Exhibit 10.1
by and among
GSI COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
and
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
and
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, As Administrative Agent
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., As Syndication Agent
Dated as of January 11, 2008
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CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
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Certain Definitions |
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Construction |
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Accounting Principles |
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REVOLVING CREDIT AND SWING LOAN FACILITIES |
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Revolving Credit Commitments |
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Nature of the Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans |
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Commitment Fees |
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Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests |
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Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Presumptions by the
Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowings
to Repay Swing
Loans |
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Notes |
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Use of Proceeds |
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Letter of Credit Subfacility |
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INTEREST RATES |
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Interest Rate Options |
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Interest Periods |
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Interest After Default |
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LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs;
Deposits Not Available |
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Selection of Interest Rate Options |
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PAYMENTS |
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Payments |
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4.2 |
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Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders |
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Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
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4.4 |
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Presumptions by Administrative Agent |
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Interest Payment Dates |
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Voluntary Prepayments; Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments |
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Mandatory Prepayments |
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Increased Costs |
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4.9 |
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Taxes |
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Indemnity |
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Settlement Date Procedures |
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4.12 |
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Interbank Market Presumption |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Representations and Warranties |
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Updates to Schedules |
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CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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First Loans and Letters of Credit |
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Each Loan or Letter of Credit |
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COVENANTS |
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Affirmative Covenants |
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Negative Covenants |
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Reporting Requirements |
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DEFAULT |
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Events of Default |
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Consequences of Event of Default |
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THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
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Appointment and Authority |
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Rights as a Lender |
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Exculpatory Provisions |
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9.4 |
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Reliance by Administrative Agent |
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Delegation of Duties |
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Resignation of Administrative Agent |
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Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
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Administrative Agent’s Fee |
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Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors |
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No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Modifications, Amendments or Waivers |
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No Implied Waivers; Cumulative Remedies |
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Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
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10.4 |
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Holidays |
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Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication |
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Severability |
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Duration; Survival |
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Successors and Assigns |
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Confidentiality |
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Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
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CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE; SERVICE OF
PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
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USA Patriot Act Notice |
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LIST OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
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SCHEDULES |
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SCHEDULE 1.1(A)
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PRICING GRID |
SCHEDULE 1.1(B)
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COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS AND ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES |
SCHEDULE 1.1(P)
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PERMITTED LIENS |
SCHEDULE 5.1(a)
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QUALIFICATIONS TO DO BUSINESS |
SCHEDULE 5.1(b)
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SUBSIDIARIES |
SCHEDULE 5.1(e)
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MATERIAL LITIGATION |
SCHEDULE 5.1(n)
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ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURES |
SCHEDULE 6.1(a)
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OPINION OF COUNSEL |
SCHEDULE 7.1(c)
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INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COLLATERAL |
SCHEDULE 7.2(a)
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PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS |
SCHEDULE 7.2(d)
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EXISTING INVESTMENTS |
SCHEDULE 8.1(j)
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EXISTING 5% SHAREHOLDERS |
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EXHIBITS |
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EXHIBIT 1.1(A)
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ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT 1.1(G)(1)
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GUARANTOR JOINDER |
EXHIBIT 1.1(G)(2)
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GUARANTY AGREEMENT |
EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(1)
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REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE |
EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(2)
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SWING LOAN NOTE |
EXHIBIT 2.1
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LENDER JOINDER |
EXHIBIT 2.4
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LOAN REQUEST |
EXHIBIT 2.4(b)
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SWING LOAN REQUEST |
EXHIBIT 7.3(c)
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QUARTERLY COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
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THIS
CREDIT AGREEMENT (as hereafter amended, the “
Agreement”) is dated as of January
11, 2008, and is made by and among GSI COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the
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Borrower”), each of the GUARANTORS (as hereinafter defined), the LENDERS (as hereinafter
defined), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the
Lenders under this Agreement.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility to the
Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75,000,000.00. In consideration of their
mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound hereby, the
parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
1.1 Certain Definitions. In addition to words and terms defined elsewhere in this
Agreement, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless
the context hereof clearly requires otherwise:
Accretive means GSI Commerce South, Inc., formerly known as Accretive Commerce, Inc.,
and its Subsidiaries.
Accretive EBITDA means without duplication (a) $3,200,000.00 for calculations of
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA based on financial statements for periods ending prior to the fourth
fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2007, (b) $1,200,000.00 for calculations of Consolidated Adjusted
EBITDA based on financial statements for periods ending on the last day of fiscal year 2007, (c)
$600,000.00 for calculations of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA based on financial statements for
periods ending on the last day of the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2008, and (d) zero
thereafter.
Administrative Agent means PNC Bank, National Association, and its successors and
assigns, in its capacity as agent for the Lenders.
Administrative Agent’s Fee has the meaning specified in Section 9.8
[Administrative Agent’s Fee].
Administrative Agent’s Letter has the meaning specified in Section 9.8
[Administrative Agent’s Fee].
Affiliate means as to any Person, any other Person (a) which directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, (b) which beneficially
owns or holds 15% or more of any class of the voting or other equity interests of such Person, or
(c) 15% or more of any class of voting interests or other equity interests of which is beneficially
owned or held, directly or indirectly, by such Person.
Agreement has the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph.
Anti-Terrorism Laws means any Laws relating to terrorism or money laundering,
including Executive Order No. 13224, the USA Patriot Act, the Laws comprising or implementing the
Bank Secrecy Act, and the Laws administered by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of
Foreign Asset Control (as any of the foregoing Laws may from time to time be amended,
renewed, extended, or replaced).
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate means the percentage rate per annum based on the
Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the
heading “Commitment Fee.”
Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate means the percentage rate per annum based on the
Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the
heading “LIBOR Rate Spread.”
Applicable Margin means as applicable:
(a) the percentage spread to be added to the Base Rate applicable to Revolving Credit Loans
under the Base Rate Option and Swing Loans based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to
the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading “Base Rate Spread”, or
(b) the percentage spread to be added to the LIBOR Rate applicable to Revolving Credit Loans
under the LIBOR Rate Option based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing
grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading “LIBOR Rate Spread”.
Approved Fund means any fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or
investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and
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.
Assignment and Assumption means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender
and an assignee permitted under Section 10.8 [Successors and Assigns], in substantially the
form of Exhibit 1.1(A).
Authorized Officer means, with respect to any Loan Party, the Chief Executive Officer,
President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer of such Loan Party or such
other individuals, designated by written notice to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower,
authorized to execute notices, reports and other documents on behalf of the Loan Parties required
hereunder. The Borrower may amend such list of individuals from time to time by giving written
notice of such amendment to the Administrative Agent.
Base Rate means the greater of (a) the interest rate per annum announced from time to
time by the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office as its then prime rate, which rate may not
be the lowest rate then being charged commercial borrowers by the Administrative Agent, or (b) the
Federal Funds Open Rate, plus 0.5% per annum.
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Base Rate Option means the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the
rate and under the terms set forth in Section 3.1(a)(i) [Revolving Credit Base Rate
Option].
Borrower has the meaning given to such term in the introductory paragraph.
Borrower Equity Interests has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(b)
[Subsidiaries and Owners; Investment Companies].
Borrowing Date means, with respect to any Loan, the date for the making thereof or the
renewal or conversion thereof at the same or to a different Interest Rate Option, which shall be a
Business Day.
Borrowing Tranche means specified portions of Loans outstanding as follows: (a) any
Loans to which a LIBOR Rate Option applies which become subject to the same Interest Rate Option
under the same Loan Request by the Borrower and which have the same Interest Period shall
constitute one Borrowing Tranche, and (b) all Loans to which a Base Rate Option applies shall
constitute one Borrowing Tranche.
Business Day means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday on which
commercial banks are authorized or required to be closed for business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
and if the applicable Business Day relates to any Loan to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies, such
day must also be a day on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank market.
Cash Equivalents means, as to any Person, (a) securities issued or directly 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, (b) time
deposits and certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than one year from the date of
acquisition by such Person of 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, the District of Columbia or any foreign jurisdiction having capital, surplus and undivided
profits aggregating in excess of $200,000,000, (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, (d) investments in money market
funds substantially all of whose assets are comprised of securities of the types described in
clauses (a) through (c) above (including each of the Blackrock money market funds currently
utilized by the Borrower) and (e) demand deposit accounts maintained in the ordinary course of
business.
Change in Law means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any Law, (b) any change in any Law or in the
administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Official Body or (c) the making or
issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of Law) by any
Official Body.
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CIP Regulations has the meaning given to such term in Section 9.10 [No
Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program]
Closing Date means the Business Day on which the Borrower first satisfies all of the
conditions set forth in Section 6.1 [First Loans and Letters of Credit] not otherwise
waived by the Administrative Agent.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules and
regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
Collateral means the collateral under the Collateral Documents.
Collateral
Documents has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(k) [Liens in the Collateral].
Commitment means as to any Lender the aggregate of its Revolving Credit Commitment
and, in the case of the Administrative Agent, its Swing Loan Commitment, and Commitments
means the aggregate of the Revolving Credit Commitments and Swing Loan Commitment of all of the
Lenders.
Commitment Fee has the meaning specified in Section 2.3 [Commitment Fees].
Compliance Certificate has the meaning specified in Section 7.3(c)
[Certificate of the Borrower].
Complying Lender means any Lender which is not a Non-Complying Lender.
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA means, for any period of determination, Consolidated
EBITDA for such period plus (a) expenses incurred during such period (but in any case not
later than December 31, 2008) in connection with the integration of Accretive to the extent that
documentation for and other evidence of the incurrence and purpose of such expenses are reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, provided that such expenses for such
period, when added to such expenses incurred in prior periods, do not exceed $8,000,000.00,
plus (b) Accretive EBITDA, plus (c) with respect to any Guarantor (other than
Accretive) acquired during such period, EBITDA of such Guarantor for such period prior to such
acquisition, provided that (i) if the aggregate amount of EBITDA to be added under
this clause (c) in any period equals or exceeds fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated EBITDA for
such period, then any such EBITDA to be added under this clause (c) shall have been audited or
otherwise verified and validated by a Person unaffiliated with the Borrower acceptable to the
Required Lenders in its reasonable discretion, (ii) if the aggregate amount of EBITDA to be added
under this clause (c) in any period is less than fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated EBITDA for
such period, then such EBITDA to be added under this clause (c) shall be in amount, detail,
historical presentation, analysis, and otherwise, satisfactory to the Required Lenders in their
reasonable discretion; and (iii) any adjustments to any such EBITDA to be added under this clause
(c) proposed by the Borrower shall be subject to approval of the Required Lenders plus (d)
with respect to periods which include the fourth fiscal quarter of fiscal
year 2007, losses attributable to the sale of securities in such quarter, not to exceed
$5,100,000.00.
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Consolidated EBITDA for any period of determination means (in each case, of the Loan
Parties for such period determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP) (a) the sum of net
income, depreciation, amortization, non-cash stock option and warrant expense, other non-cash
charges to net income reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, interest expense and
income tax expense minus (b) (i) non-cash credits to net income, and (ii) the amount, if
any, included in clause (a) attributable in such period to Persons which have been divested during
such period or which are the subject of written agreements providing for their divestiture, which
amount, and method of calculating such amount, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
Consolidated Net Worth means at any time the Loan Parties’ assets minus the Loan
Parties’ liabilities, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Domestic Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of a Loan Party organized under the laws of the
United States or one of the states or territories thereof.
Drawing Date has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(c)(i) [Disbursements,
Reimbursement].
EBITDA means, for any period for any Person, net income plus interest expense,
depreciation, amortization, income tax expense and other non-cash charges to net income acceptable
to the Administrative Agent, minus non-cash credits to net income, all for such period and
for such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP.
Environmental Laws means all applicable federal, state, local, tribal, territorial and
foreign Laws (including common law), constitutions, statutes, treaties, regulations, rules,
ordinances and codes and any consent decrees, settlement agreements, judgments, orders, directives,
policies or programs issued by or entered into with an Official Body pertaining or relating to:
(a) pollution or pollution control; (b) protection of human health from exposure to regulated
substances; or the environment; (c) protection of the environment and/or natural resources;
employee safety in the workplace; (d) the presence, use, management, generation, manufacture,
processing, extraction, treatment, recycling, refining, reclamation, labeling, packaging, sale,
transport, storage, collection, distribution, disposal or release or threat of release of regulated
substances; (e) the presence of contamination; (f) the protection of endangered or threatened
species; and (g) the protection of environmentally sensitive areas.
Equity Interests has the meaning given to such term in Section 5.1(b)
[Subsidiaries and Owners; Investment Companies].
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ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the
rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
ERISA Affiliate means, at any time, any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) under common control with the Borrower and are treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
ERISA Event means (a) a reportable event (under Section 4043 of ERISA and regulations
thereunder) with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate
from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a
substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that
is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial
withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the
commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an
event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or
the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the
imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not
delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
ERISA Group means, at any time, the Borrower and all members of a controlled group of
corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control and
all other entities which, together with the Borrower, are treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Event of Default means any of the events described in Section 8.1 [Events of
Default] and referred to therein as an “Event of Default.”
Excluded Taxes means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the
Issuing Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation
of the Borrower hereunder (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however
denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction
(or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable
lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or
any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the
case of a Foreign Lender, any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign
Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office)
or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a
Change in Law) to comply with Section 4.9(e) [Status of Lenders], except to the extent that
such Foreign 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 the Borrower with respect to
such withholding tax pursuant to Section 4.9(a) [Payment Free of Taxes].
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Executive Order No. 13224 means the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing,
effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended,
amended or replaced.
Expiration Date means January 11, 2013.
Federal Funds Effective Rate for any day means the rate per annum (based on a year of
360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) announced by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or any successor) on such day as being the weighted average of
the rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous
trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in
substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted
average it refers to as the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” as of the date of this Agreement;
provided, if such Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on
any day, the “Federal Funds Effective Rate” for such day shall be the Federal Funds Effective Rate
for the last day on which such rate was announced.
