EXECUTION VERSION
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THIRD
AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT among as
Borrower, as Credit Parties, THE LENDERS SIGNATORY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME, as Lenders, and GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, |
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1. | AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT | 2 | |||||
1.1 | Credit Facilities | 2 | |||||
1.2 | Letters of Credit | 5 | |||||
1.3 | Prepayments | 5 | |||||
1.4 | Use of Proceeds | 8 | |||||
1.5 | Interest and Applicable Margins | 8 | |||||
1.6 | Eligible Accounts | 10 | |||||
1.7 | Eligible Pending Accounts Receivable and Fixed Contract Accounts Receivable | 13 | |||||
1.8 | Cash Management Systems | 13 | |||||
1.9 | Fees | 13 | |||||
1.10 | Receipt of Payments | 14 | |||||
1.11 | Application and Allocation of Payments | 14 | |||||
1.12 | Loan Account and Accounting | 15 | |||||
1.13 | Indemnity | 15 | |||||
1.14 | Access | 16 | |||||
1.15 | Taxes | 17 | |||||
1.16 | Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality | 17 | |||||
1.17 | Single Loan | 19 | |||||
2. | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 19 | |||||
2.1 | Conditions to the Initial Loans | 19 | |||||
2.2 | Further Conditions to Each Loan | 20 | |||||
3. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 21 | |||||
3.1 | Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law | 21 | |||||
3.2 | Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN | 21 | |||||
3.3 | Corporate Power, Authorization, Enforceable Obligations | 21 | |||||
3.4 | Financial Statements and Projections | 22 | |||||
3.5 | Material Adverse Effect | 22 | |||||
3.6 | Ownership of Property; Liens | 23 | |||||
3.7 | Labor Matters | 23 |
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3.8 |
Ventures, Subsidiaries and
Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness |
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3.9 | Government Regulation | 24 | |||||
3.10 | Margin Regulations | 24 | |||||
3.11 | Taxes | 24 | |||||
3.12 | ERISA | 25 | |||||
3.13 | No Litigation | 26 | |||||
3.14 | Brokers | 26 | |||||
3.15 | Intellectual Property | 26 | |||||
3.16 | Full Disclosure | 26 | |||||
3.17 | Environmental Matters | 27 | |||||
3.18 | Insurance | 27 | |||||
3.19 | Deposit and Disbursement Accounts | 27 | |||||
3.20 | Government Contracts | 28 | |||||
3.21 | Customer and Trade Relations | 28 | |||||
3.22 | Agreements and Other Documents | 28 | |||||
3.23 | Solvency | 28 | |||||
3.24 | Status of Holdings | 28 | |||||
3.25 | Foreign Assets Control Regulations | 28 | |||||
3.26 | Anti-Terrorism Law | 29 | |||||
3.27 | Second Lien Credit Agreement | 29 | |||||
4. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION | 30 | |||||
4.1 | Reports and Notices | 30 | |||||
4.2 | Communication with Accountants | 30 | |||||
5. | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 30 | |||||
5.1 | Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business | 30 | |||||
5.2 | Payment of Charges | 30 | |||||
5.3 | Books and Records | 31 | |||||
5.4 | Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral | 31 | |||||
5.5 | Compliance with Laws | 33 | |||||
5.6 | Supplemental Disclosure | 33 |
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7.2 | Survival of Obligations Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements | 41 | |||||
8. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES | 41 | |||||
8.1 | Events of Default | 41 | |||||
8.2 | Remedies | 43 | |||||
8.3 | Waivers by Credit Parties | 44 | |||||
9. | ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT | 44 | |||||
9.1 | Assignment and Participations | 44 | |||||
9.2 | Appointment of Agent | 47 | |||||
9.3 | Agent’s Reliance, Etc | 48 | |||||
9.4 | GE Capital and Affiliates | 48 | |||||
9.5 | Lender Credit Decision | 48 | |||||
9.6 | Indemnification | 49 | |||||
9.7 | Successor Agent | 49 | |||||
9.8 | Setoff and Sharing of Payments | 50 | |||||
9.9 | Advances;
Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert |
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10. | SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS | 52 | |||||
10.1 | Successors and Assigns | 52 | |||||
11. | MISCELLANEOUS | 53 | |||||
11.1 | Effect of
Amendment and Restatement; Affirmation of Existing Loan Documents |
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11.2 | Amendments and Waivers | 54 | |||||
11.3 | Fees and Expenses | 56 | |||||
11.4 | No Waiver | 57 | |||||
11.5 | Remedies | 57 | |||||
11.6 | Severability | 57 | |||||
11.7 | Conflict of Terms | 57 | |||||
11.8 | Confidentiality | 58 | |||||
11.9 | GOVERNING LAW | 58 | |||||
11.10 | Notices | 59 | |||||
11.11 | Section Titles | 59 |
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11.12 | Counterparts | 59 | |||||
11.13 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 59 | |||||
11.14 | Press Releases and Related Matters | 60 | |||||
11.15 | Reinstatement | 60 | |||||
11.16 | Advice of Counsel | 60 | |||||
11.17 | No Strict Construction | 60 |
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INDEX OF APPENDICES |
Annex A (Recitals) | - | Definitions | |||
Annex B (Section 1.2) | - | Letters of Credit | |||
Annex C (Section 1.8) | - | Cash Management System | |||
Annex D (Section 2.1 (a)) | - | Closing Checklist | |||
Annex E (Section 4.1 (a)) | - | Financial Statements and Projections - Reporting | |||
Annex F (Section 4.1 (b)) | - | Collateral Reports | |||
Annex G (Section 6.10) | - | Financial Covenants | |||
Annex H (Section 9.9(a)) | - | Lenders’ Wire Transfer Information | |||
Annex I (Section 11.10) | - | Notice Addresses | |||
Annex J (from Annex A-Commitments definition) | - | Commitments as of Closing Date | |||
Exhibit 1.1 (a)(i) | - | Form of Notice of Revolving Credit Advance | |||
Exhibit 1.1 (a)(ii) | - | Form of Revolving Note | |||
Exhibit 1.1 (c)(ii) | - | Form of Swing Line Note | |||
Exhibit 1.5(e) | - | Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation | |||
Exhibit 4. 1(b) | - | Form of Borrowing Base Certificate | |||
Exhibit 9.1 (a) | - | Form of Assignment Agreement | |||
Exhibit B-1 - Appl | - | Application for Standby Letter of Credit | |||
Schedule 1.1 | - | Agent’s Representatives | |||
Disclosure Schedule 1.4 | - | Sources and Uses; Funds Flow Memorandum | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.1 | - | Type of Entity; State of Organization | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.2 | - | Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.4(A) | - | Financial Statements | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.4(B) | - | Pro Forma | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.6 | - | Real Estate and Leases | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.7 | - | Labor Matters | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.8 | - | Ventures,
Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock |
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Disclosure Schedule 3.11 | - | Tax Matters | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.12 | - | ERISA Plans | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.13 | - | Litigation | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.14 | - | Brokers | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.15 | - | Intellectual Property | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.17 | - | Hazardous Materials | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.18 | - | Insurance | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.19 | - | Deposit and Disbursement Accounts | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.20 | - | Government Contracts | |||
Disclosure Schedule 3.22 | - | Material Agreements | |||
Disclosure Schedule 5.1 | - | Trade Names | |||
Disclosure Schedule 6.3 | - | Indebtedness | |||
Disclosure Schedule 6.4 | - | Stock Option Plans | |||
Disclosure Schedule 6.7 | - | Existing Liens | |||
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This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 29, 2007 among Xxxxxx Service Group, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“Borrower”); the other Credit Parties signatory hereto; GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (in its individual capacity, “GE Capital”), for itself, as Lender, and as Agent for Lenders, and the other Lenders signatory hereto from time to time. RECITALS |
WHEREAS, Borrower and GE Capital are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2001 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); |
WHEREAS, Borrower is currently obligated to GE Capital in respect of and pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement (the “Existing Obligations”); |
WHEREAS, Borrower, Agent and Lenders wish to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety upon the terms and conditions set forth herein; |
WHEREAS, Xxxxxx International, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Holdings”) is willing to guarantee all of the obligations of Borrower to Agent and Lenders under the Loan Documents and to pledge to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and grant a security interest in and lien upon all of its existing and after-acquired personal and real property to secure such guaranty; WHEREAS, it is the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation of the Existing Obligations or evidence payment of all or any of such Existing Obligations and that from and after the date hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement be of no further force and effect except as to evidence the incurrence of the “Obligations” thereunder and the representations and warranties made thereunder; WHEREAS, each of Holdings’ Subsidiaries (other than Xxxxxx India, Xxxxxx Foundation, AAC Corp. and Sylvan Insurance Co., Ltd.) is willing to guarantee all of the obligations of Borrower to Agent and Lenders under the Loan Documents and to grant to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, a security interest in and lien upon all of its existing and after-acquired personal and real property to secure such guaranty; and WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Annex A and, for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the rules of construction set forth in Annex A shall govern. All Annexes, Disclosure Schedules, Exhibits and other attachments (collectively, “Appendices”) hereto, or expressly identified to this Agreement, are incorporated herein by reference, and taken together with this Agreement, shall constitute but a single agreement. These Recitals shall be construed as part of the Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree that, effective as of the Closing Date, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: |
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1. | AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT |
1.1 | Credit Facilities. | |
(a) | Revolving Credit Facility. |
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender agrees to make available to Borrower (and continue outstanding a portion of the advances outstanding pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement equal to the amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment) from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date its Pro Rata Share of advances (each, including the restructured portion of the advances outstanding pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement, together with any payments made in respect of any Letter of Credit Obligations which are automatically deemed to be Revolving Credit Advances pursuant to Annex B, a “Revolving Credit Advance”). The Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan of any Revolving Lender shall not at any time exceed its separate Revolving Loan Commitment. The obligations of each Revolving Lender hereunder shall be several and not joint. Until the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower may from time to time borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.1(a); provided, that the amount of any Revolving Credit Advance to be made at any time shall not exceed Borrowing Availability at such time. Borrowing Availability may be further reduced by Reserves imposed by Agent in its reasonable credit judgment. Until the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower may from time to time borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.1 (a). Each Revolving Credit Advance shall be made on notice by Borrower to one of the representatives of Agent identified in Schedule 1.1 at the address specified therein. Any such notice must be given no later than (1) 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day of the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the case of an Index Rate Loan, or (2) 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date which is 3 Business Days prior to the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the case of a LIBOR Loan. Each such notice (a “Notice of Revolving Credit Advance”) must be given in writing (by telecopy or overnight courier) substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(i), and shall include the information required in such Exhibit and such other information as may be required by Agent. If Borrower desires to have the Revolving Credit Advances bear interest by reference to a LIBOR Rate, it must comply with Section 1.5(e). (ii) Except as provided in Section 1.12, Borrower shall execute and deliver to each Revolving Lender a note to evidence the Revolving Loan Commitment of that Revolving Lender. Each note shall be in the principal amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment of the applicable Revolving Lender, dated the Original Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(ii) (each a “Revolving Note” and, collectively, the “Revolving Notes”). Each Revolving Note shall represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment or, if less, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances (including the restructured portion of the advances made pursuant to the terms of the Existing Credit Agreement) to Borrower together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5. The entire unpaid balance of the Revolving Loan and all other non-contingent Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination Date. |
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(iii) Any provision of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, at the request of Borrower, in its discretion Agent may (but shall have absolutely no obligation to), make Revolving Credit Advances to Borrower on behalf of Revolving Lenders in amounts that cause the outstanding balance of the aggregate Revolving Loan to exceed the Borrowing Base (less the Swing Line Loan) (any such excess Revolving Credit Advances are herein referred to collectively as “Overadvances”); provided that (A) no such event or occurrence shall cause or constitute a waiver of Agent’s, the Swing Line Lender’s or Revolving Lenders’ right to refuse to make any further Overadvances, Swing Line Advances or Revolving Credit Advances, or incur any Letter of Credit Obligations, as the case may be, at any time that an Overadvance exists, and (B) no Overadvance shall result in a Default or Event of Default due to Borrower’s failure to comply with Section 1.3(b)(i) for so long as Agent permits such Overadvance to remain outstanding, but solely with respect to the amount of such Overadvance. In addition, Overadvances may be made even if the conditions to lending set forth in Section 2 have not been met. All Overadvances shall constitute Index Rate Loans, shall bear interest at the Default Rate and shall be payable on demand. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1.1 1(b), the authority of Agent to make Overadvances is limited to an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time, shall not cause the Revolving Loan to exceed the Maximum Amount, and may be revoked prospectively by a written notice to Agent signed by Revolving Lenders holding more than 50% of the Revolving Loan Commitments. |
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(c) Swing Line Facility. |
(i) Agent shall notify the Swing Line Lender upon Agent’s receipt of any Notice of Revolving Credit Advance. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender may, in its discretion, make available from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date advances (each, a “Swing Line Advance”) in accordance with any such notice. The provisions of this Section 1.1 (c) shall not relieve Revolving Lenders of their obligations to make Revolving Credit Advances under Section 1.1 (a); provided that if the Swing Line Lender makes a Swing Line Advance pursuant to any such notice, such Swing Line Advance shall be in lieu of any Revolving Credit Advance that otherwise may be made by Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to such notice. The aggregate amount of Swing Line Advances outstanding shall not exceed at any time the lesser of (A) the Swing Line Commitment and (B) the lesser of the Maximum Amount and (except for Overadvances) the Borrowing Base, in each case, less the outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan at such time (“Swing Line Availability”). Until the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower may from time to time borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.1(c). Each Swing Line Advance shall be made pursuant to a Notice of Revolving Credit advance delivered by Borrower to Agent in accordance with Section 1.1 (a). Any such notice must be given no later than 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day of the proposed Swing Line Advance. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received at least one Business Day’s prior written notice from Requisite Revolving Lenders instructing it not to make a Swing Line Advance, the Swing Line Lender shall, notwithstanding the failure of any condition precedent set forth in Sections 2.2, be entitled to fund that Swing Line Advance, and to have such Revolving Lender make Revolving Credit Advances in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(iii) or purchase participating interests in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(iv). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the Swing |
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Line Loan shall constitute an Index Rate Loan. Borrower shall repay the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loan upon demand therefor by Agent. |
(ii) Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Swing Line Lender a promissory note to evidence the Swing Line Commitment. Such note shall be in the principal amount of the Swing Line Commitment of the Swing Line Lender, dated the Original Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(c)(ii) (the “Swing Line Note”). The Swing Line Note shall represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of the Swing Line Commitment or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Line Advances made to Borrower together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5. The entire unpaid balance of the Swing Line Loan and all other noncontingent Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination Date if not sooner paid in full. |
(iii) The Swing Line Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion may on behalf of Borrower (and Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so act on its behalf) request each Revolving Lender (including the Swing Line Lender) to make a Revolving Credit Advance to Borrower (which shall be an Index Rate Loan) in an amount equal to that Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the principal amount of the Swing Line Loan (the “Refunded Swing Line Loan”) outstanding on the date such notice is given. Unless any of th e events described in Sections 8.1(h) or 8.1(i) has occurred (in which event the procedures of Section 1.1 (c)(iv) shall apply) and regardless of whether the conditions precedent set forth in this Agreement to the making of a Revolving Credit Advance are then satisfied, each Revolving Lender shall disburse directly to Agent, its Pro Rata Share of a Revolving Credit Advance on behalf of the Swing Line Lender, prior to 3:00 p.m. (New York time), in immediately available funds on the Business Day next succeeding the date that notice is given. The proceeds of those Revolving Credit Advances shall be immediately paid to the Swing Line Lender and applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loan. |
(iv) If, prior to refunding a Swing Line Loan with a Revolving Credit Advance pursuant to Section 1.1(c)(iii), one of the events described in Sections 8.1(h) or 8.1(i) has occurred, then, subject to the provisions of Section 1. 1(c)(v) below, each Revolving Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Credit Advance was to have been made for the benefit of Borrower, purchase from the Swing Line Lender an undivided participation interest in the Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line Loan. Upon request, each Revolving Lender shall promptly transfer to the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation interest. |
(v) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Advances in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(iii) and to purchase participation interests in accordance with Section 1.1(c)(iv) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of any Default or Event of Default; (C) any inability of Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to borrowing set forth in this Agreement at any time or (D) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If any Revolving Lender does not make available |
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1.3 Prepayments. |
(a) Voluntary Prepayments. Borrower may at any time on at least 5 days’ prior written notice to Agent permanently reduce (but not terminate) the Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that (A) any such prepayments of the Revolving Loans and shall be in a minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $250,000 in excess of such amount, (B) the Revolving Loan Commitment shall not be reduced to an amount less than the amount of the Revolving Loan outstanding, and (C) after giving effect to such reductions, Borrower shall comply with Section 1.3(b )(i). In addition, Borrower may at any time on at least 10 days’ prior written notice to Agent terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that upon such termination, all Loans and other Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full and all Letter of Credit Obligations shall be cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied in accordance with Annex B. Any voluntary prepayment and any reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment must be accompanied by the payment of any LIBOR funding breakage costs in accordance with Section 1.13(b). Upon any such reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment, Borrower’s right to request Revolving Credit Advances, or request that Letter of Credit Obligations be incurred on its behalf, or request Swing Line Advances, shall simultaneously be permanently reduced or terminated, as the case may be; provided that a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment shall require a corresponding pro rata reduction in the L/C Sublimit. Each notice of partia l prepayment shall designate the Loan or other Obligations to which such prepayment is to be applied. |
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. |
(i) If at any time the outstanding balances of the Revolving Loan and the Swing Line Loan exceed the lesser of (A) the Maximum Amount and (B) the Borrowing Base, Borrower shall immediately repay the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Advances to the extent required to eliminate such excess. If any such excess remains after repayment in full of the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Advances, Borrower shall provide cash |
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collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations in the manner set forth in Annex B to the extent required to eliminate such excess. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Overadvance made pursuant to Section 1.1(a)(iii) shall be repaid only on demand. |
(ii) Immediately upon receipt by any Credit Party of proceeds of any asset disposition (excluding proceeds of asset dispositions permitted by Sections 6.8(a) and 6.8(c)), but including any sale of Stock of any Subsidiary of any Credit Party, and the amount of such proceeds from any single transaction or series of related transactions equals or exceeds $1,000,000, if the daily average Borrowing Availability for the 30-day period preceding such asset disposition exceeds $5,000,000, Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of such proceeds, net of (A) commissions and other reasonable and customary transaction costs, fees and expenses properly attributable to such transaction and payable by Borrower in connection therewith (in each case, paid to non-Affiliates), (B) transfer taxes, (C) amounts payable to holders of senior Liens (to the extent such Liens constitute Permitted Encumbrances hereunder), if any, and (D) an appropriate reserve for income taxes in accordance with GAAP in connection therewith; provided that no amount shall be required to be prepaid pursuant to this clause (ii) to the extent the prepayment of such amount would result in Borrowing Availability for the 30-day period preceding such asset disposition to be less than $5,000,000. Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c). (iii) If Holdings or Borrower issues Stock, no later than the Business Day following the date of receipt of the proceeds thereof, Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to all such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs paid to non-Affiliates in connection therewith. Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no prepayments of the Loans shall be required if the proceeds from Holdings’ or Borrower’s issuance of Stock shall be used for the purposes permitted by Sections 6.3(b)(iii), 6.3(b)(iv), 6.14(f) or 6.14(g).. (iv) Until the Termination Date, Borrower shall prepay the Obligations on the date that is 10 days after the earlier of (A) the date on which Borrower’s annual audited Financial Statements for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year are delivered pursuant to Annex E or (B) the date on which such annual audited Financial Statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Annex E in an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of Excess Cash Flow for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year; provided that, Borrower shall make such payment on such date only to the extent that Borrowing Availability for the 30-day period preceding the end of each first Fiscal Quarter in any year exceeds $4,000,000, with any remaining amount being paid ten (10) days after the end of each fiscal month thereafter to the extent Borrowing Availability for the 30-day period preceding the end of such fiscal month exceeds $4,000,000 until paid in full. To the extent that Borrower does not have sufficient Borrowing Availability to both make the prepayments required by this clause and the prepayments required by Section 1.3(b)(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, Borrower shall split its prepayments seventy-five percent (75%) to the Obligations and twenty-five percent (25%) to the Second Lien Indebtedness. Any prepayments from Excess Cash Flow paid pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c). Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by Borrower’s chief financial officer |
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certifying the manner in which Excess Cash Flow and the resulting prepayment were calculated, which certificate shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. (v) Immediately upon receipt by any Credit Party of proceeds of Indebtedness from Monroe Capital in connection with the Second Lien Credit Agreement, Borrower shall prepay the Loans and outstanding Obligations as follows: first, $14,000,000 of such proceeds shall be used to prepay the entire outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan B (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement); second, $2,000,000 of such proceeds shall be used to prepay the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Advances (which payment shall permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment on a dollar-for-dollar basis leaving a Revolving Loan Commitment of $45,000,000 as of the Closing Date); and third, $3,500,000 of such remaining proceeds shall be used to prepay the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Advances (which payment shall not permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment on a dollar-for-dollar basis) with the remaining $2,000,000 used by Borrower to cash collateralize the Montvale Letter of Credit. (c) Application of Certain Mandatory Prepayments. Any prepayments made by Borrower pursuant to Sections 1.3(b)(ii), (b)(iii), or (b)(iv) above shall be applied as follows: first, to Fees and reimbursable expenses of Agent then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan Documents; second, to interest then due and payable on the Swing Line Loan; third, to the principal balance of the Swing Line Loan until the same has been repaid in full; fourth, to interest then due and payable on the Revolving Credit Advances; fifth, to t he outstanding principal balance of Revolving Credit Advances until the same has been paid in full; and sixth, to any Letter of Credit Obligations, to provide cash collateral therefor in the manner set forth in Annex B, until all such Letter of Credit Obligations have been fully cash collateralized in the manner set forth in Annex B. The Revolving Loan Commitment and the Swing Line Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of all prepayments made by Borrower pursuant to Section 1.3(b)(ii) and Section 1.3(b)(iv). Neither the Revolving Loan Commitment nor the Swing Line Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of any prepayments made by Borrower pursuant to Sections 1.3(b)(iii). (d) Application of Prepayments from Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds. Prepayments from insurance or condemnation proceeds in accordance with Section 5.4(c) and the Mortgage(s), respectively, shall be applied as follows: insurance proceeds from casualties or losses to cash, Inventory or Equipment, Fixtures and Real Estate (other than the Montvale Property) shall be applied first, to the Swing Line Loans and, second, to the Revolving Credit Advances. Neither the Revolving Loan Commitment nor the Swing Line Loan Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of any such prepayments. If the precise amount of insurance or condemnation proceeds allocable to Inventory as compared to Equipment, Fixtures and Real Estate are not otherwise determined, the allocation and application of those proceeds shall be determined by Agent, subject to the approval of Requisite Lenders. (e) No Implied Consent. Nothing in this Section 1.3 shall be construed to constitute Agent’s or any Lender’s consent to any transaction that is not permitted by other provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. |
