CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of August 15, 2012 among AGS LLC, as Borrower, AGS CAPITAL, LLC, AGS PARTNERS, LLC, and THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, as Guarantors, THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO and UBS SECURITIES LLC, as Arranger, Bookmanager and...
Exhibit 10.18
$130,000,000
dated as of August 15, 2012
among
AGS LLC,
as Borrower,
AGS CAPITAL, LLC,
AGS PARTNERS, LLC,
and
THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
as Guarantors,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
UBS SECURITIES LLC,
as Arranger, Bookmanager and Syndication Agent,
and
UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I |
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DEFINITIONS |
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SECTION 1.01 |
Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
SECTION 1.02 |
Classification of Term Loans and Borrowings | 35 | ||||
SECTION 1.03 |
Terms Generally | 35 | ||||
SECTION 1.04 |
Accounting Terms; GAAP | 35 | ||||
SECTION 1.05 |
Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities | 35 | ||||
ARTICLE II |
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THE CREDITS |
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SECTION 2.01 |
Commitments | 36 | ||||
SECTION 2.02 |
Term Loans | 36 | ||||
SECTION 2.03 |
Borrowing Procedure | 37 | ||||
SECTION 2.04 |
Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Term Loans | 38 | ||||
SECTION 2.05 |
Fees | 38 | ||||
SECTION 2.06 |
Interest on Term Loans | 39 | ||||
SECTION 2.07 |
Termination and Reduction of Commitments | 40 | ||||
SECTION 2.08 |
Interest Elections | 40 | ||||
SECTION 2.09 |
Amortization of Term Borrowings | 41 | ||||
SECTION 2.10 |
Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Term Loans | 41 | ||||
SECTION 2.11 |
Alternate Rate of Interest | 45 | ||||
SECTION 2.12 |
Yield Protection | 45 | ||||
SECTION 2.13 |
Breakage Payments | 46 | ||||
SECTION 2.14 |
Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs | 46 | ||||
SECTION 2.15 |
Taxes | 48 | ||||
SECTION 2.16 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders | 50 | ||||
SECTION 2.17 |
Defaulting Lenders | 51 | ||||
ARTICLE III |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 3.01 |
Organization; Powers | 52 | ||||
SECTION 3.02 |
Authorization; Enforceability | 53 | ||||
SECTION 3.03 |
No Conflicts | 53 | ||||
SECTION 3.04 |
Financial Statements; Projections | 53 | ||||
SECTION 3.05 |
Properties | 54 | ||||
SECTION 3.06 |
Intellectual Property | 55 | ||||
SECTION 3.07 |
Equity Interests and Subsidiaries | 55 | ||||
SECTION 3.08 |
Litigation; Compliance with Laws | 56 | ||||
SECTION 3.09 |
Agreements | 00 |
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SECTION 3.10 |
Federal Reserve Regulations | 56 | ||||
SECTION 3.11 |
Investment Company Act | 56 | ||||
SECTION 3.12 |
Use of Proceeds | 57 | ||||
SECTION 3.13 |
Taxes | 57 | ||||
SECTION 3.14 |
No Material Misstatements | 57 | ||||
SECTION 3.15 |
Labor Matters | 57 | ||||
SECTION 3.16 |
Solvency | 57 | ||||
SECTION 3.17 |
Employee Benefit Plans | 58 | ||||
SECTION 3.18 |
Environmental Matters | 58 | ||||
SECTION 3.19 |
Insurance | 59 | ||||
SECTION 3.20 |
Security Documents | 60 | ||||
SECTION 3.21 |
Anti-Terrorism Law | 61 | ||||
SECTION 3.22 |
Anti-Corruption | 61 | ||||
ARTICLE IV |
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CONDITIONS TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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SECTION 4.01 |
Conditions to Initial Credit Extension | 61 | ||||
SECTION 4.02 |
Conditions to Extensions of Delayed Draw Term Loans | 65 | ||||
SECTION 4.03 |
Conditions to All Credit Extensions | 65 | ||||
ARTICLE V |
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 5.01 |
Financial Statements, Reports, etc. | 66 | ||||
SECTION 5.02 |
Litigation and Other Notices | 69 | ||||
SECTION 5.03 |
Existence; Businesses and Properties | 69 | ||||
SECTION 5.04 |
Insurance | 70 | ||||
SECTION 5.05 |
Obligations and Taxes | 71 | ||||
SECTION 5.06 |
Employee Benefits | 72 | ||||
SECTION 5.07 |
Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections; Annual Meetings | 72 | ||||
SECTION 5.08 |
Use of Proceeds | 72 | ||||
SECTION 5.09 |
Compliance with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports | 72 | ||||
SECTION 5.10 |
Maintenance of Ratings | 73 | ||||
SECTION 5.11 |
Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors | 73 | ||||
SECTION 5.12 |
Security Interests; Further Assurances | 74 | ||||
SECTION 5.13 |
Information Regarding Collateral | 75 | ||||
SECTION 5.14 |
Affirmative Covenants with Respect to Leases | 75 | ||||
SECTION 5.15 |
Nevada Gaming Approvals | 76 | ||||
ARTICLE VI |
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 6.01 |
Indebtedness | 76 | ||||
SECTION 6.02 |
Liens | 77 |
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SECTION 6.03 |
Sale and Leaseback Transactions | 80 | ||||
SECTION 6.04 |
Investment, Loan and Advances | 80 | ||||
SECTION 6.05 |
Mergers and Consolidations | 81 | ||||
SECTION 6.06 |
Asset Sales | 82 | ||||
SECTION 6.07 |
Acquisitions | 82 | ||||
SECTION 6.08 |
Dividends | 83 | ||||
SECTION 6.09 |
Transactions with Affiliates | 83 | ||||
SECTION 6.10 |
Financial Covenants | 85 | ||||
SECTION 6.11 |
Prepayments of Other Indebtedness; Modifications of Organizational Documents and Other Documents, etc. | 86 | ||||
SECTION 6.12 |
Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries | 87 | ||||
SECTION 6.13 |
Limitation on Issuance of Capital Stock | 88 | ||||
SECTION 6.14 |
Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries | 88 | ||||
SECTION 6.15 |
Business | 88 | ||||
SECTION 6.16 |
Limitation on Accounting Changes | 88 | ||||
SECTION 6.17 |
Fiscal Year | 89 | ||||
SECTION 6.18 |
No Further Negative Pledge | 89 | ||||
SECTION 6.19 |
Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money Laundering | 89 | ||||
SECTION 6.20 |
Embargoed Person | 89 | ||||
SECTION 6.21 |
Use of Proceeds | 90 | ||||
SECTION 6.22 |
Anti-Bribery | 90 | ||||
SECTION 6.23 |
Borrower Equity Interests | 90 | ||||
ARTICLE VII |
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GUARANTEE |
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SECTION 7.01 |
The Guarantee | 90 | ||||
SECTION 7.02 |
Obligations Unconditional | 91 | ||||
SECTION 7.03 |
Reinstatement | 92 | ||||
SECTION 7.04 |
Subrogation; Subordination | 92 | ||||
SECTION 7.05 |
Remedies | 92 | ||||
SECTION 7.06 |
Instrument for the Payment of Money | 92 | ||||
SECTION 7.07 |
Continuing Guarantee | 92 | ||||
SECTION 7.08 |
General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations | 92 | ||||
SECTION 7.09 |
Release of Guarantors | 93 | ||||
SECTION 7.10 |
Right of Contribution | 93 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII |
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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SECTION 8.01 |
Events of Default | 93 | ||||
SECTION 8.02 |
Application of Proceeds | 96 |
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ARTICLE IX |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT |
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SECTION 9.01 |
Appointment and Authority | 97 | ||||
SECTION 9.02 |
Rights as a Lender | 97 | ||||
SECTION 9.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions | 97 | ||||
SECTION 9.04 |
Reliance by Agent | 98 | ||||
SECTION 9.05 |
Delegation of Duties | 98 | ||||
SECTION 9.06 |
Resignation of Agent | 98 | ||||
SECTION 9.07 |
Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders | 99 | ||||
SECTION 9.08 |
No Other Duties, etc. | 99 | ||||
ARTICLE X |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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SECTION 10.01 |
Notices | 99 | ||||
SECTION 10.02 |
Waivers; Amendment | 102 | ||||
SECTION 10.03 |
Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver | 105 | ||||
SECTION 10.04 |
Successors and Assigns | 106 | ||||
SECTION 10.05 |
Survival of Agreement | 109 | ||||
SECTION 10.06 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness | 110 | ||||
SECTION 10.07 |
Severability | 110 | ||||
SECTION 10.08 |
Right of Setoff | 110 | ||||
SECTION 10.09 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process | 110 | ||||
SECTION 10.10 |
Waiver of Jury Trial | 111 | ||||
SECTION 10.11 |
Headings | 111 | ||||
SECTION 10.12 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality | 111 | ||||
SECTION 10.13 |
USA PATRIOT Act Notice | 112 | ||||
SECTION 10.14 |
Interest Rate Limitation | 112 | ||||
SECTION 10.15 |
Lender Addendum | 112 | ||||
SECTION 10.16 |
Obligations Absolute | 112 | ||||
SECTION 10.17 |
Compliance with Gaming Laws | 113 |
ANNEXES | ||
Annex I |
Amortization Table | |
SCHEDULES |
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Schedule 1.01 |
Subsidiary Guarantors | |
Schedule 3.03 |
Governmental Approvals; Compliance with Laws | |
Schedule 3.06(c) |
Violations or Proceedings | |
Schedule 3.09 |
Material Agreements | |
Schedule 3.18 |
Environmental Matters | |
Schedule 3.22 |
Anti-Corruption Policy | |
Schedule 3.19 |
Insurance | |
Schedule 4.01(n)(vi) |
Landlord Access Agreements |
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Schedule 6.01(b) |
Existing Indebtedness | |
Schedule 6.02(c) |
Existing Liens | |
Schedule 6.04(b) |
Existing Investments | |
Schedule 6.09 |
Transactions with Affiliates | |
EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A |
Form of Administrative Questionnaire | |
Exhibit B |
Form of Assignment and Assumption | |
Exhibit C |
Form of Borrowing Request | |
Exhibit D |
Form of Compliance Certificate | |
Exhibit E |
Form of Interest Election Request | |
Exhibit F |
Form of Joinder Agreement | |
Exhibit G |
Form of Landlord Access Agreement | |
Exhibit H |
Reserved | |
Exhibit I |
Form of Lender Addendum | |
Exhibit J |
Reserved | |
Exhibit K |
Form of Term Note | |
Exhibit L-1 |
Form of Perfection Certificate | |
Exhibit L-2 |
Form of Perfection Certificate Supplement | |
Exhibit M |
Form of Security Agreement | |
Exhibit N |
Reserved | |
Exhibit O |
Form of Solvency Certificate | |
Exhibit P |
Form of Intercompany Note | |
Exhibit Q-1 |
Form of Non-Bank Certificate | |
Exhibit Q-2 |
Tax Compliance Certificate – Non Beneficial Owner | |
Exhibit Q-3 |
Tax Compliance Certificate – Partnership |
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This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of August 15, 2012, among AGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”), AGS Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AGS Capital”), AGS Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AGS Partners”), the other Subsidiary Guarantors (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meaning given to it in Article I), the Lenders, UBS SECURITIES LLC, as lead arranger (in such capacity, “Arranger”) and as syndication agent (in such capacity, “Syndication Agent”), and UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as administrative agent (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders and as collateral agent (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”) for the Secured Parties.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested the Lenders to extend credit in the form of (a) term loans on the Closing Date, in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $115,000,000 and (b) delayed draw senior secured term loans, in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $15,000,000.
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Term Loans are to be used in accordance with Section 3.12.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Lenders are willing to extend such credit to Borrower on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
“ABR Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of ABR Term Loans.
“ABR Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“Acquisition Consideration” shall mean the aggregate purchase consideration for, as part of or in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, whether paid in cash or by exchange of Equity Interests or properties or otherwise and whether payable at or prior to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition or deferred for payment at any future time, whether or not any such future payment is subject to the occurrence of any contingency, and includes any and all payments representing the purchase price and any assumptions of Indebtedness, “earn-outs” and other agreements to make any payment the amount of which is, or the terms of payment of which are, in any respect subject to or contingent upon the revenues, income, cash flow or profits (or the like) of any person or business; provided that any such future payment that is subject to a contingency shall be considered Acquisition Consideration only to the extent of the reserve, if any, required under GAAP at the time of such sale to be established in respect thereof by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Additional Basket Amount” shall mean (A) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Specified Equity Issuances (other than any portion of any Specified Equity Issuance that is required to be used to repay the Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.10(e)) plus (ii) the aggregate amount of Permitted Subordinated Loans, minus (B) the the aggregate amount of Specified Equity Issuances and Permitted Subordinated Loans that have been used for a Permitted Additional Basket Amount Usage.
“Adjusted LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the greater of (a)(i) an interest rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) determined by Administrative Agent to be equal to the LIBOR Rate for such Eurodollar Borrowing in effect for such Interest Period divided by (ii) 1 minus the Statutory Reserves (if any) for such Eurodollar Borrowing for such Interest Period and (b) 1.50% per annum.
“Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto and includes each other person appointed as the successor pursuant to Article X.
“Administrative Agent Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(b).
“Administrative Questionnaire” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in substantially the form of Exhibit A.
“Affiliate” shall mean, when used with respect to a specified person, another person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the person specified; provided, however, that, for purposes of Section 6.09, the term “Affiliate” shall also include any person that directly or indirectly owns more than 10% of any class of Equity Interests of the person specified.
“Agent Fee Letter” shall mean the confidential fee letter, dated August 15, 2012, between Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Agents” shall mean Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent; and “Agent” shall mean any of them.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“AGS Capital” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“AGS Partners” shall mean AGS Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Alternate Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Base Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50% and (c) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for an Interest Period of one-month beginning on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 100 basis points; provided that the Alternate Base Rate shall be deemed to be not less than 2.50% per annum. If Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the inability or failure of Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the preceding sentence until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Base Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Base Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
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“Anti-Corruption Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.21(b).
“Anti-Corruption Prohibited Activity” shall mean the offering, payment, promise to pay, authorization or the payment of any money or the offer, promise to give, giving, or authorized giving of anything of value, to any Government Official or to any person under the circumstances where a Loan Party or an Affiliate or representative of any Loan Party knew or had reason to know that all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be offered, given or promised, directly or indirectly, to any Government Official, for the purpose of (i) influencing any act or decision of such Government Official in his or her official capacity, (ii) inducing such Government Official to do or omit to do any act in relation to his or her lawful duty, (iii) securing any improper advantage, or (iv) inducing such Government Official to influence or affect any act or decision of any Governmental Authority, in each case, in order to assist such Loan Party or Affiliate of such Loan Party in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or in directing business to, any person.
“Anti-Money Laundering Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.23.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.21.
“Applicable Margin” shall mean:
(a) for any day prior to the nine month anniversary of the Closing Date, (i) with respect to Eurodollar Term Loans, 10.00%, and (ii) with respect to ABR Term Loans, 9.00%; and
(b) for any day from and after the nine month anniversary of the Closing Date,
(i) | to the extent the Loan Parties have not obtained the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval, from the nine month anniversary of the Closing Date up to but not including the date that the Loan Parties have obtained the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval, (x) with respect to Eurodollar Term Loans, 12.50%, and (y) with respect to ABR Term Loans, 11.50%; or |
(ii) | to the extent the Loan Parties have obtained the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval, from and after the date that the Loan Parties have obtained the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval, (x) with respect to Eurodollar Term Loans, 10.00%, and (y) with respect to ABR Term Loans, 9.00%; |
provided that, if after the nine month anniversary of the Closing Date the Administrative Agent receives a written notice from the Nevada Gaming Authorities (or the Loan Parties receive a written notice from the Nevada Gaming Authorities and provide such written notice to the Administrative Agent) requesting modifications or amendments to the Loan Documents as a condition to the ability of the Loan Parties to obtain the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval and such modifications and amendments are not effectuated within ten (10) Business Days following receipt by the Administrative Agent of such written notice, the “Applicable Margin” shall mean, for any day after such ten (10) Business Day period, (i) with respect to Eurodollar Term Loans, 10.00%, and (ii) with respect to ABR Term Loans, 9.00%.
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“Approved Fund” shall mean any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arranger” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Asset Sale” shall mean (a) any conveyance, sale, lease or sublease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment, transfer or other disposition (including by way of merger or consolidation and including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property excluding sales, leases and subleases of Gaming Related Equipment or inventory and dispositions of cash and cash equivalents, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) any issuance or sale of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of AGS Capital, in each case, to any person other than (i) AGS Capital, (ii) Borrower, (iii) any Subsidiary Guarantor or (iv) other than for purposes of Section 6.06, any other Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, no Equity Issuance of the Equity Interests of AGS Capital shall be considered an Asset Sale for any purpose under this Agreement.
“Assignment and Assumption” shall mean an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.04(b)), and accepted by Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit B, or any other form approved by Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Indebtedness” shall mean, when used with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at a rate equivalent to Borrower’s then-current weighted average cost of funds for borrowed money as at the time of determination, compounded on a semi-annual basis) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.
“Bailee Letter” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Security Agreement.
“Base Rate” shall mean, for any day, a rate per annum that is equal to the corporate base rate of interest established by Administrative Agent from time to time; each change in the Base Rate shall be effective on the date such change is effective. The corporate base rate is not necessarily the lowest rate charged by Administrative Agent to its customers.
“Board” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Board of Directors” shall mean, with respect to any person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the managers, board of managers or managing member of such person, (iii) in the case of any partnership, the Board of Directors (or functional equivalent) of the general partner of such person and (iv) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
“Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
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“Borrowing” shall mean Term Loans of the same Class and Type, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Term Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect.
“Borrowing Request” shall mean a request by Borrower in accordance with the terms of Section 2.03 and substantially in the form of Exhibit C, or such other form as shall be approved by Administrative Agent.
“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close; provided, however, that when used in connection with a Eurodollar Term Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
“Canadian Payroll Tax Credit Net Amount” shall mean, with respect to any fiscal year, an amount (which may be positive or negative) equal to the net increase (or decrease) in the amount of the Canadian payroll tax credit available to AGS Capital or its Subsidiaries, which amount shall be determined by reference to the amount of such Canadian payroll tax credit as of December 31 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (the “Prior Fiscal Year”) against the amount of such Canadian payroll tax credit as of December 31 of the fiscal year immediately preceding the Prior Fiscal Year.
“Capital Assets” shall mean, with respect to any person, all equipment, fixed assets and Real Property or improvements of such person, or replacements or substitutions therefor or additions thereto, that, in accordance with GAAP, have been or should be reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment on the balance sheet of such person.
“Capital and Intangible Expenditures” shall mean, for any period, without duplication, all expenditures made directly or indirectly by AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries during such period pursant to one or more Permitted Development Loans or for Capital Assets and/or intangible assets (including, without limitation, with respect to capitalized salaries) (whether paid in cash or other consideration, financed by the incurrence of Indebtedness or accrued as a liability), but excluding (i) expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution or restoration of property pursuant to Section 2.10(f), (ii) any portion of such increase attributable solely to acquisitions of fixed and intangible assets in Permitted Acquisitions, (iii) the purchase of Capital Assets to the extent financed with the proceeds of Asset Sales that are not required to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.10(c), (iv) expenditures that are accounted for as Capital and Intangible Expenditures by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries and that actually are paid for or reimbursed by another person for which neither AGS Capital nor any of its Subsidiaries has provided or is required to provide or incur any consideration or obligation (other than rent) in respect of such expenditures and (v) expenditures relating to the construction, acquisition, replacement, reconstruction, development, refurbishment, renovation or improvement of any property (other than Gaming Related Equipment) that has been transferred to a person other than AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries during the same fiscal year in which such expenditures were made pursuant to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction permitted under Section 6.03 to the extent of the cash proceeds received in connection therewith. For purposes of this definition, the purchase price of equipment or other fixed or intangible assets that are purchased simultaneously with the concurrent sale or trade-in of existing assets or with insurance proceeds shall be included in Capital and Intangible Expenditures only to the extent of the gross amount by which such purchase price exceeds the credit granted by the seller of such assets for the assets being traded in at such time or the amount of such insurance proceeds, as the case may be.
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“Capital Lease Obligations” of any person shall mean the obligations of such person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Cash Equivalents” shall mean, as to any person, (a) securities issued, or directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured, by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition by such person; (b) time deposits and certificates of deposit of any Lender or any commercial bank having, or which is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia having, capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $500,000,000 and a rating of “A” (or such other similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) with maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition by such person; (c) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with any bank meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b) above, which repurchase obligations are secured by a valid perfected security interest in the underlying securities; (d) commercial paper issued by any person incorporated in the United States rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Xxxxx’x Investors Service Inc., and in each case maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition by such person; (e) investments in money market funds substantially all of whose assets are comprised of securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (d) above; and (f) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business.
“Cash Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, less the sum of (a) interest on any debt paid by the increase in the principal amount of such debt including by issuance of additional debt of such kind, (b) items described in clause (c) or, other than to the extent paid in cash, clause (g) of the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” and (c) the NGAA Interest Expense Increase. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of determining Cash Interest Expense for any period that would otherwise start before the Closing Date, such period shall instead start on the Closing Date and Cash Interest Expense shall be an amount equal to Cash Interest Expense from the Closing Date through the last day of such period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and the denominator of which is the number of days from the Closing Date through the last day of such period.
“Casualty Event” shall mean any involuntary loss of title, any involuntary loss of, damage to or any destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking (including by any Governmental Authority) of, any property of AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries. “Casualty Event” shall include but not be limited to any taking of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part thereof, in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any Requirement of Law, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any part of any Real Property of any person or any part thereof by any Governmental Authority, civil or military, or any settlement in lieu thereof.
“CERCLA” shall mean the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq. and all implementing regulations.
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A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if:
(a) AGS Capital at any time ceases to own 100% of the Equity Interests of Borrower;
(b) (i) Alpine Investors II, LP, together with certain Affiliates of Alpine Investors II, LP identified in writing to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, sell or transfer to a person that is not an Affiliate of Alpine Investors II, LP more than 25% of the total economic interests in AGS Capital collectively held, directly or indirectly, by Alpine Investors II, LP and such Affiliates as of the Closing Date, (ii) Xxxxxx Xxxxxx and one or more designees of Sponsor, collectively, cease to have the power to vote or direct the voting of Voting Stock of AGS Capital representing more than 66 2/3% of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of AGS Capital or (iii) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the Sponsor, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock of AGS Capital representing more than 30% of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of AGS Capital; or
(c) upon and following an IPO, during any period of four consecutive quarters, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of AGS Capital (together with any new directors whose election to such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election was approved by a vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of AGS Capital, which members comprising such majority are then still in office and were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of AGS Capital.
For purposes of this definition, a person shall not be deemed to have beneficial ownership of Equity Interests subject to a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement or similar agreement until the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such agreement.
“Change in Law” shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking into effect of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation, (b) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
“Charges” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.14.
“Class,” when used in reference to any Term Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Term Loan, or the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Initial Term Loans, Initial Delayed Draw Term Loans or Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loans and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is an Initial Term Loan Commitment, Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment or Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, in each case, under this Agreement, of which such Term Loan, Borrowing or Commitment shall be a part.
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“Closing Date” shall mean the date of the initial Credit Extension hereunder.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” shall mean, collectively, all of the Security Agreement Collateral, the Mortgaged Property and all other property of whatever kind and nature subject or purported to be subject from time to time to a Lien under any Security Document.
“Collateral Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Commitment” shall mean, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Initial Term Loan Commitment, Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment or Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment.
“Commitment Fee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.05(c).
“Compact” shall mean any Tribal-State Compact (as defined in the IGRA) or procedures issued by the U.S. Secretary of Interior in lieu of a Compact and any amendments or modifications thereto, entered into between any Indian Tribe and any State to govern Gaming on such Indian Tribe’s Indian Land.
“Companies” shall mean AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries; and “Company” shall mean any one of them.
“Compliance Certificate” shall mean a certificate of a Financial Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit D.