Federal Funds Open Rate for any day means the rate per annum (based on a year of 360
days and actual days elapsed) which is the daily federal funds open rate as quoted by ICAP North
America, Inc. (or any successor) as set forth on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM for that day opposite
the caption “OPEN” (or on such other substitute Bloomberg Screen that displays such rate), or as
set forth on such other recognized electronic source used for the purpose of displaying such rate
as selected by the Administrative Agent (for purposes of this definition an “Alternate
Source”) or if such rate for such day does not appear on the Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any
substitute screen) or any Alternate Source, or if there shall at any time, for any reason, no
longer exist a Bloomberg Screen BTMM (or any substitute screen) or any Alternate Source, a
comparable replacement rate determined by the Administrative Agent at such time (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error);
provided however, that if such day is not
a Business Day, the Federal Funds Open Rate for such day shall be the “open” rate on the
immediately preceding Business Day. If and when the Federal Funds Open Rate changes, the rate of
interest with respect to any amount to which the Federal Funds Open Rate applies will change
automatically without notice to the Borrower, effective on the date of any such change.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA to Fixed Charges.
Fixed Charges means, for any period of determination, the sum of cash interest
expense, cash income taxes, scheduled principal installments on Indebtedness and cash dividends, in
each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined and consolidated in
accordance with GAAP.
Foreign Subsidiary means a Subsidiary of a Loan Party which is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
Foreign Lender means any Lender that is organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of
this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia
shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
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GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles as are in effect from time to
time, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3[Accounting Principles], and applied on a
consistent basis both as to classification of items and amounts.
Guarantor means each of the parties to this Agreement which is designated as a
“Guarantor” on the signature page hereof and each other Person which joins this Agreement as a
Guarantor after the date hereof.
Guarantor Joinder means a joinder by a Person as a Guarantor under the Loan Documents
in the form of
Exhibit 1.1(G)(1).
Guaranty of any Person means any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect
guaranteeing any liability or obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or
indirectly, including any agreement to indemnify or hold harmless any other Person, any performance
bond or other suretyship arrangement and any other form of assurance against loss, except
endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business.
Guaranty Agreement means the Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship in
substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(G)(2) executed and delivered by each of the
Guarantors.
Increasing Lender has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(b)
[Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments].
Indebtedness means, as to any Person at any time and without duplication, any and all
indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated,
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or in respect
of: (a) borrowed money, (b) amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or
acceptance credit facility, (c) reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any
letter of credit, and the net value of any obligation under any currency swap agreement, interest
rate swap, cap, collar or floor agreement or other interest rate management device, (d) any other
transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional
sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person
to finance its operations or capital requirements (but not including trade payables and accrued
expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business other than trade payables which are either or
both (i) represented by a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness and/or (ii) are more
than ninety (90) days past due and are not being diligently contested in good faith), or (e) any
Guaranty of Indebtedness for borrowed money.
Indemnified Taxes means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
Indemnitee has the meaning specified in Section 10.3(b) [Indemnification by
the Borrower].
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Information means all information received from the Loan Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries relating to the Loan Parties or any of such Subsidiaries or any of their respective
businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or the Issuing Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Loan Parties or
any of their Subsidiaries, provided that, in the case of information received from the Loan
Parties or any of their Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement, such information is clearly
identified at the time of delivery as confidential.
Insolvency Proceeding means with respect to any Person, (a) a case, action or
proceeding with respect to such Person (i) before any court or any other Official Body under any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, or (ii) for
the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator
(or similar official) of any Loan Party or otherwise relating to the liquidation, dissolution,
winding-up or relief of such Person, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors,
composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of such
Person’s creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors; undertaken under any Law.
Intercompany Subordination Agreement means a Subordination Agreement among the Loan
Parties for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Interest Period means the period of time selected by the Borrower in connection with
(and to apply to) any election permitted hereunder by the Borrower to have Revolving Credit Loans
bear interest under the LIBOR Rate Option. Subject to the last sentence of this definition, such
period shall be one, two, three or six Months. Such Interest Period shall commence on the
effective date of such Interest Rate Option, which shall be (a) the Borrowing Date if the Borrower
is requesting new Loans, or (b) the date of renewal of or conversion to the LIBOR Rate Option if
the Borrower is renewing or converting to the LIBOR Rate Option applicable to outstanding Loans.
Notwithstanding the second sentence hereof: (i) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a
date which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such
Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the
next preceding Business Day, and (ii) the Borrower shall not select, convert to or renew an
Interest Period for any portion of the Loans that would end after the Expiration Date.
Interest Rate Hedge means an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, adjustable
strike cap, adjustable strike corridor or similar agreements entered into by the Loan Parties or
their Subsidiaries in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, the Borrower,
the Guarantors and/or their Subsidiaries of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to
Indebtedness.
Interest Rate Option means any LIBOR Rate Option or Base Rate Option.
IRS means the Internal Revenue Service.
Issuing Lender means PNC Bank, in its individual capacity as the Lender which is the
issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
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Joint Venture means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other
entities in which any Person other than the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries holds, directly or
indirectly, an equity interest.
Law means any law (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation,
rule, ordinance, opinion, release, ruling, order, injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment,
authorization or approval, lien or award by or settlement agreement with any Official Body.
Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge means an Interest Rate Hedge which is provided by
any Lender or its Affiliate and with respect to which the Administrative Agent determines: (a) is
documented in a standard International Swap Dealer Association Agreement, (b) provides for the
method of calculating the reimbursable amount of the provider’s credit exposure in a reasonable and
customary manner, and (c) is entered into for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes.
Lenders means the financial institutions named on Schedule 1.1(B) and their
respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a
Lender. For the purpose of any Loan Document which provides for the granting of a Lien to the
Lenders or to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as security for the
Obligations, “Lenders” shall include any Affiliate of a Lender to which such Obligation is owed.
Letter of Credit has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(a) [Issuance of
Letters of Credit].
Letter of Credit Borrowing has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(c)(iii)
[Disbursements, Reimbursement].
Letter of Credit Fee has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(b) [Letter of
Credit Fees].
Letter of Credit Obligation means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate
amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit on such date (if any Letter of
Credit shall increase in amount automatically in the future, such aggregate amount available to be
drawn shall currently give effect to any such future increase) plus the aggregate
Reimbursement Obligations and Letter of Credit Borrowings on such date.
Letter of Credit Sublimit has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(a)
[Issuance of Letters of Credit].
Leverage Ratio means, as of the end of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)
consolidated Indebtedness of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries on such date which is secured
by a Lien on any of their property; to (b) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (i) for the four fiscal
quarters then ending if such date is a fiscal quarter end, or (ii) for the four fiscal quarters
most recently ended if such date is not a fiscal quarter end.
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LIBOR Rate means with respect to the Loans comprising any Borrowing Tranche to which
the LIBOR Rate Option applies for any Interest Period, the interest rate per annum determined by
the Administrative Agent by dividing (the resulting quotient rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum) (a) the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on such
other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which US dollar deposits are offered by
leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), or the rate which is quoted by another
source selected by the Administrative Agent which has been approved by the British Bankers’
Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which US
dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market (for purposes
of this definition an “Alternate Source”), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two
(2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the London interbank offered
rate for U.S. Dollars for an amount comparable to such Borrowing Tranche and having a borrowing
date and a maturity comparable to such Interest Period (or if there shall at any time, for any
reason, no longer exist a Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or any substitute page) or any Alternate Source, a
comparable replacement rate determined by the Administrative Agent at such time (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error)), by (b) a number equal to 1.00 minus the
LIBOR Reserve Percentage. LIBOR may also be expressed by the following formula:
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The LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any Loan to which the LIBOR Rate Option
applies that is outstanding on the effective date of any change in the LIBOR Rate Reserve
Percentage as of such effective date. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the
Borrower of the LIBOR Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination
shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
LIBOR Rate Option means the option of the Borrower to have Revolving Credit Loans bear
interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 3.1(a)(ii) [Revolving Credit
LIBOR Rate Option].
LIBOR Rate Reserve Percentage means as of any day, the maximum percentage in effect on
such day, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor)
for determining the reserve requirements (including supplemental, marginal and emergency reserve
requirements) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
Liabilities”).
Lien means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest, charge or
other encumbrance or security arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether voluntarily or
involuntarily given, including any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, and any
assignment, deposit arrangement or lease intended as, or having the effect of, security and any
filed financing statement or other notice of any of the foregoing (whether or not a lien or other
encumbrance is created or exists at the time of the filing).
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Loan Documents means this Agreement, the Administrative Agent’s Letter, the Guaranty
Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, if any, the Notes, the Patent, Trademark and
Copyright Assignment, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, and any other instruments,
certificates or documents delivered in connection herewith or therewith.
Loan Parties means the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Loan Request has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(a) [Revolving Credit
Loan Requests].
Loans means collectively and Loan means separately all Revolving Credit Loans
and Swing Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Loan.
Material Adverse Change means any set of circumstances or events which (a) has or
could reasonably be expected to have any material adverse effect whatsoever upon the validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) is or could reasonably be expected
to be material and adverse to the business, properties, assets, financial condition, or results of
operations of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (c) impairs or could reasonably be expected to
impair the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to duly and punctually pay or perform its
Indebtedness, or (d) impairs or could reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the
Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, to the extent permitted, to enforce their legal
remedies pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
Month with respect to an Interest Period under the LIBOR Rate Option, means the
interval between the days in consecutive calendar months numerically corresponding to the first day
of such Interest Period. If any Interest Period begins on a day of a calendar month for which
there is no numerically corresponding day in the month in which such Interest Period is to end, the
final month of such Interest Period shall be deemed to end on the last Business Day of such final
month.
Multiemployer Plan means any employee benefit plan which is a “multiemployer plan”
within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and to which the Borrower or any member of the
ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or, within the preceding
five Plan years, has made or had an obligation to make such contributions.
New Lender has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.1(b)(i)
[Increasing Lenders and New Lenders].
Non-Complying Lender means any Lender which has failed to fund any Loan which it is
required to fund, or pay any other amount which it is required to pay to the Administrative Agent
or any other Lender, within one day of the due date therefor.
Non-Consenting Lender has the meaning specified in Section 10.1 [Modification,
Amendments or Waivers].
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Notes means, collectively, the promissory notes evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans
in the form of Exhibit 1.1(N)(1) and the Swing Loan Note.
Obligation means any obligation or liability of any of the Loan Parties or any of
their Subsidiaries, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, under or in connection with (a)
this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agent’s Letter or any other
Loan Document whether to the Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders or their Affiliates or other
persons provided for under such Loan Documents, (b) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge and (c)
any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product.
Official Body means the government of the United States of America or any other
nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state 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 any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).
Order has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(i) [Liability for Acts and
Omissions].
Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product means agreements or other arrangements
under which any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender provides any of the following products or services
to any of the Loan Parties: (a) credit cards, (b) debit cards, (c) purchasing and commercial cards,
(d) ACH Transactions, (e) cash management, including controlled disbursement, accounts or services,
(f) foreign currency exchange, or (g) trade finance, including trade, commercial and documentary
letters of credit.
Other Taxes means 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.
Parent means GSI Commerce, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Participant has the meaning specified in Section 10.8(d) [Participations].
Participation Advance has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(c)
[Disbursements, Reimbursement].
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Assignment means the Patent, Trademark and Copyright
Security Agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent executed and
delivered by each of the Loan Parties to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
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Payment Date means (a) the first Business Day of each fiscal quarter after the date
hereof (being the first Business Day following the Saturday closest to the end of each calendar
quarter), (b) the Expiration Date and (c) the date of any acceleration of the Loans.
Payment In Full means payment in full in cash of the Loans and other Obligations
hereunder, termination of the Commitments and expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A
of Title IV of ERISA or any successor.
Pension Plan means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and
is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple
employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any times
during the immediately preceding five plan years.
Permitted Investments means:
(a) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality
thereof or obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America maturing
in twelve (12) months or less from the date of acquisition;
(b) commercial paper maturing in 180 days or less rated not lower than A-1, by Standard &
Poor’s or P-1 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. on the date of acquisition;
(c) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit maturing within one year in
commercial banks whose obligations are rated A-1, A or the equivalent or better by Standard &
Poor’s on the date of acquisition; and
(d) money market or mutual funds whose investments are limited to those types of investments
described in clauses (i)-(iii) above.
Permitted Liens means:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments, or similar charges, incurred in the ordinary course of
business and which are not yet due and payable;
(b) Pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure payment of workmen’s
compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, old-age pensions or other social security programs;
(c) Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other like Liens, securing
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable and Liens
of landlords securing obligations to pay lease payments that are not yet due and payable or in
default;
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(d) Good-faith pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure
performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or leases,
not in excess of the aggregate amount due thereunder, or to secure statutory obligations, or
surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds required in the ordinary course of
business;
(e) Encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements or other restrictions on the use
of real property, none of which materially impairs the use of such property or the value thereof,
and none of which is violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures or land
use;
(f) Liens, security interests and mortgages in favor of the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders and their Affiliates securing the Obligations including Other Lender
Provided Financial Services Obligations;
(g) Liens on personal property leased by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party under
capital and operating leases permitted in Section 7.2(n) [Capital Expenditures and Leases]
securing obligations of such Loan Party or Subsidiary to the lessor under such leases;
(h) Any Lien existing on the date of this Agreement and described on Schedule 1.1(P),
provided that the principal amount secured thereby is not hereafter increased, and no
additional assets become subject to such Lien;
(i) Purchase Money Security Interests on personal property; provided that the
aggregate amount of loans and deferred payments secured by such Purchase Money Security Interests
shall not exceed $5,000,000.00 (excluding for the purpose of this computation any loans or deferred
payments secured by Liens described on Schedule 1.1(P)); and
(j) The following, (i) if the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by
appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted so long as levy and execution thereon have
been stayed and continue to be stayed or (ii) if a final judgment is entered and such judgment is
discharged within thirty (30) days of entry, and in either case they do not affect the Collateral
or, in the aggregate, materially impair the ability of any Loan Party to perform its Obligations
hereunder or under the other Loan Documents:
(A) Claims or Liens for taxes, assessments or charges due and payable and subject to interest
or penalty; provided that the applicable Loan Party maintains such reserves or other
appropriate provisions as shall be required by GAAP and pays all such taxes, assessments or charges
forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any such Lien;
(B) Claims or Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other statutory
nonconsensual Liens; or
(C) Liens resulting from final judgments or orders described in Section 8.1(f) [Final
Judgments or Orders].
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Permitted Repayment has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.5(d)
[Repayment of Loans].
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture, government or
political subdivision or agency thereof, or any other entity.