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1.5 Interest and Applicable Margins. | |
(a) Borrower shall pay interest to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders in accordance with the various Loans being made by each Lender, in arrears on each applicable Interest Payment Date, at the following rates: (i) with respect to Revolving Credit Advances, as determined by Agent, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum or, at the election of Borrower, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin per annum, based on the aggregate Revolving Credit Advances outstanding from time to time; and (ii) with respect to the Swing Line Loan, as determined by Agent, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum. |
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Applicable Revolver Index Margin | 1.5% | ||
Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin | 3.0% | ||
Applicable Commercial Paper Margin | 3.0% |
The Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin shall be adjusted (up or down) prospectively on a quarterly basis as determined by Borrower’s consolidated financial performance, commencing as of the date hereof. Adjustments in the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin will be made only if Borrower’s Tangible Net Worth equals or exceeds $38,000,000.00 and will be determined by reference to the following grids based upon the four Fiscal Quarters then ended: |
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>1.5x, but < 2.0x | 4.7 | Level IV | ||||
>1.3x, but < 1.5x | 4.7 | Level V | ||||
>1.1x, but < 1.3x | 4.7 | Level VI | ||||
>1.0x, but < 1.1x | 4.7 | Level VII | ||||
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If there is a disparity between the financial tests described above, the test resulting in the greater level of Applicable Margins will prevail. |
All adjustments in the Applicable Margins after the first adjustment shall be implemented quarterly on a prospective basis, for each calendar month commencing at least 5 days after the date of delivery to Lenders of the quarterly unaudited or annual audited (as applicable) Financial Statements evidencing the need for an adjustment. Concurrently with the delivery of those Financial Statements, Borrower shall deliver to Agent and Lenders a certificate, signed by its chief financial officer, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the continuance of, or any change in, the Applicable Margins. Failure to timely deliver such Financial Statements shall, in addition to any other remedy provided for in this Agreement, result in an increase in the Applicable Margins to the highest level set forth in the foregoing grid, until the first day of the first calendar month following the delivery of those Financial Statements demonstrating that such an increase is not required. If a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any reduction in the Applicable Margins is to be implemented, that reduction shall be deferred until the first day of the first calendar month following the date on which such Default or Event of Default is waived or cured. |
(b) If any payment on any Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (except as set forth in the definition of LIBOR Period) and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. |
(c) All computations of Fees calculated on a per annum basis and interest shall be made by Agent on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days occurring in the period for which such interest and Fees are payable. The Index Rate is a floating rate determined for each day. Each determination by Agent of an interest rate and Fees hereunder shall be final, binding and conclusive on Borrower, absent manifest error. |
(d) So long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the interest rates applicable to the Loans and the Letter of Credit Fees shall be increased by two percentage points (2%) per annum above the rates of interest or the rate of such Fees otherwise applicable hereunder (“Default Rate”), and all outstanding Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate applicable to such Obligations. Interest and Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate shall accrue from the initial date of such Event of Default until that Event of Default is cured or waived and shall be payable upon demand. |
(e) Subject to the last sentence of this Section 1.5(e) and the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2, Borrower shall have the option to (i) request that any Revolving Credit Advance be made as a LIBOR Loan, (ii) convert at any time all or any part of outstanding Loans (other than the Swing Line Loan) from Index Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans, (iii) convert any LIBOR Loan to an Index Rate Loan, subject to payment of LIBOR breakage |
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costs in accordance with Section 1.13(b) if such conversion is made prior to the expiration of the LIBOR Period applicable thereto, or (iv) continue all or any portion of any Loan (other than the Swing Line Loan) as a LIBOR Loan upon the expiration of the applicable LIBOR Period and the succeeding LIBOR Period of that continued Loan shall commence on the first day after the last day of the LIBOR Period of the Loan to be continued. Any Loan or group of Loans having the same proposed LIBOR Period to be made or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan must be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of such amount. Any such election must be made by 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on the 3rd Business Day prior to (1) the date of any proposed Advance which is to bear interest at the LIBOR Rate, (2) the end of each LIBOR Period with respect to any LIBOR Loans to be continued as such, or (3) the date on which Borrower wishes to convert any Index Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan for a LIBOR Period designated by Borrower in such election. If no election is received with respect to a LIBOR Loan by 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on the 3rd Business Day prior to the end of the LIBOR Period with respect thereto (or if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or the additional conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2 shall not have been satisfied), that LIBOR Loan shall be converted to an Index Rate Loan at the end of its LIBOR Period. Borrower must make such election by notice to Agent in writing, by telecopy or overnight courier. In the case of any conversion or continuation, such election must be made pursuant to a written notice (a “Notice of Conversion/Continuation”) in the form of Exhibit 1.5(e). (f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 1.5, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final order that the rate of interest payable hereunder exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under law (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable hereunder shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided, however, that if at any time thereafter the rate of interest payable hereunder is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, Borrower shall continue to pay interest hereunder at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received by Agent, on behalf of Lenders, is equal to the total interest that would have been received had the interest rate payable hereunder been (but for the operation of this paragraph) the interest rate payable since the Original Closing Date as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Thereafter, interest hereunder shall be paid at the rate(s) of interest and in the manner provided in Sections 1.5(a) through (e), unless and until the rate of interest again exceeds the Maximum Lawful Rate, and at that time this paragraph shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender pursuant to the terms hereof exceed the amount that such Lender could lawfully have received had the interest due hereunder been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate. If the Maximum Lawful Rate is calculated pursuant to this paragraph, such interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such calculation is made. If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1.5(f), a court of competent jurisdiction shall finally determine that a Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, Agent shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, promptly apply such excess in the order specified in Section 1.11 and thereafter shall refund any excess to Borrower or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise order. |
1.6 Eligible Accounts. All of the Accounts owned by Borrower and reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrower to Agent shall be “Eligible |
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Accounts” for purposes of this Agreement, except any Account to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies. Agent shall have the right to establish, modify or eliminate Reserves against Eligible Accounts from time to time in its reasonable credit judgment. In addition, Agent reserves the right, at any time and from time to time after the Original Closing Date, to adjust any of the criteria set forth below, to establish new criteria and to adjust advance rates with respect to Eligible Accounts and/or Eligible Pending Accounts Receivable and Fixed Contract Accounts Receivable, in its reasonable credit judgment, subject to the approval of Supermajority Revolving Lenders in the case of adjustments, new criteria, changes in advance rates or the elimination of Reserves which have the effect of making more credit available. Eligible Accounts shall not include any Account of Borrower: (a) that does not arise from the sale of goods or the performance of services by Borrower in the ordinary course of its business; (b) (i) upon which Borrower’s right to receive payment is not absolute or is contingent upon the fulfillment of any condition whatsoever or (ii) as to which Borrower is not able to bring suit or otherwise enforce its remedies against the Account Debtor through judicial process, or (iii) if the Account represents a progress billing consisting of an invoice for goods sold or used or services rendered pursuant to a contract under which the Account Debtor’s obligation to pay that invoice is subject to Borrower’s completion of further performance under such contract or is subject to the equitable lien of a surety bond issuer; (c) to the extent that any defense, counterclaim, setoff or dispute is asserted as to such Account; (d) that is not a true and correct statement of bona fide indebtedness incurred in the amount of the Account for merchandise sold to or services rendered and accepted by the applicable Account Debtor; (e) with respect to which an invoice, reasonably acceptable to Agent in form and substance, has not been sent to the applicable Account Debtor; (f) that (i) is not owned by Borrower or (ii) is subject to any right, claim, security interest or other interest of any other Person, other than Liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders; (g) that arises from a sale to any director, officer, other employee or Affiliate of any Credit Party, or to any entity that has any common officer or director with any Credit Party; (h) that is the obligation of an Account Debtor that is the United States government or a political subdivision thereof, or any state, county or municipality or department, agency or instrumentality thereof unless Agent, in its sole discretion, has agreed to the contrary in writing and Borrower, if necessary or desirable, has complied with respect to such obligation with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, or any applicable state, county or municipal law restricting the assignment thereof with respect to such obligation; it being understood that the University of California shall be an eligible Account Debtor notwithstanding this clause (h); |
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(i) that is the obligation of an Account Debtor located in a foreign country; |
(j) to the extent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof is liable for goods sold or services rendered by the applicable Account Debtor to Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof but only to the extent of the potential offset; |
(k) that arises with respect to goods that are delivered on a xxxx-and-hold, cash-on-delivery basis or placed on consignment, guaranteed sale or other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor is or may be conditional; |
(l) that is in default; provided, that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, an Account shall be deemed in default upon the occurrence of any of the following: |
(i) the Account is not paid within the earlier of: 60 days following its due date except for Extended Accounts for which such time period shall be one hundred twenty (120) days from the date set forth on the original invoice (the amount of any such Accounts excluded shall be the gross amount before the application of any credits); |
(ii) the Account Debtor obligated upon such Account suspends business, makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or fails to pay its debts generally as they come due; or |
(iii) a petition is filed by or against any Account Debtor obligated upon such Account under any bankruptcy law or any other federal, state or foreign (including any provincial) receivership, insolvency relief or other law or laws for the relief of debtors; |
(m) that is the obligation of an Account Debtor if 50% or more of the Dollar amount of all Accounts owing by that Account Debtor are ineligible under the other criteria set forth in this Section 1.6; |
(n) as to which Agent’s Lien thereon, on behalf of itself and Lenders, is not a first priority perfected Lien; |
(o) as to which any of the representations or warranties in the Loan Documents are untrue; |
(p) to the extent such Account is evidenced by a judgment, Instrument or Chattel Paper; |
(q) to the extent such Account exceeds any credit limit established by Agent, in its reasonable credit judgment; |
(r) to the extent that such Account, together with all other Accounts owing to such Account Debtor and its Affiliates as of any date of determination exceed 10% of all Eligible Accounts; |
(s) that is payable in any currency other than Dollars; |
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(t) that is an undue credit risk or is otherwise unacceptable to Agent in its reasonable credit judgment; |
(u) that does not reflect all credits for the particular Account Debtor as shown on the schedule setting forth the aging submitted by the Borrower as required in the Agreement. |
(v) that arises from a sale to an Account Debtor which is an inventory or trade supplier of the Borrower; |
(w) to which an Account Debtor has objected to the quality or quantity of goods or services of the Borrower sold, or shall have rejected, returned, or refused to accept such goods or services; or |
(x) that is an Account which contravenes, or arises from a sale which contravenes, any requirement of law applicable thereto. |
(y) that does not reflect all credits for the particular Account Debtor as shown on the schedule setting forth the aging submitted by the Borrower as required in this Agreement. |
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1.11 Application and Allocation of Payments. |
(a) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (i) payments consisting of proceeds of Accounts received in the ordinary course of business shall be applied, first, to the Swing Line Loan and, second, to the Revolving Loan; (ii) payments matching specific scheduled payments then due shall be applied to those scheduled payments; (iii) voluntary prepayments shall be applied as determined by Borrower, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3(a); and (iv) mandatory prepayments shall be applied as set forth in Sections 1.3(c) and 1.3(d). All payments and prepayments applied to a particular Loan shall be applied ratably to the portion thereof held by each Lender as determined by its Pro Rata Share. As to any other payment, and as to all payments made when a Default or Event or Default has occurred and is continuing or following the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments received from or on behalf of Borrower, and Borrower hereby irrevocably agrees that Agent shall have the continuing exclusive right to apply any and all such payments against the Obligations as Agent may deem advisable notwithstanding any previous entry by Agent in the Loan Account or any other books and records. In the absence of a specific determination by Agent with respect thereto, payments shall be applied to amounts then due and payable in the following order: (1) to Fees and Agent’s expenses reimbursable hereunder; (2) to interest on the Swing Line Loan; (3) to principal payments on the Swing Line Loan; (4) to interest on the other Loans, ratably in proportion to the interest accrued as to each Loan; (5) to principal payments on the other Loans and to provide cash collateral for Letter of Credit Obligations in the manner described in Annex B, ratably to the aggregate, combined principal balance of the other Loans and outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations; and (6) to all other Obligations including expenses of Lenders to the extent reimbursable under Section 11.3; provided, however, that mandatory prepayments as described in Section 1.3(b)(v) shall be applied in the manner set forth therein. (b) Agent is authorized to, and at its sole election may, charge to the Revolving Loan balance on behalf of Borrower and cause to be paid all Fees, expenses, Charges, |
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costs (including insurance premiums in accordance with Section 5.4(a)) and interest and principal, other than principal of the Revolving Loan, owing by Borrower under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents if and to the extent Borrower fails to pay promptly any such amounts as and when due, even if the amount of such charges would exceed Borrowing Availability at such time. At Agent’s option and to the extent permitted by law, any charges so made shall constitute part of the Revolving Loan hereunder. |
1.13 Indemnity. |
(a) Each Credit Party that is a signatory hereto shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each of Agent, Lenders and their respective Affiliates, and each such Person’s respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives (each, an “Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all suits, actions, proceedings, claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other costs of investigation or defense, including those incurred upon any appeal) that may be instituted or asserted against or incurred by any such Indemnified Person as the result of credit having been extended, suspended or terminated under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the administration of such credit, and in connection with or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder and any actions or failures to act in connection therewith, including any and all Environmental Liabilities and legal costs and expenses arising out of or incurred in connection with disputes between or among any parties to any of the Loan Documents (collectively, “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided, that no such Credit Party shall be liable for any indemnification to an Indemnified Person to the extent that any such suit, action, proceeding, claim, damage, loss, liability or expense results from that Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. NO INDEMNIFIED PERSON SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OF |
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SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR AS A RESULT OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER. |
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Agent may reasonably request. Each Credit Party shall deliver any document or instrument necessary for Agent, as it may from time to time request, to obtain records from any service bureau or other Person that maintains records for such Credit Party, and shall maintain duplicate records or supporting documentation on media, including computer tapes and discs owned by such Credit Party. Agent will give Lenders at least 5 days’ prior written notice of regularly scheduled audits. Representatives of other Lenders may accompany Agent’s representatives on regularly scheduled audits at no charge to Borrower. |
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other Governmental Authority increases or would have the effect of increasing the amount of capital, reserves or other funds required to be maintained by such Lender and thereby reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder, then Borrower shall from time to time upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent) pay to Agent, for the account of such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction. A certificate as to the amount of that reduction and showing the basis of the computation thereof submitted by such Lender to Borrower and to Agent shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes. Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances referred to above which would result in any such compensation to such Lender for such reduction, the affected Lender shall, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender’s internal policies of general application, use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize compensation payable to it by Borrower pursuant to this Section 1.16(a). (b) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation thereof) or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), in each case adopted after the Original Closing Date, there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan, then Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent), pay to Agent for the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensatesuch Lender for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to Borrower and to Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower for all purposes, absent manifest error. Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances referred to above which would result in any such increased cost, the affected Lender shall, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender’s internal policies of general application, use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize costs and expenses incurred by it and payable to it by Borrower pursuant to this Section 1.16(b). (c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation thereof) shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain any LIBOR Loan, then, unless that Lender is able to make or to continue to fund or to maintain such LIBOR Loan at another branch or office of that Lender without, in that Lender’s opinion, adversely affecting it or its Loans or the income obtained therefrom, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to Borrower through Agent, (i) the obligation of such Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain LIBOR Loans shall terminate and (ii) Borrower shall forthwith prepay in full all outstanding LIBOR Loans owing to such Lender, together with interest accrued thereon, unless Borrower, within 5 Business Days after the delivery of such notice and demand, converts all LIBOR Loans into Index Rate Loans. (d) Within 15 days after receipt by Borrower of written notice and demand from any Lender (an “Affected Lender”) for payment of additional amounts or increased costs as provided in Sections 1.15(a), 1.16(a) or 1.16(b), Borrower may, at its option, notify Agent and such Affected Lender of its intention to replace the Affected Lender. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower, with the consent of Agent, may |
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obtain, at Borrower’s expense, a replacement Lender (“Replacement Lender”) for the Affected Lender, which Replacement Lender must be reasonably satisfactory to Agent. If Borrower obtains a Replacement Lender within 90 days following notice of its intention to do so, the Affected Lender must sell and assign its Loans and Commitments to such Replacement Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by the Affected Lender and all accrued interest and Fees with respect thereto through the date of such sale; provided, that Borrower shall have reimbursed such Affected Lender for the additional amounts or increased costs that it is entitled to receive under this Agreement through the date of such sale and assignment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not have the right to obtain a Replacement Lender if the Affected Lender rescinds its demand for increased costs or additional amounts within 15 days following its receipt of Borrower’s notice of intention to replace such Affected Lender. Furthermore, if Borrower gives a notice of intention to replace and does not so replace such Affected Lender within 90 days thereafter, Borrower’s rights under this Section 1.16(d) shall terminate and Borrower shall promptly pay all increased costs or additional amounts demanded by such Affected Lender pursuant to Sections 1.15(a), 1.16(a) and 1.16(b). |
(a) Credit Agreement; Loan Documents. The Existing Credit Agreement or counterparts thereof shall have been duly executed by, and delivered to, Borrower, each other Credit Party, Agent and Lenders; and Agent shall have received such documents, instruments, agreements and legal opinions as Agent shall have reasonably requested in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including all those listed in the Closing Checklist attached hereto as Annex D, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. (b) Approvals. Agent shall have received (i) satisfactory evidence that the Credit Parties have obtained all required consents and approvals of all Persons including all requisite Governmental Authorities, to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (ii) an officer’s certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent affirming that no such consents or approvals are required. (c) Opening Availability. The Eligible Accounts and Eligible Pending Accounts Receivable and Fixed Contract Accounts Receivable supporting the initial Revolving Credit Advance and the initial Letter of Credit Obligations incurred and the amount of the Reserves to be established on the Original Closing Date shall be sufficient in value, as determined by Agent, to provide Borrower with Borrowing Availability, after giving effect to the initial Revolving Credit Advance, the incurrence of any initial Letter of Credit Obligations (on a |
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pro forma basis, with trade payables being paid currently, and expenses and liabilities being paid in the ordinary course of business and without acceleration of sales) of at least $5,000,000. |
(d) Payment of Fees. Borrower shall have paid the Fees required to be paid on the Original Closing Date in the respective amounts specified in Section 1.9 (including the Fees specified in the GE Capital Fee Letter), and shall have reimbursed Agent for all fees, costs and expenses of closing presented as of the Original Closing Date. (e) Capital Structure: Other Indebtedness. The capital structure of each Credit Party and the terms and conditions of all Indebtedness of each Credit Party shall be acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion. (f) Due Diligence. Agent shall have completed its business and legal due diligence, including a roll forward of its previous Collateral audit with results reasonably satisfactory to Agent. |
