or any BA Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Notice of
Borrowing or a telephonic request therefor, or a conversion to or continuation
of any LIBOR Rate Loan or any BA Loan does not occur on a date specified
therefor in a Notice of Conversion/Continuation or a telephonic request
therefor, (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment or any
conversion of any of its LIBOR Rate Loans or BA Loans (including any prepayment
or conversion occasioned by the circumstances described in subsection 2.6C)
occurs on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period applicable to
that
Loan, (iii) if any prepayment of any of its LIBOR Rate Loans or BA Loans
is
not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Borrower,
or
(iv) as a consequence of any other default by Borrower in the repayment
of
its LIBOR Rate Loans or BA Loans when required by the terms of this
Agreement.
E. Booking
of LIBOR Rate Loans. Any
Lender may make, carry or transfer LIBOR Rate Loans at, to, or for the account
of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of that
Lender.
F. Assumptions
Concerning Funding of LIBOR Rate Loans. Calculation
of all amounts payable to a Lender under this subsection 2.6 and under
subsection 2.7A shall be made as though that Lender had funded each
of its
LIBOR Rate Loans through the purchase of a LIBOR deposit bearing interest at
the
rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Adjusted LIBOR
Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such LIBOR Rate Loan and having a
maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period, whether or not its LIBOR
Rate Loans had been funded in such manner.
G. LIBOR
Rate Loans and BA Loans After Default. After
the
occurrence of and during the continuation of a Potential Event of Default or
an
Event of Default, (i) Borrower may not have a Loan be made or maintained
as, or converted to, a LIBOR Rate Loan or a BA Loan after the expiration of
any
Interest Period then in effect for that Loan and (ii) subject to the
provisions of subsection 2.6D, any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Conversion/Continuation given by Borrower with respect to a requested borrowing
or conversion/continuation that has not yet occurred shall be deemed to be
for a
Base Rate Loan or a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, as applicable, or, if the
conditions to making a Loan set forth in subsection 4.2 cannot then
be
satisfied, to be rescinded by Borrower.
2.7 |
Increased
Costs; Taxes; Capital Adequacy.
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A. Compensation
for Increased Costs. Subject
to the provisions of subsection 2.7B (which shall be controlling with
respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender (including
any Issuing Lender) shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest
error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any
law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change therein
or
in the interpretation, administration or application thereof (including the
introduction of any new law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order),
or any determination of a court or other Government Authority, in each case
that
becomes effective after the Closing Date (or, in respect of the Supplemental
Term B Loan or the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan of any Lender,
the Restatement Date), or compliance by such Lender with any guideline, request
or directive issued or made after the Closing Date (or, in respect of the
Supplemental Term B Loan or the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B
Loan of
any Lender, the Restatement Date) by any central bank or other Government
Authority (whether or not having the force of law):
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(i) subjects
such Lender to any additional Tax with respect to this Agreement or any of
its
obligations hereunder (including with respect to issuing or maintaining any
Letters of Credit or purchasing or maintaining any participations therein or
maintaining any Commitment hereunder) or any payments to such Lender of
principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder;
(ii) imposes,
modifies or holds applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits
or
other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other
credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such
Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to LIBOR
Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition of LIBOR Rate); or
(iii) imposes
any other condition (other than with respect to Taxes) on or affecting such
Lender or its obligations hereunder or the London or Canadian interbank markets;
and
the
result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of
agreeing to make, making or maintaining its Loans or Commitments or agreeing
to
issue, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or agreeing to purchase,
purchasing or maintaining any participation therein or to reduce any amount
received or receivable by such Lender with respect thereto; then, in any such
case, Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement
referred to in subsection 2.8A, such additional amount or amounts (in
the
form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest
or
otherwise as such Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be
necessary to compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction
in
amounts received or receivable hereunder.
B. Taxes.
(i) Payments
to Be Free and Clear.
All
sums payable by Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall
be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account
of, any Tax imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or within the
United States of America or any political subdivision in or of the United States
of America or any other jurisdiction from or to which a payment is made by
or on
behalf of Borrower or by any federation or organization of which the United
States of America or any such jurisdiction is a member at the time of payment,
except to the extent such Taxes are imposed by law.
(ii) Grossing-up
of Payments.
If
Borrower or any other Person is required by law to make any deduction or
withholding on account of any such Tax from any sum paid or payable by Borrower
to Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Loan
Documents:
(a) Borrower
shall notify Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in
any
such requirement as soon as Borrower becomes aware of it;
(b) Borrower
shall pay any such Tax when such Tax is due, such payment to be made (if the
liability to pay is imposed on Borrower) for its own account or (if that
liability is imposed on Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may
be)
on behalf of and in the name of Administrative Agent or such
Lender;
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(c) the
sum
payable by Borrower in respect of which the relevant deduction, withholding
or
payment is required shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that,
after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment, Administrative
Agent
or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal
to
what it would have received had no such deduction, withholding or payment been
required or made; and
(d) within
30 days after paying any sum from which it is required by law to make
any
deduction or withholding, and within 30 days after the due date of payment
of any Tax which it is required by clause (b) above to pay, Borrower
shall
deliver to Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to the other affected
parties of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof
to the relevant taxing or other authority;
provided
that no
such amount shall be required to be paid to any Lender under clause (c)
above except to the extent that any change after the date on which such Lender
became a Lender in any such requirement for a deduction, withholding or payment
as is mentioned therein shall result in an increase in the rate of such
deduction, withholding or payment from that in effect on the date on which
such
Lender became a Lender, in respect of payments to such Lender.
(iii) Evidence
of Exemption from U.S. Withholding Tax.
(a) Each
Non-US Lender shall, to the extent not previously delivered under the Existing
Credit Agreement, deliver to Administrative Agent and to Borrower, on or prior
to the Restatement Date or on or prior to the date of the Assignment Agreement
pursuant to which it becomes a Lender, and at such other times as may be
necessary in the determination of Borrower or Administrative Agent (each in
the
reasonable exercise of its discretion), two original copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN (claiming eligibility of the Non-US Lender for benefits
of
an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party) or W-8ECI (or any
successor forms) properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, or, in
the
case of a Non-US Lender claiming exemption from United States federal
withholding tax under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code with
respect to payments of "portfolio interest", a form W-8BEN, and a certificate
of
such Lender certifying that such Lender is not (i) a "bank" for purposes
of
Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) a ten-percent
shareholder (within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal
Revenue Code) of Borrower or Parent or (iii) a controlled foreign
corporation related to Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4)
of
the Internal Revenue Code) in each case together with any other certificate
or
statement of exemption required under the Internal Revenue Code or the
regulations issued thereunder to establish that such Lender is not subject
to
United States withholding tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of
interest payable under any of the Loan Documents.
(b) Each
Non-US Lender, to the extent it does not act or ceases to act for its own
account with respect to any portion of any sums paid or payable to such Lender
under any of the Loan Documents (for example, in the case of a typical
participation by such Lender), shall, to the extent not previously delivered
under the Existing Credit Agreement, deliver to Administrative Agent and to
Borrower, on or prior to the Restatement Date or on or prior to the date of
the
Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender, or on such later
date when such Lender ceases to act for its own account with respect to any
portion of any such sums paid or payable, and at such other times as may be
necessary in the determination of Borrower or Administrative Agent (each in
the
reasonable exercise of its discretion), (1) two original copies of the
forms or statements required to be provided by such Lender under
subsection 2.7B(iii)(a), properly completed and duly executed by such
Lender, to establish that the portion of any such sums paid or payable with
respect to which such Lender acts for its own account is not subject to United
States withholding tax, and (2) two original copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor forms) properly completed and duly
executed by such Lender, together with any information, if any, such Lender
chooses to transmit with such form, and any other certificate or statement
of
exemption required under the Internal Revenue Code or the regulations issued
thereunder, to establish that such Lender is not acting for its own account
with
respect to a portion of any such sums payable to such Lender.
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(c) Each
Non-US Lender hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by
such Lender of such forms, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances
renders such forms, certificates or other evidence so delivered obsolete or
inaccurate in any material respect, that such Lender shall promptly
(1) deliver to Administrative Agent and to Borrower two original copies
of
renewals, amendments or additional or successor forms, properly completed and
duly executed by such Lender, together with any other certificate or statement
of exemption required in order to confirm or establish that such Lender is
not
subject to United States withholding tax with respect to payments to such Lender
under the Loan Documents and, if applicable, that such Lender does not act
for
its own account with respect to any portion of such payment, or (2) notify
Administrative Agent and Borrower of its inability to deliver any such forms,
certificates or other evidence.
(d) Borrower
shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Non-US Lender under
clause (c) of subsection 2.7B(ii), (1) with respect to
any Tax
required to be deducted or withheld on the basis of the information,
certificates or statements of exemption such Lender chooses to transmit with
an
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY pursuant to subsection 2.7B(iii)(b)(2)
or (2) if such Lender shall have failed to satisfy the requirements of
clause (a), (b) or (c)(1) of this subsection 2.7B(iii); provided
that if
such Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of
subsection 2.7B(iii)(a) on the date such Lender became a Lender, nothing
in
this subsection 2.7B(iii)(d) shall relieve Borrower of its obligation
to
pay any amounts pursuant to subsection 2.7B(ii)(c) in the event that,
as a
result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule,
regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or
application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver
forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the
fact
that such Lender is not subject to withholding as described in
subsection 2.7B(iii)(a).
(iv) Refunds.
If
Administrative Agent or a Lender receives a refund of any Tax as to which it
has
been indemnified by Borrower or with respect to which Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.7B, it shall pay over
such
refund to Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or
additional amounts paid, by Borrower under this Section 2.7B with respect
to the Tax giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of
Administrative Agent or such Lender (including any Tax imposed with respect
to
such refund) as is determined by Administrative Agent or Lender in good faith
and in its sole discretion, and without interest (other than any interest paid
by the relevant taxing or other authority with respect to such refund);
provided
that
Borrower, upon the request of Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to
repay as soon as reasonably practicable the amount paid over to Borrower (plus
any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant taxing or
other
authority) to Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event Administrative
Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such taxing or other
authority. This Section 2.7B(iv) shall not be construed to require
Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any
other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to Borrower
or any other person.
C. Capital
Adequacy Adjustment.
If any
Lender shall have determined that the adoption, effectiveness, phase-in or
applicability after the Closing Date (or, in respect of the Supplemental
Term B Loan or the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan of any Lender,
the Restatement Date) of any law, rule or regulation (or any provision thereof)
regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or in the interpretation
or
administration thereof by any Government Authority charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender with
any
guideline, request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not
having the force of law) of any such Government Authority, has or would have
the
effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any
corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference
to,
such Lender’s Loans or Commitments or Letters of Credit or participations
therein or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans or the Letters
of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling
corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, phase-in,
applicability, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies
of
such Lender or such controlling corporation with regard to capital adequacy),
then from time to time, within five Business Days after receipt by Borrower
from
such Lender of the statement referred to in subsection 2.8A, Borrower
shall
pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender or such controlling corporation on an after-tax basis for such reduction.
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2.8 |
Statement
of Lenders; Obligation of Lenders and Issuing Lenders to
Mitigate.
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A. Statements.
Each
Lender claiming compensation or reimbursement pursuant to subsection 2.6D,
2.7 or 2.8B shall deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent)
a
written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of the
calculation of such compensation or reimbursement, which statement shall be
conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest
error.
B. Mitigation.
Each
Lender and Issuing Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the
officer of such Lender or Issuing Lender responsible for administering the
Loans
or Letters of Credit of such Lender or Issuing Lender, as the case may be,
becomes aware of the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition
that
would cause such Lender to become an Affected Lender or that would entitle
such
Lender or Issuing Lender to receive payments under subsection 2.7, use
reasonable effort to make, issue, fund or maintain the Commitments of
such
Lender or the Affected Loans or Letters of Credit of such Lender or Issuing
Lender through another lending or letter of credit office of such Lender or
Issuing Lender, if (i) as a result thereof the circumstances which would
cause such Lender to be an Affected Lender would cease to exist or the
additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Lender
or Issuing Lender pursuant to subsection 2.7 would be materially reduced
and (ii) as determined by such Lender or Issuing Lender in its sole
discretion, such action would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender
or
Issuing Lender; provided
that
such Lender or Issuing Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other
lending or letter of credit office pursuant to this subsection 2.8B
unless
Borrower agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Lender or
Issuing Lender as a result of utilizing such other lending or letter of credit
office as described above.
2.9 |
Replacement
of a Lender.
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If
Borrower receives a statement of amounts due pursuant to subsection 2.8A
from a Lender, a Revolving Lender defaults in its obligations to fund a
Revolving Loan pursuant to this Agreement, a Lender (a "Non-Consenting
Lender")
refuses to consent to an amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement
that, pursuant to subsection 10.6, requires consent of 100% of the Lenders
(and such amendment, modification or waiver shall have been approved by
Requisite Lenders) or 100% of the Lenders with Obligations directly affected
or
a Lender becomes an Affected Lender (any such Lender, a "Subject
Lender"),
so
long as (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
and
Borrower has obtained a commitment from another Lender or an Eligible Assignee
to purchase at par the Subject Lender’s Loans and assume the Subject Lender’s
Commitments and all other obligations of the Subject Lender hereunder,
(ii) such Lender is not an Issuing Lender with respect to any Letters
of
Credit outstanding (unless all such Letters of Credit are terminated or
arrangements acceptable to such Issuing Lender (such as a "back-to-back" letter
of credit) are made) and (iii), if applicable, the Subject Lender is unwilling
to withdraw the notice delivered to Borrower pursuant to subsection 2.8
and/or is unwilling to remedy its default upon 10 days prior written
notice
to the Subject Lender and Administrative Agent, Borrower may require the Subject
Lender to assign all of its Loans and Commitments to such other Lender, Lenders,
Eligible Assignee or Eligible Assignees pursuant to the provisions of
subsection 10.1B; provided
that,
prior to or concurrently with such replacement, (1) the Subject Lender
shall have received payment in full of all principal, interest, fees and other
amounts (including an amount equal to the amount of its LC Facility Certificates
of Deposit and its Credit-Linked Deposit (if any) and all amounts under
subsections 2.6D, 2.7 and/or 2.8B (if applicable)) through such date of
replacement and a release from its obligations under the Loan Documents,
(2) the processing fee required to be paid by subsection 10.1B(i),
if
applicable, shall have been paid to Administrative Agent by Borrower, and
(3) all of the requirements for such assignment contained in
subsection 10.1B, including, without limitation, the consent of
Administrative Agent (if required) and the receipt by Administrative Agent
of an
executed Assignment Agreement executed by the assignee (Administrative Agent
being granted hereby an irrevocable power of attorney (which power is coupled
with an interest) to execute and deliver, on behalf of such Subject Lender
as
assignor, any Assignment Agreement necessary to effectuate any assignment of
such Subject Lender’s interests hereunder in the circumstances contemplated by
this subsection 2.9) and other supporting documents, have been fulfilled, and
(4) in the event such Subject Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, each
assignee shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in
respect of which such Subject Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender and Borrower
also requires each other Subject Lender that is a Non-Consenting Lender to
assign its Loans and Commitments. Alternatively, if a Lender is a Non-Consenting
Lender solely because it refused to consent to an amendment, modification or
waiver that required the consent of 100% of Lenders with Obligations directly
affected thereby (which amendment, modification or waiver did not accordingly
require the consent of 100% of all Lenders), the Loans and Commitments of such
Non-Consenting Lender that are subject to the assignments required by this
subsection 2.9 may, at the option of Borrower, include only those Loans
and
Commitments that constitute the Obligations directly affected by the amendment,
modification or waiver to which such Non-Consenting Lender refused to provide
its consent. Without the consent of Administrative Agent, (I) the LC
Facility Certificate of Deposit funded by any LC Facility Lender shall not
be
released in connection with any assignment of its LC Facility Commitment, but
shall instead be purchased by the relevant assignee and continue to be held
for
application (if not already applied) pursuant to subsections 3.3B(ii)
and
3.3C(i)(b) in respect of such assignee’s obligations under the LC Facility
Commitment assigned to it and (II) the Credit-Linked Deposit funded
by any
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender shall not be released in connection with
any
assignment of its Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment, but shall instead
be
purchased by the relevant assignee and continue to be held for application
(if
not already applied) pursuant to subsections 3.3B(iii) and 3.3C(i)(c)
in
respect of such assignee’s obligations under the Synthetic Letter of Credit
Commitment assigned to it.
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Section
3. LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.1 |
Issuance
of Letters of Credit and Lenders’ Purchase of Participations
Therein.
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A. Letters
of Credit.
(i) Revolving
Letters of Credit.
In
addition to Borrower requesting that Revolving Lenders make Revolving Loans
pursuant to subsection 2.1A(ii) and that Swing Line Lender make Swing
Line
Loans pursuant to subsection 2.1A(iii), Borrower may request, in accordance
with the provisions of this subsection 3.1, from time to time during
the
period from the Closing Date to but excluding the 30th
day
prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date, that one or more
Revolving Lenders issue Revolving Letters of Credit payable on a sight basis
for
the account of Borrower for the purposes specified in the definitions of
Commercial Letters of Credit and Standby Letters of Credit. Subject to the
terms
and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties of Borrower herein set forth, any one or more Revolving Lenders
may,
but (except as provided in subsection 3.1B(iii)) shall not be obligated
to,
issue such Revolving Letters of Credit in accordance with the provisions of
this
subsection 3.1; provided
that
Borrower shall not request that any Revolving Lender issue (and no Revolving
Lender shall issue):
(a) any
Revolving Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the Total
Utilization of Revolving Loan Commitments would exceed the Revolving Loan
Commitments then in effect;
(b) any
Revolving Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the
Revolving Letter of Credit Usage would exceed $35,000,000;
(c) any
Standby Letter of Credit having an expiration date later than the earlier of
(1) ten days prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date
and
(2) the date which is one year from the date of issuance of such Standby
Letter of Credit; provided
that the
immediately preceding clause (2) shall not prevent any Revolving Issuing
Lender from agreeing that a Standby Letter of Credit will automatically be
extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each unless
such Revolving Issuing Lender elects not to extend for any such additional
period; and provided,
further,
that
such Revolving Issuing Lender shall elect not to extend such Standby Letter
of
Credit if it has knowledge that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing (and has not been waived in accordance with subsection 10.6)
at
the time such Revolving Issuing Lender must elect whether or not to allow such
extension;
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(d) any
Standby Letter of Credit issued for the purpose of supporting (1) trade
payables or (2) any Indebtedness constituting "antecedent debt" (as
that
term is used in Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code);
(e) any
Commercial Letter of Credit having an expiration date (1) later than
the
earlier of (x) the date which is 30 days prior to the Revolving
Loan
Commitment Termination Date and (y) the date which is 180 days
from
the date of issuance of such Commercial Letter of Credit or (2) that
is
otherwise unacceptable to the applicable Revolving Issuing Lender in its
reasonable discretion; or
(f) any
Revolving Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than
Dollars.
(ii) LC
Facility Letters of Credit.
In
addition, Borrower may request, in accordance with the provisions of this
subsection 3.1, from time to time during the period from the Closing Date to
but
excluding the 30th day prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date,
that one or more LC Facility Lenders issue LC Facility Letters of Credit payable
on a sight basis for the account of Borrower for the purposes specified in
the
definition of Standby Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions
of
this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and warranties of
Borrower herein set forth, any one or more LC Facility Lenders may but (except
as provided in subsection 3.1B(iii)) shall not be obligated to, issue
such
Letter of Credit in accordance with the provisions of this subsection 3.1;
provided
that
Borrower shall not request that any LC Facility Lender issue (and no LC Facility
Lender shall issue):
(a) any
LC
Facility Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the Total
Utilization of LC Facility Commitments would exceed the LC Facility Commitments
then in effect;
(b) any
LC
Facility Letter of Credit having an expiration date later than the earlier
of
(1) ten days prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date and (2)
the
date which is one year from the date of issuance of such LC Facility Letter
of
Credit; provided
that the
immediately preceding clause (2) shall not prevent any Issuing Lender from
agreeing that a LC Facility Letter of Credit will automatically be extended
for
one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each unless such LC
Facility Issuing Lender elects not to extend for any such additional period;
and
provided,
further,
that
such LC Facility Issuing Lender shall elect not to extend such LC Facility
Letter of Credit if it has knowledge that an Event of Default has occurred
and
is continuing (and has not been waived in accordance with subsection 10.6)
at
the time such LC Facility Issuing Lender must elect whether or not to allow
such
extension; and
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(c) any
LC
Facility Letter of Credit issued for the purpose of supporting (1) trade
payables or (2) any Indebtedness constituting "antecedent debt" (as that term
is
used in Section 547 of the bankruptcy Code); or
(d) any
LC
Facility Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than
Dollars.
(iii) Synthetic
Letters of Credit.
In
addition, Borrower may request, in accordance with the provisions of this
subsection 3.1, from time to time during the period from the First Amendment
Effective Date to but excluding the 30th day prior to the Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Facility Maturity Date, that one or more Synthetic Letter of Credit
Lenders issue Synthetic Letters of Credit payable on a sight basis for the
account of Borrower for the purposes specified in the definition of Standby
Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
in
reliance upon the representations and warranties of Borrower herein set forth,
any one or more Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders may, but (except as provided
in subsection 3.1B(iii)) shall not be obligated to, issue such Letter
of
Credit in accordance with the provisions of this subsection 3.1;
provided
that
Borrower shall not request that any Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender issue
(and
no Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender shall issue):
(a)
any
Synthetic Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the Total
Utilization of Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments would exceed the lesser
of
(1) the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments then in effect and
(2) the aggregate amount of the Credit-Linked Deposits outstanding at
such
time;
(b)
any
Synthetic Letter of Credit having an expiration date later than the earlier
of
(1) ten days prior to the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility Maturity Date
and
(2) the date which is one year from the date of issuance of such Synthetic
Letter of Credit; provided
that the
immediately preceding clause (2) shall not prevent any Issuing Lender from
agreeing that a Synthetic Letter of Credit will automatically be extended for
one or more successive periods not to exceed one year each unless such Synthetic
Letter of Credit Issuing Lender elects not to extend for any such additional
period; and provided,
further,
that
such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender shall elect not to extend such
Synthetic Letter of Credit if it has knowledge that an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing (and has not been waived in accordance with
subsection 10.6) at the time such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender
must
elect whether or not to allow such extension;
(c)
any
Synthetic Letter of Credit issued for the purpose of supporting (1) trade
payables or (2) any Indebtedness constituting "antecedent debt" (as that term
is
used in Section 547 of the Bankruptcy Code); or
(d)
any
Synthetic Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than
Dollars.
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B. Mechanics
of Issuance.
(i) Request
for Issuance.
Whenever Borrower desires the issuance of a Letter of Credit, it shall deliver
to the proposed Issuing Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent if
Administrative Agent is not the proposed Issuing Lender) a Request for Issuance
of Letter of Credit, substantially in the form of Exhibit III
annexed
hereto no later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) at least three Business
Days (in the case of Standby Letters of Credit) or five Business Days (in the
case of Commercial Letters of Credit), or in each case such shorter period
as
may be agreed to by the Issuing Lender in any particular instance, in advance
of
the proposed date of issuance. The Issuing Lender, in its reasonable discretion,
may require changes in the text of the proposed Letter of Credit or any
documents described in or attached to the Request for Issuance. In furtherance
of the provisions of subsection 10.8, and not in limitation thereof,
Borrower may submit Requests for Issuance by telefacsimile and Administrative
Agent and Issuing Lenders may rely and act upon any such Request for Issuance
without receiving an original signed copy thereof. No Letter of Credit shall
require payment against a conforming demand for payment to be made thereunder
on
the same business day (under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the office
of
the Issuing Lender to which such demand for payment is required to be presented
is located) that such demand for payment is presented if such presentation
is
made after 10:00 A.M. (in the time zone of such office of the Issuing
Lender) on such business day.
(ii) Borrower
shall notify the applicable Issuing Lender (and Administrative Agent, if
Administrative Agent is not such Issuing Lender) prior to the issuance of any
Letter of Credit in the event that any of the matters to which Borrower is
required to certify in the applicable Request for Issuance is no longer true
and
correct as of the proposed date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, and upon
the issuance of any Letter of Credit Borrower shall be deemed to have
re-certified, as of the date of such issuance, as to the matters to which
Borrower is required to certify in the applicable Request for
Issuance.
(iii) Determination
of Issuing Lender.
(a)
Upon receipt by a proposed Revolving Issuing Lender of a Request for Issuance
pursuant to subsection 3.1B(i) requesting the issuance of a Revolving
Letter of Credit, (1) in the event Administrative Agent is the proposed
Revolving Issuing Lender, Administrative Agent shall be the Revolving Issuing
Lender with respect to such Revolving Letter of Credit, notwithstanding the
fact
that the Revolving Letter of Credit Usage with respect to such Revolving Letter
of Credit and with respect to all other Revolving Letters of Credit issued
by
Administrative Agent, when aggregated with Administrative Agent’s outstanding
Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, may exceed Administrative Agent’s
Revolving Loan Commitment then in effect; and (2) in the event any other
Revolving Lender is the proposed Revolving Issuing Lender, such Revolving Lender
shall promptly notify Borrower and Administrative Agent whether or not, in
its
sole discretion, it has elected to issue such Revolving Letter of Credit, and
(x) if such Revolving Lender so elects to issue such Revolving Letter
of
Credit it shall be the Revolving Issuing Lender with respect thereto and
(y) if such Revolving Lender fails to so promptly notify Borrower and
Administrative Agent or declines to issue such Revolving Letter of Credit,
Borrower may request Administrative Agent or another Revolving Lender to be
the
Revolving Issuing Lender with respect to such Revolving Letter of Credit in
accordance with the provisions of this subsection 3.1B; (b) upon receipt
by
a proposed LC Facility Issuing Lender of a Request for Issuance pursuant to
subsection 3.1B(i) requesting the issuance of a LC Facility Letter of Credit,
(1) in the event Administrative Agent is the proposed LC Facility Issuing
Lender, Administrative Agent shall be the LC Facility Issuing Lender with
respect to such LC Facility Letter of Credit, notwithstanding the fact that
the
LC Facility Letter of Credit Usage with respect to such LC Facility Letter
of
Credit and with respect to all other LC Facility Letters of Credit issued by
Administrative Agent, may exceed Administrative Agent’s LC Facility Loan
Commitment then in effect; and (2) in the event any other LC Facility Lender
is
the proposed Issuing Lender, such LC Facility Lender shall promptly notify
Borrower and Administrative Agent whether or not, in its sole discretion, it
has
elected to issue such LC Facility Letter of Credit, and (x) if such LC Facility
Lender so elects to issue such LC Facility Letter of Credit it shall be the
LC
Facility Issuing Lender with respect thereto and (y) if such LC Facility Lender
fails to so promptly notify Borrower and Administrative Agent or declines to
issue such LC Facility Letter of Credit, Borrower may request Administrative
Agent or another LC Facility Lender to be the LC Facility Issuing Lender with
respect to such LC Facility Letter of Credit in accordance with the provisions
of this subsection 3.1B; and (c) upon receipt by a proposed Synthetic
Letter of Credit Issuing Lender of a Request for Issuance pursuant to subsection
3.1B(i) requesting the issuance of a Synthetic Letter of Credit, (1) in
the
event Administrative Agent is the proposed Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing
Lender, Administrative Agent shall be the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing
Lender with respect to such Synthetic Letter of Credit, notwithstanding the
fact
that the Synthetic Letter of Credit Usage with respect to such Synthetic Letter
of Credit and with respect to all other Synthetic Letters of Credit issued
by
Administrative Agent, may exceed Administrative Agent’s Synthetic Letter of
Credit Commitment then in effect; and (2) in the event any other LC Facility
Lender is the proposed Issuing Lender, such LC Facility Lender shall promptly
notify Borrower and Administrative Agent whether or not, in its sole discretion,
it has elected to issue such Synthetic Letter of Credit, and (x) if
such
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender so elects to issue such Synthetic Letter
of
Credit it shall be the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender with respect
thereto and (y) if such Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender fails to so
promptly notify Borrower and Administrative Agent or declines to issue such
Synthetic Letter of Credit, Borrower may request Administrative Agent or another
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender to be the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing
Lender with respect to such Synthetic Letter of Credit in accordance with the
provisions of this subsection 3.1B.