“Consolidated Amortization Expense” shall mean, for any period, the amortization expense of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Depreciation Expense” shall mean, for any period, the depreciation expense of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period, adjusted by (x) adding thereto, in each case only to the extent (and in the same proportion) deducted in determining such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication (and with respect to the portion of Consolidated Net Income attributable to any Subsidiary of AGS Capital only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be distributed to AGS Capital by such Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its Organizational Documents and all agreements, instruments and Requirements of Law applicable to such Subsidiary or its equityholders):
(a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period;
(b) Consolidated Amortization Expense for such period;
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(c) Consolidated Depreciation Expense for such period;
(d) Consolidated Tax Expense and Permitted Tax Distributions pursuant to Section 6.08(d) for such period;
(e) net losses attributable to Asset Sales;
(f) the amount of (x) any expense to the extent that a corresponding amount is received in cash by such person from a person under any agreement providing for reimbursement of expense, provided that such reimbursement is received not later than the last day of the first fiscal quarter commencing after the incurrence of the related expense, or (y) any expense with respect to liability or casualty events, business interruptions or product recalls, to the extent covered by insurance;
(g) the aggregate amount of all other non-cash expenses or charges reducing Consolidated Net Income (including any phantom unit, stock option, equity incentive or similar plan of any Loan Party, but excluding any other non-cash charge that results in an accrual of a reserve for cash charges in any future period) for such period;
(h) rent expenses associated with Attributable Indebtedness for such period that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP;
(i) expenses or charges related to any Equity Issuance, Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or issuance, repayment, refinancing, amendment or modification of Indebtedness (including amortization or write offs of debt issuance or deferred financing costs, premiums and prepayment penalties) for such period, in each case, whether or not successful, in each case, excluding amounts added back pursuant to clause (l) below;
(j) fees paid to an Affiliate of Alpine Investors II, LP for such period in accordance with Section 6.09(k);
(k) non-recurring losses for such period in a maximum aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year;
(l) fees, expenses and other one-time charges relating to the Transactions in a maximum aggregate amount not to exceed $14,000,000;
(m) Specified EBITDA Addbacks for the applicable fiscal quarters set forth in the definition thereof; and
(y) subtracting therefrom (a) the amount of any cash received by such person as reimbursement for any expense included as an adjustment to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (f) above for any prior period, (b) net gains attributable to Asset Sales, (c) non-recurring gains for such period in a maximum aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year and (d) the aggregate amount of all non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (other than the accrual of revenue or recording of receivables in the ordinary course of business), for such period.
Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to any Permitted Acquisition and Asset Sales (other than any dispositions in the ordinary course of business) consummated at any time on or after the first day of the Test Period thereof as if each such Permitted Acquisition had been effected on the first day of such period and as if each such Asset Sale had been consummated on the day prior to the first day of such period.
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“Consolidated Indebtedness” shall mean, as at any date of determination, the sum of all Indebtedness of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries set forth in items (a), (b), (c), (g), (h) and (i) of the definition of Indebtedness, in each case determined on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” shall mean, for any Test Period, the ratio of (x) Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period to (y) Cash Interest Expense for such Test Period.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, for any period, the total consolidated interest expense of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP plus, without duplication:
(a) imputed interest on Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Indebtedness of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries for such period;
(b) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit securing financial obligations, bankers’ acceptance financing and receivables financings for such period;
(c) amortization of debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other financing fees and expenses incurred by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries for such period;
(d) cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust made by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any person (other than AGS Capital or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of AGS Capital) in connection with Indebtedness incurred by such plan or trust for such period;
(e) all interest paid or payable with respect to discontinued operations of AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries for such period;
(f) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligations of AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries for such period;
(g) all interest on any Indebtedness of AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries of the type described in clause (f) or (k) of the definition of “Indebtedness” for such period;
provided that (a) to the extent directly related to the Transactions, debt issuance costs, debt discount or premium and other financing fees and expenses shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Interest Expense and (b) Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated after giving effect to Hedging Agreements related to interest rates (including associated costs), but excluding unrealized gains and losses with respect to Hedging Agreements related to interest rates.
Consolidated Interest Expense shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to give effect to any Indebtedness incurred, assumed or permanently repaid or extinguished during the relevant Test Period in connection with any Permitted Acquisitions and Asset Sales (other than any dispositions in the ordinary course of business) as if such incurrence, assumption, repayment or extinguishing had been effected on the first day of such period.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of determining Consolidated Interest Expense for any period that would otherwise start before the Closing Date, such period shall instead start on the Closing Date and Consolidated Interest Expense shall be an amount equal to Consolidated Interest Expense from the Closing Date through the last day of such period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is 365 and the denominator of which is the number of days from the Closing Date through the last day of such period.
“Consolidated Net Income” shall mean, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded from such net income (to the extent otherwise included therein), without duplication:
(a) the net income (or loss) of any person (other than a Subsidiary of AGS Capital) in which any person other than AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that cash in an amount equal to any such income has actually been received by AGS Capital or (subject to clause (b) below) any of its Subsidiaries during such period;
(b) the net income of any Subsidiary of AGS Capital during such period to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary of that income is not permitted by operation of the terms of its Organizational Documents or any agreement, instrument or Requirement of Law applicable to that Subsidiary during such period, except that AGS Capital’s equity in net loss of any such Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining Consolidated Net Income;
(c) any gain (or loss), together with any related provisions for taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any such loss), realized during such period by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries upon any Asset Sale (other than any dispositions in the ordinary course of business) by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries;
(d) gains and losses due solely to fluctuations in currency values and the related tax effects determined in accordance with GAAP for such period;
(e) earnings resulting from any reappraisal, revaluation or write-up of assets;
(f) unrealized gains and losses with respect to Hedging Obligations for such period;
(g) any extraordinary gain (or extraordinary loss), together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain (or the tax effect of any such loss), recorded or recognized by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries during such period; and
(h) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income.
For purposes of this definition of “Consolidated Net Income,” Consolidated Net Income shall be reduced (to the extent not already reduced thereby) by the amount of any payments to or on behalf of AGS Capital made pursuant to Section 6.08(d).
“Consolidated Tax Expense” shall mean, for any period, the tax expense of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries, for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consulting Agreement” shall mean that certain agreement dated as of August 15, 2012, by and between an affiliate of Alpine Investors II, LP and AGS Capital, as amended from time to time (so long as any such amendment is not, as a whole, less favorable to the Lenders in any respect than such agreement as in effect on the Closing Date).
“Consulting Agreement Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.09(k)
“Contested Collateral Lien Conditions” shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Lien of the type described in clauses (a), (b), (e) and (f) of Section 6.02, the following conditions:
(a) AGS Capital or any Subsidiary shall cause any proceeding instituted contesting such Lien to stay the sale or forfeiture of any portion of the Collateral on account of such Lien; and
(b) at the option and at the request of Administrative Agent, to the extent such Lien is in an amount in excess of $250,000, the appropriate Loan Party shall maintain cash reserves in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge such Lien and Administrative Agent’s reasonable estimate of all interest and penalties related thereto.
“Contingent Obligation” shall mean, as to any person, any obligation, agreement, understanding or arrangement of such person guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (“primary obligations”) of any other person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor; (b) to 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 of the primary obligor; (c) to 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) with respect to bankers’ acceptances, letters of credit and similar credit arrangements, until a reimbursement obligation arises (which reimbursement obligation shall constitute Indebtedness); or (e) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the holder of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term “Contingent Obligation” shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or any product warranties. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made (or, if less, the maximum amount of such primary obligation for which such person may be liable, whether singly or jointly, pursuant to the terms of the instrument evidencing such Contingent Obligation) or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such person in good faith.
“Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.
“Control Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
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“Controlled Investment Affiliate” shall mean, as to any person, any other person which directly or indirectly is in Control of, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such person and is organized by such person (or any person Controlling such person) primarily for making equity or debt investments in AGS Capital or other portfolio companies.
“Credit Extension” shall mean the making of a Term Loan by a Lender.
“Debt Issuance” shall mean the incurrence by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries of any Indebtedness after the Closing Date (other than as permitted by Section 6.01).
“Debtor Relief Laws” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” shall mean any event, occurrence or condition which is, or upon notice, lapse of time or both would constitute, an Event of Default.
“Defaulting Lender” shall mean, subject to Section 2.17(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Term Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified Borrower or Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Term Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by Administrative Agent or Borrower, to confirm in writing to Administrative Agent and Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by Administrative Agent and Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.17(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to Borrower and each Lender.
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“Default Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.06(c).
“Delayed Draw Term Loan” shall mean the Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan and the Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment” shall mean the Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment and the Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment.
“Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender” shall mean an Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender and/or a Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender, as the context may require.
“Disqualification” means, with respect to any Lender:
(a) the failure of that Lender timely to file pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws (i) any application requested of that Lender by any Gaming Authority in connection with any licensing required of that Lender as a lender to Borrower or (ii) any required application or other papers in connection with a determination of the suitability of that Lender as a lender to Borrower;
(b) the withdrawal by that Lender (except where requested or permitted by any Gaming Authority without prejudice) of any such application or other required papers; or
(c) any final determination by a Gaming Authority pursuant to applicable Gaming Laws (i) that such Lender is “unsuitable” as a lender to Borrower, (ii) that such person shall be “disqualified” as a lender to Borrower or (iii) denying the issuance to that Lender of any license or finding of suitability or other approval required under applicable Gaming Laws to be held by such Lender.
“Disqualified Capital Stock” shall mean any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the first anniversary of the Term Loan Maturity Date, (b) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in (a) above, in each case at any time on or prior to the first anniversary of the Term Loan Maturity Date, (c) contains any repurchase obligation which may come into effect prior to payment in full of all Obligations or (d) contains any mandatory payment obligations, including dividends mandatorily payable, arising on or prior to the first anniversary of the Term Loan Maturity Date; provided, however, that any Equity Interests that would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof (or the holders of any security into or for which such Equity Interests is convertible, exchangeable or exercisable) the right to require the issuer thereof to redeem such Equity Interests upon the occurrence of a change in control or an asset sale occurring prior to the first anniversary of the Term Loan Maturity Date shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock if such Equity Interests provide that the issuer thereof will not redeem any such Equity Interests pursuant to such provisions prior to the repayment in full of the Obligations.
“Dividend” with respect to any person shall mean that such person has declared or paid a dividend or returned any equity capital to the holders of its Equity Interests or authorized or made any other distribution, payment or delivery of property (other than Qualified Capital Stock of such person) or cash to the holders of its Equity Interests as such, or redeemed, retired, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, for consideration any of its Equity Interests outstanding (or any options or warrants
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issued by such person with respect to its Equity Interests), or set aside any funds for any of the foregoing purposes, or shall have permitted any of its Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any of the Equity Interests of such person outstanding (or any options or warrants issued by such person with respect to its Equity Interests). Without limiting the foregoing, “Dividends” with respect to any person shall also include all payments made or required to be made by such person with respect to any stock appreciation rights, plans, equity incentive or achievement plans or any similar plans or setting aside of any funds for the foregoing purposes.
“dollars” or “$” shall mean lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Eligible Assignee” shall mean (i) any Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of any Lender, (iii) an Approved Fund and (iv) any other person approved by Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that “Eligible Assignee” shall not include AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries, any Affiliates of AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries or any natural person, or any person that is subject to Disqualification (such determination to be made by Borrower in its reasonable discretion, it being agreed by each of the parties hereto that no Agent shall be under any duty to monitor or otherwise make any determinations with respect to the foregoing and neither any Agent nor any Lender (including any assigning Lender) shall be liable for any losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred or suffered by any person (including the Loan Parties) in connection with any compliance or non-compliance with the foregoing).
“Embargoed Person” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.20.
“Environment” shall mean ambient air, indoor air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water, navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface strata, natural resources, the workplace or as otherwise defined in any Environmental Law.
“Environmental Claim” shall mean any written claim, notice, demand, order, action, suit, proceeding or other written communication alleging liability for or obligation with respect to any investigation, remediation, removal, cleanup, response, corrective action, damages to natural resources, personal injury, property damage, fines, penalties or other costs resulting from, related to or arising out of (i) the presence, Release or threatened Release in or into the Environment of Hazardous Material at any location or (ii) any violation or alleged violation of any Environmental Law, and shall include any claim seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief resulting from, related to or arising out of the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material or alleged injury or threat of injury to health, safety or the Environment.
“Environmental Law” shall mean any and all present and future treaties, laws, statutes, ordinances, regulations, rules, decrees, orders, judgments, consent orders, consent decrees, Indian Tribe law or regulation, code, or other binding requirements, and the common law, relating to protection of public health or the Environment, the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material, natural resources or natural resource damages, or occupational safety or health, and any and all Environmental Permits.
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“Environmental Permit” shall mean any permit, license, approval, registration, notification, exemption, consent or other authorization required by or from a Governmental Authority under Environmental Law.
“Equipment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Equity Interest” shall mean, with respect to any person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents, including membership interests (however designated, whether voting or nonvoting), of equity of such person, including, if such person is a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of property of, such partnership, whether outstanding on the date hereof or issued after the Closing Date, but excluding debt securities convertible or exchangeable into such equity.
“Equity Issuance” shall mean, without duplication, (i) any issuance or sale by AGS Capital after the Closing Date of any Equity Interests in AGS Capital (including any Equity Interests issued upon exercise of any warrant or option) or any warrants or options to purchase Equity Interests or (ii) any contribution to the capital of AGS Capital; provided, however, that an Equity Issuance shall not include (x) any issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock or Debt Issuance, (y) any such sale or issuance by AGS Capital of not more than an aggregate amount of 5.0% of its Equity Interests (including its Equity Interests issued upon exercise of any warrant or option or warrants or options to purchase its Equity Interests but excluding Disqualified Capital Stock), in each case, to directors, officers or employees of any Company.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such person, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period is waived by regulation); (b) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Code with respect to any Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412(d) of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (e) the incurrence by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (f) the receipt by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to the intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan; (g) the incurrence by any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (h) the receipt by any Company or its ERISA Affiliates of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA; (i) the “substantial cessation of operations” within the meaning of Section 4062(e) of ERISA with respect
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to a Plan; (j) the making of any amendment to any Plan which could result in the imposition of a lien or the posting of a bond or other security; and (k) the occurrence of a nonexempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could reasonably be expected to result in material liability to any Company.
“Eurodollar Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Eurodollar Term Loans.
“Eurodollar Term Loan” shall mean any Term Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate in accordance with the provisions of Article II.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.01.
“Excess Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.10(h).
“Excess Cash” shall mean, for any Excess Cash Period, (i) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties included in the cash accounts listed on the consolidated balance sheet of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Excess Cash Period (excluding cash and Cash Equivalents constituting proceeds of Specified Equity Issuances) minus (ii) $10,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, “Excess Cash” shall never be less than zero.
“Excess Cash Period” shall mean each fiscal year of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Taxes” shall mean, with respect to Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however denominated), franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes) and branch profits taxes imposed on it, by a jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) as a result of the recipient being organized or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office in such jurisdiction; (b) in the case of a Lender, any United States federal withholding tax that (i) is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office), except (x) to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.15(a) or (y) if such Lender is an assignee pursuant to a request by Borrower under Section 2.16; provided that this subclause (b)(i) shall not apply to any Tax imposed on a Lender in connection with an interest or participation in any Term Loan or other obligation that such Lender was required to acquire pursuant to Section 2.14(d), or (ii) is attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.15(e); and (c) any United States federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA.
“Executive Order” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.21.
“Existing Lien” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02(c).
“FATCA” shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
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“FCPA” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.21(a).
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System of the United States arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day for such transactions received by Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fees” shall mean the Commitment Fees, the Upfront Fees, the Specified Consent Fees and the Administrative Agent Fees.
“Financial Officer” of any person shall mean the chief executive officer, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such person.
“FIRREA” shall mean the Federal Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended.
“Foreign Lender” shall mean any Lender that is not, for United States federal income tax purposes, (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity treated as a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust.
“Foreign Subsidiary” shall mean (i) a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that is treated as a controlled foreign corporation for federal income tax purposes or (ii) a Subsidiary that (x) is a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (y) substantially all of the assets of which are directly or indirectly Equity Interests in Subsidiaries described in clause (i).
“Fund” shall mean any person that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis.
“Gaming” shall mean any and all lawful gaming activities including those activities that are or were defined as Class I, Class II or Class III gaming under the IGRA or any gaming activity authorized under any state law or regulation.
“Gaming Authorities” shall mean those national, state, tribal, local and other Governmental Authorities responsible for or involved in the regulation of Gaming or gaming activities in any applicable jurisdiction and, within the State of Nevada, the Nevada Gaming Authorities.
“Gaming Laws” shall mean all Requirements of Law pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses regulatory, licensing or permit authority over Gaming within any applicable jurisdiction and, within the State of Nevada, specifically, the Nevada Gaming Control Act, as codified in the Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 463 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“Gaming Machine Operator” shall mean a person that possesses all required Gaming licenses under all applicable Gaming Laws for the conduct of such person’s business in the manner contemplated by the financing arrangements proposed to be entered into with such person or, in the good faith judgment of AGS Capital, is expected to possess such Gaming licenses.
“Gaming Related Equipment” shall mean Gaming machines, servers, bases, chairs and similar equipment related thereto.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean the government of the United States or any other nation or government (including any federally recognized Indian Tribe) or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including, without limitation, the Gaming Authorities, the bureau of Indian Affairs and the National Indian Gaming Commission and any supranational bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Governmental Real Property Disclosure Requirements” shall mean any Requirement of Law of any Governmental Authority requiring notification of the buyer, lessee, mortgagee, assignee or other transferee of any Real Property, facility, establishment or business, or notification, registration or filing to or with any Governmental Authority, in connection with the sale, lease, mortgage, assignment or other transfer (including any transfer of control) of any Real Property, facility, establishment or business, of the actual or threatened presence or Release in or into the Environment, or the use, disposal or handling of Hazardous Material on, at, under or near the Real Property, facility, establishment or business to be sold, leased, mortgaged, assigned or transferred.
“Government Official” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.21(a).
“Guaranteed Obligations” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.01.
“Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees issued pursuant to Article VII by AGS Capital and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Guarantors” shall mean AGS Capital and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Hazardous Materials” shall mean the following: hazardous substances; hazardous wastes; polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) or any substance or compound containing PCBs; asbestos or any asbestos-containing materials in any form or condition; radon or any other radioactive materials including any source, special nuclear or by-product material; petroleum, crude oil or any fraction thereof; and any other pollutant or contaminant or chemicals, wastes, materials, compounds, constituents or substances, subject to regulation or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Laws.
“Hedging Agreement” shall mean any swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or similar agreements or arrangements dealing with interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices, either generally or under specific contingencies.
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“Hedging Obligations” shall mean obligations under or with respect to Hedging Agreements in respect of any obligations of any Loan Party at any time (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Loan Party would be required to pay if the related Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“IGRA” shall mean the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, Pub. L. Xx. 000-000, 00 X.X.X. §0000 et seq. as it may be amended from time to time.
“Illinois Video Gaming Terminals” shall mean video gaming terminals permitted under the Illinois Video Gaming Act (230 ILCS 40/).
“Indebtedness” of any person shall mean, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such person for borrowed money or advances; (b) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments; (c) all obligations of such person upon which interest charges are customarily paid or accrued; (d) all obligations of such person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such person; (e) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding trade accounts payable and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business on normal trade terms and not overdue by more than 90 days); (f) all Indebtedness of others secured by any Lien on property owned or acquired by such person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, but limited to the fair market value of such property; (g) all Capital Lease Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations and synthetic lease obligations of such person; (h) all Hedging Obligations (other than Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness) to the extent required to be reflected on a balance sheet of such person; (i) all Attributable Indebtedness of such person; (j) all obligations of such person for the reimbursement of any obligor in respect of letters of credit, letters of guaranty, bankers’ acceptances and similar credit transactions; and (k) all Contingent Obligations of such person in respect of Indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (j) above. The Indebtedness of any person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such person is a general partner) to the extent such person is liable therefor as a result of such person’s ownership interest in such entity, except (other than in the case of general partner liability) to the extent that terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such person is not liable therefor.
“Indemnified Taxes” shall mean (a) Taxes other than Excluded Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.03(b).
“Indian Land” shall have the meaning set forth in IGRA, 25 U.S.C. §2703(4).
“Indian Tribe” shall have the meaning set forth in IGRA, 25 U.S.C. §2703(5).
“Information” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.12.
“Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan” shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b). Each Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan shall be either an ABR Term Loan or a Eurodollar Term Loan.
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“Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make an Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan hereunder in the amount set forth on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum executed and delivered by such Lender, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments is $7,500,000.
“Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01 (b).
“Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender” shall mean a Lender with an Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan.
“Initial Term Loan” shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(a). Each Initial Term Loan shall be either an ABR Term Loan or a Eurodollar Term Loan.
“Initial Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make an Initial Term Loan hereunder on the Closing Date in the amount set forth on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum executed and delivered by such Lender, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Initial Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Initial Term Loan Commitments is $115,000,000.
“Initial Term Loan Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Initial Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.
“Insurance Policies” shall mean the insurance policies and coverages required to be maintained by each Loan Party which is an owner of Mortgaged Property with respect to the applicable Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section 5.04 and all renewals and extensions thereof.
“Insurance Requirements” shall mean, collectively, all provisions of the Insurance Policies, all requirements of the issuer of any of the Insurance Policies and all orders, rules, regulations and any other requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters (or any other body exercising similar functions) binding upon each Loan Party which is an owner of Mortgaged Property and applicable to the Mortgaged Property or any use or condition thereof.
“Intellectual Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.06(a).
“Intercompany Note” shall mean a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit P.
“Interest Election Request” shall mean a request by Borrower to convert or continue a Term Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08(b), substantially in the form of Exhibit E.
“Interest Payment Date” shall mean (a) with respect to any ABR Term Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December to occur during any period in which such Term Loan is outstanding, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Term Loan, the last day of the Interest Period
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applicable to the Borrowing of which such Term Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Term Loan with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period and (c) the Term Loan Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months (or, if each affected Lender so agrees, nine or twelve months) thereafter, as Borrower may elect; provided that (a) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (b) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.
“Investments” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.
“IPO” shall mean the first underwritten public offering by AGS Capital of its Equity Interests after the Closing Date pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the Securities Act.
“IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“Joinder Agreement” shall mean a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit F.
“Landlord Access Agreement” shall mean a Landlord Access Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G, or such other form as may reasonably be acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“Leases” shall mean any and all leases, subleases, tenancies, options, concession agreements, rental agreements, occupancy agreements, franchise agreements, access agreements and any other agreements (including all amendments, extensions, replacements, renewals, modifications and/or guarantees thereof), whether or not of record and whether now in existence or hereafter entered into, affecting the use or occupancy of all or any portion of any Real Property.
“Lender Addendum” shall mean with respect to any Lender on the Closing Date, a lender addendum in the form of Exhibit I, to be executed and delivered by such Lender on the Closing Date as provided in Section 10.15.
“Lender Fee Letter” shall mean the confidential fee letter, dated August 15, 2012, among Borrower and the Lenders.
“Lenders” shall mean (a) the financial institutions that have become a party hereto pursuant to a Lender Addendum and (b) any financial institution that has become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than, in each case, any such financial institution that has ceased to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.
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“LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the rate per annum determined by Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic mean of the offered rates for deposits in dollars with a term comparable to such Interest Period that appears on the Telerate British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates Page (as defined below) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London, England time, on the second full Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided, however, that (i) if no comparable term for an Interest Period is available, the LIBOR Rate shall be determined using the weighted average of the offered rates for the two terms most nearly corresponding to such Interest Period and (ii) if there shall at any time no longer exist a Telerate British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates Page, “LIBOR Rate” shall mean, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to Eurodollar Borrowings comprising part of the same Borrowing, the rate per annum equal to the rate at which Administrative Agent is offered deposits in dollars at approximately 11:00 a.m., London, England time, two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period in the London interbank market for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to its portion of the amount of such Eurodollar Borrowing to be outstanding during such Interest Period. “Telerate British Bankers Assoc. Interest Settlement Rates Page” shall mean the display designated as Page 3750 on the Telerate System Incorporated Service (or such other page as may replace such page on such service for the purpose of displaying the rates at which dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market).
“Lien” shall mean, with respect to any property, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, encumbrance, claim, charge, assignment, hypothecation, security interest or encumbrance of any kind or any arrangement to provide priority or preference or any filing of any financing statement under the UCC or any other similar notice of lien under any similar notice or recording statute of any Governmental Authority, including any easement, right-of-way or other encumbrance on title to Real Property, in each of the foregoing cases whether voluntary or imposed by law, and any agreement to give any of the foregoing; (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such property; and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Liquidity” shall mean the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Loan Parties included in the cash accounts listed on the consolidated balance sheet of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries as of such date in which the Collateral Agent has a perfected security interest by way of a Control Agreement; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, “Liquidity” shall not include amounts available under any Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment or funds from a Delayed Draw Term Loan made to the Borrower hereunder.
“Loan Documents” shall mean this Agreement, the Notes (if any), the Post Closing Agreement and the Security Documents and, solely for purposes of paragraph (e) of Section 8.01, the Agent Fee Letter and the Lender Fee Letter.
“Loan Parties” shall mean AGS Capital, Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, including AGS Partners.
“Margin Stock” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.
“Material Adverse Effect” shall mean (a) a material adverse effect on the business, assets and liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise), of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) material impairment of the ability of the Loan Parties to fully and timely
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perform any of their obligations under any Loan Document; (c) material impairment of the rights of or benefits or remedies available to the Lenders or any Agent under any Loan Document; or (d) a material adverse effect on a significant portion of the Collateral or the Liens in favor of Collateral Agent (for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties) on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens.
“Material Indebtedness” shall mean (a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and (b) any other Indebtedness (other than the Term Loans) or Hedging Obligations of AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding principal amount exceeding $2,500,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” in respect of any Hedging Obligations of any Loan Party at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Loan Party would be required to pay if the related Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Maximum Rate” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.14.
“Mortgage” shall mean an agreement, including, but not limited to, a mortgage, deed of trust or any other document, creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Property, which shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, in each case, with such schedules and including such provisions as shall be necessary to conform such document to applicable local or foreign law or as shall be customary under applicable local or foreign law.
“Mortgaged Property” shall mean (a) each Real Property identified as a Mortgaged Property on Schedule 8(a) to the Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date and (b) each Real Property, if any, which shall be subject to a Mortgage delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 5.11(c).
“Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) or Section 3(37) of ERISA (a) to which any Company or any ERISA Affiliate is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions; (b) to which any Company or any ERISA Affiliate has within the preceding five plan years made contributions; or (c) with respect to which any Company could incur liability.
“Net Cash Proceeds” shall mean:
(a) with respect to any Asset Sale (other than any issuance or sale of Equity Interests), the cash proceeds received by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries (including cash proceeds subsequently received (as and when received by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries) in respect of non-cash consideration initially received) net of (i) selling expenses (including reasonable brokers’ fees or commissions, legal, accounting and other professional and transactional fees, transfer and similar taxes and Borrower’s good faith estimate of income taxes paid or payable by the members of AGS Capital in connection with such sale); (ii) amounts provided as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against (x) any liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale or (y) any other liabilities retained by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries associated with the properties sold in such Asset Sale (provided that, to the extent and at the time any such amounts are released from such reserve, such amounts shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds); (iii) Borrower’s good faith estimate of payments required to be made with respect to unassumed liabilities relating to the properties sold within 90 days of such Asset Sale (provided that, to the extent such cash proceeds are not used to make payments in respect of such unassumed liabilities within 90 days of such Asset Sale, such cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds); and (iv) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other
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amounts on any Indebtedness for borrowed money which is secured by a Lien on the properties sold in such Asset Sale (so long as such Lien was permitted to encumber such properties under the Loan Documents at the time of such sale) and which is repaid with such proceeds (other than any such Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such properties);
(b) with respect to any Debt Issuance, any Equity Issuance or any other issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any of AGS Capital’s Subsidiaries, the cash proceeds thereof, net of customary fees, commissions, costs and other expenses (including taxes, if any, paid or payable by members of AGS Capital in connection with any such amounts) incurred in connection therewith; and
(c) with respect to any Casualty Event, the cash insurance proceeds, condemnation awards and other compensation received in respect thereof, net of all reasonable costs and expenses (including taxes, if any, paid or payable by members of AGS Capital in connection with any such amounts) incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other compensation in respect of such Casualty Event.
“Nevada Gaming Authorities” shall mean the Nevada Gaming Commission and the Nevada State Gaming Control Board.
“Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval” shall mean the approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities to the pledge of the Equity Interests of Borrower pursuant to the Security Agreement in favor of Collateral Agent.
“NGAA Interest Expense Increase” shall mean that portion of the interest payable under this Agreement, if any, that results from an increase in the Applicable Margin (i) with respect to Eurodollar Term Loans, from 10.00% to 12.50%, and (ii) with respect to ABR Term Loans, from 9.00% to 11.50%, in each case, as a result of the failure of the Loan Parties to obtain the Nevada Gaming Authories Approval.
“Notes” shall mean any notes evidencing the Term Loans issued pursuant to this Agreement, if any, substantially in the form of Exhibit K.
“Obligations” shall mean (a) obligations of Borrower and the other Loan Parties from time to time arising under or in respect of the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Term Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of Borrower and the other Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of Borrower and the other Loan Parties under or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
“OFAC” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.21.
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“Officers’ Certificate” shall mean a certificate executed by the chairman of the Board of Directors (if an officer), the chief executive officer or the president and one of the Financial Officers, each in his or her official (and not individual) capacity.
“Organizational Documents” shall mean, with respect to any person, (i) in the case of any corporation, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or similar documents) of such person, (ii) in the case of any limited liability company, the certificate of formation and operating agreement (or similar documents) of such person, (iii) in the case of any limited partnership, the certificate of formation and limited partnership agreement (or similar documents) of such person, (iv) in the case of any general partnership, the partnership agreement (or similar document) of such person and (v) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
“Other Taxes” shall mean all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document except any such Taxes that are imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.16).
“Participant” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(d).
“Participant Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(d).
“PBGC” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA.
“Perfection Certificate” shall mean a certificate in the form of Exhibit L-1 or any other form approved by Collateral Agent, as the same shall be supplemented from time to time by a Perfection Certificate Supplement or otherwise.
“Perfection Certificate Supplement” shall mean a certificate supplement in the form of Exhibit L-2 or any other form approved by Collateral Agent.
“Permitted Acquisition” shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions for the direct or indirect (a) acquisition of all or substantially all of the property of any person, or of any business or division of any person (including the purchase of contracts and/or contract rights for the placement of Gaming Related Equipment, provided that the amounts in clause (ix) shall be increased by $3,000,000, solely with respect to purchases of contracts and/or contract rights for the placement of Gaming Related Equipment); (b) acquisition of in excess of 50% of the Equity Interests of any person, and otherwise causing such person to become a Subsidiary of such person; or (c) merger or consolidation or any other combination with any person, if each of the following conditions is met:
(i) no Default then exists or would result therefrom;
(ii) after giving effect to such transaction on a Pro Forma Basis, AGS Capital shall be in compliance with all covenants set forth in Section 6.10 as of the most recent Test Period (assuming, for purposes of Section 6.10, that such transaction, and all other Permitted Acquisitions consummated since the first day of the relevant Test Period for each of the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.10 ending on or prior to the date of such transaction, had occurred on the first day of such relevant Test Period);
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(iii) no Company shall, in connection with any such transaction, assume or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness or other liability (including any material tax or ERISA liability) of the related seller or the business, person or properties acquired, except (A) to the extent permitted under Section 6.01 and (B) obligations not constituting Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business and necessary or desirable to the continued operation of the underlying properties, and any other such liabilities or obligations not permitted to be assumed or otherwise supported by any Company hereunder shall be paid in full or released as to the business, persons or properties being so acquired on or before the consummation of such acquisition;
(iv) the person or business to be acquired shall be, or shall be engaged in, a business of the type, or directly connected to the type, that any Company is permitted to be engaged in under Section 6.15 and the property acquired in connection with any such transaction shall be made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents (to the extent required under Section 5.11(b)) and shall be free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens;
(v) the Board of Directors of the person to be acquired shall not have indicated publicly its opposition to the consummation of such acquisition (which opposition has not been publicly withdrawn);
(vi) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law;
(vii) with respect to any transaction involving Acquisition Consideration of more than $2,000,000, unless Administrative Agent shall otherwise agree, Borrower shall have provided Administrative Agent and the Lenders with (A) historical financial statements for the last three fiscal years (or, if less, the number of years since formation) of the person or business to be acquired (audited if available without undue cost or delay) and unaudited financial statements thereof for the most recent interim period which are available, (B) reasonably detailed projections for the succeeding five years pertaining to the person or business to be acquired and updated projections for Borrower after giving effect to such transaction, (C) a reasonably detailed description of all material information relating thereto and copies of all material documentation pertaining to such transaction, and (D) all such other information and data relating to such transaction or the person or business to be acquired as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders;
(viii) at least 10 Business Days prior to the proposed date of consummation of the transaction, Borrower shall have delivered to the Agents and the Lenders an Officers’ Certificate certifying that (A) such transaction complies with this definition (which shall have attached thereto reasonably detailed backup data and calculations showing such compliance), and (B) such transaction could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(ix) the Acquisition Consideration for such acquisition shall not exceed $4,000,000 plus the Additional Basket Amount, and the aggregate amount of the Acquisition Consideration for all Permitted Acquisitions since the Closing Date shall not exceed $8,000,000 plus the Additional Basket Amount; provided that (x) any Equity Interests constituting all or a portion of such Acquisition Consideration shall not have a cash dividend requirement on or prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date and (y) the Acquisition Consideration for all such acquisitions of Foreign Subsidiaries that do not become Guarantors and assets which are not made subject to the perfected security interests of the Collateral Agent following the Closing Date shall not in the aggregate exceed $4,000,000.
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“Permitted Additional Basket Amount Usage” shall mean (i) an Investment made pursuant to Section 6.04(f) using the Additional Basket Amount, (ii) a Permitted Acquisition made pursuant to Section 6.07(l) using the Additional Basket Amount and (iii) a Capital and Intangible Expenditure made pursuant to Section 6.10(c) using the Additional Basket Amount.
“Permitted Development Agreement” shall mean any agreement to which one or more Subsidiaries of AGS Capital is a party providing for Permitted Development Loans.
“Permitted Development Agreement Net Amount” shall mean, for any fiscal year, the aggregate amount of cash received by AGS Capital or its Subsidiaries under Permitted Development Agreements during such fiscal year.
“Permitted Development Loans” shall mean loans made by one or more Subsidiaries of AGS Capital in the ordinary course of business to finance the operations of one or more Gaming Machine Operators.
“Permitted Liens” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.
“Permitted Subordinated Loans” shall mean unsecured Indebtedness incurred by any Loan Party that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“Permitted Tax Distributions” shall mean payments, dividends or distributions (i) by Borrower, its Subsidiaries, or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of AGS Capital (“Distributor”) on its Equity Interests to AGS Capital during any tax period (or portion thereof) in which any of the Distributors is treated as a disregarded entity or partnership for United States federal or state income tax purposes in an amount not to exceed the amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of aggregate net taxable income of the Distributors allocated to AGS Capital for such period and (y) the Presumed Tax Rate for such period, and (ii) by AGS Capital on its Equity Interests to its members with respect to any tax period (or portion thereof) of AGS Capital during which AGS Capital is treated as a disregarded entity or partnership for United States federal or state income tax purposes not to exceed the amount equal to the product of (x) the amount of aggregate net taxable income of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries for such period and (y) the Presumed Tax Rate for such period.
“person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA which is maintained or contributed to by any Company or its ERISA Affiliate or with respect to which any Company could incur liability (including under Section 4069 of ERISA).
“Post Closing Agreement” shall mean that certain Post Closing Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among Borrower, Adminstrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
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“Preferred Stock” shall mean, with respect to any person, any and all preferred or preference Equity Interests (however designated) of such person whether now outstanding or issued after the Closing Date.
“Preferred Stock Issuance” shall mean the issuance or sale by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries of any Preferred Stock after the Closing Date (other than as permitted by Section 6.01).
“Premises” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the applicable Mortgage.
“Presumed Tax Rate” means the highest combined marginal federal, state and local income taxation rates applicable to an individual resident of California.
“Pro Forma Basis” shall mean on a pro forma basis in accordance with GAAP and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
“property” shall mean any right, title or interest in or to property or assets of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible and including Equity Interests or other ownership interests of any person and whether now in existence or owned or hereafter entered into or acquired, including all Real Property.
“Property Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Mortgage.
“Purchase Money Obligation” shall mean, for any person, the obligations of such person in respect of Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price of any property (including Equity Interests of any person) or the cost of installation, construction or improvement of any property and any refinancing thereof; provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is incurred within one year after such acquisition, installation, construction or improvement of such property by such person and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed 100% of the cost of such acquisition, installation, construction or improvement, as the case may be.
“Qualified Capital Stock” of any person shall mean any Equity Interests of such person that are not Disqualified Capital Stock.
“Real Property” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned, leased or operated by any person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.
“Refinancing” shall mean the repayment in full and the termination of any commitment to make extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement dated as of May 14, 2007 by and among AGS LLC, as borrower, UBS AG, Stamford Branch, as administrative agent and the other parties party thereto from time to time (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”).
“Register” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 10.04(c).
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“Regulation D” shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation T” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation U” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Regulation X” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and all official rulings and interpretations thereunder or thereof.
“Related Parties” shall mean, with respect to any person, such person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such person and of such person’s Affiliates.
“Release” shall mean any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating of any Hazardous Material in, into, onto or through the Environment.
“Required Class Lenders” shall mean, with respect to any Class of Term Loans and/or Commitments, Lenders holding more than 50% of the Term Loans and unused Commitments that have not been terminated or expired at such time, if any, of such Class; provided that the Term Loans and Commitments held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Class Lenders.
“Required Lenders” shall mean Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of all Term Loans outstanding and unused Commitments that have not been terminated or expired at such time; provided that the Term Loans and Commitments held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Requirements of Law” shall mean, collectively, any and all requirements of any Governmental Authority including any and all laws, judgments, orders, decrees, ordinances, any Compact, Gaming Laws, the IGRA, all applicable laws and rules and regulations of any Indian Tribe, and other rules, regulations, statutes or case law.
“Response” shall mean (a) “response” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9601(24), and (b) all other actions required by any Governmental Authority or voluntarily undertaken to (i) clean up, remove, treat, xxxxx or in any other way address any Hazardous Material in the Environment; (ii) prevent the Release or threat of Release, or minimize the further Release, of any Hazardous Material; or (iii) perform studies and investigations in connection with, or as a precondition to, or to determine the necessity of the activities described in, clause (i) or (ii) above.
“Responsible Officer” of any person shall mean any executive officer or Financial Officer of such person and any other officer or similar official thereof with responsibility for the administration of the obligations of such person in respect of this Agreement.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.
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“Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act” shall mean the United States Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan” shall mean the term loans made by the Lenders to Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(c). Each Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan shall be either an ABR Term Loan or a Eurodollar Term Loan.
“Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the commitment, if any, of such Lender to make a Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan hereunder in the amount set forth on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum executed and delivered by such Lender, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, as the same may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.07 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 10.04. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments is $7,500,000.
“Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Period” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01 (c).
“Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan.
“Secured Obligations” shall mean (a) the Obligations, (b) the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of Borrower and the other Loan Parties under each Hedging Agreement entered into with any counterparty that is a Secured Party and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of Borrower and the other Loan Parties (including overdrafts and related liabilities) under each Treasury Services Agreement entered into with any counterparty that is a Secured Party; provided that the maximum aggregate amount of obligations that shall constitute “Secured Obligations” pursuant to the foregoing clauses (b) and (c) shall not exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
“Secured Parties” shall mean, collectively, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, each other Agent, the Lenders and each counterparty to a Hedging Agreement or Treasury Services Agreement if at the date of entering into such Hedging Agreement or Treasury Services Agreement such person was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender and such person executes and delivers to Administrative Agent a letter agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent pursuant to which such person (i) appoints Collateral Agent as its agent under the applicable Loan Documents, (ii) agrees to be bound by the provisions of Sections 10.03 and 10.09 as if it were a Lender and (iii) acknowledges and agrees that the maximum aggregate amount of obligations that shall constitute “Secured Obligations” pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) of the definition thereof shall not exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securities Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Security Agreement” shall mean a Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit M among the Loan Parties and Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
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“Security Agreement Collateral” shall mean all property pledged or granted as collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement (a) on the Closing Date or (b) thereafter pursuant to Section 5.11.
“Security Documents” shall mean the Security Agreement, the Mortgages and each other security document or pledge agreement delivered in accordance with applicable local or foreign law to grant a valid, perfected security interest in any property as collateral for the Secured Obligations, and all UCC or other financing statements or instruments of perfection required by this Agreement, the Security Agreement, any Mortgage or any other such security document or pledge agreement to be filed with respect to the security interests in property and fixtures created pursuant to the Security Agreement or any Mortgage and any other document or instrument utilized to pledge or grant or purport to pledge or grant a security interest or lien on any property as collateral for the Secured Obligations.
“Specified EBITDA Addbacks” shall mean:
(i) for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, an amount equal to $1,715,184 in respect of commissions, fees and other expenses related to the Blueberi transaction and other one-time costs, expenses and charges;
(ii) for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2012, an amount equal to $1,795,541 in respect of commissions, fees and other expenses related to the Blueberi transaction; and
(iii) for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2012, an amount equal to $1,261,445 in respect of commissions, fees and other expenses related to the Blueberi transaction.
“Specified Equity Issuance” shall mean any Equity Issuance that Borrower identifies to the Administrative Agent in writing pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate on or prior to the date of such Equity Issuance certifying that the proceeds of such Equity Issuance are expected to be used no later than 120 days following the date of receipt of such proceeds for a Permitted Additional Basket Amount Usage.
“Sponsor” shall mean Alpine AGS, LLC.
“Statutory Reserves” shall mean for any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Borrowing, the average maximum rate at which reserves (including any marginal, supplemental or emergency reserves) are required to be maintained during such Interest Period under Regulation D by member banks of the United States Federal Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding one billion dollars against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is used in Regulation D). Eurodollar Borrowings shall be deemed to constitute Eurodollar liabilities and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exceptions or offsets which may be available from time to time to any Lender under Regulation D.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” shall mean Indebtedness of Borrower or any Guarantor that is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations of Borrower and such Guarantor.
“Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any person (the “parent”) at any date, (i) any person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, (ii) any other corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the voting power of all Equity Interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Board of Directors thereof are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held by the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries
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of the parent, (iii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or (b) the only general partners of which are the parent and/or one or more subsidiaries of the parent and (iv) any other person that is otherwise Controlled by AGS Capital and/or one or more subsidiaries of AGS Capital. Unless the context requires otherwise, “Subsidiary” refers to a Subsidiary of AGS Capital.
“Subsidiary Guarantor” shall mean each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01, and each other Subsidiary that is or becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 5.11.
“Supermajority Lenders” shall mean Lenders having more than 60% of the sum of all Term Loans outstanding and unused Commitments that have not been terminated or expired at such time; provided that the Term Loans and Commitments held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Supermajority Lenders.
“Survey” shall mean a survey of any Mortgaged Property (and all improvements thereon) which is (a) (i) prepared by a surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys in the jurisdiction where such Mortgaged Property is located, (ii) dated (or redated) not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof unless there shall have occurred within six months prior to such date of delivery any exterior construction on the site of such Mortgaged Property or any easement, right of way or other interest in the Mortgaged Property has been granted or become effective through operation of law or otherwise with respect to such Mortgaged Property which, in either case, can be depicted on a survey, in which events, as applicable, such survey shall be dated (or redated) after the completion of such construction or if such construction shall not have been completed as of such date of delivery, not earlier than 20 days prior to such date of delivery, or after the grant or effectiveness of any such easement, right of way or other interest in the Mortgaged Property, (iii) certified by the surveyor (in a manner reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent) to Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and the Title Company, (iv) complying in all respects with the minimum detail requirements of the American Land Title Association as such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such survey and (v) sufficient for the Title Company to remove all standard survey exceptions from the title insurance policy (or commitment) relating to such Mortgaged Property and issue the endorsements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent or (b) otherwise acceptable to Collateral Agent.
“Syndication Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Tax Return” shall mean all returns, statements, filings, attachments and other documents or certifications required to be filed in respect of Taxes.
“Taxes” shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Borrowing” shall mean a Borrowing comprised of Term Loans.
“Term Loan Commitments” shall mean the Initial Term Loan Commitment, the Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment and the Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, collectively.
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“Term Loan Lender” shall mean a Lender with a Term Loan Commitment or an outstanding Term Loan.
“Term Loan Maturity Date” shall mean the date which is four years after the Closing Date or, if such date is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.
“Term Loan Repayment Date” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09.
“Term Loans” shall mean the Initial Term Loans, the Initial Delayed Draw Term Loans and the Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loans, collectively.
“Test Period” shall mean, at any time, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of AGS Capital then last ended (in each case taken as one accounting period).
“Title Company” shall mean any title insurance company as shall be retained by Borrower and reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“Total Leverage Ratio” shall mean, at any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Indebtedness on such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period then most recently ended.
“Transactions” shall mean, collectively, the transactions to occur on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to the Loan Documents, including (a) the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the initial borrowings hereunder; (b) the Refinancing; and (c) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date and owing in connection with the foregoing.
“Transferred Guarantor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.09.
“Treasury Services Agreement” shall mean any agreement relating to treasury, depositary and cash management services or automated clearinghouse transfer of funds.
“Type,” when used in reference to any Term Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Term Loan, or on the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time (except as otherwise specified) in any applicable state or jurisdiction.
“United States” shall mean the United States of America.
“Upfront Fees” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Lender Fee Letter.
“Voting Stock” shall mean, with respect to any person, any class or classes of Equity Interests pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the Board of Directors of such person.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” shall mean, as to any person, (a) any corporation 100% of whose capital stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares) is at the time owned by such person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such person and (b) any partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity in which such person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such person have a 100% equity interest at such time.
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“Withdrawal Liability” shall mean liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
SECTION 1.02 Classification of Term Loans and Borrowings. For purposes of this Agreement, Term Loans may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., an “Initial Term Loan”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Term Loan”) or by Class and Type. Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class (e.g., a “Term Borrowing,” “Borrowing of Initial Term Loans”) or by Type (e.g., a “Eurodollar Borrowing”) or by Class and Type.
SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any Loan Document, agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any person shall be construed to include such person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement, (e) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, (f) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (g) “on,” when used with respect to the Mortgaged Property or any property adjacent to the Mortgaged Property, means “on, in, under, above or about.”
SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms; GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly ed herein, all financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect from time to time and all terms of an accounting or financial nature (including Attributable Indebtedness, Capital Lease Obligations and Sale and Leaseback Transactions) shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with GAAP, as in effect on the date hereof unless otherwise agreed to by Borrower and the Required Lenders.
SECTION 1.05 Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities. Each Loan Party edges and agrees that it was represented by counsel in connection with the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, that it and its counsel reviewed and participated in the preparation and negotiation hereof and thereof and that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the interpretation hereof or thereof.
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ARTICLE II
THE CREDITS
SECTION 2.01 Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions and relying on the representations and warranties herein set forth, each Lender agrees, severally and not jointly:
(a) to make an Initial Term Loan to Borrower on the Closing Date in the principal amount not to exceed its Initial Term Loan Commitment; and
(b) to make an Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan to Borrower upon Borrower’s request therefor in accordance with Section 2.03 on or prior to the date that is six (6) months after the Closing Date (the “Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Period”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment; and
(c) to make a Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed its Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment on such date to Borrower upon Borrower’s request therefor in accordance with Section 2.03 (i) from and after the date that is the earlier of (x) the date upon which the Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan is made to Borrower and (y) the date that is six (6) months and one day after the Closing Date and (ii) on or prior to the date that is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date (the “Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Period”).
Amounts paid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
SECTION 2.02 Term Loans.
(a) Each Term Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Term Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their applicable Commitments; provided that the failure of any Lender to make its Term Loan shall not in itself relieve any other Lender of its obligation to lend hereunder (it being understood, however, that no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make any Term Loan required to be made by such other Lender). Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, the Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan shall be made in one drawing at any time during the Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Period and the Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan shall be made in one drawing which may be made at any time during the Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment Period.
(b) Subject to Sections 2.11 and 2.12, each Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Term Loans or Eurodollar Term Loans as Borrower may request pursuant to Section 2.03. Each Lender may at its option make any Eurodollar Term Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Term Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of Borrower to repay such Term Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Borrowings of more than one Type may be outstanding at the same time; provided that Borrower shall not be entitled to request any Borrowing that, if made, would result in more than ten Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding hereunder at any one time. For purposes of the foregoing, Borrowings having different Interest Periods, regardless of whether they commence on the same date, shall be considered separate Borrowings.
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(c) Each Lender shall make each Term Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds to such account in New York City as Administrative Agent may designate not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, and Administrative Agent shall promptly credit the amounts so received to an account as directed by Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request maintained with Administrative Agent or, if a Borrowing shall not occur on such date because any condition precedent herein specified shall not have been met, return the amounts so received to the respective Lenders.
(d) Unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the time of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of such Borrowing, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with paragraph (c) above, and Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. If Administrative Agent shall have so made funds available, then, to the extent that such Lender shall not have made such portion available to Administrative Agent, each of such Lender and Borrower severally agrees to repay to Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to Administrative Agent at (i) in the case of Borrower, the interest rate applicable at the time to the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. If such Lender shall repay to Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Term Loan as part of such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement, and Borrower’s obligation to repay Administrative Agent such corresponding amount pursuant to this Section 2.02(d) shall cease.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Term Loan Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.03 Borrowing Procedure. To request (i) an Initial Term Loan rowing, Borrower shall deliver a duly completed and executed Borrowing Request to Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, one (1) Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing and (ii) a Delayed Draw Term Loan Borrowing, Borrower shall deliver a duly completed and executed Borrowing Request to Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, ten (10) Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(a) whether the requested Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Initial Term Loans, Initial Delayed Draw Term Loans or Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loans;
(b) the aggregate principal amount of such Borrowing;
(c) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;
(d) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;
(e) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”;
(f) the location and number of Borrower’s account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.02(c);
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(g) in the case such Borrowing is to be a Borrowing of Delayed Draw Term Loans, that the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 have been satisfied as of the date of the notice; and
(h) that the conditions set forth in Sections 4.03(b)-(e) have been satisfied as of the date of the notice.
If no election as to the Type of Borrowing is specified, then the requested Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Borrowing, then Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Term Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.
SECTION 2.04 Evidence of Debt; Repayment of Term Loans.
(a) Promise to Repay. Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to Administrative Agent for the account of each Term Loan Lender, the principal amount of each Term Loan of such Term Loan Lender as provided in Section 2.09.
(b) Lender and Administrative Agent Records. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Term Loan made by such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement. Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it will record (i) the amount of each Term Loan made hereunder, the Type and Class thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto; (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from Borrower to each Lender hereunder; and (iii) the amount of any sum received by Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof. The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to this paragraph shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations therein recorded absent manifest error; provided that the failure of any Lender or Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligations of Borrower to repay the Term Loans in accordance with their terms.
(c) Promissory Notes. Any Lender by written notice to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) may request that Term Loans of any Class made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in the form of Exhibit K. Thereafter, the Term Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.04) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).