(a) any representation or warranty by any Credit Party contained herein or in any other Loan Document is untrue or incorrect as of such date, except to the extent that such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date and except for changes therein expressly permitted or expressly contemplated by this Agreement, and Agent or Requisite Revolving Lenders have determined not to make such Advance, convert or continue any Loan as LIBOR Loan or incur such Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of the fact that such warranty or representation is untrue or incorrect; (b) any event or circumstance having a Material Adverse Effect has occurred since the date hereof as determined by the Requisite Revolving Lenders, and Agent or Requisite Revolving Lenders have determined not to make such Advance or incur such Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of the fact that such event or circumstance has occurred; (c) (i) any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation), and Agent or Requisite Revolving Lenders shall have determined not to make any Advance or incur any Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of that Default or Event of Default; or (d) after giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations), the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loan would exceed the lesser of the Borrowing Base and the Maximum Amount, in each case, less the then outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loan. The request and acceptance by Borrower of the proceeds of any Advance, the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations shall be deemed to constitute, as of the date thereof, (i) a representation and warranty by Borrower that the conditions in this Section 2.2 have been |
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(ii) The unaudited balance sheet at June 30, 2007 and the related statement of income and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Quarter then ended. |
(b) Pro Forma. The Pro Forma delivered on the date hereof and attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule 3.4(b) was prepared by Borrower giving pro forma effect to the Related Transactions, was based on the unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated June 30, 2007, and was prepared in accordance with GAAP, with only such adjustments thereto as would be required in accordance with GAAP. |
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expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Between December 31, 2006 and the Closing Date no event has occurred, that alone or together with other events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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amounts being contested in accordance with Section 5.2(b). Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by each Credit Party from its respective employees for all periods in full and complete compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities. Disclosure Schedule 3.11 sets forth as of the Closing Date those taxable years for which any Credit Party’s tax returns are currently being audited by the IRS or any other applicable Governmental Authority and any assessments or threatened assessments in connection with such audit, or otherwise currently outstanding. Except as described in Disclosure Schedule 3.11, no Credit Party has executed or filed with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority any agreement or other document extending, or having the effect of extending, the period for assessment or collection of any Charges. None of the Credit Parties and their respective predecessors are liable for any Charges: (a) under any agreement (including any tax sharing agreements) or (b) to each Credit Party’s knowledge, as a transferee. As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has agreed or been requested to make any adjustment under IRC Section 481 (a), by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect. |
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pursuant to the Collateral Documents will at all times be fully perfected first priority Liens in and to the Collateral described therein, subject, as to priority, only to Permitted Encumbrances. |
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the name, address and telephone number of each depository, the name in which the account is held, a description of the purpose of the account, and the complete account number therefor. |
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the Loans, by reason of being a “national” of a “designated foreign country” or a “specially designated national” within the meaning of the Regulations of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V), or for any other reason, in violation of, any United States Federal statute or Presidential Executive Order concerning trade or other relations with any foreign country or any citizen or national thereof or the ownership or operation of any property. |
(i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order; |
(ii) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order; |
(iii) a Person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law; or |
(iv) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order. |
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4. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION |
5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
Each Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees as to all Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof and until the Termination Date: |
(a) Subject to Section 5.2(b), each Credit Party shall pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged promptly all Charges payable by it, including (i) Charges imposed upon it, its income and profits, or any of its property (real, personal or mixed) and all Charges with respect to tax, social security and unemployment withholding with respect to its employees, (ii) lawful claims for labor, materials, supplies and services or otherwise, and (iii) all storage or rental charges payable to warehousemen and bailees, in each case, before any thereof shall become past due. (b) Each Credit Party may in good faith contest, by appropriate proceedings, the validity or amount of any Charges, Taxes or claims described in Section 5.2(a); provided, |
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(c) Each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, endorsements to (i) all “All Risk” and business interruption insurance naming Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, as loss payee, and (ii) all general liability and other liability policies naming Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, as additional insured. Each Credit Party irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Agent), so long as any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or the anticipated insurance proceeds exceed $500,000, as each Credit Party’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of making, settling and adjusting claims under such “All Risk” policies of insurance, endorsing the name of each Credit Party on any check or other item of payment for the proceeds of such “All Risk” policies of insurance other than such claims related to the Montvale Property and for making all determinations and decisions with respect to such “All Risk” policies of insurance other than with respect to the Montvale Property. Agent shall have no duty to exercise any rights or powers granted to it pursuant to the foregoing power-of-attorney. Borrower shall promptly notify Agent of any loss, damage, or destruction to the Collateral in the amount of $250,000 or more, whether or not covered by insurance. After deducting from such proceeds the expenses, if any, incurred by Agent in the collection or handling thereof, Agent may, at its option, apply such proceeds, other than with respect to the Montvale Property, to the reduction of the Obligations in accordance with Section 1.3(d), provided that in the case of insurance proceeds pertaining to any Credit Party other than Borrower and other than with respect to the Montvale Property, such insurance proceeds shall be applied to the Loans owing by Borrower, or permit or require each Credit Party to use such money, or any part thereof, to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral in a diligent and expeditious manner with materials and workmanship of substantially the same quality as existed before the loss, damage or destruction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the casualty giving rise to such insurance proceeds could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such insurance proceeds do not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate, Agent shall permit the applicable Credit Party to replace, restore, repair or rebuild the property; provided that if such Credit Party has not completed or entered into binding agreements to complete such replacement, restoration, repair or rebuilding within 180 days of such casualty, Agent may apply such insurance proceeds to the Obligations in accordance with Section 1.3(d); provided further that in the case of insurance proceeds pertaining to any Credit Party other than Borrower, such insurance proceeds shall be applied to the Loans owing by Borrower. All insurance proceeds that are to be made available to Borrower to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral shall be applied by Agent to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan (which application shall not result in a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment) and upon such application, Agent shall establish a Reserve against the Borrowing Base in an amount equal to the amount of such proceeds so applied. All insurance proceeds made available to any Credit Party that is not a Borrower to replace, repair, restore or rebuild Collateral shall be deposited in a cash collateral account. Thereafter, such funds shall be made available to such Credit Party to provide funds to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral as follows: (i) Borrower shall request a Revolving Credit Advance be made to such Credit Party in the amount requested to be released; (ii) so long as the conditions set forth in Section 2.2 have been met, Revolving Lenders shall make such Revolving Credit Advance or Agent shall release funds from the cash collateral account; and (iii) in the case of insurance proceeds applied against the Revolving Loan, the Reserve established with respect to such insurance proceeds shall be reduced by the amount of such Revolving Credit Advance. To the |
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6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
Each Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees as to all Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof until the Termination Date: |
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effect to any such proposed intercompany loan; and (D) Borrower shall have Borrowing Availability of not less than $3,000,000 after giving effect to such intercompany loan. |
6.3 Indebtedness. |
(a) No Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except (without duplication) (i) Indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests and Capital Leases permitted in Section 6.7(c), (ii) the Loans and the other Obligations, (iii) unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities to the extent they are permitted to remain unfunded under applicable law, (iv) existing Indebtedness described in Disclosure Schedule 6.3, (v) Indebtedness consisting of intercompany loans and advances made by Borrower to any other Credit Party that is a Guarantor; provided, that: (A) each such Guarantor shall have executed and delivered to Borrower, on the Original Closing Date, a demand note (collectively, the “Intercompany Notes”) to evidence any such intercompany Indebtedness owing at any time by such Guarantor to Borrower, which Intercompany Notes shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and shall be pledged and delivered to Agent pursuant to the applicable Pledge Agreement or Security Agreement as additional collateral security for the Obligations; (B) Borrower shall record all intercompany transactions on its books and records in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (C) at the time any such intercompany loan or advance is made by Borrower and after giving effect thereto, Borrower shall be Solvent; (D) no Default or Event of Default would occur and be continuing after giving effect to any such proposed intercompany loan; (E) in the case of any such intercompany loans made by Borrower, Borrower shall have Borrowing Availability of not less than $3,000,000 after giving effect to such intercompany loan; the aggregate balance of all such intercompany loans owing to Borrower after the Original Closing Date shall not exceed $2,000,000 at any time; and (F) the recipient of any such intercompany loans shall be creditworthy as determined by Agent, (vi) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, the Second Lien Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of the Second Lien Cap (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) at any time outstanding, and (vii) Indebtedness of any Credit Party incurred to finance insurance premiums in a principal amount not in excess of the casualty or other insurance premiums to be paid by any Credit Party for a one-year period beginning on the date of any incurrence of such Indebtedness and secured by the insurance policies being so financed. (b) No Credit Party shall, directly or indirectly, voluntarily purchase, redeem, defease or prepay any principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Indebtedness, other than (i) the Obligations; (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Encumbrance if the asset securing such Indebtedness has been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Section 6.8(b); (iii) prepayments of Second Lien Indebtedness to the extent permitted by the Intercreditor Agreement; (iv) prepayments of the Montvale Property Mortgage Loan with net proceeds from the issuance of the Holdings common Stock or Permitted Preferred Stock; and (v) as otherwise permitted in Section 6.14. |
6.4 Employee Loans and Affiliate Transactions. | |
(a) No Credit Party shall, and no Credit Party shall suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction with any Affiliate of Holdings or of any such |
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contribution, loan, investment, disposition or otherwise) with Xxxxxx Foundation, other than investments permitted pursuant to Section 6.4(b). |
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6.20 Reserved. |
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such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses or similar agreements, as the case may be), no Credit Party shall enter into any agreement prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations. |
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(a) Borrower (i) fails to make any payment of principal of, or interest on, or Fees owing in respect of, the Loans or any of the other Obligations when due and payable, or (ii) fails to pay or reimburse Agent or Lenders for any expense reimbursable hereunder or under any other Loan Document within 10 days following Agent’s demand for such reimbursement or payment of expenses. (b) Any Credit Party fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of Sections 1.4, 1.8, 5.4(a), or 6, or any of the provisions set forth in Annexes C or G, respectively. |
(c) Borrower fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of Section 4 or any provisions set forth in Annexes E or F, respectively, and the same shall remain unremedied for 3 days or more. |
(d) Any Credit Party fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any other provision of this Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents (other than any provision embodied in or covered by any other clause of this Section 8.1) and the same shall remain unremedied for 20 days or more. (e) (i) A “Default” or “Event of Default” (or words having similar meaning) under and as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing; or (ii) a default or breach occurs under any other agreement, document or instrument to which any Credit Party is a party that is not cured within any applicable grace period therefor (other than as provided in the preceding subsection (i)), and such default or breach (a) involves the failure to make any payment when due in respect of any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than due hereunder or under the Second Lien Loan Documents) o f any Credit Party in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate (including (x) undrawn committed or available amounts and (y) amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangements), or (b) causes, or permits any holder of such Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness or a trustee to cause, Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness or a portion thereof in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate to become due prior to its stated maturity or prior to its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or cash collateral to be demanded in respect thereof, in each case, regardless of whether such default is waived, or such right is exercised, by such holder or trustee. (f) Any information contained in any Borrowing Base Certificate is untrue or incorrect in any respect, or any representation or warranty herein or in any Loan Document or in any written statement, report, financial statement or certificate (other than a Borrowing Base Certificate) made or delivered to Agent or any Lender by any Credit Party is untrue or incorrect in any material respect as of the date when made or deemed made. (g) Assets of any Credit Party with a fair market value of $250,000 or more are attached, seized, levied upon or subjected to a writ or distress warrant, or come within the possession of any receiver, trustee, custodian or assignee for the benefit of creditors of any Credit Party and such condition continues for 30 days or more. |
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(h) A case or proceeding is commenced against any Credit Party seeking a decree or order in respect of such Credit Party (i) under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, (ii) appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) for such Credit Party or for any substantial part of any such Credit Party’s assets, or (iii) ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of such Credit Party, and such case or proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for 60 days or more or a decree or order granting the relief sough t in such case or proceeding by a court of competent jurisdiction. |
(i) Any Credit Party (i) files a petition seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, (ii) consents to or fails to contest in a timely and appropriate manner to the institution of proceedings thereunder or to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) for such Credit Party or for any substantial part of any such Credit Party’s assets, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) takes any action in furt herance of any of the foregoing, or (v) admits in writing its inability to, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as such debts become due. |
(j) A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate at any time are outstanding against one or more of the Credit Parties and the same are not, within 30 days after the entry thereof, discharged or execution thereof stayed or bonded pending appeal, or such judgments are not discharged prior to the expiration of any such stay. |
(k) Any material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or any Credit Party shall challenge the enforceability of any Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms), or any Lien created under any Loan Document ceases to be a valid and perfected first priority Lien (except as otherwise permitted herein or therein) in any of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby. |
(l) Any Change of Control occurs. |
(m) Any event occurs, whether or not insured or insurable, as a result of which revenue-producing activities cease or are substantially curtailed at any facility of Borrower generating more than 10% of Borrower’s revenues for the Fiscal Year preceding such event and such cessation or curtailment continues for more than 30 days, unless such revenue-producing activity can be continued elsewhere within such period of time without disruption in the business cycle. |
8.2 Remedies. | |
(a) If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (and at the written request of the Requisite Revolving Lenders shall), without notice, |
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9. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT |
9.1 Assignment and Participations. |
(a) Subject to the terms of this Section 9.1, any Lender may make an assignment to a Qualified Assignee of, or sale of participations in, at any time or times, the Loan Documents, Loans, Letter of Credit Obligations and any Commitment or any portion thereof or interest therein, including any Lender’s rights, title, interests, remedies, powers or duties thereunder. Any assignment by a Lender shall: (i) require the consent of Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed with respect to a Qualified Assignee) and the execution of an assignment agreement (an “Assignment Agreement” substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 9.1 (a) and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and acknowledged by, Agent; (ii) be conditioned on such assignee Lender representing to the |
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assigning Lender and Agent that it is purchasing the applicable Loans to be assigned to it for its own account, for investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution thereof; (iii) after giving effect to any such partial assignment, the assignee Lender shall have Commitments in an amount at least equal to $5,000,000 and the assigning Lender shall have retained Commitments in an amount at least equal to $5,000,000; (iv) include a payment to Agent of an assignment fee of $3,500 and (v) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, require the consent of the Borrower, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, that no consent of Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Person described in clause (a) of the definition of Qualified Assignee. If Borrower declines to consent to an assignee Lender and such nonconsent is reasonable, Borrower shall have the right to procure a replacement Lender f or such proposed assignee Lender within sixty (60) days after Agent’s notice of the proposed assignment, which replacement Lender may be approved or rejected by Agent or any Lender. If such replacement Lender is rejected by Agent or any Lender, Borrower shall accept the original assignee Lender or propose an alternative replacement Lender within 60 days thereafter, which alternative replacement Lender may be approved or rejected by Agent or any Lender. If such alternative replacement Lender is rejected by Agent or any Lender, Agent, in its sole discretion, shall procure a replacement Lender. In the case of an assignment by a Lender under this Section 9.1, the assignee shall have, to the extent of such assignment, the same rights, benefits and obligations as all other Lenders hereunder. The assigning Lender shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments or assigned portion thereof from and after the date of such assignment. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees th at any assignment shall give rise to a direct obligation of Borrower to the assignee and that the assignee shall be considered to be a “Lender”. In all instances, each Lender’s liability to make Loans hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the applicable Commitment. In the event Agent or any Lender assigns or otherwise transfers all or any part of the Obligations, Agent or any such Lender shall so notify Borrower and Borrower shall, upon the request of Agent or such Lender, execute new Notes in exchange for the Notes, if any, being assigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.1 (a), any Lender may at any time pledge the Obligations held by it and such Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to a Federal Reserve Bank, and any lender that is an investment fund may assign the Obligations held by it and such Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Docume nts to another investment fund managed by the same investment advisor or assign or pledge all or any portion of the Loans held by it (and Notes evidencing such Loans) to the trustee under any indenture to which such Lender is a party in support of its obligations to the trustee for the benefit of the applicable trust beneficiaries; provided, that no such pledge to a Federal Reserve Bank shall release such Lender from such Lender’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document. (b) Any participation by a Lender of all or any part of its Commitments shall be made with the understanding that all amounts payable by Borrower hereunder shall be determined as if that Lender had not sold such participation, and that the holder of any such participation shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except actions directly affecting (i) any reduction in the principal amount of, or interest rate or Fees payable with respect to, any Loan in which such holder participates, (ii) any extension of the scheduled amortization of the principal amount of any Loan in which such holder part icipates or the final maturity date thereof, and (iii) any release of all or substantially all of the Collateral (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Collateral |
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Documents or the other Loan Documents). Solely for purposes of Sections 1.13, 1.15, 1.16 and 9.8, Borrower acknowledges and agrees that a participation shall give rise to a direct obligation of Borrower to the participant and the participant shall be considered to be a “Lender”. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence neither Borrower nor any other Credit Party shall have any obligation or duty to any participant. Neither Agent nor any Lender (other than the Lender selling a participation) shall have any duty to any participant and may continue to deal solely with the Lender selling a participation as if no such sale had occurred. (c) Except as expressly provided in this Section 9.1, no Lender shall, as between Borrower and that Lender, or Agent and that Lender, be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation of, or granting of participation in, all or any part of the Loans, the Notes or other Obligations owed to such Lender. (d) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement shall assist any Lender permitted to sell assignments or participations under this Section 9.1 as reasonably required to enable the assigning or selling Lender to effect any such assignment or participation, including the execution and delivery of any and all agreements, notes and other documents and instruments as shall be requested and the preparation of informational materials for, and the participation of management in meetings with, potential assignees or participants. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement shall certify the correctness, completeness and accuracy of all descrip tions of the Credit Parties and their respective affairs contained in any selling materials provided by it and all other information provided by it and included in such materials, except that any Projections delivered by Borrower shall only be certified by Borrower as having been prepared by Borrower in compliance with the representations contained in Section 3.4(c). (e) A Lender may furnish any information concerning Credit Parties in the possession of such Lender from time to time to assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and participants); provided that such Lender shall obtain from assignees or participants confidentiality covenants substantially equivalent to those contained in Section 11.8. (f) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Lender shall assign or sell participations in any portion of its Loans or Commitments to a potential Lender or participant, if, as of the date of the proposed assignment or sale, the assignee Lender or participant would be subject to capital adequacy or similar requirements under Section 1.16(a), increased costs under Section 1.16(b), an inability to fund LIBOR Loans under Section 1.16(c), or withholding taxes in accordance with Section 1.15(a). (g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”), may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “SPC”), identified as such in writing by the Granting Lender to Agent and Borrower, the option to provide to Borrower all or any part of any Loans that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; 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 Grant ing Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. No SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar |
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of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to, and waives any claim based upon, such conflict of interest. |
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9.9 Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert, |
(a) Advances; Payments. |
(i) Revolving Lenders shall refund or participate in the Swing Line Loan in accordance with clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 1.1(c). If the Swing Line Lender declines to make a Swing Line Loan or if Swing Line Availability is zero, Agent shall notify Revolving Lenders, promptly after receipt of a Notice of Revolving Advance and in any event prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date such Notice of Revolving Advance is received, by telecopy, telephone or other similar form of transmission. Each Revolving Lender shall make the a mount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Revolving Credit Advance available to Agent in same day funds by wire transfer to Agent’s account as set forth in Annex H not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the requested funding date, in the case of an Index Rate Loan and not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the requested funding date in the case of a LIBOR Loan. After receipt of such wire transfers (or, in the Agent’s sole discretion, before receipt of such wire transfers), subject to the terms hereof, Agent shall make the requested |