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(iv) Issuance
of Letter of Credit.
Upon
satisfaction or waiver (in accordance with subsection 10.6) of the
conditions set forth in subsection 4.3, the Issuing Lender shall issue
the
requested Letter of Credit in accordance with the Issuing Lender’s standard
operating procedures.
(v) Notification
to Revolving Lenders and LC Facility Lenders and Synthetic Letter of Credit
Lenders.
Upon
the issuance of or amendment to any Letter of Credit the applicable Issuing
Lender shall promptly notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of such issuance
or amendment in writing and such notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such
Letter of Credit or amendment. Upon receipt of such notice (or, if
Administrative Agent is the Issuing Lender, together with such notice),
Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender or LC Facility Lender
or
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender, as the case may be, in writing of such
issuance or amendment and the amount of such Revolving Lender’s or LC Facility
Lender’s or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s, as the case may be, respective
participation in such Letter of Credit or amendment.
C. Purchase
of Participations in Letters of Credit.
Immediately upon the issuance of (i) each Revolving Letter of Credit,
each
Revolving Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, have irrevocably
purchased from the Revolving Issuing Lender a participation in such Revolving
Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to
such
Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the maximum amount that is or at any time
may become available to be drawn thereunder and (ii) each LC Facility
Letter of Credit, each LC Facility Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees
to, have irrevocably purchased from the LC Facility Issuing Lender a
participation in such LC Facility Letter of Credit and any drawings honored
thereunder in an amount equal to such LC Facility Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the
maximum amount that is or at any time may become available to be drawn
thereunder; provided
that any
LC Facility Lender may elect to purchase from such LC Facility Issuing Lender
a
certificate of deposit (each a "LC
Facility Certificate of Deposit"
and
collectively, the "LC
Facility Certificates of Deposit")
for
such LC Facility Letter of Credit in an amount equal to such LC Facility
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the maximum amount that is or at any time may become
available to be drawn thereunder, but such purchase of such LC Facility
Certificates of Deposit, if any, shall not in any way limit any of such LC
Facility Lender’s obligations under this Agreement including, without
limitation, under subsection 3.3; and (iii) each Synthetic Letter
of
Credit, each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby
agrees to, have irrevocably purchased from the Synthetic Letter of Credit
Issuing Lender a participation in such Synthetic Letter of Credit and any
drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such Synthetic Letter of
Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the maximum amount that is or at any time may
become available to be drawn thereunder.
Any
arrangements with respect to any such LC Facility Certificates of Deposit shall
be reasonably satisfactory to each of the applicable Issuing Lender,
Administrative Agent and the applicable LC Facility Lender.
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3.2 |
Letter
of Credit Fees.
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Borrower
agrees to pay the following amounts with respect to Letters of Credit issued
hereunder:
(i) with
respect to any Revolving Letter of Credit, (a) a fronting fee, payable
directly to the applicable Revolving Issuing Lender for its own account, equal
to 0.25% per annum of the daily amount available to be drawn under such
Revolving Letter of Credit and (b) a letter of credit fee, payable to
Administrative Agent for the account of Revolving Lenders, equal to the
applicable LIBOR Rate Margin for the Revolving Loans multiplied by the daily
amount available to be drawn under such Revolving Letter of Credit, each such
fronting fee or letter of credit fee to be payable in arrears on and to (but
excluding) the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of
each
year and computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days
elapsed;
(ii) with
respect to any LC Facility Letter of Credit, (a) a fronting fee, payable
directly to the applicable LC Facility Issuing Lender for its own account,
equal
to 0.25% per annum of the daily amount available to be drawn under such LC
Facility Letter of Credit and (b) a letter of credit facility fee, payable
to
Administrative Agent for the account of LC Facility Lenders, equal to the
applicable LIBOR Rate Margin for the LC Facility Loans multiplied by the daily
amount of the difference between (x) LC Facility Commitments less
(y) any outstanding LC Facility Loans, each such fronting fee or letter
of
credit fee to be payable in arrears on and to (but excluding) the last Business
Day of March, June, September and December of each year and computed on the
basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed; and
(iii) with
respect to any Synthetic Letter of Credit, (a) a fronting fee, payable
directly to the applicable Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender for its
own
account, equal to 0.25% per annum of the daily amount available to be drawn
under such Synthetic Letter of Credit and (b) a letter of credit facility
fee, payable to Administrative Agent for the account of Synthetic Letter of
Credit Lenders, equal to (1) the sum of (x) the applicable LIBOR
Rate
Margin for the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans and (y) the Interest
Rate
Differential multiplied by (2) the daily amount of the difference between
(x) the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments less (y) any
outstanding Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans, each such fronting fee or letter
of credit fee to be payable in arrears on and to (but excluding) the last
Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year and computed
on
the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed;
(iv) with
respect to the issuance, amendment or transfer of each Letter of Credit and
each
payment of a drawing made thereunder (without duplication of the fees payable
under any of clauses (i) - (iii) above), documentary and processing
charges
payable directly to the applicable Issuing Lender for its own account in
accordance with such Issuing Lender’s standard schedule for such charges in
effect at the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or payment, as the
case
may be.
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(v) For
purposes of calculating any fees payable under clause (i) of
this
subsection 3.2, the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter
of
Credit shall be determined as of the close of business on any date of
determination. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of any amount
described in clause (i)(b) or clause (ii)(b) or clause (iii)(b)
of this subsection 3.2, Administrative Agent shall distribute to each
Revolving Lender or LC Facility Lender or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender,
as
the case may be, its Pro Rata Share of such amount.
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Drawings
and Reimbursement of Amounts Paid Under Letters of
Credit.
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A. Responsibility
of Issuing Lender With Respect to Drawings.
In
determining whether to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit by the
beneficiary thereof, the Issuing Lender shall be responsible only to examine
the
documents delivered under such Letter of Credit with reasonable care so as
to
ascertain whether they appear on their face to be in accordance with the terms
and conditions of such Letter of Credit.
B. Reimbursement
by Borrower of Amounts Paid Under Letters of Credit.
(i) Reimbursement
by Borrower of Amounts Paid Under Revolving Letters of Credit.
In the
event a Revolving Issuing Lender has determined to honor a drawing under a
Revolving Letter of Credit issued by it, such Revolving Issuing Lender shall
immediately notify Borrower and Administrative Agent, and Borrower shall
reimburse such Revolving Issuing Lender on or before the Business Day
immediately following the date on which such drawing is honored (the
"Revolving
LC Reimbursement Date")
in an
amount in Dollars and in same day funds equal to the amount of such payment;
provided
that,
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) unless
Borrower shall have notified Administrative Agent and such Revolving Issuing
Lender prior to 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date such drawing is
honored that Borrower intends to reimburse such Revolving Issuing Lender for
the
amount of such payment with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Loans,
Borrower shall be deemed to have given a timely Notice of Borrowing to
Administrative Agent requesting Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Loans that
are Base Rate Loans on the Revolving LC Reimbursement Date in an amount in
Dollars equal to the amount of such payment and (b) subject to satisfaction
or
waiver of the conditions specified in subsection 4.2B, Revolving Lenders shall,
on the Revolving LC Reimbursement Date, make Revolving Loans that are Base
Rate
Loans in the amount of such payment, the proceeds of which shall be applied
directly by Administrative Agent to reimburse such Revolving Issuing Lender
for
the amount of such payment; and provided,
further,
that if
for any reason proceeds of Revolving Loans are not received by such Revolving
Issuing Lender on the Revolving LC Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to
the
amount of such payment, Borrower shall reimburse such Revolving Issuing Lender,
on demand, in an amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount
of
such payment over the aggregate amount of such Revolving Loans, if any, which
are so received. Nothing in this subsection 3.3B(i) shall be deemed to relieve
any Revolving Lender from its obligation to make Revolving Loans on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and Borrower shall retain any and
all rights it may have against any Revolving Lender resulting from the failure
of such Revolving Lender to make such Revolving Loans under this subsection
3.3B.
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(ii) Reimbursement
by Borrower of Amounts Paid Under LC Facility Letters of Credit.
In the
event a LC Facility Issuing Lender has determined to honor a drawing under
a LC
Facility Letter of Credit issued by it, such LC Facility Issuing Lender shall
immediately notify Borrower and Administrative Agent, and Borrower shall
reimburse such LC Facility Issuing Lender on or before the Business Day
immediately following the date on which such drawing is honored (the
"LC
Facility Letter of Credit Reimbursement
Date")
in an
amount in Dollars and in same day funds equal to the amount of such payment;
provided
that,
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) unless
Borrower shall have notified Administrative Agent and such LC Credit Facility
Issuing Lender prior to 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the date such drawing
is honored that Borrower intends to reimburse such LC Facility Issuing Lender
for the amount of such payment with funds other than the proceeds of LC Facility
Loans, Borrower shall be deemed to have given a timely Notice of Borrowing
to
Administrative Agent requesting LC Facility Issuing Lenders to make LC Facility
Loans that are Base Rate Loans on the LC Facility Letter of Credit Reimbursement
Date in an amount in Dollars equal to the amount of such payment and (b) subject
to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in subsection 4.2B, LC
Facility Lenders shall, on the LC Facility Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date,
make LC Facility Loans that are Base Rate Loans in the amount of such payment,
the proceeds of which shall be applied directly by Administrative Agent to
reimburse such LC Facility Issuing Lender for the amount of such payment; and
provided,
further,
that if
for any reason proceeds of LC Facility Loans are not received by such LC
Facility Issuing Lender on the LC Facility Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date
in an amount equal to the amount of such payment, Borrower shall reimburse
such
LC Facility Issuing Lender, on demand, in an amount in same day funds equal
to
the excess of the amount of such payment over the aggregate amount of such
LC
Facility Loans, if any, which are so received. Nothing in this subsection
3.3B(ii) shall be deemed to relieve any LC Facility Lender from its obligation
to make LC Facility Loans on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, and Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against
any
LC Facility Lender resulting from the failure of such LC Facility Lender to
make
such LC Facility Loans under this subsection 3.3B.
(iii) Reimbursement
by Borrower of Amounts Paid Under Synthetic Letters of Credit.
In the
event a Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender has determined to honor a
drawing under a Synthetic Letter of Credit issued by it, such Synthetic Letter
of Credit Issuing Lender shall immediately notify Borrower and Administrative
Agent, and Borrower shall reimburse such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing
Lender on or before the Business Day immediately following the date on which
such drawing is honored (the "Synthetic
Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date")
in an
amount in Dollars and in same day funds equal to the amount of such payment;
provided
that,
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding,
(a) unless Borrower shall have notified Administrative Agent and such
Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender prior to 10:00 A.M. (New York City
time) on the date such drawing is honored that Borrower intends to reimburse
such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender for the amount of such payment
with funds other than the proceeds of Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans, Borrower
shall be deemed to have given a timely Notice of Borrowing to Administrative
Agent requesting Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders to make Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans on the Synthetic Letter of Credit
Reimbursement Date in an amount in Dollars equal to the amount of such payment
and (b) subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified
in
subsection 4.2B, Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders shall, on the Synthetic
Letter of Credit Reimbursement Date, make Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans
that
are Base Rate Loans in the amount of such payment, the proceeds of which shall
be applied directly by Administrative Agent to reimburse such Synthetic Letter
of Credit Issuing Lender for the amount of such payment; provided further,
that
each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes
Administrative Agent to fund such Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Synthetic
Letter of Credit Loans by withdrawing an amount equal to the amount of each
of
such Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans from
such Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit; and provided further,
that if
for any reason proceeds of Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans are not received
by
such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender on the Synthetic Letter of Credit
Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such payment, Borrower
shall reimburse such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender, on demand,
in an
amount in same day funds equal to the excess of the amount of such payment
over
the aggregate amount of such Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans, if any, which
are
so received. Nothing in this subsection 3.3B(iii) shall be deemed to
relieve any Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender from its obligation to make
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, and Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against
any
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender resulting from the failure of such Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lender to make such Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans under
this
subsection 3.3B.
C. Payment
by Lenders of Unreimbursed Amounts Paid Under Letters of
Credit.
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(i) (a) Payment
by Revolving Lenders.
In the
event that Borrower shall fail for any reason to reimburse any Revolving Issuing
Lender as provided in subsection 3.3B(i) in an amount equal to the amount
of any payment by such Revolving Issuing Lender under a Revolving Letter of
Credit issued by it, such Revolving Issuing Lender shall promptly notify
Administrative Agent who will notify each other Revolving Lender of the
unreimbursed amount of such honored drawing and of such other Revolving Lender’s
respective participation therein based on such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata
Share. Each Revolving Lender shall make available to Administrative Agent for
the benefit of such Revolving Issuing Lender an amount equal to its respective
participation, in Dollars and in same day funds, at the Funding and Payment
Office, not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the first
Business Day after the date notified by Administrative Agent. In the event
that
any Revolving Lender fails to make available to Administrative Agent for the
benefit of such Revolving Issuing Lender on such Business Day the amount of
such
Revolving Lender’s participation in such Revolving Letter of Credit as provided
in this subsection 3.3C(i)(a), such Revolving Issuing Lender shall be
entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender together
with interest thereon at the rate customarily used by such Revolving Issuing
Lender for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and
thereafter at the Base Rate. Nothing in this subsection 3.3C(i)(a) shall
be
deemed to prejudice the right of any Revolving Lender to recover from any
Revolving Issuing Lender any amounts made available by such Revolving Lender
to
such Revolving Issuing Lender pursuant to this subsection 3.3C(i)(a) in the
event that it is determined by the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction that the payment with respect to a Letter of Credit by such
Revolving Issuing Lender in respect of which payment was made by such Revolving
Lender constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such
Revolving Issuing Lender.
(b) Payment
by LC Facility Lenders.
In the
event that Borrower shall fail for any reason to reimburse any LC Facility
Issuing Lender as provided in subsection 3.3B(ii) in an amount equal to the
amount of any payment by such LC Facility Issuing Lender under a LC Facility
Letter of Credit issued by it, such LC Facility Issuing Lender shall promptly
notify Administrative Agent who will notify each other LC Facility Lender of
the
unreimbursed amount of such honored drawing and of such other LC Facility
Lender’s respective participation therein based on such LC Facility Lender’s Pro
Rata Share. Each LC Facility Lender shall make available to Administrative
Agent
for the benefit of such LC Facility Issuing Lender an amount equal to its
respective participation, in Dollars and in same day funds, at the Funding
and
Payment Office, not later than 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on the first
Business Day after the date notified by Administrative Agent. In the event
that
any LC Facility Lender fails to make available to Administrative Agent for
the
benefit of such LC Facility Issuing Lender on such Business Day the amount
of
such LC Facility Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit as provided in
this subsection 3.3C(i)(b), such LC Facility Issuing Lender shall be entitled
to
recover such amount on demand from such LC Facility Lender together with
interest thereon at the rate customarily used by such LC Facility Issuing Lender
for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and thereafter
at the Base Rate. Nothing in this subsection 3.3C(i)(b) shall be deemed to
prejudice the right of any Lender to recover from any LC Facility Issuing Lender
any amounts made available by such LC Facility Lender to such LC Facility
Issuing Lender pursuant to this subsection 3.3C(i)(b) in the event that it
is
determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that
the
payment with respect to a LC Facility Letter of Credit by such LC Facility
Issuing Lender in respect of which payment was made by such LC Facility Lender
constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such LC
Facility Issuing Lender.
(c) Payment
by Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders.
In the
event that Borrower shall fail for any reason to reimburse any Synthetic Letter
of Credit Issuing Lender as provided in subsection 3.3B(iii) in an amount
equal to the amount of any payment by such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing
Lender under a Synthetic Letter of Credit issued by it, such Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Issuing Lender shall promptly notify Administrative Agent, who will,
upon
request by any Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender, notify each Synthetic Letter
of Credit Lender of the unreimbursed amount of such honored drawing and of
such
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s respective participation therein based on
such Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share. Each Synthetic Letter
of Credit Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent to make
such
payment available to such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender on the
first
Business Day after the date notified by Administrative Agent in an amount equal
to such Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s respective participation from such
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit. In the event that
Administrative Agent reasonably determines that applicable law or the order
of
any court or other Government Authority stays or prohibits Administrative Agent
from making available to such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender on
such
Business Day the full amount of each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s
participation in such Synthetic Letter of Credit as provided in this
subsection 3.3C(i)(c), such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender
shall, without further act, become the owner of, and succeed to the rights
of
such Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender with respect to, a portion of such
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit in an amount equal to
the amount of the portion of such participation not so made available, together
with all interest, fees, amounts payable pursuant to subsection 3.6D
and
all other amounts payable thereon. Nothing in this subsection 3.3C(i)(c)
shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any Lender to recover from any
Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender any amounts made available by such
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender to such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing
Lender pursuant to this subsection 3.3C(i)(c) in the event that it is
determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that
the
payment with respect to a Synthetic Letter of Credit by such Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Issuing Lender in respect of which payment was made by such Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lender constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct
on
the part of such Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender.
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(ii) Distribution
to Lenders of Reimbursements Received From Borrower.
(a) In the event that any Revolving Issuing Lender or LC Facility
Issuing Lender shall have been reimbursed by other Revolving Lenders or LC
Facility Lenders, as the case may be, pursuant to subsection 3.3C(i)
for
all or any portion of any payment by such Issuing Lender under a Revolving
Letter of Credit or LC Facility Letter of Credit issued by it, such Issuing
Lender shall distribute to Administrative Agent on behalf of each other
Revolving Lender or LC Facility Lender, as the case may be, that has paid all
amounts payable by it under subsection 3.3C(i) with respect to such
payment
such other Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share or LC Facility Lender’s Pro Rata
Share, as the case may be, of all payments subsequently received by such Issuing
Lender from Borrower in reimbursement of such payment under such Letter of
Credit when such payments are received. Any such distribution shall be made
to
such other Revolving Lender or LC Facility Lender, as the case may
be.
(b)(1) In
the event that any Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender shall have been
reimbursed by Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders pursuant to
subsection 3.3C(i) for all or any portion of any payment by such Issuing
Lender under a Synthetic Letter of Credit issued by it, such Issuing Lender
shall distribute to Administrative Agent on behalf of each Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Lender that has paid all amounts payable by it under
subsection 3.3C(i) with respect to such payment such Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments subsequently received by such
Issuing Lender from Borrower in reimbursement of such payment under such Letter
of Credit when such payments are received. Any such distribution shall, subject
to the last sentence of this subsection 3.3C(ii)(b)(1), be made to such
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender. Any distribution to be made to the Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lenders pursuant to this subsection 3.3C(ii)(b)(1)
shall,
to the extent of the excess of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments over
the Total Utilization of Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments, be retained
by
Administrative Agent and applied to increase the amount of each Synthetic Letter
of Credit Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit in an amount equal to such Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such excess.
(2) Without
limiting the obligations of Borrower under subsection 2.6D or
subsection 3.6D, in the event that a drawing under a Synthetic Letter
of
Credit (A) that has been reimbursed with the proceeds of Synthetic Letter
of Credit Loans that were funded by withdrawals from the Credit-Linked Deposits
as provided in subsection 3.3B(iii) or (B) for which payment
to the
Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender by the Synthetic Letter of Credit
Lenders has been funded by withdrawals from the Credit-Linked Deposits as
provided in subsection 3.3C(i)(c), in either case shall be reimbursed
by
Borrower on a day other than the last day of an interest period or period of
investment applicable to the Credit-Linked Deposits, Administrative Agent may
elect to invest the amount so reimbursed in overnight or short-term cash
equivalent investments until the end of the interest period or scheduled
investment termination date at the time in effect and Borrower shall pay to
Administrative Agent on the last day of such interest period or such scheduled
investment termination date, the amount, if any, by which the interest accrued
on a like amount of the Credit-Linked Deposits at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for
the interest period or period of investment in effect therefor shall exceed
the
interest actually earned through the investment of the amount so reimbursed
for
the period from the date of such reimbursement through the end of the applicable
interest period or period of investment, as determined by Administrative Agent
in good faith (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and
conclusive and binding on all parties hereto) and set forth in the request
for
payment delivered to Borrower. No delay in, or failure to deliver, any such
request for payment by Administrative Agent shall in any way relieve or diminish
the obligations of Borrower to pay to Administrative Agent the amount of
interest required to be paid as provided above in the preceding sentence. In
the
event that Borrower shall fail to pay any amount due under this paragraph,
the
return payable by Administrative Agent to the Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders
on their Credit-Linked Deposits under subsection 3.6B(iii) shall be
reduced
by a corresponding amount, and the Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders shall,
without further act, succeed to the rights of Administrative Agent with respect
to such amount due from Borrower, ratably according to the amounts of their
respective Credit-Linked Deposits.
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D. Interest
on Amounts Paid Under Letters of Credit.
(i) Payment
of Interest by Borrower.
Borrower agrees to pay to each Issuing Lender, with respect to payments under
any Letters of Credit issued by it, interest on the amount paid by such Issuing
Lender in respect of each such payment from the date a drawing is honored to
but
excluding the date such amount is reimbursed by Borrower (including any such
reimbursement out of the proceeds of Revolving Loans, LC Facility Loans or
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans pursuant to subsection 3.3B) at a rate
equal to (a) with respect to Revolving Letters of Credit, (1) for
the
period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the Revolving
LC
Reimbursement Date, the rate then in effect under this Agreement with respect
to
Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans and (2) thereafter, a rate
which
is 2% per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable under this
Agreement with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans,
(b) with respect to LC Facility Letters of Credit, (1) for the
period
from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the LC Facility Letter
of
Credit Reimbursement Date, the rate then in effect under this Agreement with
respect to Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans and (2) thereafter, a
rate
which is 2% per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable under
this Agreement with respect to Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and
(c) with respect to Synthetic Letters of Credit, (1) for the
period
from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Reimbursement Date, the rate then in effect under this Agreement with
respect to Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans and (2) thereafter, a
rate
which is 2% per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable under
this Agreement with respect to Term Loans that are Base Rate Loans. Interest
payable pursuant to this subsection 3.3D(i) shall be computed on the
basis
of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during
which it accrues and shall be payable on demand or, if no demand is made, on
the
date on which the related drawing under a Letter of Credit is reimbursed in
full.
(ii) Distribution
of Interest Payments by Issuing Lender.
Promptly upon receipt by any Issuing Lender of any payment of interest pursuant
to subsection 3.3D(i) with respect to a payment under a Letter of Credit
issued by it, (a) such Issuing Lender shall distribute to Administrative
Agent on behalf of each other Revolving Lender, LC Facility Lender or Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lender, as the case may be, out of the interest received by
such Issuing Lender in respect of the period from the date such drawing is
honored to but excluding the date on which such Issuing Lender is reimbursed
for
the amount of such payment (including any such reimbursement out of the proceeds
of Revolving Loans, LC Facility Loans or Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans
pursuant to subsection 3.3B), the amount that such other Revolving Lender,
LC Facility Lender or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender, as the case may be,
would have been entitled to receive in respect of the letter of credit fee
that
would have been payable in respect of such Letter of Credit for such period
pursuant to subsection 3.2 if no drawing had been honored under such
Letter
of Credit, and (b) in the event such Issuing Lender shall have been
reimbursed by other Revolving Lenders, LC Facility Lenders or Synthetic Letter
of Credit Lenders, as the case may be, pursuant to subsection 3.3C(i)
for
all or any portion of such payment, such Issuing Lender shall distribute to
Administrative Agent on behalf of each other Revolving Lender, LC Facility
Lender or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender, as the case may be, that has paid
all amounts payable by it under subsection 3.3C(i) with respect to such
payment such other Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share, LC Facility Lender’s Pro
Rata Share or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share, as the case
may be, of any interest received by such Issuing Lender in respect of that
portion of such payment so reimbursed by other Revolving Lenders, LC Facility
Lenders or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders, as the case may be, for the
period from the date on which such Issuing Lender was so reimbursed by other
Revolving Lenders, LC Facility Lenders or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders,
as
the case may be, to but excluding the date on which such portion of such payment
is reimbursed by Borrower. Administrative Agent shall distribute any such
amounts to a Revolving Lender, LC Facility Lender or Synthetic Letter of Credit
Lender, as the case may be.
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Obligations
Absolute.
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The
obligation of Borrower to reimburse each Revolving Issuing Lender, each LC
Facility Lender and each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender, as the case may
be,
for payments under the Letters of Credit issued by it, and to repay any
Revolving Loans made by Revolving Lenders pursuant to subsection 3.3B(i),
any LC Facility Loans made by LC Facility Lenders pursuant to
subsection 3.3B(ii), and any Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans made by
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders pursuant to subsection 3.3B(iii),
as the
case may be, and the obligations of Revolving Lenders, LC Facility Lenders
and
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders, as the case may be, under
subsection 3.3C(i)(a), 3.3C(i)(b) and 3.3C(i)(c), respectively, shall
be
unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement under all circumstances including any of the following
circumstances:
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(i) any
lack
of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit;
(ii) the
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which Borrower or any
Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any
Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting),
any Issuing Lender or other Revolving Lender, LC Facility Lender or Synthetic
Letter of Credit Lender or any other Person or, in the case of a Revolving
Lender, LC Facility Lender or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender, against
Borrower, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying
transaction between Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries and the beneficiary
for
which any Letter of Credit was procured);
(iii) any
draft
or other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged,
fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein
being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(iv) payment
by the applicable Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit against presentation
of a draft or other document which does not substantially comply with the terms
of such Letter of Credit;
(v) any
adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(vi) any
breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any party
thereto;
(vii) any
other
circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing; or
(viii) the
fact
that an Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default shall have occurred
and
be continuing;
provided,
in each
case, that payment by the applicable Issuing Lender under the applicable Letter
of Credit shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct
of
such Issuing Lender under the circumstances in question (as determined by a
final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction).