Plan means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (including a multiple employer
plan, but not a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the
minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code and either (a) is maintained by any member
of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (b) has at any time within the
preceding five years been maintained by any entity which was at such time a member of the ERISA
Group for employees of any entity which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.
Pledge Agreement means the Pledge Agreement in form and substance acceptable to the
Administrative Agent executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries to
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
PNC Bank means PNC Bank, National Association, its successors and assigns, in its
individual capacity as a Lender.
Potential Default means any event or condition which with notice or passage of time,
or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Principal Office means the main banking office of the Administrative Agent in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Prior Security Interest means a valid and enforceable perfected first-priority
security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code in the Collateral which is subject only to
Permitted Liens (other than Permitted Liens described in clauses (a), (c) or (j) of such definition
to the extent such Permitted Liens are not given super priority by statute).
Purchase Money Security Interest means Liens upon tangible personal property securing
loans to any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party or deferred payments by such Loan Party or
Subsidiary for the purchase (or for the refinancing thereof) of such tangible personal property
(but for no other purpose).
Ratable Share means the proportion that a Lender’s Commitment (excluding the Swing
Loan Commitment) bears to the Commitments (excluding the Swing Loan Commitment) of all of the
Lenders. If the Commitments have terminated or expired, the Ratable Shares shall be determined
based upon the Commitments (excluding the Swing Loan Commitment) most recently in effect, giving
effect to any assignments.
Reimbursement Obligation has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(c)
[Disbursements, Reimbursement].
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Related Parties means, 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.
Relief Proceeding means any proceeding seeking a decree or order for relief in respect
of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party in a voluntary or involuntary case under any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect,
or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator,
conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party for any
substantial part of its property, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, or an
assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
Required Lenders means:
(a) If there exists fewer than three (3) Lenders, all Lenders, and
(b) If there exist three (3) or more Lenders:
(i) if there are no Loans, Reimbursement Obligations or Letter of Credit Borrowings
outstanding, Complying Lenders whose Revolving Credit Commitments aggregate at least 50.1% of the
Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Complying Lenders, or
(ii) if there are Loans, Reimbursement Obligations or Letter of Credit Borrowings outstanding,
any group of Complying Lenders if the sum of the Loans (excluding the Swing Loans), Reimbursement
Obligations and Letter of Credit Borrowings of such Lenders then outstanding aggregates at least
50.1% of the total principal amount of all of the Loans (excluding the Swing Loans), Reimbursement
Obligations and Letter of Credit Borrowings of all of the Complying Lenders then outstanding.
Required Share has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.11
[Settlement Date Procedures].
Revolving Credit Commitment means, as to any Lender at any time, the amount initially
set forth opposite its name on Schedule 1.1(B) in the column labeled “Amount of Commitment
for Revolving Credit Loans,” as such Commitment is thereafter assigned or modified and
Revolving Credit Commitments means the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the
Lenders.
Revolving Credit Loans means collectively and Revolving Credit Loan means
separately all Revolving Credit Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan made by the Lenders or one of
the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 [Revolving Credit Commitments] or
Section 2.8(c) [Disbursements, Reimbursement].
Revolving Facility Usage means at any time the sum of the outstanding Revolving Credit
Loans and the Letter of Credit Obligations.
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Security Agreement means the Security Agreement in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
Settlement Date means any Business Day on which the Administrative Agent elects to
effect settlement pursuant to Section 2.5(e) [Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans].
Standard & Poor’s means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc.
Statements has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(f)(i) [Historical
Statements].
Subsidiary of any Person at any time means any corporation, trust, partnership,
limited liability company or other business entity of which 50% or more of the outstanding voting
securities or other interests normally entitled to vote for the election of one or more directors
or trustees (regardless of any contingency which does or may suspend or dilute the voting rights)
is at such time owned directly or indirectly by such Person or one or more of such Person’s
Subsidiaries.
Subsidiary Equity Interests has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(b)
[Subsidiaries and Owners; Investment Companies].
Swing Loan Commitment means PNC Bank’s commitment to make Swing Loans to the Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.1(c) [Swing Loan Commitment] in an aggregate principal amount up to
$15,000,000.00.
Swing Loan Note means the Swing Loan Note of the Borrower in the form of Exhibit
1.1(N)(2) evidencing the Swing Loans, together with all amendments, extensions, renewals,
replacements, refinancings or refundings thereof in whole or in part.
Swing Loan Request has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.4(b) [Swing
Loan Request].
Swing Loans means collectively and Swing Loan means separately all Swing Loans
or any Swing Loan made by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower pursuant to Section
2.1(c) [Swing Loan Commitment] hereof.
Taxes means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Official Body, including any
interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
USA Patriot Act means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, as the same has
been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
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1.2 Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise clearly requires, the
following rules of construction shall apply to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents:
(a) references to the plural include the singular, the plural, the part and the whole
and the words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
“without limitation”; (b) the words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” “hereto” and similar terms in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document as a
whole; (c) article, section, subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit references are to this
Agreement or other Loan Document, as the case may be, unless otherwise specified; (d) reference to
any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns; (e) reference to any agreement, including
this Agreement and any other Loan Document together with the schedules and exhibits hereto or
thereto, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified,
replaced, substituted for, superseded or restated; (f) relative to the determination of any period
of time, “from” means “from and including,” “to” means “to but excluding,” and “through” means
“through and including”; (g) 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, (h) section headings herein and in each
other Loan Document are included for convenience and shall not affect the interpretation of this
Agreement or such Loan Document, and (i) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times
of day shall be references to Eastern Standard Time.
1.3 Accounting Principles. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all
computations and determinations as to accounting or financial matters and all financial statements
to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be made and prepared in accordance with GAAP
(including principles of consolidation where appropriate), and all accounting or financial terms
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms by GAAP; provided, however, that all
accounting terms used in Section 7.2 [Negative Covenants] (and all defined terms used in
the definition of any accounting term used in Section 7.2 [Negative Covenants] have the
meanings given to such terms (and defined terms) under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof applied
on a basis consistent with those used in preparing Statements referred to in Section
5.1(f)(i) [Historical Statements]. In the event of any change after the date hereof in GAAP,
and if such change would affect the computation of any of the financial covenants set forth in
Section 7.2 [Negative Covenants], then the parties hereto agree to endeavor, in good faith,
to agree upon an amendment to this Agreement that would adjust such financial covenants in a manner
that would preserve the original intent thereof, but would allow compliance therewith to be
determined in accordance with the Borrower’s financial statements at that time, provided
that, until so amended such financial covenants shall continue to be computed in accordance
with GAAP prior to such change therein.
2. REVOLVING CREDIT AND SWING LOAN FACILITIES
2.1 Revolving Credit Commitments.
(a) Revolving Credit Loans.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and relying upon the representations and warranties
herein set forth, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower at
any time or from time to time on or after the date hereof to the Expiration Date; provided
that after giving effect to such Loan (i) the aggregate amount of Loans from such Lender shall not
exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment minus such Lender’s Ratable Share of the
Letter of Credit Obligations, and (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage
shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments. Within such limits of time and amount and
subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow
pursuant to this Section 2.1.
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(b) Increase in Revolving Credit Commitments.
(i) Increasing Lenders and New Lenders. The Borrower may, at any time prior to the
fourth (4th) anniversary of the Closing Date, request that (A) the current Lenders
increase their Revolving Credit Commitments (any current Lender which elects to increase its
Revolving Credit Commitment shall be referred to as an “Increasing Lender”) by giving
written request thereof to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders not less than
fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the proposed effective date of such increase, or if there are
insufficient Increasing Lenders to provide such requested increase, (B) one or more new lenders
(each a “New Lender”) join this Agreement and provide a Revolving Credit Commitment
hereunder, subject to the following terms and conditions:
(1) No Obligation to Increase. No Lender shall be obligated to increase its Revolving
Credit Commitment and any increase in its Revolving Credit Commitment shall be in the sole
discretion of such Lender.
(2) Defaults. There shall exist no Events of Default or Potential Default on the
effective date of such increase after giving effect to such increase.
(3) Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. After giving effect to such increase, the
total Revolving Credit Commitments shall not exceed $150,000,000.00.
(4) Minimum Revolving Credit Commitments. After giving effect to such increase, the
amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments provided by each of the New Lenders and each of the
Increasing Lenders with respect to such increase shall be at least $10,000,000.00 in the aggregate;
and
(5) Resolutions; Opinion. The Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
on or before the effective date of such increase the following documents in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent: (a) certifications of their corporate secretaries with
attached resolutions certifying that the increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment has been
approved by such Loan Parties, and (b) an opinion of counsel addressed to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders addressing the authorization and execution of the Loan Documents by, and
enforceability of the Loan Documents against, the Loan Parties.
(6) Notes. The Borrower shall execute and deliver (a) to each Increasing Lender a
replacement revolving credit Note reflecting the new amount of such Increasing Lender’s Revolving
Credit Commitment after giving effect to the increase (and the prior Note issued to such Increasing
Lender shall be deemed to be terminated), and (b) to each New Lender a revolving credit Note
reflecting the amount of such New Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment.
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(7) Approval of New Lenders. Any New Lender shall be subject to the reasonable
approval of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
(8) Increasing Lenders. Each Increasing Lender shall confirm its agreement to
increase its Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to an acknowledgement in a form acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, signed by it and the Borrower and delivered to the Administrative Agent at
least three (3) Business Days before the effective date of such increase.
(9) New Lenders—Joinder. Each New Lender shall execute a lender joinder in
substantially the form of Exhibit 2.1 pursuant to which such New Lender shall join and
become a party to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with a Revolving Credit Commitment in
the amount set forth in such lender joinder.
(ii) Treatment of Outstanding Loans and Letters of Credit.
(A) Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans. On the effective date of
such increase, the Borrower shall repay all Loans then outstanding, subject to the Borrower’s
indemnity obligations under Section 4.10
[Indemnity]; provided that it may borrow new Loans
with a Borrowing Date on such date. Each of the Lenders shall participate in any new Loans made on
or after such date in accordance with their respective Ratable Shares after giving effect to the
increase in Revolving Credit Commitments contemplated by this Section 2.1(b).
(B) Outstanding Letters of Credit. Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New
Loans. On the effective date of such increase, each Increasing Lender and each New Lender (1)
will be deemed to have purchased a participation in each then outstanding Letter of Credit equal to
its Ratable Share of such Letter of Credit and the participation of each other Lender in such
Letter of Credit shall be adjusted accordingly and (2) will acquire (and will pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, in immediately available funds, an amount
equal to) its Ratable Share of all outstanding Participation Advances.
(c) Swing Loan Commitment.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and relying upon the representations and warranties
herein set forth, and in order to facilitate loans and repayments between Settlement Dates, PNC
Bank may, at its option, cancelable at any time for any reason whatsoever, make Swing Loans to the
Borrower at any time or from time to time after the date hereof to, but not including, the
Expiration Date, in an aggregate principal amount up to but not in excess of $15,000,000.00,
provided that the aggregate principal amount of PNC Bank’s Swing Loans and the Revolving Credit
Loans of all the Lenders at any one time outstanding shall not exceed the Revolving Credit
Commitments of all the Lenders. Within such limits of time and amount and subject to the other
provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow Swing Loans pursuant to
this Section 2.1(c).
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2.2 Nature of the Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans. Each
Lender shall be obligated to participate in each request for Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to
Section 2.4(a) [Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests] in accordance with its
Ratable Share. If at any time the aggregate of any Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans outstanding
hereunder to the Borrower shall exceed its Revolving Credit Commitment minus its Ratable
Share of the Letter of Credit Obligations, the Borrower shall immediately repay such excess without
demand or prior notice. The obligations of each Lender hereunder are several. The failure of any
Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall not affect the Obligations of the Borrower to any
other party nor shall any other party be liable for the failure of such Lender to perform its
obligations hereunder. The Lenders shall have no obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans
hereunder on or after the Expiration Date.
2.3 Commitment Fees. Accruing from the date hereof until the Expiration Date, the
Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender according to its
Ratable Share, a nonrefundable commitment fee (the “Commitment Fee”) equal to the
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may
be, and actual days elapsed) times the average daily difference between the amount of
(a) the Revolving Credit Commitments, and (b) the Revolving Facility Usage (and for purposes of
this computation, Swing Loans shall be deemed to be borrowed amounts under PNC Bank’s Revolving
Credit Commitment). All Commitment Fees shall be payable in arrears on each Payment Date.
2.4 Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests.
(a) Revolving Credit Loan Requests.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Borrower may from time to time prior to the
Expiration Date request the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans, or renew or convert the
Interest Rate Option applicable to existing Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 3.2
[Interest Periods], by delivering to the Administrative Agent, not later than 10:00 a.m., (i) three
(3) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of Revolving
Credit Loans to which the LIBOR Rate Option applies or the conversion to or the renewal of the
LIBOR Rate Option for any Loans; and (ii) one (1) Business Day prior to either the proposed
Borrowing Date with respect to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan to which the Base Rate Option
applies or the last day of the preceding Interest Period with respect to the conversion to the Base
Rate Option for any Loan, of a duly completed request therefor substantially in the form of
Exhibit 2.4 or a request by telephone immediately confirmed in writing by letter, facsimile
or telex in such form (each, a “Loan Request”), it being understood that the Administrative
Agent may reasonably rely on the authority of any individual making such a telephonic request
without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation. Each Loan Request shall be
irrevocable and shall specify the aggregate amount of the proposed Loans comprising each Borrowing
Tranche, and, if applicable, the Interest Period, which amounts shall be in integral multiples of
$100,000.00 and not less than $1,000,000.00 for each Borrowing Tranche under the LIBOR Rate Option
and not less than the lesser of $500,000.00 or the maximum amount available for Borrowing Tranches
under the Base Rate Option. Each Loan Request shall be deemed a representation by the Borrower
that it has satisfied all of the conditions for the Loan so requested set forth in this Agreement.
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(b) Swing Loan Requests.
Except as otherwise provided herein, the Borrower may from time to time prior to the
Expiration Date request PNC Bank to make Swing Loans by delivery to PNC Bank not later than 10:00
o’clock a.m. Pittsburgh time on the proposed Borrowing Date of a duly completed request therefor
substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.4(b) hereto or a request by telephone immediately
confirmed in writing by letter, facsimile or telex (each, a “Swing Loan Request”), it being
understood that PNC Bank may rely on the authority of any individual making such a telephonic
request without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation. Each Swing Loan Request
shall be irrevocable and shall specify the proposed Borrowing Date and the principal amount of such
Swing Loan, which shall be not less than $200,000.00. Each Swing Loan Request shall be deemed a
representation by the Borrower that it has satisfied all of the conditions for the Swing Loan so
requested set forth in this Agreement.