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Revolving Credit Advance to Borrower. All payments by each Revolving Lender shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. |
(ii) On the 2nd Business Day of each calendar week or more frequently at Agent’s election (each, a “Settlement Date”), Agent shall advise each Lender by telephone, or telecopy of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid for the benefit of Lenders with respect to each applicable Loan. Provided that each Lender has funded all payments and Advances required to be made by it and purchased all participations required to be purchased by it under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of such Settlement Date, Agent shall pay to each Lender such Lend er’s Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid by Borrower since the previous Settlement Date for the benefit of such Lender on the Loans held by it. To the extent that any Lender (a “Non-Funding Lender”) has failed to fund all such payments and Advances or failed to fund the purchase of all such participations, Agent shall be entitled to set off the funding short-fall against that Non-Funding Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments received from Borrower. Such payments shall be made by wire transfer to such Lender’s account (as specified by such Lender in Annex H or the applicable Assignment Agreement) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the next Business Day following each Settlement Date. (b) Availability of Lender’s Pro Rata Share. Agent may assume that each Revolving Lender will make its Pro Rata Share of each Revolving Credit Advance available to Agent on each funding date. If such Pro Rata Share is not, in fact, paid to Agent by such Revolving Lender when due, Agent will be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. If any Revolving Lender fails to pay the amount of its Pro Rata Share forthwith upon Agent’s demand, Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and Borro wer shall immediately repay such amount to Agent. Nothing in this Section 9.9(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to require Agent to advance funds on behalf of any Revolving Lender or to relieve any Revolving Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrower may have against any Revolving Lender as a result of any default by such Revolving Lender hereunder. To the extent that Agent advances funds to Borrower on behalf of any Revolving Lender and is not reimbursed therefor on the same Business Day as such Advance is made, Agent shall be entitled to retain for its account all interest accrued on such Advance until reimbursed by the applicable Revolving Lender. |
(c) Return of Payments. |
(i) If Agent pays an amount to a Lender under this Agreement in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been or will be received by Agent from Borrower and such related payment is not received by Agent, then Agent will be entitled to recover such amount from such Lender on demand without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. |
(ii) If Agent determines at any time that any amount received by Agent under this Agreement must be returned to Borrower or paid to any other Person pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Agent will not be required to distribute any portion thereof to any Lender. In addition, each Lender will repay to Agent on demand any portion of |
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such amount that Agent has distributed to such Lender, together with interest at such rate, if any, as Agent is required to pay to Borrower or such other Person, without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. |
(d) Non-Funding Lenders. The failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make any Revolving Credit Advance or any payment required by it hereunder, or to purchase any participation in any Swing Line Loan to be made or purchased by it on the date specified therefor shall not relieve any other Lender (each such other Revolving Lender, an “Other Lender”) of its obligations to make such Advance or purchase such participation on such date, but neither any Other Lender nor Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make an Advance, purchase a participation or make any other payment require d hereunder. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document or constitute a “Lender” or a “Revolving Lender” (or be included in the calculation of “Requisite Lenders”, “Requisite Revolving Lenders” or “Supermajority Revolving Lenders” hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document. At Borrower’s request, Agent or a Person acceptable to Agent shall have the right with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from any Non-Funding Lender, and each Non-Funding Lender agrees that it shall, at Agent’s request, sell and assign to Agent or such Person, all of the Commitments of that Non-Funding Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by such Non-Funding Lender and all accrued interest and fees with respect theret o through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment Agreement. (e) Dissemination of Information. Agent shall use reasonable efforts to provide Lenders with any notice of Default or Event of Default received by Agent from, or delivered by Agent to, any Credit Party, with notice of any Event of Default of which Agent has actually become aware and with notice of any action taken by Agent following any Event of Default; provided, that Agent shall not be liable to any Lender for any failure to do so, except to the extent that such failure is attributable to Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Lenders acknowledge that Borrower is required to provide Financial Statements and Collateral Reports to Lenders in accordance with Annexes E and F hereto and agree that Agent shall have no duty to provide the same to Lenders. |
(f) Actions in Concert. Anything in this Agreement to the contrarynotwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or the Notes (including exercising any rights of setoff) without first obtaining the prior written consent of Agent and Requisite Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and the Notes shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of Agent or Requisite Lenders. |
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behalf of such Credit Party), except as otherwise provided herein or therein. No Credit Party may assign, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise convey its rights, benefits, obligations or duties hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents without the prior express written consent of Agent and Lenders. Any such purported assignment, transfer, hypothecation or other conveyance by any Credit Party without the prior express written consent of Agent and Lenders shall be void. The terms and provisions of this Agreement are for the purpose of defining the relative rights and obligations of each Credit Party, Agent and Lenders with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and no Person shall be a third party beneficiary of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. |
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restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time; and (g) the Liens granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents to which it is a party shall continue without any diminution thereof and shall remain in full force and effect on and after the Closing Date. |
11.2 Amendments and Waivers. | |
(a) Except for actions expressly permitted to be taken by Agent, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent and Borrower, and by Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable. Except as set forth in clauses (b) and (c) below, all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers requiring the consent of any Lenders shall require the written consent of Requisite Lenders. (b) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement that increases the percentage advance rates set forth in the definition of the Borrowing Base, or that makes less restrictive the nondiscretionary criteria for exclusion from Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory set forth in Sections 1.6 and 1.7, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Supermajority Revolving Lenders and Borrower. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement that waives compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2 to the making of any Loan or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Requisite Revolving Lenders and Borrower. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no waiver or consent with respect to any Default or any Event of Default shall be effective for purposes of the conditions precedent to the making of Loans or the incurrence of Letter of Credit Obligations set forth in Section 2.2 unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Requisite Revolving Lenders and Borrower. (c) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent and each Lender directly affected thereby: (i) increase the principal amount of any Lender’s Commitment or Pro Rata Share (which action shall be deemed only to affect those Lenders whose Commitments and Pro Rata Shares are increased and may be approved by Requisite Lenders, including those lenders whose Commitments and Pro Rata Shares are increased); (ii) reduce the principal of, rate of interest on or Fees payable with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit Obligations of any affected Lender; (iii) extend any scheduled payment date (other than payment dates of mandatory prepayments under Section 1.3(b)(ii)-(iv)) or final maturity date of the principal amount of any Loan of any affected Lender; (iv) waive, forgive, defer, extend or postpone any payment of interest or Fees as to any affected Lender;(v) release any Guaranty or, except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents, release, or permit any Credit Party to sell or otherwise dispose of, any Collateral with a value exceeding $5,000,000 in the aggregate (which action shall be deemed to directly affect all Lenders); (vi) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans that shall be required for Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder; and (vii) amend or waive this Section 11.2 or the definitions of the terms “Requisite Lenders”, “Requisite Revolving Lenders” or “Supermajority Revolving Lenders” |
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insofar as such definitions affect the substance of this Section 11.2. Furthermore, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver affecting the rights or duties of Agent or L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be effective unless in writing and signed by Agent or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in addition to Lenders required hereinabove to take such action. Each amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be required for Agent to take additional Collateral pursuant to any Loan Document. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of any Note shall be effective without the written concurrence of the holder of that Note. No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle such Credit Party or any other Credit Party 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 Section 11.2 shall be binding upon each holder of the Notes at the time outstanding and each future holder of the Notes. |
(d) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination (a “Proposed Change”): | |
(i) requiring the consent of all affected Lenders, the consent of Requisite Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this clause (i) and in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) below being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), (ii) requiring the consent of Supermajority Revolving Lenders, the consent of Requisite Revolving Lenders is obtained, but the consent of Supermajority Revolving Lenders is not obtained, |
(iii) requiring the consent of Requisite Revolving Lenders, the consent of Revolving Lenders holding 51% or more of the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments is obtained, but the consent of Requisite Revolving Lenders is not obtained, or |
(iv) requiring the consent of Requisite Lenders, the consent of Lenders holding 51% or more of the aggregate Commitments is obtained, but the consent of Requisite Lenders is not obtained, |
then, so long as Agent is not a Non-Consenting Lender, at Borrower’s request Agent, or a Person reasonably acceptable to Agent, shall have the right with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from such Non-Consenting Lenders, and such Non-Consenting Lenders agree that they shall, upon Agent’s request, sell and assign to Agent or such Person, all of the Commitments of such Non-Consenting Lenders for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by the Non-Consenting Lenders and all accrued interest and Fees with respect thereto through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment Agreement. |
(e) Upon payment in full in cash and performance of all of the Obligations (other than indemnification Obligations), termination of the Commitments and a release of all claims against Agent and Lenders, and so long as no suits, actions proceedings, or claims are |
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(f) efforts to (i) monitor the Loans or any of the other Obligations, (ii) evaluate, observe or assess any of the Credit Parties or their respective affairs, and (iii) verify, protect, evaluate, assess, appraise, collect, sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral; |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first written above. |
XXXXXX SERVICE GROUP, INC. | ||
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CORPORATION, as Agent and Lender | ||
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The following Persons are signatories to this Agreement in their capacity as Credit Parties and not as Borrowers. |
XXXXXX INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
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XXXXXX SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
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XXXXXX TELECOM, INC. | ||
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XXXXXX PUBLISHING, INC. | ||
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XXXXXX OF NEW JERSEY REALTY CORP. | ||
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XXXXXX SERVICES, INC. | ||
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ANNEX
A (Recitals) DEFINITIONS |
Capitalized terms used in the Loan Documents shall have (unless otherwise provided elsewhere in the Loan Documents) the following respective meanings and all references to Sections, Exhibits, Schedules or Annexes in the following definitions shall refer to Sections, Exhibits, Schedules or Annexes of or to the Agreement: | |
“2005 Year End Financial Information” has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (q) of Annex E. | |
“2006 Year End Financial Information” has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (q) of Annex E. |
“ Account Debtor” means any Person who may become obligated to any Credit Party under, with respect to, or on account of, an Account. “Accounting Changes” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Annex G. “Accounts” means all “accounts,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, including (a) all accounts receivable, other receivables, book debts and other forms of obligations (other than forms of obligations evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments), whether arising out of goods sold or services rendered by it or from any other transaction (including any such obligations that may be characterized as an account or contract right under the Code), (b) all of each Credit Party’s rights in, to and under all purchase orders or receipts for goods or services, (c) all of each Credit Party’s rights to any goods represented by any of the foregoing (including unpaid sellers’ rights of rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), (d) all monies due or to become due to any Credit Party, under all purchase orders and contracts for the sale of goods or the performance of services or both by such Credit Party or in connection with any other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of such Credit Party), including the right to receive the proceeds of said purchase orders and contracts, (e) all healthcare insurance receivables, and (f) all collateral security and guaranties of any kind, now or hereafter in existence, given by any Account Debtor or other Person with respect to any of the foregoing. |
“Advance” means any Revolving Credit Advance or Swing Line Advance, as the context may require. |
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (a) each Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, 5% or more of the Stock having ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person, (b) each Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, (c) each of such Person’s officers, directors, joint venturers and partners and (d) in the case of Borrower, the immediate family members, spouses and lineal descendants of individuals who are Affiliates |
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of Borrower. For the purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of its management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, however, that the term “Affiliate” shall specifically exclude Agent and each Lender. | |
“Agent” means GE Capital in its capacity as Agent for Lenders or its successor appointed pursuant to Section 9.7. |
“Agreement” means the Credit Agreement by and among Borrower, the other Credit Parties party thereto, GE Capital, as Agent and Lender and the other Lenders from time to time party thereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. |
“ Anti-Terrorism Law” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.26(a). “Appendices” has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals to the Agreement. |
“Applicable Commercial Paper Margin” means the per annum fee, from time to time, in effect and payable in addition to the Commercial Paper Rate applicable to the Revolving Loan, as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a). “Applicable Margins” means collectively the Applicable Revolver Index Margin, the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin, the Applicable Commercial Paper Margin and the Applicable Commercial Paper Margin. “Applicable Revolver Index Margin” means the per annum interest rate margin from time to time in effect and payable in addition to the Index Rate applicable to the Revolving Loan, as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a). “Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin” means the per annum interest rate from time to time in effect and payable in addition to the LIBOR Rate applicable to the Revolving Loan, as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a). |
“Assignment Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.1 (a). | |
“Bankruptcy Code” means the provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq. |
“Blocked Accounts” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C. | |
“Borrower” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble to the Agreement. | |
“Borrower Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, dated the Original Closing Date, herewith executed by Borrower in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pledging all Stock of its Subsidiaries, if any, and all Intercompany Notes owing to or held by it. |
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“Borrower Security Agreement” means the Second Amended and Restated Borrower Security Agreement, dated the Original Closing Date, entered into by and among Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, and Borrower. “Borrowing Availability” means as of any date of determination the lesser of (i) the Maximum Account and (ii) the Borrowing Base, in each case, less the sum of the Revolving Loan and Swing Line Loan then outstanding; provided that an Overadvance in accordance with Section 1.1(a)(iii) may cause the Revolving Loan and Swing Line Loan to exceed the Borrowing Base by the amount of such permitted Overadvance. “Borrowing Base” means, as of any date of determination by Agent, from time to time, an amount equal to the sum at such time of: |
(a) up to 85% of the book value of Borrower’s Eligible Accounts at such time; | |
(b) up to 75% of the book value of Borrower’s Eligible Pending Accounts Receivable and Fixed Contract Accounts Receivable (up to the maximum amount of $17,000,000 in the aggregate); and |
in each case, less any Reserves established by Agent at such time including, without limitation. Reserves for the face amount of all issued Letters of Credit. |
“Borrowing Base Certificate” means a certificate to be executed and delivered from time to time by Borrower in the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit 4.1 (b). |
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York and in reference to LIBOR Loans shall mean any such day that is also a LIBOR Business Day. |
“Xxxxxx Foundation” means Xxxxxx International Charitable Foundation Corp., a not-for-profit corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey. | |
“Xxxxxx India” means Xxxxxx Technical Services India Private Limited, a company organized under the law of India. “ Xxxxxx NJ” means Xxxxxx of New Jersey Realty Corp., a New Jersey corporation. |
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“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person, all expenditures (by the expenditure of cash or the incurrence of Indebtedness) by such Person during any measuring period for any fixed assets or improvements or for replacements, substitutions or additions thereto, that have a useful life of more than one year and that are required to be capitalized under GAAP. “Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee that, in accordance with GAAP, would be required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person. |
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“Capital Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Capital Lease of any Person, the amount of the obligation of the lessee thereunder that, in accordance with GAAP, would appear on a balance sheet of such lessee in respect of such Capital Lease. |
“Cash Collateral Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex B. “Cash Equivalents” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex B. “Cash Management Letters” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex D. “Cash Management Systems” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.8. |
“Change of Control” means any of the following: (a) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 20% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of capital Stock of Holdings having the right to vote for the election of directors of Holdings under ordinary circumstances; (b) during any period of twelve consecutive calendar months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of Holdings (together with any new directors whose election by the board of directors of Holdings or whose nomination for election by the Stockholders of Holdings was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason other than death or disability to constitute a majority of the directors then in office; (c) Holdings ceases to own and control all of the economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding capital Stock of Borrower; (d) Borrower ceases to own and control all of the economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries; (e) Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx shall cease to be responsible for the day to day management of the Borrower; or (f) any “change of control” or similar event occurs under the Second Lien Credit Agreement. |
“Charges” means all federal, state, county, city, municipal, local, foreign or other governmental taxes (including taxes owed to the PBGC at the time due and payable), levies, assessments, charges, liens, claims or encumbrances upon or relating to (a) the Collateral, (b) the Obligations, (c) the employees, payroll, income or gross receipts of any Credit Party, (d) any Credit Party’s ownership or use of any properties or other assets, or (e) any other aspect of any Credit Party’s business. |
“Chattel Paper” means any “chattel paper,” as such term is defined in the Code, including electronic chattel paper, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located. |
“Closing Date” means August 29, 2007. |
“Closing Checklist” means the schedule, including all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, listing certain documents and information to be delivered in connection with the Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereunder, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex D. |
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“Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of New York; provided, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Agent’s or any Lender’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions. |
“ Collateral” means the property covered by the Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the Mortgages and the other Collateral Documents and any other property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, now existing or hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, to secure the Obligations. “Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreements, the Pledge Agreements, the Guaranties, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the Omnibus Amendment and Confirmation of Collateral Documents Agreement, the Mortgages and all similar agreements entered into guaranteeing payment of, or granting a Lien upon property as security for payment of, the Obligations. |
“Collateral Reports” means the reports with respect to the Collateral referred to in Annex F. |
“Collection Account” means that certain account of Agent, account number 000-000-00 in the name of Agent at Bankers Trust Company in New York, New York ABA No. 021 001 033, or such other account as may be specified in writing by Agent as the “Collection Account”. |
“Commercial Paper Rate” shall mean the latest rate for 30-day dealer placed commercial paper (which for purposes hereof shall mean high grade unsecured notes sold through dealers by major corporations in multiples of $1,000) which normally is published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal (or if such rate ceases to be so published, as quoted from such other generally available and recognizable source as Agent may select). The Commercial Paper Rate shall be determined (i) on the first Business Day immediately prior to the Closing Date and (ii) thereafter, on the last Business Day of each calendar month for calculation of interest for the following month. “Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest of (a) February 1, 2008, (b) the date of termination of Lenders’ obligations to make Advances and to incur Letter of Credit Obligations or permit existing Loans to remain outstanding pursuant to Section 8.2(b), and (c) the date of indefeasible prepayment in full by Borrower of the Loans and the cancellation and return (or stand-by guarantee) of all Letters of Credit or the cash collateralization of all Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to Annex B, and the permanent reduction of the Commitments to zero dollars ($0). |
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“Commitments” means (a) as to any Lender, the aggregate of such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment (including without duplication the Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Commitment as a subset of its Revolving Loan Commitment) and (b) as to all Lenders, the aggregate of all Lenders’ Revolving Loan Commitments (including without duplication the Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Commitment as a subset of its Revolving Loan Commitment), which aggregate commitment shall be Forty-Five Million ($45,000,000) on the Closing Date, as to each of clauses (a) and (b), as such Commitments may be reduced, amortized or adjusted from time to time in accordance with the Agreement. “Compliance Certificate” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex E. “Concentration Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C. “Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, the sum of the amount which would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the captions “interest expense” or any like caption (expressed as a negative number) in each case on a consolidated income statement of Holdings and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that all interest expense associated with the Borrower’s real estate holdings shall be included with such amount. “Consolidated Net Income” means, for any fiscal period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of Holdings and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP. “Contracts” means all “contracts,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, in any event, including all contracts, undertakings, or agreements (other than rights evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments) in or under which any Credit Party may now or hereafter have any right, title or interest, including any agreement relating to the terms of payment or the terms of performance of any Account. “Control Letter” means a letter agreement between Agent and (i) the issuer of uncertificated securities with respect to uncertificated securities in the name of any Credit Party, (ii) a securities intermediary with respect to securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, securities entitlements and other financial assets held in a securities account in the name of any Credit Party, (iii) a futures commission merchant or clearing house, as applicable, with respect to commodity accounts and commodity contracts held by any Credit Party, whereby, among other things, the issuer, securities intermediary or futures commission merchant disclaims any security interest in the applicable financial assets, acknowledges the Lien of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, on such financial assets, and agrees to follow the instructions or entitlement orders of Agent without further consent by the affected Credit Party. |
