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EXHIBIT 10
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$200,000,000
CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
CHURCH & XXXXXX CO., INC.,
as Borrower,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
Fleet National Bank,
National City Bank,
First Union National Bank,
PNC Bank, National Association,
each as a Syndication Agent,
and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of May 23, 2001
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X.X. XXXXXX Securities Inc.,
as Sole Advisor, Lead Arranger and Bookrunner
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.............................................................1
1.1 Defined Terms................................................................1
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions...............................................18
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS........................................18
2.1 Commitments.................................................................18
2.2 Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing......................................19
2.3 Swingline Commitment........................................................19
2.4 Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans.............19
2.5 Commitment Fees, etc........................................................21
2.6 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.....................................21
2.7 Optional Prepayments........................................................21
2.8 Commitment Reductions.......................................................22
2.9 Conversion and Continuation Options.........................................22
2.10 Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches..........................................23
2.11 Interest Rates and Payment Dates............................................23
2.12 Computation of Interest and Fees............................................23
2.13 Inability to Determine Interest Rate........................................24
2.14 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.............................................24
2.15 Requirements of Law.........................................................26
2.16 Taxes27
2.17 Indemnity...................................................................28
2.18 Change of Lending Office....................................................29
2.19 Replacement of Lenders......................................................29
SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT......................................................29
3.1 L/C Commitment..............................................................29
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit..................................30
3.3 Fees and Other Charges......................................................30
3.4 L/C Participations..........................................................30
3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower....................................31
3.6 Obligations Absolute........................................................31
3.7 Letter of Credit Payments...................................................32
3.8 Applications................................................................32
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.........................................32
4.1 Financial Condition.........................................................32
4.2 No Change...................................................................34
4.3 Existence; Compliance with Law..............................................34
4.4 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations...............................34
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4.5 No Legal Bar; No Burdensome Restrictions....................................35
4.6 Litigation..................................................................35
4.7 No Default..................................................................35
4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens................................................35
4.9 Intellectual Property.......................................................35
4.10 Taxes35
4.11 Federal Regulations.........................................................35
4.12 Labor Matters...............................................................36
4.13 ERISA36
4.14 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations...................................36
4.15 Subsidiaries................................................................36
4.16 Use of Proceeds.............................................................37
4.17 Environmental Matters.......................................................37
4.18 Accuracy of Information, etc................................................38
4.19 Solvency....................................................................38
4.20 Certain Documents...........................................................38
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT...................................................38
5.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit...................................38
5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit......................................40
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS..................................................40
6.1 Financial Statements........................................................40
6.2 Certificates; Other Information.............................................41
6.3 Payment of Obligations......................................................42
6.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance........................................42
6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance..........................................42
6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions......................42
6.7 Notices.....................................................................42
6.8 Environmental Laws..........................................................43
6.9 Additional Subsidiaries.....................................................43
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.....................................................44
7.1 Financial Condition Covenants...............................................44
7.2 Indebtedness................................................................44
7.3 Liens45
7.4 Fundamental Changes.........................................................46
7.5 Disposition of Property.....................................................46
7.6 Restricted Payments.........................................................47
7.7 Capital Expenditures........................................................47
7.8 Investments.................................................................47
7.9 Transactions with Affiliates................................................48
7.10 Sales and Leasebacks........................................................48
7.11 Changes in Fiscal Periods...................................................48
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7.12 Negative Pledge Clauses.....................................................48
7.13 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions................................49
7.14 Lines of Business...........................................................49
7.15 Amendments to Acquisition Documents.........................................49
7.16 Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of Debt Instruments.......49
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT......................................................49
SECTION 9. THE AGENTS.............................................................52
9.1 Appointment.................................................................52
9.2 Delegation of Duties........................................................53
9.3 Exculpatory Provisions......................................................53
9.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent............................................53
9.5 Notice of Default...........................................................54
9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders....................................54
9.7 Indemnification.............................................................54
9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity............................................55
9.9 Successor Administrative Agent..............................................55
9.10 Syndication Agents..........................................................55
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS..........................................................56
10.1 Amendments and Waivers......................................................56
10.2 Notices.....................................................................57
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies..............................................57
10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties..................................57
10.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes...............................................58
10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments......................59
10.7 Adjustments; Set-off........................................................61
10.8 Counterparts................................................................62
10.9 Severability................................................................62
10.10 Integration.................................................................62
10.11 GOVERNING LAW...............................................................62
10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers.........................................62
10.13 Acknowledgements............................................................63
10.14 Releases of Guarantees......................................................63
10.15 Confidentiality.............................................................63
10.16 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL.......................................................64
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SCHEDULES:
1.1 Commitments
4.4 Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
4.15 Subsidiaries
7.2(d) Existing Indebtedness
7.3(f) Existing Liens
EXHIBITS:
A Form of Guarantee Agreement
B Form of Compliance Certificate
C Form of Closing Certificate
D Form of Assignment and Acceptance
E-1 Form of Legal Opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
E-2 Form of Legal Opinion of general counsel to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries
F Form of Exemption Certificate
G Issuing Lender Agreement
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CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of May 23, 2001, among CHURCH
& XXXXXX CO., INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower"), the several banks
and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this
Agreement (the "Lenders"), Fleet National Bank, National City Bank, First Union
National Bank, PNC Bank, National Association, each as a syndication agent (in
such capacity, a "Syndication Agent"; and, collectively, the "Syndication
Agents"), and THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, as administrative agent.