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Nature
of Issuing Lenders’ Duties.
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As
between Borrower and any Issuing Lender, Borrower assumes all risks of the
acts
and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing
Lender by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In
furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, such Issuing Lender shall
not be responsible for: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy,
genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection
with the application for and issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if
it
should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient,
inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of
any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any
such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof,
in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any
reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit
to
comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter
of
Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission
or
delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether
or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical
terms;
(vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document
required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the
proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any
such
Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit;
or
(viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of such
Issuing Lender, including any act or omission by a Government Authority, and
none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of
such
Issuing Lender’s rights or powers hereunder.
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In
furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions
set
forth in the first paragraph of this subsection 3.5, any action taken
or
omitted by any Issuing Lender under or in connection with the Letters of Credit
issued by it or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken
or
omitted in good faith, shall not put such Issuing Lender under any resulting
liability to Borrower.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this subsection 3.5, Borrower
shall
retain any and all rights it may have against any Issuing Lender for any
liability arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of
such Issuing Lender, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
3.6 |
Lender
Deposits.
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A. Credit-Linked
Deposits.
On the
First Amendment Effective Date, each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender shall
have deposited with Administrative Agent such Synthetic Letter of Credit
Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit. The Credit-Linked Deposits have been and shall
continue to be held by Administrative Agent in (or credited to) one or more
operating and/or investment accounts of, and established by, Administrative
Agent under its sole and exclusive control and maintained at the office of
Administrative Agent located at 00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
(or
such other office as Administrative Agent shall from time to time designate
to
the Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders). Administrative Agent shall use the
Credit-Linked Deposits (i) to fund the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans
on
behalf of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders pursuant to
subsection 3.3B(iii) and (ii) to fund the payments on behalf
of the
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders to be made to the Synthetic Letter of Credit
Issuing Lenders as (and to the extent) required by subsection 3.3C(i)(c).
Administrative Agent shall not be required to return any portion of a
Credit-Linked Deposit to the holder of such Credit-Linked Deposit unless either
(I) the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments have been terminated
and
either (A) all Synthetic Letters of Credit have been cancelled and returned
to the respective Issuing Lender or (B) pursuant to Section 8
Borrower
has provided cash collateral in accordance with the Security Agreement for
the
maximum amount that may at any time be drawn under all Synthetic Letters of
Credit then outstanding or (II) the Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitments
have been reduced and, as a result of such reduction, the amount of such
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit exceeds the greater of
(A) the amount of such Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Synthetic Letter
of Credit Commitment and (B) the sum of such Synthetic Letter of Credit
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the undrawn portion of all outstanding Synthetic
Letters of Credit (to the extent of so much of such undrawn portion as has
not
been adequately secured by the posting of cash collateral by Borrower in
accordance with the Security Agreement) and such Synthetic Letter of Credit
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all unreimbursed drawings under Synthetic Letters of
Credit. No Person other than Administrative Agent shall have a right of
withdrawal from any Credit-Linked Deposit or any other right or power with
respect to the Credit-Linked Deposits. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the obligation of each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender to fund
its
participation in Synthetic Letters of Credit shall be satisfied in full upon
the
funding of its Credit-Linked Deposit (except that such obligation shall be
restored in the event that Administrative Agent reasonably determines that
applicable law or the order of any Government Authority prohibits Administrative
Agent from using a Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender’s Credit-Linked Deposit as
described above due to the bankruptcy or insolvency of such Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Lender or due to any Lien in favor of creditors of such Synthetic Letter
of Credit Lender).
B. Use
and Investment of Lender Deposits.
Each of
Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender, each LC Facility Lender and each
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender hereby acknowledges and agrees (i) that
each LC Facility Lender that purchases an LC Facility Certificate of Deposit
and
each Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender has funded its Lender Deposit to
Administrative Agent for application to fund such Lender’s obligation to make LC
Facility Loans or Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans in the manner contemplated
by
subsection 3.3B or to make available an amount equal to its respective
participation in unreimbursed LC Facility Letters of Credit or Synthetic Letters
of Credit in the manner contemplated by subsection 3.3C, (ii) that
Administrative Agent may invest the funds on deposit in the Lender Deposits
in
such investments as may be determined from time to time by Administrative Agent
in its discretion and (iii) that Administrative Agent shall pay to each
holder of a Credit-Linked Deposit a return on such Credit-Linked Deposit (except
as otherwise provided in subsection 3.3C(ii)(b)(2) or subsection 3.6E)
equal to the excess of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for a 3-month interest period
(or
a shorter period, as necessary to avoid any interest period extending beyond
the
stated expiration date of the Synthetic Letter of Credit relating to such
Credit-Linked Deposit) over the Interest Rate Differential, in arrears on the
last day of the interest period applicable to such Credit-Linked Deposit (or,
if
earlier, the date on which an amount on deposit in such Credit-Linked Deposit
is
either (x) used to fund a payment under subsection 3.3B(iii)
or
3.3C(i)(c), or (y) returned to the holder of such Credit-Linked
Deposit).
C. Ownership
of Lender Deposits.
Borrower
shall have no right, title or interest in or to the Lender Deposits, it being
acknowledged and agreed by the parties hereto that the funding of the Lender
Deposits by the LC Facility Lenders and the Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders
and the application of the Lender Deposits in the manner contemplated by
subsections 3.3B and 3.3C constitute agreements among Administrative
Agent,
each Issuing Lender, each LC Facility Lender and each Synthetic Letter of Credit
Lender with respect to the participations in the LC Facility Letters of Credit
and the Synthetic Letters of Credit and do not constitute any loan or extension
of credit to Borrower directly by the LC Facility Lenders or Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Lenders.
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D. Compensation
for Breakage and Other Costs.
In the
event that (i) a drawing is made under an LC Facility Letter of Credit
or
Synthetic Letter of Credit, (ii) an LC Facility Letter of Credit is
cancelled or (iii) the face amount of an LC Facility Letter of Credit
is
reduced, in each case on a date other than the last day of an interest period
or
period of investment with respect to the Lender Deposits relating to such Letter
of Credit, Borrower shall compensate Administrative Agent, upon written request
by Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 2.8, for all reasonable
losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid by Administrative
Agent to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry any payments to an
Issuing Lender while any investments with respect to a Lender Deposit were
being
liquidated) that Administrative Agent may sustain as a result of such event.
Without limiting the foregoing, if any Lender Deposits previously withdrawn
as
provided herein shall be subsequently reimbursed by Borrower or any other Loan
Party other than on the last day of a period of investment with respect to
the
Lender Deposits, Administrative Agent shall invest the amount so reimbursed
in
overnight or short-term cash equivalent investments until the end of such period
of investment and Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, upon
Administrative Agent’s request therefor, the amount, if any, by which the
interest accrued on a like amount of the Lender Deposits at the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate for such period of investment shall exceed the interest earned through
the
investment of the amount so reimbursed for the period from the date of such
reimbursement through the end of such period of investment, as determined by
Administrative Agent (such determination to be conclusive absent manifest error)
and set forth in the request for payment delivered to Borrower. If Borrower
shall fail to pay an amount due under the preceding sentence, the interest
payable by Administrative Agent to the applicable Lenders on their Lender
Deposits under subsection 3.6B shall be correspondingly reduced and each such
Lender shall without further act succeed, ratably in accordance with its Pro
Rata Share, to the rights of Administrative Agent with respect to such amount.
In addition, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent from time to time upon
demand Administrative Agent’s actual and reasonable administrative costs for
investing the Lender Deposits. Without limiting the obligations of the Lenders
under subsection 9.4 of this Agreement, and without limiting the
obligations of Borrower under this paragraph, all amounts payable by Borrower
under this paragraph shall be indemnified by the holders of the affected Lender
Deposits in proportion to the amount of their respective affected Lender
Deposits to the extent not paid by Borrower.
E. Change
in Circumstances.
If
Administrative Agent is not offering Dollar deposits (in the applicable amounts)
in the London interbank market, or if Administrative Agent determines that
adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate
for the Credit-Linked Deposits (or any part of any thereof), then the
Credit-Linked Deposits (or such parts, as applicable) shall be invested so
as to
earn a return equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and
a
rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation.
Section
4. CONDITIONS
TO LOANS AND
LETTERS OF CREDIT
The
obligations of Lenders to make Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit
hereunder are subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions.
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4.1 |
Conditions
to Initial Loans.
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The
obligations of Lenders to make the Supplemental Term B Loans, the
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans and any Revolving Loans to be made
on
the Restatement Date are, in addition to the conditions precedent specified
in
subsection 4.2, subject to prior or concurrent satisfaction of the
following conditions:
A. Loan
Party Documents.
On or
before the Restatement Date, Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan
Party to, deliver to Lenders (or to Administrative Agent with sufficient
originally executed copies, where appropriate, for each Lender) the following
with respect to Borrower or such Loan Party, as the case may be, each, unless
otherwise noted, dated the Restatement Date:
(i) A
certificate, dated the Restatement Date and signed by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of Parent and Borrower, certifying that (A) except as set
forth on any schedule attached thereto, the Organizational Documents of Parent,
Borrower and each other Loan Party previously delivered on the Closing Date
(or
such later date on which such Person became a Loan Party) have not been amended
since the date of such delivery, (B) attached thereto are resolutions duly
adopted by the Governing Body of Parent, Borrower and each other Loan Party
approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the
Amendment Agreement (including Exhibit A
thereto
in the form of this Agreement) and the other Loan Documents to which such Person
is a party, as applicable, and, in the case of Borrower, the borrowings
hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or
amended and are in full force and effect, (C) attached thereto is a certificate
as to the good standing of Parent, Borrower and each other Loan Party, each
dated as of a recent date prior to the Restatement Date from the Secretary
of
State (or equivalent Government Authority) of the state of its organization,
and
(D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing the
Amendment Agreement and any other Loan Document or any other document delivered
in connection therewith on behalf of such Loan Party;
(ii) A
certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature
of
the Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the certificate pursuant to
clause (i) above; and
(iii) Executed
originals of the Loan Documents being entered into on the Restatement Date
to
which such Person is a party; and
(iv) Such
other documents as Administrative Agent or Co-Arrangers may reasonably
request.
B. Fees.
Borrower
shall have paid to Administrative Agent, for distribution (as appropriate)
to
Administrative Agent and Lenders, all fees and other amounts due and payable
on
or prior to the Restatement Date, including, to the extent invoiced,
reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to reimbursed
or
paid by Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
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C. Corporate
and Capital Structure; Ownership.
(i) Corporate
Structure.
The
corporate organizational structure of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, after
giving effect to the Aluma Acquisition, shall be as set forth on Schedule 4.1C
annexed
hereto.
(ii) Capital
Structure and Ownership.
The
capital structure and ownership of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, after giving
effect to the Aluma Acquisition, shall be as set forth on Schedule 4.1C
annexed
hereto.
D. Representations
and Warranties; No Default; Performance of Agreements.
Borrower
shall have delivered to Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate, in form
and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, confirming compliance with
the conditions precedent set forth in subsections 4.2B(i), (ii) and
(iii).
E. Financial
Statements.
On or
before the Restatement Date, Administrative Agent shall have received from
Borrower (i) audited financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, including balance sheets and income
and cash flow statements, audited by Ernst & Young LLP and prepared in
conformity with GAAP, together with such accountants’ report thereon and (ii)
unaudited interim financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries for each
subsequent fiscal quarter ended at least 45 days before the Restatement
Date.
F. Opinions
of Counsel to Loan Parties.
Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself and Lenders,
originally executed copies of a written opinion of (i) Mayer, Brown, Xxxx
& Maw LLP, counsel for the Loan Parties and (ii) each local counsel set
forth on Schedule
4.1F
annexed
hereto, in each case (a) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent and its counsel, (b) addressed to Administrative Agent,
Lenders and Issuing Lenders, (c) dated as of the Restatement Date and (d)
covering such matters as Administrative Agent acting on behalf of Lenders and
Issuing Lenders may reasonably request (this Credit Agreement constituting
a
written request by Borrower to such counsel to deliver such opinions to
Administrative Agent).
G. Amendment
Agreement. The
Amendment
Agreement shall have become effective in accordance with its terms.
H. Solvency
Assurances.
On the
Restatement Date, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall have received a
Financial Condition Certificate dated the Restatement Date and signed by the
chief financial officer of Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit XI
annexed
hereto and with appropriate attachments, in each case demonstrating that, after
giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan
Documents, each of Parent, Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor will be
Solvent.
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I. Necessary
Governmental Authorizations and Consents; Expiration of Waiting Periods,
Etc.
Borrower
shall have obtained all material Governmental Authorizations and all consents
of
other Persons, in each case that are necessary or advisable in connection with
the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents and the continued operation
of the business conducted by Parent and its Subsidiaries in substantially the
same manner as conducted prior to the Restatement Date. Each such Governmental
Authorization and consent shall be in full force and effect, except in a case
where the failure to obtain or maintain a Governmental Authorization or consent,
either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. All applicable waiting periods shall have
expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority
that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose material adverse conditions
on
the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or the financing thereof.
No
action, request for stay, petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration,
or
appeal with respect to any of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time
for
any applicable Government Authority to take action to set aside its consent
on
its own motion shall have expired.
J. Security
Interests; Collateral Documents.
The
Collateral Documents shall be in full force and effect on the Restatement Date,
and each document (including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and
modifications to the Mortgages referred to in subsection 5.16B (and,
to the
extent reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, opinions of local counsel
relating to such Mortgage modifications in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Administrative Agent and title insurance policies or, to the
extent available, bring down endorsements to the existing title insurance
policies previously issued to Administrative Agent, in each case dated as of
the
Restatement Date, insuring the Lien of each Mortgage as a First Priority Lien,
together with such endorsements as Administrative Agent shall reasonably
request)) required by law or reasonably requested by Administrative Agent to
be
filed, registered or recorded in order to create or continue in favor of
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a valid, legal and, if
applicable, upon such filing and recording perfected First Priority security
interest in the entire personal and mixed property Collateral shall have been
delivered to Administrative Agent. The Pledged Collateral shall be duly and
validly pledged under the Collateral Documents to Administrative Agent, for
the
benefit of Lenders, and certificates representing such Pledged Collateral,
accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock powers endorsed in blank,
shall
have been delivered to Administrative Agent.
K. Existing
Indebtedness to Remain Outstanding. Administrative
Agent shall have received an Officer’s Certificate of Borrower stating that,
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (i)
the
Loan Parties shall not have outstanding any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness
under the Loan Documents, the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the Parent
Junior Subordinated Note Indenture and other Indebtedness permitted pursuant
to
subsection 7.1 and (ii) the Loan Parties shall not have outstanding any
preferred equity interests other than the Sponsor Preferred Stock.
L. Related
Agreements; Consummation of the Aluma Acquisition. Administrative
Agent shall have received a fully executed or conformed copy of the Aluma Asset
Purchase Agreement and each other Related Agreement (to the extent not
previously delivered to Administrative Agent under the Existing Credit Agreement
and excluding any indenture governing any Permitted Additional Subordinated
Financing) and any documents executed in connection therewith, and the Aluma
Asset Purchase Agreement and each such other Related Agreement shall be in
full
force and effect, in compliance in all material respects with applicable laws
and regulations, and no provision thereof shall have been amended, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified in any manner that could materially adversely
affect the interests of Lenders, in each case without the prior written consent
of Co-Arrangers. The Aluma Acquisition shall have been, or substantially
simultaneously with the making of the Supplemental Term B Loans and
the
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans on the Restatement Date shall be,
consummated in accordance with the Aluma Asset Purchase Agreement and applicable
law, without giving effect to any waiver of any material terms or conditions
of
the Aluma Asset Purchase Agreement not effected in accordance with the preceding
sentence.
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M. Equity
Contribution.
Borrower
shall have received gross cash proceeds of not less than $30,000,000 from the
Equity Contribution.
N. PATRIOT
ACT. The
Lenders shall have received to the extent requested, all documentation and
other
information required by regulatory authorities under applicable "know your
customer" and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA
PATRIOT Act.
4.2 |
Conditions
to All Loans.
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The
obligations of Lenders to make Loans on each Funding Date are subject to the
following further conditions precedent:
A. Administrative
Agent shall have received before that Funding Date, in accordance with the
provisions of subsection 2.1B, an originally executed Notice of Borrowing,
in each case signed by a duly authorized Officer of Borrower.
B. As
of that Funding Date:
(i) The
representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Loan Documents
shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as of that
Funding Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except
to
the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier
date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true,
correct and complete in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;
provided
that
where a representation and warranty is already qualified as to materiality,
the
materiality qualifier in this clause shall be disregarded for purposes of this
condition;
(ii) No
event
shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation
of
the borrowing contemplated by such Notice of Borrowing that would constitute
an
Event of Default or a Potential Event of Default;
(iii) Each
Loan
Party shall have performed in all material respects all agreements and satisfied
all conditions which this Agreement provides shall be performed or satisfied
by
it on or before that Funding Date; and
(iv) No
order,
judgment or decree of any arbitrator or Government Authority shall purport
to
enjoin or restrain any Lender from making the Loans to be made by it on that
Funding Date.
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4.3 |
Conditions
to Letters of Credit.
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The
issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder (whether or not the applicable
Issuing Lender is obligated to issue such Letter of Credit) is subject to the
following conditions precedent:
A. On
or
before the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent
shall
have received, in accordance with the provisions of subsection 3.1B(i),
an
originally executed Request for Issuance (or a facsimile copy thereof) in each
case signed by a duly authorized Officer of Borrower, together with all other
information specified in subsection 3.1B(i) and such other documents
or
information as the applicable Issuing Lender may reasonably require in
connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit.
B. On
the
date of issuance of such Letter of Credit, all conditions precedent described
in
subsection 4.2B shall be satisfied to the same extent as if the issuance
of
such Letter of Credit were the making of a Loan and the date of issuance of
such
Letter of Credit were a Funding Date.
Section
5. BORROWER'S
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In
order
to induce Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans, to induce
Issuing Lenders to issue Letters of Credit and to induce Revolving Lenders
or LC
Facility Lenders or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders, as the case may be,
to
purchase participations therein, Borrower represents and warrants to each
Lender:
5.1 |
Organization,
Powers, Qualification, Good Standing, Business and
Subsidiaries.
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A. Organization
and Powers.
Each
Loan Party is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company
duly organized and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization as specified in Schedule 5.1
annexed
hereto. Each Loan Party has all requisite power and authority to own and operate
its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to
be
conducted (except, in each case, where a lack of such corporate power and
authority could not be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate,
a
Material Adverse Effect), to enter into the Loan Documents to which it is a
party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby.
B. Qualification
and Good Standing.
Each
Loan Party is qualified to do business and is in good standing to the extent
required under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation to
the
extent required under the laws of each jurisdiction where the nature of its
business and operations requires such qualification, except in jurisdictions
where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had and could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
C. Conduct
of Business. Parent
and its Subsidiaries are engaged only in the businesses permitted to be engaged
in pursuant to subsection 7.11.
D. Subsidiaries.
All of
the Subsidiaries of Holdings and their jurisdictions of organization as of
the
Restatement Date are identified in Schedule 5.1
annexed
hereto, as said Schedule 5.1
may be
supplemented from time to time pursuant to the provisions of
subsection 6.1(xv). The Capital Stock of each of the Subsidiaries of
Holdings identified in Schedule 5.1
annexed
hereto (as so supplemented) is a corporation, partnership, trust or limited
liability company duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
and none of such Capital Stock constitutes Margin Stock. Each of the
Subsidiaries of Holdings identified in Schedule 5.1
annexed
hereto (as so supplemented) is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization set
forth
therein, has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties
and to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted,
and is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction
where
it is necessary to carry out its business and operations, in each case except
where failure to be so qualified or in good standing or a lack of such power
and
authority has not had and could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 5.1
annexed
hereto (as so supplemented) correctly sets forth as of the Restatement Date
the
identity of all Material Subsidiaries and the ownership interest of Holdings
and
each of its Subsidiaries in each of the Subsidiaries of Holdings identified
therein.
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5.2 |
Authorization
of Borrowing, etc.
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A. Authorization.
The
Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part
of
each Loan Party that is a party to any Loan Document or other agreement or
instrument relating to the Transactions.
B. No
Conflict.
The
consummation of the Transactions will not (i) violate any provision
of any
law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, the Organizational Documents of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other Government Authority
binding on Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result
in
a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default
under any Contractual Obligation of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
(iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon
any
of the properties or assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
any
Liens created under any of the Loan Documents in favor of Administrative Agent
on behalf of Lenders or as otherwise permitted under this Agreement), or
(iv) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent
of any
Person under any Contractual Obligation of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the
Restatement Date and except, in each case, to the extent such violation,
conflict, breach or
failure to obtain such approval or consent could not reasonably be expected
to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
C. Governmental
Consents.
The
Transactions do not and will not require any Governmental Authorization, except
as has been duly obtained and is in full force and effect unless the failure
to
obtain such Governmental Authorization could not reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect.
D. Binding
Obligation.
The
Amendment Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents has been duly executed
and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party thereto and is the legally
valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan
Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) relating
to
enforceability.
5.3 |
Financial
Condition.
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Borrower
has heretofore delivered to Lenders, at Lenders’ request, (i) the audited
consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries as at December 31,
2004 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year then ended
and
(ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2005 and the related unaudited consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries for
the
period then ended. All such statements were prepared in conformity with GAAP
and
fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position (on a
consolidated basis) of the entities described in such financial statements
as at
the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows (on
a
consolidated basis) of the entities described therein for each of the periods
then ended, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements,
to
changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments. Neither Parent
nor
any of its Subsidiaries has any Contingent Obligation, contingent liability
or
liability for taxes, long-term lease or unusual forward or long-term commitment
that is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or the notes thereto
or that is otherwise contemplated or permitted under this Agreement and, as
of
any Funding Date subsequent to the Restatement Date, is not reflected in the
most recent financial statements delivered to Lenders pursuant to subsection
6.1
or the notes thereto and that, in any such case, is material in relation to
the
business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise)
or
prospects of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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5.4 |
No
Material Adverse Change; No Restricted Junior
Payments.
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Since
December 31, 2004, no event or change has occurred that has resulted in or
evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has directly or indirectly declared,
ordered, paid or made, or set apart any sum or property for, any Restricted
Junior Payment or agreed to do so except as permitted by
subsection 7.5.
5.5 |
Title
to Properties; Liens; Real Property; Intellectual
Property.
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A. Title
to Properties; Liens.
Except
to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect, Parent and its Subsidiaries have (i) good,
sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property),
(ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests
in
real or personal property), or (iii) good title to (in the case of all
other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets
reflected in the financial statements referred to in subsection 5.3
or in
the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1,
in each case except for assets disposed of since the date of such financial
statements in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted under
subsection 7.7. Except as permitted by this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, all such properties and assets are free and clear of
Liens.
B. Real
Property.
As of
the Restatement Date, Schedule 5.5B
annexed
hereto contains a true, accurate and complete list of (i) all fee interests
in any Real Property Assets and (ii) all leases, subleases or assignments
of leases (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals
or
extensions of any thereof) affecting each Real Property Asset, regardless of
whether a Loan Party is the landlord or tenant (whether directly or as an
assignee or successor in interest) under such lease, sublease or assignment.
Except as specified in Schedule 5.5B
annexed
hereto, each agreement listed in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding
sentence is in full force and effect and Borrower does not have knowledge of
any
default that has occurred and is continuing thereunder, and each such agreement
constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of each applicable Loan
Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except
as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally
or by equitable principles.
C. Intellectual
Property.
As of
the Restatement Date, Parent and its Subsidiaries own or have the right to
use,
all Intellectual Property used in the conduct of their business, except where
the failure to own or have such right to use, individually or in the aggregate,
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each
of
Parent and its Subsidiaries has taken all reasonable steps to protect its
Intellectual Property and maintain all registrations and pending applications
thereto. Other than as set forth on Schedule
5.6,
no
claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning
the use of any such Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness
of
any such Intellectual Property, except for such claims that in the aggregate
could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
use
of such Intellectual Property by Parent and its Subsidiaries and the anticipated
use does not violate any license or infringe on the rights of any Person, except
for such claims and infringements that, in the aggregate, could not reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All federal and state and
all foreign registrations of and applications for Intellectual Property, and
material unregistered Intellectual Property, that are owned or licensed by
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on the Restatement Date are described on
Schedule 5.5C
annexed
hereto.
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5.6 |
Litigation;
Adverse Facts.
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Other
than as set forth on Schedule
5.6,
there
are no Proceedings (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Parent or any of
its
Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any court or other Government
Authority (including any Environmental Claims) that are pending or, to the
knowledge of Parent, threatened against or affecting Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries or any property of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in
a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is
in violation of any applicable laws (including Environmental Laws) that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in
a
Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) is subject to or in default with respect
to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of
any
court or other Government Authority that, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.7 |
Payment
of Taxes.
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Except
to
the extent permitted by subsection 6.3, all Tax returns and reports
of the
Loan Parties required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and
all
Taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all Taxes,
assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon the Loan Parties and
upon
their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises that
are
due and payable have been paid when due except for any such Tax, assessment,
fee
or charge that is being actively contested by such Loan Party in good faith
and
by appropriate proceedings; provided
that
such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required
in
accordance with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor. Except as set
forth on Schedule 5.7,
none of
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice from any taxing
authority of any assessment (or proposed assessment) against any of the Loan
Parties that is not being actively contested by such Loan Party in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings; provided
that
such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required
in
accordance with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.
5.8 |
Performance
of Agreements; Material Contracts.
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A. No
Loan
Party is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of
the
obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any of its Contractual
Obligations, and no condition exists that, with the giving of notice or the
lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, except where (i) such
default or defaults are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
or (ii) the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults,
if
any, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
B. Schedule 5.8
contains
a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Contracts in effect on
the
Restatement Date. Except as described on Schedule 5.8,
all
such Material Contracts are in full force and effect and no material defaults
currently exist thereunder.
5.9 |
Governmental
Regulation.
|
No
Loan
Party is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act
of
1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act or the Investment
Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation
which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render
all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable.
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5.10 |
Securities
Activities.
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A. No
Loan
Party is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the
business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any
Margin Stock.