SECTION 2.05 Fees.
(a) Upfront Fees. Borrower agrees to pay to the Lenders, for their own account, the Upfront Fees payable as set forth in the Lender Fee Letter.
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(b) Administrative Agent Fees. Borrower agrees to pay to Administrative Agent, for its own account, the administrative fees payable as set forth in the Agent Fee Letter (the “Administrative Agent Fees”).
(c) Commitment Fee. Borrower agrees to pay to Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee (a “Commitment Fee”) equal to 5.0% per annum on the unused amount of each Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the date hereof to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates (whether by expiration or as a result of funding or acceleration). Accrued Commitment Fees shall be payable in arrears (A) on the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof, and (B) on the date on which such Commitment terminates (whether by expiration or as a result of funding or acceleration). Commitment Fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
(d) All Fees shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to Administrative Agent for distribution, if and as appropriate, among the Lenders. Once paid, none of the Fees shall be refundable under any circumstances.
SECTION 2.06 Interest on Term Loans.
(a) ABR Term Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c), the Term Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time.
(b) Eurodollar Term Loans. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.06(c), the Term Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Margin in effect from time to time.
(c) Default Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after and during the continuance of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 8.01(a), (b), (g) or (h) or as a result of a breach of Section 6.10, all Obligations shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a per annum rate equal to (i) in the case of principal and premium, if any, of or interest on any Term Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Term Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.06 or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Term Loans as provided in Section 2.06(a) (in either case, the “Default Rate”).
(d) Interest Payment Dates. Accrued interest on each Term Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Term Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to Section 2.06(c) shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Term Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Term Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Term Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.
(e) Interest Calculation. All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the
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actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate or Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.07 Termination and Reduction of Commitments.
(a) Termination of Commitments. The Initial Term Loan Commitment shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date. The Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date if and to the extent that such Commitments have not been fully drawn by such time. The Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment shall automatically terminate at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date if and to the extent that such Commitments have not been fully drawn by such time.
(b) Optional Terminations and Reductions. At its option, Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time permanently reduce, the Commitments of any Class; provided that each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000.
(c) Borrower Notice. Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent in writing of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under Section 2.07(b) at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Commitments delivered by Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities or capital markets transaction, in which case such notice may be revoked by Borrower (by notice to Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Commitments of any Class shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments of such Class.
SECTION 2.08 Interest Elections.
(a) Generally. Each Term Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section.Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Term Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Term Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Borrower shall not be entitled to request any conversion or continuation that, if made, would result in more than ten Eurodollar Borrowings outstanding hereunder at any one time.
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(b) Interest Election Notice. To make an election pursuant to this Section, Borrower shall deliver, by hand delivery, or telecopier or other electronic transmission (including .pdf), a duly completed and executed Interest Election Request to Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three (3) Business Days before the date of the proposed effective date of such election. Each Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable. Each Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:
(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, or if outstanding Borrowings are being combined, allocation to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);
(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;
(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and
(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”.
If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.
Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.
(c) Automatic Conversion to ABR Borrowing. If an Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Borrowing is not timely delivered prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require, by notice to Borrower, that (i) no outstanding Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
SECTION 2.09 Amortization of Term Borrowings. Borrower shall pay to ministrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, on the dates set forth on Annex I, or if any such date is not a Business Day, on the immediately preceding Business Day (each such date, a “Term Loan Repayment Date”), a principal amount of the Term Loans equal to the amount set forth on Annex I for such date (as adjusted from time to time pursuant to Section 2.10(h)), together in each case with accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount to be paid to but excluding the date of such payment. To the extent not previously paid, all Term Loans shall be due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date.
SECTION 2.10 Optional and Mandatory Prepayments of Term Loans.
(a) Optional Prepayments. Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing, in whole or in part, subject to the requirements of this Section 2.10; provided that each partial prepayment shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000 or, if less, the outstanding principal amount of such Borrowing.
(b) Reserved.
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(c) Asset Sales. Not later than three Business Days following the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries, Borrower shall make prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.10(h) and (i) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided that:
(i) no such prepayment shall be required under this Section 2.10(c)(i) with respect to (A) any Asset Sale permitted by Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(b) and 6.06(h)), (B) the disposition of property which constitutes a Casualty Event, or (C) Asset Sales for fair market value resulting in no more than $500,000 in Net Cash Proceeds per Asset Sale (or series of related Asset Sales) and less than $1,000,000 in Net Cash Proceeds in any fiscal year; and
(ii) so long as no Default shall then exist or would arise therefrom and the aggregate of such Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales shall not exceed $2,000,000 in any fiscal year of Borrower, such proceeds shall not be required to be so applied on such date to the extent that Borrower shall have delivered an Officers’ Certificate to Administrative Agent on or prior to such date stating that such Net Cash Proceeds are expected to be reinvested in fixed or capital assets within 270 days following the date of such Asset Sale (which Officers’ Certificate shall set forth the estimates of the proceeds to be so expended); provided that if all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds is not so reinvested within such 270-day period, such unused portion shall be applied on the last day of such period as a mandatory prepayment as provided in this Section 2.10(c); provided, further, that if the property subject to such Asset Sale constituted Collateral, then all property purchased with the Net Cash Proceeds thereof pursuant to this subsection shall be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties in accordance with Sections 5.11 and 5.12.
(d) Debt Issuance or Issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock. Not later than one Business Day following the receipt by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance or any issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock of any of AGS Capital’s Subsidiaries (other than any Debt Issuance or issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock permitted by Section 6.01), Borrower shall make prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.10(h) and (i) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.
(e) Equity Issuance. Not later than five Business Days following the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Equity Issuance, Borrower shall make prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.10(h) and (i) in an aggregate amount equal to (I) in the case of an IPO, 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds and (II) in all other cases, 50% of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided that in the case of this clause (II) only, so long as no Default shall then exist or arise therefrom, to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are from a Specified Equity Issuance, such proceeds shall not be required to be so applied; provided further however that, if any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds from a Specified Equity Issuance is not applied within 120 days after receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds for a Permitted Additional Basket Amount Usage, 50% of such unused portion of Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied on the last day of such period as a mandatory prepayment as provided in this Section 2.10(e).
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(f) Casualty Events. Not later than three Business Days following the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from a Casualty Event by AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries, Borrower shall make prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.10(h) and (i) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided that:
(i) so long as no Default shall then exist or arise therefrom, such proceeds shall not be required to be so applied on such date to the extent that (A) in the event such Net Cash Proceeds shall not exceed $5,000,000, Borrower shall have delivered an Officers’ Certificate to Administrative Agent on or prior to such date stating that such proceeds are expected to be used, or (B) in the event that such Net Cash Proceeds exceed $5,000,000, Administrative Agent has elected by notice to Borrower on or prior to such date to require such proceeds to be used, in each case, to repair, replace or restore any property in respect of which such Net Cash Proceeds were paid or to reinvest in other fixed or capital assets, no later than 270 days following the date of receipt of such proceeds; provided that if the property subject to such Casualty Event constituted Collateral under the Security Documents, then all property purchased with the Net Cash Proceeds thereof pursuant to this subsection shall be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Security Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties in accordance with Sections 5.11 and 5.12; and
(ii) if any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds shall not be so applied within such 270-day period, such unused portion shall be applied on the last day of such period as a mandatory prepayment as provided in this Section 2.10(f).
(g) Excess Cash. No later than the date that is 30 days after the end of the applicable Excess Cash Period, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013, Borrower shall make prepayments in accordance with Sections 2.10(h) and (i) in an aggregate amount equal to 75% of Excess Cash for the Excess Cash Period then ended (provided that, if the Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of such Excess Cash Period is less than 2.00 to 1.00, then such percentage shall be reduced to 50%).
(h) Application of Prepayments. Prior to any optional or mandatory prepayment hereunder, Borrower shall select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be prepaid and shall specify such selection in the notice of such prepayment pursuant to Section 2.10(i), subject to the provisions of this Section 2.10(h). Any prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.10(a), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) shall be applied to reduce scheduled prepayments required under Section 2.09 on a pro rata basis among the prepayments remaining to be made on the Term Loan Repayment Dates occurring from and after the date of such prepayment.
Amounts to be applied pursuant to this Section 2.10 to the prepayment of Term Loans shall be applied, as applicable, first to reduce outstanding ABR Term Loans. Any amounts remaining after each such application shall be applied to prepay Eurodollar Term Loans. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the amount of any prepayment of Term Loans required under this Section 2.10 shall be in excess of the amount of the ABR Term Loans at the time outstanding (an “Excess Amount”), only the portion of the amount of such prepayment as is equal to the amount of such outstanding ABR Term Loans shall be immediately prepaid and, at the election of Borrower, the Excess Amount shall be either (A) deposited in an escrow account on terms satisfactory to Collateral Agent and applied to the prepayment of Eurodollar Term Loans on the last day of the then next-expiring Interest Period for Eurodollar Term Loans; provided that (i) interest in respect of such Excess Amount shall continue to accrue thereon at the rate provided hereunder for the Term Loans which such Excess Amount is intended to repay until such Excess Amount shall have been used in full to repay such Term Loans and (ii) at any time while a Default has occurred and is continuing, Administrative Agent may, and upon written direction from the Required Lenders shall, apply any or all proceeds then on deposit to the payment of such Term Loans in an amount equal to such Excess Amount or (B) prepaid immediately, together with any amounts owing to the Lenders under Section 2.13. Any and all amounts prepaid under this Section 2.10 shall be without penalty or premium, other than amounts owing to Lenders under Section 2.10(j) (to the extent applicable) and Section 2.13.
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(i) Notice of Prepayment. Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent by written notice of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment and (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.07, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.07. Each such notice shall specify the prepayment date, the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid and, in the case of a mandatory prepayment, a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. Promptly following receipt of any such notice, Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of a Credit Extension of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02, except as necessary to apply fully the required amount of a mandatory prepayment. Each prepayment of a Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Term Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing and otherwise in accordance with this Section 2.10. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.06 and any premiums to the extent required by Section 2.10(j) (to the extent applicable).
(j) Term Loan Prepayment Premium. Upon repayment of the Term Loans at any time on or after the Closing Date and on or prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date for any reason (other than as a result of a repayment pursuant to (i) Section 2.09, (ii) Section 2.10(c) (solely with respect to the first $2,500,000 of Net Cash Proceeds that are applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.10(c) in any fiscal year), (iii) Section 2.10 (f) (solely with respect to the first $2,500,000 of Net Cash Proceeds that are applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.10(f) in any fiscal year) or (iv) Section 2.10(g)) or in the case of a mandatory assignment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.16(b) on or after the Closing Date and on or prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, Borrower shall pay to the Lenders (or the replaced Lender or Lenders in connection with a mandatory assignment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.16(b)) a prepayment premium on the principal amount so prepaid as follows:
Relevant Period in which prepayment or mandatory assignment, as the case may be, occurs |
Prepayment Premium (expressed as a percentage | |
After the Closing Date and on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date | 6.0% | |
After the first anniversary of the Closing Date and on or prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date | 3.0% | |
After the second anniversary of the Closing Date and on or prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date | 1.5% |
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SECTION 2.11 Alternate Rate of Interest. If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:
(a) Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be final and conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period; or
(b) Administrative Agent is advised in writing by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Term Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;
then Administrative Agent shall give written notice thereof to Borrower and the Lenders as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until Administrative Agent notifies Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing.
SECTION 2.12 Yield Protection.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in, by any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBOR Rate);
(ii) subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any Eurodollar Term Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for, and without duplication for, Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 2.15 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Term Loans made by such Lender;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Eurodollar Term Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Term Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount), then, upon request of such Lender, Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines (in good faith, but in its sole absolute discretion) that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Term Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
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(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.12 and delivered to Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof) .
SECTION 2.13 Breakage Payments. In the event of (a) the payment or ment, whether optional or mandatory, of any principal of any Eurodollar Term Loan earlier than the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Term Loan earlier than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any Term Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Term Loan earlier than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.16(b), then, in any such event, Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Term Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Term Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate that would have been applicable to such Term Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Term Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the Eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth in reasonable detail any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall be delivered to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) and shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error. Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 5 days after receipt thereof.
SECTION 2.14 Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Setoffs.
(a) Payments Generally. Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document (whether of principal, interest or fees, or of amounts payable under Section 2.12, 2.13, 2.15 or 10.03, or otherwise) on or before the time expressly required hereunder or under such other Loan Document for such payment (or, if no such time is expressly required, prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time), on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without setoff, deduction or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for
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purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to Administrative Agent at its offices at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15 and 10.03 shall be made directly to the persons entitled thereto and payments pursuant to other Loan Documents shall be made to the persons specified therein. Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment under any Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, unless specified otherwise, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments under each Loan Document shall be made in dollars, except as expressly specified otherwise.
(b) Pro Rata Treatment.
(i) Each payment by Borrower of interest in respect of the Term Loans shall be applied to the amounts of such obligations owing to the Lenders pro rata according to the respective amounts then due and owing to the Lenders.
(ii) Each payment on account of principal of the Term Loans shall be allocated among the Term Loan Lenders pro rata based on the principal amount of the Term Loans held by the Term Loan Lenders.
(c) Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.
(d) Sharing of Set-Off. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Term Loans or other Obligations resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Term Loans and accrued interest thereon or other Obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Term Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Term Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Term Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to AGS Capital or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).
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Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Requirements of Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation. If under applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or any similar law any Secured Party receives a secured claim in lieu of a setoff or counterclaim to which this Section 2.14(d) applies, such Secured Party shall to the extent practicable, exercise its rights in respect of such secured claim in a manner consistent with the rights to which the Secured Party is entitled under this Section 2.14(d) to share in the benefits of the recovery of such secured claim.
(e) Borrower Default. Unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice from Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders hereunder that Borrower will not make such payment, Administrative Agent may assume that Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders the amount due. In such event, if Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
(f) Lender Default. If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.02(c), 2.14(e) or 10.03(c), then Administrative Agent may, in its discretion (notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof), apply any amounts thereafter received by Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid.
SECTION 2.15 Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Unless otherwise required by applicable Requirements of Law, any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Loan Parties hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes; provided that if the Loan Parties shall be required by applicable Requirements of Law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) Administrative Agent or each Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the applicable Loan Party shall make such deductions and (iii) the applicable Loan Party shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law or, at the option of Administrative Agent, timely reimburse it for the payment of any Other Taxes.
(c) Indemnification by Borrower. Borrower shall indemnify Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be,
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and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to Administrative Agent), or by Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by Borrower to a Governmental Authority, Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders. Any Lender that is a United States person other than any exempt recipient shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Borrower or Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from United States Federal backup withholding tax. Any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of Borrower or Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party,
(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit Q-1, or any other form approved by Administrative Agent, to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN,
(iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a United States Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit Q-1, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit Q-3 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner, or
(v) any other form prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Requirements of Law to permit Borrower to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
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(f) FATCA. If a payment made to any Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to United States Federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent as may be necessary for Borrower and Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 2.15(f), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by Borrower or with respect to which Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by Borrower under this Section with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that Borrower, upon the request of Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to Borrower or any other person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event will any Lender be required to pay any amount to Borrower the payment of which would place such Lender in a less favorable net after-tax position than such Lender would have been in if the additional amounts giving rise to such refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes had never been paid.
SECTION 2.16 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or requires Borrower to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, then such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Term Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.12 or 2.15, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment. A certificate setting forth such costs and expenses submitted by such Lender to Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.12, or if Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15, or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender
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or subject to Disqualification, or if Borrower exercises its replacement rights under Section 10.02(d), then Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.04), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:
(i) Borrower shall have paid to Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in Section 10.04(b);
(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Term Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 2.13); provided that, in the case of any such assignment by a Defaulting Lender involving a Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment, such amount shall be reduced by the amount of Upfront Fees that were paid to such Defaulting Lender (or its Affiliates or predecessor(s) in interest) with respect to the portion of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitment so assigned;
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.12 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.15, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
(iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Requirements of Law.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 2.17 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i) That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.02.
(ii) Any payment of principal, interest, premiums, fees or other amounts received by Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender), shall not be paid or distributed to that Defaulting Lender, but will instead be retained by Administrative Agent in a segregated non-interest bearing account until the Term Loan Maturity Date and shall be applied at such time or times as may be reasonably determined by Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to Administrative Agent hereunder; second, as Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Term Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement; third, if so determined by Administrative Agent and Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting
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Lender to fund Term Loans under this Agreement; fourth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth, to the payment of any amounts owing to Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth, after the Term Loan Maturity Date, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Term Loans in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Term Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Article IV were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Term Loans of all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Term Loans of that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If Borrower and Administrative Agent agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Term Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Term Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments, whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Loan Party represents and warrants to Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders (with references to the Companies being references thereto after giving effect to the Transactions unless otherwise expressly stated), on and as of the Closing Date, and on and as of each date as required by Section 4.03(c), that:
SECTION 3.01 Organization; Powers. Each Company (a) is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has all requisite power, authority, rights, licenses, permits, privileges (including, without limitation, with respect to Indian Tribes), franchises and authorizations to carry on its business as now conducted and to own and lease its property and (c) is qualified and in good standing (to the extent such concept is applicable in the applicable jurisdiction) to do business in every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except in such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. There is no existing default under any Organizational Document of any Company or any event which, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both, would constitute a default by any party thereunder.
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SECTION 3.02 Authorization; Enforceability. The Transactions to be entered to by each Loan Party are within such Loan Party’s powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Loan Party. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party and constitutes, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is to be a party, when executed and delivered by such Loan Party, will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
SECTION 3.03 No Conflicts. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.03, the tions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings necessary to perfect Liens created by the Loan Documents and (iii) consents, approvals, registrations, filings, permits or actions the failure to obtain or perform which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate the Organizational Documents of any Company, (c) will not violate any Requirement of Law, (d) will not violate or result in a default or require any consent or approval under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Company or its property, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Company, except in the case of clauses (c) and (d) for violations, defaults or the creation of such rights that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (e) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any property of any Company, except Liens created by the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens.
SECTION 3.04 Financial Statements; Projections.
(a) Historical Financial Statements. Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Lenders the consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of AGS Capital (i) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, audited by and accompanied by the unqualified opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the three-month period ended March 31, 2012 and for the comparable period of the preceding fiscal year, in each case, certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower. Such financial statements and all financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a), (b) and (c) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly and accurately the financial condition and results of operations and cash flows of AGS Capital as of the dates and for the periods to which they relate.
(b) No Liabilities. Except as set forth in the financial statements referred to in Section 3.04(a), there are no liabilities of any Company of any kind, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances which could reasonably be expected to result in such a liability, other than liabilities under the Loan Documents. Since December 31, 2011, there has been no event, change, circumstance or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Pro Forma Balance Sheet. Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Lenders AGS Capital unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2012, after only giving effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred on such date. Such pro forma balance sheet has been prepared in good faith by the Loan Parties, based on the assumptions stated therein (which assumptions are believed by the Loan Parties on the date hereof and on the Closing Date to be reasonable in light of the circumstances in which they were made), are based on the best information available to the Loan Parties as
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of the date of delivery thereof, accurately reflect all adjustments required to be made to give effect to the Transactions, and present fairly in all material respects the pro forma consolidated balance sheet of AGS Capital as of such date and for such periods, assuming that the Transactions had occurred at such dates.
(d) Forecasts. The forecasts of financial performance of AGS Capital and its subsidiaries furnished to the Lenders have been prepared in good faith by Borrower and based on assumptions believed by Borrower to reasonable in light of the circumstances in which they were made.
SECTION 3.05 Properties.
(a) Generally. Each Company has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its property material to its business, free and clear of all Liens except for, in the case of Collateral, Permitted Liens and, in the case of all other material property, Permitted Liens and minor irregularities or deficiencies in title that, individually or in the aggregate, do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such property for its intended purpose. The property of the Companies, taken as a whole, (i) is in good operating order, condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and (ii) constitutes all the property which is required for the business and operations of the Companies as presently conducted.
(b) Real Property. Schedules 8(a) and 8(b) to the Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date contain a true and complete list of each interest in Real Property (i) owned by any Loan Party as of the date hereof and describes the type of interest therein held by such Loan Party and whether such owned Real Property is leased and if leased whether the underlying Lease contains any option to purchase all or any portion of such Real Property or any interest therein or contains any right of first refusal relating to any sale of such Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein and (ii) leased, subleased or otherwise occupied or utilized by any Loan Party, as lessee, sublessee, franchisee or licensee, as of the date hereof and describes the type of interest therein held by such Loan Party and, in each of the cases described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 3.05(b), whether any Lease requires the consent of the landlord or tenant thereunder, or other party thereto, to the Transactions.
(c) No Casualty Event. No Company has received any notice of, nor has any knowledge of, the occurrence or pendency or contemplation of any Casualty Event affecting all or any material portion of its property. No Mortgage encumbers improved Real Property that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 unless flood insurance available under such Act has been obtained in accordance with Section 5.04.
(d) Collateral. Each Company owns or has rights to use all of the Collateral and all rights with respect to any of the foregoing used in, necessary for or material to each Company’s business as currently conducted, except for the failure to own or have rights to use which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The use by each Company of such Collateral and all such rights with respect to the foregoing do not infringe on the rights of any person other than such infringement which could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No claim has been made and remains outstanding that any Company’s use of any Collateral does or may violate the rights of any third party that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 3.06 Intellectual Property.
(a) Ownership/No Claims. Each Loan Party owns, or is licensed to use, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, trade names, service marks, copyrights, technology, trade secrets, proprietary information, domain names, know-how and processes necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted (the “Intellectual Property”), except for those the failure to own or license which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No claim has been asserted and is pending by any person challenging or questioning the use of any such Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any such Intellectual Property, nor does any Loan Party know of any valid basis for any such claim which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The use of such Intellectual Property by each Loan Party does not infringe the rights of any person, except for such claims and infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Registrations. Except pursuant to licenses and other user agreements entered into by each Loan Party in the ordinary course of business that are listed in Schedule 12(a) or 12(b) to the Perfection Certificate, on and as of the date hereof (i) each Loan Party owns and possesses the right to use, and has done nothing to authorize or enable any other person to use, any copyright, patent or trademark (as such terms are defined in the Security Agreement) listed in Schedule 12(a) or 12(b) to the Perfection Certificate, except for those the failure to own or possess the right to use which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) all registrations listed in Schedule 12(a) or 12(b) to the Perfection Certificate are valid and in full force and effect.
(c) No Violations or Proceedings. To each Loan Party’s knowledge, on and as of the date hereof, there is no material violation by others of any right of such Loan Party with respect to any copyright, patent or trademark listed in Schedule 12(a) or 12(b) to the Perfection Certificate, pledged by it under the name of such Loan Party except as may be set forth on Schedule 3.06(c) that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.07 Equity Interests and Subsidiaries.
(a) Equity Interests. Schedules 1(a) and 10(a) to the Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date set forth a list of (i) all the Subsidiaries of AGS Capital and their jurisdictions of organization as of the Closing Date and (ii) the number of each class of its Equity Interests authorized, and the number outstanding, on the Closing Date and the number of shares covered by all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and similar rights at the Closing Date. All Equity Interests of each Company are duly and validly issued and, in the case of any Company that is a corporation, are fully paid and non-assessable, and, other than the Equity Interests of AGS Capital, are owned by AGS Capital, directly or indirectly through Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. All Equity Interests of Borrower and AGS Partners are owned directly by AGS Capital. Each Loan Party is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Equity Interests pledged by it under the Security Agreement, free of any and all Liens, rights or claims of other persons, except the security interest created by the Security Agreement, and there are no outstanding warrants, options or other rights to purchase, or shareholder, voting trust or similar agreements outstanding with respect to, or property that is convertible into, or that requires the issuance or sale of, any such Equity Interests.
(b) No Consent of Third Parties Required. Other than consents, approvals and licenses required under Gaming Laws, no consent of any person including any other general or limited partner, any other member of a limited liability company, any other shareholder or any other trust beneficiary
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is necessary or reasonably desirable (from the perspective of a secured party) in connection with the creation, perfection or first priority status of the security interest of Collateral Agent in any Equity Interests pledged to Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security Agreement or the exercise by Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in the Security Agreement or the exercise of remedies in respect thereof.
(c) Organizational Chart. An accurate organizational chart, showing the ownership structure of AGS Capital, Borrower and each Subsidiary on the Closing Date, and after giving effect to the Transactions, is set forth on Schedule 10(a) to the Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date.
SECTION 3.08 Litigation; Compliance with Laws. There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity by or before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to the knowledge of any Company, threatened against or affecting any Company or any business, property or rights of any Company (i) that involve any Loan Document or any of the Transactions or (ii) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except for matters covered by Section 3.18, no Company or any of its property is in violation of, nor will the continued operation of its property as currently conducted violate, any Requirements of Law (including without limitation, Indian Tribe and Gaming laws, any permits, any zoning or building ordinance, code or approval or any building permits) or any restrictions of record or agreements affecting any Company’s Real Property or is in default with respect to any Requirement of Law, where such violation or default, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.09 Agreements. No Company is a party to any agreement or ment or subject to any corporate or other constitutional restriction in its Organizational Documents or otherwise that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Company is in default in any manner under any provision of any indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing Indebtedness, or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its property is or may be bound, where such default could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default. Schedule 3.09 accurately and completely lists all material agreements (other than leases of Real Property set forth on Schedule 8(a) or 8(b) to the Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date) to which any Company is a party which are in effect on the date hereof in connection with the operation of the business conducted thereby and Borrower has delivered to Administrative Agent complete and correct copies of all such material agreements, including any amendments, supplements or modifications with respect thereto, and all such agreements are in full force and effect.