The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this
Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.
"ABR": for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such
day, (b) the Base CD Rate in effect on such day plus 1% and (c) the Federal
Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. For purposes hereof:
"Prime Rate" shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from
time to time by The Chase Manhattan Bank as its prime rate in effect at its
principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the
lowest rate of interest charged by The Chase Manhattan Bank in connection with
extensions of credit to debtors); "Base CD Rate" shall mean the sum of (a) the
product of (i) the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate and (ii) a fraction, the
numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the CD
Reserve Percentage and (b) the CD Assessment Rate; and "Three-Month Secondary CD
Rate" shall mean, for any day, the secondary market rate for three-month
certificates of deposit reported as being in effect on such day (or, if such day
shall not be a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day) by the Board
through the public information telephone line of the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York (which rate will, under the current practices of the Board, be published in
Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) during the week following such
day), or, if such rate shall not be so reported on such day or such next
preceding Business Day, the average of the secondary market quotations for
three-month certificates of deposit of major money center banks in New York City
received at approximately 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on such day (or, if
such day shall not be a Business Day, on the next preceding Business Day) by The
Chase Manhattan Bank from three New York City negotiable certificate of deposit
dealers of recognized standing selected by it. Any change in the ABR due to a
change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate or the Federal Funds
Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective
day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Three-Month Secondary CD Rate or the
Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
"ABR Loans": Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon
the ABR.
"Acquisition": the acquisition by the Borrower of 100% of the stock of the
Target pursuant to the Tender Offer and the subsequent Merger.
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"Acquisition Documents": the Offer to Purchase, dated April 12, 2001, the
Letter of Transmittal, dated April 12, 2001, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery,
dated April 12, 2001, the Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust
Companies and Other Nominees, dated April 12, 2001, the Letter to Clients, dated
April 12, 2001, the Merger Agreement, and any and all other documents and
materials filed publicly by the Borrower in connection with the Tender Offer and
the Merger and, in all cases, all schedules, exhibits and annexes thereto.
"Administrative Agent": The Chase Manhattan Bank, together with its
affiliates, as the arranger of the Commitments and as the administrative agent
for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with
any of its successors.
"Affiliate": as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such Person. For purposes of this definition, "control" of a Person means the
power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons
performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or
otherwise.
"Agents": the collective reference to the Syndication Agents and the
Administrative Agent.
"Aggregate Exposure": with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount
equal to (a) until the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lender's
Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the amount of such Lender's
Commitment then in effect or, if the Commitments have been terminated, the
amount of such Lender's Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
"Aggregate Exposure Percentage": with respect to any Lender at any time,
the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender's Aggregate Exposure at
such time to the Aggregate Exposure of all Lenders at such time.
"Agreement": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Applicable Margin": 1.00%.
"Application": an application, in such form as the applicable Issuing
Lender may specify from time to time, requesting such Issuing Lender to open a
Letter of Credit.
"Armus": Armus, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
"Arranger": X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc., in its capacity as sole advisor,
lead arranger and bookrunner.
"Asset Sale": any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions
of property (excluding any such Disposition permitted by clause (a), (b), (c),
(d), (e) or (f) of
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Section 7.5) that yields gross proceeds to any Group Member (valued at the
initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of
notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in the case of
other non-cash proceeds) in excess of, when added to the aggregate amount of
gross proceeds received by any Group Member from all other Dispositions or
series of related Dispositions made after the Closing Date and prior to such
Disposition, $5,000,000.
"Assignee": as defined in Section 10.6(c).
"Assignment and Acceptance": an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in
the form of Exhibit D.
"Assignor": as defined in Section 10.6(c).
"Available Commitment": as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender's Commitment then in effect over
(b) such Lender's Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided,
that in calculating any Lender's Revolving Extensions of Credit for the purpose
of determining such Lender's Available Commitment pursuant to Section 2.5(a),
the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding shall be
deemed to be zero.