“Copyright License” means any and all rights now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party under any written agreement granting any right to use any Copyright or Copyright registration. |
“Copyrights” means all of the following now owned or hereafter adopted or acquired by any Credit Party: (a) all copyrights and General Intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in |
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connection therewith, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and (b) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof. |
“Credit Parties” means Holdings, Borrower, and each of Holdings’ Subsidiaries other than Xxxxxx India, Xxxxxx Foundation, AAC Corp or Sylvan Insurance Co., Ltd. |
“Default” means any event that, with the passage of time or notice or both, would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default. |
“Default Rate” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.5(d). | |
“Deposit Accounts” means all “deposit accounts” as such term is defined in the Code, now or hereafter held in the name of any Credit Party. “Disbursement Accounts” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C. |
“Disclosure Schedules” means the Schedules prepared by Borrower and denominated as Disclosure Schedules 1.4 through 6.7 in the Index to the Agreement. | |
“Documents” means any “documents,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located. | |
“Dollars” or “$” means lawful currency of the United States of America. | |
“EBIT” means, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (i) Consolidated Interest Expense in such period, plus (ii) deferred financing cost amortization, plus (iii) all charges in such period for federal, state and local income taxes excluding (iv) all extraordinary nonrecurring items of income or loss. |
“EBITDA” means, for any period, EBIT for such period, plus (i) all charges in such period for amortization of intangibles, depletion and depreciation, (ii) the amount of non-cash charges as the result of any grant to any Person of Stock or other non-cash consideration, (iii) actual fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Related Transactions (including, without limitation, forbearance fees paid prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement) as set forth in writing to Agent and acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion, (iv) charges related to the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx transaction, expenses associated with the audit process for the 2004, 2005 and 2006 Fiscal Years and severance costs paid to the former chief financial officer and (v) nonrecurring, extraordinary items set forth in writing to the Agent and acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion, in each case, to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period. |
“Eligible Accounts” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.6 of the Agreement. | |
“Eligible Pending Accounts Receivable and Fixed Contract Accounts Receivable” has the meaning ascribed to in Section 1.7 of the Agreement. |
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“Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, standards and regulations, now or hereafter in effect, and any applicable judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any applicable judicial or administrative order, consent decree, order or judgment, imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and protection of human health, safety, the environment and natural resources (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, wetlands, land surface or subsurface strata, wildlife, aquatic species and vegetation). Environmental Laws include the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. §§9601 et seq.) (“CERCLA”); the Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994 (49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq.); the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.); the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.); the Toxic Substance Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.); the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.); the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq.); and the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et seq.), and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and all analogous state, local and foreign counterparts or equivalents and any transfer of ownership notification or approval statutes. |
“Environmental Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person, all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, response, remedial and removal costs, investigation and feasibility study costs, capital costs, operation and maintenance costs, losses, damages, punitive damages, property damages, natural resource damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest incurred as a result of or related to any claim, suit, action, investigation, proceeding or demand by any Person, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law, including any arising under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits, or in connection with any Release or threatened Release or presence of a Hazardous Material whether on, at, in, under, from or about or in the vicinity of any real or personal property. |
“Environmental Permits” means all permits, licenses, authorizations, certificates, approvals or registrations required by any Governmental Authority under any Environmental Laws. “Equipment” means all “equipment,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located and, in any event, including all such Credit Party’s machinery and equipment, including processing equipment, conveyors, machine tools, data processing and computer equipment, including embedded software and peripheral equipment and all engineering, processing and manufacturing equipment, office machinery, furniture, materials handling equipment, tools, attachments, accessories, automotive equipment, trailers, trucks, forklifts, molds, dies, stamps, motor vehicles, rolling stock and other equipment of every kind and nature, trade fixtures and fixtures not forming a part of real property, together with all additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, all substitutes for any of the foregoing, fuel therefor, and all manuals, drawings, instructions, warranties and rights with respect thereto, and all products and proceeds thereof and condemnation awards and insurance proceeds with respect thereto. |
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“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder. | |
“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such Credit Party, are treated as a single employer within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the IRC. |
“ERISA Event” means, with respect to any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (a) any event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Title IV Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate from a Title IV Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan or the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA; (e) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC; (f) the failure by any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make when due required contributions to a Multiemployer Plan or Title IV Plan unless such failure is cured within 30 days; (g) any other event or condition that might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or for the imposition of liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (h) the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA; or (i) the loss of a Qualified Plan’s qualification or tax exempt status; or (j) the termination of a Plan described in Section 4064 of ERISA. |
“ESOP” means a Plan that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 4975(e)(7) of the IRC. | |
“Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.1. | |
“Excess Cash Flow” means, without duplication, with respect to any Fiscal Year of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, EBITDA minus (a) Capital Expenditures during such Fiscal Year (excluding the financed portion thereof), minus (b) Interest Expense paid or accrued (excluding any original issue discount, interest paid in kind or amortized debt discount, to the extent included in determining Interest Expense) and scheduled principal payments paid or payable in respect of Funded Debt, minus (c) Restricted Payments made to any Person other than a Credit Party during such Fiscal Year, minus (d) prepayments paid in cash pursuant to Sections 1.3(a), (b)(i) and (b)(iii) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and pursuant to Section 1.3 of this Agreement (other than mandatory prepayments made pursuant to Sections 1.3(b)(i), (b)(ii), (b)(iv) or 1.3(d) of the this Agreement), minus (e) amounts actually paid by Holdings and its Subsidiaries for federal, state and local income tax obligations. “Executive Order” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.26(a). |
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals to the Agreement. |
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“Existing Obligations” has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals to the Agreement. |
“Extended Accounts” means those Accounts owned by the following Account Debtors: Adelphia Communications Corporation, Citibank, N.A., Worldcom, Inc.; Prudential Insurance Company of America; Pacific Xxxx Telephone Company; Verizon Communications; and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation. Borrower shall be entitled to change the composition of Extended Accounts up to two (2) times in any Fiscal Year provided it gives Agent and the Lenders not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of such change except that any Account of General Electric Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be deemed an Extended Account. |
“Fair Labor Standards Act” means the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §201 et seq. |
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, a floating rate equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions among members of the Federal Reserve System, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final, binding and conclusive (absent manifest error). |
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. | |
“Fees” means any and all fees payable to Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. | |
“Financial Covenants” means the financial covenants set forth in Annex G. |
“Financial Statements” means the consolidated and consolidating income statements, statements of cash flows and balance sheets of Borrower delivered in accordance with Section 3.4 and Annex E. |
“Fiscal Month” means any of the monthly accounting periods of Borrower. | |
“Fiscal Quarter” means any of the quarterly accounting periods of Borrower, ending on or about the last day of March, June, September and December of each year. |
“Fiscal Year” means any of the annual accounting periods of Borrower ending on December 31 of each year. “Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any fiscal period, (a) the aggregate of all Interest Expense paid in cash during such period, plus (b) scheduled payments of principal with respect to Indebtedness during such period, plus (c) Capital Expenditures during such period (excluding the financed portion thereof) plus (d) amounts actually paid by Holdings and its Subsidiaries for federal, state and local income tax obligations, plus (e) Restricted Payments paid to any Person other than a Credit Party during such period, minus (f) any payments received as a result of tax refunds. |
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“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any fiscal period, the ratio of EBITDA to Fixed Charges. | |
“Fixtures” means all “fixtures” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party. |
“Funded Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, all Indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures, or similar evidences of Indebtedness and that by its terms matures more than one year from, or is directly or indirectly renewable or extendible at such Person’s option under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of more than one year from the date of creation thereof, and specifically including Capital Lease Obligations, current maturities of long-term debt, revolving credit and short-term debt extendible beyond one year at the option of the debtor, and also including, in the case of Borrower, the Obligations, the Second Lien Indebtedness and, without duplication, Guaranteed Indebtedness consisting of guaranties of Funded Debt of other Persons, but excluding, without duplication, unmatured obligations with respect to letters of credit; provided, that solely for the purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio for periods ending on or before February 1, 2008, there shall be added to Funded Debt (i) the net proceeds from any sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment or other disposition of all or any portion of the Montvale Property and (ii) the net proceeds from any sale or offering of Holdings Stock after the Closing Date except to the extent such proceeds are used to make a Restricted Payment permitted under Section 6.14(f). |
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, consistently applied, as such term is further defined in Annex G to the Agreement. | |
“GE Capital” means General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation. |
“GE Capital Fee Letter” means that certain letter, dated as of the Original Closing Date, between GE Capital and Borrower with respect to certain Fees to be paid from time to time by Borrower to GE Capital. “General Intangibles” means “general intangibles,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, including all right, title and interest that such Credit Party may now or hereafter have in or under any Contract, all payment intangibles, customer lists, Licenses, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, and all applications therefor and reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, rights in Intellectual Property, interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other business associations, licenses, permits, copyrights, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential information, inventions (whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedures, designs, knowledge, know-how, software, data bases, data, skill, expertise, experience, processes, models, drawings, materials and records, goodwill (including the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License), all rights and claims in or under insurance policies (including insurance for fire, damage, loss and casualty, whether covering personal property, real property, tangible rights or intangible rights, all liability, life, key man and business interruption insurance, and all unearned premiums), uncertificated securities, choses in action, deposit, checking and other bank accounts, rights to |
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receive tax refunds and other payments, rights to receive dividends, distributions, cash, Instruments and other property in respect of or in exchange for pledged Stock and Investment Property, rights of indemnification, all books and records, correspondence, credit files, invoices and other papers, including without limitation all tapes, cards, computer runs and other papers and documents in the possession or under the control of such Credit Party or any computer bureau or service company from time to time acting for such Credit Party. |
“Goods” means any “goods” as defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, including embedded software. | |
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government. |
“Guaranteed Indebtedness” means, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing, providing comfort or otherwise supporting any Indebtedness, lease, dividend, or other obligation (“primary obligation”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, including any obligation or arrangement of such Person to (a) purchase or repurchase any such primary obligation, (b) advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet condition of the primary obligor, (c) purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, (d) protect the beneficiary of such arrangement from loss (other than product warranties given in the ordinary course of business) or (e) indemnify the owner of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guaranteed Indebtedness at any time shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the lesser at such time of (x) the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranteed Indebtedness is incurred and (y) the maximum amount for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guaranteed Indebtedness, or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability (assuming full performance) in respect thereof. |
“Guaranties” means, collectively, the Holdings Guaranty, each Subsidiary Guaranty and any other guaranty executed by any Guarantor in favor of Agent and Lenders in respect of the Obligations. |
“Guarantors” means Holdings, each Subsidiary of Holdings (other than Xxxxxx India, Xxxxxx Foundation, AAC Corp. and Sylvan Insurance Co., Ltd.), each other Person, if any, that executes a guaranty or other similar agreement in favor of Agent, for itself and the ratable benefit of Lenders, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and the other Loan Documents. |
“Hazardous Material” means any substance, material or waste that is regulated by, or forms the basis of liability now or hereafter under, any Environmental Laws, including any material or substance that is (a) defined as a “solid waste,” “hazardous waste,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous substance,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” |
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“pollutant,” “contaminant,” “hazardous constituent,” “special waste,” “toxic substance” or other similar term or phrase under any Environmental Laws, or (b) petroleum or any fraction or by-product thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s), or any radioactive substance. |
“Holdings” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals to the Agreement. | |
“Holdings Guaranty” means the Amended and Restated Parent Guaranty dated as of November 7, 1997 executed by Holdings in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, as amended and confirmed by the Omnibus Amendment and Confirmation of Collateral Documents Agreement. | |
“Holdings Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, dated the Original Closing Date, executed by Holdings in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pledging all Stock of Borrower. | |
“Holdings Security Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.24. |
“Indebtedness” means , with respect to any Person, without duplication (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property payment for which is deferred 6 months or more, but excluding obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business that are unsecured and not overdue by more than 6 months unless being contested in good faith, (b) all reimbursement and other obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and surety bonds, whether or not matured, (c) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations and the present value (discounted at the Index Rate as in effect on the Closing Date) of future rental payments under all synthetic leases, (f) all obligations of such Person under commodity purchase or option agreements or other commodity price hedging arrangements, in each case whether contingent or matured, (g) all obligations of such Person under any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of that Person arising from fluctuations in currency values or interest rates, in each case whether contingent or matured, (h) all Indebtedness referred to above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property or other assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, and (i) the Obligations. |
“ Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.13. “Indemnified Person” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.13. | |
“Index Rate” means, for any day, a floating rate equal to the higher of (i) the rate publicly quoted from time to time by The Wall Street Journal as the “base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s 30 largest banks” (or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases quoting a base rate of the type described, the highest per annum rate of interest published by the |
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Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve statistical release H.15 (519) entitled “Selected Interest Rates” as the Bank prime loan rate or its equivalent), and (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 basis points per annum. Each change in any interest rate provided for in the Agreement based upon the Index Rate shall take effect at the time of such change in the Index Rate. “Index Rate Loan” means a Loan or portion thereof bearing interest by reference to the Index Rate. “Instruments” means all “instruments,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located, and, in any event, including all certificated securities, all certificates of deposit, and all notes and other, without limitation, evidences of indebtedness, other than instruments that constitute, or are a part of a group of writings that constitute, Chattel Paper. “Intellectual Property” means any and all Licenses, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and the goodwill associated with such Trademarks. |
“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means the Intellectual Property Security Agreement dated the Original Closing Date made in favor of Agent on behalf of itself and Lenders, by each applicable Credit Party. “ Intercompany Notes” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.3. “Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2007, as amended, restated or replaced from time to time, entered into by Agent and the agent for holders of Second Lien Indebtedness. “Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any fiscal period, interest expense (whether cash or non-cash) of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP for the relevant period ended on such date, including interest expense with respect to any Funded Debt of such Person and interest expense for the relevant period that has been capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person, but excluding deferred financing cost amortization. “Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any Index Rate Loan, the first Business Day of each month to occur while such Loan is outstanding, and (b) as to any LIBOR Loan, the last day of the applicable LIBOR Period; provided that, in addition to the foregoing, each of (x) the date upon which all of the Commitments have been terminated and the Loans have been paid in full and (y) the Commitment Termination Date shall be deemed to be an “Interest Payment Date” with respect to any interest that has then accrued under the Agreement. “Inventory” means any “inventory,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located, and in any event including inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held by or on behalf of any Credit Party for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service, or that constitute raw materials, work in process, finished goods, returned goods, supplies or materials of any kind, nature or description used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such Credit Party’s business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same, including other supplies and embedded software. |
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“Investment Property” means all “investment property” as such term is defined in the Code now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located, including (i) all securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, including stocks, bonds, interests in limited liability companies, partnership interests, treasuries, certificates of deposit, and mutual fund shares; (ii) all securities entitlements of any Credit Party, including the rights of such Credit Party to any securities account and the financial assets held by a securities intermediary in such securities account and any free credit balance or other money owing by any securities intermediary with respect to that account; (iii) all securities accounts of any Credit Party; (iv) all commodity contracts of any Credit Party; and (v) all commodity accounts held by any Credit Party. |
“IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all regulations promulgated thereunder. | |
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service. | |
“L/C Issuer” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex B. | |
“L/C Sublimit” has the meaning ascribed to in it Annex B. |
“Lenders” means GE Capital, the other Lenders named on the signature pages of the Agreement, and, if any such Lender shall decide to assign all or any portion of the Obligations, such term shall include any assignee of such Lender. “Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex B. “Letter of Credit Obligations” means all outstanding obligations incurred by Agent and Lenders at the request of Borrower, whether direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, due or not due, in connection with the issuance of Letters of Credit by Agent or another L/C Issuer or the purchase of a participation as set forth in Annex B with respect to any Letter of Credit. The amount of such Letter of Credit Obligations shall equal the maximum amount that may be payable by Agent or Lenders thereupon or pursuant thereto. “Letter-of-Credit Rights” means letter-of-credit rights as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, including rights to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether or not such Credit Party, as beneficiary, has demanded or is entitled to demand payment or performance. “Letters of Credit” means standby letters of credit issued (including issued pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement) for the account of Borrower by any L/C Issuer, and bankers’ acceptances issued by Borrower, for which Agent and Lenders have incurred Letter of Credit Obligations. |
“Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any twelve (12) month fiscal period ending on any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Funded Debt as of any date of determination, to (b) EBITDA for the twelve (12) months ending on that date of determination. |
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“LIBOR Business Day” means a Business Day on which banks in the City of London are generally open for interbank or foreign exchange transactions. “LIBOR Loan” means a Loan or any portion thereof bearing interest by reference to the LIBOR Rate. “LIBOR Period” means, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, each period commencing on a LIBOR Business Day selected by Borrower pursuant to the Agreement and ending one, two or three months thereafter, as selected by Borrower’s irrevocable notice to Agent as set forth in Section 1.5(e); provided, that the foregoing provision relating to LIBOR Periods is subject to the following: |
(a) if any LIBOR Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a LIBOR Business Day, such LIBOR Period shall be extended to the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such LIBOR Period into another calendar month in which event such LIBOR Period shall end on the immediately preceding LIBOR Business Day; | |
(b) any LIBOR Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Commitment Termination Date shall end 2 LIBOR Business Days prior to such date; | |
(c) any LIBOR Period that begins on the last LIBOR 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 LIBOR Period) shall end on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month; | |
(d) Borrower shall select LIBOR Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of any LIBOR Loan during a LIBOR Period for such Loan; and | |
(e) Borrower shall select LIBOR Periods so that there shall be no more than 5 separate LIBOR Loans in existence at any one time. | |
“LIBOR Rate” means for each LIBOR Period, a rate of interest determined by Agent equal to: | |