B. Following
application of the proceeds of each Loan, not more than 25% of the value of
the
assets (either of Borrower only or of the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis)
subject to the provisions of subsection 7.2 or 7.7 or subject to any
restriction contained in any agreement or instrument, between Borrower and
any
Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender, relating to Indebtedness and within
the
scope of subsection 8.2, will be Margin Stock.
5.11 |
Employee
Benefit Plans.
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A. Each
of
the Loan Parties and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance
in all material respects with all applicable provisions and requirements of
ERISA and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect
to each Employee Benefit Plan, and have performed all their obligations under
each Employee Benefit Plan. Each Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to
qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received
a
favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service that it is
so
qualified and since the date of each most recent letter, there has been no
event, condition or circumstance that has adversely affected or is likely to
adversely affect such qualified status.
B. No
ERISA
Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
C. Except
to
the extent required under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code
or
other applicable law or except as set forth in Schedule 5.11
annexed
hereto, no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through
the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee
of
any Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
D. As
of the
most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, and excluding for purposes
of
such computation all Pension Plans which have no unfunded benefit liabilities
(as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA), the sum of:
(i) the
unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA)
individually or in the aggregate for all Pension Plans to which any Loan Party
has ever contributed; and
(ii) the
potential liability that the Loan Party could reasonably be expected to incur
as
the result of the unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined in Section
4001(a)(18) of ERISA), individually or in the aggregate, for all Pension Plans
to which no Loan Party has ever contributed (assuming amortization of such
unfunded benefit liabilities over ten years);
does
not
exceed $2,000,000.
E. As
of the
most recent valuation date for each Multiemployer Plan for which the actuarial
report is available, the potential liability of the Loan Parties and their
respective ERISA Affiliates for a complete withdrawal from such Multiemployer
Plan (within the meaning of Section 4203 of ERISA), when aggregated
with
such potential liability for a complete withdrawal from all Multiemployer Plans,
based on information available pursuant to Section 4221(e) of ERISA,
does
not exceed $2,000,000.
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5.12 |
Certain
Fees.
|
No
broker’s or finder’s fee or commission will be payable with respect to this
Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby and Borrower hereby
indemnifies Lenders against, and agrees that it will hold Lenders harmless
from,
any claim, demand or liability for any such broker’s or finder’s fees alleged to
have been incurred in connection herewith or therewith and any expenses
(including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel) arising
in
connection with any such claim, demand or liability.
5.13 |
Environmental
Protection.
|
Except
as
set forth in Schedule 5.13
annexed
hereto:
(i) none
of
the Loan Parties nor any of their respective current Facilities or operations
nor, to Borrower’s knowledge, any of the Loan Parties’ respective former
Facilities or operations, are subject to any outstanding written order, consent
decree or settlement agreement with any Person relating to (a) any
Environmental Law, (b) any Environmental Claim, or (c) any Hazardous
Materials Activity that, in each case, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) none
of
the Loan Parties has received any letter or request for information
under
Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9604) or any comparable state law;
(iii) there
are
and, to Borrower’s knowledge, have been no conditions, occurrences, or Hazardous
Materials Activities that could reasonably be expected to form the basis of
an
Environmental Claim against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually
or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect;
(iv) none
of
the Loan Parties nor, to Borrower’s knowledge, any predecessor of any of the
Loan Parties has filed any notice under any Environmental Law indicating past
or
present treatment of Hazardous Materials at any Facility, and none of the Loan
Parties’ operations involves the generation, transportation, treatment, storage
or disposal of hazardous waste, as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270
or
any state equivalent;
(v) compliance
with all current or reasonably foreseeable future requirements pursuant to
or
under Environmental Laws would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.14 |
Employee
Matters.
|
There
is
no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving any of the
Loan
Parties that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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5.15 |
Solvency.
|
Each
Loan
Party is and, upon the incurrence of any Obligations by such Loan Party on
any
date on which this representation is made, will be, Solvent.
5.16 |
Matters
Relating to Collateral.
|
A. Collateral
Documents; Liens.
(i) The
Collateral Documents are effective to create in favor of Administrative Agent
for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest
in the Collateral and the proceeds thereof and (a) with respect to all
Pledged Collateral previously delivered to and in possession of Administrative
Agent, the Liens created under the Collateral Documents constitute, or in the
case of Pledged Collateral to be delivered to Administrative Agent on or after
the Restatement Date, the Liens created under the Collateral Documents will
constitute, fully perfected First Priority Liens on, and security interests
in,
all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Pledged Collateral,
and (b) together with the financing statements previously filed, the Liens
created under the Collateral Documents constitute fully perfected First Priority
Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan
Parties in all such Collateral as to which a security interest may be perfected
by such a filing (other than Intellectual Property).
(ii) The
short-form intellectual property security agreements currently on file with
the
PTO, together with the financing statements previously filed, constitute fully
perfected First Priority Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title
and interest of the Loan Parties in the IP Collateral in which a security
interest may be perfected by filing in the United States and its territories
and
possessions (it being understood that subsequent recordings with the PTO may
be
necessary to perfect a Lien on IP Collateral acquired by the Loan Parties on
or
after the Restatement Date).
(iii) The
Mortgages create in favor of Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on all of the Loan Parties’ right,
title and interest in and to the Real Property Assets thereunder and the
proceeds thereof, and when the modifications referred to in subsection 5.16B
are
recorded, the Mortgages will constitute fully perfected First Priority Liens
on,
and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties
in
the Real Property Assets thereunder and the proceeds thereof to secure the
Obligations.
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B. Governmental
Authorizations.
No
action, consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action
by any Government Authority is or will be required in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, except for (a) the filing of UCC
financing statements and filings with the PTO, (b) the recordation of
modifications to the Mortgages reflecting, among other things, the making of
the
Supplemental Term B Loans and the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term
B
Loans, and (c) such as have been made or obtained and are in full force
and
effect.
C. Absence
of Third-Party Filings.
Except
such as may have been filed in favor of Administrative Agent as contemplated
by
subsection 5.16A and to evidence permitted lease obligations and other
Liens permitted pursuant to subsection 7.2, (i) no effective
UCC
financing statement, fixture filing or other instrument similar in effect
covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing or recording
office and (ii) no effective filing covering all or any part of the
IP
Collateral is on file in the PTO.
D. Margin
Regulations.
The
pledge of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents does
not
violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
E. Information
Regarding Collateral.
All
written information supplied to Administrative Agent by or on behalf of any
Loan
Party with respect to any of the Collateral (in each case taken as a whole
with
respect to any particular Collateral) is accurate and complete in all material
respects.
5.17 |
Disclosure.
|
No
material representation or warranty of the Loan Parties contained in any Loan
Document or in any other document, certificate or written statement furnished
to
Lenders by or on behalf of any of the Loan Parties for use in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement contains any untrue statement
of
a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to Borrower, in the
case of any document not furnished by it) necessary in order to make the
statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the
circumstances in which the same were made. Any projections, including forecasts,
budgets, forward-looking statements and pro forma
financial information (the "Projections")
contained in such materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions
believed by Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized
by
Lenders that such Projections 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. There are no facts known (or which should upon
the
reasonable exercise of diligence be known) to Borrower (other than matters
of a
general economic nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and that have
not
been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements
furnished to Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby.
5.18 |
Subordinated
Indebtedness.
|
The
Obligations constitute senior indebtedness that is entitled to the benefits
of
the subordination provisions of all Subordinated Indebtedness of Parent and
its
Subsidiaries (including without limitation, the Senior Subordinated Notes,
the
Parent Junior Subordinated Notes and any Permitted Additional Subordinated
Financing).
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5.19 |
Aluma
Asset Purchase Agreement.
|
As
of the
Restatement Date, Borrower has delivered to Administrative Agent a complete
and
correct copy of the Aluma Asset Purchase Agreement (including all schedules,
exhibits, amendments, supplements and modifications thereto). Neither Borrower
nor any Loan Party or, to the knowledge of Borrower, any other party thereto,
is
in default in the performance or compliance with any material provision
thereof.
5.20 |
Leasehold
Property.
|
As
of the
Restatement Date, neither Borrower nor any of the Subsidiary Guarantors has
any
Leasehold Property that is a Material Real Property.
Section
6. BORROWER'S
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower
covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Commitments hereunder shall
remain in effect and until payment in full of all of the Loans and other
Obligations and the cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit, unless
Requisite Lenders shall otherwise give prior written consent, Borrower shall
perform, and shall cause each other Loan Party to perform, all covenants in
this
Section 6.
6.1 |
Financial
Statements and Other Reports.
|
Borrower
will maintain, and cause Parent and the Subsidiaries to maintain, a system
of
accounting established and administered in accordance with sound business
practices to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
GAAP.
Borrower will deliver to Administrative Agent for distribution to
Lenders:
(i) Events
of Default, etc.:
Within
3 Business Days of any Officer of Borrower obtaining knowledge (a) of
any
condition or event that constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event
of
Default, or becoming aware that any Lender has given any notice (other than
to
Administrative Agent) or taken any other action with respect to a claimed Event
of Default or Potential Event of Default, (b) that any Person has given
any
notice to any of the Loan Parties or taken any other action with respect to
a
claimed default or event or condition of the type referred to in
subsection 8.2, (c) of any condition or event that would be required
to be disclosed in a current report filed by any Loan Party with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K if such Loan Party was required to file
such
reports under the Exchange Act, or (d) of the occurrence of any event
or
change that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate,
a
Material Adverse Effect, an Officer’s Certificate specifying the nature and
period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying the notice
given or action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event
of
Default, Potential Event of Default, default, event or condition, and what
action such Loan Party has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect
thereto;
(ii) Quarterly
Financials:
as soon
as available and in any event within the earlier of (a) 45 days after
the
end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year and (b)
if
Borrower is a public reporting company at such time, such earlier date as the
Securities and Exchange Commission requires the filing of such information
(or,
if Borrower is required to file such information on a Form 10-Q with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, promptly following such filing),
(a) the consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries as
at the
end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related consolidated statements of operations
and cash flows of Parent and
its
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning
of
the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth
in
each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding
periods of the previous Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures from the
Financial Plan for the current Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and
certified by the chief financial officer of Parent that
they
fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of
Parent and
its
Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations
and
their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from
audit and normal year-end adjustments, and (b) a narrative report
describing the operations of Parent and
its
Subsidiaries in the form prepared for presentation to senior management for
such
Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal
Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter (it being understood that the foregoing
requirements may be satisfied by delivery of Borrower’s report to the Securities
and Exchange Commission on Form 10-Q);
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(iii) Year-End
Financials:
as soon
as available and in any event within the earlier of (a) 90 days after
the
end of each Fiscal Year or (b) if Borrower is a public reporting company at
such
time, such earlier date as the Securities and Exchange Commission requires
the
filing of such information (or, if Borrower is required to file such information
on a Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, promptly following
such filing), (a) the consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Parent and its
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year and the
corresponding figures from the Financial Plan for the Fiscal Year covered by
such financial statements, all in reasonable detail and certified by the chief
financial officer of Parent that they fairly present, in all material respects,
the financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated
and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods
indicated, (b) a narrative report describing the operations of Parent
and
its Subsidiaries in the form prepared for presentation to senior management
for
such Fiscal Year (it being understood that the foregoing requirements may be
satisfied by delivery of Borrower’s report to the Securities and Exchange
Commission on Form 10-K), and (c) in the case of such consolidated
financial statements, a report thereon of Ernst & Young LLP or other
independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing
selected by Parent and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, which
report shall be unqualified, shall express no doubts about the ability of Parent
and its Subsidiaries to continue as a going concern, and shall state that such
consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects,
the
consolidated financial position of Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the dates
indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the
periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with
prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and
that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated
financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards;
(iv) Pricing
and Compliance Certificates:
together with each delivery of financial statements pursuant to
subdivisions (ii) and (iii) above, a Compliance Certificate signed by
a
financial Officer (a) stating that the signers have reviewed the terms
of
this Agreement and have made, or caused to be made under their supervision,
a
review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of Parent and
its
Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial statements
and that such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of
such accounting period, and that the signers do not have knowledge of the
existence as at the date of such Compliance Certificate, of any condition or
event that constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default, or,
if
any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period
of existence thereof and what action Borrower has taken, is taking and proposes
to take with respect thereto, and (b) demonstrating in reasonable detail
compliance during and at the end of the applicable accounting periods with
the
restrictions contained in Section 7, in each case to the extent compliance
with such restrictions is required to be tested at the end of the applicable
accounting period; in addition, on or before the 45th
day
following the end of each Fiscal Quarter, a Pricing Certificate demonstrating
in
reasonable detail the calculation of the Leverage Ratio as of the end of the
four-Fiscal Quarter period then ended;
(v) Reconciliation
Statements:
if, as
a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used
in
the preparation of the audited financial statements referred to in
subsection 5.3, the consolidated financial statements of Parent and
its
Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to subdivisions (ii), (iii) or (xii)
of
this subsection 6.1 will differ in any material respect from the
consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to
such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies
been
made, then (a) together with the first delivery of financial statements
pursuant to subdivision (ii), (iii) or (xii) of this subsection 6.1
following such change, consolidated financial statements of Parent and its
Subsidiaries for (y) the current Fiscal Year to the effective date of
such
change and (z) two full Fiscal Years immediately preceding the Fiscal Year
in
which such change is made, in each case prepared on a pro forma
basis as
if such change had been in effect during such periods, and (b) together
with each delivery of financial statements pursuant to subdivision (ii),
(iii) or (xii) of this subsection 6.1 following such change, if required
pursuant to subsection 1.2, a written statement of the chief accounting
officer or chief financial officer of Borrower setting forth the differences
(including any differences that would affect any calculations relating to the
financial covenants set forth in subsection 7.6) which would have resulted
if such financial statements had been prepared without giving effect to such
change;
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(vi) Accountants’
Certification:
together with each delivery of consolidated financial statements pursuant to
subdivision (iii) above, a written statement by the independent certified
public accountants giving the report thereon (a) stating that their
audit
examination has included a review of the terms of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents as they relate to accounting matters, (b) stating whether,
in connection with their audit examination, any condition or event that
constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has come to their
attention and, if such a condition or event has come to their attention,
specifying the nature and period of existence thereof; provided
that
such accountants shall not be liable by reason of any failure to obtain
knowledge of any such Event of Default or Potential Event of Default that would
not be disclosed in the course of their audit examination, and (c) stating
that based on their audit examination nothing has come to their attention that
causes them to believe either or both that the information contained in the
certificates delivered therewith pursuant to subdivision (iv) above
is not
correct or that the matters set forth in the Compliance Certificates delivered
therewith pursuant to clause (b) of subdivision (iv) above for
the
applicable Fiscal Year are not stated in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement;
(vii) Accountants’
Reports:
promptly upon receipt thereof (unless restricted by applicable professional
standards), copies of all material reports submitted to Parent or Borrower
by
independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim
or special audit of the financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries
made
by such accountants, including any comment letter submitted by such accountants
to management in connection with their annual audit;
(viii) SEC
Filings and Press Releases:
promptly upon their becoming available, copies of (a) all financial
statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available
generally by Parent and/or Borrower to its security holders or by any of their
respective Subsidiaries to its security holders other than Parent and/or
Borrower or another Subsidiary of Parent and/or Borrower, (b) all regular
and periodic reports and all registration statements (other than on Form S-8
or
a similar form) and prospectuses, if any, filed by Parent and/or Borrower or
any
of their respective Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory
authority, and (c) all press releases and other statements made available
generally by Parent and/or Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries
to
the public concerning material developments in the business of Parent and/or
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries that would be required to
be
disclosed in a current report filed by Parent and/or Borrower or any of their
respective Subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
Form 8-K if Parent and/or Borrower or such Subsidiary were required
to file
such reports under the Exchange Act;
(ix) Litigation
or Other Proceedings:
(a) promptly upon any Officer of any Loan Party obtaining knowledge
of
(1) the institution of, or non-frivolous threat of, any Proceeding against
or affecting any Loan Party or any property of any Loan Party not previously
disclosed in writing by any Loan Party to Lenders or (2) any material
development in any Proceeding that, in any case:
(x) if
adversely determined, has a reasonable possibility of giving rise to a Material
Adverse Effect; or
(y) seeks
to
enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages
or
obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby;
written
notice thereof together with such other information as may be reasonably
available to Borrower to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such
matters; and (b) promptly upon request by Administrative Agent, a schedule
of all Proceedings delivered by Borrower to its independent certified public
accountants in connection with the report prepared by them on the consolidated
financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries for each Fiscal Year, and
promptly after request by Administrative Agent such other information as may
be
reasonably requested by Administrative Agent to enable Administrative Agent
and
its counsel to evaluate any of such Proceedings;
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(x) ERISA
Events:
promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence
of
any ERISA Event, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action
Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
has
taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known,
any
action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department
of
Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto;
(xi) ERISA
Notices:
with
reasonable promptness, copies of (a) all notices received by Parent,
any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a
Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event and (b) copies of such
other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee
Benefit Plan as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(xii) Financial
Plans:
as soon
as practicable and in any event no later than 90 days after the beginning
of each Fiscal Year, a consolidated plan and financial forecast for such Fiscal
Year (the "Financial
Plan"
for
such Fiscal Year) prepared in reasonable detail by an Officer of Borrower and
in
form and substance substantially consistent with the financial projections
previously provided to Lenders pursuant to subsection 4.1, including
(a) a forecasted consolidated balance sheets and forecasted consolidated
statements of operations and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries for
such
Fiscal Year, together with a pro forma
Compliance Certificate for such Fiscal Year and an explanation of the
assumptions on which such forecasts are based and (b) such other
information and projections as Administrative Agent may reasonably
request;
(xiii) Insurance:
as soon
as practicable after any material change in insurance coverage maintained by
the
Loan Parties notice thereof to Administrative Agent specifying the changes
and
reasons therefor;
(xiv) Governing
Body:
with
reasonable promptness, written notice of any change in the Governing Body of
Parent or Borrower;
(xv) New
Subsidiaries:
promptly upon any Person becoming a Subsidiary of Parent or Borrower, a written
notice setting forth with respect to such Person (a) the date on which
such
Person became such Subsidiary and (b) all of the data required to be
set
forth in Schedule 5.1
annexed
hereto with respect to all Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties (it being understood
that such written notice shall be deemed to supplement Schedule 5.1
annexed
hereto for all purposes of this Agreement);
(xvi) Subordinated
Debt Notices:
promptly upon receipt by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of any notice with
respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness, and promptly upon the giving of notice
by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Subordinated
Indebtedness, in each case relating to any default or payment or prepayment
of
principal or premium, if any, redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance
(including in-substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment
with respect to such Subordinated Indebtedness, a copy of such
notice;
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(xvii) Pro
Forma Financial Statements:
as soon
as available and in any event within 75 days of the Restatement Date, a
pro
forma
balance
sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries and related pro
forma
consolidated statement of income of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of and for
the twelve-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed
four-fiscal quarter period for which financial statements are required to be
delivered pursuant to subdivisions (ii) and (iii), giving effect
to
the Aluma Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
as if such transactions had occurred as of such date (in the case of
such
balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such
statement of income), in form and substance satisfactory to Co-Arrangers;
and
(xviii) Other
Information:
with
reasonable promptness, such other information and data with respect to any
Loan
Party as from time to time may be reasonably requested by any
Lender.
6.2 |
Corporate
Existence, etc.
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Except
as
permitted under subsection 7.7, Borrower will, and will cause each of
the
other Loan Parties to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect
its existence in the jurisdiction of organization specified on Schedule 5.1
and all
rights and franchises material to its business; provided,
however,
that no
Loan Party shall be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the
Governing Body of such Loan Party shall determine that the preservation thereof
is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Loan Party and
that the loss thereof could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.3 |
Payment
of Taxes and Claims; Tax Consolidation .
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A. Borrower
will, and will cause each of the other Loan Parties to, pay all taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its
properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or
franchises before any penalty accrues thereon, and all claims (including claims
for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due
and
payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties
or
assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with
respect thereto; provided
that no
such tax, assessment, charge or claim need be paid if it is being contested
in
good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as (i) such reserve or
other
appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP
shall have been made therefor and (ii) in the case of a charge, tax,
assessment or claim which has or may become a Lien against any of the
Collateral, such proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of any
portion of the Collateral to satisfy such charge or claim.
B. Borrower
will not, nor will it permit any of the other Loan Parties to, file or consent
to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other
than
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries).
6.4 |
Maintenance
of Properties; Insurance; Application of Net Insurance/ Condemnation
Proceeds.
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A. Maintenance
of Properties.
Except
to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect, Borrower will, and will cause each of the other
Loan
Parties to, (i) with respect to all material properties used or useful in the
business of the Loan Parties, maintain or cause to be maintained such material
properties in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, and from time to time make or cause to be made all appropriate
repairs, renewals and replacements thereof and (ii) with respect to
Intellectual Property, maintain such Intellectual Property as valid and
enforceable and from time to time make or cause to be made all appropriate
filings thereof.
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B. Insurance.
Borrower
will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable
insurers, such public liability insurance, third party property damage
insurance, business interruption insurance and casualty insurance with respect
to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and
businesses of the Loan Parties as may customarily be carried or maintained
under
similar circumstances by corporations of established reputation engaged in
similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to
self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on
such terms and conditions as shall be customary for corporations similarly
situated in the industry. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained (i) flood insurance
with
respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that
participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance
with any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, and (ii) replacement value casualty insurance on the Collateral
under such policies of insurance, with such insurance companies, in such
amounts, with such deductibles, and covering such risks as are at all times
satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its commercially reasonable judgment.
Each such policy of insurance shall (a) name Administrative Agent for
the
benefit of Lenders as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may
appear and (b) in the case of each business interruption and casualty
insurance policy, (x) contain a loss payable clause or endorsement,
satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent, that names
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders as the loss payee thereunder
for
any covered loss in excess of $5,000,000 and (y) provides for at least
30 days prior written notice to Administrative Agent of any modification
or
cancellation of such policy.
C. Application
of Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds.
(i) Business
Interruption Insurance.
Upon
receipt by any Loan Party of any business interruption insurance proceeds
constituting Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, (a) so long as no
Event
of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
such Loan Party may retain and apply such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds
for working capital purposes, and (b) if an Event of Default or Potential
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall apply
an
amount equal to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds to prepay the Loans
as
provided in subsection 2.4B;
(ii) Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Received by Borrower.
Upon
receipt by any Loan Party of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds (other
than
from business interruption insurance) in excess of $2,500,000, (a) so
long
as no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing, Borrower shall, or shall cause any other Loan Party to, promptly
and
diligently apply such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds to pay or reimburse
the costs of repairing, restoring or replacing the assets in respect of which
such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds were received or, to the extent not
so
applied, to prepay the Loans as provided in subsection 2.4B, and
(b) if an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall apply an amount equal to 100% of
such
Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds to prepay the Loans as provided in
subsection 2.4B.
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(iii) Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Received by Administrative Agent.
Upon
receipt by Administrative Agent of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds
as
loss payee, (a) if and to the extent Borrower would have been required
to
apply such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds (if it had received them
directly) to prepay the Loans, Administrative Agent shall, and Borrower hereby
authorizes Administrative Agent to, apply such Net Insurance/Condemnation
Proceeds to prepay the Loans as provided in subsection 2.4B, and
(b) to the extent the foregoing clause (a) does not apply and
(1) the aggregate amount of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds
received (and reasonably expected to be received) by Administrative Agent in
respect of any covered loss does not exceed $10,000,000, Administrative Agent
shall deliver such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds to Borrower, and Borrower
shall, or shall cause any other Loan Party to, as soon as reasonably
practicable, apply such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds to the costs of
repairing, restoring, or replacing the assets in respect of which such Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds were received, and (2) if the aggregate
amount of Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds received (and reasonably expected
to be received) by Administrative Agent in respect of any covered loss exceeds
$10,000,000, Administrative Agent shall hold such Net Insurance/Condemnation
Proceeds pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement and, so long as
Borrower or any other Loan Party proceeds diligently to repair, restore or
replace the assets of such Loan Party in respect of which such Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds were received, Administrative Agent shall from
time to time disburse to such Loan Party from the Collateral Account, to the
extent of any such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds remaining therein in
respect of the applicable covered loss, amounts necessary to pay the cost of
such repair, restoration or replacement after the receipt by Administrative
Agent of invoices or other documentation reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent relating to the amount of costs so incurred and the work
performed (including, if required by Administrative Agent, lien releases and
architects’ certificates); provided, however,
that if
at any time Administrative Agent reasonably determines that such repair,
restoration or replacement cannot be completed with the Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds then held by Administrative Agent for such
purpose, together with funds otherwise available to Borrower for such purpose,
or that such repair, restoration or replacement cannot be completed within
365 days after the receipt by Administrative Agent of such Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Administrative Agent shall, and Borrower hereby
authorizes Administrative Agent to, apply such Net Insurance/ Condemnation
Proceeds to prepay the Loans as provided in subsection 2.4B.
6.5 |
Inspection
Rights; Lender Meeting.
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A. Inspection
Rights.
Borrower
shall, and shall cause each of the other Loan Parties to, permit any authorized
representatives designated by any Lender to visit and inspect any of the
properties of any Loan Party, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and
their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and their affairs,
finances and accounts with its and their officers and independent public
accountants (provided
that
Parent or its Subsidiaries may, if it so chooses, be present at or participate
in any such discussion), all upon reasonable notice and, except during the
continuance of an Event of Default, no more than once per year.
B. Lender
Meeting.
During
the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower will, upon the request of
Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders, participate in a meeting of
Administrative Agent and Lenders to be held at Borrower’s principal offices (or
at such other location as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent)
at such time as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative
Agent.
6.6 |
Compliance
with Laws, etc.
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Borrower
shall comply, and shall cause each of the other Loan Parties to comply, with
the
requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any
Government Authority (including all Environmental Laws), noncompliance with
which could reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
6.7 |
Environmental
Matters.
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A. Environmental
Disclosure.
Borrower
will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:
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(i) Environmental
Audits and Reports.
As soon
as practicable following receipt thereof, copies of all environmental audits,
investigations, analyses and reports of any kind or character, whether prepared
by personnel of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or by independent consultants,
governmental authorities or any other Persons, with respect to significant
environmental matters at any Facility that, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or with
respect to any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect;
(ii) Notice
of Certain Releases, Remedial Actions, Etc.
Promptly
upon the occurrence thereof, written notice describing in reasonable detail
(a) any Release required to be reported to any federal, state or local
governmental or regulatory agency under any applicable Environmental Laws,
(b) any remedial action taken by any Loan Party or any other Person
in
response to (1) any Hazardous Materials Activities the existence of
which
could reasonably be expected to result in one or more Environmental Claims
having, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or
(2) any Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate,
could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) Written
Communications Regarding Environmental Claims, Releases, Etc.