"Benefitted Lender": as defined in Section 10.7(a).
"Biovance": Biovance Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Board": the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States (or any successor).
"Borrower": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Borrowing Date": any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on
which the Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
"Business": as defined in Section 4.17(b).
"Business Day": a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close,
provided, that with respect to notices and determinations in connection with,
and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans, such day is also a
day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank
eurodollar market.
"Capital Expenditures": for any period, with respect to any Person, the
aggregate of all expenditures by such Person and its Subsidiaries for the
acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets
or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and
improvements during such period) that should be capitalized under GAAP on a
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries.
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"Capital Lease Obligations": as to any Person, the obligations of such
Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement
conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof,
which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital
leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of
this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the
capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Capital Stock": any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any
and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
"Cash Equivalents": (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any
agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in
each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b)
certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight
bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of
acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the
laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and
surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated
at least A-1 by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services ("S&P") or P-1 by Xxxxx'x
Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's"), or carrying an equivalent rating by a
nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies
cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing
within six months from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of
any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b)
of this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days, with respect to
securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government; (e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory
of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any
such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the
securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision,
taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A
by S&P or A by Moody's; (f) securities with maturities of six months or less
from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any
Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this
definition; or (g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest
exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of
this definition.
"CD Assessment Rate": for any day as applied to any ABR Loan, the annual
assessment rate in effect on such day that is payable by a member of the Bank
Insurance Fund maintained by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the
"FDIC") classified as well-capitalized and within supervisory subgroup "B" (or a
comparable successor assessment risk classification) within the meaning of 12
C.F.R. ss. 327.4 (or any successor provision) to the FDIC (or any successor) for
the FDIC's (or such successor's) insuring time deposits at offices of such
institution in the United States.
"CD Reserve Percentage": for any day as applied to any ABR Loan, that
percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such day, as
prescribed by the Board,
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for determining the maximum reserve requirement for a Depositary Institution (as
defined in Regulation D of the Board as in effect from time to time) in respect
of new non-personal time deposits in Dollars having a maturity of 30 days or
more.
"Closing Date": the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in
Section 5.1 shall have been satisfied, which date is May 23, 2001.
"Code": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
"Commitment": as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to
make Revolving Loans and participate in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit in
an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth
under the heading "Commitment" opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 1.1 or in
the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a party
hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms
hereof. The original amount of the Total Commitments is $200,000,000.
"Commitment Fee Rate":1/4of 1% per annum.
"Commitment Letter": the commitment letter, dated as of March 30, 2001,
among The Chase Manhattan Bank, JPMorgan, a division of Chase Securities Inc.,
and the Borrower.
"Commitment Period": the period from and including the Closing Date to the
Revolving Termination Date.
"Commonly Controlled Entity": an entity, whether or not incorporated, that
is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of
ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a
single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
"Compliance Certificate": a certificate duly executed by a Responsible
Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
"Conduit Lender": any special purpose corporation organized and
administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to
be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument;
provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not
relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under
this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such
Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the
sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or
requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided,
further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater
amount pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 or 10.5 than the designating Lender
would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made
by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.
"Confidential Information Memorandum": the Confidential Information
Memorandum dated April 2001 and furnished to certain Lenders.
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"Consolidated EBITDA": for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such
period plus, without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the
statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) income
tax expense, (b) interest expense, amortization or writeoff of debt discount and
debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges
associated with Indebtedness (including the Loans), (c) depreciation and
amortization expense, (d) amortization of intangibles (including, but not
limited to, goodwill) and organization costs, (e) any extraordinary, unusual or
non-recurring non-cash expenses or losses (including, whether or not otherwise
includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income
for such period, non-cash losses on sales of assets outside of the ordinary
course of business), (f) any other non-cash charges, (g) non-recurring cash
expenses not in excess of $4,000,000 related to the acquisition of the Target,
(h) non-recurring cash expenses not in excess of $7,500,000 related to the
proposed acquisition of the consumer products business of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc.
and (i) an impairment charge not in excess of $22,000,000 for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2000, and minus, to the extent included in the statement of
such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) interest income,
(b) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains (including,
whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, gains on the sales of assets outside of
the ordinary course of business) and (c) any other non-cash income, all as
determined on a consolidated basis. For the purposes of calculating Consolidated
EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a "Reference
Period") pursuant to any determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio, (i)
if at any time during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall
have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference
Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if
positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material
Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the
Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period
and (ii) if during such Reference Period the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall
have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period
shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material
Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. As used in this
definition, "Material Acquisition" means any acquisition of property or series
of related acquisitions of property that (a) constitutes assets comprising all
or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or
substantially all of the common stock of a Person and (b) involves the payment
of consideration by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000;
and "Material Disposition" means any Disposition of property or series of
related Dispositions of property that yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $5,000,000.
"Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio": for any period, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for
such period.
"Consolidated Interest Expense": for any period, total cash interest
expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding
Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including all commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and
bankers' acceptance financing and net costs under Hedge Agreements in respect of
interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in
accordance with GAAP).
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"Consolidated Lease Expense": for any fiscal period, the aggregate rental
obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated
basis payable in respect of such period under leases of real and/or personal
property (net of income from sub-leases thereof, but including taxes, insurance,
maintenance and similar expenses which the lessee is obligated to pay under the
terms of such leases, unless otherwise assumed by a sublessee), whether or not
such obligations are reflected as liabilities or commitments on a consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or in the notes thereto,
excluding, however, obligations under Financing Leases.
"Consolidated Leverage Ratio": as at the last day of any period, the ratio
of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such
period.
"Consolidated Net Income": for any period, the consolidated net income (or
loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP; provided that there shall be excluded (a) the income
(or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the
Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of
the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership
interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the
Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions
and (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the
extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by
such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual
Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law applicable
to such Subsidiary.
"Consolidated Total Debt": at any date, the aggregate principal amount of
all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined
on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
"Continuing Directors": the directors of the Borrower on the Closing Date
and each other director, if, in each case, such other director's nomination for
election to the board of directors of the Borrower is recommended by at least a
majority of the then Continuing Directors.
"Contractual Obligation": as to any Person, any provision of any security
issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
"Default": any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
"Disposition": with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and
leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The
terms "Dispose" and "Disposed of" shall have correlative meanings.
"Dollars" and "$": dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
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"Domestic Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the
laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.
"Enamelon": Enamelon Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Environmental Laws": any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or
municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes,
decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law
(including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment,
as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
"ERISA": the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
from time to time.
"Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements": for any day as applied to a Eurodollar
Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a
decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including
basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of
the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect
thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding
(currently referred to as "Eurocurrency Liabilities" in Regulation D of the
Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.
"Eurodollar Base Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest
Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the
basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest
Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on Page
3750 of the Telerate screen as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days
prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does
not appear on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on such screen),
the "Eurodollar Base Rate" shall be determined by reference to such other
comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be
selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by
reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered Dollar
deposits at or about 11:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior to
the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where
its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations are then being
conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number
of days comprised therein.
"Eurodollar Loans": Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based
upon the Eurodollar Rate.
"Eurodollar Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in
accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of
1%):
Eurodollar Base Rate
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1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
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"Eurodollar Tranche": the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans the then
current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and
end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been
made on the same day).
"Event of Default": any of the events specified in Section 8, provided that
any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
"Federal Funds Effective Rate": for any day, the weighted average of the
rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next
succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such
rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for the day of such transactions received by The Chase Manhattan Bank
from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
"Financing Lease": any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations
of the lessee in respect of which are required in accordance with GAAP to be
capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee.
"Foreign Subsidiary": any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
"Funding Office": the office of the Administrative Agent specified in
Section 10.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the
Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and
the Lenders.
"GAAP": generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in
effect from time to time, except that for purposes of Section 7.1, GAAP shall be
determined on the basis of such principles in effect on the date hereof and
consistent with those used in the preparation of the most recent audited
financial statements referred to in Section 4.1(b). In the event that any
"Accounting Change" (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a
change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms
in this Agreement, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter
into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to
equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the
criteria for evaluating the Borrower's financial condition shall be the same
after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made.
Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial
covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated
or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. "Accounting
Changes" refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation
of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if
applicable, the SEC.
"Governmental Authority": any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative
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functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any
self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners).
"Group Members": the collective reference to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
"Guarantee Agreement": the guarantee agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) by the
Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent.
"Guarantee Obligation": as to any Person (the "guaranteeing person"), any
obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including any
bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the
guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar
obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any
Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the "primary obligations")
of any other third Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether
directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person,
whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any
property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or
supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or
(2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or
otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to
purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring
the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor
to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold
harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect
thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include
endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person
shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee
Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person
may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee
Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such
guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case
the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person's
maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the
Borrower in good faith.
"Hedge Agreements": all interest rate swaps, caps or collar agreements or
similar arrangements dealing with interest rates or currency exchange rates or
the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or under specific
contingencies.