2.5 Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Presumptions by the Administrative
Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans.
(a) Making Revolving Credit Loans. Promptly after receipt by the Administrative Agent
of a Loan Request pursuant to Section 2.4 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan
Requests], the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of its receipt of such Loan Request
specifying the information provided by the Borrower and the apportionment among the Lenders of the
requested Revolving Credit Loans as determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with
Section 2.2 [Nature of Lenders’ Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans]. Each
Lender shall remit the principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan to the Administrative Agent
such that the Administrative Agent is able to, and the Administrative Agent shall, to the extent
the Lenders have made funds available to it for such purpose and subject to Section 6.2
[Each Loan or Letter of Credit], fund such Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars
and immediately available funds at the Principal Office prior to 2:00 p.m., on the applicable
Borrowing Date; provided that if any Lender fails to remit such funds to the Administrative
Agent in a timely manner, the Administrative Agent may elect in its sole discretion to fund with
its own funds the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender on such Borrowing Date, and such Lender
shall be subject to the repayment obligation in Section 2.5(b) [Presumptions by the
Administrative Agent].
(b) Presumptions by the Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Revolving Credit Loan that
such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such
Revolving Credit Loan, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share
available on such date in accordance with Section 2.5(a) [Making Revolving Credit Loans]
and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.
In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Revolving Credit Loan
available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree
to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest
thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to
be made by such Lender, the greater of
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the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (ii) in the case of a payment
to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Revolving Credit Loans under the Base
Rate Option. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Revolving Credit Loan to the
Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan.
Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against
a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Making Swing Loans.
So long as PNC Bank elects to make Swing Loans, PNC Bank shall, after receipt by it of a Swing
Loan Request pursuant to Section 2.4(b) [Swing Loan Request], fund such Swing Loan to the
Borrower in U.S. Dollars and immediately available funds at the Principal Office prior to 3:00
o’clock p.m. Philadelphia time on the Borrowing Date.
(d) Repayment of Loans. The Borrower shall repay the Loans together with all
outstanding interest thereon on the Expiration Date. Except as set forth in the immediate
following sentence, the Borrower shall also repay the Loans together with all outstanding interest
thereon prior to any Loan Party making any principal payment on any Indebtedness for borrowed money
which is unsecured or is subordinated to the Obligations, whereupon the Commitments shall
terminate. Notwithstanding the immediately prior sentence the Loans shall not become due and
payable and the Commitments shall not terminate solely due to the payment of principal of the
Parent’s 3% Convertible Notes due 2025 solely as a result of the exercise of the repurchase option
by any holder of such Convertible Notes on June 1, 2010, provided that the Leverage Ratio
is 2.0 to 1.0 or less both before and after giving effect to such payment (a “Permitted
Repayment”).
(e) Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans.
PNC Bank may, at its option, exercisable at any time for any reason whatsoever, demand
repayment of the Swing Loans, and each Lender shall make a Revolving Credit Loan in an amount equal
to such Lender’s Ratable Share of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Swing Loans,
plus, if PNC Bank so requests, accrued interest thereon, provided that no Lender shall be
obligated in any event to make Revolving Credit Loans in excess of its Revolving Credit Commitment.
Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall bear interest at the Base
Rate Option and shall be deemed to have been properly requested in accordance with Section
2.4(a) [Revolving Credit Loan Requests] without regard to any of the requirements of that
provision. PNC Bank shall provide notice to the Lenders (which may be telephonic or written notice
by letter, facsimile or telex) that such Revolving Credit Loans are to be made under this
Section 2.5(e) and of the apportionment among the Lenders, and the Lenders shall be
unconditionally obligated to fund such Revolving Credit Loans (whether or not the conditions
specified in Section 6.2 [Each Loan or Letter of Credit] are then satisfied) by the time
PNC Bank so requests, which shall not be earlier than 2:00 p.m. Philadelphia time on the Business
Day next after the date the Lenders receive such notice from PNC.
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2.6 Notes. The Obligation of the Borrower to repay the aggregate unpaid principal
amount (a) of the Revolving Credit Loans made to it by each Lender, together with interest
thereon, shall be evidenced by a revolving credit Note dated the Closing Date payable to the
order of such Lender in a face amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender, and
(b) of the Swing Loans made to it by PNC Bank, together with interest thereon, shall be evidenced
by the Swing Loan Note, dated the Closing Date payable to the order of PNC Bank in the face amount
of $15,000,000.00.
2.7 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used for general corporate
purposes, including working capital financing, financing capital expenditures and financing
permitted acquisitions provided that except for a Permitted Repayment made when there
exists no Event of Default or Potential Default the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of the
Loans, directly or indirectly, to pay any Indebtedness for borrowed money of any Loan Party or any
of their Subsidiaries.
2.8 Letter of Credit Subfacility.
(a) Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Borrower may at any time prior to the
Expiration Date request the issuance of a letter of credit (each a “Letter of Credit”) on
behalf of itself or another Loan Party, or the amendment or extension of an existing Letter of
Credit, by delivering or having such other Loan Party deliver to the Issuing Lender (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent) a completed application and agreement for Letters of Credit, or request
for such amendment or extension, as applicable, in such form as the Issuing Lender may specify from
time to time by no later than 10:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days, or such shorter period as
may be agreed to by the Issuing Lender, in advance of the proposed date of issuance. Promptly
after receipt of any Letter of Credit application, the Issuing Lender shall confirm with the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy
of such Letter of Credit application and if not, such Issuing Lender will provide Administrative
Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the Issuing Lender has received notice from any Lender,
Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one day prior to the requested date of issuance,
amendment or extension of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions
in Section 6 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit] is not satisfied,
then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in reliance on the agreements of the other
Lenders set forth in this Section 2.8, the Issuing Lender or any of the Issuing Lender’s
Affiliates will issue a Letter of Credit or agree to such amendment
or extension, provided that
each Letter of Credit shall (i) have a maximum maturity of (A) twelve (12) months from the date of
issuance for standby Letters of Credit (but subject to clause (ii), any standby Letter of Credit
may provide for annual renewals which may be automatic unless the Issuing Lender notifies the
beneficiary that such Letter of Credit will not be renewed), or (B) one hundred eighty (180) days
for trade, documentary or commercial Letters of Credit and (ii) in no event expire later than five
(5) Business Days prior to the Expiration Date and
provided further that in no event shall (1) the
Letter of Credit Obligations exceed, at any one time, $20,000,000.00 (the “Letter of Credit
Sublimit”) or (2) the Revolving Facility Usage exceed, at any time, the Revolving Credit
Commitments. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of
Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that it is in compliance with the
preceding sentence and with Section 6 [Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of
Credit] after giving effect to the requested issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of
Credit. The Revolving Credit Commitments shall be available for the issuance of stand-by,
documentary and commercial letters of credit.
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(b) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for
the ratable account of the Lenders a fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) computed at the
Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate, and (ii) to the Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting
fee computed at 0.125% per annum (in each case computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and
actual days elapsed), which fees shall be computed on the daily average Letter of Credit
Obligations and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Payment Date following issuance of
each Letter of Credit. The Borrower shall also pay to the Issuing Lender for the Issuing Lender’s
sole account the Issuing Lender’s then in effect customary fees and administrative expenses payable
with respect to the Letters of Credit as the Issuing Lender may generally charge or incur from time
to time in connection with the issuance, maintenance, amendment (if any), assignment or transfer
(if any), negotiation, and administration of letters of credit.
(c) Disbursements, Reimbursement. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of
Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to,
purchase from the Issuing Lender a participation in such Letter of Credit and each drawing
thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s Ratable Share of the maximum amount available to be
drawn under such Letter of Credit and the amount of such drawing, respectively.
(i) In the event of any request for a drawing under a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary or
transferee thereof, the Issuing Lender will promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent thereof. Provided that it shall have received such notice, the Borrower shall reimburse
(such obligation to reimburse the Issuing Lender shall sometimes be referred to as a
“Reimbursement Obligation”) the Issuing Lender prior to 12:00 noon, Philadelphia time on
each date that an amount is paid by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit (each such date,
a “Drawing Date”) by paying to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender an amount equal to the amount so paid by the Issuing Lender. In the event the Borrower
fails to reimburse the Issuing Lender (through the Administrative Agent) for the full amount of any
drawing under any Letter of Credit by 12:00 noon, Philadelphia time, on the Drawing Date, the
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender thereof, and the Borrower shall be deemed to
have requested that Revolving Credit Loans be made by the Lenders under the Base Rate Option to be
disbursed on the Drawing Date under such Letter of Credit, subject to the amount of the unutilized
portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment and subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 6.2 [Each Loan or Letter of Credit] other than any notice requirements. Any notice
given by the Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.8(c)(i) may
be oral if immediately confirmed in writing; provided
that the lack of such an immediate
confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to subsection (i) make available to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender an amount in immediately available funds
equal to its Ratable Share of the amount of the drawing, whereupon the participating Lenders shall
each be deemed to have made a Revolving Credit Loan under the Base Rate Option to the Borrower in
that amount. If any Lender so notified fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Issuing Lender the amount of such Lender’s Ratable Share of such amount by no later
than 2:00 p.m., Philadelphia time on the Drawing Date, then interest shall accrue on such Lender’s
obligation to make such payment, from the Drawing Date to the date on which such Lender makes such
payment (A) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate during the first three
(3) days following the Drawing Date, and (B) at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to Loans under the Base
Rate Option on and after the fourth day following the Drawing Date. The Administrative Agent and
the Issuing Lender will promptly give notice (as described in subsection (i) above) of the
occurrence of the Drawing Date, but failure of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender to
give any such notice on the Drawing Date or in sufficient time to enable any Lender to effect such
payment on such date shall not relieve such Lender from its obligation under this subsection (ii).
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(iii) With respect to any unreimbursed drawing that is not converted into Revolving Credit
Loans under the Base Rate Option to the Borrower in whole or in part as contemplated by
subsection (i), because of the Borrower’s failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in
Section 6.2 [Each Loan or Letter of Credit] other than any notice requirements, or for any
other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the Issuing Lender a borrowing
(each a “Letter of Credit Borrowing”) in the amount of such drawing. Such Letter of Credit
Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at
the rate per annum applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option. Each
Lender shall make payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender as set
forth in subsection (ii) and such payment shall be deemed to be a payment in respect of its
participation in such Letter of Credit Borrowing (each a “Participation Advance”) from such
Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.8(c).
(d) Repayment of Participation Advances.
(i) Upon (and only upon) receipt by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender of immediately available funds from the Borrower (A) in reimbursement of any payment made by
the Issuing Lender under the Letter of Credit with respect to which any Lender has made a
Participation Advance to the Administrative Agent, or (B) in payment of interest on such a payment
made by the Issuing Lender under such a Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the
Issuing Lender will pay to each Lender, in the same funds as those received by the Administrative
Agent, the amount of such Lender’s Ratable Share of such funds, except the Administrative Agent
shall retain for the account of the Issuing Lender the amount of the Ratable Share of such funds of
any Lender that did not make a Participation Advance in respect of such payment by the Issuing
Lender.
(ii) If the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender is required at any time to return to
any Loan Party, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or any official in any Insolvency
Proceeding, any portion of any payment made by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.8 in reimbursement of a payment
made under the Letter of Credit or interest or fee thereon, each Lender shall, on demand of the
Administrative Agent, forthwith return to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing
Lender the amount of its Ratable Share of any amounts so returned by the Administrative Agent plus
interest thereon from the date such demand is made to the date such amounts are returned by such
Lender to the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate
in effect from time to time.
(e) Documentation. Each Loan Party agrees to be bound by the terms of the Issuing
Lender’s application and agreement for letters of credit and the Issuing Lender’s written
regulations and customary practices relating to letters of credit, though such interpretation may
be different from such Loan Party’s own. In the event of a conflict between such application
or agreement and this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern. It is understood and agreed that,
except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Issuing Lender shall not be
liable for any error, negligence and/or mistakes, whether of omission or commission, in following
any Loan Party’s instructions or those contained in the Letters of Credit or any modifications,
amendments or supplements thereto.
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(f) Determinations to Honor Drawing Requests. In determining whether to honor any
request for drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, the Issuing Lender shall
be responsible only to determine that the documents and certificates required to be delivered under
such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they comply on their face with the requirements
of such Letter of Credit.
(g) Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations. Each Lender’s obligation
in accordance with this Agreement to make the Revolving Credit Loans or Participation Advances, as
contemplated by Section 2.8(c) [Disbursements, Reimbursement], as a result of a drawing
under a Letter of Credit, and the Obligations of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender upon
a draw under a Letter of Credit, shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be
performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.8 under all
circumstances, including the following circumstances:
(i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have
against the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates, the Borrower or any other Person for any
reason whatsoever, or which any Loan Party may have against the Issuing Lender or any of its
Affiliates, any Lender or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(ii) the failure of any Loan Party or any other Person to comply, in connection with a Letter
of Credit Borrowing, with the conditions set forth in Section 2.1 [Revolving Credit
Commitments], Section 2.4 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests],
Section 2.5 [Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Presumptions by the
Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans] or
Section 6.2 [Each Loan and Letter of Credit] or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement
for the making of a Revolving Credit Loan, it being acknowledged that such conditions are not
required for the making of a Letter of Credit Borrowing and the obligation of the Lenders to make
Participation Advances under Section 2.8(c) [Disbursements, Reimbursement];
(iii) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit;
(iv) any claim of breach of warranty that might be made by any Loan Party or any Lender
against any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit, or the existence of any claim, set-off, recoupment,
counterclaim, crossclaim, defense or other right which any Loan Party or any Lender may have at any
time against a beneficiary, successor beneficiary any transferee or assignee of any Letter of
Credit or the proceeds thereof (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), the
Issuing Lender or its Affiliates or any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or any
unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between any Loan Party or
Subsidiaries of a Loan Party and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured);
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(v) the lack of power or authority of any signer of (or any defect in or forgery of any
signature or endorsement on) or the form of or lack of validity, sufficiency, accuracy,
enforceability or genuineness of any draft, demand, instrument, certificate or other document
presented under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, or any fraud or alleged fraud in
connection with any Letter of Credit, or the transport of any property or provision of services
relating to a Letter of Credit, in each case even if the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates
has been notified thereof;
(vi) payment by the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates under any Letter of Credit against
presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document which does not comply with the
terms of such Letter of Credit;
(vii) the solvency of, or any acts or omissions by, any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit,
or any other Person having a role in any transaction or obligation relating to a Letter of Credit,
or the existence, nature, quality, quantity, condition, value or other characteristic of any
property or services relating to a Letter of Credit;
(viii) any failure by the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates to issue any Letter of
Credit in the form requested by any Loan Party, unless the Issuing Lender has received written
notice from such Loan Party of such failure within three (3) Business Days after the Issuing Lender
shall have furnished such Loan Party and the Administrative Agent a copy of such Letter of Credit
and such error is material and no drawing has been made thereon prior to receipt of such notice;
(ix) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial
or otherwise) or prospects of any Loan Party or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party;
(x) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any party thereto;
(xi) the occurrence or continuance of an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Loan Party;
(xii) the fact that an Event of Default or a Potential Default shall have occurred and be
continuing;
(xiii) the fact that the Expiration Date shall have passed or this Agreement or the
Commitments hereunder shall have been terminated; and
(xiv) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing.