As soon
as practicable following the sending or receipt thereof by any Loan Party,
a
copy of any and all written communications with respect to (a) any
Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably
be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) any Release required
to be reported to any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory agency,
and (c) any request for information from any governmental agency that
suggests such agency is investigating whether such Loan Party may be potentially
responsible for any Hazardous Materials Activity that, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
(iv) Notice
of Certain Proposed Actions Having Environmental Impact.
Prompt
written notice describing in reasonable detail (a) any proposed acquisition
of stock, assets, or property by any Loan Party that could reasonably be
expected to (1) expose any Loan Party to, or result in, Environmental
Claims that could reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (2) affect the ability of any
Loan
Party to maintain in full force and effect all material Governmental
Authorizations required under any Environmental Laws for its operations and
(b) any proposed action to be taken by any Loan Party to commence
manufacturing or other industrial operations or to modify current operations
in
a manner that could reasonably be expected to subject the Loan Parties to any
material additional obligations or requirements under any Environmental Laws
that could reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
B. Borrower’s
Actions Regarding Hazardous Materials Activities, Environmental Claims and
Violations of Environmental Laws.
(i) Remedial
Actions Relating to Hazardous Materials Activities.
Borrower shall, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, promptly
undertake, and shall cause each other Loan Party promptly to undertake, any
and
all investigations, studies, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal,
remediation or other response actions necessary to remove, remediate, clean
up
or xxxxx any Hazardous Materials Activity on, under or about any Facility that
is in violation of any Environmental Laws or that presents a material risk
of
giving rise to an Environmental Claim that could reasonably be expected to
result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ii) Actions
with Respect to Environmental Claims and Violations of Environmental
Laws.
Borrower shall promptly take, and shall cause each other Loan Party promptly
to
take, any and all actions necessary to (i) cure any violation of applicable
Environmental Laws by Borrower or such Loan Party that could reasonably be
expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect and (ii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Claim
against any Loan Party and discharge any obligations it may have to any Person
thereunder where failure to do so could reasonably be expected to result in,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
6.8 |
Execution
of Subsidiary Guaranty and Personal Property Collateral Documents
After
the Restatement Date.
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A. Execution
of Subsidiary Guaranty and Personal Property Collateral
Documents.
In the
event that any Person becomes a Material Subsidiary of Borrower after the
Restatement Date, Borrower will promptly notify Administrative Agent of that
fact and cause such Material Subsidiary to execute and deliver to Administrative
Agent a counterpart of the Subsidiary Guaranty and the Security Agreement and
to
take all such further actions and execute all such further documents and
instruments as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent,
desirable to create in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of
Lenders, a valid and perfected First Priority Lien on all of the personal and
mixed property assets of such Material Subsidiary described in the applicable
forms of Collateral Documents. In addition, as provided in the Security
Agreement, Borrower shall, or shall cause the Material Subsidiary that owns
the
Capital Stock of such Person, to execute and deliver to Administrative Agent
a
supplement to the Security Agreement and to deliver to Administrative Agent
all
certificates representing such Capital Stock of such Person (accompanied by
irrevocable undated stock powers, duly endorsed in blank).
B. Foreign
Subsidiaries.
In the
event that any Person becomes a Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower after the
Restatement Date, Borrower will promptly notify Administrative Agent of that
fact and, if such Subsidiary is directly owned by Borrower or a Domestic
Subsidiary, cause such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to Administrative
Agent
such documents and instruments and take such further actions as may be
necessary, or in the reasonable opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable
to
create in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a valid
and
perfected First Priority Lien on 65% of the capital stock of such Foreign
Subsidiary.
C. Subsidiary
Organizational Documents, Legal Opinions, Etc.
In the
event that any Person becomes a Material Subsidiary after the Restatement Date,
Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent, together with such Loan
Documents, (i) certified copies of such Material Subsidiary’s
Organizational Documents, together with a good standing certificate from the
Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) a
certificate executed by the secretary or similar officer of such Material
Subsidiary as to (a) the fact that the attached resolutions of the
Governing Body of such Material Subsidiary approving and authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of such Loan Documents are in full force
and
effect and have not been modified or amended and (b) the incumbency
and
signatures of the officers of such Material Subsidiary executing such Loan
Documents, (iii) an executed supplement to the Security Agreement
evidencing the pledge of the Capital Stock of such Material Subsidiary by
Borrower or a Subsidiary of Borrower that owns such Capital Stock, accompanied
by certificates evidencing such Capital Stock, together with irrevocable undated
stock powers duly endorsed in blank and satisfactory in form and substance
to
Administrative Agent, and (iv) a favorable opinion of counsel to such
Material Subsidiary, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent
and its counsel, as to (a) the due organization and good standing of
such
Material Subsidiary, (b) the due authorization, execution and delivery
by
such Material Subsidiary of such Loan Documents, (c) the enforceability
of
such Loan Documents against such Material Subsidiary and (d) such other
matters (including matters relating to the creation and perfection of Liens
in
any Collateral pursuant to such Loan Documents) as Administrative Agent may
reasonably request, all of the foregoing to be satisfactory in form and
substance to Administrative Agent and its counsel.
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6.9 |
Matters
Relating to Additional Real Property Collateral.
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A. Additional
Mortgages, Etc.
From and
after the Restatement Date, in the event that (i) Parent, Borrower or
any
Subsidiary Guarantor acquires any Material Real Property or (ii) at
the
time any Person becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Person owns or holds any
Material Real Property, in either case excluding any such Real Property Asset
the encumbrancing of which requires the consent of any applicable lessor or
then-existing senior lienholder, where Parent and its Subsidiaries have
attempted in good faith, but are unable, to obtain such lessor’s or senior
lienholder’s consent (any such non-excluded Material Real Property described in
the foregoing clause (i) or (ii) being an "Additional
Mortgaged Property"),
Parent, Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor shall deliver to Administrative
Agent, as soon as practicable after such Person acquires such Additional
Mortgaged Property or becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, a
fully executed and notarized Mortgage in proper form for recording in all
appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, encumbering the interest
of
such Loan Party in such Additional Mortgaged Property and such opinions,
appraisal, documents, title insurance, environmental reports that may be
reasonably required by Administrative Agent.
B. Real
Estate Appraisals.
Borrower
shall, and shall cause each of the other Loan Parties to, permit an independent
real estate appraiser reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, upon
reasonable notice, to visit and inspect any Additional Mortgaged Property for
the purpose of preparing an appraisal of such Additional Mortgaged Property
satisfying the requirements of any applicable laws and regulations (in each
case
to the extent required under such laws and regulations as determined by
Administrative Agent in its discretion).
C. Collateral
Access Agreement.
From and
after the Restatement Date, in the event that (i) Parent, Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor acquires any Leasehold Property or (ii) at the time any
Person becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Person owns or holds any Leasehold
Property, in either case, (x) that is not a Material Real Property and (y)
where
Parent, Borrower or any such Subsidiary Guarantor holds on a regular basis
at
such Leasehold Property, personal property with a fair market value in excess
of
(or Parent, Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor anticipates that the fair
market value of such personal property held on a regular basis will, at any
time
during the term of such lease, equal to or exceed) $7,500,000, Parent, Borrower
or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall use its respective
commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Administrative Agent, as soon
as
practicable after such Person acquires such Leasehold Property or becomes a
Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, a fully executed Collateral Access
Agreement.
D. Optional
Guaranty. In
the
event that any Subsidiary of Parent executes a guaranty of the Senior
Subordinated Notes, the Parent Junior Subordinated Notes or any Permitted
Additional Subordinated Financing, Borrower will cause such Subsidiary to
execute and deliver to Administrative Agent a counterpart of the Subsidiary
Guaranty and Security Agreement, and cause each such Subsidiary to take, all
such further action and execute all such further documents and instruments
as
may be necessary in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable to create
in
favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a valid First
Priority Lien on substantially all personal property and all Material Real
Property of each such Subsidiary described in the applicable forms of Collateral
Documents.
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Section
7. BORROWER'S
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Borrower
covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the Commitments hereunder shall
remain in effect and until payment in full of all of the Loans and other
Obligations and the cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit, unless
Requisite Lenders shall otherwise give prior written consent, Borrower shall
perform, and shall cause each of the other Loan Parties to perform, all
covenants in this Section 7.
7.1 |
Indebtedness.
|
Parent
and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty,
or
otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to, any
Indebtedness, except:
(i) Loan
Parties may become and remain liable with respect to the
Obligations;
(ii) Parent,
Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with
respect to Contingent Obligations permitted by subsection 7.4 and, upon
any
matured obligations actually arising pursuant thereto, the Indebtedness
corresponding to the Contingent Obligations so extinguished;
(iii) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness
in respect of (a) Capital Leases and (b) Purchase Money Indebtedness aggregating
(with respect to clauses (a) and (b)) not in excess of $25,000,000 outstanding
at any one time;
(iv) Borrower
may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness to any Subsidiary
Guarantor, and any Subsidiary of Borrower may become and remain liable with
respect to Indebtedness to Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor of
Borrower; provided
that
(a) all such intercompany Indebtedness shall be evidenced by promissory
notes pledged to Administrative Agent, for benefit of Lenders, pursuant to
the
Security Agreement, (b) all such intercompany Indebtedness owed by Borrower
to any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subordinated in right of payment to the
payment in full of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of the applicable
promissory notes or an intercompany subordination agreement, (c) any
payment by any Subsidiary of Borrower under any guaranty of the Obligations
shall result in a pro tanto
reduction of the amount of any intercompany Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary
to Borrower or to any of its Subsidiaries for whose benefit such payment is
made, and (d) the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of
all
Subsidiaries of Borrower that are not Subsidiary Guarantors to Borrower and
the
Subsidiary Guarantors (other than any such Indebtedness incurred in connection
with the consummation of the Aluma Acquisition) shall not exceed $30,000,000
at
any time outstanding;
(v) Borrower
may remain liable with respect to Indebtedness evidenced by the Senior
Subordinated Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$150,000,000;
(vi) Borrower
or a Subsidiary of Borrower may become and remain liable with respect to
Indebtedness of any Person assumed in connection with any acquisition of such
Person permitted under subsection 7.3 and a Person that becomes a direct
or
indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower as a result of any acquisition
permitted under subsection 7.3 may remain liable with respect to
Indebtedness existing on the date of such acquisition; provided
that
such Indebtedness was not created in anticipation of such acquisition; and
provided,
further
that
such Indebtedness does not in the aggregate exceed at any time outstanding
$10,000,000;
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(vii) Foreign
Subsidiaries of Borrower may become and remain liable with respect to other
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at
any
time outstanding;
(viii) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, may remain liable with respect to,
Indebtedness existing on the Restatement Date and described in Schedule
7.1
annexed
hereto;
(ix) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, may become and remain liable with respect
to Indebtedness which refinances, refunds or replaces the Indebtedness described
in Schedule
7.1,
pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Administrative Agent; provided
that (w)
such refinancing Indebtedness shall be incurred by Borrower or such applicable
Subsidiary, as the case may be, that incurred the Indebtedness being refinanced
that is described in Schedule
7.1,
(x) the
maturity date of such refinancing Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the
maturity date of the Indebtedness described in Schedule
7.1
that is
being refinanced, (y) the weighted average life to maturity of such refinancing
Indebtedness at the time of such refinancing is no less than the weighted
average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced, and (z) the
aggregate principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness shall be less than
the lesser of (1) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness
being refinanced as of the date of such refinancing plus
all
related costs, fees and expenses related to the refinancing and (2) the
aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness as of the Restatement Date;
(x) Parent
may remain liable with respect to Indebtedness evidenced by the Parent Junior
Subordinated Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $35,000,000
(as such amount may be increased to the extent of paid-in-kind payments after
the Closing Date in accordance with the terms of the Parent Junior Subordinated
Notes);
(xi) Borrower
may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness constituting Permitted
Additional Subordinated Financing (a) in an aggregate principal amount
not
to exceed 200% of the amount necessary to purchase the Sponsor Preferred Stock
from the Sponsor pursuant to subsection 7.3(xiii), solely to the extent
the
Net Debt Securities Proceeds of such Permitted Additional Subordinated Financing
are applied (1) 50% to consummate such acquisition and (2) 50% to prepay
outstanding Term Loans pursuant to subsection 2.4B, and (b) in an aggregate
principal amount in excess of the aggregate amount permitted pursuant to clause
(a) above, solely to the extent the full amount of the Net Debt Securities
Proceeds of such Permitted Additional Subordinated Financing in excess of such
permitted amount is applied to prepay outstanding Term Loans pursuant to
subsection 2.4B; provided
that
(1) Borrower shall be in compliance on a pro
forma basis
after giving effect to any incurrence of Permitted Additional Subordinated
Financing (after giving pro
forma
effect
to the application of the proceeds thereof) with each of the financial covenants
set forth in subsection 7.6, (2) no Event of Default or Potential
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from
such
incurrence, and (3) Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative
Agent
an Officer’s Certificate to the effect set forth in the foregoing
clauses (1) and (2) and a Compliance Certificate to evidence
clause (1); and
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(xii) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to other
Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000 at
any
time outstanding.
7.2 |
Liens
and Related Matters.
|
A. Prohibition
on Liens.
Each of
Parent and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on
or
with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or
instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of Parent, Borrower
or
such Subsidiary, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or
profits therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in
effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect
to any such property, asset, income or profits under the UCC or under any
similar recording or notice statute, except:
(i) Permitted
Encumbrances;
(ii) Liens
on
any asset existing at the time of acquisition of such asset by Borrower or
a
Subsidiary, or Liens to secure the payment of all or any part of the purchase
price of an asset upon the acquisition of such asset by Borrower or a Subsidiary
or to secure any Indebtedness permitted hereby incurred by Borrower or a
Subsidiary at the time of or within ninety days after the acquisition of such
asset, which Indebtedness is incurred for the purpose of financing all or any
part of the purchase price thereof; provided,
however,
that
the Lien shall apply only to the asset so acquired and proceeds thereof; and
provided,
further,
that
all such Liens do not in the aggregate secure Indebtedness in excess of
$25,000,000 at any time;
(iii) Liens
existing on the Restatement Date and described in Schedule 7.2
annexed
hereto;
(iv) Other
Liens securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000
at
any time outstanding; and
(v) Liens
on
assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to
subsection 7.1(vii).
B. Equitable
Lien in Favor of Lenders.
If
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries shall create or assume any Lien upon any
of
its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than
Liens excepted by the provisions of subsection 7.2A, it shall make or
cause
to be made effective provision whereby the Obligations will be secured by such
Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Indebtedness secured thereby
as
long as any such Indebtedness shall be so secured; provided
that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, this covenant shall not be construed as a consent
by Requisite Lenders to the creation or assumption of any such Lien not
permitted by the provisions of subsection 7.2A.
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C. No
Further Negative Pledges.
Neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any agreement (other than
an
agreement prohibiting only the creation of Liens securing Subordinated
Indebtedness) prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of
its
properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except with
respect to specific property encumbered to secure payment of particular
Indebtedness or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with respect to
an
Asset Sale.
D. No
Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions to Borrower or Other
Subsidiaries.
Parent
will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise
cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or
restriction of any kind on the ability of any such Subsidiary to (i) pay
dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiary’s Capital
Stock owned by Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, (ii) repay
or
prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Borrower or any other
Subsidiary of Borrower, (iii) make loans or advances to Borrower or
any
other Subsidiary of Borrower, or (iv) transfer any of its property or
assets to Borrower or any other Subsidiary of Borrower, except (a) as
provided in this Agreement and (b) as may be provided in an agreement with
respect to an Asset Sale (but solely with respect to the assets subject to
such
Asset Sale).
7.3 |
Investments;
Acquisitions.
|
Each
of
Parent and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including
any
Joint Venture, or acquire, by purchase or otherwise, all or substantially all
the business, property or fixed assets of, or Capital Stock or other ownership
interest of any Person, or any division or line of business of any Person
except:
(i) Parent
and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Cash Equivalents (and
may
continue to hold such Investments notwithstanding that such Investments may
no
longer qualify as a Cash Equivalent);
(ii) Parent
may make the Equity Contribution to Borrower on or before the Restatement Date
and Parent and its Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by
them as of the Restatement Date in any Subsidiaries of Parent, Parent may make
and own additional equity Investments in Borrower and Borrower and Subsidiary
Guarantors may make and own additional equity Investments in their respective
Subsidiary Guarantors;
(iii) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may make intercompany loans to the extent permitted under
subsection 7.1(iv);
(iv) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may make Capital Expenditures permitted by
subsection 7.8;
(v) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may continue to own the Investments owned by them on the
Restatement Date and described in Schedule 7.3
annexed
hereto;
(vi) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may make additional Investments in their respective
wholly-owned Foreign Subsidiaries; provided
that
(a) the amount of all such Investments constituting equity Investments
(other than any such equity Investments made in connection with the consummation
of the Aluma Acquisition) does not exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate for
all
such Investments since the Closing Date and (b) the amount of all such
Investments constituting loans or advances permitted under
subsection 7.1(iv) (other than any such loans or advances made in
connection with the consummation of the Aluma Acquisition) does not exceed
$20,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding;
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(vii) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may make and own other Investments in an aggregate amount
not to exceed at any time $20,000,000;
(viii) Borrower
may acquire and hold obligations of one or more officers or other employees
of
Borrower or its Subsidiaries in connection with such officers’ or employees’
acquisition of shares of Parent’s common stock in an aggregate amount at any
time outstanding not to exceed $7,500,000 (to the extent that such acquisition
and holding do not violate any applicable law or regulation);
(ix) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may receive and hold promissory notes and other non-cash
consideration received in connection with any Asset Sale permitted by
subsection 7.7;
(x) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may acquire Securities in connection with the satisfaction
or enforcement of Indebtedness or claims due or owing to Borrower or any of
its
Subsidiaries or as security for any such Indebtedness or claim;
(xi) after
the
Restatement Date, Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate Permitted
Acquisitions upon the satisfaction of the following conditions:
(a) on
the
date of consummation of such acquisition (such date being the "Permitted
Acquisition Closing Date"
for
such acquisition), EBITDA attributable to the New Business or Person so acquired
shall have a positive EBITDA for the four Fiscal Quarter period most recently
ended (calculated, as applicable, in accordance with the definition of "EBITDA"
herein and clause (iv) of the definition of "Pro Forma Basis"); provided,
however,
that
the satisfaction of the condition contained in this clause (a) shall not be
required in connection with any Permitted Acquisition in which the aggregate
consideration paid by Borrower and its Subsidiaries is less than
$15,000,000;
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(b) Borrower
shall have complied with the requirements of subsections 6.8 and 6.9,
to
the extent applicable, on or promptly following the Permitted Acquisition
Closing Date;
(c) Borrower
shall have delivered a disclosure statement updating each of the schedules
to
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to reflect any factual revisions
or
modifications to the information set forth therein resulting from such
acquisition; provided
that any
such update which alters the substantive effect of any representation or
warranty, covenant or any other term or condition of this Agreement or any
other
Loan Document or which discloses an event or circumstance that, in any case,
would otherwise require the consent of Administrative Agent, Requisite Lenders
or Lenders to such modification, event or circumstance, shall not constitute
a
modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or a permitted
disclosure hereunder or thereunder, and shall not excuse any Event of Default
or
Potential Event of Default which may otherwise arise in connection therewith,
without written consent required hereunder of Administrative Agent, Requisite
Lenders or Lenders, as the case may be;
(d) the
sum
of
(1) the aggregate amount of Cash consideration paid by Borrower and
its
Subsidiaries for Permitted Acquisitions permitted in reliance on this
subsection 7.3(xi) and (2) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness
assumed or created in connection with any such Permitted Acquisitions permitted
in reliance on this subsection 7.3(xi), shall not exceed $40,000,000
in any
Fiscal Year; provided,
that
such maximum amount for any Fiscal Year shall be increased by an amount equal
to
the lesser of (I) the excess of the maximum amount for the previous
Fiscal
Year (determined after giving effect to any increase under this proviso) over
such sum for the previous Fiscal Year and (II) $10,000,000;
(e) after
giving effect to such acquisition, (1) Borrower and its Subsidiaries
shall
not be engaged in any business not permitted by subsection 7.11,
(2) Borrower shall be in compliance on a pro
forma basis
after giving effect to such acquisition (and any Indebtedness incurred in
connection therewith) with each of the financial covenants contained in
subsection 7.6, (3) no Event of Default or Potential Event of
Default
shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such acquisition,
and
(4) Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent an Officer’s
Certificate to the effect set forth in the foregoing clauses (1) through
(3) and a Compliance Certificate to evidence clause (2);
(f) (x)
prior
to the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition having EBITDA attributable
to
the New Business or Person so acquired (calculated, as applicable, in accordance
with the definition of "EBITDA" herein or such other definition of EBITDA as
may
be reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent for the four Fiscal Quarter
period most recently ended prior to the Permitted Acquisition Closing Date
(the
"Relevant
Period"))
equal
to or greater than (A) 5% of EBITDA of Parent and its Subsidiaries
(calculated without giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition) for the
Relevant Period or (B) 10% of the total consolidated revenues of Parent
and
its Subsidiaries (calculated without giving effect to such Permitted
Acquisition) for the Relevant Period, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative
Agent a copy, prepared in conformity with GAAP (subject to year-end adjustments
and the absence of footnotes), of audited financial statements of the Person
or
New Business so acquired as of the last day of the Relevant Period and
(y) prior to the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition having EBITDA
attributable to the New Business or Person so acquired (calculated, as
applicable, in accordance with the definition of "EBITDA" herein or such other
definition of EBITDA as may be reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent
for
the Relevant Period) less
than
(A) 5% of EBITDA of Parent and its Subsidiaries (calculated without
giving
effect to such Permitted Acquisition) for the Relevant Period or (B) 10%
of
total consolidated revenues of Parent and its Subsidiaries (calculated without
giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition) for the Relevant Period, Borrower
shall deliver to Administrative Agent a copy, prepared in conformity with GAAP
(subject to year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes), of reviewed
financial statements of the Person or New Business so acquired as of the last
day of the Relevant Period; and
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(g) on
or
before the Permitted Acquisition Closing Date, Lenders shall have received
from
Borrower such other documents and information (including financial information)
in respect of such Permitted Acquisition and New Business as any Lender may
reasonably request;
(xii) Borrower
may consummate the Aluma Acquisition; and
(xiii) Borrower
may purchase the Sponsor Preferred Stock from the Sponsor (a) so long as no
Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on the date such Investment is to be made, nor would an Event of
Default or Potential Event of Default result from the making of such Investment,
with the Net Debt Securities Proceeds of any Permitted Additional Subordinated
Financing permitted under subsection 7.1(xi)(a), for a purchase price
not
to exceed the sum of (w) the aggregate liquidation preference thereof,
plus
(x) any
and all dividends accrued through such date and not previously paid to the
Sponsor, plus
(y) any
and all redemption premiums and any and all other amounts that would have been
due and payable to the Sponsor if the Sponsor Preferred Stock was redeemed
on
the date of purchase, plus
(z) any
and all related fees and expenses, or (b) otherwise in an aggregate
amount
in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of, Restricted Junior Payments
permitted to be made under clause (vi)(2) of the proviso to
subsection 7.5.
7.4 |
Contingent
Obligations.
|
Each
of
Parent and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly, create or become or remain liable with respect to any
Contingent Obligation, except:
(i) (a) Subsidiaries
of Borrower may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations
in respect of the Subsidiary Guaranty, and (b) Parent may become and remain
liable with respect to Contingent Obligations in respect of the Parent
Guaranty;
(ii) Parent
and Subsidiaries of Borrower may become and remain liable with respect to
Contingent Obligations in respect of the Indebtedness under the Senior
Subordinated Notes Indenture and any indenture governing any Permitted
Additional Subordinated Financing; provided
that
(a) no guaranty by Parent or any Subsidiary of Borrower of such
Indebtedness shall be permitted unless Parent or such Subsidiary shall have
also
provided a guaranty of, and provided security for, the Obligations
(substantially on the terms set forth in the Parent Guaranty, the Subsidiary
Guaranty and the Security Agreement (as set forth in subsection 6.8))
and
(b) such guaranty shall be subordinated to the guaranty of the Obligations
on terms at least as favorable to Lenders as those contained in the
subordination provisions of such Indebtedness;
(iii) Borrower
may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations in respect
of Letters of Credit;
(iv) Borrower
may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent Obligations under Hedge
Agreements entered into for non-speculative purposes;
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(v) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent
Obligations in respect of customary indemnification and purchase price
adjustment obligations incurred in connection with Asset Sales or other sales
of
assets consistent with past business practices;
(vi) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, may remain liable with respect to
Contingent Obligations existing on the Restatement Date and described in
Schedule 7.4
annexed
hereto; and
(vii) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to other
Contingent Obligations; provided
that the
maximum aggregate liability, contingent or otherwise, of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in respect of all such Contingent Obligations shall at no time
exceed $10,000,000.