"Indebtedness": of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such
Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than
current trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person's
business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising
under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to
property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the
seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to
repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease
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Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or
otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances,
letters of credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements, (g) the liquidation
value of all preferred Capital Stock of such Person redeemable at the option of
the holder thereof, (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of
obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all
obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by
(or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or
otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and
contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or
become liable for the payment of such obligation, (j) for the purposes of
Sections 7.2 and 8(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge
Agreements and (k) all obligations not otherwise included as "indebtedness" on
such Person's balance sheet (including, without limitation, synthetic leases and
securitizations). The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness
of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general
partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such
Person's ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to
the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is
not liable therefor.
"Insolvency": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that
such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
"Insolvent": pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
"Intellectual Property": the collective reference to all rights, priorities
and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United
States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights,
copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses,
technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity
for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive
all proceeds and damages therefrom.
"Interest Payment Date": (a) as to any ABR Loan, the last day of each
March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and
the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an
Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period,
(c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three
months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the
first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period, (d)
as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan and any
Swingline Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof
and (e) as to any Loan, the Revolving Termination Date or such earlier date on
which the Commitments hereunder are terminated and the Loans become due and
payable pursuant to Section 8 hereof.
"Interest Period": as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period
commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect
to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as
the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period
commencing on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to
such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as
selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not
less than three Business Days
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prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto;
provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are
subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not
a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to
carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such
Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period that would extend
beyond the Revolving Termination Date;
(iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a
calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding
day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on
the last Business Day of a calendar month; and
(iv) the Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require
a payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period
for such Loan.
"Investments": as defined in Section 7.8.
"Issuing Lender": any Lender designated as an Issuing Lender in an Issuing
Lender Agreement executed by such Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent, in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit.
"Issuing Lender Agreement": an agreement, substantially in the form of
Exhibit G, executed by a Lender, the Borrower, and the Administrative Agent
pursuant to which such Lender agrees to become an Issuing Lender hereunder.
"L/C Commitment": $20,000,000.
"L/C Fee Payment Date": the last day of each March, June, September and
December and the last day of the Commitment Period.
"L/C Obligations": at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of
Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that
have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.
"L/C Participants": the collective reference to all the Revolving Lenders
other than any Issuing Lenders.
"Lender Affiliate": (a) any Affiliate of any Lender, (b) any Person that is
administered or managed by any Lender and that is engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its business and (c) with respect to any Lender
which is a fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of
credit, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and
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similar extensions of credit and is managed or advised by the same investment
advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or investment advisor.
"Lenders": as defined in the preamble hereto; provided, that unless the
context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed
to include any Conduit Lender.
"Letters of Credit": as defined in Section 3.1(a).
"Lien": any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security
interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
"Loan": any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
"Loan Documents": this Agreement, the Guarantee Agreement and the Notes.
"Loan Parties": each Group Member that is a party to a Loan Document.
"Material Adverse Effect": a material adverse effect on (a) the
Acquisition, (b) the business, property, operations, condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or
(c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
hereunder or thereunder.
"Material Environmental Amount": an amount payable by the Borrower and/or
its Subsidiaries in excess of $10,000,000 for remedial costs, compliance costs,
compensatory damages, punitive damages, fines, penalties or any combination
thereof.
"Materials of Environmental Concern": any gasoline or petroleum (including
crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or
toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under
any Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and
urea-formaldehyde insulation.
"Merger": the merger, after the consummation of the Tender Offer, of the
Merger Subsidiary into the Target with the Target being the surviving
corporation.
"Merger Agreement": the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 30,
2001 (as amended by the Amendment No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated
as of April 10, 2001, and as the same may be further amended, restated, modified
or supplemented), by and among the Borrower, the Merger Subsidiary and the
Target.
"Merger Subsidiary": US Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a
Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
"Multiemployer Plan": a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
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"Net Cash Proceeds": (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery
Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including
any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a
note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or
otherwise, but only as and when received) of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event,
net of attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, investment banking fees, amounts
required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien
expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset
Sale or Recovery Event and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred
in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be
payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits
or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and (b) in connection with any
issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash
proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys' fees,
investment banking fees, accountants' fees, underwriting discounts and
commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in
connection therewith.
"Non-Excluded Taxes": as defined in Section 2.16(a).
"Non-U.S. Lender": as defined in Section 2.16(d).
"Notes": the collective reference to any promissory note evidencing Loans.
"Obligations": the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest
accruing after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and
interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the
commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to
the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest
is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and
liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender (or, in
the case of Specified Hedge Agreements, any affiliate of any Lender), whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now
existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection
with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any
Specified Hedge Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in
connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all
fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any
Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or
otherwise.