SECTION 3.10 Federal Reserve Regulations. No Company is engaged ly, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of any Term Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the regulations of the Board, including Regulation T, U or X. The pledge of the Securities Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement does not violate such regulations.
SECTION 3.11 Investment Company Act. No Company is an “investment pany” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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SECTION 3.12 Use of Proceeds. Borrower will use the proceeds of the Initial Term Loan Borrowings made on the Closing Date to finance the Refinancing and to pay fees, costs, commissions and expenses in connection therewith. The Delayed Draw Term Loans will be used by Borrower and its Subsidiaries solely to finance the working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.13 Taxes. Each Company has (a) timely filed or caused to be timely filed all federal Tax Returns and all material state, local and foreign Tax Returns or materials required to have been filed by it and all such Tax Returns are true and correct in all material respects and (b) duly and timely paid, collected or remitted or caused to be duly and timely paid, collected or remitted all Taxes (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) due and payable, collectible or remittable by it and all assessments received by it, except Taxes (i) that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which such Company, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (ii) which could not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Company, as applicable, has made adequate provision in accordance with GAAP for all Taxes not yet due and payable. Each Company is unaware of any proposed or pending tax assessments, deficiencies or audits that could be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Company has ever been a party to any understanding or arrangement constituting a “tax shelter” within the meaning of Section 6111 of the Code, or has ever “participated” in a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4, except as could not be reasonably expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.14 No Material Misstatements. No written information, report, nancial statement, certificate, Borrowing Request, exhibit or schedule furnished by or on behalf of any Company to Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of any Loan Document or included therein or delivered pursuant thereto, taken as a whole, contained or contains any material misstatement of fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were or are made, not misleading in any material respect as of the date such information is dated or certified; provided that to the extent any such information, report, financial statement, exhibit or schedule was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection, each Company represents only that it acted in good faith and utilized reasonable assumptions in the light of the circumstances under which they were or are made and due care in the preparation of such information, report, financial statement, exhibit or schedule.
SECTION 3.15 Labor Matters. As of the Closing Date, there are no strikes, outs or slowdowns against any Company pending or, to the knowledge of any Company, threatened. The hours worked by and payments made to employees of any Company have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, or any other applicable federal, state, local or foreign law dealing with such matters in any manner which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from any Company, or for which any claim may be made against any Company, on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits, have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Company except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The consummation of the Transactions will not give rise to any right of termination or right of renegotiation on the part of any union under any collective bargaining agreement to which any Company is bound.
SECTION 3.16 Solvency. Immediately after the consummation of the Transactions to occur on the Closing Date and immediately following the making of each Term Loan and immediately after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of each Term Loan, (a) the fair value of the properties
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of AGS Capital (on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) will exceed its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise; (b) the present fair saleable value of the property of AGS Capital (on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of its debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured; (c) AGS Capital (on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) will be able to pay its debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured; and (d) AGS Capital (on a consolidated basis with its Subsidiaries) will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct its business in which it is engaged as such business is now conducted and is proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date.
SECTION 3.17 Employee Benefit Plans. Each Company and its ERISA Affiliates is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to result in material liability of any Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates or the imposition of a Lien on any of the property of any Company. The present value of all accumulated benefit obligations of all un-derfunded Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed by more than $250,000 the fair market value of the property of all such underfunded Plans. Using actuarial assumptions and computation methods consistent with subpart I of subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA, the aggregate liabilities of each Company or its ERISA Affiliates to all Multiemployer Plans in the event of a complete withdrawal therefrom, as of the close of the most recent fiscal year of each such Multiemployer Plan, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 3.18 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.18 and except as, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) The Companies and their businesses, operations and Real Property are in compliance with, and the Companies have no liability under, any applicable Environmental Law; and under the currently effective business plan of the Companies, no expenditures or operational adjustments will be required in order to comply with applicable Environmental Laws during the next five years;
(ii) The Companies have obtained all Environmental Permits required for the conduct of their businesses and operations, and the ownership, operation and use of their property, under Environmental Law, all such Environmental Permits are valid and in good standing and, under the currently effective business plan of the Companies, no expenditures or operational adjustments will be required in order to renew or modify such Environmental Permits during the next five years;
(iii) There has been no Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any Real Property or facility presently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Companies or their predecessors in interest that could result in liability by the Companies under any applicable Environmental Law;
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(iv) There is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the knowledge of the Companies, threatened against the Companies, or relating to the Real Property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Companies or their predecessors in interest or relating to the operations of the Companies, and there are no actions, activities, circumstances, conditions, events or incidents that could form the basis of such an Environmental Claim; and
(v) No person with an indemnity or contribution obligation to the Companies relating to compliance with or liability under Environmental Law is in default with respect to such obligation.
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.18 and except as, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) below only:
(i) No Company is obligated to perform any action or otherwise incur any expense under Environmental Law pursuant to any order, decree, judgment or agreement by which it is bound or has assumed by contract, agreement or operation of law, and no Company is conducting or financing any Response pursuant to any Environmental Law with respect to any Real Property or any other location;
(ii) No Real Property or facility owned, operated or leased by the Companies and, to the knowledge of the Companies, no Real Property or facility formerly owned, operated or leased by the Companies or any of their predecessors in interest is (i) listed or proposed for listing on the National Priorities List promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or (ii) listed on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System promulgated pursuant to CERCLA or (iii) included on any similar list maintained by any Governmental Authority including any such list relating to petroleum;
(iii) No Lien has been recorded or, to the knowledge of any Company, threatened under any Environmental Law with respect to any Real Property or other assets of the Companies;
(iv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not require any notification, registration, filing, reporting, disclosure, investigation, remediation or cleanup pursuant to any Governmental Real Property Disclosure Requirements or any other applicable Environmental Law; and
(v) The Companies have made available to the Lenders all material records and files in the possession, custody or control of, or otherwise reasonably available to, the Companies concerning compliance with or liability under Environmental Law, including those concerning the actual or suspected existence of Hazardous Material at Real Property or facilities currently or formerly owned, operated, leased or used by the Companies.
SECTION 3.19 Insurance. Schedule 3.19 sets forth a true, complete and correct description of all property, casualty and liability insurance maintained by each Company as of the Closing Date. All insurance maintained by the Companies is in full force and effect, all premiums have been duly paid, no Company has received notice of violation or cancellation thereof, the Premises, and the use, occupancy and operation thereof, comply in all material respects with all Insurance Requirements, and there exists no default under any Insurance Requirement, the consequence of which is to suspend, cancel or otherwise interrupt any insurance coverage required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement. Each Company has insurance in such amounts and covering such risks and liabilities as are customary for companies of a similar size engaged in similar businesses in similar locations.
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SECTION 3.20 Security Documents.
(a) Security Agreement. Other than with respect to the pledge of the Equity Interests of Borrower, which is subject to the prior approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities, the Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Security Agreement Collateral and (i) when financing statements and other filings in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 7 to the Perfection Certificate and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by Collateral Agent of the Security Agreement Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to Collateral Agent (subject to the prior receipt of the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval and delivery to Collateral Agent of control of the certificates evidencing the Equity Interests of Borrower) to the extent possession or control by Collateral Agent is required by each Security Document), the Liens created by the Security Agreement shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors in the Security Agreement Collateral (other than such Security Agreement Collateral in which a security interest cannot be perfected under the UCC as in effect at the relevant time in the relevant jurisdiction), in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(b) PTO Filing; Copyright Office Filing. When the Security Agreement or a short form thereof is filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, the Liens created by such Security Agreement shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in Patents (as defined in the Security Agreement) registered or applied for with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or Copyrights (as defined in such Security Agreement) registered or applied for with the United States Copyright Office, as the case may be, in each case subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(c) Mortgages. Each Mortgage is effective to create, in favor of Collateral Agent, for its benefit and the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable first priority Liens on, and security interests in, all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Mortgaged Properties thereunder and the proceeds thereof, subject only to Permitted Liens or other Liens acceptable to Collateral Agent, and when the Mortgages are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 8(a) to the Perfection Certificate dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of any Mortgage executed and delivered after the date thereof in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.11 and 5.12, when such Mortgage is filed in the offices specified in the local counsel opinion delivered with respect thereto in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5.11 and 5.12), the Mortgages shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior and superior in right to any other person, other than Liens permitted by such Mortgage and Permitted Liens.
(d) Valid Liens. Each Security Document delivered pursuant to Sections 5.11 and 5.12 will, upon execution and delivery thereof and, in the case of the pledge of the Equity Interests of Borrower pursuant to the Security Agreement, upon the approval thereof by the Nevada Gaming Authorities, be effective to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, all of the Loan Parties’ right, title and interest in and to the Collateral thereunder, and (i) when all appropriate filings or recordings are made in the appropriate offices as may be required under applicable law and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by Collateral Agent of such Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to Collateral Agent (subject to the prior receipt of the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval and delivery to Collateral Agent of control of certificates
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evidencing the Equity Interests of Borrower) to the extent required by any Security Document), such Security Document will constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral, in each case subject to no Liens other than the applicable Permitted Liens.
SECTION 3.21 Anti-Terrorism Law. (a) No Loan Party is in violation of any quirement of Law relating to terrorism or money laundering (“Anti-Terrorism Laws”), including Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing, effective September 24, 2001 (the “Executive Order”), and the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
(b) No Loan Party and to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Affiliate or broker or other agent of any Loan Party acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans is any of the following:
(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;
(iv) a person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order; or
(v) a person that is named as a “specially designated national and blocked person” on the most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official publication of such list.
(c) No Loan Party and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no broker or other agent of any Loan Party acting in any capacity in connection with the Term Loans (i) conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any person described in paragraph (b) above, (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order, or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
SECTION 3.22 Anti-Corruption. Borrower has in place the gaming compliance program described on Schedule 3.22, and is in compliance in all material respects with such program.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
SECTION 4.01 Conditions to Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to fund the initial Credit Extension requested to be made by it on the Closing Date shall be subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.01.
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(a) Loan Documents. All legal matters incident to this Agreement, the Credit Extensions hereunder and the other Loan Documents shall be satisfactory to the Lenders and to Administrative Agent and there shall have been delivered to Administrative Agent an executed counterpart of each of the Loan Documents and the Perfection Certificate.
(b) Corporate Documents. Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) a certificate of the secretary or assistant secretary of each Loan Party dated the Closing Date, certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of each Organizational Document of such Loan Party certified (to the extent applicable) as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which such person is a party and, in the case of Borrower, the borrowings hereunder, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect and (C) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such Loan Party (together with a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the secretary or assistant secretary executing the certificate in this clause (i));
(ii) a certificate as to the good standing of each Loan Party (in so-called “long-form” if available) as of a recent date, from such Secretary of State (or other applicable Governmental Authority); and
(iii) such other documents as the Lenders or Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(c) Officers’ Certificate. Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by the president and the chief executive officer of Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.01 and Sections 4.03(b), (c) and (d).
(d) Financings and Other Transactions, etc.
(i) The Transactions shall have been consummated or shall be consummated simultaneously on the Closing Date, in each case in all material respects in accordance with the terms hereof and the terms of the Loan Documents, without the waiver or amendment of any such terms not approved by Administrative Agent and the Arranger other than any waiver or amendment thereof that is not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
(ii) The Lenders shall be satisfied with the management, capitalization, the terms and conditions of any equity arrangements and the corporate or other organizational structure of the Companies (after giving effect to the Transactions) and any indemnities, employment and other arrangements entered into in connection with the Transactions.
(iii) The Refinancing shall have been consummated in full to the satisfaction of the Lenders with all liens in favor of the existing lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement being unconditionally released; Administrative Agent shall have received a “pay-off” letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent with respect to all debt being re-financed in the Refinancing; and Administrative Agent shall have received from any person holding
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any Lien securing any such debt, such UCC termination statements, mortgage releases, releases of assignments of leases and rents, releases of security interests in Intellectual Property and other instruments, in each case in proper form for recording, as Administrative Agent shall have reasonably requested to release and terminate of record the Liens securing such debt.
(iv) AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries shall have no less than $1,000,000 of “unrestricted” cash (it being understood that for purposes of this Section 4.01(d)(iv), (x) unrestricted cash shall not include any cash to the extent the use of such cash for application to the payment of the Term Loans is prohibited by law or any contract to which AGS Capital or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and (y) unrestricted cash shall include any cash that is subject to a Lien in favor of the collateral agent in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement).
(e) Financial Statements; Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Projections. The Lenders shall have received and shall be satisfied with the form and substance of the financial statements (and any changes thereto) described in Section 3.04 and with the forecasts of the financial performance of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries. To the extent any financial statements described in Section 3.04 have been previously delivered to Administrative Agent, such deliveries shall satisfy the corresponding delivery condition herein provided such financial statements have not been revised, modified, supplemented, amended or restated in any manner since such delivery date.
(f) Indebtedness and Minority Interests. After giving effect to the Transactions and the other transactions contemplated hereby, no Company shall have outstanding any Indebtedness or preferred stock other than (i) the Term Loans and Credit Extensions hereunder, (ii) the Indebtedness listed on Schedule 6.01(b) and (iii) Indebtedness owed to Borrower or any Guarantor.
(g) Opinions of Counsel. Administrative Agent shall have received, on behalf of itself, the other Agents, the Arranger and the Lenders, a favorable written opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP, special New York counsel for the Loan Parties and Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP, special Illinois counsel for the Loan Parties, in each case, (A) dated the Closing Date, (B) addressed to the Agents and the Lenders and (C) covering such matters relating to the Loan Documents and the Transactions as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
(h) Solvency Certificate. Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate in the form of Exhibit O, dated the Closing Date and signed by a Financial Officer of Borrower.
(i) Requirements of Law. The Lenders shall be satisfied that AGS Capital, its Subsidiaries and the Transactions shall be in full compliance with all material Requirements of Law, including Regulations T, U and X of the Board, and shall have received satisfactory evidence of such compliance reasonably requested by them.
(j) Consents. The Lenders shall be satisfied that all requisite Governmental Authorities and third parties shall have approved or consented to the Transactions except for the approval by the Nevada Gaming Authorities of the pledge by AGS Capital of the Equity Interests in Borrower, which approval will be obtained after the Closing Date, and there shall be no governmental or judicial action, actual or threatened, which, singly or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Transactions.
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(k) Litigation. There shall be no litigation, public or private, or administrative proceedings, governmental investigation (other than the investigation by the Nevada Gaming Authorities in connection with the approval of the pledge of the Equity Interests of Borrower) or other legal or regulatory developments, actual or threatened, that, singly or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of AGS Capital, Borrower and the Subsidiaries to fully and timely perform their respective obligations under the Loan Documents, or the ability of the parties to consummate the financings contemplated hereby or the other Transactions.
(l) Sources and Uses. The sources and uses of the Initial Term Loans shall be as set forth in Section 3.12.
(m) Fees. The Arranger and Administrative Agent shall have received all Fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable legal fees and expenses of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, special counsel to the Agents, and the reasonable fees and expenses of any local counsel (if any), appraisers, consultants and other advisors) required to be reimbursed or paid by Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(n) Personal Property Requirements. Collateral Agent shall have received:
(i) all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the Securities Collateral accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock powers undated and endorsed in blank (other than the certificates evidencing the Equity Interests of Borrower, which shall be delivered to Collateral Agent upon the receipt of the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval);
(ii) the Intercompany Note executed by and among AGS Capital and each of its Subsidiaries, accompanied by instruments of transfer undated and endorsed in blank;
(iii) all other certificates, agreements, including Control Agreements, or instruments necessary to perfect Collateral Agent’s security interest in all Chattel Paper, all Instruments, all Deposit Accounts and all Investment Property of each Loan Party (as each such term is defined in the Security Agreement and to the extent required by the Security Agreement);
(iv) UCC financing statements in appropriate form for filing under the UCC, filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office and such other documents under applicable Requirements of Law in each jurisdiction as may be necessary or appropriate or, in the reasonable opinion of Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect the Liens created, or purported to be created, by the Security Documents;
(v) certified copies of UCC, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office searches or equivalent reports or searches, each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in the state jurisdiction in which such Loan Party is organized and such other searches that Collateral Agent deems necessary or appropriate, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Security Documents (other than Permitted Liens or any other Liens acceptable to Collateral Agent);
(vi) with respect to each location set forth on Schedule 4.01(n)(vi), a Landlord Access Agreement or Bailee Letter, as applicable; provided that no such Landlord Access Agreement or Bailee Letter shall be required with respect to (i) any Real Property (including any Real Property
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owned or leased by any customer of a Company where Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $1,000,000 is located) with respect to which a Landlord Access Agreement or Bailee Letter, as applicable, could not be obtained after the Loan Party that is the lessee of such Real Property or owner of the inventory or other personal property Collateral stored with the bailee thereof, as applicable, shall have used all commercially reasonable efforts to do so, (ii) any Real Property owned or leased by an Indian Tribe or located on Indian Land or (iii) any Real Property (including any Real Property owned or leased by any customer of a Company) where Collateral having a fair market value of less than $1,000,000 is located; and
(vii) evidence acceptable to Collateral Agent of payment or arrangements for payment by the Loan Parties of all applicable recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of the Security Documents.
(o) Insurance. Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of, or a certificate as to coverage under, the insurance policies required by Section 5.04 and the applicable provisions of the Security Documents, each of which shall be endorsed or otherwise amended to include a lender’s loss payable and shall name Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, as additional insured, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(p) USA Patriot Act. The Lenders shall have received, sufficiently in advance of the Closing Date, all documentation and other information that may be required by the Lenders in order to enable compliance with applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the United States PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) including the information described in Section 10.13.
SECTION 4.02 Conditions to Extensions of Delayed Draw Term Loans. The ligation of each Lender to fund a Credit Extension consisting of Delayed Draw Term Loans shall be subject to the prior or concurrent satisfaction of each of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.02.
(a) Illinois Licensing. At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Credit Extension and the application of proceeds thereof, (i) the Loan Parties’ licenses to manufacture and distribute video gaming terminals in the State of Illinois shall, in all material respects, remain in full force and effect, and (ii) no other material adverse developments with respect to the Loan Parties’ gaming licenses shall have occurred and be continuing.
(b) Gaming Machines in Operation in Illinois. At the time of and immediately after giving effect to the Secondary Delayed Draw Term Loans and the application of proceeds thereof, the Loan Parties must own at least 500 Illinois Video Gaming Terminals that are operating under a revenue sharing, lease or daily fee or similar agreement to which any Loan Party is a party in the State of Illinois.
SECTION 4.03 Conditions to All Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to make any Credit Extension (including the initial Credit Extension) shall be subject to, and to the satisfaction of, each of the conditions precedent set forth below.
(a) Notice. Administrative Agent shall have received a Borrowing Request as required by Section 2.03 (or such notice shall have been deemed given in accordance with Section 2.03).
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(b) No Default. At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Credit Extension and the application of the proceeds thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date.
(c) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party set forth in Article III hereof or in any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (except that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date.
(d) No Legal Bar. No order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority shall restrain any Lender from making any Term Loans to be made by it. No injunction or other restraining order shall have been issued with respect to any action, suit or proceeding seeking to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the making of Term Loans hereunder.
(e) Indian Tribe Laws and Regulations. AGS Capital and its subsidiaries and the Transactions contemplated hereby shall be in compliance with all applicable foreign and U.S. federal, state, local and Indian Tribe laws and regulations, including all applicable environmental laws and regulations except where failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect. All necessary governmental and material third party approvals (including approvals with respect to Indian Tribes and Gaming) in connection with the Transactions shall have been obtained and shall be in effect.
Each of the delivery of a Borrowing Request and the acceptance by Borrower of the proceeds of such Credit Extension shall constitute a representation and warranty by Borrower and each other Loan Party that on the date of such Credit Extension (both immediately before and after giving effect to such Credit Extension and the application of the proceeds thereof) the conditions contained in Sections 4.03(b)-(e) have been satisfied. Borrower shall provide such information (including calculations in reasonable detail of the covenants in Section 6.10) as Administrative Agent may reasonably request to confirm that the conditions in Sections 4.03(b)-(e) have been satisfied.
ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Loan Party warrants, covenants and agrees with each Lender that so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Term Loan and all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document shall have been paid in full (other than contingent obligations and indemnification for which no claim is pending), unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements, Reports, etc. Furnish to Administrative Agent:
(a) Annual Reports. As soon as available and in any event within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, (i) the consolidated
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balance sheet of AGS Capital as of the end of such fiscal year and related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and stockholders’ equity for such fiscal year, in comparative form with such financial statements as of the end of, and for, the preceding fiscal year, and notes thereto (including a note with a consolidating balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows separating out AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries, Borrower and the Subsidiaries), accompanied by an opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing satisfactory to Administrative Agent in its reasonable credit judgment (which opinion shall not be qualified as to scope or contain any going concern or like qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph other than any such qualification, exception or explanatory paragraph that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, the Term Loan Maturity Date being scheduled to occur within one year from the time such opinion is delivered), stating that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of AGS Capital as of the dates and for the periods specified in accordance with GAAP, (ii) a management report in a form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent setting forth (A) statement of income items and Consolidated EBITDA of AGS Capital for such fiscal year, showing variance, by dollar amount and percentage, from amounts for the previous fiscal year and budgeted amounts and (B) if requested by Administrative Agent, key operational information and statistics for such fiscal year consistent with internal and industry-wide reporting standards, and (iii) a narrative report and management’s discussion and analysis, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, of the financial condition and results of operations of AGS Capital for such fiscal year, as compared to amounts for the previous fiscal year and budgeted amounts;
(b) Quarterly Reports. As soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2012, (i) the consolidated balance sheet of AGS Capital as of the end of such fiscal quarter and related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, in comparative form with the consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the comparable periods in the previous fiscal year, and notes thereto (including a note with a consolidating balance sheet and statements of income and cash flows separating out AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries, Borrower and the Subsidiaries), accompanied by a certificate of a Financial Officer stating that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of AGS Capital as of the date and for the periods specified in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, and on a basis consistent with audited financial statements referred to in clause (a) of this Section, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and absence of footnotes, (ii) a management report in a form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent setting forth (A) statement of income items and Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarter and for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, showing variance, by dollar amount and percentage, from amounts for the comparable periods in the previous fiscal year and budgeted amounts and (B) if requested by Administrative Agent, key operational information and statistics for such fiscal quarter and for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year consistent with internal and industry-wide reporting standards, and (iii) a narrative report and management’s discussion and analysis, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, of the financial condition and results of operations for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, as compared to the comparable periods in the previous fiscal year and budgeted amounts;
(c) Monthly Reports. Within 45 days after the end of each of the first two months of each fiscal quarter, beginning with the fiscal month ending August 31, 2012, (i) the consolidated balance sheet of AGS Capital as of the end of each such month and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows of AGS Capital for such month and for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, in comparative form with the consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the comparable periods in the previous fiscal year, accompanied by a certificate of a Financial Officer stating that such financial
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statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of AGS Capital as of the date and for the periods specified in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and absence of footnotes and (ii) a management report in a form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent setting forth (A) statement of income items and Consolidated EBITDA for such month and for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, showing variance, by dollar amount and percentage, from amounts for the comparable periods in the previous fiscal year and budgeted amounts and (B) if requested by Administrative Agent, key operational information and statistics for such month and for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year consistent with internal and industry-wide reporting standards;
(d) Financial Officer’s Certificate. (i) Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section 5.01(a) or (b), a Compliance Certificate (A) certifying that no Default has occurred or, if such a Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof and any corrective action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (B) beginning with the fiscal quarter ending Sep-tember 30, 2012, setting forth computations in reasonable detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained in Section 6.10 and, concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section 5.01(a) above, setting forth Borrower’s calculation of Excess Cash as of the end of the fiscal year most recently ended and (C) showing a reconciliation of Consolidated EBITDA to the net income set forth on the statement of income; (ii) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section 5.01(a) above, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, a report of the accounting firm opining on or certifying such financial statements stating that in the course of its regular audit of the financial statements of AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries, which audit was conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, such accounting firm obtained no knowledge that any Default insofar as it relates to financial or accounting matters has occurred or, if in the opinion of such accounting firm such a Default has occurred, specifying the nature and extent thereof; and (iii) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section 5.01(c), a certificate of a Responsible Officer setting forth Borrower’s calculation of (A) Liquidity as of the end of the fiscal month most recently ended and (B) the number of Gaming machines operating under a revenue sharing, lease, daily fee or similar agreement to which any Loan Party is a party (identified on a State by State basis) as of the end of the fiscal month most recently ended;
(e) Financial Officer’s Certificate Regarding Collateral. Concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under Section 5.01(a), a certificate of a Financial Officer setting forth the information required pursuant to the Perfection Certificate Supplement or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the date of the Perfection Certificate or latest Perfection Certificate Supplement;
(f) Public Reports. Promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports and other materials distributed to holders of its Indebtedness pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Indebtedness (or any trustee, agent or other representative therefor), as the case may be;
(g) Budgets. Within 60 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, a budget for AGS Capital in form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, but to include balance sheets, statements of income and sources and uses of cash, for each month of such fiscal year prepared in reasonable detail;
(h) Organizational Documents. Promptly provide copies of any Organizational Documents that have been amended or modified in accordance with the terms hereof and deliver a copy of any notice of default given or received by any Company under any Organizational Document within 15 days after such Company gives or receives such notice; and
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(i) Other Information. Promptly, from time to time, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Company, or compliance with the terms of any Loan Document, as Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.