7.5 |
Restricted
Junior Payments.
|
Parent
and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart
any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment; provided
that (i)
Borrower may purchase the Sponsor Preferred Stock from the Sponsor in accordance
with the terms of Section 7.3(xiii)(a), (ii)(x) Borrower may make regularly
scheduled payments of interest in respect of any Senior Subordinated Notes
and
any Permitted Additional Subordinated Financing in accordance with the terms
of,
and only to the extent required by, and subject to the subordination provisions
contained in, the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or the indenture governing
any such Permitted Additional Subordinated Financing, as the case may be, as
any
such indenture may be amended from time to time to the extent permitted under
subsection 7.12B, (y) Parent may make regularly scheduled payments of interest
in kind in respect of any Parent Junior Subordinated Notes in accordance with
the terms of, and only to the extent required by, and subject to the
subordination provisions contained in, the Parent Junior Subordinated Note
Indenture, as such agreement may be amended from time to time to the extent
permitted under subsection 7.12B, and (z) after the fifth anniversary of the
Parent Junior Subordinated Notes Issue Date and, so long as no Event of Default
or Potential Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the
date
such Restricted Junior Payment is declared or to be made, nor would an Event
of
Default or Potential Event of Default result from the making of such Restricted
Junior Payment, (1) Parent may make regularly scheduled payments of interest
in
cash in respect of any Parent Junior Subordinated Notes in accordance with
the
terms of, and only to the extent required by, and subject to the subordination
provisions contained in, the Parent Junior Subordinated Note Indenture, as
such
agreement may be amended from time to time to the extent permitted under
subsection 7.12B and (2) Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments to Parent
in an amount necessary to permit Parent to make Restricted Junior Payments
in
accordance with the immediately preceding clause (z)(1), so long as Parent
applies the amount of any such Restricted Junior Payment for such purpose,
(iii) dividends may accumulate (but may not be paid except as otherwise
provided herein) on the Sponsor Preferred Stock in accordance with the Sponsor
Preferred Stock Documents, (iv) Borrower may make Restricted Junior
Payments to Parent (a) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000
in
any Fiscal Year, to the extent necessary to permit Parent to pay its overhead
expenses and (b) in an amount necessary to permit Parent to discharge
the
consolidated tax liabilities of Parent and its Subsidiaries paid in cash, in
each case so long as Parent applies the amount of any such Restricted Junior
Payment for such purpose, (v) Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments
to pay Additional Costs in accordance with the definition of Additional Costs,
and (vi) so long as (A) no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date such Restricted Junior Payment
is
declared or to be made, nor would an Event of Default or Potential Event of
Default result from the making of such Restricted Junior Payment, (B) after
giving effect to the making of such Restricted Junior Payment Borrower shall
be
in pro
forma
compliance with each of the covenants contained in subsection 7.6 for the most
recent full Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding the date of the payment of
such
Restricted Junior Payment for which the relevant financial information has
been
delivered pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) of subsection 6.1, and (C) Borrower
shall have delivered to Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate in form
and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent (including a calculation
of
the compliance with the covenants contained in subsection 7.6) certifying as
to
the accuracy of the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) above, (1) Borrower
may
make Restricted Junior Payments to Parent to the extent necessary to permit
Parent to purchase, redeem, acquire or otherwise retire for value shares of
Capital Stock of Parent held by directors, officers or employees of Parent
or
Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or options on any such shares
or related stock appreciation rights or similar securities owned by such
directors, officers or employees (or their estates of beneficiaries under their
estates), in all cases only upon death, disability, retirement, termination
of
employment or pursuant to the terms of such stock option plan or any other
agreement under which such shares of Capital Stock, options, related rights
or
similar securities were issued, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000
in any Fiscal Year; provided
that
Borrower may carry forward to each succeeding Fiscal Year the aggregate amount
of Restricted Payments permitted (but not made) pursuant to this clause (vi)(1)
in prior Fiscal Years, with up to a maximum amount of $10,000,000 over the
term
of this Agreement and (2) Borrower may make Restricted Junior Payments in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000 in any Fiscal Year; provided
that (A)
Borrower may carry forward to each succeeding Fiscal Year the aggregate amount
of Restricted Payments permitted (but not made) pursuant to this clause (vi)(2)
in prior Fiscal Years, with up to a maximum amount of $10,000,000 during the
term of this Agreement and (B) the amount of Restricted Junior Payments that
would otherwise be permitted pursuant to this clause (vi)(2) shall be reduced
on
a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount of any Investments made pursuant to
subsection 7.3(xiii)(b).
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7.6 |
Financial
Covenants.
|
A. Minimum
Interest Coverage Ratio.
Each
Loan Party shall not permit the ratio of (i) EBITDA to (ii) Cash
Interest Expense, in each case calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, for any
four-Fiscal Quarter period ending during any of the periods set forth below
to
be less than the correlative ratio indicated:
Period
|
Minimum
Interest
Coverage
Ratio
|
Restatement
Date through September 30, 2006
|
1.75
to 1.00
|
October
1, 2006, through December 31, 2008
|
2.00
to 1.00
|
January
1, 2009 and thereafter
|
2.25
to 1.00
|
B. Maximum
Leverage Ratio.
Each
Loan Party shall not permit the Leverage Ratio, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis
as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter ending during
any
of the periods set forth below to exceed the correlative ratio
indicated:
Period
|
Maximum
Leverage Ratio
|
Restatement
Date, through September 30, 2006
|
6.00
to 1.00
|
October
1, 2006, through December 31, 2006
|
5.75
to 1.00
|
January
1, 2007, through December 31, 2007
|
4.75
to 1.00
|
January 1,
2008, through December 31, 2008
|
4.00
to 1.00
|
January
1, 2009 and thereafter
|
3.00
to 1.00
|
7.7 |
Restriction
on Fundamental Changes; Asset Sales.
|
Each
of
Parent and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to,
alter the corporate, capital or legal structure of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or
liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution), or convey, sell, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor),
transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of
transactions, all or any part of its business, property or assets (including
its
notes or receivables and Capital Stock of a Subsidiary, whether newly issued
or
outstanding), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
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(i) (x) any
Subsidiary of Borrower may be merged with or into Borrower or any wholly-owned
Subsidiary Guarantor, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any
part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased,
transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of
transactions, to Borrower or any wholly-owned Subsidiary Guarantor; provided
that, in
the case of such a merger, Borrower or such wholly-owned Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (y) any Foreign Subsidiary
of
Borrower may be merged with or into any other Foreign Subsidiary of Borrower,
or
be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business,
property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise
disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to any Foreign
Subsidiary of Borrower and (z)(1) Borrower and any Subsidiary of Borrower
may convert from a corporation to a limited liability company (or, in respect
of
any Canadian Subsidiary, an unlimited liability company), or vice versa, and
(2) any Subsidiary of Borrower may change its jurisdiction of incorporation
or formation, in either case so long as (a) if any such Subsidiary was
a
Domestic Subsidiary before giving effect to such conversion or change, it will
continue to be a Domestic Subsidiary after giving effect to such conversion
or
change, (b) if any such Subsidiary was a Subsidiary Guarantor before
giving
effect to such conversion or change, it will continue to be a Subsidiary
Guarantor after giving effect to such conversion or change, (c) in the
case
of the conversion of Borrower from a corporation to a limited liability company,
Borrower shall provide in its limited liability company constituent documents
that its membership interests shall constitute "Securities" within the meaning
of Article 8 of the Delaware UCC and one or more certificates representing
all such membership interests shall be pledged by Parent to Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, promptly following such conversion of
Borrower, (d) if the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary was pledged to
Administrative Agent (or to any Supplemental Collateral Agent), for the benefit
of Lenders, before giving effect to such conversion or change, it will continue
to be (or will immediately become) pledged to Administrative Agent (or to a
Supplemental Collateral Agent), for the benefit of Lenders, after giving effect
to such conversion or change, (e) Borrower shall deliver a written notice
under subsection 6.1(xv) with respect to such Subsidiary as though such
Subsidiary had become a Subsidiary of Parent or Borrower as a result of such
conversion or change (it being understood that such written notice shall be
deemed to supplement Schedule 5.1
annexed
hereto for all purposes of this Agreement), and (f) Borrower shall,
and
shall cause the other Loan Parties to, give notice of such conversion or change
in accordance with the Security Agreement, deliver updated schedules to the
Security Agreement, take such other actions as may be required under the
Security Agreement, this Agreement, and the other Loan Documents, and take
such
further actions (including, without limitation, actions similar to those
contemplated by subsections 6.8 and 6.9 of this Agreement) as may be
necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable in order to
continue and maintain the existence, attachment, perfection, and priority of
all
Liens in favor of Administrative Agent (or any Supplemental Collateral Agent),
for the benefit of Lenders, on the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary
as
in effect before giving effect to such conversion or change;
(ii) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may sell or otherwise dispose of assets in transactions
that do not constitute Asset Sales; provided
that the
consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal
to
the fair market value thereof;
(iii) Notwithstanding
clause (ii) above, Borrower and its Subsidiaries may dispose of obsolete,
worn out or surplus property in the ordinary course of business;
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(iv) Borrower
and its Subsidiaries may make (A) the Concrete Construction Asset Sale
and
(B) Asset Sales (other than the Concrete Construction Asset Sale) of assets
having a fair market value not in excess of $20,000,000 in any Fiscal Year
and
$40,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Asset Sales during the term of this
Agreement; provided
that
(a) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount
at
least equal to the fair market value thereof; (b) the sole consideration
received shall consist of not less than 80% in Cash; and (c) the proceeds
of such Asset Sales shall be applied as required by subsection 2.4B(iii)(a)
or subsection 2.4D;
(v) in
order
to resolve disputes that occur in the ordinary course of business, Borrower
and
its Subsidiaries may discount or otherwise compromise for less than the face
value thereof, notes or accounts receivable;
(vi) Borrower
or a Subsidiary may sell or dispose of shares of Capital Stock of any of its
Subsidiaries in order to qualify members of the Governing Body of the Subsidiary
if required by applicable law;
(vii) Any
Person may substantially simultaneously be merged or consolidated with or into
Borrower or any Subsidiary if the acquisition of the Capital Stock of such
Person by Borrower or such Subsidiary would have been permitted pursuant to
subsection 7.3; provided
that
(a) in the case of Borrower, Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving
Person, (b) if a Subsidiary is not the surviving or continuing Person,
the
surviving Person becomes a Subsidiary and complies with the provisions of
subsection 6.8 and (c) no Potential Event of Default or Event
of
Default shall have occurred or be continuing after giving effect thereto;
and
(viii) Parent
may issue and sell the Sponsor Preferred Stock to the Sponsor.
7.8 |
Capital
Expenditures.
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(i) Each
of
Parent and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, make
or
incur Capital Expenditures net of any proceeds received by Borrower from the
sale of scaffolding (other than new scaffolding), in any Fiscal Year indicated
below, in an aggregate amount in excess of the corresponding amount (the
"Maximum
Consolidated Net Capital Expenditures Amount")
set
forth below opposite such Fiscal Year; provided
that (a)
the Maximum Consolidated Net Capital Expenditures Amount for any Fiscal Year
shall be increased by an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Maximum
Consolidated Net Capital Expenditures Amount for the previous Fiscal Year over
the actual amount of Capital Expenditures (net of any proceeds received by
Borrower or any Subsidiary from the sale of scaffolding equipment (other than
scaffolding inventory held for sale in the ordinary course of business)) for
such previous Fiscal Year and (b) the Maximum Consolidated Net Capital
Expenditures Amount that would otherwise be permitted in any such Fiscal Year
pursuant to this subsection 7.8 (including as a result of the application of
clause (a) above) may be increased by an amount not to exceed $10,000,000
(the "CapEx
Pull-Forward Amount").
The
actual CapEx Pull-Forward Amount in respect of any such Fiscal Year shall
reduce, on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the Maximum Consolidated Net Capital
Expenditures Amount applicable to the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year
(provided
that,
other than in respect of the 2012 Fiscal Year, the Company may apply the CapEx
Pull-Forward Amount in such immediately succeeding Fiscal Year):
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Fiscal
Year
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Maximum
Consolidated Net
Capital
Expenditures
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2005
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$41,000,000
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2006
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$50,000,000
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2007
and each Fiscal Year thereafter
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$38,000,000
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(ii) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, Borrower and its Subsidiaries may
make or incur Capital Expenditures actually made or incurred with cash capital
contributions made after the Closing Date to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
by Equity Investors (through Holdings and Parent) and specifically identified
in
a certificate delivered by an Officer of Borrower to Administrative Agent on
or
about the time such capital contribution is made; provided
that the
aggregate amount of all such Capital Expenditures made or incurred after the
Closing Date shall not exceed $40,000,000.
7.9 |
Transactions
with Shareholders and Affiliates.
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Each
of
Parent and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including
the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any
service) with any holder of 10% or more of any class of equity Securities of
Holdings, Parent or Borrower or with any Affiliate of Holdings, Parent or
Borrower or of any such holder, on terms that are less favorable to Borrower
or
such other Loan Party, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained
at
the time from Persons who are not such a holder or Affiliate; provided
that the
foregoing restriction shall not apply to (i) any transaction between
Parent
or Borrower and any of the wholly-owned Subsidiaries of Parent or between any
of
the wholly-owned Subsidiaries of Parent, (ii) reasonable and customary
fees
paid to members of the Governing Bodies of Parent and its Subsidiaries,
(iii) the acquisition by Borrower of the Sponsor Preferred Stock from
the
Sponsor in accordance with subsection 7.3(xiii), (iv) any advisory fee in
connection with the Aluma Acquisition paid by Parent or Borrower to the Sponsor
on the Restatement Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000, (v)
any
transaction fee in connection with the issuance and sale of the Sponsor
Preferred Stock paid by Parent or Borrower to the Sponsor on the Restatement
Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $600,000, and (vi) the Currency
Agreement entered into by Borrower with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. on May 11,
2005 with respect to the fixing of the Dollar/Canadian Dollar exchange rate
of
the cash consideration payable in connection with the Aluma
Acquisition.
7.10 |
Limitations
on Sales and Lease-Backs.
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Each
of
Parent and Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries
to,
directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor
or
other surety with respect to any lease, whether an Operating Lease or a Capital
Lease, of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned
or
hereafter acquired, (i) that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has sold
or
transferred or is to sell or transfer to any other Person (other than Parent
or
any of its Subsidiaries) or (ii) that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property that
has
been or is to be sold or transferred by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to
any
Person (other than Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with such
lease; provided,
however,
that
Borrower and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable as lessee, guarantor
or other surety with respect to any such lease, to the extent that the aggregate
proceeds resulting from the sale of any such property in connection with any
such transaction, together with the Net Asset Sales Proceeds that are not
Repayable Net Asset Sale Proceeds pursuant to subsection 2.4B(iii), shall not
exceed $3,000,000 in any Fiscal Year; and provided,
further,
that
Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make Property Sale-Leasebacks.
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7.11 |
Conduct
of Business.
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From
and
after the Restatement Date, Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of
its
Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than (i) the businesses
(and
immaterial ancillary businesses) engaged in by Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on
the Restatement Date (after giving effect to the Aluma Acquisition) and similar
or related businesses and (ii) such other lines of business as may be
consented to by Requisite Lenders. Parent shall not (i) engage in any
business other than entering into and performing its obligations under and
in
accordance with the Loan Documents and Related Agreements to which it is a
party
or (ii) own any assets other than (a) the Capital Stock of Borrower
and (b) Cash and Cash Equivalents in an amount not to exceed $500,000
at
any one time for the purpose of paying general operating expenses of Parent
or
otherwise holding such Cash or Cash Equivalent pending application.
7.12 |
Amendments
or Waivers of Certain Agreements; Amendments of Documents Relating
to
Indebtedness.
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A. Amendments
or Waivers of Certain Agreements; Indebtedness.
Neither
Parent nor Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries will agree to any material
amendment to, or waive any of its material rights under, any Related Agreement
after the Closing Date (other than amendments to the Parent Certificate of
Incorporation as contemplated by the Sponsor Preferred Stock Documents) without
in each case obtaining the prior written consent of Requisite Lenders to such
amendment or waiver.
B. Amendments
of Documents Relating to Subordinated Indebtedness.
Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise
change the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness, or make any payment
consistent with an amendment thereof or change thereto, if the effect of such
amendment or change is to increase the interest rate on such Subordinated
Indebtedness, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of
principal or interest are due thereon, change any event of default or condition
to an event of default with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such
event of default or increase any grace period related thereto), change the
redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof, change the
subordination provisions thereof (or of any guaranty thereof), or change any
collateral therefor (other than to release such collateral), or if the effect
of
such amendment or change, together with all other amendments or changes made,
is
to increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer
any additional rights on the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or
a
trustee or other representative on their behalf) which would be adverse to
Borrower or Lenders.
C. Amendment
of Aluma Acquisition Documents.
Neither
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries will agree to any material amendment to,
or
waive any of its material rights under any Aluma Acquisition Document after
the
Restatement Date, in any such case, if such amendment or waiver would reasonably
be expected to be materially adverse to the interests of Borrower or Lenders,
without in each case obtaining the prior written consent of Administrative
Agent
and Requisite Lenders to such amendment or waiver.
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D. Amendment
of Sponsor Preferred Stock Documents. Neither
Borrower nor Parent will agree to any material amendment to, or waive any of
its
material rights under any Sponsor Preferred Stock Document after the Restatement
Date, in any such case, if such amendment or waiver would reasonably be expected
to be materially adverse to the interests of Borrower, Parent or Lenders,
without in each case obtaining the prior written consent of Administrative
Agent
or Requisite Lenders to such amendment or waiver.
7.13 |
Fiscal
Year.
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Neither
Parent nor Borrower shall change its Fiscal Year-end from
December 31.
Section
8. EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
If
any of
the following conditions or events ("Events
of Default")
shall
occur:
8.1 |
Failure
to Make Payments When Due.
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Failure
by Borrower to pay any installment of principal of any Loan when due, whether
at
stated maturity, by acceleration, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by
mandatory prepayment or otherwise; failure by Borrower to pay when due any
amount payable to an Issuing Lender in reimbursement of any drawing under a
Letter of Credit; or failure by Borrower to pay any interest on any Loan or
any
fee or any other amount due under this Agreement within 3 Business Days after
the date due; or
8.2 |
Default
in Other Agreements.
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(i) Failure
of any Loan Party to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any other
amount payable in respect of one or more items of Indebtedness (other than
Indebtedness referred to in subsection 8.1) or Contingent Obligations
in an
individual principal amount of $10,000,000 or more or with an aggregate
principal amount of $10,000,000 or more, in each case beyond the end of any
grace period provided therefor; or
(ii) breach
or
default by any Loan Party with respect to any other material term of
(a) one or more items of Indebtedness or Contingent Obligations in the
individual or aggregate principal amounts referred to in clause (i)
above
or (b) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating
to such item(s) of Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation(s), if the effect
of
such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that
Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation(s) (or a trustee on behalf of such holder
or holders) to cause, that Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation(s) to become
or
be declared due and payable prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity
of any underlying obligation, as the case may be (upon the giving or receiving
of notice, lapse of time, both, or otherwise); or
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8.3 |
Breach
of Certain Covenants.
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Failure
of Borrower to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in
subsection 2.5, 6.1(i), or 6.2 or Section 7 of this Agreement;
or
8.4 |
Breach
of Warranty.
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Any
representation, warranty, certification or other statement made by Borrower
or
any of the other Loan Parties in any Loan Document or in any statement or
certificate at any time given by any of the Loan Parties in writing pursuant
hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in
any
material respect on the date as of which made; or
8.5 |
Other
Defaults Under Loan Documents.
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Any
Loan
Party shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained
in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, other than any such term
referred to in any other subsection of this Section 8, and such
default shall not have been remedied or waived within 30 days after the earlier
of (i) an Officer of Borrower or such Loan Party becoming aware of such
default or (ii) receipt by Borrower and such Loan Party of notice from
Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or
8.6 |
Involuntary
Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc..
|
(i) A
court
having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief
in
respect of Parent, Borrower or any Material Subsidiary of Parent in an
involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree
or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under
any
applicable federal or state law; or
(ii) an
involuntary case shall be commenced against Parent, Borrower or any other
Material Subsidiary of Parent under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect;
or
a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the
appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or
other
officer having similar powers over Parent, Borrower or any Material Subsidiary
of Parent, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been
entered; or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim
receiver, trustee or other custodian of Parent, Borrower or any Material
Subsidiary of Parent for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant
of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against
any
substantial part of the property of Parent, Borrower or any Material Subsidiary
of Parent, and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue
for 60 days unless dismissed, bonded or discharged; or
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8.7 |
Voluntary
Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc..
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(i) Parent,
Borrower or any Material Subsidiary of Parent shall have an order for relief
entered with respect to it or commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy
Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now
or
hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in
an
involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary
case, under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial
part of its property; or Parent, Borrower or any Material Subsidiary of Parent
shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(ii) Parent,
Borrower or any Material Subsidiary of Parent shall be unable, or shall fail
generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such
debts become due; or the Governing Body of Parent, Borrower or any Material
Subsidiary of Parent (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution
or
otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to in
clause (i) above or this clause (ii); or
8.8 |
Judgments
and Attachments.
|
Any
money
judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process involving (i) in
any individual case an amount in excess of $10,000,000 or (ii) in the
aggregate at any time an amount in excess of $10,000,000 (in either case not
adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance
company has acknowledged coverage) shall be entered or filed against Parent
or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall remain
undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of 60 days
(or
in any event later than five days prior to the date of any proposed sale
thereunder); or
8.9 |
Dissolution.
|
Any
order, judgment or decree shall be entered against Borrower or any other Loan
Party decreeing the dissolution or split up of Borrower or such other Loan
Party
and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess
of
30 days; or
8.10 |
Employee
Benefit Plans.
|
There
shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate
results in or might reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Loan
Party in excess of $5,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; or there shall
exist an amount of liability from unfunded benefit liabilities, calculated
in
accordance with the provisions of subsection 5.11D, which exceeds $5,000,000;
or
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8.11 |
Change
in Control.
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A
Change
in Control shall have occurred; or
8.12 |
Invalidity
of Loan Documents; Failure of Security; Repudiation of
Obligations.
|
At
any
time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) any Loan Document
or any
provision thereof, for any reason other than the satisfaction in full of all
Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in
accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void,
(ii) Administrative Agent shall not have or shall cease to have (or
Borrower or any other Loan Party shall assert in writing that Administrative
Agent does not have or has ceased to have) a valid and perfected First Priority
Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents,
in
each case for any reason other than the failure of Administrative Agent or
any
Lender to take any action within its control and except to the extent that
(a)
such event relates to assets of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which are,
individually and in the aggregate, immaterial and (b) such event is insured
under a title insurance policy issued to Administrative Agent for the benefit
of
Lenders and the relevant insurer accepts in writing liability for any loss
or
damage sustained by Administrative Agent as a result of it ceasing to have
a
valid and perfected First Priority Lien under the insured Mortgage and
acknowledges in writing that the insured Mortgage is fully covered by the title
insurance policy and that Administrative Agent’s recovery is not subject to any
restrictions other than the provisions, conditions and stipulations set forth
in
the relevant title insurance policy, or (iii) any Loan Party shall contest
the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any provision thereof
in
writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with
respect to future advances by Lenders, under any Loan Document or any provision
thereof to which it is a party.
THEN
(i) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in
subsection 8.6 or 8.7, each of (a) the unpaid principal amount
of and
accrued interest on the Loans, (b) an amount equal to the maximum amount
that may at any time be drawn under all Letters of Credit then outstanding
(whether or not any beneficiary under any such Letter of Credit shall have
presented, or shall be entitled at such time to present, the drafts or other
documents or certificates required to draw under such Letter of Credit), and
(c) all other Obligations shall automatically become immediately due
and
payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any
kind,
all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower, and the obligation of
each
Lender to make any Loan, the obligation of Administrative Agent to issue any
Letter of Credit and the right of any Lender to issue any Letter of Credit
hereunder shall thereupon terminate, and (ii) upon the occurrence and
during the continuation of any other Event of Default, Administrative Agent
shall, upon the written request or with the written consent of Requisite
Lenders, by written notice to Borrower, declare all or any portion of the
amounts described in clauses (a) through (c) above to be, and the same
shall forthwith become, immediately due and payable, and the obligation of
each
Lender to make any Loan, the obligation of Administrative Agent to issue any
Letter of Credit and the right of any Lender to issue any Letter of Credit
hereunder shall thereupon terminate; provided
that the
foregoing shall not affect in any way the obligations of Revolving Lenders
or LC
Facility Lenders or Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders, as the case may be,
under subsection 3.3C(i) or the obligations of Revolving Lenders to
purchase assignments of any unpaid Swing Line Loans as provided in
subsection 2.1A(iii).
Any
amounts described in clause (b) above, when received by Administrative
Agent, shall be held by Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the
Security Agreement and shall be applied as therein provided.
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Section
9. ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT
9.1 |
Appointment.
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A. Appointment
of Administrative Agent.
Credit
Suisse is hereby appointed Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other
Loan Documents. Each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to act as
its
agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents. Administrative Agent agrees to act upon the express conditions
contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as applicable. The
provisions of this Section 9 are solely for the benefit of Administrative
Agent and Lenders and no Loan Party shall have rights as a third party
beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and
duties under this Agreement, Administrative Agent (other than as provided in
subsection 2.1D) shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not
assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or
relationship of agency or trust with or for Borrower or any other Loan
Party.
B. Appointment
of Supplemental Collateral Agents.
It is
the purpose of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that there shall
be
no violation of any law of any jurisdiction denying or restricting the right
of
banking corporations or associations to transact business as agent or trustee
in
such jurisdiction. It is recognized that in case of litigation under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and in particular in case of
the
enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, or in case Administrative Agent deems
that by reason of any present or future law of any jurisdiction it may not
exercise any of the rights, powers or remedies granted herein or in any of
the
other Loan Documents or take any other action which may be desirable or
necessary in connection therewith, it may be necessary that Administrative
Agent
appoint an additional individual or institution as a separate trustee,
co-trustee, collateral agent or collateral co-agent (any such additional
individual or institution being referred to herein individually as a
"Supplemental
Collateral Agent"
and
collectively as "Supplemental
Collateral Agents").
In
the
event that Administrative Agent appoints a Supplemental Collateral Agent with
respect to any Collateral, (i) each and every right, power, privilege
or
duty expressed or intended by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents
to be exercised by or vested in or conveyed to Administrative Agent with respect
to such Collateral shall be exercisable by and vest in such Supplemental
Collateral Agent to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to enable
such
Supplemental Collateral Agent to exercise such rights, powers and privileges
with respect to such Collateral and to perform such duties with respect to
such
Collateral, and every covenant and obligation contained in the Loan Documents
and necessary to the exercise or performance thereof by such Supplemental
Collateral Agent shall run to and be enforceable by either Administrative Agent
or such Supplemental Collateral Agent, and (ii) the provisions of this
Section 9 and of subsections 10.2 and 10.3 that refer to Administrative
Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Supplemental Collateral Agent and
all
references therein to Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references
to
Administrative Agent and/or such Supplemental Collateral Agent, as the context
may require.
Should
any instrument in writing from Borrower or any other Loan Party be required
by
any Supplemental Collateral Agent so appointed by Administrative Agent for
more
fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to him or it such rights, powers,
privileges and duties, Borrower shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to,
execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon
request by Administrative Agent. In case any Supplemental Collateral Agent,
or a
successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed,
all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Supplemental Collateral
Agent, to the extent permitted by law, shall vest in and be exercised by
Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new Supplemental Collateral
Agent.
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9.2 |
Powers
and Duties; General Immunity.
|
X. Xxxxxx;
Duties Specified.
Each
Lender irrevocably authorizes Administrative Agent to take such action on such
Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to
Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers,
rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Administrative Agent
shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified
in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Administrative Agent may
exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through
its agents or employees. Administrative Agent shall not have, by reason of
this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, a fiduciary relationship in
respect of any Lender or Borrower; and nothing in this Agreement or any of
the
other Loan Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so
construed as to impose upon Administrative Agent any obligations in respect
of
this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents except as expressly set forth
herein or therein.
B. No
Responsibility for Certain Matters.
No Agent
shall be responsible to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness,
genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectibility or sufficiency of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any representations, warranties,
recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral
statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or
certificates or any other documents furnished or made by such Agent to Lenders
or by or on behalf of any Loan Party to such Agent or any Lender in connection
with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby or for the
financial condition or business affairs of Borrower or any other Person liable
for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall such Agent be required to
ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms,
conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Loan
Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or the use of the
Letters of Credit or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event
of
Default or Potential Event of Default. Anything contained in this Agreement
to
the contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability
arising from confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans, the Revolving
Letter of Credit Usage or the LC Facility Letter of Credit Usage or the
Synthetic Letter of Credit Usage or the component amounts thereof.