"Other Taxes": any and 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 from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
"Participant": as defined in Section 10.6(b).
"PBGC": the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to
Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
"Per Share Acquisition Price": as defined in Section 5.1(g)
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"Person": an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
"Plan": at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by
ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is
(or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of
ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
"Pro Forma Balance Sheet": as defined in Section 4.1(a).
"Projections": as defined in Section 4.1(c).
"Properties": as defined in Section 4.17(a).
"Recovery Event": any settlement of or payment in respect of any property
or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset
of any Group Member.
"Refunded Swingline Loans": as defined in Section 2.4.
"Refunding Date": as defined in Section 2.4.
"Register": as defined in Section 10.6(d).
"Regulation T": Regulation T of the Board as in effect from time to time.
"Regulation U": Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
"Regulation X": Regulation X of the Board as in effect from time to time.
"Reimbursement Obligation": the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the
Issuing Lenders pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of
Credit.
"Reorganization": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition
that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
"Reportable Event": any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of
ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is
waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC
Xxx.xx. 4043.
"Required Lenders": at any time, the holders of more than 50% of (a) until
the Closing Date, the Commitments then in effect and (b) thereafter, the Total
Commitments then in effect or, if the Commitments have been terminated, the
Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
"Requirement of Law": as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation
and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and
any law, treaty, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation
T, U or X) or determination of an
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arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
"Responsible Officer": the chief executive officer, president or chief
financial officer of the Borrower, but in any event, with respect to financial
matters, the chief financial officer of the Borrower.
"Restricted Payments": as defined in Section 7.6.
"Revolving Extensions of Credit": as to any Revolving Lender at any time,
an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all
Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lender's
Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) such
Lender's Revolving Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline
Loans then outstanding.
"Revolving Lender": each Lender that has a Commitment or that holds
Revolving Loans.
"Revolving Loans": as defined in Section 2.1(a).
"Revolving Percentage": as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the
percentage which such Lender's Commitment then constitutes of the Total
Commitments or, at any time after the Commitments shall have expired or
terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender's
Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount
of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, provided, that, in the event that the
Revolving Loans are paid in full prior to the reduction to zero of the Total
Revolving Extensions of Credit, the Revolving Percentages shall be determined in
a manner designed to ensure that the other outstanding Revolving Extensions of
Credit shall be held by the Revolving Lenders on a comparable basis.
"Revolving Termination Date": November 23, 2001.
"SEC": the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and
any analogous Governmental Authority.
"Single Employer Plan": any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but
that is not a Multiemployer Plan.
"Solvent": when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of any date
of determination, (a) the amount of the "present fair saleable value" of the
assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all
"liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise", as of such date, as such
quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws
governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair
saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater
than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its
debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have,
as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct
its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature.
For purposes of this definition, (i) "debt" means liability on a "claim", and
(ii) "claim"
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means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to
judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured,
disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an
equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right
to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to
judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured
or unsecured.
"Specified Hedge Agreement": any Hedge Agreement (a) entered into by the
Borrower and any Lender or Lender Affiliate and (b) that has been designated by
the relevant Lender and the Borrower, by written notice to the Administrative
Agent, as a Specified Hedge Agreement. The designation of any Hedge Agreement as
a Specified Hedge Agreement shall not create in favor of such Lender or Lender
Affiliate any rights in connection with the obligations of any Loan Party under
the Guarantee Agreement.
"Subsidiary": as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership
interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership
interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to
elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such
corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the
management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all
references to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer
to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
"Subsidiary Guarantor": each Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary of the
Borrower.
"Swingline Commitment": the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make
Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.3 in an aggregate principal amount at any
one time outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000.
"Swingline Lender": The Chase Manhattan Bank, in its capacity as the lender
of Swingline Loans.
"Swingline Loans": as defined in Section 2.3.
"Swingline Participation Amount": as defined in Section 2.4.
"Syndication Agents": as defined in the preamble hereto.
"Target": USA Detergents Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Tender Offer": the tender offer by the Merger Subsidiary whereby the
Borrower will acquire at least 51% of the stock of the Target.
"Total Commitments": at any time, the aggregate amount of the Commitments
then in effect.
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"Total Purchase Price" : as defined in Section 5.1(g).
"Total Revolving Extensions of Credit": at any time, the aggregate amount
of the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Lenders outstanding at
such time.
"Transferee": any Assignee or Participant.
"Type": as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
"United States": the United States of America.