(a) the offered rate for deposits in United States Dollars for the applicable LIBOR Period that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), on the second full LIBOR Business Day next preceding the first day of such LIBOR Period (unless such date is not a Business Day, in which event the next succeeding Business Day will be used); divided by | |
(b) a number equal to 1.0 minus the aggregate (but without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on the day that is 2 LIBOR Business Days prior to the beginning of such LIBOR Period (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Federal Reserve Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto, as now and from time to time in effect) for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as |
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“Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board that are required to be maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System. | |
If such interest rates shall cease to be available from Telerate News Service, the LIBOR Rate shall be determined from such financial reporting service or other information as shall be mutually acceptable to Agent and Borrower. | |
“License” means any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or other license of rights or interests now held or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party. |
“Lien” means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security interest, easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease or title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a security interest under the Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction). |
“Litigation” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.13. “Loan Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.12. |
“Loan Documents” means the Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents, the Master Standby Agreement and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates identified in the Closing Checklist executed and delivered to, or in favor of, Agent or any Lenders and including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Credit Party, or any employee of any Credit Party, and delivered to Agent or any Lender in connection with the Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. Any reference in the Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to the Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative. |
“ Loans” means the Revolving Loan and the Swing Line Loan. “ Lock Boxes” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C. “ Margin Stock” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.10. |
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“Master Standby Agreement” means the Master Agreement for Standby Letters of Credit dated as of the Original Closing Date between Borrower, as Applicant, and GE Capital, as Issuer. |
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, prospects or financial or other condition of the Credit Parties considered as a whole, (b) Borrower’s ability to pay any of the Loans or any of the other Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, (c) the Collateral or Agent’s Liens, on behalf of |
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itself and Lenders, on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens, or (d) Agent’s or any Lender’s rights and remedies under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any event or occurrence adverse to one or more Credit Parties which results or could reasonably be expected to result in costs and/or liabilities or loss of revenues, individually, or in the aggregate, to any Credit Party in any 30-day period in excess of $3,000,000 as of any date of determination or 10% of the lesser of the Maximum Amount or the Borrowing Base at any date of determination shall constitute a Material Adverse Effect. | |
“Maximum Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Revolving Loan Commitment of all Lenders as of that date. | |
“Monroe Capital” means Monroe Capital Management Advisors LLC. | |
“Montvale Lease” means the lease agreement by Xxxxxx NJ of the Montvale Property to Borrower and the other Credit Parties from time to time in effect. | |
“Montvale Property” means the Real Estate owned by Xxxxxx NJ at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx. |
“Montvale Property Mortgage” means the mortgage on the Montvale Property, evidenced by certain Promissory Note and Mortgage and Security Agreement dated September 30, 2002, and the related documents by and between Xxxxxx NJ and Park National Bank (as successor in interest to GMAC Commercial Mortgage Corp.), and any successor to Park National Bank. |
“Mortgages” means each of the mortgages, deeds of trust, leasehold mortgages, leasehold deeds of trust, collateral assignments of leases or other real estate security documents delivered by any Credit Party to Agent on behalf of itself and Lenders with respect to any Real Estate acquired after the Closing Date (and expressly including the Montvale Property Mortgage), all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. | |
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, and to which any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate is making, is obligated to make or has made or been obligated to make, contributions on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them. | |
“Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the book value of the assets of such Person, minus the sum of (a) reserves applicable thereto, and (b) all of such Person’s liabilities on a consolidated basis (including accrued and deferred income taxes), all as determined in accordance with GAAP. | |
“Non-Funding Lender” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.9(a)(ii). “Notes” means, collectively, the Revolving Notes and the Swing Line Note. ”Notice of Conversion/Continuation” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.5.(e). |
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“Notice of Revolving Credit Advance” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1 (a). | |
“Obligations” means all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations, for the performance of covenants, tasks or duties or for payment of monetary amounts (whether or not such performance is then required or contingent, or such amounts are liquidated or determinable) owing by any Credit Party to Agent or any Lender, and all covenants and duties regarding such amounts, of any kind or nature, present or future, whether or not evidenced by any note, agreement or other instrument, arising under the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. This term includes all principal, interest (including all interest that accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding by or against any Credit Party in bankruptcy, whether or not allowed in such case or proceeding), Fees, Charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and any other sum chargeable to any Credit Party under the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. | |
“Omnibus Amendment and Confirmation of Collateral Document Agreement” means that certain Omnibus Amendment and Confirmation of Collateral Document Agreement, dated the Original Closing Date, entered into by and among Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, and each applicable Credit Party that is a signatory thereto. | |
“Original Closing Date” means September 28, 2001. “Overadvance” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(a)(iii). |
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“Patent License” means rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party granting any right with respect to any invention on which a Patent is in existence. | |
“Patents” means all of the following in which any Credit Party now holds or hereafter acquires any interest: (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or of any other country, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State or any other country, and (b) all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof. | |
“Patriot Act” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.26(a). “PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. “Pension Plan” means a Plan described in Section 3(2) of ERISA. |
“Permitted Covenant” means (i) any periodic reporting covenant, (ii) any covenant restricting payments by Holdings with respect to any securities of Holdings which are junior to the Permitted Preferred Stock, (iii) any covenant the default of which can only result in an increase in the amount of any redemption price, repayment amount, dividend rate or interest rate and (iv) any covenant providing board observance rights with respect to Holdings’ board of directors. |
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“Permitted Encumbrances” means the following encumbrances: (a) Liens for taxes or assessments or other governmental Charges not yet due and payable or which are being contested in accordance with Section 5.2(b); (b) pledges or deposits of money securing statutory obligations under workmen’s compensation (including deposits made with workers’ compensation insurance providers), unemployment insurance, social security or public liability laws or similar legislation (excluding Liens under ERISA); (c) pledges or deposits of money securing bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money) or leases to which any Credit Party is a party as lessee made in the ordinary course of business; (d) inchoate and unperfected workers’, mechanics’ or similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business, so long as such Liens attach only to Equipment, Fixtures and/or Real Estate; (e) carriers’, warehousemen’s, suppliers’ or other similar possessory liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing liabilities in an outstanding aggregate amount not in excess of $250,000 at any time, so long as such Liens attach only to Inventory; (f) deposits securing, or in lieu of, surety, appeal or customs bonds in proceedings to which any Credit Party is a party; (g) any attachment or judgment lien not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(j); (h) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, or other restrictions on the use of any Real Estate or other minor irregularities in title (including leasehold title) thereto, so long as the same do not materially impair the use, value, or marketability of such Real Estate; (i) presently existing or hereafter created Liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders; (j) Liens expressly permitted under clauses (b), (c) and (d) of Section 6.7 of the Agreement; and (k) the Montvale Property Mortgage. “Permitted Preferred Stock” means any preferred stock of Holdings (or any equity security of Holdings that is convertible or exchangeable into any preferred stock of Holdings), so long as the terms of any such preferred stock or equity security of Holdings (i) do not provide any collateral security, (ii) do not provide any guaranty or other support by any Subsidiaries of Holdings, (iii) do not contain any put, redemption, repayment, sinking fund or other similar provision, (iv) do not require the cash payment of dividends or interest, (v) do not contain any covenants other than any Permitted Covenant, (vi) do not grant the holders thereof any voting rights except for (x) voting rights required to be granted to such holders under applicable law, (y) limited customary voting rights on fundamental matters such as mergers, consolidations, sales of substantial assets, or liquidations involving Holdings and (z) other voting rights to the extent not greater than or superior to those allocated to Holdings common Stock on a per share basis, and (vii) to the extent any such preferred stock or equity security does not otherwise comply with clauses (i) through (vi) hereof, such preferred stock or equity security is otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Agent. “Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, other entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal, local, foreign, or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof). “Plan” means, at any time, an “employee benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any Credit Party. |
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“Pledge Agreements” means the Borrower Pledge Agreement, the Holdings Pledge Agreement, the Subsidiary Pledge Agreement and any other pledge agreement entered into after the Original Closing Date by any Credit Party (as required by the Agreement or any other Loan Document). “Preferred Stock Offering” means Borrower’s issuance on or about December 15, 2006 of up to 8,500 shares of its series A preferred stock and warrants exercisable to purchase an aggregate of up to 2,125,000 shares of common Stock for an aggregate cash consideration of up to $8,500,000. |
` “Proceeds” means “proceeds,” as such term is defined in the Code, including (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to any Credit Party from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Credit Party from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any Person acting under color of governmental authority), (c) any claim of any Credit Party against third parties (i) for past, present or future infringement of any Patent or Patent License, or (ii) for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Copyright, Copyright License, Trademark or Trademark License, or for injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License, (d) any recoveries by any Credit Party against third parties with respect to any litigation or dispute concerning any of the Collateral, (e) dividends, interest, distributions and Instruments with respect to Investment Property and pledged Stock, and (f) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral, upon disposition or otherwise. “Pro Forma” means the unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2007. “Projections” means Borrower’s forecasted consolidated and consolidating: (a) balance sheets; (b) profit and loss statements; (c) cash flow statements; and (d) capitalization statements, all prepared on a Subsidiary by Subsidiary or division-by-division basis, if applicable, and otherwise consistent with the historical Financial Statements of Borrower, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions. |
“Pro Rata Share” means with respect to all matters relating to any Lender (a) with respect to the Revolving Loan, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving Loan Commitment of that Lender by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders, (b) with respect to all Loans, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate Commitments of that Lender by (ii) the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders, and (c) with respect to all Loans on and after the Commitment Termination Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans held by that Lender, by (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the Loans held by all Lenders. |
“Qualified Plan” means a Pension Plan that is intended to be tax-qualified under Section 401 (a) of the IRC. |
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“Qualified Assignee” means (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and, with respect to any Lender that is an investment fund that invests in commercial loans, any other investment fund that invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor, and (b) any commercial bank, savings and loan association or savings bank or any other entity which is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses, including insurance companies, mutual funds, lease financing companies and commercial finance companies, in each case, which has a rating of BBB or higher from S&P and a rating of Baa2 or higher from Xxxxx’x at the date that it becomes a Lender and which, through its applicable lending office, is capable of lending to Borrower without the imposition of any withholding or similar taxes; provided that no Person determined by Agent to be acting in the capacity of a vulture fund or distressed debt purchaser shall be a Qualified Assignee and no Person or Affiliate of such Person (other than a Person that is already a Lender) holding Subordinated Debt or Stock issued by any Credit Party shall be a Qualified Assignee. |
“Real Estate” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.6. “Refunded Swing Line Loan” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(c)(iii) |
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“Related Transactions” means the initial borrowing under the Revolving Loan on the Original Closing Date, the payment of all fees, costs and expenses associated with the foregoing and the execution and delivery of all of the Related Transactions Documents. “Related Transactions Documents” means the Loan Documents, and all other agreements or instruments executed in connection with the Related Transactions. |
“Release” means any release, threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of Hazardous Material in the indoor or outdoor environment, including the movement of Hazardous Material through or in the air, soil, surface water, ground water or property. |
“Requisite Lenders” means Lenders having (a) more than 66 2/3% of the Commitments of all Lenders, or (b) if the Commitments have been terminated, more than 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans. |
“Requisite Revolving Lenders” means Lenders having (a) more than 66 2/3% of the Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders, or (b) if the Revolving Loan Commitments have been terminated, more than 66 2/3% of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Revolving Loan. “Reserves” means, with respect to the Borrowing Base of Borrower (a) a reserve for the face amount of all Letters of Credit issued hereunder, (b) reserves established pursuant to Section 5.4(c), and (c) such other reserves against Eligible Accounts, Eligible Pending Accounts Receivable and Fixed Contract Accounts Receivable or Borrowing Availability of Borrower that Agent may, in its reasonable credit judgment, establish from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Reserves established to ensure the payment of accrued Interest |
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Expenses or Indebtedness shall be deemed to be a reasonable exercise of Agent’s credit judgment. |
“Restated Financial Statements” has the meaning ascribed to it in subsection (q) of Annex E. | |
“Restricted Payment” means, with respect to any Credit Party (a) the declaration or payment of any dividend or the incurrence of any liability to make any other payment or distribution of cash or other property or assets in respect of Stock; (b) any payment on account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund or other retirement of such Credit Party’s Stock or any other payment or distribution made in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly; (c) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, fees or other charges on or with respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment and any claim for rescission with respect to, any Subordinated Debt; (d) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire Stock of such Credit Party now or hereafter outstanding; (e) any payment of a claim for the rescission of the purchase or sale of, or for material damages arising from the purchase or sale of, any shares of such Credit Party’s Stock or of a claim for reimbursement, indemnification or contribution arising out of or related to any such claim for damages or rescission; (f) any payment, loan, contribution, or other transfer of funds or other property to any Stockholder of such Credit Party other than payment of compensation in the ordinary course of business to Stockholders who are employees of such Credit Party; and (g) any payment of management fees (or other fees of a similar nature) by such Credit Party to any Stockholder of such Credit Party or its Affiliates. | |
“Retiree Welfare Plan” means, at any time, a Welfare Plan that provides for continuing coverage or benefits for any participant or any beneficiary of a participant after such participant’s termination of employment, other than continuation coverage provided pursuant to Section 4980B of the IRC and at the sole expense of the participant or the beneficiary of the participant. | |
“Revolving Credit Advance” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(a)(i). | |
“Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having a Revolving Loan Commitment. | |
“Revolving Loan” means, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Advances outstanding to Borrower plus (ii) the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations incurred on behalf of Borrower. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan shall include the outstanding balance of Letter of Credit Obligations. | |
“Revolving Loan Commitment” means (a) as to any Revolving Lender, the aggregate commitment of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Credit Advances or incur Letter of Credit Obligations as set forth on Annex J to the Agreement or in the most recent Assignment Agreement executed by such Revolving Lender and (b) as to all Revolving Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Credit Advances or |
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incur Letter of Credit Obligations, which aggregate commitment shall be Forty Five Million Dollars ($45,000,000.00) on the Closing Date, as such amount may be adjusted, if at all, from time to time in accordance with the Agreement. “ Revolving Note” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(a)(ii). |
“Second Lien Agent” means Monroe Capital Management Advisors LLC, as agent under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, or any successor thereto. |
“Second Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2007, by and among Borrower, Monroe Capital, and the other lenders party thereto from time to time, as amended, restated, supplemented, refinanced or replaced from time to time. |
“Second Lien Indebtedness” means Indebtedness incurred by Borrower pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement and secured by any or all assets that constitute Collateral, which security has the priority set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. “Second Lien Loan Documents” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement and all other “Loan Documents” under and as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date, and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement. |
“Security Agreements” means (i) the Borrower Security Agreement; (ii) the Subsidiary Security Agreement; (iii) the Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated the Original Closing Date entered into by and among the Borrower, as purchaser and each Credit Party that is a signatory thereto; and (iv) the Holdings Security Agreement. |
“Specified Employees” means Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxx X. XxXxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Uyermatsu, Xxxxxx X. XxXxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx., Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xx., Xxxxxx X’Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx. “Solvent” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person; (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (d) such Person is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guaranties and pension plan liabilities) at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount that can be reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability. |
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corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). |
“Stockholder” means, with respect to any Person, each holder of Stock of such Person. “Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness of any Credit Party subordinated to the Obligations in a manner and form satisfactory to Agent and Lenders in their sole discretion, as to right and time of payment and as to any other rights and remedies thereunder. “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a maj ority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned legally or beneficially by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or with respect to which any such Person has the right to vote or designate the vote of 50% or more of such Stock whether by proxy, agreement, operation of law or otherwise, and (b) any partnership or limited liability company in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person shall have an interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more than 50% or of which any such Person is a general partner or may exercise the powers of a general partner. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Subsidiary shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of the Borrower. |
“Subsidiary Guaranty” means the Amended and Restated Subsidiaries Guaranty, dated the Original Closing Date, executed by all Subsidiaries of Borrower (other than Xxxxxx India) in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders. |
“Subsidiary Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, dated the Original Closing Date, executed by the applicable Credit Parties in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pledging all stock of their Subsidiaries, if any, and all Intercompany Notes and other instruments owing to or held by it. “Subsidiary Security Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Subsidiaries Security Agreement, dated the Original Closing Date, entered into by and among Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, and each Credit Party that is a signatory thereto. “Supermajority Revolving Lenders” means Lenders having (a) 80% or more of the Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders, or (b) if the Revolving Loan Commitments have been terminated, 80% or more of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Revolving Loan (with the Swing Line Loan being attributed to the Lender making such Loan) and Letter of Credit Obligations. |
“Supporting Obligations” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Code. | |
“Swing Line Advance” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(c)(i). |
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“Swing Line Availability” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(c)(i). |
“Swing Line Commitment” means, as to the Swing Line Lender, the commitment of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Advances as set forth on Annex J to the Agreement, which commitment constitutes a subfacility of the Revolving Loan Commitment of the Swing Line Lender. |
“Swing Line Lender” means GE Capital. | |
“Swing Line Loan” means at any time, the aggregate amount of Swing Line Advances outstanding to Borrower. | |
“Swing Line Note” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(c)(ii). |
“Tangible Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person at any date, the Net Worth of such Person at such date (excluding the impact of FASB 141, 142 and 144), excluding, however: (i) from the determination of the total assets at such date, (a) all capitalized organizational expenses, capitalized research and development expenses, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent applications, licenses and rights in any thereof, and other intangible items (excluding goodwill), (b) all unamortized debt discount and expense, (c) treasury Stock, and (d) any write-up in the book value of any asset resulting from a revaluation thereof, and (ii) from the determination of the total liabilities at such date, all liabilities in connection with the issuance of a subordinated promissory note in favor of Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx in the amount of $6,300,000. |
“Taxes” means taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, Charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of Agent or a Lender by the jurisdictions under the laws of which Agent and Lenders are organized or conduct business or any political subdivision thereof. |
“Termination Date” means the date on which (a) the Loans have been indefeasibly repaid in full, (b) all other Obligations under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been completely discharged, (c) all Letter of Credit Obligations have been cash collateralized, cancelled or backed by standby letters of credit in accordance with Annex B, and (d) Borrower shall not have any further right to borrow any monies under the Agreement. |
“Title IV Plan” means a Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, and that any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them. | |
“Trademark License” means rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party granting any right to use any Trademark. |
“Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or hereafter adopted or acquired by any Credit Party: (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of like nature |
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(whether registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof; (b) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof; and (c) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by any of the foregoing. “Unfunded Pension Liability” means, at any time, the aggregate amount, if any, of the sum of (a) the amount by which the present value of all accrued benefits under each Title IV Plan exceeds the fair market value of all assets of such Title IV Plan allocable to such benefits in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, all determined as of the most recent valuation date for each such Title IV Plan using the actuarial assumptions for funding purposes in effect under such Title IV Plan, and (b) for a period of 5 years following a transaction which might reasonably be expected to be covered by Section 4069 of ERISA, the liabilities (whether or not accrued) that could be avoided by any Credit Part y or any ERISA Affiliate as a result of such transaction. |