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(h) Indemnity. The Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save
harmless the Issuing Lender and any of its Affiliates that has issued a Letter of Credit from
and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, taxes, penalties, interest,
judgments, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and
disbursements of counsel) which the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates may incur or be subject
to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of the issuance of any Letter of Credit, other than as a
result of (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender as determined by a
final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (ii) the wrongful dishonor by
the Issuing Lender or any of Issuing Lender’s Affiliates of a proper demand for payment made under
any Letter of Credit, except if such dishonor resulted from any act or omission, whether rightful
or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or governmental authority or a
material breach of Issuing Lender’s obligations hereunder with respect thereto.
(i) Liability for Acts and Omissions. As between any Loan Party and the Issuing
Lender, or the Issuing Lender’s Affiliates, such Loan Party assumes all risks of the acts and
omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters
of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuing Lender shall not be
responsible for any of the following, including any losses or damages to any Loan Party or other
Person or property relating therefrom: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness
or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for an
issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects
invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged (even if the Issuing Lender or its
Affiliates shall have been notified thereof); (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the
rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be
invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) the failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of
Credit, or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred, to comply fully with
any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit or any other claim of any Loan
Party against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, or any such transferee, or any dispute
between or among any Loan Party and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any such transferee;
(iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by
mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in
interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any
document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds
thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds
of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond
the control of the Issuing Lender or the its Affiliates, as applicable, including any act or
omission of any governmental authority, and none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent
the vesting of, any of the Issuing Lender’s or its Affiliates rights or powers hereunder. Nothing
in the preceding sentence shall relieve the Issuing Lender from liability for the Issuing Lender’s
gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with actions or omissions described in such
clauses (i) through (viii) of such sentence. In no event shall the Issuing Lender or its
Affiliates be liable to any Loan Party for any indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive,
exemplary or special damages or expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees), or for any
damages resulting from any change in the value of any property relating to a Letter of Credit.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Issuing Lender and each of its
Affiliates (A) may rely on any oral or other communication believed in good faith by the Issuing
Lender or such Affiliate to have been authorized or given by or on behalf of the applicant for a
Letter of Credit, (B) may honor any presentation if the documents presented appear on their face
substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant Letter of Credit; (C) may
honor a previously dishonored presentation under a Letter of Credit, whether such dishonor was
pursuant to a court order, to settle or compromise any claim of wrongful dishonor, or otherwise,
and shall be entitled to reimbursement to the same extent as if such presentation had initially
been honored, together with any interest paid by the Issuing Lender or its Affiliate; (D) may honor
any drawing that is payable upon presentation of a statement advising negotiation or payment, upon
receipt of such statement (even if such statement indicates that a draft or other document is being
delivered separately), and shall not be liable for any failure of any such draft or other document
to arrive, or to conform in any way with the relevant Letter of Credit; (E) may pay any paying or
negotiating bank claiming that it rightfully honored under the laws or practices of the place where
such bank is located; and (F) may settle or adjust any claim or demand made on the Issuing Lender
or its Affiliate in any way related to any order issued at the applicant’s request to an air
carrier, a letter of guarantee or of indemnity issued to a carrier or any similar document (each an
“Order”) and honor any drawing in connection with any Letter of Credit that is the subject
of such Order, notwithstanding that any drafts or other documents presented in connection with such
Letter of Credit fail to conform in any way with such Letter of Credit.
In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions set forth above,
any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates under or in connection with the
Letters of Credit issued by it or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or
omitted in good faith, shall not put the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates under any resulting
liability to the Borrower or any Lender.
(j) Issuing Lender Reporting Requirements. The Issuing Lender shall, on the first
business day of each month, provide to Administrative Agent and the Borrower a schedule of the
Letters of Credit issued by it, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, showing
the date of issuance of each Letter of Credit, the account party, the original face amount (if
any), and the expiration date of any Letter of Credit outstanding at any time during the preceding
month, and any other information relating to such Letter of Credit that the Administrative Agent
may request.
3.1
Interest Rate Options. The Borrower shall pay interest in respect of the
outstanding unpaid principal amount of the Loans as selected by it from the Base Rate Option or
LIBOR Rate Option set forth below applicable to the Loans, it being understood that, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may select different Interest Rate Options and different
Interest Periods to apply simultaneously to the Loans comprising different Borrowing Tranches and
may convert to or renew one or more Interest Rate Options with respect to all or any portion of the
Loans comprising any Borrowing Tranche;
provided that there shall not be at any one time
outstanding more than six (6) Borrowing Tranches in the aggregate among all of the Loans and
provided further that if an Event of Default or Potential Default exists and is continuing,
the Borrower may not request, convert to, or renew the LIBOR Rate Option for any
Loans and the Required Lenders may demand that all existing Borrowing Tranches bearing
interest under the LIBOR Rate Option shall be converted immediately to the Base Rate Option,
subject to the obligation of the Borrower to pay any indemnity under
Section 4.10
[Indemnity] in connection with such conversion. If at any time the designated rate applicable to
any Loan made by any Lender exceeds such Lender’s highest lawful rate, the rate of interest on such
Lender’s Loan shall be limited to such Lender’s highest lawful rate.
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3.2
Interest Periods. At any time when the Borrower shall select, convert to or renew
a LIBOR Rate Option, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof at least three (3)
Business Days prior to the effective date of such LIBOR Rate Option by delivering a Loan Request.
The notice shall specify an Interest Period during which such Interest Rate Option shall apply.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the following provisions shall apply to any selection of,
renewal of, or conversion to a LIBOR Rate Option:
3.3
Interest After Default. To the extent permitted by Law, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default and until such time such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived:
(a)
Letter of Credit Fees, Interest Rate. The Letter of Credit Fees and the rate of
interest for each Loan otherwise applicable pursuant to
Section 2.8(b) [Letter of Credit
Fees]
or
Section 3.1 [Interest Rate Options], respectively, shall be increased by 2.0% per
annum at the direction of Required Lenders;
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(i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining such LIBOR Rate, or
(ii) a contingency has occurred which materially and adversely affects the London interbank
eurodollar market relating to the LIBOR Rate, the Administrative Agent shall have the rights
specified in Section 3.4(c) [Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights].
(i) the making, maintenance or funding of any Loan to which a LIBOR Rate Option applies has
been made impracticable or unlawful by compliance by such Lender in good faith with any Law or any
interpretation or application thereof by any Official Body or with any request or directive of any
such Official Body (whether or not having the force of Law), or
(ii) such LIBOR Rate Option will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lender of
the establishment or maintenance of any such Loan, or
(iii) after making all reasonable efforts, deposits of the relevant amount in Dollars for the
relevant Interest Period for a Loan, or to banks generally, to which a LIBOR Rate Option applies,
respectively, are not available to such Lender with respect to such Loan, or to banks generally, in
the interbank eurodollar market,
then the Administrative Agent shall have the rights specified in Section 3.4(c)
[Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights].
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(c) Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights. In the case of any event specified in
Section 3.4(a) [Unascertainable] above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify
the Lenders and the Borrower thereof, and in the case of an event specified in Section
3.4(b) [Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available] above, such Lender shall
promptly so notify the Administrative Agent and endorse a certificate to such notice as to the
specific circumstances of such notice, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly send copies of
such notice and certificate to the other Lenders and the Borrower. Upon such date as shall be
specified in such notice (which shall not be earlier than the date such notice is given), the
obligation of (i) the Lenders, in the case of such notice given by the Administrative Agent, or
(ii) such Lender, in the case of such notice given by such Lender, to allow the Borrower to select,
convert to or renew a LIBOR Rate Option shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall
have later notified the Borrower, or such Lender shall have later notified the Administrative
Agent, of the Administrative Agent’s or such Lender’s, as the case may be, determination that the
circumstances giving rise to such previous determination no longer exist. If at any time the
Administrative Agent makes a determination under Section 3.4(a) [Unascertainable] and the
Borrower has previously notified the Administrative Agent of its selection of, conversion to or
renewal of a LIBOR Rate Option and such Interest Rate Option has not yet gone into effect, such
notification shall be deemed to provide for selection of, conversion to or renewal of the Base Rate
Option otherwise available with respect to such Loans. If any Lender notifies the Administrative
Agent of a determination under Section 3.4(b) [Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not
Available], the Borrower shall, subject to the Borrower’s indemnification Obligations under
Section 4.10 [Indemnity], as to any Loan of the Lender to which a LIBOR Rate Option
applies, on the date specified in such notice either convert such Loan to the Base Rate Option
otherwise available with respect to such Loan or prepay such Loan in accordance with
Section 4.6 [Voluntary Prepayments]. Absent due notice from the Borrower of conversion or
prepayment, such Loan shall automatically be converted to the Base Rate Option otherwise available
with respect to such Loan upon such specified date.
3.5
Selection of Interest Rate Options. If the Borrower fails to select a new
Interest Period to apply to any Borrowing Tranche of Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option at the
expiration of an existing Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing Tranche in accordance with
the provisions of
Section 3.2 [Interest Periods], the Borrower shall be deemed to have
converted such Borrowing Tranche to the Base Rate Option commencing upon the last day of the
existing Interest Period.
4.1
Payments. All payments and prepayments to be made in respect of principal,
interest, Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit Fees, Administrative Agent’s Fee or other fees or
amounts due from the Borrower hereunder shall be payable prior to 11:00 a.m. on the date when due
without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower, and without set-off, counterclaim or other deduction of any nature, and an
action therefor shall immediately accrue. Such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent
at the Principal Office for the account of PNC Bank with respect to the Swing Loans, for the
accounts of the Issuing Bank and/or the ratable accounts of the Lenders (as provided in
Section
2.8 [Letter of Credit Subfacility] with respect to payments respecting Letter of Credit
Obligations and fees payable under such Section, for the ratable accounts of the Lenders with
respect to the Revolving Credit Loans and for the account of the Administrative Agent with respect
to the Administrative Agent’s Fee in U.S. Dollars and in immediately available funds, and the
Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute any such amounts
payable to the Lenders in immediately available funds;
provided that in the event
payments are received by 11:00 a.m. by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Loans and such
payments are not distributed to the Lenders on the same day received by the Administrative Agent,
the Administrative Agent shall pay the Lenders the Federal Funds Effective Rate with respect to the
amount of such payments for each day held by the Administrative Agent and not distributed to the
Lenders. The Administrative Agent’s and each Lender’s statement of account, ledger or other
relevant record shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive as the statement of the
amount of principal of and interest on the Loans and other amounts owing under this Agreement and
shall be deemed an “account stated.”
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4.2
Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders. Each borrowing shall be allocated to each Lender
according to its Ratable Share, and each selection of, conversion to or renewal of any Interest
Rate Option and each payment or prepayment by the Borrower with respect to principal, interest,
Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit Fees, or other fees (except for the Administrative Agent’s Fee
and fronting or administrative fees charged by the Issuing Lender) or amounts due from the Borrower
hereunder to the Lenders with respect to the Loans, shall (except as provided in
Section 3.4(c) [Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights],
Section 4.6(b)
[Replacement of a Lender] or
Section 4.8 [Increased Costs]) be made in proportion to the
applicable Loans outstanding from each Lender and, if no such Loans are then outstanding, in
proportion to the Ratable Share of each Lender. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, each
borrowing or payment or prepayment by the Borrower of principal, interest, fees or other amounts
from the Borrower with respect to Swing Loans shall be made by or to PNC Bank according to
Section 2.5 [Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Presumption by the
Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowing to Repay Swing Loans].
4.3
Sharing of Payments by Lenders. If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of
setoff, counterclaim or banker’s lien, by receipt of voluntary payment, by realization upon
security, or by any other non-pro rata source, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or
interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender’s receiving
payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other
such obligations greater than its Ratable Share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender
receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and
(b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the 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 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, together with interest or other amounts, if any, required by Law
(including court order) to be paid by the Lender or the holder making such purchase; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section 4.3 shall not be construed to apply to (A) any
payment made by the Loan Parties pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of the Loan
Documents or (B) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the
assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or Participation Advances to any
assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the
provisions of this Section 4.3 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 Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements
may exercise against each Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Loan Party in the amount of
such participation.
4.4
Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have
received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender hereunder that the
Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made
such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption,
distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount due. In such
event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing
Lender, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing 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 the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate
determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank
compensation.
4.5
Interest Payment Dates. Interest on Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies
shall be due and payable in arrears on each Payment Date. Interest on Loans to which the LIBOR
Rate Option applies shall be due and payable on the last day of each Interest Period for those
Loans and, if such Interest Period is longer than three (3) Months, also on the 90th day of such
Interest Period. Interest on mandatory prepayments of principal under
Section 4.7
[Mandatory Prepayments] shall be due on the date such mandatory prepayment is due. Interest on the
principal amount of each Loan or other monetary Obligation shall be due and payable on demand after
such principal amount or other monetary Obligation becomes due and payable (whether on the stated
Expiration Date, upon acceleration or otherwise).