"Wholly Owned Subsidiary": as to any Person, any other Person all of the
Capital Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying shares required by law)
is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein,
all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in
the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or
other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting
terms relating to any Group Member not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting
terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words "include",
"includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without
limitation", (iii) the word "incur" shall be construed to mean incur, create,
issue, assume, or become liable in respect of (and the words "incurred" and
"incurrence" shall have correlative meanings), (iv) 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,
Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract
rights, and (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall,
unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual
Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
(c) The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar
import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and
Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1 Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each
Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans ("Revolving
Loans") to the Borrower from time to time during the Commitment Period in an
aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which, when added to such
Lender's Revolving Percentage of the sum of (i) the L/C Obligations then
outstanding and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the
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Swingline Loans then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender's
Commitment. During the Commitment Period the Borrower may use the Commitments by
borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing,
all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving Loans may
from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the
Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections
2.2 and 2.9.
(b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans on the
Revolving Termination Date.
2.2 Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing. The Borrower may borrow under
the Commitments during the Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that
the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New
York City time, (a) three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date,
in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b) one Business Day prior to the requested
Borrowing Date, in the case of ABR Loans), specifying (i) the amount and Type of
Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in
the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan
and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. Any
Revolving Loans made on the Closing Date shall initially be ABR Loans. Each
borrowing under the Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case
of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof (or, if the then aggregate
Available Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) in
the case of Eurodollar Loans, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof; provided, that the Swingline Lender may request, on behalf of
the Borrower, borrowings under the Commitments that are ABR Loans in other
amounts pursuant to Section 2.4. Upon receipt of any such notice from the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender
thereof. Each Revolving Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of
each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the
Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the
Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower
by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower on the books
of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the
Administrative Agent by the Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by
the Administrative Agent.
2.3 Swingline Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
the Swingline Lender agrees to make a portion of the credit otherwise available
to the Borrower under the Commitments from time to time available during the
Commitment Period by making swing line loans ("Swingline Loans") to the
Borrower; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans
outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Swingline Commitment then in effect
(notwithstanding that the Swingline Loans outstanding at any time, when
aggregated with the Swingline Lender's other outstanding Revolving Loans, may
exceed the Swingline Commitment then in effect) and (ii) the Borrower shall not
request, and the Swingline Lender shall not make, any Swingline Loan if, after
giving effect to the making of such Swingline Loan, the aggregate amount of the
Available Commitments would be less than zero. During the Commitment Period, the
Borrower may use the Swingline Commitment by
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borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof. Swingline Loans shall be ABR Loans only.
(b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Swingline Loans on the
Revolving Termination Date.
2.4 Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans. (a)
Whenever the Borrower desires that the Swingline Lender make Swingline Loans it
shall give the Swingline Lender irrevocable telephonic notice confirmed promptly
in writing (which telephonic notice must be received by the Swingline Lender not
later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the proposed Borrowing Date),
specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed and (ii) the requested Borrowing Date
(which shall be a Business Day during the Commitment Period). Each borrowing
under the Swingline Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or a
whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Not later than 3:00 P.M., New York
City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in a notice in respect of Swingline
Loans, the Swingline Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at
the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount
of the Swingline Loan to be made by the Swingline Lender. The Administrative
Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan available to the Borrower
on such Borrowing Date by depositing such proceeds in the account of the
Borrower with the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in immediately
available funds.
(b) The Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole
and absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably
directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), on one Business Day's notice
given by the Swingline Lender no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time,
request each Revolving Lender to make, and each Revolving Lender hereby agrees
to make, a Revolving Loan, in an amount equal to such Revolving Lender's
Revolving Percentage of the aggregate amount of the Swingline Loans (the
"Refunded Swingline Loans") outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay the
Swingline Lender. Each Revolving Lender shall make the amount of such Revolving
Loan available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately
available funds, not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day
after the date of such notice. The proceeds of such Revolving Loans shall be
immediately made available by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender
for application by the Swingline Lender to the repayment of the Refunded
Swingline Loans. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to
charge the Borrower's accounts with the Administrative Agent (up to the amount
available in each such account) in order to immediately pay the amount of such
Refunded Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the Revolving
Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full such Refunded Swingline Loans.
(c) If prior to the time a Revolving Loan would have otherwise been made
pursuant to Section 2.4(b), one of the events described in Section 8(f) shall
have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Borrower or if for any other
reason, as determined by the Swingline Lender in its sole discretion, Revolving
Loans may not be made as contemplated by Section 2.4(b), each Revolving Lender
shall, on the date such Revolving Loan was to have been made pursuant to the
notice referred to in Section 2.4(b) (the "Refunding Date"), purchase for cash
an undivided participating interest in the then outstanding Swingline Loans by
paying to the
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Swingline Lender an amount (the "Swingline Participation Amount") equal to (i)
such Revolving Lender's Revolving Percentage times (ii) the sum of the aggregate
principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding that were to have been
repaid with such Revolving Loans.