“Welfare Plan” means a Plan described in Section 3(l) of ERISA. |
Rules of construction with respect to accounting terms used in the Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be as set forth in Annex G. All other undefined terms contained in any of the Loan Documents shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the meanings provided for by the Code as in effect in the State of New York to the extent the same are used or defined therein. Unless otherwise specified, references in the Agreement or any of the Appendices to a Section, subsection or clause refer to such Section, subsection or clause as contained in the Agreement. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to th e Agreement as a whole, including all Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, modified or supplemented, and not to any particular section, subsection or clause contained in the Agreement or any such Annex, Exhibit or Schedule. Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders. The words “including”, “includes” and “include” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; the word “or” is not exclusive; references to Persons include their respective successors and assigns (to the extent and only to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents) or, in the case of governmental Persons, Persons succeeding to the relevant functions of such Persons; and all references to statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of the same and any successor statutes and regulations. Whenever any provision in any Loan Document refers to the knowledge (or an analogous phrase) of any Credit Party, such words are intended to signify that such Credit Party has actual knowledge or awareness of a particular fact or circumstance or that such Credit Party, if it had exercised reasonable diligence, would have known or been aware of such fact or circumstance. |
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ANNEX
B (Section 1.2) LETTERS OF CREDIT (a) Issuance. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, Agent and Revolving Lenders agree to incur, from time to time prior to the Commitment Termination Date, upon the request of Borrower and for Borrower’s account, Letter of Credit Obligations by causing Letters of Credit to be issued by GE Capital or a Subsidiary thereof or a bank or other legally authorized Person selected by or acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion (each, an “L/C Issuer”) for Borrower’s account and guaranteed by Agent; provided, that if the L /C Issuer is a Revolving Lender, then such Letters of Credit sh all not be guaranteed by Agent but rather each Revolving Lender shall, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, purchase (or be deemed to have purchased) risk participations in all such Letters of Credit issued with the written consent of Agent, as more fully described in paragraph (b)(ii) below. The aggregate amount of all such Letter of Credit Obligations shall not at any time exceed the least of (i) Nine Million Dollars ($9,000,000.00) (the “L/C Sublimit”), and (ii) the Maximum Amount less the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Advances and the Swing Line Loan, and (iii) the Borrowing Base less the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Advances and the Swing Line Loan. No such Letter of Credit shall have an expiry date that is more than one year following the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise determined by Agent in its sole discretion, and neither Agent nor Revolving Lenders shall be under any obligation to incur Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of, or purchase risk participations in, any Letter of Credit having an expiry date that is later than the Commitment Termination Date. (b) (i) Advances Automatic; Participations. In the event that Agent or any Revolving Lender shall make any payment on or pursuant to any Letter of Credit Obligation (including without limitation any Letter of Credit Obligation relating to a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement), such payment shall then be deemed automatically to constitute a Revolving Credit Advance under Section 1.1 (a) of the Agreement regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and notwithstanding Borrower’s failure to satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2, and each Revolving Lender shall be obligated to pay its Pro Rata Share thereof in accordance with the Agreement. The failure of any Revolving Lender to make available to Agent for Agent’s own account its Pro Rata Share of any such Revolving Credit Advance or payment by Agent under or in respect of a Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other Revolving Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to Agent its Pro Rata Share thereof, but no Revolving Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Revolving Lender to make available such other Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any such payment. (ii) If it shall be illegal or unlawful for Borrower to incur Revolving Credit Advances as contemplated by paragraph (b)(i) above because of an Event of Default described in Sections 8.1(h) or (i) or otherwise or if it shall be illegal or unlawful for any Revolving Lender to be deemed to have assumed a ratable share of the reimbursement obligations owed to an L/C Issuer, or if the L/C Issuer is a Revolving Lender, then (i) immediately and without further action whatsoever, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to |
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have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from Agent (or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be) an undivided interest and participation equal to such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share (based on the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of all Letters of Credit then outstanding and (ii) thereafter, immediately upon issuance of any Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from Agent (or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be) an undivided interest and participation in such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share (based on the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit on the date of such issuance. Each Revolving Lender shall fund its participation in all payments or disbursements made under the Letters of Credit in the same manner as provided in the Agreement with respect to Revolving Cre dit Advances. (c) Cash Collateral. (i) If Borrower is required to provide cash collateral for any Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to the Agreement prior to the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower will pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of itself and Revolving Lenders cash or cash equivalents acceptable to Agent (“Cash Equivalents”) in an amount equal to 105% of the maximum amount then available to be drawn under each applicable Letter of Credit outstanding. Such funds or Cash Equivalents shall be held by Agent in a cash collateral account (the “Cash Collateral Account”) maintained at a bank or financial institution accepta ble to Agent. The Cash Collateral Account shall be in the name of Borrower and shall be pledged to, and subject to the control of, Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, in a manner satisfactory to Agent. Borrower hereby pledges and grants to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, a security interest in all such funds and Cash Equivalents held in the Cash Collateral Account from time to time and all proceeds thereof, as security for the payment of all amounts due in respect of the Letter of Credit Obligations and other Obligations, whether or not then due. The Agreement, including this Annex B, shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law. |
(ii) If any Letter of Credit Obligations, whether or not then due and payable, shall for any reason be outstanding on the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower shall either (A) provide cash collateral therefor in the manner described above, or (B) cause all such Letters of Credit and guaranties thereof, if any, to be canceled and returned, or (C) deliver a stand-by letter (or letters) of credit in guarantee of such Letter of Credit Obligations, which stand-by letter (or letters) of credit shall be of like tenor and duration (plus 30 additional days) as, and in an amou nt equal to 105% of the aggregate maximum amount then available to be drawn under, the Letters of Credit to which such outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations relate and shall be issued by a Person, and shall be subject to such terms and conditions, as are be satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion. |
(iii) From time to time after funds are deposited in the Cash Collateral Account by Borrower, whether before or after the Commitment Termination Date, Agent may apply such funds or Cash Equivalents then held in the Cash Collateral Account to the payment of any amounts, and in such order as Agent may elect, as shall be or shall become due and payable by Borrower to Agent and Lenders with respect to such Letter of Credit Obligations of Borrower and, upon the satisfaction in full of all Letter of Credit Obligations of Borrower, to any other Obligations then due and payable. |
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(iv) Neither Borrower nor any Person claiming on behalf of or through Borrower shall have any right to withdraw any of the funds or Cash Equivalents held in the Cash Collateral Account, except that upon the termination of all Letter of Credit Obligations and the payment of all amounts payable by Borrower to Agent and Lenders in respect thereof, any funds remaining in the Cash Collateral Account shall be applied to other Obligations then due and owing and upon payment in full of such Obligations, any remaining amount shall be paid to Borrower or as otherwise required by law. Interes t earned on deposits in the Cash Collateral Account shall be for the account of Agent. (d) Fees and Expenses. Borrower agrees to pay to Agent for the benefit of Revolving Lenders, as compensation to such Lenders for Letter of Credit Obligations incurred hereunder, (i) all costs and expenses incurred by Agent or any Lender on account of such Letter of Credit Obligations, and (ii) for each month during which any Letter of Credit Obligation shall remain outstanding, a fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) in an amount equal to one and one quarter percent (1.25%) per annum (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed) multiplied by the maximum amount available from time to time to be drawn under the applica ble Letter of Credit. Such fee shall be paid to Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders in arrears, on the first day of each month and on the Commitment Termination Date. In addition, Borrower shall pay to any L/C Issuer, on demand, such fees (including all per annum fees), charges and expenses of such L/C Issuer in respect of the issuance, negotiation, acceptance, amendment, transfer and payment of such Letter of Credit or otherwise payable pursuant to the application and related documentation under which such Letter of Credit is issued. (e) Request for Incurrence of Letter of Credit Obligations. Borrower shall give Agent at least 2 Business Days’ prior written notice requesting the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation. The notice shall be accompanied by the form of the Letter of Credit (which shall be acceptable to the L/C Issuer) and a completed Application for Standby Letter of Credit in the form Exhibit B-1 attached hereto. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Letter of Credit applications by Borrower and approvals by Agent and the L/C Issuer may be made and transmitted pursuant to electronic codes and security measures mutually agreed up on and established by and among Borrower, Agent and the L/C Issuer. (f) Obligation Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse Agent and Revolving Lenders for payments made with respect to any Letter of Credit Obligation shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, without necessity of presentment, demand, protest or other formalities, and the obligations of each Revolving Lender to make payments to Agent with respect to Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable. Such obligations of Borrower and Revolving Lenders shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances including the following: |
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or the Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other agreement; | |
(ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrower or any of its Affiliates or any Lender may at any time have against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons or entities for whom any such transferee may be acting), Agent, any Lender, or any other |
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Person, whether in connection with the Agreement, the Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or therein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between Borrower or any of its Affiliates and the beneficiary for which the Letter of Credit was procured); | |
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or any 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 Agent (except as otherwise expressly provided in paragraph (g)(ii)(C) below) or any L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or such guaranty; | |
(v) any other circumstance or event whatsoever, that is similar to any of the foregoing; or | |
(vi) the fact that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. |
(g) Indemnification; Nature of Lenders’ Duties. (i) In addition to amounts payable as elsewhere provided in the Agreement, Borrower hereby agrees to pay and to protect, indemnify, and save harmless Agent and each Lender from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and allocated costs of internal counsel) that Agent or any Lender may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (A) the issuance of any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof, or (B) the failure of Agent or any Lender seeking indemnification or of any L/C I ssuer to honor a demand for payment under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority, in each case other than to the extent solely as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Agent or such Lender (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction). |
(ii) As between Agent and any Lender and Borrower, Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of any Letter of Credit by beneficiaries of any Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law neither Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for: (A) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document issued by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of any Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (B) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to t ransfer or assign any Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, that may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (C) failure of the beneficiary of any Letter of |
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Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to demand payment under such Letter of Credit; provided, that in the case of any payment by Agent under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof, Agent shall be liable to the extent such payment was made solely as a result of its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) in determining that the demand for payment under such Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof complies on its face with any applicable requirements for a demand for payment under such Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof; (D) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they may be in cipher; (E) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (F) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a payment under an y Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof or of the proceeds thereof; (G) the credit of the proceeds of any drawing under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof; and (H) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Agent or any Lender. None of the above shall affect, impair, or prevent the vesting of any of Agent’s or any Lender’s rights or powers hereunder or under the Agreement. | |
(iii) Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit or to expand any waivers, covenants or indemnities made by Borrower in favor of any L/C Issuer in any letter of credit application, reimbursement agreement or similar document, instrument or agreement between Borrower and such L/C Issuer, including an Application and Agreement for Standby Letter of Credit and a Master Standby Agreement entered into with Agent. |
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ANNEX
C (Section 1.8) CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM |
Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, establish and maintain the Cash Management Systems described below: |
(a) On or before the Original Closing Date and until the Termination Date, Borrower shall deposit and cause its Subsidiaries to deposit or cause to be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day after the date of receipt thereof, all cash, checks, drafts or other similar items of payment relating to or constituting payments made in respect of any and all Collateral (whether or not otherwise delivered to a Lock Box) into lock boxes (“Lock Boxes”) or in blocked accounts (“Blocked Accounts”) in Borrower’s name or any such Subsidiary’s name and at the ba nks identified in Disclosure Schedule 3.19 (each, a “Relationship Bank”). On or before the Original Closing Date, Borrower shall have established a concentration account in its name (the “Concentration Account”) at the bank that shall be designated as the Concentration Account bank for Borrower in Disclosure Schedule 3.19 (the “Concentration Account Bank”) which bank shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent. (b) Borrower may maintain, in its name, an account (each a “Disbursement Account” and collectively, the “Disbursement Accounts”) at a bank acceptable to Agent into which Agent shall, from time to time, deposit proceeds of Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances made to Borrower pursuant to Section 1.1 for use by Borrower in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.4. (c) On or before the Original Closing Date (or such later date as Agent shall consent to in writing), the Concentration Account Bank, each bank where a Disbursement Account is maintained and all other Relationship Banks, shall have entered into, or confirmed the effectiveness of existing, tri-party blocked account agreements with Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, and Borrower and Subsidiaries thereof, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent, which shall become operative on or prior to the Original Closing Date. Each such blocked account agreement shall provide, among other things, that (i) all items of payment deposited in such account and proceeds thereof deposited in the Concentration Account are held by such bank as agent or bailee-in-possession for Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, (ii) the bank executing such agreement has no rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against such account, as the case may be, other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (iii) from and after the Original Closing Date (A) with respect to banks at which a Blocked Account is maintained, such bank agrees to forward immediately all amounts in each Blocked Account to the Concentration Account Bank and to commence the process of daily sweeps from such Blocked Account into the Concentration Account and (B) with respect to the Concentration Account Bank, such bank agrees to immediately forward all amounts received in the Concentration Account to the Collection Account through daily sweeps |
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from such Concentration Account into the Collection Account. Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Subsidiary thereof to, accumulate or maintain cash in Disbursement Accounts or payroll accounts as of any date of determination in excess of checks outstanding against such accounts as of that date and amounts necessary to meet minimum balance requirements. |
(d) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower may amend Disclosure Schedule 3.19 to add or replace a Relationship Bank, Lock Box or Blocked Account or to replace any Concentration Account or any Disbursement Account; provided, that (i) Agent shall have consented in writing in advance to the opening of such account or Lock Box with the relevant bank and (ii) prior to the time of the opening of such account or Lock Box, Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and such bank shall have executed and delivered to Agent a tri-party blocked account agreement, in form and substa nce reasonably satisfactory to Agent. Borrower shall close any of its accounts (and establish replacement accounts in accordance with the foregoing sentence) promptly and in any event within 30 days following notice from Agent that the creditworthiness of any bank holding an account is no longer acceptable in Agent’s reasonable judgment, or as promptly as practicable and in any event within 60 days following notice from Agent that the operating performance, funds transfer or availability procedures or performance with respect to accounts or Lock Boxes of the bank holding such accounts or Agent’s liability under any tri-party blocked account agreement with such bank is no longer acceptable in Agent’s reasonable judgment. (e) The Lock Boxes, Blocked Accounts, Disbursement Accounts and the Concentration Account shall be cash collateral accounts, with all cash, checks and other similar items of payment in such accounts securing payment of the Loans and all other Obligations, and in which Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof shall have granted a Lien to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Security Agreement. (f) All amounts deposited in the Collection Account shall be deemed received by Agent in accordance with Section 1.10 and shall be applied (and allocated) by Agent in accordance with Section 1.11. In no event shall any amount be so applied unless and until such amount shall have been credited in immediately available funds to the Collection Account. (g) Borrower shall and shall cause its Affiliates, officers, employees, agents, directors or other Persons acting for or in concert with Borrower (each a “Related Person”) to (i) hold in trust for Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, all checks, cash and other items of payment received by Borrower or any such Related Person, and (ii) within 1 Business Day after receipt by Borrower or any such Related Person of any checks, cash or other items of payment, deposit the same into a Blocked Account. Borrower and each Related Person thereof acknowledges and agrees that all cash, checks or other items of payment constitut ing proceeds of Collateral are part of the Collateral. All proceeds of the sale or other disposition of any Collateral, shall be deposited directly into Blocked Accounts. |
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ANNEX
D (Section 2.1(a)) CLOSING CHECKLIST In addition to, and not in limitation of, the conditions described in Section 2.1 of the Agreement, pursuant to Section 2.1 (a), the following items must be received by Agent in form and substance satisfactory to Agent on or prior to the Original Closing Date (each capitalized term used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Annex A to the Agreement): A. Appendices. All Appendices to the Existing Credit Agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. B. Revolving Notes and Swing Line Note. Duly executed originals of the Revolving Notes and Swing Line Note for each applicable Lender, dated the Original Closing Date. |
C. Security Agreements. Duly executed originals of the Security Agreements, dated the Original Closing Date, and all instruments, documents and agreements executed pursuant thereto. |
D. Insurance. Satisfactory evidence that the insurance policies required by Section 5.4 are in full force and effect, together with appropriate evidence showing loss payable and/or additional insured clauses or endorsements, as requested by Agent, in favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders. |
E. Security Interests and Code Filings. (a) Evidence satisfactory to Agent that Agent (for the benefit of itself and Lenders) has a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral, including (i) such documents duly executed by each Credit Party (including financing statements under the Code and other applicable documents under the laws of any jurisdiction with respect to the perfection of Liens) as Agent may request in order to perfect its security interests in the Collateral and (ii) copies of Code search reports listing all effective financing statements that name any Credit Party as debtor, together with copies of such financing statements, none of which shall cover the Collateral. |
(b) Evidence satisfactory to Agent, including copies, of all UCC-1 and other financing statements filed in favor of any Credit Party with respect to each location, if any, at which Inventory may be consigned. (c) Control Letters from (i) all issuers of uncertificated securities and financial assets held by Borrower, (ii) all securities intermediaries with respect to all securities accounts and securities entitlements of Borrower, and (iii) all futures commission agents and clearing houses with respect to all commodities contracts and commodities accounts held by Borrower. |
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F. Omnibus Amendment and Confirmation of Collateral Document Agreement. Duly executed originals of the Omnibus Amendment and Confirmation of Collateral Document Agreement dated the Original Closing Date, and all instruments, documents and agreements executed pursuant thereto. |
G. Intellectual Property Security Agreement. Duly executed originals of the Intellectual Property Security Agreement, dated the Original Closing Date, and signed by each Credit Party which owns Trademarks, Copyrights and/or Patents, as applicable, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, together with all instruments, documents and agreements executed pursuant thereto. |
H. Cash Management Letters. Duly executed originals of a letter, dated the Original Closing Date (the “Cash Management Letter”) addressed to and acknowledged and agreed by Fleet Bank from Borrower and the other Credit Parties with respect to the continued effectiveness of (i) the Pledged Account Agreement, dated as of May 1999, among Borrower, Agent and Fleet Bank, (ii) the Concentration Account Agreement, dated as of May 1999 among Borrower, Agent and Fleet Bank, (iii) duly executed originals of a three-party agreement relating to lockbox services by and among Borrower, Agent and Bank of America, N.A., and (iv) duly executed originals of a three-party agreement relating to lockbox services by and among Xxxxxx Telecom, Inc., Agent and Bank of America, N.A. |
I. Initial Borrowing Base Certificate. Duly executed originals of an initial Borrowing Base Certificate from Borrower, dated the Original Closing Date, reflecting information concerning Eligible Accounts and Eligible Pending Accounts Receivable and Fixed Contract Accounts Receivable of Borrower as of a date not more than 7 days prior to the Original Closing Date. |
J. Initial Notice of Revolving Credit Advance. Duly executed originals of a Notice of Revolving Credit Advance, dated the Original Closing Date, with respect to the initial Revolving Credit Advance to be requested by Borrower on the Original Closing Date. |
K. Letter of Direction. Duly executed originals of a letter of direction from Borrower addressed to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, with respect to the disbursement on the Original Closing Date of the proceeds of the initial Revolving Credit Advance. |
L. Cash Management System; Blocked Account Agreements. Evidence satisfactory to Agent that, as of the Original Closing Date, Cash Management Systems complying with Annex C to the Agreement have been established and are currently being maintained in the manner set forth in such Annex C, together with copies of duly executed tri-party concentration account, blocked account and lock box agreements, reasonably satisfactory to Agent, with the banks as required by Annex C. |
M. Charter and Good Standing. For each Credit Party, such Person’s (a) charter and all amendments thereto, (b) good standing certificates (including verification of tax status) in its state of incorporation and (c) good standing certificates (including verification of tax status) and certificates of qualification to conduct business in each jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, each |
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dated a recent date prior to the Original Closing Date and certified by the applicable Secretary of State or other authorized Governmental Authority. |