(i) the date, which shall be a Business Day, on which the proposed prepayment
is to be made;
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(ii) a statement indicating the application of the prepayment between the
Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; and
(iii) the total principal amount of such prepayment, which shall not be less
than $100,000.00 for any Swing Loan or $250,000.00 for any Revolving Credit Loan.
All prepayment notices shall be irrevocable. The principal amount of the Loans for which a
prepayment notice is given, together with interest on such principal amount except with respect to
Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies, shall be due and payable on the date specified in such
prepayment notice as the date on which the proposed prepayment is to be made. Except as provided
in Section 3.4(c) [Administrative Agent’s and Lender’s Rights], if the Borrower prepays a
Loan but fails to specify the applicable Borrowing Tranche which the Borrower is prepaying, the
prepayment shall be applied first to Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies, then to Loans to
which the LIBOR Rate Option applies. Any prepayment hereunder shall be subject to the Borrower’s
Obligation to indemnify the Lenders under Section 4.10 [Indemnity].
(b) Replacement of a Lender. In the event any Lender (i) gives notice under
Section 3.4 [LIBOR Rate Unascertainable, Etc.], (ii) requests compensation under
Section 4.8 [Increased Costs], or requires the Borrower to pay any additional amount to any
Lender or any Official Body for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.9 [Taxes],
(iii) is a Non-Complying Lender, (iv) becomes subject to the control of an Official Body (other
than normal and customary supervision), or (v) is a Non-Consenting Lender referred to in
Section 10.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers] then in any such event the Borrower
may, at its sole expense, upon notice to such Lender and the 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 10.8 [Successors and Assigns]), all of its
interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an
assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender
accepts such assignment), provided that:
(A) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in
Section 10.8 [Successors and Assigns];
(B) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of
its Loans and Participation Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts
payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section
4.10 [Indemnity]) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued
interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(C) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 4.8(a) [Increased Costs Generally] or payments required to be made pursuant to
Section 4.9 [Taxes], such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or
payments thereafter; and
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(D) such assignment does not conflict with applicable 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 the Borrower to require
such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
(c) Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments. The Borrower may, upon
notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments, or from time to
time permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice
shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. five (5) Business Days
prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an
aggregate amount of $10,000,000.00 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000.00 in excess thereof , (iii)
the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments if, after giving effect
thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Revolving Facility Usage would exceed the
Revolving Credit Commitments, and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Revolving
Credit Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Commitment exceeds the amount
of the Revolving Credit Commitments, each shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such
excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of
termination or reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The amount of any such Revolving
Credit Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the Swing Line pro rata or the Letter of Credit
Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Borrower or required by clause (iv). Any reduction of
the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Lender
pro rata. All fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
(b) Material Recovery Event. Within five (5) Business Days following any receipt by a
Loan Party of property or casualty insurance proceeds or condemnation award proceeds, (when added
to other such proceeds received during the same fiscal year), equal or exceed Two Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00), if the recovered proceeds are not intended by such Loan
Party to be used within 365 days for the repair, replacement or restoration of damaged property (or
on such 365th day if the Borrower intended to use such proceeds for such repair, replacement or
restoration but fails to do so within such 365-day period), the Borrower shall make a mandatory
prepayment of principal (and simultaneous reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments) equal to such
proceeds not intended to be so used, or not so used (as the case may be), together with accrued
interest on such principal amount.
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(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 LIBOR
Rate) or the Issuing Lender;
(ii) subject any Lender or the Issuing Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect
to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Loan under
the LIBOR Rate Option made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the
Issuing Lender in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by
Section 4.9 [Taxes] and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax
payable by such Lender or the Issuing Lender); or
(iii) impose on any Lender, the Issuing Lender or the London interbank market any other
condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Loan under the LIBOR Rate Option made by
such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Loan under the LIBOR Rate Option (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such
Loan), or to increase the cost to such Lender or the Issuing Lender of participating in, issuing or
maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to
issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such
Lender or the Issuing Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then,
upon request of such Lender or the Issuing Lender, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the
Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction
suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the Issuing Lender determines that any
Change in Law affecting such Lender or the Issuing Lender or any lending office of such Lender or
such Lender’s or the Issuing 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 or the Issuing Lender’s
capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s holding company, if any, as a
consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or
participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the
Issuing Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or
the Issuing Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into
consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or
the Issuing Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the
Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount
or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lender’s or the Issuing
Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
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(c) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Lender, within ten (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 the Administrative
Agent, such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, 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 Official Body.
A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender
or the Issuing Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on
its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is resident
for tax purposes in the United States of America, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower
and the 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 the Borrower or the 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 IRS 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 IRS 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, (A) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign Lender
is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent
shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (3) a
“controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (B) duly
completed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN, or
(iv) any other form prescribed by applicable 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 Law to permit the Borrower to determine the
withholding or deduction required to be made.
4.10
Indemnity. In addition to the compensation or payments required by
Section 4.8 [Increased Costs] or
Section 4.9 [Taxes], the Borrower shall indemnify
each Lender against all liabilities, losses or expenses (including loss of margin, any loss or
expense incurred in liquidating or employing deposits from third parties and any loss or expense
incurred in connection with funds acquired by a Lender to fund or maintain Loans subject to a LIBOR
Rate Option) which such Lender sustains or incurs as a consequence of any
(a) payment, prepayment, conversion or renewal of any Loan to which a LIBOR Rate Option
applies on a day other than the last day of the corresponding Interest Period (whether or not such
payment or prepayment is mandatory, voluntary or automatic and whether or not such payment or
prepayment is then due),
(b) attempt by the Borrower to revoke (expressly, by later inconsistent notices or otherwise)
in whole or part any Loan Requests under Section 2.4 [Revolving Credit Loan Requests] or
Section 3.2 [Interest Periods] or notice relating to prepayments under Section 4.6
[Voluntary Prepayments], or
(c) default by the Borrower in the performance or observance of any covenant or condition
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including any failure of
the Borrower to pay when due (by acceleration or otherwise) any principal, interest,
Commitment Fee or any other amount due hereunder.
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If any Lender sustains or incurs any such loss or expense, it shall from time to time notify
the Borrower in writing of the amount determined in good faith by such Lender (which determination
may include such assumptions, allocations of costs and expenses and averaging or attribution
methods as such Lender shall deem reasonable) to be necessary to indemnify such Lender for such
loss or expense. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for such
determination. Such amount shall be due and payable by the Borrower to such Lender ten (10)
Business Days after such notice is given.
In order to minimize the transfer of funds between the Lenders and the Agent, the Borrower may
borrow, repay and reborrow Swing Loans and PNC Bank may make Swing Loans as provided in Section
2.1(c) [Swing Loan Commitment] hereof during the period between Settlement Dates. Not later
than 11:00 a.m. on each Settlement Date, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of its
Ratable Share of the total of the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swing Loans (each a “Required
Share”). Prior to 2:00 p.m., Philadelphia time, on such Settlement Date, each Lender shall pay
to the Administrative Agent the amount equal to the difference between its Required Share and its
Revolving Credit Loans, and the Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender its Ratable Share of
all payments made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent with respect to the Revolving Credit
Loans. The Administrative Agent shall also effect settlement in accordance with the foregoing
sentence on the proposed Borrowing Dates for Revolving Credit Loans and may at its option effect
settlement on any other Business Day. These settlement procedures are established solely as a
matter of administrative convenience, and nothing contained in this Section 4.11 shall
relieve the Lenders of their obligations to fund Revolving Credit Loans on dates other than a
Settlement Date pursuant to Section 2.5 [Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans;
Presumptions by the Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowing to Repay
Swing Loans]. The Administrative Agent may at any time at its option for any reason whatsoever
require each Lender to pay immediately to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Ratable Share of
the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and each Lender may at any time require the Administrative
Agent to pay immediately to such Lender its Ratable Share of all payments made by the borrower to
the Administrative Agent with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans.
4.12
Interbank Market Presumption. For all purposes of this Agreement and each Note
with respect to any aspects of the LIBOR Rate, or any Loan under the LIBOR Rate Option, each Lender
and the Administrative Agent shall be presumed to have obtained rates, funding, currencies,
deposits, and the like in the London interbank market regardless whether it did so or not; and,
each Lender’s and the Administrative Agent’s determination of amounts payable under, and actions
required or authorized by,
Section 4.10 [Indemnity] shall be calculated, at each Lender’s
and the Administrative Agent’s option, as though each Lender and the Administrative Agent funded
each Borrowing Tranche of Loans under the LIBOR Rate Option through the purchase of deposits of the
types and maturities corresponding to the deposits used as a reference in accordance with the terms
hereof in determining the LIBOR Rate applicable to such Loans, whether in fact that is the case.
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5.1
Representations and Warranties. The Loan Parties, jointly and severally,
represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders as follows:
(a) Organization and Qualification; Power and Authority; Compliance With Laws; Title to
Properties; Event of Default. Each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of each Loan Party (i) is a
corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has the lawful power to own or
lease its properties and to engage in the business it presently conducts or proposes to conduct,
(iii) is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction listed on
Schedule 5.1(a) and in all other jurisdictions where the property owned or leased by it or
the nature of the business transacted by it or both makes such licensing or qualification necessary
except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change, (iv) has full power to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, to incur the Indebtedness
contemplated by the Loan Documents and to perform its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which
it is a party, and all such actions have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on its
part, (v) is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws (other than
Environmental Laws which are specifically addressed in Section 5.1(n) [Environmental
Matters]) in all jurisdictions in which any Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party is presently
or will be doing business except where the failure to do so would not constitute a Material Adverse
Change, and (vi) has good and marketable title to or valid leasehold interest in all properties,
assets and other rights which it purports to own or lease or which are reflected as owned or leased
on its books and records, free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances except Permitted Liens. No
Event of Default or Potential Default exists or is continuing.
(b) Subsidiaries and Owners; Investment Companies. Schedule 5.1(b) states (i)
the name of each of the Parent’s Subsidiaries, its jurisdiction of organization and the amount,
percentage and type of equity interests in such Subsidiary (the “Subsidiary Equity
Interests”), (ii) the amount, percentage and type of each equity interest in the Borrower (the
“Borrower Equity Interests”), all of which is owned by the Parent, (iii) the name of each
other Loan Party, its jurisdiction of organization, and whether such Loan Party is a public
company, and, if not, the owners and ownership percentages of the equity of such Loan Party and
(iv) any options, warrants or other rights outstanding to purchase any such equity interests
referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) (collectively the “Equity Interests”). The Loan
Parties have good and marketable title to all of the Equity Interests they purport to own, free and
clear in each case of any Lien and all such Equity Interests been validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. None of the Loan Parties or Subsidiaries of any Loan Party is an “investment
company” registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under
the “control” of an “investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of
1940 and shall not become such an “investment company” or under such “control.”
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(d) No Conflict; Material Agreements; Consents. Neither the execution and delivery of
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents by any Loan Party nor the consummation of the
transactions herein or therein contemplated or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or
thereof by any of them will conflict with, constitute a default under or result in any breach of
(i) the terms and conditions of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited
partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement
or other organizational documents of any Loan Party or (ii) any Law or any material agreement or
instrument or order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree to which any Loan Party or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its Subsidiaries is bound or to which it is
subject, or result in the creation or enforcement of any Lien, charge or encumbrance whatsoever
upon any property (now or hereafter acquired) of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than Liens granted under the Loan Documents). There is no default under such material agreement
(referred to above) and none of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries is bound by any contractual
obligation, or subject to any restriction in any organization document, or any requirement of Law
which could result in a Material Adverse Change. No consent, approval, exemption, order or
authorization of, or a registration or filing with, any Official Body or any other Person is
required by any Law or any agreement in connection with the execution, delivery and carrying out of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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(h) Full Disclosure. Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document, nor any
written certificate, statement, agreement or other documents furnished to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender in connection herewith or therewith, contains any untrue statement of a material fact
or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. There is no
fact known to any Loan Party which materially adversely affects the business, property, assets,
financial condition, results of operations or prospects of any Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan
Party which has not been set forth in this Agreement or in the certificates, statements, agreements
or other documents furnished in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to or at
the date hereof in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(i) Taxes. All federal, state, and material local and other tax returns required to
have been filed with respect to each Loan Party and each Subsidiary of each Loan Party have been
filed, and payment or adequate provision has been made for the payment of all taxes, fees,
assessments and other governmental charges which have or may become due pursuant to said returns or
to assessments received, except to the extent that such taxes, fees, assessments and other charges
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which
such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been
made.
(j) Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licenses, Etc. Each Loan Party and each
Subsidiary of each Loan Party owns or possesses all the material patents, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, registrations, franchises, permits and rights necessary
to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as presently conducted and planned
to be conducted by such Loan Party or Subsidiary, without, to the best of the knowledge of the Loan
Parties, conflict with the rights of others which could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Change.
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(m) ERISA Compliance. Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is
intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter
from the IRS or is the subject of a favorable opinion letter or an application for such a letter
from the IRS is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto and, to the best
knowledge of the Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such
qualification. The Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each
Plan subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of
any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has been made with respect to any Plan.
No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; no Pension Plan has any unfunded
pension liability (i.e. excess of benefit liabilities over the current value of that Pension Plan’s
assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan for the
applicable plan year); neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably
expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other
than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); neither the Borrower nor any
ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has
occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such
liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and neither
the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections
4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
5.2
Updates to Schedules. Should any of the information or disclosures provided on
any of the Schedules attached hereto become outdated or incorrect in any material respect, the
Borrower shall promptly provide the Administrative Agent in writing with such revisions or updates
to such Schedule as may be necessary or appropriate to update or correct same;
provided,
however, that no Schedule shall be deemed to have been amended, modified or superseded by
any such correction or update, nor shall any breach of warranty or representation resulting from
the inaccuracy or incompleteness of any such Schedule be deemed to have been cured thereby, unless
and until the Required Lenders, in their sole and absolute discretion acting in good faith, shall
have accepted in writing such revisions or updates to such Schedule.