SECTION 5.02 Litigation and Other Notices. Furnish to Administrative Agent written notice of the following promptly (and, in any event, within (i) in the case of clause (a), three Business Days and (ii) in any other case, ten days of the occurrence thereof):
(a) any Default, specifying the nature and extent thereof and the corrective action (if any) taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(b) the filing or commencement of, or any threat or notice of intention of any person to file or commence, any action, suit, litigation or proceeding, whether at law or in equity by or before any Governmental Authority, (i) against any Company or any Affiliate thereof that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) with respect to any Loan Document;
(c) any development that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(d) the occurrence of a Casualty Event with respect to properties having a book value in excess of $1,000,000;
(e) the occurrence of the termination of, or the receipt by any Loan Party of notice of the termination of, or the occurrence of any event or condition which would, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, constitute an event of default under or permit the termination of, any one or more material agreements or licenses of any Company;
(f) (i) the incurrence of any material Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on, or claim asserted against any of the Collateral or (ii) the occurrence of any other event which could reasonably be expected to materially adversely affect the value of the Collateral; and
(g) to the extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any events, discussions, notices or changes with respect to any criminal investigation or action or any material regulatory investigation or action involving any Loan Party or any Affiliate or representative of any Loan Party, and the Loan Parties shall take commercially reasonable actions to avoid or mitigate any cost or regulatory consequences that might arise from such investigation or action (it being understood, for the avoidance of doubt, that in no event shall the provisions of this clause be construed or deemed to provide any Agent or any Lender control over any Loan Party).
SECTION 5.03 Existence; Businesses and Properties.
(a) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence, except as otherwise expressly permitted under Section 6.05 or Section 6.06 or, in the case of any Subsidiary, where the failure to perform such obligations, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Do or cause to be done all things necessary to obtain, preserve, renew, extend and keep in full force and effect the rights, licenses, permits, privileges (including, without limitation, with respect to Indian Tribes), franchises, authorizations, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names material to the conduct of its business; maintain and operate such business in substantially the manner in which it is presently conducted and operated; comply with all applicable Requirements of Law including with respect to Indian Tribes (any and all zoning, building, Environmental Law, Indian Tribe and Indian Gaming law, any permits, ordinance, code or approval or any building permits or any restrictions of record or agreements affecting the Real Property) and decrees and orders of any Governmental Authority, whether now in effect or hereafter enacted, except, in each case, where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; pay and perform its obligations under all Leases (except where the failure to pay or perform such Lease obligations could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect) and Loan Documents; and at all times maintain, preserve and protect all property material to the conduct of such business and keep such property in good repair, working order and condition (other than wear and tear occurring in the ordinary course of business) and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all needful and proper repairs, renewals, additions, improvements and replacements thereto necessary in order that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, except the failure of which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that nothing in this Section 5.03(b) shall prevent (i) sales of property, consolidations or mergers by or involving any Company in accordance with Section 6.05 or Section 6.06; (ii) the withdrawal by any Company of its qualification as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction where such withdrawal, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii) the abandonment by any Company of any rights, franchises, licenses, trademarks, trade names, copyrights or patents that such person reasonably determines are not useful to its business or no longer commercially desirable.
SECTION 5.04 Insurance.
(a) Generally. Keep its insurable property adequately insured at all times by financially sound and reputable insurers; maintain such other insurance, to such extent and against such risks as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, including insurance with respect to Mortgaged Properties and other properties material to the business of the Companies against such casualties and contingencies and of such types and in such amounts with such deductibles as is customary in the case of similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations, including (if applicable to the business conducted at such date of determination) (i) physical hazard insurance on an “all risk” basis, (ii) commercial general liability against claims for bodily injury, death or property damage covering any and all insurable claims, (iii) explosion insurance in respect of any boilers, machinery or similar apparatus constituting Collateral, (iv) business interruption insurance, (v) worker’s compensation insurance and such other insurance as may be required by any Requirement of Law and (vi) such other insurance against risks as Administrative Agent may from time to time require (such policies to be in such form and amounts and having such coverage as may be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent); provided that with respect to physical hazard insurance, neither Collateral Agent nor the applicable Company shall agree to the adjustment of any claim thereun-der without the consent of the other (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, further, that no consent of any Company shall be required during an Event of Default.
(b) Requirements of Insurance. All such insurance shall, as appropriate, (i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days after receipt by Collateral Agent of written notice thereof, and (ii) name Collateral Agent as mortgagee (in the case of property insurance) or additional insured on behalf of the Secured Parties (in the case of liability insurance) or loss payee (in the case of property insurance), as applicable.
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(c) Notice to Agents. Notify Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent immediately whenever any separate insurance concurrent in form or contributing in the event of loss with that required to be maintained under this Section 5.04 is taken out by any Company; and promptly deliver to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent a duplicate original copy of such policy or policies upon request.
(d) Flood Insurance. With respect to each Mortgaged Property, obtain flood insurance in such total amount as Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time require, if at any time the area in which any improvements located on any Mortgaged Property is designated a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended from time to time.
(e) Broker’s Report. Deliver to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and the Lenders a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance and such supplemental reports with respect thereto as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(f) Mortgaged Properties. No Loan Party that is an owner of Mortgaged Property shall take any action that is reasonably likely to be the basis for termination, revocation or denial of any insurance coverage required to be maintained under such Loan Party’s respective Mortgage or that could be the basis for a defense to any claim under any Insurance Policy maintained in respect of the Premises, and each Loan Party shall otherwise comply in all material respects with all Insurance Requirements in respect of the Premises; provided, however, that each Loan Party may, at its own expense and after written notice to Administrative Agent, (i) contest the applicability or enforceability of any such Insurance Requirements by appropriate legal proceedings, the prosecution of which does not constitute a basis for cancellation or revocation of any insurance coverage required under this Section 5.04 or (ii) cause the Insurance Policy containing any such Insurance Requirement to be replaced by a new policy complying with the provisions of this Section 5.04.
SECTION 5.05 Obligations and Taxes.
(a) Payment of Obligations. Pay and discharge promptly when due and payable by it all Taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, before the same shall become delinquent or in default, as well as all lawful claims for labor, services, materials and supplies or otherwise that, if unpaid, might give rise to a Lien other than a Permitted Lien upon such properties or any part thereof; provided that such payment and discharge shall not be required with respect to any such Tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim so long as (x)(i) the validity or amount thereof shall be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings timely instituted and diligently conducted and the applicable Company shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP, (ii) such contest operates to suspend collection of the contested obligation, Tax, assessment or charge and enforcement of a Lien other than a Permitted Lien and (iii) in the case of Collateral, the applicable Company shall have otherwise complied with the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions and (y) the failure to pay could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(b) Filing of Returns. Timely and correctly file all material Tax Returns required to be filed by it. Withhold, collect and remit all Taxes that it is required to collect, withhold or remit.
(c) Tax Shelter Reporting. Borrower does not intend to treat the Term Loans as being a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4. In the event Borrower determines to take any action inconsistent with such intention, it will promptly notify Administrative Agent thereof.
SECTION 5.06 Employee Benefits. (a) Comply in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and (b) furnish to Administrative Agent (x) as soon as possible after, and in any event within 5 days after any Responsible Officer of any Company or any ERISA Affiliates of any Company knows or has reason to know that, any ERISA Event has occurred that, alone or together with any other ERISA Event could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Companies or any of their ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount exceeding $500,000 or the imposition of a Lien, a statement of a Financial Officer of Borrower setting forth details as to such ERISA Event and the action, if any, that the Companies propose to take with respect thereto, and (y) upon request by Administrative Agent, copies of (i) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by any Company or any ERISA Affiliate with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Plan; (ii) the most recent actuarial valuation report for each Plan; (iii) all notices received by any Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor or any governmental agency concerning an ERISA Event; and (iv) such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Plan (or employee benefit plan sponsored or contributed to by any Company) as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
SECTION 5.07 Maintaining Records; Access to Properties and Inspections; Annual Meetings.
Keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. Subject to compliance with Gaming Laws, each Company will permit any representatives designated by Administrative Agent or any Lender upon at least three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice, to visit and inspect the financial records and the property of such Company at reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested and to make extracts from and copies of such financial records, and permit any representatives designated by Administrative Agent or any Lender to discuss the affairs, finances, accounts and condition of any Company with the officers and employees thereof and advisors therefor (including independent accountants) provided, however, that so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Companies shall only be responsible for paying the expenses of one (1) visitation or inspection in any fiscal year.
SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Term Loans only for the purposes set forth in Section 3.12.
SECTION 5.09 Compliance with Environmental Laws; Environmental Reports.
(a) Comply, and cause all lessees and other persons occupying Real Property owned, operated or leased by any Company to comply, in all material respects with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits applicable to its operations and Real Property; obtain and renew all material Environmental Permits applicable to its operations and Real Property; and conduct all Responses required by, and in accordance with, Environmental Laws; provided that no Company shall be required to undertake any Response to the extent that its obligation to do so is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and appropriate reserves are being maintained with respect to such circumstances in accordance with GAAP.
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(b) If a Default caused by reason of a breach of Section 3.18 or Section 5.09(a) shall have occurred and be continuing for more than 30 days without the Companies commencing activities reasonably likely to cure such Default in accordance with Environmental Laws, at the written request of Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders through Administrative Agent, provide to the Lenders within 45 days after such request, at the expense of Borrower, an environmental assessment report regarding the matters which are the subject of such Default, including, where appropriate, soil and/or groundwater sampling, prepared by an environmental consulting firm and, in the form and substance, reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Materials and the estimated cost of any compliance or Response to address them.
SECTION 5.10 Maintenance of Ratings. Upon request of the Arranger, use mercially reasonable efforts to cause the Term Loans and Borrower’s corporate credit to be, and thereafter to continue to be, rated by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group and Xxxxx’x Investors Service Inc. (but not to maintain a specific rating).
SECTION 5.11 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors.
(a) Subject to this Section 5.11, with respect to any property acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party that is intended to be subject to the Lien created by any of the Security Documents but is not so subject, promptly (and in any event within 30 days after the acquisition thereof (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree)) (i) execute and deliver to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent such amendments or supplements to the relevant Security Documents or such other documents as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall deem necessary or advisable to grant to Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, a Lien on such property subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens, and (ii) take all actions necessary to cause such Lien to be duly perfected to the extent required by such Security Document in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent. Borrower shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to Collateral Agent such documents as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall require to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of the Security Documents on such after-acquired properties.
(b) With respect to any person that is or becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, promptly (and in any event within 30 days after such person becomes a Subsidiary (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree)) (i) subject to the prior approval of the Nevada Gaming Authorities, deliver to Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, together with undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of the holder(s) of such Equity Interests, and all intercompany notes owing from such Subsidiary to any Loan Party together with instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of such Loan Party and (ii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to execute a Joinder Agreement or such comparable documentation to become a Subsidiary Guarantor and a joinder agreement to the applicable Security Agreement, substantially in the form annexed thereto or, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, execute a security agreement compatible with the laws of such Foreign Subsidiary’s jurisdiction in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (B) to take all actions necessary or advisable in the opinion of Administrative Agent or Collateral
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Agent to cause the Lien created by the applicable Security Agreement to be duly perfected to the extent required by such agreement in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the Equity Interests required to be delivered to Collateral Agent pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 5.11(b) shall not include any Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date and (2) no Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to take the actions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 5.11(b), if, in the case of either clause (1) or (2), doing so would constitute an investment of earnings in United States property under Section 956 (or a successor provision) of the Code, which investment would or could reasonably be expected to trigger a material increase in the net income of a United States shareholder of such Subsidiary pursuant to Section 951 (or a successor provision) of the Code, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; provided that this exception shall not apply to (A) Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary which is a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of either the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary (a “First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary”) representing 66% of the total voting power of all outstanding Voting Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary and (B) 100% of the Equity Interests not constituting Voting Stock of any such First-Tier Foreign Subsidiary, except that any such Equity Interests constituting “stock entitled to vote” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2) shall be treated as Voting Stock for purposes of this Section 5.11(b).
(c) Promptly grant to Collateral Agent, within 30 days of the acquisition thereof (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), a security interest in and Mortgage on (i) Real Property owned in fee by such Loan Party as is acquired by such Loan Party after the Closing Date that, together with all other owned Real Property of the Loan Parties and any improvements thereon, has a fair market value in the aggregate in excess of $2,500,000, and (ii) unless Collateral Agent otherwise consents, leased Real Property of such Loan Party which together with all leases of the Loan Parties have annual lease payments in the aggregate in excess of $2,500,000, in each case, as additional security for the Secured Obligations (unless the subject property is already mortgaged to a third party to the extent permitted by Section 6.02). Such Mortgages shall be granted pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and shall constitute valid and enforceable perfected Liens subject only to Permitted Liens or other Liens acceptable to Collateral Agent. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Mortgages and all taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to Collateral Agent such documents as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall require to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after-acquired Real Property (including a title policy, a Survey and local counsel opinion (each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent) in respect of such Mortgage).
SECTION 5.12 Security Interests; Further Assurances. Promptly, upon the sonable request of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender, at Borrower’s expense, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause the execution, acknowledgment and delivery of, and thereafter register, file or record, or cause to be registered, filed or recorded, in an appropriate governmental office, any document or instrument supplemental to or confirmatory of the Security Documents or otherwise deemed by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent reasonably necessary or desirable for the continued validity, perfection and priority of the Liens on the Collateral covered thereby subject to no other Liens except as permitted by the applicable Security Document, or obtain any consents or waivers as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith. Deliver or cause to be delivered to Administrative Agent and Collateral
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Agent from time to time such other documentation, consents, authorizations, approvals and orders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall reasonably deem necessary to perfect or maintain the Liens on the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents. Upon the exercise by Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to any Loan Document which requires any consent, approval, registration, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, execute and deliver all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or such Lender may reasonably require. If Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders determine that they are required by a Requirement of Law to have appraisals prepared in respect of the Real Property of any Loan Party constituting Collateral, Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent appraisals that satisfy the applicable requirements of the Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of FIRREA and are otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
SECTION 5.13 Information Regarding Collateral.
(a) Not effect any change (i) in any Loan Party’s legal name, (ii) in the location of any Loan Party’s chief executive office, (iii) in any Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure, (iv) in any Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number, if any, or (v) in any Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization (in each case, including by merging with or into any other entity, reorganizing, dissolving, liquidating, reorganizing or organizing in any other jurisdiction), until (A) it shall have given Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent not less than 30 days’ prior written notice (in the form of an Officers’ Certificate), or such lesser notice period agreed to by Collateral Agent, of its intention so to do, clearly describing such change and providing such other information in connection therewith as Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (B) it shall have taken all action reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, if applicable. Each Loan Party agrees to promptly provide Collateral Agent with certified Organizational Documents reflecting any of the changes described in the preceding sentence. Each Loan Party also agrees to promptly notify Collateral Agent of any change in the location of any office in which it maintains books or records relating to Collateral owned by it or any office or facility at which Collateral is located (including the establishment of any such new office or facility), other than changes in location to a Mortgaged Property or a leased property subject to a Landlord Access Agreement.
(b) Concurrently with the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a), deliver to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, upon request, a Perfection Certificate Supplement and a certificate of a Financial Officer and the chief legal officer of Borrower certifying that all UCC financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, including all refilings, rerecordings and reregistrations, containing a description of the Collateral have been filed of record in each governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction necessary to protect and perfect the security interests and Liens under the Security Documents for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate (except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such period).
SECTION 5.14 Affirmative Covenants with Respect to Leases. With respect to each Lease, the respective Loan Party shall perform all the obligations imposed by the landlord under such Lease, except where the failure to so perform could not reasonably be expected to result in a Property Material Adverse Effect.
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SECTION 5.15 Nevada Gaming Approvals. No later than (A) ten (10) days after the Closing Date, Borrower shall have submitted (or shall have caused the submission of) an application, together with all requisite documentation and information in connection therewith (determined in good faith by Borrower), to the Nevada Gaming Authorities requesting the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval (it being understood that delivery of supplemental documentation and information provided after the submission of such application in response to requests by the Nevada Gaming Authorities shall not constitute a failure to timely comply with this Section 5.15) and (B) five (5) Business Days after receipt by AGS Capital of the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval, Borrower shall notify Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent in writing of AGS Capital’s receipt thereof.
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Loan Party warrants, covenants and agrees with each Lender that, so long as this Agreement shall remain in effect and until the Commitments have been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Term Loan and all Fees and all other expenses or amounts payable under any Loan Document have been paid in full (other than contingent obligations and indemnification for which no claim is pending), unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing, no Loan Party will, nor will they cause or permit any Subsidiaries to:
SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness. Incur, create, assume or permit to exist, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness, except
(a) Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) (i) Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 6.01(b), (ii) refinancings or renewals thereof; provided that (A) any such refinancing Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness being renewed or refinanced, plus the amount of any premiums required to be paid thereon and reasonable fees and expenses associated therewith, (B) such refinancing Indebtedness has a later or equal final maturity and longer or equal weighted average life than the Indebtedness being renewed or refinanced and (C) the covenants, events of default, subordination and other provisions thereof (including any guarantees thereof) shall be, in the aggregate, no less favorable in any material respect to the Lenders than those contained in the Indebtedness being renewed or refinanced;
(c) Indebtedness under Hedging Obligations with respect to interest rates not entered into for speculative purposes; provided that (i) such Hedging Obligations relate to payment obligations on Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred by the Loan Documents and (ii) the notional principal amount of such Hedging Obligations at the time incurred does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Hedging Obligations relate;
(d) Indebtedness to the extent constituting an Investment that is permitted by Section 6.04(f);
(e) Indebtedness in respect of Purchase Money Obligations and Capital Lease Obligations, and refinancings or renewals thereof, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;
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(f) Indebtedness in respect of bid, performance or surety bonds, workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations and bankers acceptances issued for the account of any Company in the ordinary course of business, including guarantees or obligations of any Company with respect to letters of credit supporting such bid, performance or surety bonds, workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations and bankers acceptances (in each case other than for an obligation for money borrowed), in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding;
(g) Contingent Obligations of any Loan Party in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted under this Section 6.01;
(h) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of incurrence;
(i) unsecured Indebtedness of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that (x) both immediately before and after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness on a Pro Forma Basis, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) the cash pay interest rate with respect to any such Indebtedness shall not exceed 15% per annum;
(j) Indebtedness arising in connection with endorsement of instruments for deposit in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding;
(k) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Subsidiary consisting of indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case incurred or retained in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or a subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(l) Permitted Subordinated Loans in an initial face amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that (x) both immediately before and after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness on a Pro Forma Basis, (A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) the Total Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 2.50 to 1.00, (y) the cash pay interest rate with respect to any such Indebtedness shall not exceed 15% per annum and (z) the maturity date of any such Indebtedness shall be no earlier than the date that is 6 months following the Term Loan Maturity Date; and
(m) Indebtedness of any Company in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all Companies at any time outstanding.
SECTION 6.02 Liens. Create, incur, assume or permit to exist, directly or ly, any Lien on any property now owned or hereafter acquired by it or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof, except the following (collectively, the “Permitted Liens”):
(a) inchoate Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due and payable or delinquent and Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies, which (i) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, which proceedings (or orders entered in connection with such proceedings)
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have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to any such Lien, and (ii) in the case of any such charge or claim which has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such Lien and the contest thereof shall satisfy the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions;
(b) Liens in respect of property of any Company imposed by Requirements of Law, which were incurred in the ordinary course of business and do not secure Indebtedness for borrowed money, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, workmen’s, suppliers’, repairmen’s and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, and (i) which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the property of the Companies, taken as a whole, and do not materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of the Companies, taken as a whole, (ii) which, if they secure obligations that are then due and unpaid, are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, which proceedings (or orders entered in connection with such proceedings) have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to any such Lien, and (iii) in the case of any such Lien which has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such Lien and the contest thereof shall satisfy the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions;
(c) any Lien in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 6.02(c) and any Lien granted as a replacement or substitute therefor; provided that any such replacement or substitute Lien (i) does not secure an aggregate amount of Indebtedness, if any, greater than that secured on the Closing Date plus the amount of any premiums required to be paid thereon and reasonable fees and expenses associated therewith and (ii) does not encumber any property other than the property subject thereto on the Closing Date (any such Lien, an “Existing Lien”);
(d) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), covenants, licenses, encroachments, protrusions and other similar charges or encumbrances, and minor title deficiencies on or with respect to any Real Property, in each case whether now or hereafter in existence, (i) not securing Indebtedness or (ii) that individually or in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) Liens arising out of judgments, attachments or awards not resulting in a Default and in respect of which such Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review in respect of which there shall be secured a subsisting stay of execution pending such appeal or proceedings and, in the case of any such Lien which has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such Lien and the contest thereof shall satisfy the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions;
(f) Liens (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA) (x) imposed by Requirements of Law or deposits made in connection therewith in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security legislation, (y) incurred in the ordinary course of business to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations (other than excise taxes), surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, statutory bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money) or (z) arising by virtue of deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability for premiums to insurance carriers; provided that (i) with respect to clauses (x), (y) and (z) of this paragraph (f), such Liens are for amounts not yet due and payable or delinquent or, to the extent such amounts are so due and payable, such amounts are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, which proceedings for orders entered in connection with such proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject to any such Lien, (ii) to the extent such Liens are
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not imposed by Requirements of Law, such Liens shall in no event encumber any property other than cash and Cash Equivalents, (iii) in the case of any such Lien against any of the Collateral, such Lien and the contest thereof shall satisfy the Contested Collateral Lien Conditions and (iv) the aggregate amount of deposits at any time pursuant to clause (y) and clause (z) of this paragraph (f) shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;
(g) Leases of the properties of any Company, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of such Company’s business;
(h) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by any Company in the ordinary course of business in accordance with the past practices of such Company;
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(e); provided that any such Liens attach only to the property being financed pursuant to such Indebtedness and do not encumber any other property of any Company;
(j) bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit in one or more accounts maintained by any Company, in each case granted in the ordinary course of business in favor of the bank or banks with which such accounts are maintained, securing amounts owing to such bank with respect to cash management and operating account arrangements, including those involving pooled accounts and netting arrangements; provided that, unless such Liens are non-consensual and arise by operation of law, in no case shall any such Liens secure (either directly or indirectly) the repayment of any Indebtedness;
(k) Liens on property of a person existing at the time such person is acquired or merged with or into or consolidated with any Company to the extent permitted hereunder (and not created in anticipation or contemplation thereof); provided that such Liens do not extend to property not subject to such Liens at the time of acquisition (other than improvements thereon) and are no more favorable to the lienholders than such existing Lien;
(l) Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents to secure the Secured Obligations;
(m) licenses of Intellectual Property granted by any Company in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of business of the Companies;
(n) the filing of UCC financing statements solely as a precautionary measure in connection with operating leases or consignment of goods;
(o) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of any Company with respect to obligations that do not in the aggregate exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding, so long as such Liens, to the extent covering any Collateral, are pari passu or subordinated to the Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents pursuant to an intercreditor or subordination agreement, as the case may be, that is reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
provided, however, that no consensual Liens shall be permitted to exist, directly or indirectly, on any Securities Collateral, other than Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents.
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SECTION 6.03 Sale and Leaseback Transactions. Enter into any arrangement, rectly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred (a “Sale and Leaseback Transaction”) unless (i) the sale of such property is permitted by Section 6.06 and (ii) any Liens arising in connection with its use of such property are permitted by Section 6.02.
SECTION 6.04 Investment, Loan and Advances. Directly or indirectly, lend money or credit (by way of guarantee or otherwise) or make advances to any person, or purchase or acquire any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other obligations or securities of, or any other interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other person, or purchase or own a futures contract or otherwise become liable for the purchase or sale of currency or other commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures contract (all of the foregoing, collectively, “Investments”), except that the following shall be permitted:
(a) the Companies may consummate the Transactions in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents;
(b) Investments outstanding on the Closing Date and identified on Schedule 6.04(b) and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension of any of the foregoing; provided that the amount of any Investment permitted pursuant to this Section 6.04(b) is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except as otherwise permitted by another clause of this Section 6.04;
(c) the Companies may (i) acquire and hold accounts receivables and notes receivables owing to any of them if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary terms, (ii) invest in, acquire and hold cash and Cash Equivalents, (iii) endorse negotiable instruments held for collection in the ordinary course of business or (iv) make lease, utility and other similar deposits in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Hedging Obligations incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(c);
(e) loans and advances to directors, employees and officers of Borrower and the Subsidiaries for bona fide business purposes and to purchase Equity Interests of AGS Capital, in aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding;
(f) Investments (i) by any Company in Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) by a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor in any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) by any Loan Party in any Foreign Subsidiary of AGS Capital in an aggregate amount, in the case of this subclause (iii), not to exceed $3,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), any Investment in the form of a loan or advance shall be evidenced by the Intercompany Note and, in the case of a loan or advance by a Loan Party, pledged by such Loan Party as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents;
(g) Investments in securities of trade creditors or customers in the ordinary course of business received upon foreclosure or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or liquidation or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers;
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(h) Investments made by Borrower or any Subsidiary consisting of consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 6.06;
(i) deposits by any Credit Party made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices to secure the performance of leases;
(j) Permitted Development Loans and Capital and Intangible Expenditures (to the extent constituting Investments) by Borrower and its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 6.10(c);
(k) Permitted Acquisitions; and
(l) other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 at any time outstanding (provided that the amount set forth in this Section 6.04(l) may be increased by the Additional Basket Amount).