N. Bylaws and Resolutions. For each Credit Party, (a) such Person’s bylaws, together with all amendments thereto and (b) resolutions of such Person’s Board of Directors and stockholders, approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such Person is a party and the transactions to be consummated in connection therewith, each certified as of the Original Closing Date by such Person’s corporate secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without any modification or amendment. O. Incumbency Certificates. For each Credit Party, signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of each such Person executing any of the Loan Documents, certified as of the Original Closing Date by such Person’s corporate secretary or an assistant secretary as being true, accurate, correct and complete. P. Opinions of Counsel. Duly executed originals of opinions of XxXxxxx, XxXxxxx & Xxxxx, counsel for the Credit Parties, together with any local counsel opinions reasonably requested by Agent, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and its counsel, dated the Original Closing Date, and each accompanied by a letter addressed to such counsel from the Credit Parties, authorizing and directing such counsel to address its opinion to Agent, on behalf of Lenders, and to include in such opinion an express statement to the effect that Agent and Lenders are authorized to rely on such opinion. |
Q. Pledge Agreements. Duly executed originals of each of the Pledge Agreements accompanied by (as applicable) (a) share certificates representing all of the outstanding Stock being pledged pursuant to such Pledge Agreement and stock powers for such share certificates executed in blank and (b) the original Intercompany Notes and other instruments evidencing Indebtedness being pledged pursuant to such Pledge Agreement, duly endorsed in blank. |
R. Accountants’ Letters. A letter from the Credit Parties to their independent auditors authorizing the independent certified public accountants of the Credit Parties to communicate with Agent and Lenders in accordance with Section 4.2. |
S. Appointment of Agent for Service. An appointment of CT Corporation as each Credit Party’s agent for service of process. |
T. Fee Letter. Duly executed originals of the GE Capital Fee Letter. |
U. Officer’s Certificate. Agent shall have received duly executed originals of a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer and the Vice President and Controller of Borrower, dated the Original Closing Date, stating that, since December 31, 2000 (a) no event or condition has occurred or is existing which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect other than as reflected in the 2001 10-Q’s and related forecasts filed by Borrower; (b) there has been no material adverse change in the industry in which Borrower operates other than as reflected in the 2001 10-Q’s and related forecasts filed b y Borrower; (c) no Litigation has been commenced which, if successful, would have a Material Adverse Effect or could challenge |
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any of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (d) there have been no Restricted Payments made by any Credit Party; and (e) there has been no material increase in liabilities, liquidated or contingent, and no material decrease in assets of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries. |
V. Waivers. Agent, on behalf of Lenders, shall have received landlord waivers and consents, bailee letters and mortgagee agreements in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, in each case as required pursuant to Section 5.9. |
W. Subordination and Intercreditor Agreements. Agent and Lenders shall have received any and all subordination and/or intercreditor agreements, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, in its sole discretion, as Agent shall have deemed necessary or appropriate with respect to any Indebtedness of any Credit Party. |
X. Appraisals. Agent shall have received appraisals as to all Equipment in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. |
Y. Audited Financials; Financial Condition. Agent shall have received the Financial Statements and other materials set forth in Section 3.4, certified by Borrower’s Chief Financial Officer, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, and Agent shall be satisfied, in its sole discretion, with all of the foregoing. Agent shall have further received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer and/or the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower, based on such Pro Forma, to the effect that (a) Borrower will be Solvent upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein; (b) the Pro Forma fairly presents the financial condition of Borrower as of the date thereof after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents; and (c) containing such other statements with respect to the solvency of Borrower and matters related thereto as Agent shall request. |
Z. Master Standby Agreement. A Master Agreement for Standby Letters of Credit between Borrower and GE Capital. |
AA. Other Documents. Such other certificates, documents and agreements respecting any Credit Party as Agent may, in its sole discretion, request. |
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ANNEX
E (Section 4.1(a)) |
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PROJECTIONS – REPORTING | |
Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Agent or to Agent and Lenders, as indicated, the following: |
(a) Monthly Financials. To Agent and Lenders, within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Month, financial information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and upon request of Agent, certified by the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower, consisting of consolidated and consolidating (i) unaudited balance sheets as of the close of such Fiscal Month and the related statements of income and cash flows for that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Month; (ii) unaudited statements of income and cash flows for such Fiscal Month, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the correspond ing period in the prior year and the figures contained in the Projections for such Fiscal Year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments); and (iii) a summary of the outstanding balance of all Intercompany Notes as of the last day of that Fiscal Month. Such financial information shall be accompanied by the certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower that (i) such financial information presents fairly in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments) the financial position and results of operations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated and consolidating basis, in each case as at the end of such Fiscal Month and for that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended and (ii) any other information presented is true, correct and complete in all material respects and that there was no Default or Event of Default in existence as of such time or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, describing the nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure such Default or Event of Default. (b) Quarterly Financials. To Agent and Lenders, within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, consolidated and consolidating financial information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries, certified by the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower, including (i) unaudited balance sheets as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter and the related statements of income and cash flow for that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Quarter and (ii) unaudited statements of income and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter, in each case setting forth in com parative form the figures for the corresponding period in the prio r year and the figures contained in the Projections for such Fiscal Year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments). Such financial information shall be accompanied by (A) a statement in reasonable detail (each, a “Compliance Certificate”) showing the calculations used in determining compliance with each of the Financial Covenants that is tested on a quarterly basis and (B) the certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower that (i) such financial information presents fairly in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments) the financial position, results of operations and statements of cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on both a consolidated and consolidating basis, as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and for that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended, (ii) any other information presented is true, correct and complete in all material respects and that there was no Default or Event of Default in existence as of such xxx e or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, |
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describing the nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure such Default or Event of Default. In addition, Borrower shall deliver to Agent and Lenders, within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, a management discussion and analysis that includes a comparison to budget for that Fiscal Quarter and a comparison of performance for that Fiscal Quarter to the corresponding period in the prior year. (c) Operating Plan. To Agent and Lenders, as soon as available, but not later than 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, an annual operating plan for Borrower, approved by the Board of Directors of Borrower, for the following Fiscal Year, which (i) includes a statement of all of the material assumptions on which such plan is based, (ii) includes monthly balance sheets and a monthly budget for the following year and (iii) integrates sales, gross profits, operating expenses, operating profit, cash flow projections and Borrowing Availability projections, all prepared on the same basis and in similar detail as that on which o perating results are reported (and in the case of cash flow projections, representing management’s good faith estimates of future financial performance based on historical performance), and including plans for personnel, Capital Expenditures and facilities. (d) Annual Audited Financials. To Agent and Lenders, within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, audited Financial Statements for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and (unaudited) consolidating basis, consisting of balance sheets and statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows, setting forth in comparative form in each case the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, which Financial Statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and certified without qualification, by an independent certified public accounting firm of national standing or otherwise acceptable to Agent. Such Financial State ments shall be accompanied by (i) a statement prepared in reasonable detail showing the calculations used in determining compliance with each of the Financial Covenants, (ii) a report from such accounting firm to the effect that, in connection with their audit examination, nothing has come to their attention to cause them to believe that a Default or Event of Default has occurred with respect to the Financial Covenants (or specifying those Defaults and Events of Default that they became aware of), it being understood that such audit examination extended only to accounting matters and that no special investigation was made with respect to the existence of Defaults or Events of Default, (iii) a letter addressed to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and subject to standard qualifications required by nationally recognized accounting firms, signed by such accounting firm acknowledging that Agent and Lenders are entitled to rely upon such accounting firm’s certification of such audited Financial Statements, (iv) the annual letters to such accountants in connection with their audit examination detailing contingent liabilities and material litigation matters, and (v) the certification of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower that all such Financial Statements present fairly in accordance with GAAP the financial position, results of operations and statements of cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and consolidating basis, as at the end of such Fiscal Year and for the period then ended, and that there was no Default or Event of Default in existence as of such time or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, describing the nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure such Default or Event of Default. |
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(e) Management Letters. To Agent and Lenders, within 5 Business Days after receipt thereof by any Credit Party, copies of all management letters, exception reports or similar letters or reports received by such Credit Party from its independent certified public accountants. (f) Default Notices. To Agent and Lenders, as soon as practicable, and in any event within 5 Business Days after an executive officer of Borrower has actual knowledge of the existence of any Default, Event of Default or other event that has had a Material Adverse Effect, telephonic or telecopied notice specifying the nature of such Default or Event of Default or other event, including the anticipated effect thereof, which notice, if given telephonically, shall be promptly confirmed in writing on the next Business Day. (g) SEC Filings and Press Releases. To Agent and Lenders, promptly upon their becoming available, copies of: (i) all Financial Statements, reports, notices and proxy statements made publicly available by any Credit Party to its security holders; (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by any Credit Party with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority; and (iii) all press releases and other statements made available by any Cred it Party to the public concerning material changes or developments in the business of any such Person. |
(h) Subordinated Debt and Equity Notices. To Agent, as soon as practicable, copies of all material written notices given or received by any Credit Party with respect to any Subordinated Debt or Stock of such Person, and, within 2 Business Days after any Credit Party obtains knowledge of any matured or unmatured event of default with respect to any Subordinated Debt, notice of such event of default. |
(i) Supplemental Schedules. To Agent, supplemental disclosures, if any, required by Section 5.6. |
(j) Litigation. To Agent in writing, promptly upon learning thereof, notice of any Litigation commenced or threatened against any Credit Party that (i) seeks damages in excess of $750,000, (ii) seeks injunctive relief, (iii) is asserted or instituted against any Plan, its fiduciaries or its assets or against any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate in connection with any Plan, (iv) alleges criminal misconduct by any Credit Party, (v) alleges the violation of any law regarding, or seeks remedies in connection with, any Environmental Liabilities; or (vi) involves any product recall. (k) Insurance Notices. To Agent, disclosure of losses or casualties required by Section 5.4. (l) Lease Default Notices. To Agent, within 2 Business Days after receipt thereof, copies of (i) any and all default notices received under or with respect to any leased location or public warehouse where Collateral is located, and (ii) such other notices or documents as Agent may reasonably request. |
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(m) Lease Agreement. To Agent, as soon as practicable, and in any event within fifteen (15) days after any amendment, restatement or replacement of the Montvale Lease has been executed, copies of such amendment, restatement or replacement and such other notices or documents related thereto as Agent may reasonably request. |
(n) Other Documents. To Agent and Lenders, such other financial and other information respecting any Credit Party’s business or financial condition as Agent or any Lender shall, from time to time, reasonably request. |
(o) Four Week Net Cash Flow Forecast. To Agent, on or prior to 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on each Monday beginning on the first Monday after the Closing Date, an updated four (4) week net cash flow forecast showing Borrower’s cumulative actual and forecasted cash receipts and cash disbursements from the first Monday after the Closing Date, together with the actual variance for such period and such other information as may be reasonably requested by Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. (p) Weekly Status Reports. To Agent, on or prior to 9:00 a.m. (New York time) on each Monday following the first Monday after the Closing Date, a detailed status report setting forth the Borrower’s efforts to refinance in full in cash the Obligations and sell the Montvale Property, and such other information as may be reasonably requested by Agent, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. (q) Restated 2004 Audited Financial Statements; 2005 Audited Financial Statements; 2006 Audited Financial Statements. To Agent, on or prior to November 1, 2007, (i) restated audited Financial Statements for Borrower and its Subsidiaries for Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2004 (the “Restated Financial Statements”), which Restated Financial Statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and certified without qualification by an independent certified public accounting firm of national standing or otherwise acceptable to Agent, (ii) the annual Financial Statements, certifications, statements, reports, lette rs and all other documentation required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.1 (a) and clause (d) of Annex E of the Credit Agreement in respect of the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2005 (the “2005 Year End Financial Information”) for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, which 2005 Year End Financial Information shall be prepared in accordance in all respects with subsection (d) hereof, and (iii) the annual Financial Statements, certifications, statements, reports, letters and all other documentation required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.1 (a) and clause (b) of Annex E of the Credit Agreement in respect of the Fiscal Year December 31, 2006 (the “2006 Year End Financial Information”) for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, which 2006 Year End Financial Information shall be prepared in accordance in all respects with subsection (d) hereof. |
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ANNEX
F (Section 4.1(b)) COLLATERAL REPORTS |
Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following: |
(a) To Agent, upon its request, and in any event no less frequently than the tenth (10)th day after the end of each Fiscal Month (together with a copy of all or any part of the following reports requested by any Lender in writing after the Closing Date), each of the following reports, each of which shall be prepared by the Borrower as of the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Month or the date 2 days prior to the date of any such request: |
(i) a Borrowing Base Certificate with respect to Borrower, accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by Agent in its reasonable discretion; and | |
(ii) with respect to Borrower, a summary of Inventory by location and type with a supporting perpetual Inventory report, in each case accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by Agent in its reasonable discretion; |
(b) To Agent, upon its request, and in any event no less frequently than the second (2nd) day after the end of each week, with respect to Borrower, a trial balance showing Accounts outstanding aged from invoice date as follows: 1 to 30 days, 31 to 60 days, 61 to 90 days and 91 days or more, accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by Agent in its reasonable discretion. (c) To Agent, on a weekly basis or at such more frequent intervals as Agent may request from time to time (together with a copy of all or any part of such delivery requested by any Lender in writing after the Closing Date), collateral reports with respect to Borrower, including all additions and reductions (cash and non-cash) with respect to Accounts of Borrower, in each case accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by Agent in its reasonable discretion each of which shall be prepared by the applicable Borrower as of the last day o f the immediately preceding week or the date 2 days prior to the d ate of any request; |
(d) To Agent, at the time of delivery of each of the monthly Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Annex E if an Event of Default has occurred, and upon Agent’s request, if no Event of Default has occurred: |
(i) a reconciliation of the most recent Borrowing Base, general ledger and month-end Inventory reports of Borrower to Borrower’s general ledger and monthly Financial Statements delivered pursuant to such Annex E, in each case accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by Agent in its reasonable discretion; |
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(ii) a reconciliation of the perpetual inventory by location to Borrower’s most recent Borrowing Base Certificate, general ledger and monthly Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Annex E, in each case accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by Agent in its reasonable discretion; | |
(iii) an aging of accounts payable and a reconciliation of that accounts payable aging to Borrower’s general ledger and monthly Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Annex E, in each case accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by Agent in its reasonable discretion; | |
(iv) a reconciliation of the outstanding Loans as set forth in the monthly Loan Account statement provided by Agent to Borrower’s general ledger and monthly Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Annex E, in each case accompanied by such supporting detail and documentation as shall be requested by Agent in its reasonable discretion; |
(e) To Agent, at the time of delivery of each of the quarterly Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Annex E, (i) a listing of government contracts of Borrower subject to the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940; and (ii) a list of any applications for the registration of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright filed by any Credit Party with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in the prior Fiscal Quarter; (f) Borrower, at its own expense, shall deliver to Agent the results of each physical verification, if any, that Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may in their discretion have made, or caused any other Person to have made on their behalf, of all or any portion of their Inventory (and, if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and be continuing, Borrower shall, upon the request of Agent, conduct, and deliver the results of, such physical verifications as Agent may require); (g) Borrower, at its own expense, shall deliver to Agent such appraisals of its assets as Agent may request at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default, such appraisals to be conducted by an appraiser, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent; and (h) Such other reports, statements and reconciliations with respect to the Borrowing Base or Collateral or Obligations of any or all Credit Parties as Agent shall from time to time request in its reasonable discretion. |
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ANNEX
G (Section 6.10) FINANCIAL COVENANTS |
Borrower shall not breach or fail to comply with any of the following financial covenants, each of which shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP consistently applied: |
(a) Maximum Capital Expenditures. Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall not make Capital Expenditures that exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year. |
(b) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall have on a consolidated basis a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1. 10x for the Fiscal Quarter ending December 31, 2007. |
(c) Maximum Leverage Ratio. Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall have a Leverage Ratio of not more than 4.75x for the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2007. |
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any accounting term used in the Agreement shall have the meaning customarily given such term in accordance with GAAP, and all financial computations hereunder shall be computed in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. That certain items or computations are explicitly modified by the phrase “in accordance with GAAP” shall in no way be construed to limit the foregoing. If any “Accounting Changes” (as defined below) occur and such changes result in a change in the calculation of the financial covenants, standards or terms used in the Agreement or any other Loan Document, then Borrower, Agent and Lenders agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of the Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ financial condition shall be the xxx e after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made; provided, however, that the agreement of Requisite Lenders to any required amendments of such provisions shall be sufficient to bind all Lenders. “Accounting Changes” means (i) changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (or successor thereto or any agency with similar functions), (ii) changes in accounting principles concurred in by Borrower’s certified public accountants; (iii) purchase accounting adjustments under A.P.B. 16 or 17 and EITF 88-16, and the application of the accounting principles set forth in FASB 109, including the establishment of reserves pursuant thereto and any subsequent reversal (in whole or in part) of such reserves; and (iv) the reversal of any reserves established as a result of purchase accounting a djustments. All such adjustments resulting from expenditures made subsequent to the Closing Date (including capitalization of costs and expenses or payment of pre-Closing Date liabilities) shall be treated as expenses in the period the expenditures are made and deducted as part of the calculation of EBITDA in such period. If Agent, Borrower and Requisite Lenders agree upon the required amendments, then after appropriate amendments have been executed and the underlying Accounting Change with respect thereto has been |
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implemented, any reference to GAAP contained in the Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall, only to the extent of such Accounting Change, refer to GAAP, consistently applied after giving effect to the implementation of such Accounting Change. If Agent, Borrower and Requisite Lenders cannot agree upon the required amendments within 30 days following the date of implementation of any Accounting Change, then all Financial Statements delivered and all calculations of financial covenants and other standards and terms in accordance with the Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be prepared, delivered and made without regard to the underlying Accounting Change. For purposes of Section 8.1, a breach of a Financial Covenant contained in this Annex G shall be deemed to have occurred as of any date of determination by Agent or as of the last day of any specified measurement period, regardless of when the Financial Statements reflec ting such breach are delivered to Agent. |
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ANNEX H (Section
1.1(d)) LENDERS’ WIRE TRANSFER INFORMATION |
Name: | General Electric Capital Corporation | ||
Bank: | Bankers Trust Company | ||
New York, New York | |||
ABA #: | 000000000 | ||
Account #: | 00000000 | ||
Account Name: | GECC/CAF Depository | ||
Reference: | CFC Xxxxxx |
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ANNEX I (Section
11.10) NOTICE ADDRESSES |
(A) | If to Agent or
GE Capital, at General Electric Capital Corporation 000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxxx Account Manager Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 |
with copies to: | |
Paul,
Hastings, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 |
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and | |
General
Electric Capital Corporation 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 Attention: Corporate Counsel-Commercial Finance Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 |
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(B) | If to
Borrower, at Xxxxxx Service Group, Inc. 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 |
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With copies to: | |
XxXxxxx &
Xxxxx 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxx Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 |
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Xxxxxx
International, Inc. The New River Center, Suite 1730 000 X. Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, CEO Phone: 000-000-0000 Fax: 000-000-0000 |
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Xxxxxx
Services, Inc. 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, VP Legal Phone: 000-000-0000 Fax: 000-000-0000 |
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ANNEX J (from Annex A -
Commitments definition) to CREDIT AGREEMENT |
Lender(s): | ||||
General Electric Capital Corporation | ||||
Revolving Loan Commitment | ||||
(including a Swing Line Commitment | ||||
of $4,000,000): | $ | 45,000,000.00 | ||
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Total Commitments: | $ | 45,000,000.00 |
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