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The obligation of each Lender to make Loans and of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder is subject to the performance by each of the Loan Parties of its Obligations to be
performed hereunder at or prior to the making of any such Loans or issuance of such Letters of
Credit and to the satisfaction of the following further conditions:
(i) A certificate of each of the Loan Parties signed by an Authorized Officer, dated the
Closing Date stating that the Loan Parties are in compliance with each of its representations,
warranties, covenants and conditions hereunder and no Event of Default or Potential Default exists
and no Material Adverse Change has occurred since the date of the last audited financial statements
of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) A certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of each of the Loan Parties, certifying as appropriate as to: (A) all action taken by
each Loan Party in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (B) the names of
the Authorized Officers authorized to sign the Loan Documents and their true signatures; and (C)
copies of its organizational documents as in effect on the Closing Date certified by the
appropriate state official where such documents are filed in a state office together with
certificates from the appropriate state officials as to the continued existence and good standing
of each Loan Party in each state where organized or qualified to do business.
(iii) This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents signed by an Authorized Officer and
all appropriate financing statements and appropriate stock powers and certificates evidencing the
pledged Collateral; provided that the Loan Parties agree to take all action to perfect, at
the Loan Parties’ cost, the Administrative Agent’s lien in sixty five percent (65%) of the equity
in first tier Foreign Subsidiaries pursuant to the Pledge Agreement within ninety (90) days after
the Closing Date or such longer period of time agreed to by the Administrative Agent.
(iv) A written opinion of counsel for the Loan Parties, dated the Closing Date and as to the
matters set forth in Schedule 6.1(a).
(v) Evidence that adequate insurance required to be maintained under this Agreement is in full
force and effect, with additional insured, mortgagee and lender loss payable special endorsements
attached thereto in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel
naming the Administrative Agent as additional insured, mortgagee and lender loss payee.
(vi) A duly completed Compliance Certificate as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the
Borrower most recently ended prior to the Closing Date, signed by an Authorized Officer of the
Borrower;
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(vii) Copies of all material consents required to effectuate the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(viii) A Lien search in acceptable scope and with results acceptable to the Administrative
Agent showing the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent to be a Prior Security Interest,
provided that the Loan Parties agree to provide the Administrative Agent with a Lien search
of the real properties owned by any of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries within ninety (90)
days of the Closing Date, showing no Liens against any such real estate except for Permitted Liens;
(ix) Use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an executed landlord’s waiver in form and
substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent from the lessor for each leased Collateral
location as required under the Security Agreement;
(x) Financial statements of the Loan Parties as of September 30, 2007, which shall disclose a
minimum EBITDA for the prior twelve months of not less than $40,000,000.00, and shall otherwise be
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; and
(xi) such other documents in connection with such transactions as the Administrative Agent or
said counsel may reasonably request.
6.2
Each Loan or Letter of Credit. At the time of making any Loans or issuing any
Letters of Credit and after giving effect to the proposed extensions of credit: the
representations, warranties and covenants of the Loan Parties shall then be true in all material
respects and no Event of Default or Potential Default shall have occurred and be continuing; the
making of the Loans or issuance of such Letter of Credit shall not contravene any Law applicable to
any Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party or any of the Lenders; and the Borrower shall have
delivered to the Administrative Agent a duly executed and completed Loan Request or to the Issuing
Lender an application for a Letter of Credit, as the case may be.
The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, covenant and agree that until Payment in Full, the
Loan Parties shall comply at all times with the following covenants:
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(b) Payment of Liabilities, Including Taxes, Etc. Each Loan Party shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, duly pay and discharge all liabilities to which it is subject or
which are asserted against it, promptly as and when the same shall become due and payable,
including all taxes, assessments and governmental charges upon it or any of its properties, assets,
income or profits, prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, except to the extent that
such liabilities, including taxes, assessments or charges, are being contested in good faith and by
appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted and for which such reserve or other
appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made.
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(h) Further Assurances. Each Loan Party shall, from time to time, at its expense,
faithfully preserve and protect the Administrative Agent’s Lien on and Prior Security Interest in
the Collateral and all other real and personal property of the Loan Parties whether now owned or
hereafter acquired as a continuing first priority perfected Lien, subject only to Permitted Liens,
and shall do such other acts and things as the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion may deem
reasonably necessary or advisable from time to time in order to preserve, perfect and protect the
Liens granted under the Loan Documents and to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies
thereunder with respect to the Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Loan Parties shall continue to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain (i) executed
landlord’s waivers in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent from the lessors of
Collateral locations now or hereafter leased, as required by the Security Agreement, and (ii)
executed account control agreements in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent
from each financial institution, other than the Administrative Agent, at which any Loan Party
maintains a deposit account if required in writing by the Administrative Agent.
(i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Existing Indebtedness as set forth on Schedule 7.2(a) (including any extensions,
refinancings or renewals thereof; provided there is no increase in the amount thereof or
other significant change in the terms thereof unless otherwise specified on Schedule
7.2(a);
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(iii) Capitalized and operating leases as and to the extent permitted under
Section 7.2(n) [Capital Expenditures and Leases];
(iv) Indebtedness secured by Purchase Money Security Interests not exceeding $5,000,000.00;
(v) Indebtedness of a Loan Party to another Loan Party which is subordinated pursuant to the
Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(vi) Indebtedness for borrowed money which is subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a
subordination agreement on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its
sole discretion, or unsecured Indebtedness for borrowed money, in each case having no principal due
until after December 31, 2013, and otherwise with terms satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
provided that proceeds of any such Indebtedness are applied as a prepayment pursuant to
Section 4.7(c) [Additional Indebtedness]; and
(vii) Any (A) Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (B) other Interest Rate Hedge approved by
the Administrative Agent, for or (c) Indebtedness under any Other Lender Provided Financial
Services Product.
(d) Loans and Investments. No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, at any time make or suffer to remain outstanding any loan or advance to, or
purchase, acquire or own any stock, bonds, notes or securities of, or any partnership interest
(whether general or limited) or limited liability company interest in, or any other investment or
interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person, or agree, become or remain
liable to do any of the foregoing, except:
(i) trade credit extended on usual and customary terms in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) advances to employees to meet expenses incurred by such employees in the ordinary course
of business;
(iii) Permitted Investments;
(iv) loans, advances and investments in other Loan Parties;
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(v) investments existing on the Closing Date as described on Schedule 7.2(d); and
(vi) other investments (not otherwise prohibited by Section 7.2(f) [Liquidation,
Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions], Section 7.2(h) [Affiliate Transactions] or
Section 7.2(i) [Subsidiaries, Partnerships and Joint Ventures]) provided
that (A) at the time of any such investment there exists no Event of Default or Potential
Default; (B) if such investment had occurred during the fiscal quarter last ended, the Loan Parties
would have been in compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including
Section 7.2(n) [Capital Expenditures and Leases] and Section 7.2(q) [Minimum
Liquidity]; (c) if such investment had occurred during the fiscal quarter last ended, the Leverage
Ratio would have been equal to or less than 2.0 to 1.0; and (d) the aggregate amount of such
investments, (computed for each investment at the time such investment is made) shall not exceed
20% of the Loan Parties’ Consolidated Net Worth.
(e) Dividends and Related Distributions. No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party shall
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, make or pay, or agree to become or remain liable to make or pay,
any dividend or other distribution of any nature (whether in cash, property, securities or
otherwise) on account of or in respect of its shares of capital stock, partnership interests or
limited liability company interests on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement or
acquisition of its shares of capital stock (or warrants, options or rights therefor), partnership
interests or limited liability company interests, except dividends or other distributions payable
to another Loan Party.
(f) Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions. No Loan Party shall, and no
Loan Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, dissolve, liquidate or wind-up its affairs, or
become a party to any merger or consolidation, or acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise all or
substantially all of the assets or capital stock of any other Person; provided that (i) any
Loan Party other than the Borrower may consolidate with or merge into another Loan Party which is
wholly-owned by one or more of the other Loan Parties; (ii) any Loan Party may be liquidated if
such Loan Party has no assets or liabilities; and (iii) any Loan Party shall be entitled to acquire
by purchase or by merger all of the ownership interest, or substantially all of the assets, of a
Person as long as each of the following requirements are met
(A) there does not then, or immediately after such acquisition, exist any Potential Default or
Event of Default;
(B) if any Loan Party acquires the ownership interests in a Person, such Person shall execute
a Guarantor Joinder and other documents and join this Agreement simultaneously with such
acquisition, as contemplated by Section 7.2(i) [Subsidiaries, Partnerships and Joint
Ventures];
(C) the boards of directors of the Loan Party acquiring a Person and the Person which is being
acquired each approving such acquisition, and certified copies thereof shall have been delivered to
the Administrative Agent;
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(D) the business acquired shall be substantially the same as or complementary to one or more
lines of business conducted by the Loan Parties prior to such acquisition;
(E) the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent not less than five (5) Business
Days prior to such acquisition, evidence and a certification thereto, all in form and substance
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (1) that, if such acquisition had occurred during the fiscal
quarter last ended, the Loan Parties would have been in compliance with all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, including Section 7.2(n) [Capital Expenditures and Leases],
and Section 7.2(q) [Minimum Liquidity], and (2) that if such acquisition had occurred
during the fiscal quarter last ended, the Leverage Ratio would have been equal to or less than 2.0
to 1.0; and
(F) the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent not less than five (5) Business
Days prior to such acquisition, copies of any agreements entered into or proposed to be entered
into in connection therewith and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent such other information
as it may request, all such agreements and information shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(g) Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries. No Loan Party shall, and no Loan Party
shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, convey, assign, lease, abandon or otherwise transfer
or dispose of, voluntarily or involuntarily, any of its properties or assets, tangible or
intangible (including sale, assignment, discount or other disposition of accounts, contract rights,
chattel paper, equipment or general intangibles with or without recourse or of capital stock,
shares of beneficial interest, partnership interests or limited liability company interests of a
Subsidiary of such Loan Party), except:
(i) transactions involving the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) any sale, transfer or lease of assets in the ordinary course of business which are no
longer necessary or required in the conduct of such Loan Party’s or such Subsidiary’s business;
(iii) any sale, transfer or lease of assets by any wholly owned Subsidiary of such Loan Party
to another Loan Party;
(iv) any sale, transfer or lease of assets in the ordinary course of business which are
replaced by substitute assets acquired or leased within the parameters of Section 7.2(n)
[Capital Expenditures and Leases]; provided such substitute assets are subject to the Prior
Security Interest in favor of the Administrative Agent; or
(v) any sale, transfer or lease of assets, other than those specifically excepted pursuant to
clauses (i) through (iv) above, which is approved by the Required Lenders so long as the after-tax
proceeds (as reasonably estimated by the Borrower) are applied as a mandatory prepayment of the
Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.7(a) [Sale of Assets] above.
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(i) Subsidiaries, Partnerships and Joint Ventures. No Loan Party shall, and no Loan
Party shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to own or create directly or indirectly any Domestic
Subsidiaries other than (i) any Domestic Subsidiary which has joined this Agreement as Guarantor on
the Closing Date; (ii) 935 HQ Associates, LLC, provided that it owns no assets other than
the land and improvements constituting 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx xx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000; (iii) Dolphin
Acquisition Corporation, provided that it shall own no assets and shall either be (A)
dissolved or merged into a Loan Party or (B) execute a Guarantor Joinder and otherwise take the
steps set forth in clause (iv) to become a Guarantor hereunder by no later than July 11, 2008; and
(iv) any Domestic Subsidiary formed after the Closing Date which joins this Agreement as a
Guarantor by delivering to the Administrative Agent (A) a signed Guarantor Joinder; (B) documents
in the forms described in Section 6.1 [First Loans and Letters of Credit] modified as
appropriate; and (C) documents necessary to grant and perfect Prior Security Interests to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in the equity interests of, and Collateral held
by, such Subsidiary. No Loan Party shall become or agree to become a party to a Joint Venture,
unless otherwise permitted under Section 7.2(d) [Loans and Investments].
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Fiscal Year Ended December 31, |
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Maximum Amount |
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2007 |
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$ |
75,000,000.00 |
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2008 |
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90,000,000.00 |
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|
|
|
2009 |
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|
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90,000,000.00 |
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|
|
|
2010 |
|
|
|
115,000,000.00 |
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|
|
|
2011 |
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115,000,000.00 |
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2012 |
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|
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115,000,000.00 |
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Maximum Percentage |
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Period |
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25%
|
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Through fiscal year end 2009 |
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35%
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During fiscal year 2010 and through fiscal year end 2011 |
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40%
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after fiscal year end 2011 |
7.3
Reporting Requirements. The Loan Parties will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders.
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8.1
Events of Default. An Event of Default means the occurrence or existence of any
one or more of the following events or conditions (whatever the reason therefor and whether
voluntary, involuntary or effected by operation of Law):
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(e) Defaults in Other Agreements or Indebtedness. A default or event of default shall
occur at any time under the terms of any other agreement involving borrowed money or the extension
of credit or any other Indebtedness under which any Loan Party or Subsidiary of any Loan Party may
be obligated as a borrower or guarantor in excess of $1,000,000.00 in the aggregate, and such
breach, default or event of default consists of the failure to pay (beyond any period of grace
permitted with respect thereto, whether waived or not) any Indebtedness when due (whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) or if such breach or default permits or causes the
acceleration of any Indebtedness (whether or not such right shall have been waived) or the
termination of any commitment to lend, or if there occurs any “Fundamental Change” under the
Indenture dated as of July 2, 2007, between the Parent and The Bank of New York, as trustee,
providing for the issuance of the Parent’s 2.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027, or a
“Designated Event” under the Indenture dated as of June 1, 2005 between the Parent and XX Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Bank, NA as trustee providing for the issuance of the Parent’s 3% Convertible Notes due 2025,
or any other event under either such Indenture which entitles either trustee or any noteholder to
accelerate repayment of any notes issued under either such Indenture, other than an event that
gives rise to a Permitted Payment;
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(i) Any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) or 14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) other than those shareholders identified on
Schedule 8.1(j) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of (within the meaning of Rule
13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act) 25.5% or more of the
voting capital stock of the Parent; (ii) within a period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar
months, individuals who were directors of the Parent on the first day of such period (together with
any new directors whose election by the board of directors or nomination for election by the
shareholders was approved by a vote of the majority of directors then still in office who were
either directors as of the first day of the period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) shall cease to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the
Parent; or (iii) the Parent ceases to own 100% of the Borrower Equity Interests.
(a) Events of Default Other Than Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization Proceedings.