An Investment shall be deemed to be outstanding to the extent not returned in the same form as the original Investment to Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
SECTION 6.05 Mergers and Consolidations. Wind up, liquidate or dissolve its fairs or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation (or agree to do any of the foregoing at any future time), except that the following shall be permitted:
(a) Asset Sales in compliance with Section 6.06;
(b) acquisitions in compliance with Section 6.07;
(c) any Company may merge or consolidate with or into Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as long as Borrower is the surviving person in the case of any merger or consolidation involving Borrower and a Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving person and remains a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of AGS Capital in any other case; provided that the Lien on and security interest in such property granted or to be granted in favor of Collateral Agent under the Security Documents shall be maintained or created in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.11 or Section 5.12, as applicable;
(d) any Company (other than Borrower) may be liquidated, wound up or dissolved into Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; and
(e) any Company that is not a Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved into, any other Company that is not a Guarantor.
To the extent the Required Lenders or all the Lenders, as applicable, waive the provisions of this Section 6.05 with respect to the sale of any Collateral, or any Collateral is sold as permitted by this Section 6.05, the Liens created by the Security Documents on such Collateral (unless sold to a Company) shall be automatically released and terminated, and, so long as Borrower shall have provided the Agents such certifications or documents as any Agent shall reasonably request in order to demonstrate compliance with this Section 6.05, the Agents shall take all actions they deem appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.
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SECTION 6.06 Asset Sales. Effect any Asset Sale, or agree to effect any Asset Sale, except that the following shall be permitted:
(a) disposition of used, worn out, obsolete or surplus property by any Company in the ordinary course of business and the abandonment or other disposition of Intellectual Property that is, in the reasonable judgment of Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Companies taken as a whole;
(b) Asset Sales; provided that the aggregate consideration received in respect of all Asset Sales pursuant to this clause
(b) shall not exceed $1,500,000 in any four consecutive fiscal quarters of AGS Capital;
(c) dispositions of Gaming machines provided (i) such disposition is (A) for cash or in exchange for future revenue or other consideration pursuant to a bona fide, written licensing agreement with a distributor or other third party and (B) immediately after giving effect to such disposition, AGS Capital and its Subsidiaries shall continue to have operating under a revenue sharing, lease or daily fee or similar agreement to which any Loan Party is a party at least 6,000 Gaming machines;
(d) leases of real or personal property in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with the applicable Security Documents;
(e) the Transactions as contemplated by the Loan Documents;
(f) mergers and consolidations in compliance with Section 6.05;
(g) Investments in compliance with Section 6.04; and
(h) Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by Section 6.03.
To the extent the Required Lenders or all the Lenders, as applicable, waive the provisions of this Section 6.06 with respect to the sale of any Collateral, or any Collateral is sold as permitted by this Section 6.06, the Liens created by the Security Documents on such Collateral (unless sold to a Company) shall be automatically released and terminated, and, so long as Borrower shall have provided the Agents such certifications or documents as any Agent shall reasonably request in order to demonstrate compliance with this Section 6.06, the Agents shall take all actions they deem appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.
SECTION 6.07 Acquisitions. Purchase or otherwise acquire (in one or a series of related transactions) any part of the property (whether tangible or intangible) of any person (or agree to do any of the foregoing at any future time), except that the following shall be permitted:
(a) Capital and Intangible Expenditures by Borrower and the Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Section 6.10(c);
(b) purchases and other acquisitions of inventory, materials, equipment and intangible property in the ordinary course of business;
(c) Investments in compliance with Section 6.04;
(d) leases of real or personal property in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with the applicable Security Documents;
(e) the Transactions as contemplated by the Loan Documents;
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(f) Permitted Acquisitions; and
(g) mergers and consolidations in compliance with Section 6.05;
provided that the Lien on and security interest in such property granted or to be granted in favor of Collateral Agent under the Security Documents shall be maintained or created in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.11 or Section 5.12, as applicable.
SECTION 6.08 Dividends. Authorize, declare or pay, directly or indirectly, any Dividends with respect to any Company, except that the following shall be permitted:
(a) Dividends (x) by any Subsidiary of Borrower to Borrower or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower and (y) by any Foreign Subsidiary of AGS Capital to AGS Capital;
(b) payments by Borrower and/or AGS Partners to AGS Capital to permit AGS Capital, and the subsequent use of such payments by AGS Capital, to repurchase or redeem Qualified Capital Stock of AGS Capital held by officers, directors or employees or former officers, directors or employees (or their transferees, estates or beneficiaries under their estates) of any Company, upon their death, disability, retirement, severance or termination of employment or service; provided that the aggregate cash consideration paid for all such redemptions and payments shall not exceed, in any fiscal year, the sum of (x) $500,000 (and up to 50% of such $500,000 not used in any fiscal year may be carried forward to the next succeeding (but no other) fiscal year), plus (y) the amount of any Net Cash Proceeds received by or contributed to Borrower from the issuance and sale since the issue date of Qualified Capital Stock of AGS Capital to officers, directors or employees of any Company that have not been used to make any repurchases, redemptions or payments under this clause (b), plus (z) the net cash proceeds of any “key-man” life insurance policies of any Company that have not been used to make any repurchases, redemptions or payments under this clause (b);
(c) (A) to the extent actually used by AGS Capital to pay such taxes, costs and expenses, payments by Borrower and/or AGS Partners to or on behalf of AGS Capital in an amount sufficient to pay franchise taxes and other fees required to maintain the legal existence of AGS Capital and (B) payments by Borrower and/or AGS Partners (I) to or on behalf of AGS Capital in an amount sufficient to pay out-of-pocket legal, accounting and filing costs and other expenses in the nature of overhead in the ordinary course of business of AGS Capital and (II) to Alpine Investors II, LP or one or more of its Affiliates in respect of a one-time transaction fee on the Closing Date, in the case of clauses (A) and (B), in an aggregate amount not to exceed in any fiscal year the sum of (x) $600,000 minus (y) the aggregate amount of the Consulting Agreement Amount paid or payable during such fiscal year; and
(d) Permitted Tax Distributions, so long as AGS Capital uses such distributions to pay quarterly distributions to members of AGS Capital to satisfy such members’ income tax obligations arising from the operations of AGS Capital during the corresponding fiscal quarter or any prior fiscal quarter.
SECTION 6.09 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into, directly or indirectly, any transaction or series of related transactions, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, with any Affiliate of any Company (other than between or among Borrower and one or more Subsidiary Guarantors), other than on terms and conditions at least as favorable to such Company as would reasonably be obtained by such Company at that time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a person other than an Affiliate, except that the following shall be permitted:
(a) Dividends permitted by Section 6.08;
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(b) Investments permitted by Sections 6.04;
(c) reasonable and customary director, officer and employee compensation (including bonuses) and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans) and indemnification arrangements, in each case approved by the Board of Directors of Borrower;
(d) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, joint venture partners or purchasers or sellers of goods and services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise not prohibited by the Loan Documents;
(e) the existence of, and the performance by any Loan Party of its obligations under the terms of, any limited liability company, limited partnership or other Organizational Document or securityholders agreement (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party on the Closing Date, and similar agreements that it may enter into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by any Loan Party of obligations under, any amendment to any such existing agreement or any such similar agreement entered into after the Closing Date shall only be permitted by this Section 6.09(e) to the extent not more adverse to the interest of the Lenders in any material respect, when taken as a whole, than any of such documents and agreements as in effect on the Closing Date;
(f) sales of Qualified Capital Stock of AGS Capital to Affiliates of Borrower not otherwise prohibited by the Loan Documents and the granting of registration and other customary rights in connection therewith;
(g) any transaction with an Affiliate where the only consideration paid by any Loan Party is Qualified Capital Stock of AGS Capital;
(h) those transactions set forth on Schedule 6.09 hereto;
(i) transactions with Affiliates not otherwise prohibited by the Loan Documents resulting in obligations of Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 at any time outstanding;
(j) the Transactions as contemplated by the Loan Documents; and
(k) the payment of (i) fees to an Affiliate of Alpine Investors II, LP pursuant to the Consulting Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $300,000 in any fiscal year, (ii) all out-of-pocket-fees, expenses and other reimbursements in connection with the Consulting Agreement (the aggregate amount of payments made pursuant to the foregoing subclauses (i) and (ii), the “Consulting Agreement Amount”) and (iii) indemnities in connection with the Consulting Agreement.
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SECTION 6.10 Financial Covenants.
(a) Maximum Total Leverage Ratio. Permit the Total Leverage Ratio, as of the last day of any Test Period to exceed the ratio set forth opposite such Test Period in the table below:
Test Period |
Leverage Ratio |
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September 30, 2012 |
4.00 to 1.00 | |||||
December 31, 2012 |
3.85 to 1.00 | |||||
March 31, 2013 |
3.85 to 1.00 | |||||
June 30, 2013 |
3.75 to 1.00 | |||||
September 30, 2013 |
3.60 to 1.00 | |||||
December 31, 2013 |
3.25 to 1.00 | |||||
March 31, 2014 |
3.10 to 1.00 | |||||
June 30, 2014 |
2.95 to 1.00 | |||||
September 30, 2014 |
2.80 to 1.00 | |||||
December 31, 2014 |
2.45 to 1.00 | |||||
March 31, 2015 |
2.30 to 1.00 | |||||
June 30, 2015 |
2.15 to 1.00 | |||||
September 30, 2015 and thereafter |
2.00 to 1.00 |
(b) Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio, as of the last day of any Test Period to be less than the ratio set forth opposite such Test Period in the table below:
Test Period |
Interest Coverage |
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September 30, 2012 |
2.25 to 1.00 | |||||
December 31, 2012 |
2.25 to 1.00 | |||||
March 31, 2013 |
2.25 to 1.00 | |||||
June 30, 2013 |
2.35 to 1.00 | |||||
September 30, 2013 |
2.45 to 1.00 | |||||
December 31, 2013 |
2.55 to 1.00 | |||||
March 31, 2014 |
2.65 to 1.00 | |||||
June 30, 2014 |
2.75 to 1.00 | |||||
September 30, 2014 |
2.85 to 1.00 | |||||
December 31, 2014 and thereafter |
3.00 to 1.00 |
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(c) Limitation on Capital and Intangible Expenditures. Permit the aggregate amount of Capital and Intangible Expenditures made in any fiscal year to exceed the amount for such fiscal year set forth opposite such fiscal year in the table below:
Fiscal Year |
Maximum Amount | |||
2012 |
$ | 32,500,000 | ||
2013 |
$ | 35,000,000 | ||
2014 |
$ | 25,000,000 | ||
2015 |
$ | 22,500,000 | ||
2016 and each fiscal year thereafter |
$ | 17,000,000 |
provided that the amount set forth opposite each such period above (I) may be increased by the Additional Basket Amount and (II) shall be increased (or decreased) by an amount equal to (i) the Permitted Development Agreement Net Amount minus (ii) the Canadian Payroll Tax Credit Net Amount; and provided, further, that (x) if the aggregate amount of Capital and Intangible Expenditures made in any fiscal year shall be less than the maximum amount of Capital and Intangible Expenditures permitted under this Section 6.10(c) for such fiscal year (before giving effect to any carryover, but after giving effect to any increases (or decreases) pursuant to clause (II) of the immediately preceding proviso), then 100% of such shortfall amount may be added to the amount of Capital and Intangible Expenditures permitted under this Section 6.10(c) for the immediately succeeding (but not any other) fiscal year and (y) in determining whether any amount is available for carryover, the amount expended in any fiscal year shall first be deemed to be from the amount allocated to such fiscal year (before giving effect to any carryover); and provided, further, that in no event shall (A) the maximum amount of Permitted Development Loans for fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, exceed $13,500,000 at any time outstanding, (B) the total amount of Permitted Development Loans made by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in fiscal year 2013, exceed $3,500,000 and (C) the total amount of Permitted Development Loans made by a Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in fiscal year 2014 or any fiscal year thereafter, exceed $3,000,000, plus, in the case of the amounts in clauses (A) through (C), the Additional Basket Amount.
(d) Minimum Liquidity. Permit Liquidity to be less than $3,000,000 at any time.
(e) Optional Pro Forma Debt Prepayment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if the Loan Parties are not in compliance with Section 6.10(a) for the applicable measuring period (the “Computation Period”), no Event of Default shall be deemed to exist solely as a result of a violation of Section 6.10(a) for such Computation Period if Borrower optionally prepays the Term Loans with cash on hand (it being understood that any prior notice requirements with respect to optional prepayments are hereby expressly waived for purposes of this clause (e)) in an amount that, after giving effect to such prepayment on a pro forma basis, would cause the Loan Parties to be in compliance with Section 6.10(a) for the applicable Computation Period (such prepayment, an “Optional Pro Forma Debt Repayment”); provided, that such Optional Pro Forma Debt Repayment must be made by Borrower on or prior to the date that is ten (10) days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered for such fiscal quarter end or fiscal year end, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower’s rights under this Section 6.10(e) may not be exercised more than two (2) times during the term of this Agreement.
SECTION 6.11 Prepayments of Other Indebtedness; Modifications of Organizational Documents and Other Documents, etc. Directly or indirectly:
(a) make (or give any notice in respect thereof) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment on or redemption or acquisition for value of, or any prepayment or redemption as a result of any asset sale, change of control or similar event of, any Indebtedness outstanding under any Subordinated Indebtedness, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement;
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(b) amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, any provision of any Loan Document, any document governing any Material Indebtedness in any manner that is adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders;
(c) terminate, amend or modify any of its Organizational Documents (including (x) by the filing or modification of any certificate of designation and (y) any election to treat any Pledged Securities (as defined in the Security Agreement) as a “security” under Section 8-103 of the UCC other than concurrently with the delivery of certificates representing such Pledged Securities to Collateral Agent) or any agreement to which it is a party with respect to its Equity Interests (including any stockholders’ agreement), or enter into any new agreement with respect to its Equity Interests, other than any such amendments or modifications or such new agreements which are not adverse in any material respect to the interests of the Lenders; provided that AGS Capital may issue such Equity Interests, so long as such issuance is not prohibited by Section 6.13 or any other provision of this Agreement, and may amend or modify its Organizational Documents to authorize any such Equity Interests.
SECTION 6.12 Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its capital stock or any other interest or participation in its profits owned by Borrower or any Subsidiary, or pay any Indebtedness owed to Borrower or a Subsidiary, (b) make loans or advances to Borrower or any Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its properties to Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) applicable Requirements of Law; (ii) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (iii) customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of a Subsidiary; (iv) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into by a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; (v) any holder of a Lien permitted by Section 6.02 restricting the transfer of the property subject thereto; (vi) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 6.06 pending the consummation of such sale; (vii) any agreement in effect at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into in connection with or in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary of Borrower; (viii) without affecting the Loan Parties’ obligations under Section 5.11, customary provisions in partnership agreements, limited liability company organizational governance documents, asset sale and stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that restrict the transfer of ownership interests in such partnership, limited liability company or similar person; (ix) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by suppliers or landlords under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; (x) any instrument governing Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any person, or the properties or assets of any person, other than the person or the properties or assets of the person so acquired; (xi) in the case of any joint venture which is not a Loan Party in respect of any matters referred to in clauses (b) and (c) above, restrictions in such person’s Organizational Documents or pursuant to any joint venture agreement or stockholders agreements solely to the extent of the Equity Interests of or property held in the subject joint venture or other entity; or (xii) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (iii) or (vii) above; provided that such amendments or refinancings are no more materially restrictive with respect to such encumbrances and restrictions than those prior to such amendment or refinancing.
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SECTION 6.13 Limitation on Issuance of Capital Stock.
(a) With respect to AGS Capital, issue any Equity Interest that is not Qualified Capital Stock.
(b) With respect to AGS Partners, Borrower or any Subsidiary, issue any Equity Interest (including by way of sales of treasury stock) or any options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, any Equity Interest, except (i) for stock splits, stock dividends and additional issuances of Equity Interests which do not decrease the percentage ownership of AGS Capital, Borrower or any Subsidiaries in any class of the Equity Interest of such Subsidiary; (ii) Subsidiaries of Borrower formed after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 6.14 may issue Equity Interests to Borrower or the Subsidiary of Borrower which is to own such Equity Interests; and (iii) AGS Partners and Borrower may issue common stock that is Qualified Capital Stock to AGS Capital. All Equity Interests issued in accordance with this Section 6.13(b) shall, to the extent required by Sections 5.11 and 5.12 or any Security Agreement or if such Equity Interests are issued by Borrower or AGS Partners, be delivered to Collateral Agent for pledge pursuant to the applicable Security Agreement.
SECTION 6.14 Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries. Establish, create or quire any additional Subsidiaries without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders; provided that, without such consent, Borrower may (i) establish or create one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of Borrower or another Loan Party, (ii) establish, create or acquire one or more Subsidiaries in connection with an Investment made pursuant to Section 6.04(f) or (iii) acquire one or more Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, so long as, in each case, Section 5.11(b) shall be complied with.
SECTION 6.15 Business.
(a) With respect to AGS Capital, engage in any business activities or have any properties or liabilities, other than (i) its ownership of the Equity Interests of Borrower, AGS Partners and American Gaming Systems Toronto, Ltd., cash received from Equity Interests or Dividends and Investments permitted hereunder, (ii) obligations under the Loan Documents, (iii) establishing, creating or acquiring any Subsidiary in accordance with Section 6.14, and (iv) activities and properties incidental to the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii).
(b) With respect to Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (i) engage (directly or indirectly) in any business other than those businesses in which Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date (or, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, which are substantially related thereto or are reasonable extensions thereof) and any other businesses incidental thereto and (ii) establish, create or acquire any Subsidiary in accordance with Section 6.14.
(c) With respect to AGS Partners, (i) engage (directly or indirectly) in any business other than those businesses in which AGS Partners and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date (or, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors, which are substantially related thereto or are reasonable extensions thereof) and any other businesses incidental thereto and (ii) establish, create or acquire any Subsidiary in accordance with Section 6.14.
SECTION 6.16 Limitation on Accounting Changes. Make or permit any change in accounting policies or reporting practices, without the consent of the Required Lenders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, except changes that are required by GAAP.
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SECTION 6.17 Fiscal Year. Change its fiscal year-end to a date other than cember 31.
SECTION 6.18 No Further Negative Pledge. Enter into any agreement, ment, deed or lease which prohibits or limits the ability of any Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of their respective properties or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or which requires the grant of any security for an obligation if security is granted for another obligation, except the following: (1) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (2) covenants in documents creating Liens permitted by Section 6.02 prohibiting further Liens on the properties encumbered thereby; (3) any other agreement that does not restrict in any manner (directly or indirectly) Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents on any Collateral securing the Secured Obligations and does not require the direct or indirect granting of any Lien securing any Indebtedness or other obligation by virtue of the granting of Liens on or pledge of property of any Loan Party to secure the Secured Obligations; and (4) any prohibition or limitation that (a) exists pursuant to applicable Requirements of Law, (b) consists of customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under Section 6.06 pending the consummation of such sale, (c) restricts subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest of Borrower or a Subsidiary, (d) exists in any agreement in effect at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of Borrower, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such person becoming a Subsidiary or (e) is imposed by any amendments or refinancings that are otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clause (4) (d); provided that such amendments and refinancings are no more materially restrictive with respect to such prohibitions and limitations than those prior to such amendment or refinancing.
SECTION 6.19 Anti-Terrorism Law; Anti-Money Laundering.
(a) Directly or indirectly, (i) knowingly conduct any business or engage in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any person described in Section 3.21, (ii) knowingly deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) knowingly engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law (and the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Lenders any certification or other evidence requested from time to time by any Lender in its reasonable discretion, confirming the Loan Parties’ compliance with this Section 6.19).
(b) Cause or permit any of the funds of such Loan Party that are used to repay the Term Loans to be derived from any unlawful activity with the result that the making of the Term Loans would be in violation of any Requirement of Law.
SECTION 6.20 Embargoed Person. Cause or permit (a) any of the funds or erties of the Loan Parties that are used to repay the Term Loans to constitute property of, or be beneficially owned directly or indirectly by, any person subject to sanctions or trade restrictions under United States law (“Embargoed Person” or “Embargoed Persons”) that is identified on (1) the “List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC and/or on any other similar list maintained by OFAC pursuant to any authorizing statute including, but not limited to, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any Executive Order or Requirement of Law promulgated thereunder, with the result that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by a Requirement of
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Law, or the Term Loans made by the Lenders would be in violation of a Requirement of Law, or (2) the Executive Order, any related enabling legislation or any other similar Executive Orders or (b) any Embargoed Person to have any direct or indirect interest, of any nature whatsoever in the Loan Parties, with the result that the investment in the Loan Parties (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by a Requirement of Law or the Term Loans are in violation of a Requirement of Law.
SECTION 6.21 Use of Proceeds. Cause or permit any part of the proceeds from any Term Loan, directly or indirectly, to be used:
(a) to offer or make payments to any official, officer, employee or representative of any Governmental Authority or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, official of any public international organization or anyone else acting in an official capacity (each, a “Government Official”), in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (15 USC. §§ 78dd 1 et seq.) (the “FCPA”); or
(b) to offer or make payments or to take any other action that would constitute a violation, or implicate any Agent or any Lender in a violation of, the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, and, where applicable, legislation enacted by member States and signatories implementing the OECD Convention Combating Bribery of Foreign Officials (collectively, with the FCPA and the U.K. Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000, the “Anti- Corruption Laws”).
SECTION 6.22 Anti-Bribery. Violate, or cause or permit any of its Affiliates to violate, the FCPA or any other Anti-Corruption Laws or undertake or cause to be undertaken any Anti-Corruption Prohibited Activity.
SECTION 6.23 Borrower Equity Interests. Create, incur, assume or permit to ist, directly or indirectly, any Lien on the Equity Interests of Borrower or on any income or revenues or rights in respect of any thereof other than (i) non-consensual Liens imposed by Requirements of Law and (ii) from and after receipt of the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval, Liens in favor of Collateral Agent.
ARTICLE VII
GUARANTEE
SECTION 7.01 The Guarantee. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally xxxxx, as a primary obligor and not as a surety to each Secured Party and their respective successors and assigns, the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest (including any interest, fees, costs or charges that would accrue but for the provisions of the Title 11 of the United States Code after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition under Title 11 of the United States Code) on the Term Loans made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, Borrower, and all other Secured Obligations from time to time owing to the Secured Parties by any Loan Party under any Loan Document, in each case, strictly in accordance with the terms thereof (such obligations being herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that if Borrower or other Guarantor(s) shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Guarantors will promptly pay the same in cash, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
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SECTION 7.02 Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of the Guarantors der Section 7.01 shall constitute a guaranty of payment and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations of Borrower under this Agreement, the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or Guarantor (except for payment in full). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder which shall remain absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances as described above:
(i) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(ii) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be done or omitted;
(iii) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be amended in any respect, or any right under the Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be amended or waived in any respect or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;
(iv) any Lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, any Lender or Agent as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be perfected; or
(v) the release of any other Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.09.
The Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that any Secured Party exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against Borrower under this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors waive any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension, waiver, termination or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee, and the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings between Borrower and the Secured Parties shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to any right of offset with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations at any time or from time to time held by Secured Parties, and the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the pursuit by the Secured Parties or any other person at any time of any right or remedy against Borrower or against any other person which may be or become liable
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in respect of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or against any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the Guarantors and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of this Agreement there may be no Guaranteed Obligations outstanding.
SECTION 7.03 Reinstatement. The obligations of the Guarantors under this cle VII shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of Borrower or other Loan Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise.
SECTION 7.04 Subrogation; Subordination. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that until the indefeasible payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration and termination of the Commitments of the Lenders under this Agreement it shall waive any claim and shall not exercise any right or remedy, direct or indirect, arising by reason of any performance by it of its guarantee in Section 7.01, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against Borrower or any other Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations. Any Indebtedness of any Loan Party permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(d) shall be subordinated to such Loan Party’s Secured Obligations in the manner set forth in the Intercompany Note evidencing such Indebtedness.
SECTION 7.05 Remedies. The Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as tween the Guarantors and the Lenders, the obligations of Borrower under this Agreement and the Notes, if any, may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 8.01 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 8.01) for purposes of Section 7.01, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 7.01.
SECTION 7.06 Instrument for the Payment of Money. Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Article VII constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that any Lender or Agent, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to bring a motion-action under New York CPLR Section 3213.
SECTION 7.07 Continuing Guarantee. The guarantee in this Article VII is a tinuing guarantee of payment, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.