C. Exculpatory
Provisions.
No Agent
or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to
Lenders for any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection
with any of the Loan Documents except to the extent caused by such Agent’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct. An Agent shall be entitled to refrain from
any
act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or from the
exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or
thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions in
respect thereof from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required
to give such instructions under subsection 10.6) and, upon receipt of
such
instructions from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may
be),
such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from
acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with
such instructions. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing,
(i) each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected
in
relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or
persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on
opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for Parent and its
Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected
by
it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against
an
Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining
from
acting under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in accordance
with the instructions of Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be
required to give such instructions under subsection 10.6).
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D. Agents
Entitled to Act as Lender.
The
agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and
powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, an Agent in its individual
capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans
and the Letters of Credit, an Agent shall have the same rights and powers
hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term
"Lender" or "Lenders" or any similar term shall, unless the context clearly
otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity. An Agent
and
its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, acquire equity interests
in and generally engage in any kind of commercial banking, investment banking,
trust, financial advisory or other business with Parent or any of its Affiliates
as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees
and other consideration from any Loan Party for services in connection with
this
Agreement and otherwise without having to account for the same to
Lenders.
9.3 |
Independent
Investigation by Lenders; No Responsibility For Appraisal of
Creditworthiness.
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Each
Lender agrees that it has made its own independent investigation of the
financial condition and affairs of the Loan Parties in connection with the
making of the Loans and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder and that
it
has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness
of
the Loan Parties. No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either
initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such
appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or
other
information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before
the
making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall
have
any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any
information provided to Lenders.
9.4 |
Right
to Indemnity.
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Each
Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to indemnify
each
Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, professional
advisors and Affiliates to the extent that any such Person shall not have been
reimbursed by any Loan Party, for and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements and fees and disbursements
of
any financial advisor engaged by Agents) or disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against an Agent
or
and other such Persons in exercising the powers, rights and remedies of an
Agent
or performing duties of an Agent hereunder or under the other Loan Documents
or
otherwise in its capacity as Agent in any way relating to or arising out of
this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided
that no
Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
of an Agent resulting from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
If any indemnity furnished to an Agent or any other such Person 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.
9.5 |
Successor
Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender.
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A. Successor
Administrative Agent.
Any
Agent may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice
thereof to Lenders and Borrower. Upon any such notice of resignation, Requisite
Lenders may, with prior written consent of Borrower (which consent shall not
be
unreasonably withheld) appoint a successor Administrative Agent; provided
that no
consent of Borrower shall be required during the occurrence of an Event of
Default hereunder. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative
Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor
Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all
the
rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent
and
the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Agent’s resignation
hereunder as an Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure
to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was an
Agent under this Agreement.
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B. Successor
Swing Line Lender.
Any
resignation of Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 9.5A shall
also
constitute the resignation of Credit Suisse or its successor as Swing Line
Lender, and any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to
subsection 9.5A shall, upon its acceptance of such appointment, become
the
successor Swing Line Lender for all purposes hereunder. In such event
(i) Borrower shall prepay any outstanding Swing Line Loans made by the
retiring or removed Administrative Agent in its capacity as Swing Line Lender,
(ii) upon such prepayment, the retiring Administrative Agent and Swing
Line
Lender shall surrender any Swing Line Note held by it to Borrower for
cancellation, and (iii) if so requested by the successor Administrative
Agent and Swing Line Lender in accordance with subsection 2.1E, Borrower
shall issue a new Swing Line Note to the successor Administrative Agent and
Swing Line Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit
VI
annexed
hereto, in the principal amount of the Swing Line Loan Commitment then in effect
and with other appropriate insertions.
9.6 |
Collateral
Documents and Guaranties.
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Each
Lender hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for
the
benefit of Lenders, to enter into each Collateral Document as secured party
and
to be the agent for and representative of Lenders under each Guaranty and each
Lender agrees to be bound by the terms of each Collateral Document and each
Guaranty; provided
that
Administrative Agent shall not (i) enter into or consent to any material
amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision contained in
any
Collateral Document or Guaranty or (ii) release any Collateral (except
as
otherwise expressly permitted or required pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or the applicable Collateral Document), in each case without the
prior
consent of Requisite Lenders (or, if required pursuant to subsection 10.6,
all Lenders); provided,
further,
however,
that,
without further written consent or authorization from Lenders, Administrative
Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (a) release
any
Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or other
disposition of assets permitted by this Agreement or to which Requisite Lenders
have otherwise consented, (b) release any Subsidiary Guarantor from
the
Subsidiary Guaranty if all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor
is
sold to any Person (other than an Affiliate of Borrower) pursuant to a sale
or
other disposition permitted hereunder or to which Requisite Lenders have
otherwise consented or (c) subordinate the Liens of Administrative Agent,
on behalf of Lenders, to any Liens permitted by subsection 7.2;
provided
that, in
the case of a sale of such item of Collateral or stock referred to in
subdivision (a) or (b), the requirements of subsection 10.14
are
satisfied. Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary
notwithstanding, Borrower, Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby agree
that (1) no Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon
any of
the Collateral under any Collateral Document or to enforce any Guaranty, it
being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the
Collateral Documents and the Guaranties may be exercised solely by
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders in accordance with the terms
thereof, and (2) in the event of a foreclosure by Administrative Agent
on
any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale, Administrative
Agent
or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any
such
sale and Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of Lenders (but
not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities
unless Requisite 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 Administrative Agent at such
sale.
9.7 |
Duties
of Other Agents.
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Co-Documentation
Agents, Syndication
Agent and each of the Co-Arrangers shall have no right (except, in the case
of
Co-Arrangers, such rights as are expressly set forth herein), power, obligation,
liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those
applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of
such
Agents shall have or be deemed to have a fiduciary relationship with any Lender.
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9.8 |
Administrative
Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
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In
case
of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial
proceeding relative to Parent, Borrower or any of the other Subsidiaries of
Parent, Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any
Loan
shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise
and irrespective of whether Administrative Agent shall have made any demand
on
Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding
or
otherwise
(i) to
file
and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and
unpaid in respect of the Loans and any other Obligations that are owing and
unpaid and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of Lenders and Agents (including any
claim
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Lenders
and Agents and their agents and counsel and all other amounts due Lenders and
Agents under subsections 2.3 and 10.2) allowed in such judicial proceeding,
and
(ii) to
collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on
any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and
any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Lender to make such payments to Administrative Agent and, in the event that
Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to
Lenders, to pay to Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of Agents and their agents
and counsel, and any other amounts due Agents under subsections 2.3
and
10.2.
Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize Administrative Agent to authorize
or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations
or the rights of any Lenders or to authorize Administrative Agent to vote in
respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.
Section
10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 |
Successors
and Assigns; Assignments and Participations in Loans and Letters
of
Credit.
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A. General.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and
the successors and assigns of Lenders (it being understood that Lenders’ rights
of assignment are subject to the further provisions of this
subsection 10.1). Neither Borrower’s rights or obligations hereunder nor
any interest therein may be assigned or delegated by Borrower without the prior
written consent of all Lenders (and any attempted assignment or transfer by
Borrower without such consent shall be null and void). No sale, assignment
or
transfer or participation of any Revolving Letter of Credit, LC Facility Letter
of Credit or Synthetic Letter of Credit, as the case may be, (or any
participation therein) may be made separately from a sale, assignment, transfer
or participation of a corresponding interest in the Revolving Loan Commitment
and the Revolving Loans of the Revolving Lenders or in the LC Facility
Commitment and the LC Facility Loans of the LC Facility Lenders or in the
Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment and the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans
of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders, as the case may be, effecting such
sale, assignment, transfer or participation. Anything contained herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, except as provided in subsection 2.1A(iii)
and
subsection 10.5, the Swing Line Loan Commitment and the Swing Line Loans
of
Swing Line Lender may not be sold, assigned or transferred as described below
to
any Person other than a successor Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender
to
the extent contemplated by subsection 9.5. 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
and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Affiliates of each of
Administrative Agent and Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim
under or by reason of this Agreement.
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B. Assignments.
(i) Amounts
and Terms of Assignments.
Any
Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or any portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement; provided
that
(a), except (1) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining
amount of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement or
(2) in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender
or
an Approved Fund of a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan
Exposure, Term Loan Exposure, LC Facility Exposure or Synthetic Letter of Credit
Exposure, as the case may be, of the assigning Lender and the assignee subject
to each such assignment shall not be less than $5,000,000, in the case of any
assignment of a Revolving Loan, the Dollar Equivalent of $1,000,000, in the
case
of any assignment of a Term Loan, or $2,500,000, in the case of any assignment
of a LC Facility Loan or Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan, unless each of
Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed), (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 with respect to the Loan or the
Commitment assigned, (c) the parties to each assignment shall (1)
electronically execute and deliver to Administrative Agent, for its acceptance
and recording, an Assignment Agreement, via an electronic settlement system
acceptable to Administrative Agent (which shall initially be ClearPar LLC)
or
(2) manually execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment
Agreement, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (at
Administrative Agent’s discretion), and the Eligible Assignee, if it shall not
be a Lender, shall deliver to Administrative Agent information reasonably
requested by Administrative Agent, including such forms, certificates or other
evidence, if any, with respect to United States federal income tax withholding
matters and with respect to information requested under the Patriot Act as
the
assignee under such Assignment Agreement may be required to deliver to
Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 2.7B(iii), (d) in
the case
of an assignment of all or a portion of a Revolving Loan Commitment of any
Lender, Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and each Revolving Issuing
Lender shall have given their prior written consent to such assignment,
(e) (1) in the case of an assignment of all or a portion of an
LC
Facility Commitment of any Lender, Administrative Agent and each LC Facility
Issuing Lender shall have given their prior written consent to such assignment
and (2) in the case of an assignment of all or a portion of a Synthetic
Letter of Credit Commitment of any Lender, Administrative Agent and each
Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Lender shall have given their prior written
consent to such assignment, and (f), except in the case of an assignment to
another Lender (and except as provided in subclauses (d) and (e) of this
sentence), an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of a Lender,
Administrative Agent and, if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
Borrower, shall have consented thereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld). Upon such execution, delivery
and consent, from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment
Agreement, (y) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and,
to the
extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant
to such Assignment Agreement, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender
hereunder and (z) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent
that
rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such
Assignment Agreement, relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive
the termination of this Agreement under subsection 10.9B) and be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment
Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights
and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party
hereto; provided
that,
anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding,
if such Lender is the Issuing Lender with respect to any outstanding Letters
of
Credit such Lender shall continue to have all rights and obligations of an
Issuing Lender with respect to such Letters of Credit until the cancellation
or
expiration of such Letters of Credit and the reimbursement of any amounts drawn
thereunder). The assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such
assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its Notes, if
any, to Administrative Agent for cancellation, and thereupon new Notes shall,
if
so requested by the assignee and/or the assigning Lender in accordance with
subsection 2.1E, be issued to the assignee and/or to the assigning Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit IV,
Exhibit V,
Exhibit VII
or
Exhibit
VIII
annexed
hereto, as the case may be, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new
Commitments and/or outstanding Term Loans, Revolving Loans, LC Facility Loans
or
Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans, as the case may be, of the assignee and/or
the
assigning Lender. Without the consent of Administrative Agent, (I) the
LC
Facility Certificate of Deposit funded by any LC Facility Lender shall not
be
released in connection with any assignment of its LC Facility Commitment, but
shall instead be purchased by the relevant assignee and continue to be held
for
application (if not already applied) pursuant to subsections 3.3B(ii)
and
3.3C(i)(b) in respect of such assignee’s obligations under the LC Facility
Commitment assigned to it and (II) the Credit-Linked Deposit funded
by any
Synthetic Letter of Credit Lender shall not be released in connection with
any
assignment of its Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment, but shall instead
be
purchased by the relevant assignee and continue to be held for application
(if
not already applied) pursuant to subsections 3.3B(iii) and 3.3C(i)(c)
in
respect of such assignee’s obligations under the Synthetic Letter of Credit
Commitment assigned to it. Other than as provided in subsection 2.1A(iii)
and subsection 10.5, any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights
or
obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this
subsection 10.1B 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 subsection 10.1C.
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(ii) Acceptance
by Administrative Agent; Recordation in Register.
Upon
its receipt of an Assignment Agreement executed by an assigning Lender and
an
assignee representing that it is an Eligible Assignee, together with the
processing and recordation fee referred to in subsection 10.1B(i) (if
applicable) and any forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United
States federal income tax withholding matters that such assignee may be required
to deliver to Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection 2.7B(iii),
Administrative Agent shall, if Administrative Agent has consented to the
assignment evidenced thereby (to the extent such consent is required pursuant
to
subsection 10.1B(i)), (a) accept such Assignment Agreement by
executing a counterpart thereof as provided therein (which acceptance shall
evidence any required consent of Administrative Agent to such assignment) and
(b) record the information contained therein in the Register.
Administrative Agent shall maintain a copy of each Assignment Agreement
delivered to and accepted by it as provided in this
subsection 10.1B(ii).
(iii) Special
Purpose Funding Vehicles.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection 10.1B,
any
Lender (a "Granting
Lender")
may
grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (a "SPC"),
identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to
Administrative Agent, the option to provide to Borrower all or any part of
any
Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to Borrower;
provided
that (i)
nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan and
(ii) if an SPC 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. The making of a Supplemental Term B Loan, Supplemental Canadian
Dollar Term B Loan, LC Facility Loan, Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan or
Revolving Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Supplemental Term B
Loan Commitment, Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Commitment, LC
Facility Commitment, Synthetic Letter of Credit Commitment or Revolving Loan
Commitment, as applicable, 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 SPC 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 SPC, it will not institute
against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPC any
bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings
under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. In addition,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection 10.1,
any
SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of,
Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign
all
or a portion of its interests in any Loan to the Granting Lender or to any
financial institutions (consented to by Administrative Agent) providing
liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support
the
funding or maintenance of any 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 SPC. This section may not be amended without
the
written consent of each SPC.
C. Participations.
Any
Lender may, without the consent of, or notice to, Borrower or Administrative
Agent, sell participations to one or more Persons (other than a natural Person
or Borrower or any of its Affiliates) in all or a portion of such Lender’s
rights and/or obligations under this Agreement; provided
that
(i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged,
(ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties
hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) Borrower,
Administrative Agent and 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; 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
directly affecting (i) the extension of the regularly scheduled maturity
of
any portion of the principal amount of or interest on any Loan allocated to
such
participation or (ii) a reduction of the principal amount of or the
rate of
interest payable on any Loan allocated to such participation. Subject to the
further provisions of this subsection 10.1C, Borrower agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of subsections 2.6D and 2.7 to
the
same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment
pursuant to subsection 10.1B. To the extent permitted by law, each
Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of subsection 10.4
as
though it were a Lender, provided
such
Participant agrees to be subject to subsection 10.5 as though it were
a
Lender. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment
under
subsections 2.6D and 2.7 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 Borrower’s prior
written consent. A Participant that would be a Non-US Lender if it were a Lender
shall not be entitled to the benefits of subsection 2.7 unless Borrower
is
notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant
agrees, for the benefit of Borrower, to comply with subsection 2.7B(iii)
as
though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation in any Loan,
Commitment or other interest to a Participant shall, as agent of Borrower solely
for the purpose of this Section 10.1C, record in book entries maintained by
such
Lender the name and amount of the participating interest of each Participant
entitled to receive payments in respect of such participating
interest.
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D. Pledges
and Assignments.
Any
Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any
portion of its Loans, and the other Obligations owed to such Lender, to secure
obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or
assignment to secure obligations to any Federal Reserve Bank; provided
that
(i) no Lender shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder
as a
result of any such assignment or pledge and (ii) in no event shall any
assignee or pledgee be considered to be a "Lender" or be entitled to require
the
assigning Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder.
E. Information.
Each
Lender may furnish any information concerning Parent and its Subsidiaries in
the
possession of that Lender from time to time to assignees and participants
(including prospective assignees and participants), subject to
subsection 10.19.
F. Agreements
of Lenders.
Each
Lender listed on the signature pages hereof hereby agrees (i) that it
is an
Eligible Assignee described in clause (ii) of the definition thereof;
(ii) that it has experience and expertise in the making of loans such
as
the Loans; and (iii) that it will make its Loans for its own account
in the
ordinary course of its business and without a view to distribution of such
Loans
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal
securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this
subsection 10.1, the disposition of such Loans or any interests therein
shall at all times remain within its exclusive control). By executing and
delivering an Assignment Agreement, the assigning Lender thereunder and the
assignee thereunder shall be deemed to confirm to and agree with each other
and
the other parties hereto as follows: (i) such assigning
Lender
warrants that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being
assigned thereby free and clear of any adverse claim and that its Commitment
and
the outstanding balances of its Loans, in each case without giving effect to
assignments thereof which have not become effective, are as set forth in such
Assignment Agreement, (ii) except as set forth in clause (i)
above,
such assigning Lender makes no representation or warranty and assumes no
responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations
made in or in connection with this Agreement, or the execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant
hereto, or the financial condition of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
the
performance or observance by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any of
its
obligations under this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other
instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto, (iii) such assignee
represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into such
Assignment Agreement, (iv) such assignee confirms that it has received
a
copy of this Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial
statements referred to in subsection 5.3 or delivered pursuant to subsection
6.1
and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make
its own credit analysis and decision to enter into such Assignment Agreement,
(v) such assignee will independently and without reliance upon
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, such assigning Lender 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 decisions in taking or not taking
action under this Agreement, (vi) such assignee appoints and authorizes
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its
behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement as are delegated to
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms hereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, and
(vii) such assignee agrees that it will perform in accordance with their
terms all the obligations which by the terms of this Agreement are required
to
be performed by it as a Lender.
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10.2 |
Expenses.
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Whether
or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Borrower
agrees to pay promptly (i) all reasonable costs and expenses of
negotiation, preparation and execution of the Loan Documents and any consents,
amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; (ii) all costs and
expenses of furnishing all opinions by counsel for Borrower (including any
opinions requested by Agents or Lenders as to any legal matters arising
hereunder) and of each Loan Party’s performance of and compliance with all
agreements and conditions on its part to be performed or complied with under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents including with respect to confirming
compliance with environmental, insurance and solvency requirements;
(iii) all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to
Administrative Agent (including allocated costs of internal counsel) in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration
of
the Loan Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications
thereto and any other documents or matters requested by Borrower; (iv) all
costs and expenses of creating and perfecting Liens in favor of Administrative
Agent on behalf of Lenders pursuant to any Collateral Document, including filing
and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, search
fees,
title insurance premiums, and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of
counsel to Administrative Agent and of counsel providing any opinions that
Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders may request in respect of the
Collateral Documents or the Liens created pursuant thereto; (v) all
costs
and expenses (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of
any
auditors, accountants or appraisers and any environmental or other consultants,
advisors and agents employed or retained by Administrative Agent or its counsel)
of obtaining and reviewing any appraisals provided for under subsection 6.9B
and
any environmental audits or reports provided for under subsection 6.9A;
(vi) all costs and expenses incurred by Administrative Agent in connection
with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral; (vii) all
other
costs and expenses incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with the
syndication of the Commitments; (viii) all costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys’ fees (including reasonable allocated costs of internal
counsel) and fees, costs and expenses of accountants, advisors and consultants,
incurred by Administrative Agent and its counsel relating to efforts to
(a) evaluate or assess any Loan Party, its business or financial condition
and (b) protect, evaluate, assess or dispose of any of the Collateral; and
(ix)
all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees (including
reasonable allocated costs of internal counsel), reasonable fees, costs and
expenses of accountants, advisors and consultants and costs of settlement,
incurred by Administrative Agent and Lenders in enforcing any Obligations of
or
in collecting any payments due from any Loan Party hereunder or under the other
Loan Documents (including in connection with the sale of, collection from,
or
other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Loan
Documents) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit
arrangements provided under this Agreement in the nature of a "work-out" or
pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings.
10.3 |
Indemnity.
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In
addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to subsection 10.2, whether
or
not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Borrower agrees
to defend (subject to Indemnitees’ selection of counsel), indemnify, pay and
hold harmless Agents and Lenders (including Issuing Lenders), and the officers,
directors (or, if applicable, trustees and/or advisors), employees, agents
and
Affiliates of Agents and Lenders (collectively called the "Indemnitees"),
from
and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities (as hereinafter defined);
provided
that
Borrower shall not have any obligation to any Indemnitee hereunder with respect
to any Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities arise
from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnitee as determined
by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
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As
used
herein, "Indemnified
Liabilities"
means,
collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including
natural resource damages), penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims
(including Environmental Claims), costs (including the reasonable costs of
any
investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal,
remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean
up or
xxxxx any Hazardous Materials Activity), expenses and disbursements of any
kind
or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not any such
Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and
any
fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether
direct, indirect or consequential and whether based on any federal, state or
foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and
commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on
common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed
on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating
to or arising out of (i) this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including Lenders’ agreement to
make the Loans hereunder or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof
or
the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder or the use or intended use of any
thereof, the failure of an Issuing Lender to honor a drawing under a Letter
of
Credit as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of
any
present or future de jure or de facto Government Authority, or any enforcement
of any of the Loan Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other
realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranties),
but not including any amounts with respect to Taxes (which are addressed
exclusively in subsection 2.7B), (ii) the statements contained in the
commitment letter delivered by any Lender to Borrower with respect thereto,
or
(iii) any Environmental Claim or any Hazardous Materials Activity relating
to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity,
operation, land ownership, or practice of any Loan Party.
To
the
extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set
forth in this subsection 10.3 may be unenforceable in whole or in part
because they are violative of any law or public policy, Borrower shall
contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under
applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities
incurred by Indemnitees or any of them.
10.4 |
Set-Off;
Security Interest in Deposit Accounts.
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In
addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not
by
way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default each Lender is hereby authorized by Borrower at any time or from time
to
time, without notice to Borrower or to any other Person, any such notice being
hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and
all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, including
Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured,
but not including trust accounts) and any other Indebtedness at any time held
or
owing by that Lender or any Affiliate of that Lender to or for the credit or
the
account of Borrower and each other Loan Party against and on account of the
Obligations of Borrower or any other Loan Party to that Lender (or any Affiliate
of that Lender) or to any other Lender (or any Affiliate of any other Lender)
under this Agreement, the Letters of Credit and participations therein and
the
other Loan Documents, including all claims of any nature or description arising
out of or connected with this Agreement, the Letters of Credit and
participations therein or any other Loan Document, irrespective of whether
or
not (i) that Lender shall have made any demand hereunder or (ii) the
principal of or the interest on the Loans or any amounts in respect of the
Letters of Credit or any other amounts due hereunder shall have become due
and
payable pursuant to Section 8 and although said obligations and
liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured. Borrower hereby
further grants to Administrative Agent and each Lender a security interest
in
all deposits and accounts maintained with Administrative Agent or such Lender
as
security for the Obligations.
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10.5 |
Ratable
Sharing.
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Lenders
hereby agree among themselves that if any of them shall, whether by voluntary
payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and applied in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement), by realization upon security,
through the exercise of any right of set-off or banker’s lien, by counterclaim
or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Loan Documents
or
otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral
under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of
the
aggregate amount of principal, interest, amounts payable in respect of Letters
of Credit, fees and other amounts then due and owing to that Lender hereunder
or
under the other Loan Documents (collectively, the "Aggregate
Amounts Due"
to such
Lender) that is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in
respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender
receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (i) notify
Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and
(ii) apply a portion of such payment to purchase assignments (which
it
shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of an assignment
simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment)
of the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries
of
Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the
Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided
that if
all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing
Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of Borrower or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded
and
the purchase prices paid for such assignments shall be returned to such
purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
Borrower expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any
purchaser of an assignment so purchased may exercise any and all rights of
a
Lender as to such assignment as fully as if that Lender had complied with the
provisions of subsection 10.1B with respect to such assignment. In order
to
further evidence such assignment (and without prejudice to the effectiveness
of
the assignment provisions set forth above), each purchasing Lender and each
selling Lender agree to enter into an Assignment Agreement at the request of
a
selling Lender or a purchasing Lender, as the case may be, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to each such Lender.
10.6 |
Amendments
and Waivers.
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No
amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or of the Notes, and no consent to any departure by Borrower
therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence
of
Requisite Lenders; provided
that no
such amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent shall, without
the
consent of (a) each Lender with Obligations directly affected (whose
consent shall be sufficient for any such amendment, modification, termination
or
waiver without the consent of Requisite Lenders) (1) reduce the principal
amount of any Loan, (2) postpone the scheduled final maturity date or
any
scheduled principal payment of any Loan, (3) postpone the date on which
any
interest or any fees are payable, (4) decrease the interest rate borne
by
any Loan (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable
to any of the Loans pursuant to subsection 2.2E) or the amount of any
fees
payable hereunder, (5) reduce the amount or postpone the due date of
any
amount payable in respect of any Letter of Credit, (6) extend the
expiration date of any Revolving Letter of Credit or LC Facility Letter of
Credit beyond the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date, (7) extend
the expiration date of any Synthetic Letter of Credit beyond the Synthetic
Letter of Credit Facility Maturity Date, (8) change in any manner the
obligations of (x) Revolving Lenders relating to the purchase of
participations in Revolving Letters of Credit, (y) LC Facility Lenders
relating to the purchase of participations in LC Facility Letters of Credit
or
(z) Synthetic Letter of Credit Lenders relating to the purchase of
participations in Synthetic Letters of Credit, or (9) increase the amount of
any
of the Commitments; (b) each Lender, (1) change in any manner
the
definition of "Class" or the definition of "Pro Rata Share" or the definition
of
"Requisite Class Lenders" or the definition of "Requisite Lenders" (except
for
any changes resulting solely from an increase in Commitments approved by
Requisite Lenders or the addition of a class of loans under this Agreement
approved by Requisite Lenders), (2) change in any manner any provision
of
this Agreement that, by its terms, expressly requires the approval or
concurrence of all Lenders, (3) increase the maximum duration of Interest
Periods permitted hereunder, (4) release any Lien granted in favor of
Administrative Agent with respect to all or substantially all of the Collateral
or release Parent from its obligations under the Parent Guaranty or release
any
Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty, in
each
case other than in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents or
(5) change in any manner or waive the provisions contained in
subsection 8.1 or this subsection 10.6. In addition, (i) any
amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any of the provisions
contained in Section 4 shall be effective only if evidenced by a writing
signed by or on behalf of Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders,
(ii) no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision
of
any Note shall be effective without the written concurrence of the Lender which
is the holder of that Note, (iii) no amendment, modification, termination
or waiver of any provision of subsection 2.1A(iii) or of any other
provision of this Agreement relating to the Swing Line Loan Commitment or the
Swing Line Loans shall be effective without the written concurrence of Swing
Line Lender, (iv) no amendment, modification, termination or waiver
of any
provision of Section 3 shall be effective without the written concurrence
of Administrative Agent and, with respect to the purchase of participations
in
Letters of Credit, without the written concurrence of each Issuing Lender that
has issued an outstanding Letter of Credit or has not been reimbursed for a
payment under a Letter of Credit, and (v) no amendment, modification,
termination or waiver of any provision of Section 9 or of any other
provision of this Agreement which, by its terms, expressly requires the approval
or concurrence of Administrative Agent (and, as applicable, any other Agent)
shall be effective without the written concurrence of Administrative Agent
(and,
as applicable such other Agent), and (vi) no amendment, modification,
termination or waiver of any provision of subsection 2.4 that has the
effect of changing any voluntary or mandatory prepayments, or Commitment
reductions applicable to a Class in a manner that disproportionately
disadvantages such Class relative to any other Class shall be effective without
the written concurrence of Requisite Class Lenders of such affected Class (it
being understood and agreed that any amendment, modification, termination or
waiver of any such provision which
only postpones or reduces any voluntary or mandatory prepayment, or Commitment
reduction from those set forth in subsection 2.4 with respect to one
Class
but not any other Class shall be deemed to disproportionately disadvantage
such
one Class but not to disproportionately disadvantage any such other Class for
purposes of this clause (vi)). Administrative Agent may, but shall have
no
obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments,
modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of that Lender. Any waiver or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on Borrower in any case
shall entitle Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar
or
other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent
effected in accordance with this subsection 10.6 shall be binding upon
each
Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by Borrower,
on Borrower.