If an Event of Default specified under Sections 8.1(a) through (j) shall occur and be
continuing, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be under no further obligation to make
Loans and the Issuing Lender shall be under no obligation to issue Letters of Credit and the
Administrative Agent may, and, upon the request of the Required Lenders, shall (i) by written
notice to the Borrower, declare the unpaid principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and all
interest accrued thereon, any unpaid fees and all other Indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lenders
hereunder and thereunder to be forthwith due and payable, and the same shall thereupon become and
be immediately due and payable to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each Lender without
presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived, and (ii) require the Borrower to, and the Borrower shall thereupon, deposit in a
non-interest-bearing account with the Administrative Agent, as cash collateral for its Obligations
under the Loan Documents, an amount equal to the maximum amount currently or at any time thereafter
available to be drawn on all outstanding Letters of Credit, and the Borrower hereby pledges to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and grants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a
security interest in, all such cash as security for such Obligations; and
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(c) Set-off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Lender, the Issuing Lender, and each of their respective Affiliates and any participant of such
Lender or Affiliate which has agreed in writing to be bound by the provisions of Section
4.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable 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, the Issuing Lender or any such
Affiliate or participant to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any and all
of the Obligations of such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document to such Lender, the Issuing Lender, Affiliate or participant, irrespective of whether
or not such Lender, Issuing Lender, Affiliate or participant shall have made any demand under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations of the Borrower or such Loan
Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the
Issuing Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such
Indebtedness. The rights of each Lender, the Issuing Lender and their respective Affiliates and
participants under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other
rights of setoff) that such Lender, the Issuing Lender or their respective Affiliates and
participants may have. Each Lender and the Issuing Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the
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; and
(i) first, to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for out-of-pocket costs,
expenses and disbursements, including reasonable attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees and legal
expenses, incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in connection with realizing on the
Collateral or collection of any Obligations of any of the Loan Parties under any of the Loan
Documents, including advances made by the Lenders or any one of them or the Administrative Agent
for the reasonable maintenance, preservation, protection or enforcement of, or realization upon,
the Collateral, including advances for taxes, insurance, repairs and the like and reasonable
expenses incurred to sell or otherwise realize on, or prepare for sale or other realization on, any
of the Collateral;
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(ii) second, to the repayment of all Obligations then due and unpaid of the Loan Parties to
the Lenders or their Affiliates incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or
agreements evidencing Other Lender Provided Financial Services Obligations or agreements evidencing
Lender Provided Interest Rate Xxxxxx, whether of principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise
and to cash collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations, in such manner as the Administrative
Agent may determine in its discretion; and
(iii) the balance, if any, as required by Law.
9.1
Appointment and Authority. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby
irrevocably appoints PNC Bank, National Association to act on its behalf as the Administrative
Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take
such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent
by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental
thereto. The provisions of this
Section 9 are solely for the benefit of the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall
have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
9.2
Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or
“Lenders”, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, includes
the Person serving as the Administrative 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 the Borrower or any
Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder
and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
9.3
Exculpatory Provisions. The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or
obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a
Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall not 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 the Administrative 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 the Administrative Agent shall
not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose
the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law;
and
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(c) shall not, 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
the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as
the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) 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 the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be
necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 10.1 [Modifications, Amendments
or Waivers] and Section 8.2 [Consequences of Event of Default]) or (ii) in the absence of
its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to
have knowledge of any Potential Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such
Potential Default or Event of Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a
Lender or the Issuing Lender.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire
into (A) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, (B) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered
hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (C) 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 Potential Default or Event of Default, (D) the validity, enforceability,
effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement,
instrument or document or (E) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 6
[Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit] or elsewhere herein, other than to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
9.4
Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative 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. The Administrative 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 Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of
Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Lender,
the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the
Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such
Lender or the Issuing Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of
Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the
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.
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9.5
Delegation of Duties. The Administrative 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
any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative 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
Section 9 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the
Administrative 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 Administrative Agent.
9.6
Resignation of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time
give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Upon receipt
of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with approval from
the Borrower (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a
successor, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If no such successor shall
have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within
thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the
retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, appoint a
successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above;
provided that if
the Administrative Agent shall notify the 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 (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and
obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral
security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender under any
of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral
security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (b) all payments,
communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent
shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Issuing Lender directly, until such time as the
Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this
Section
9.6. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such
successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties
of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative 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 Section). The fees payable by the
Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor
unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this
Section 9 and
Section 10.3 [Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver] shall continue in
effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative 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 Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
If PNC Bank resigns as Administrative Agent under this Section 9.6, PNC Bank shall
also resign as an Issuing Lender. Upon the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent
hereunder, such successor shall (i) succeed to all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of
PNC Bank as the retiring Issuing Lender and Administrative Agent and PNC Bank shall be discharged
from all of its respective duties and obligations as Issuing Lender and Administrative Agent under
the Loan Documents, and (ii) issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit
issued by PNC Bank, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other
arrangement satisfactory to PNC Bank to effectively assume the obligations of PNC Bank with
respect to such Letters of Credit.
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9.7
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender and the
Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative
Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties 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 and the Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently
and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related
Parties 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.
9.8
Administrative Agent’s Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent a
nonrefundable fee (the “
Administrative Agent’s Fee”) under the terms of a letter (the
“
Administrative Agent’s Letter”) between the Borrower and Administrative Agent, as amended
from time to time.
9.9
Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors. The Lenders and Issuing
Lenders authorize the Administrative Agent to release (a) any Collateral consisting of assets or
equity interests sold or otherwise disposed of in a sale or other disposition or transfer permitted
under
Section 7.2(g) [Disposition of Assets or Subsidiaries] or
Section 7.2(f)
[Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions], and (b) any Guarantor from its obligations
under the Guaranty Agreement if the ownership interests in such Guarantor are sold or otherwise
disposed of or transferred to persons other than Loan Parties or Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties
in a transaction permitted under
Section 7.2(g) [Disposition of Assets or Subsidiaries] or
Section 7.2(f) [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions].
9.10
No Reliance on Administrative Agent’s Customer Identification Program. Each
Lender acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender, nor any of its Affiliates, participants or
assignees, may rely on the Administrative Agent to carry out such Lender’s, Affiliate’s,
participant’s or assignee’s customer identification program, or other obligations required or
imposed under or pursuant to the USA Patriot Act or the regulations thereunder, including the
regulations contained in 31 CFR 103.121 (as hereafter amended or replaced, the “
CIP
Regulations”), or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, including any programs involving any of the
following items relating to or in connection with any of the Loan Parties, their Affiliates or
their agents, the Loan Documents or the transactions hereunder or contemplated hereby: (a) any
identity verification procedures, (b) any recordkeeping, (c) comparisons with government lists, (d)
customer notices or (e) other procedures required under the CIP Regulations or such other Laws.
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10.1
Modifications, Amendments or Waivers. With the written consent of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of all the Lenders, and the Borrower, on behalf
of the Loan Parties, may from time to time enter into written agreements
amending or changing any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the rights
of the Lenders or the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder, or may grant written waivers or
consents hereunder or thereunder. Any such agreement, waiver or consent made with such written
consent shall be effective to bind all the Lenders and the Loan Parties;
provided, that no
such agreement, waiver or consent may be made which will:
provided that no agreement, waiver or consent which would modify the interests, rights or
obligations of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender without the written consent of such
Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender, as applicable, and provided, further that, if in
connection with any proposed waiver, amendment or modification referred to in subsections (a)
through (d) above, 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 (each a “Non-Consenting
Lender”), then the Borrower shall have the right to replace any such Non-Consenting Lender with
one or more replacement Lenders pursuant to Section 4.6(b) [Replacement of a Lender].
10.2
No Implied Waivers; Cumulative Remedies. No course of dealing and no delay or
failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power, remedy or
privilege under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any other or future exercise
thereof or operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude
any further exercise thereof or of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. The rights and
remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and any other Loan
Documents are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which they would otherwise
have.
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(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), and shall pay all fees and time
charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent, in
connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation,
negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment,
renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, (iii) all
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender
(including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any
Lender or the Issuing 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, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including
all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in
respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit, and (iv) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent’s regular employees and agents engaged periodically to perform audits of the
Loan Parties’ books, records and business properties
provided that as long as there exists no Event
of Default or Potential Default, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay more than $15,000.00 in
any fiscal year for expenses incurred under this clause (iv).
(b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the Issuing 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), and
shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements
for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted
against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the 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 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 Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or
proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Lender to honor a
demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such
demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) breach of
representations, warranties or covenants of the Borrower under the Loan Documents, or (iv) any
actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the
foregoing, including any such items or losses relating to or arising under Environmental Laws or
pertaining to environmental matters, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether
brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of 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 (A) 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 (B) result from a claim brought by the 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 the 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.
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(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to
indefeasibly pay any amount required under Section 10.3(a) [Costs and Expenses] or
Section 10.3(b) [Indemnification by the Borrower] to be paid by it to the Administrative
Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing,
each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the
Issuing Lender or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Ratable 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 the
Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the Issuing Lender in its capacity as such, or
against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent) or Issuing Lender in connection with such capacity.
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
applicable Law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee,
on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to
direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement,
any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.
No Indemnitee referred to in Section 10.3(b) [Indemnification by the Borrower] 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.
10.4
Holidays. Whenever payment of a Loan to be made or taken hereunder shall be due
on a day which is not a Business Day such payment shall be due on the next Business Day (except as
provided in
Section 3.2 [Interest Periods]) and such extension of time shall be included in
computing interest and fees, except that the Loans shall be due on the Business Day preceding the
Expiration Date if the Expiration Date is not a Business Day. Whenever any payment or action to be
made or taken hereunder (other than payment of the Loans) shall be stated to be due on a day which
is not a Business Day, such payment or action shall be made or taken on the next following Business
Day, and such extension of time shall not be included in computing interest or fees, if any, in
connection with such payment or action.
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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
Section 10.5(b) [Electronic Communications], shall be effective as provided in such
Section.
10.6
Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If
any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any
jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability
thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.
10.7
Duration; Survival. All representations and warranties of the Loan Parties
contained herein or made in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the completion of the transactions hereunder and Payment In Full. All covenants and
agreements of the Borrower contained herein relating to the payment of principal, interest,
premiums, additional compensation or expenses and indemnification, including those set forth in
the Notes,
Section 4 [Payments] and
Section 10.3 [Expenses; Indemnity; Damage
Waiver], shall survive Payment in Full. All other covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties
shall continue in full force and effect from and after the date hereof and until Payment in Full.
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(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 neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its
rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.8(b) [Assignments by Lenders], (ii) by way of participation in accordance with
the provisions of Section 10.8(d) [Participations], or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment
of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.8(f) [Certain Pledges;
Successors and Assigns Generally] (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party
hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be
construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 10.8(d)
[Participations] and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by
reason of this Agreement.
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an
Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B) in any case not described in clause (i)(A) of this subsection (b), the aggregate amount of
the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable
Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning
Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption
Agreement with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade
Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, as of the Trade Date) shall not be
less than $5,000,000.00, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit
Commitment of the assigning Lender, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
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(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)
shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such
assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(B) the consent of the Issuing Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to
participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding).
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
10.8(c) [Register], from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent
of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, 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 Agreement, be released from its
obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement
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
Section 3.4 [LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not
Available], Section 4.8 [Increased Costs], and Section 10.3 [Expenses, Indemnity;
Damage Waiver] 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 subsection (b) 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 Section 10.8(d) [Participations].
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Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver with respect to Section 10.1(a)
[Increase of Commitment, Etc.], Section 10.1(b) [Extension of Payment; Reduction of
Principal, Interest or Fees; Modification of Terms of Payment], or Section 10.1(c) [Release
of Collateral or Guarantor]). Subject to Section 10.18(e) [Limitations upon Participant
Rights Successors and Assigns Generally], the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 3.4 [LIBOR Rate Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased
Costs; Deposits Not Available] and Section 4.8 [Increased Costs] to the same extent as if
it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.8(b)
[Assignments by Lenders]. To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled
to the benefits of Section 8.2(c) [Setoff] as though it were a Lender; provided
such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 4.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] as
though it were a Lender.
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(a) General. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender
agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information, except that Information may be disclosed
(i) 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), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory
authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as
the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (iii) to the extent required by applicable
Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party hereto,
(v) 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, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially
the same as those of this Section, to (A) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective
assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (B) any
actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating
to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Borrower or (viii) to the extent
such Information (A) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section
or (B) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any of
their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or the
other Loan Parties. 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.
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(a) Governing Law This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the Laws of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Each standby
Letter of Credit issued under this Agreement shall be subject either to the rules of the Uniform
Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International
Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”) at the time of issuance (“UCP”) or the rules of the International
Standby Practices (ICC Publication Number 590) (“ISP98”), as determined by the Issuing Lender, and
each trade Letter of Credit shall be subject to UCP, and in each case to the extent not
inconsistent therewith, the Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without regard to is conflict
of laws principles.
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(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.5 [NOTICES; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATION]. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE
PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
(e) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE 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 OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY
OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (I) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR
ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD
NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (II) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
10.12
USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender that is subject to the USA Patriot Act and
the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies Loan Parties
that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and
record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and
address of Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent,
as applicable, to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
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GSI COMMERCE SOLUTIONS, INC. |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary |
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GUARANTORS: |
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GSI COMMERCE, INC. |
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary |
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935 KOP ASSOCIATES, LLC |
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BY: GSI COMMERCE, INC., its sole
member and manager |
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary, |
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GSI Commerce, Inc. |
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1075 FIRST GLOBAL ASSOCIATES, LLC |
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GSI COMMERCE, INC., its sole
member and manager |
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary, |
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GSI Commerce, Inc. |
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GSI LEGACY HOLDINGS, INC. |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary |
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ASFD, INC. |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary |
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GSI COMMERCE CALL CENTER, INC. |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary |
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GSI COMMERCE SOUTH, INC. |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary |
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GSI EQUIPMENT, INC. |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary |
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7601 TRADE PORT DRIVE, LLC |
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its sole member and manager |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary, |
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GSI Commerce Solutions, Inc. |
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ONLINE DIRECT, INC. |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary |
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Title: President |
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PROMOTIONS DISTRIBUTOR SERVICES CORPORATION |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, Assistant Secretary |
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
individually
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. |
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President |
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HSBC BANK USA, NA |
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President |
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SOVEREIGN BANK |
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President |
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