SECTION 7.08 General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations. In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate limited partnership or limited liability company law, or any applicable state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under Section 7.01 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 7.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, any
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Loan Party or any other person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 7.10) that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.
SECTION 7.09 Release of Guarantors. If, in compliance with the terms and visions of the Loan Documents, all or substantially all of the Equity Interests or property of any Guarantor are sold or otherwise transferred (a “Transferred Guarantor”) to a person or persons, none of which is Borrower or a Subsidiary, such Transferred Guarantor shall, upon the consummation of such sale or transfer, be automatically released from its obligations under this Agreement (including under Section 10.03 hereof) and its obligations to pledge and grant any Collateral owned by it pursuant to any Security Document and, in the case of a sale of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of the Transferred Guarantor, the pledge of such Equity Interests to Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Agreements shall be automatically released, and, so long as Borrower shall have provided the Agents such certifications or documents as any Agent shall reasonably request, Collateral Agent shall take such actions as are necessary to effect each release described in this Section 7.09 in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Security Documents, so long as Borrower shall have provided the Agents such certifications or documents as any Agent shall reasonably request in order to demonstrate compliance with this Agreement.
SECTION 7.10 Right of Contribution. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 7.04. The provisions of this Section 7.10 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Subsidiary Guarantor to Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
SECTION 8.01 Events of Default. Upon the occurrence and during the ance of the following events (“Events of Default”):
(a) default shall be made in the payment of any principal of any Term Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof (including a Term Loan Repayment Date) or at a date fixed for prepayment (whether voluntary or mandatory) thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise;
(b) default shall be made in the payment of any interest on any Term Loan or any Fee, premiums or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in paragraph (a) above) due under any Loan Document, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of three Business Days;
(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made in or in connection with any Loan Document or the borrowings hereunder, or any representation, warranty, written statement or information contained in any report, certificate, financial statement or other instrument furnished in connection with or pursuant to any Loan Document, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect when so made, deemed made or furnished;
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(d) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by any Company of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a), 5.03, 5.08 or 5.15 or in Article VI; provided that with respect to any default under Section 6.10(a), and solely in connection with an Optional Pro Forma Debt Repayment in accordance with Section 6.10(e), such default shall continue unremedied for a period of ten (10) days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered with respect to the relevant fiscal quarter end or fiscal year end, as the case may be;
(e) default shall be made in the due observance or performance by any Company of any covenant, condition or agreement contained in any Loan Document (other than those specified in paragraphs (a), (b) or (d) immediately above) and such default shall continue unremedied or shall not be waived for a period of 30 days after the earlier of (i) written notice thereof from Administrative Agent or any Lender to Borrower and (ii) knowledge thereof by AGS Capital or Borrower;
(f) any Company shall (i) fail to pay any principal or interest, regardless of amount, due in respect of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations), when and as the same shall become due and payable beyond any applicable grace period, or (ii) fail to observe or perform any other term, covenant, condition or agreement contained in any agreement or instrument evidencing or governing any such Indebtedness if the effect of any failure referred to in this clause (ii) is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or a trustee or other representative on its or their behalf (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) to cause, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or become subject to a mandatory offer purchase by the obligor; provided that it shall not constitute an Event of Default pursuant to this paragraph (f) unless the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) exceeds $2,500,000 at any one time (provided that, in the case of Hedging Obligations, the amount counted for this purpose shall be the amount payable by all Companies if such Hedging Obligations were terminated at such time);
(g) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking (i) relief in respect of any Company, or of a substantial part of the property of any Company, under Title 11 of the U.S. Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law; (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Company or for a substantial part of the property of any Company; or (iii) the winding-up or liquidation of any Company; and such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;
(h) any Company shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking relief under Title 11 of the United States Code, as now constituted or hereafter amended, or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law; (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or the filing of any petition described in clause (g) above; (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for any Company or for a substantial part of the property of any Company; (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding; (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (vi) become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or (viii) wind up or liquidate;
(i) one or more judgments, orders, decrees or settlements for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000,000 shall be rendered against, or agreed to by, any Company or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged, unvacated or unbonded for a period of 30 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to levy upon properties of any Company to enforce any such judgment;
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(j) one or more ERISA Events shall have occurred that, in the opinion of the Required Lenders, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Company and its ERISA Affiliates in an aggregate amount exceeding $2,500,000 or in the imposition of a Lien on any properties of a Company;
(k) any security interest and Lien purported to be created by any Security Document in any material portion of the Collateral shall cease to be in full force and effect, or shall cease to give Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the Liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to be created and granted under such Security Document (including a perfected first priority security interest in and Lien on all of the Collateral thereunder (except as otherwise expressly provided in such Security Document)) in favor of Collateral Agent, or shall be asserted by Borrower or any other Loan Party not to be a valid, perfected, first priority (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or such Security Document) security interest in or Lien on the Collateral covered thereby;
(l) any Loan Document or any material provisions thereof shall at any time and for any reason be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be null and void, or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Loan Party or any other person, or by any Governmental Authority, seeking to establish the invalidity or unenforceability thereof (exclusive of questions of interpretation of any provision thereof), or any Loan Party shall repudiate or deny any portion of its liability or obligation for the Obligations;
(m) there shall have occurred a Change in Control;
(n) any Company shall be prohibited or otherwise restrained from conducting the business theretofore conducted by it in any manner that has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect by virtue of any determination, ruling, decision, decree or order of any court or Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction; or
(o) any Company shall be prohibited or otherwise restrained from conducting the business theretofore conducted by it in any manner that has or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect due to changes in any applicable Gaming Laws;
then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to AGS Capital or Borrower described in paragraph (g) or (h) above), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate forthwith the Commitments and (ii) declare the Term Loans then outstanding to be forthwith due and payable in whole or in part, whereupon the principal of the Term Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other Obligations of Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall become forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower and the Guarantors, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding; and in any event, with respect to AGS Capital or Borrower described in paragraph (g) or (h) above, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Term Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and any unpaid accrued Fees and all other Obligations of Borrower accrued hereunder and under any other Loan Document, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Borrower and the Guarantors, anything contained herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding.
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SECTION 8.02 Application of Proceeds. The proceeds received by Collateral Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral pursuant to the exercise by Collateral Agent of its remedies shall be applied, in full or in part, together with any other sums then held by Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, promptly by Collateral Agent as follows:
(a) First, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses, fees, commissions and taxes of such sale, collection or other realization including compensation to Collateral Agent and its agents and counsel, and all expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by Collateral Agent in connection therewith and all amounts for which Collateral Agent is entitled to indemnification pursuant to the provisions of any Loan Document, together with interest on each such amount at the highest rate then in effect under this Agreement from and after the date such amount is due, owing or unpaid until paid in full;
(b) Second, to the payment of all other reasonable costs and expenses of such sale, collection or other realization including compensation to the other Secured Parties and their agents and counsel and all costs, liabilities and advances made or incurred by the other Secured Parties in connection therewith, together with interest on each such amount at the highest rate then in effect under this Agreement from and after the date such amount is due, owing or unpaid until paid in full;
(c) Third, without duplication of amounts applied pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above, to the payment in full in cash, pro rata, of interest and other amounts constituting Obligations (other than principal) and any fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments due under Hedging Agreements or Treasury Services Agreements constituting Secured Obligations and any interest accrued thereon, in each case, equally and ratably in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due and owing;
(d) Fourth, to the payment in full in cash, pro rata, of principal amount of the Delayed Draw Term Loans and any premium thereon;
(e) Fifth, to the payment in full in cash, pro rata, of principal amount of the Initial Term Loans and any premium thereon and any breakage, termination or other payments under Hedging Agreements and Treasury Services Agreements constituting Secured Obligations and any interest accrued thereon;
(f) Sixth, to the payment in full in cash, pro rata, of all other amounts constituting Obligations; and
(g) Seventh, the balance, if any, to the person lawfully entitled thereto (including the applicable Loan Party or its successors or assigns) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
In the event that any such proceeds are insufficient to pay in full the items described in clauses (a) through (f) of this Section 8.02, the Loan Parties shall remain liable, jointly and severally, for any deficiency.
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ARTICLE IX
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
SECTION 9.01 Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders hereby cably appoints UBS AG, Stamford Branch, to act on its behalf as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes such Agents to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Agents by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and the Lenders, and neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
SECTION 9.02 Rights as a Lender. Each person serving as an Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include each person serving as an Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
SECTION 9.03 Exculpatory Provisions. No Agent shall have any duties or tions except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Agent:
(i) shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that such Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that such Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its judgment or the judgment of its counsel, may expose such Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Requirements of Law; and
(iii) shall, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the person serving as such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
No Agent shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (x) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as such Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.02) or (y) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to such Agent by Borrower or a Lender.
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No Agent shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to such Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the use of the term “agent” in this Agreement with reference to Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term us used merely as a matter of market custom and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
SECTION 9.04 Reliance by Agent. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Term Loan that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Term Loan. Each Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
SECTION 9.05 Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through, or delegate any and all such rights and powers to, any one or more sub-agents appointed by such Agent (including, without limitation, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as custodian of Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of that certain Custodian Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among Wilmington Trust, National Association, AGS Capital, Borrower and Collateral Agent). Each Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of each Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent.
SECTION 9.06 Resignation of Agent. Each Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may on behalf of the Lenders, and in consultation with Borrower, appoint a successor Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above provided that if the Agent shall notify Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
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obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by Collateral Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Collateral Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security as nominee until such time as a successor Collateral Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through an Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided for above in this paragraph. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this paragraph). The fees payable by Borrower to a successor Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article IX and Section 10.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting as Agent.
SECTION 9.07 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender further represents and warrants that it has reviewed each document made available to it on the Platform (as defined below) in connection with this Agreement and has acknowledged and accepted the terms and conditions applicable to the recipients thereof. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 9.08 No Other Duties, etc. Anything herein to the contrary standing, none of the Bookmanagers, Arrangers, Syndication Agent or other titles as necessary listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or a Lender hereunder.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01 Notices.
(a) Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows:
(i) if to any Loan Party, to Borrower at:
AGS LLC
c/o Alpine Investors
Three Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Telecopier No.: 000-000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx-xxxxxxxxx.xxx
With a copy to:
AGS LLC
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xx
Xxx Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to:
Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
and
Proskauer Rose LLP
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx X. Xxx
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
(ii) | if to Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, to it at: |
UBS AG, Stamford Branch
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Banking Product Services
Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000
Email: XX-XXXXxxxxx@xxx.xxx
(iii) | if to a Lender, to it at its address (or telecopier number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire. |
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).
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(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may (subject to Section 10.01(d)) be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Article II if such Lender has notified Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it (including as set forth in Section 10.01(d)); provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) Change of Address, etc. Any party hereto may change its address or telecopier number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
(d) Posting. Each Loan Party hereby agrees that it will provide to Administrative Agent all information, documents and other materials that it is obligated to furnish to Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement and any other Loan Document, including all notices, requests, financial statements, financial and other reports, certificates and other information materials, but excluding any such communication that (i) relates to a request for a new, or a conversion of an existing, Borrowing or other extension of credit (including any election of an interest rate or interest period relating thereto), (ii) relates to the payment of any principal or other amount due under this Agreement prior to the scheduled date therefor, (iii) provides notice of any Default under this Agreement or (iv) is required to be delivered to satisfy any condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement and/or any borrowing or other extension of credit hereunder (all such non-excluded communications, collectively, the “Communications”), by transmitting the Communications in an electronic/soft medium in a format reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent at XX-XXXXxxxxx@xxx.xxx or at such other e-mail address(es) provided to Borrower from time to time or in such other form, including hard copy delivery thereof, as Administrative Agent shall require. In addition, each Loan Party agrees to continue to provide the Communications to Administrative Agent in the manner specified in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in such other form, including hard copy delivery thereof, as Administrative Agent shall require. Nothing in this Section 10.01 shall prejudice the right of the Agents, any Lender or any Loan Party to give any notice or other communication pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any other manner specified in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or as any such Agent shall require.
To the extent consented to by Administrative Agent in writing from time to time, Administrative Agent agrees that receipt of the Communications by Administrative Agent at its e-mail address(es) set forth above shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to Administrative Agent for purposes of the Loan Documents; provided that Borrower shall also deliver to Administrative Agent an executed original of each Compliance Certificate required to be delivered hereunder.
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Each Loan Party further agrees that Administrative Agent may make the Communications available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”). The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agents do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the Communications, or the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties have any liability to the Loan Parties, any Lender or any other person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Loan Party’s or Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through the Internet, except to the extent the liability of such person is found in a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION 10.02 Waivers; Amendment.
(a) Generally. No failure or delay by any Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of each Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by this Section 10.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Term Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether any Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice or demand on Borrower in any case shall entitle Borrower to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Required Consents. Subject to Section 10.02(c) and (d), neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document nor any provision hereof or thereof may be waived, amended, supplemented or modified except, in the case of this Agreement, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Borrower and the Required Lenders or, in the case of any other Loan Document, pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent (in the case of any Security Document) and the Loan Party or Loan Parties that are party thereto, in each case with the written consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall be effective if the effect thereof would:
(i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender (it being understood that no amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any condition precedent, covenant or Default shall constitute an increase in the Commitment of any Lender);
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(ii) reduce the principal amount or premium of any Term Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon (other than interest pursuant to Section 2.06(c)), or reduce any Fees payable hereunder, or change the form or currency of payment of any Obligation, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (it being understood that any amendment or modification to the financial definitions in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest for purposes of this clause (ii));
(iii) (A) change the scheduled final maturity of any Term Loan, or any scheduled date of payment of or the installment otherwise due on the principal amount of any Term Loan under Section 2.09, (B) postpone the date for payment of any interest or fees payable hereunder, (C) change the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment (other than waiver of any increase in the interest rate pursuant to Section 2.06(c)) or (D) postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, in any case, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(iv) increase the maximum duration of Interest Periods hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(v) permit the assignment or delegation by Borrower of any of its rights or obligations under any Loan Document, without the written consent of each Lender;
(vi) release AGS Capital or all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their Guarantee (except as expressly provided in Article VII), or limit their liability in respect of such Guarantee, without the written consent of each Lender;
(vii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Liens of the Security Documents or alter the relative priorities of the Secured Obligations entitled to the Liens of the Security Documents, in each case without the written consent of each Lender (it being understood that additional Classes of Term Loans consented to by the Required Lenders may be equally and ratably secured by the Collateral with the then existing Secured Obligations under the Security Documents);
(viii) change Section 2.14(b), (c) or (d) in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments or setoffs required thereby or any other provision in a manner that would alter the pro rata allocation among the Lenders of Term Loan disbursements, including the requirements of Section 2.02(a), without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(ix) change any provision of this Section 10.02(b) or Section 10.02(c) or (d), without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (except for additional restrictions on amendments or waivers for the benefit of Lenders of additional Classes of Term Loans consented to by the Required Lenders);
(x) change the percentage set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders,” “Required Class Lenders,” “Supermajority Lenders” or any other provision of any Loan Document (including this Section) specifying the number or percentage of Lenders (or Lenders of any Class) required to waive, amend or modify any rights thereunder or make any determination or grant any consent thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender (or each Lender of such Class, as the case may be), other than to increase such percentage or number or to give any additional Lender or group of Lenders such right to waive, amend or modify or make any such determination or grant any such consent;
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(xi) change the application of prepayments as among or between Classes under Section 2.10(h) or Section 8.02, without the written consent of the Required Class Lenders of each Class that is being allocated a lesser prepayment as a result thereof (it being understood that the Required Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment so long as the application, as between Classes, of any portion of such prepayment that is still required to be made is not changed and, if additional Classes of Term Loans under this Agreement consented to by the Required Lenders are made, such new Term Loans may be included on a pro rata basis in the various prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.10(h));
(xii) change or waive the application of prepayments of Term Loans of any Class set forth in Section 2.10(h) to the remaining scheduled amortization payments to be made thereon under Section 2.09, without the written consent of the Required Class Lenders of such Class;
(xiii) change or waive any provision of Article X as the same applies to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations of any Agent, in each case without the written consent of such Agent; or
(xiv) change any provision of Article VI, Article VIII, Section 5.10, Section 2.10(j) or the definition of “Change in Control,” in each case, without the written consent of the Supermajority Lenders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except to the extent the consent of such Lender would be required under clause (i), (ii) or (iii) in the proviso to the first sentence of this Section 10.02(b).
(c) Collateral. Without the consent of any other person, but subject to the receipt of any approvals required under applicable Gaming Laws, the applicable Loan Party or Parties and Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent may (in its or their respective sole discretion, or shall, to the extent required by any Loan Document) enter into any amendment or waiver of any Loan Document, or enter into any new agreement or instrument, to effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, or as required by local law to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable Requirements of Law.
(d) Dissenting Lenders. If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by Section 10.02(b), the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then Borrower shall have the right to replace all, but not less than all, of such non-consenting Lender or Lenders (so long as all non-consenting Lenders are so replaced) with one or more persons pursuant to Section 2.16 so long as at the time of such replacement each such new Lender consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination. Each Lender agrees that, if Borrower elects to replace such Lender in accordance with this Section, it shall promptly execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption to evidence such sale and purchase and shall deliver to Administrative Agent any Note (if Notes have been issued in respect of such Lender’s Term
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Loans) subject to such Assignment and Assumption; provided that the failure of any such non-consenting Lender to execute an Assignment and Assumption shall not render such sale and purchase (and the corresponding assignment) invalid and such assignment shall be recorded in the Register.
(e) Nevada Gaming Modifications. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in the event that the Nevada Gaming Authorities request modifications or amendments to the Loan Documents as a requirement or condition for granting the Nevada Gaming Authorities Approval, Borrower and Administrative Agent may, without the consent of any other Lender or person, effect such modifications or amendments so long as such modifications are not adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect.
SECTION 10.03 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Syndication Agent, the Arranger and their respective Affiliates (including without limitation the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of (x) Xxxxxx and Xxxxxxx LLP, as counsel to the Arranger, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and (y) any local counsel retained in an applicable jurisdiction) in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein (including the obtaining and maintaining of CUSIP numbers for the Term Loans and in connection with the appointment by Administrative Agent and/or Collateral Agent of a custodian to hold certain Equity Interests on its or their behalf in the State of Nevada), the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendment, amendment and restatement, modification or waiver of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), including in connection with post-closing searches to confirm that security filings and recordations have been properly made, (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 10.03, or (B) in connection with the Term Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Term Loans and (iii) all documentary and similar taxes and charges in respect of the Loan Documents.
(b) Indemnification by Borrower. Borrower shall indemnify Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), Collateral Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) each Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing persons (each such person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any amendment, amendment and restatement, modification or waiver of the provisions hereof or thereof, or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Term Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, under or from any property owned, leased or operated by any Company at any time, or any Environmental Claim related in any way to any Company, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of
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whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 10.03 to be paid by it to Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), Collateral Agent or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or Collateral Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.14. For purposes hereof, a Lender’s “pro rata share” shall be determined based upon its share of the sum of the total outstanding Term Loans and unused Commitments at the time.
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, no Loan Party shall assert, and each Loan Party hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Term Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than 3 Business Days after demand therefor.
SECTION 10.04 Successors and Assigns.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section 10.04, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section 10.04 or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by Borrower or any Lender shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any person (other than
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the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the other Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Term Loans at the time owing to it); provided that
(i) except in the case of any assignment made in connection with the primary syndication of the Commitment and Term Loans by the Arranger or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Term Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Term Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Term Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $1,000,000 unless each of Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower otherwise consent (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(ii) (A) on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Term Loan or the Commitment assigned and shall be accompanied by a pro-rata portion of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations with respect to each other tranche of the Term Loan and the Commitments hereunder (provided that in the case of an assignment of Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 2.16(b) (and each subsequent assignment of such Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments by any assignee Lender that takes such assignment pursuant to Section 2.16(b)), such assignment (and each subsequent assignment of such Delayed Draw Term Loan Commitments by any assignee Lender that takes such assignment pursuant to Section 2.16(b)) may be made on a non-pro rata basis with respect to each other tranche of the Term Loan and the Commitments hereunder); provided that for purposes of this subclause (ii)(A), (x) assignments by a Lender to an Affiliate of such Lender shall not be required to be made on a pro rata basis with respect to each other tranche of the Term Loan and the Commitments hereunder and (y) in the case of an assignment by a Lender to a non-Affiliate of such Lender, the Term Loan and Commitments of such Lender shall be deemed to include the Term Loan and Commitments of each Affiliate of such Lender for purposes of complying with the pro rata assignment requirements set forth herein and (B) after the first anniversary of the Closing Date, each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Term Loan or the Commitment assigned (except that this clause (ii)(B) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate tranches on a non-pro rata basis after the first anniversary of the Closing Date);
(iii) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (provided that no such processing and recordation fee shall be required in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund of a Lender), and the Eligible Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire; and
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(iv) no assignments to a Defaulting Lender shall be permitted.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 10.04, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.15 and 10.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section 10.04.
(c) Register. Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in Stamford, Connecticut a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Term Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by Borrower, Collateral Agent and any Lender (with respect to its own interest only), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, Borrower or Administrative Agent sell participations to any person (other than a natural person or Borrower or any of Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Term Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce the Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first proviso to Section 10.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (e) of this Section, Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.15 (subject to the requirements of those Sections) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender.
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Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Term Loan or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.
(e) Limitations on Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.15 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with Borrower’s prior written consent.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. In the case of any Lender that is a fund that invests in bank loans, such Lender may, without the consent of Borrower or Administrative Agent, collaterally assign or pledge all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement, including the Term Loans and Notes or any other instrument evidencing its rights as a Lender under this Agreement, to any holder of, trustee for, or any other representative of holders of, obligations owed or securities issued, by such fund, as security for such obligations or securities.
(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Requirement of Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
SECTION 10.05 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, tions and warranties made by the Loan Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Term Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Agents or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Term Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.14, 2.15 and Article X (other than Section 10.12) shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Term Loans, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.
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SECTION 10.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Administrative Agent and when Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopier or electronic .pdf e-mail transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.08 Right of Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Lender and each of their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender or its Affiliates may have. Each Lender agrees to notify Borrower and Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
SECTION 10.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding
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may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Waiver of Venue. Each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in Section 10.09(b). Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(d) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to any Loan Document, in the manner provided for notices (other than telecopier) in Section 10.01. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Requirements of Law.
SECTION 10.10 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each Loan Party hereby waives, to the est extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in any legal proceeding directly or indirectly arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (whether based on contract, tort or any other theory). Each party hereto (a) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (b) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section.
SECTION 10.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 10.12 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives (it being understood that the persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority or regulatory authority (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.12, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to Borrower and its obligations, (iii) any actual or prospective investor in
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any Lender or such Lender’s Affiliates or (iv) any rating agency for the purpose of obtaining a credit rating applicable to any Lender, (g) with the consent of Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than Borrower. For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries relating to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that, in the case of information received from Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such person would accord to its own confidential information.
SECTION 10.13 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of Borrower and other information regarding Borrower that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify Borrower in accordance with the Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the Act and is effective as to the Lenders and Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.14 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Term Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Term Loan under applicable Requirements of Law (collectively, the “Charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Term Loan in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Term Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Term Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Term Loans or periods shall be increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.
SECTION 10.15 Lender Addendum. Each Lender to become a party to this Agreement on the date hereof shall do so by delivering to Administrative Agent a Lender Addendum duly executed by such Lender, Borrower and Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.16 Obligations Absolute. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, all obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:
(a) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition, liquidation or the like of any Loan Party;
(b) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto against any Loan Party;
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(c) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(d) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any other Collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations;
(e) any exercise or non-exercise, or any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect hereof or any Loan Document; or
(f) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Loan Parties.
SECTION 10.17 Compliance with Gaming Laws. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any of the other Loan Documents, Administrative Agent acknowledges and agrees that the exercise of certain rights and remedies hereunder (including the exercise of remedial rights upon certain Collateral and voting of Equity Interests in (or otherwise taking control of) persons licensed by the Gaming Authorities and/or under Gaming Laws) are subject to Gaming Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Borrower expressly authorizes each of the Agents, the Lenders and their respective assignees to cooperate with the Gaming Authorities in connection with the administration of their regulatory jurisdiction over the Companies, including, without limitation, the provision of such documents or other information as may be requested by any such Gaming Authorities relating to the Agents, any of the Lenders, their respective assignees, Borrower or any other Company, or the Loan Documents. Each Agent and each Lender further acknowledges and agrees that it shall cooperate with the Nevada Gaming Authorities (to the extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such person and only for long as such person is in such capacity) in connection with the administration of their regulatory jurisdiction over the Loan Parties, including through the provision of such documents or other information as may be requested by the Nevada Gaming Authorities relating to any Agent, the Lenders, or their respective assignees, or to the Loan Parties. The parties acknowledge that the provisions of this Section 10.17 shall not be for the benefit of any Company or any other person.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
AGS LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: CEO |
AGS Capital, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: CEO |
AGS Partners, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: CEO |
AGS Illinois, LLLP | ||
By: AGS LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx X Xxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: CEO |
Signature page to Credit Agreement
UBS AG, STAMFORD BRANCH, as Administrative
Agent and Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title: Associate Director Banking Products Services, US |
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Associate Director Banking Products Services, US |
Signature page to Credit Agreement