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10.7 |
Independence
of Covenants.
|
All
covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular
action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that
it
would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the
limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of an Event
of
Default or Potential Event of Default if such action is taken or condition
exists.
10.8 |
Notices;
Effectiveness of Signatures.
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Unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein
required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally
served, or sent by telefacsimile or United States mail or courier service and
shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier
service, upon receipt of telefacsimile in complete and legible form, or three
(3) Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage
prepaid and properly addressed; provided
that
notices to Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and any Issuing Lender shall
not be effective until received. For the purposes hereof, the address of each
party hereto shall be as set forth under such party’s name on the signature
pages to the Existing Credit Agreement or (i) as to Borrower and
Administrative Agent, such other address as shall be designated by such Person
in a written notice delivered to the other parties hereto and (ii) as
to
each other party, such other address as shall be designated by such party in
written notice delivered to Administrative Agent. Electronic mail and Internet
and intranet websites may be used to distribute routine communications, such
as
financial statements and other information; provided,
however,
that no
signature with respect to any notice, request, agreement, waiver, amendment
or
other document or any notice that is intended to have binding effect may be
sent
by electronic mail (other than an electronic mail attachment in "PDF" (or other
comparable) format).
Loan
Documents and notices under the Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed
by telefacsimile. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall,
subject to applicable law, have the same force and effect as an original copy
with manual signatures and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, Agents and
Lenders. Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and
signature be confirmed by a manually-signed copy thereof; provided,
however,
that
the failure to request or deliver any such manually-signed copy shall not affect
the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.
10.9 |
Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.
|
A. All
representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and the
issuance of the Letters of Credit hereunder.
B. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements
of
Borrower set forth in subsections 2.6D, 2.7, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.17 and 10.18
and the agreements of Lenders set forth in subsections 9.2C, 9.4, 10.5 and
10.18
shall survive the payment of the Loans, the cancellation or expiration of the
Letters of Credit and the reimbursement of any amounts drawn thereunder, and
the
termination of this Agreement.
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10.10 |
Failure
or Indulgence Not Waiver; Remedies Cumulative.
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No
failure or delay on the part of an Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any
power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall
impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any
default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of
any
such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or
of
any other power, right or privilege. All rights and remedies existing under
this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents are cumulative to, and not exclusive
of,
any rights or remedies otherwise available.
10.11 |
Marshalling;
Payments Set Aside.
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Neither
any Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets
in
favor of Borrower or any other party or against or in payment of any or all
of
the Obligations. To the extent that Borrower makes a payment or payments to
Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to Administrative Agent for the benefit
of
Lenders), or Agents or Lenders enforce any security interests or exercise their
rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such
enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared
to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to
a
trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state
or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such
recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied,
and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived
and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not
been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
10.12 |
Severability.
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In
case
any provision in or obligation under this Agreement or the Notes shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such
provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
10.13 |
Obligations
Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights; Damage
Waiver.
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The
obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible
for the obligations or Commitments of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing
contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and no action taken by Lenders
pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders, or Lenders
and Borrower, as a partnership, an association, a Joint Venture or any other
kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall
be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender shall be entitled to protect
and enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement and it shall not be
necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional party in any
proceeding for such purpose.
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To
the
extent permitted by law, each Loan Party shall not assert, and hereby waives,
any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special,
indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual
damages) arising out of, in connection with or as a result of this Agreement
(including, without limitation, subsection 2.1C hereof), any other Loan
Document, any transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents, any Loan or the
use of proceeds thereof.
10.14 |
Release
of Security Interest or Guaranty.
|
Upon
the
proposed sale or other disposition of any Collateral that is permitted by this
Agreement or to which Requisite Lenders have otherwise consented, or the sale
or
other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor to
any
Person (other than an Affiliate of Borrower) permitted by this Agreement or
to
which Requisite Lenders have otherwise consented, for which a Loan Party desires
to obtain a security interest release or a release of the Subsidiary Guaranty
from Administrative Agent, such Loan Party shall deliver an Officer’s
Certificate (i) stating that the Collateral or the Capital Stock subject
to
such disposition is being sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with
the
terms hereof and (ii) specifying the Collateral or Capital Stock being
sold
or otherwise disposed of in the proposed transaction. Upon the receipt of such
Officer’s Certificate, Administrative Agent shall, at such Loan Party’s expense,
so long as Administrative Agent (a) has no reason to believe that the
facts
stated in such Officer’s Certificate are not true and correct and (b), if the
sale or other disposition of such item of Collateral or Capital Stock
constitutes an Asset Sale, shall have received evidence satisfactory to it
that
arrangements satisfactory to it have been made for delivery of the Net Asset
Sale Proceeds if and as required by subsection 2.4, execute and deliver
such releases of its security interest in such Collateral or such Subsidiary
Guaranty, as may be reasonably requested by such Loan Party.
10.15 |
Applicable
Law.
|
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS
PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE APPLICATION OF ANOTHER LAW.
10.16 |
Construction
of Agreement; Nature of Relationship.
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Each
of
the parties hereto acknowledges that (i) it has been represented by
counsel
in the negotiation and documentation of the terms of this Agreement,
(ii) it has had full and fair opportunity to review and revise the terms
of
this Agreement, (iii) this Agreement has been drafted jointly by all
of the
parties hereto, and (iv) neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender or other
Agent has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to Borrower arising out of
or
in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the
relationship between Administrative Agent, the other Agents and Lenders, on
one
hand, and Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith
is
solely that of debtor and creditor. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto
acknowledges and agrees that the terms of this Agreement shall not be construed
against or in favor of another party.
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10.17 |
Consent
to Jurisdiction and Service of Process.
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ALL
JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST BORROWER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR ANY OBLIGATIONS THEREUNDER, MAY BE
BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN XXX XXXXX,
XXXXXX XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXX. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT,
BORROWER, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY
(I) ACCEPTS
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH
COURTS;
(II) WAIVES
ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM
NON CONVENIENS;
(III) AGREES
THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE
MADE
BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO BORROWER AT ITS
ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION 10.8;
(IV) AGREES
THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (III) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER
PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER BORROWER IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT,
AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY
RESPECT;
(V) AGREES
THAT LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED
BY
LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION; AND
(VI) AGREES
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION 10.17 RELATING TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE
SHALL BE BINDING AND ENFORCEABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER NEW
YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTION 5-1402 OR OTHERWISE.
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10.18 |
Waiver
of Jury Trial.
|
EACH
OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS
TO
A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM
RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER
RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED.
The
scope of this waiver is intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes
that may be filed in any court and that relate to the subject matter of this
transaction, including contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims
and
all other common law and statutory claims. Each party hereto acknowledges that
this waiver is a material inducement to enter into a business relationship,
that
each has already relied on this waiver in entering into this Agreement, and
that
each will continue to rely on this waiver in their related future dealings.
Each
party hereto further warrants and represents that it has reviewed this waiver
with its legal counsel and that it knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury
trial rights following consultation with legal counsel. THIS
WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR
IN
WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS
SUBSECTION 10.18 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER
SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS
OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER.
In the
event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a
trial
by the court.
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Confidentiality.
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Each
Lender shall hold all non-public information obtained pursuant to the
requirements of this Agreement in accordance with such Lender’s customary
procedures for handling confidential information of this nature, it being
understood and agreed by Borrower that in any event a Lender may
make disclosures (a) to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers,
employees, trustees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other
advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made
will be informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed
to keep such information confidential), (b) to the extent requested
by any
Government Authority (provided
that
such Lender shall notify Borrower of any request by any Government Authority),
(c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any
subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party to this
Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder
or
any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement
of
rights hereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions
substantially the same as those of this subsection 10.19, to (i) any
Eligible Assignee of or participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee
of
or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (ii)
any pledgee referred to in subsection 10.1D or (iii) any direct or indirect
contractual counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual
counterparty’s or prospective counterparty’s professional advisor) to any credit
derivative transaction relating to obligations of Borrower, (g) with
the
consent of Borrower, (h) to the extent such information (i) becomes
publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this
subsection 10.19 or (ii) becomes available to Administrative
Agent or
any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrower or
(i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other
similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires
access to information about a Lender’s or its Affiliates’ investment portfolio
in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender or its Affiliates
and that no written or oral communications from counsel to an Agent and no
information that is or is designated as privileged or as attorney work product
may be disclosed to any Person unless such Person is a Lender or a participant
hereunder; provided
that,
unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender
shall notify Borrower of any request by any Government Authority or
representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with any
examination of the financial condition of such Lender by such Government
Authority) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure
of such information; and provided,
further,
that in
no event shall any Lender be obligated or required to return any materials
furnished by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. In addition, Administrative
Agent and Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information
about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to
the
lending industry, and service providers to Administrative Agent and
Lenders.
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Counterparts;
Effectiveness.
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This
Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto or in
connection herewith may be executed in any number of counterparts and by
different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument; signature pages
may
be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single
counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same
document. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a
counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto.
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BRAND
SERVICES, INC.
This
AMENDMENT
AGREEMENT
(this
"Amendment")
is
dated as of July 29, 2005, and entered into by and among BRAND
SERVICES, INC. ("Borrower"),
THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF
("Lenders"),
CREDIT
SUISSE
(formerly known as Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its Cayman Islands
Branch), as administrative agent for Lenders (in such capacity, "Administrative
Agent"),
and,
solely for purposes of Section 4 hereof, the CREDIT
SUPPORT PARTIES LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF,
and is
made with reference to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
October 16, 2002, by and among Borrower, the lenders from time to time
party thereto (the "Existing
Lenders")
and
Administrative Agent, as amended by that certain First Amendment and Limited
Waiver to Credit Agreement dated as of February 3, 2004, that certain
Amendment No. 2 and Limited Waiver No. 3 to Credit Agreement
dated as
of November 9, 2004, and that certain Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement
dated as of January 14, 2005 (as so amended, the "Existing
Credit Agreement").
Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the same meanings
herein as set forth in the Restated Credit Agreement (as defined
below).
R
E C I T A L S
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Lenders have extended,
and have agreed to extend, credit to Borrower.
WHEREAS,
Borrower has informed Administrative Agent that, pursuant to the Aluma Asset
Purchase Agreement, Borrower intends to acquire substantially all of the assets
and to assume certain of the liabilities of Aluma Enterprises, Inc., a
corporation organized under the laws of Canada, for aggregate consideration
consisting of the Dollar Equivalent of C$255,000,000 (subject to adjustment
in
accordance with the Aluma Asset Purchase Agreement) in cash.
WHEREAS,
in
connection with the foregoing, (a) Parent will issue and sell to the Sponsor
$30,000,000 in aggregate liquidation preference of the Sponsor Preferred Stock,
the proceeds of which will be used by Parent to purchase at par from Borrower
$30,000,000 in aggregate liquidation preference of the Parent Preferred Stock,
(b) Borrower has requested that Lenders extend credit in the form of (1)
Supplemental Term B Loans to Borrower on the Restatement Date (as defined below)
in an aggregate principal amount of $[●]
and (2)
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans in an aggregate principal amount
of
the Canadian Dollar Equivalent of $[●],
in each
case subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Restated
Credit Agreement, the proceeds of which Supplemental Term B Loans and
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans will be used by Borrower, together
with the proceeds of the sale of the Parent Preferred Stock, the proceeds of
a
Revolving Loan in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 made
to
Borrower on the Restatement Date and cash on hand of approximately $10,000,000,
solely (i) to pay the cash consideration in respect of the Aluma Acquisition
and
(ii) to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
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WHEREAS,
Borrower and Lenders desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement
in the form of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the "Restated
Credit Agreement")
to,
among other things, (a) reduce the interest rate margins applicable to the
Term B Loans and the Synthetic Letter of Credit Loans to the interest
rate
margins to be applicable to the Supplemental Term B Loans, (b) set forth the
terms and conditions under which Lenders will make the Supplemental Term B
Loans
and the Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans to Borrower, (c) permit the
Aluma Acquisition and (d) make certain other amendments, in each case subject
to
the terms, conditions and agreements set forth herein and in the Restated Credit
Agreement.
WHEREAS,
each
Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement that agrees to make Supplemental
Term
B Loans (each such Lender, a "Supplemental
Term B Lender")
is
willing to extend credit to Borrower in the form of Supplemental Term B Loans
on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Restated
Credit Agreement and will, on the Restatement Date, make such Supplemental
Term
B Loans to Borrower in the manner contemplated by Section 1 hereof and in
accordance with the Restated Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS,
each
Lender under the Restated Credit Agreement that agrees to make Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Loans (each such Lender, a "Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Lender")
is
willing to extend credit to Borrower in the form of Supplemental Canadian Dollar
Term B Loans on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and
in
the Restated Credit Agreement and will, on the Restatement Date, make such
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans to Borrower in the manner contemplated
by Section 1 hereof and in accordance with the Restated Credit
Agreement.
WHEREAS,
on the
Closing Date (a) Borrower, each Credit Support Party (as defined below) and
Administrative Agent entered into the Security Agreement, (b) Parent and
Administrative Agent entered into the Parent Guaranty and (c) the Subsidiary
Guarantors and Administrative Agent entered into the Subsidiary Guaranty,
pursuant to which, among other things, the Credit Support Parties guaranteed
the
obligations of Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement and provided
security therefor.
WHEREAS,
each
Credit Support Party expects to realize substantial direct and indirect benefits
as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Restated
Credit Agreement and each Credit Support Party is willing to reaffirm its
obligations under the Security Agreement, the Parent Guaranty and the Subsidiary
Guaranty, as applicable, and the other Collateral Documents.
WHEREAS,
the
amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement evidenced by the
Restated Credit Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent to effectiveness referred to in Section 2 hereof and shall become
effective as provided in subsection 5F hereof.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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SECTION 1. |
SUPPLEMENTAL
TERM B LOANS; SUPPLEMENTAL CANADIAN DOLLAR TERM B LOANS; OTHER
LOANS
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Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Restated Credit
Agreement, (a) each Supplemental Term B Lender agrees, severally and not
jointly, to make a Supplemental Term B Loan to Borrower in Dollars on the
Restatement Date in a principal amount equal to such Supplemental Term B
Lender’s Supplemental Term B Loan Commitment as set forth on Schedule 2.1 to the
Restated Credit Agreement and (b) each Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B
Lender agrees, severally and not jointly, to make a Supplemental Canadian Dollar
Term B Loan to Borrower in Canadian Dollars on the Restatement Date in a
principal amount equal to such Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender’s
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Commitment as set forth on Schedule
2.1
to the Restated Credit Agreement. For purposes hereof, a person shall become
a
Supplemental Term B Lender or a Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender,
as
applicable, and a party to the Restated Credit Agreement (upon the effectiveness
of this Amendment) by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent, on
or
prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on July 29, 2005, a signature page
to
this Amendment.
Each
Supplemental Term B Lender and each Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender
shall fund its Supplemental Term B Loans or Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term
B
Loans, as applicable, to Administrative Agent on the Restatement Date, in the
manner contemplated by the Restated Credit Agreement. The Supplemental Term
B
Loan Commitments of the Supplemental Term B Lenders are several and not joint,
and no Supplemental Term B Lender shall be responsible for any other
Supplemental Term B Lender’s failure to make any Supplemental Term B Loan. The
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan Commitments of the Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Lenders are several and not joint, and no Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Lender shall be responsible for any other Supplemental
Canadian Dollar Term B Lender’s failure to make any Supplemental Canadian Dollar
Term B Loan. The obligations of each Supplemental Term B Lender and each
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender to make Supplemental Term B Loans
or
Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loans, as applicable, on the Restatement
Date are subject to (a) the satisfaction or waiver in accordance with the
Restated Credit Agreement of each of the conditions set forth in subsection
4.1
of the Restated Credit Agreement and (b) this Amendment having become effective
in accordance with subsection 5F hereof.
On
the Restatement
Date, upon the effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement, (i) each Term
B
Loan outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be
a
Term B Loan under the Restated Credit Agreement, (ii) each Swing Line Loan
outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be a Swing
Line Loan under the Restated Credit Agreement, (iii) each Revolving Loan
outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be a
Revolving Loan under the Restated Credit Agreement, (iv) each LC Facility Loan
outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be an LC
Facility Loan under the Restated Credit Agreement (v) each Synthetic Letter
of
Credit Loan outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be deemed
to
be a Synthetic Letter of Credit Loan under the Restated Credit Agreement, and
(vi) each Letter of Credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement
shall
be deemed to be a Letter of Credit of the same type under the Restated Credit
Agreement.
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SECTION
2. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
This
Amendment and the Restated Credit Agreement shall become effective only upon
the
satisfaction of all of the following conditions precedent (the date of
satisfaction of such conditions being referred to herein as the "Restatement
Date"):
A. Execution
and Delivery; Effectiveness. Borrower,
Administrative Agent, the Credit Support Parties, and a sufficient percentage
of
the Lenders to approve this Amendment in accordance with subsection 10.6
of
the Credit Agreement and subsection 5F hereof shall have signed one or more
counterparts to this Amendment and delivered such counterparts to Cravath,
Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel to Administrative Agent (including, without
limitation, delivery via facsimile or electronic mail in accordance with the
Restated Credit Agreement), and this Amendment shall have accordingly become
effective in accordance with subsection 5E hereof.
B. Restated
Credit Agreement Conditions.
Each of
the conditions set forth in subsection 4.1 of the Restated Credit Agreement
shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the Restated Credit
Agreement.
SECTION
3. BORROWER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
In
order
to induce Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each of Borrower and, as
applicable, each Credit Support Party represents and warrants to Administrative
Agent and each Lender that the following statements are true, correct and
complete:
A. Corporate
Power and Authority.
Each of
Borrower and each Credit Support Party has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Amendment and, with respect to Borrower, to carry
out the transactions contemplated by the Restated Credit Agreement.
B. Authorization
of Agreements.
The
execution and delivery of this Amendment and, with respect to Borrower, the
performance of the Restated Credit Agreement have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of Borrower and each Credit Support
Party.
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C. No
Conflict.
The
execution and delivery by Borrower and each Credit Support Party of this
Amendment and the performance by Borrower of the Restated Credit Agreement
do
not and will not (i) violate any provision of any law or any governmental
rule or regulation applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, the
Organizational Documents of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any order,
judgment or decree of any court or other Government Authority binding on Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of
or
constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any
Contractual Obligation of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) result
in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties
or assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Liens created under
any of the Loan Documents in favor of Administrative Agent on behalf of Lenders
or as otherwise permitted under the Restated Credit Agreement), or
(iv) require any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent
of any
Person under any Contractual Obligation of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the
Restatement Date and except, in each case, to the extent such violation,
conflict, breach or failure to obtain such approval or consent could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
D. Governmental
Consents.
The
execution and delivery by each of Borrower and each Credit Support Party of
this
Amendment and the performance by Borrower of the Restated Credit Agreement
do
not and will not require any Governmental Authorization, except as has been
duly
obtained and is in full force and effect unless the failure to obtain such
Governmental Authorization could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
E. Binding
Obligation.
This
Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and each Credit
Support Party and is the legally valid and binding obligation of each of
Borrower and each Credit Support Party, enforceable against each of Borrower
and
each Credit Support Party in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium
or
similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable
principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) relating
to
enforceability.
F. Incorporation
of Representations and Warranties from Credit Agreement.
The
representations and warranties contained in Section 5 of the Restated
Credit Agreement are and will be true, correct and complete in all material
respects on and as of the date hereof and the Restatement Date to the same
extent as though made on and as of such dates, except to the extent such
representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which
case they were true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as
of
such earlier date.
G. Absence
of Default.
No
event has occurred and is continuing or will result from the consummation of
the
transactions contemplated by this Amendment that would constitute an Event
of
Default or a Potential Event of Default.
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SECTION
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT
Parent
and each Subsidiary of Borrower (each individually a "Credit
Support Party"
and
collectively, the "Credit
Support Parties")
hereby
acknowledges that it has read this Amendment (including the Restated Credit
Agreement) and consents to the terms hereof and further hereby affirms, confirms
and agrees that (i) notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Amendment or
the
Restated Credit Agreement, the obligations of such Credit Support Party under
each of the Loan Documents to which such Credit Support Party is a party shall
not be impaired and each of the Loan Documents to which such Credit Support
Party is a party are, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and
are
hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects, (ii) its guaranty of all of
the
Obligations and the pledge of and/or grant of a security interest in its assets
as Collateral to secure such Obligations, all as provided in the Guaranties,
the
Security Agreement and the other Collateral Documents as originally executed,
and acknowledges and agrees that each such guaranty, pledge and/or grant
continues in full force and effect in respect of, and to secure, the Obligations
under the Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (iii)
all
the representations and warranties made by or relating to it contained in the
Restated Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct
in
all material respects on and as of the Restatement Date with the same effect
as
though made on and as of the Restatement Date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.
Parent
and each Subsidiary of Borrower acknowledges and agrees that nothing in this
Amendment, the Restated Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be
deemed to require the consent of such Credit Support Party to any future
amendments to the Credit Agreement.
SECTION
5. MISCELLANEOUS
A. Reference
to and Effect on the Credit Agreement and the Other Loan
Documents.
(i) Borrower
and Lenders agree that the Existing Credit Agreement (including all exhibits
and
schedules thereto) shall be amended and restated on the Restatement Date such
that, on the Restatement Date, the terms set forth in the Restated Credit
Agreement shall replace the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement (with
Schedule 2.1 being modified to set forth the Supplemental Term B Lenders and
their Supplemental Term B Loan Commitments and the Supplemental Canadian Dollar
Term B Lenders and their Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Loan
Commitments).
(ii) On
and
after the Restatement Date, each reference in the Restated Credit Agreement
to
"this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof", "herein" or words of like import
referring to the Existing Credit Agreement and each reference in the other
Loan
Documents to the "Credit Agreement", "thereunder", "thereof" or words of like
import referring to the Existing Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference
to, from and after the replacement of the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement
by the terms of the Restated Credit Agreement, the Restated Credit Agreement.
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B. No
Novation.
Neither
this Amendment nor the effectiveness of the Restated Credit Agreement shall
extinguish the obligations for the payment of money outstanding under the
Existing Credit Agreement or discharge or release the Lien or priority of any
Loan Document or any other security therefor or any guaranty thereof. Nothing
herein contained shall be construed as a substitution or novation of the
Obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement or instruments
guaranteeing or securing the same, which shall remain in full force and effect,
except as modified hereby or by instruments executed concurrently herewith.
Nothing expressed or implied in this Amendment, the Restated Credit Agreement
or
any other document contemplated hereby or thereby shall be construed as a
release or other discharge of Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement
or
Borrower or any other Loan Party under any other Loan Document (as defined
in
the Existing Credit Agreement) from any of its obligations and liabilities
thereunder. The Existing Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents
(as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) shall remain in full force and
effect, until and except as modified hereby or thereby in connection herewith
or
therewith. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes
of
the Existing Credit Agreement and the Restated Credit Agreement.
C. Fees
and Expenses.
Borrower acknowledges that all costs, fees and expenses as described in
subsection 10.2 of the Restated Credit Agreement incurred by Administrative
Agent or its counsel (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees,
expenses and disbursements of Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel to
Administrative Agent) with respect to this Amendment, the Restated Credit
Agreement and the documents and transactions contemplated hereby shall be for
the account of Borrower.
D. Headings.
Section
and subsection headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience
of
reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other
purpose or be given any substantive effect.
E. Applicable
Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH,
THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION SECTION
5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK), WITHOUT REGARD
TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF ANOTHER
LAW.
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F. Counterparts;
Effectiveness.
This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute
but one and the same instrument; signature pages may be detached from multiple
separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signature
pages are physically attached to the same document. This Amendment shall become
effective on the date (the "Restatement
Date")
when
counterparts hereof signed by (i) Borrower, (ii) Administrative Agent, (iii)
each Credit Support Party, (iv) each Lender holding a Term B Loan under the
Existing Credit Agreement (after giving effect to any prior or concurrent
assignment, whether pursuant to the mandatory assignment provisions set forth
in
subsection 2.9 of the Existing Credit Agreement or otherwise), (v) each
Lender with Synthetic Letter of Credit Exposure under the Existing Credit
Agreement (after giving effect to any prior or concurrent assignment, whether
pursuant to the mandatory assignment provisions set forth in subsection 2.9
of
the Existing Credit Agreement or otherwise), (vi) each Supplemental Term B
Lender, (vii) each Supplemental Canadian Dollar Term B Lender, (viii) the
Requisite Class Lenders in respect of Revolving Loan Exposure (each as defined
in the Existing Credit Agreement), (ix) the Requisite Class Lenders in respect
of LC Facility Exposure (each as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)
and
(x) the Requisite Lenders (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement), shall
have been delivered to Cravath, Swaine & Xxxxx LLP, counsel to
Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, delivery via facsimile
or
electronic mail in accordance with the Restated Credit Agreement).
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered
by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written
above.
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ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT:
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
(formerly
known as Credit Suisse First Boston, acting through its Cayman
Islands
Branch), individually and as Administrative
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