(d) Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any
Revolving Lender such Lender's Swingline Participation Amount, the Swingline
Lender receives any payment on account of the Swingline Loans, the Swingline
Lender will distribute to such Lender its Swingline Participation Amount
(appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period
of time during which such Lender's participating interest was outstanding and
funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such
Lender's pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to
pay the principal of and interest on all Swingline Loans then due); provided,
however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline Lender is
required to be returned, such Revolving Lender will return to the Swingline
Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Swingline Lender.
(e) Each Revolving Lender's obligation to make the Loans referred to in
Section 2.4(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section
2.4(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or
other right that such Revolving Lender or the Borrower may have against the
Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the
failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5; (iii) any
adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower; (iv)
any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any
other Loan Party or any other Revolving Lender; or (v) any other circumstance,
happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
2.5 Commitment Fees, etc. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee
for the period from and including the date hereof to the last day of the
Commitment Period, computed at the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily
amount of the Available Commitment of such Lender during the period for which
payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March,
June, September and December and on the Revolving Termination Date, commencing
on the first of such dates to occur after the date hereof.
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the
amounts and on the dates previously agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent.
2.6 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. The Borrower shall have the
right, upon not less than three Business Days' notice to the Administrative
Agent, to terminate the Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount
of the Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of
Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any
prepayments of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans made on the effective
date thereof, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total
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Commitments. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a
whole multiple thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Commitments then in
effect.
2.7 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to
time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon
irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative Agent at least three Business
Days prior thereto in the case of Eurodollar Loans and at least one Business Day
prior thereto in the case of ABR Loans, which notice shall specify the date and
amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans or ABR
Loans; provided, that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the
last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay
any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.17. Upon receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any
such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and
payable on the date specified therein, together with (except in the case of
Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans and Swingline Loans) accrued interest to such
date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Revolving Loans shall be in
an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof. Partial
prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of
$100,000 or a whole multiple thereof.
2.8 Commitment Reductions. (a) If, after the Closing Date, any Capital
Stock or Indebtedness shall be issued or incurred by any Group Member (excluding
any Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2), an amount equal to 100% of the Net
Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied on the date of such issuance or
incurrence toward the reduction of the Commitments as set forth in Section
2.8(c).
(b) If, after the Closing Date, on any date any Group Member shall receive
Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event (excluding the sale of
inventory in the ordinary course of business and any Recovery Event not in
excess of $2,000,000) then such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied on such date
toward the reduction of the Commitments as set forth in Section 2.8(c).
(c) Any such reduction of the Commitments shall be accompanied by
prepayment of the Revolving Loans and/or Swingline Loans to the extent, if any,
that the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit exceed the amount of the Total
Commitments as so reduced, provided that if the aggregate principal amount of
Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans then outstanding is less than the amount of
such excess (because L/C Obligations constitute a portion thereof), the Borrower
shall, to the extent of the balance of such excess, replace outstanding Letters
of Credit and/or deposit an amount in cash in a cash collateral account
established with the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders on
terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The application
of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.8 shall be made, first, to ABR Loans
and, second, to Eurodollar Loans. Each prepayment of the Loans under Section 2.8
(except in the case of Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans and Swingline Loans)
shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the
amount prepaid.
2.9 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Borrower may elect from
time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans by giving the
Administrative Agent at least two Business Days' prior irrevocable notice of
such election, provided that any such
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conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest
Period with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert
ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at least three
Business Days' prior irrevocable notice of such election (which notice shall
specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor), provided that no
ABR Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Required
Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
(b) Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of
the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the term "Interest Period" set forth in Section 1.1, of
the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans, provided
that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such when any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Required
Lenders have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such
continuations, and provided, further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give
any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation
is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Loans shall be
automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring
Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
2.10 Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of
Eurodollar Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts
and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto,
the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each
Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$1,000,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than ten Eurodollar Tranches shall
be outstanding at any one time.
2.11 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear
interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate
per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the
Applicable Margin.
(b) Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the
ABR.
(c) (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would
otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
Section plus 2% or (y) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate
applicable to ABR Loans plus 2%, and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest
payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee or other
amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to ABR Loans plus
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2% (or, in the case of any such other amounts, the rate then applicable to ABR
Loans plus 2%), in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from
the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as
before judgment).
(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date,
provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall
be payable from time to time on demand.
2.12 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest and fees payable
pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the
actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to ABR Loans the rate of interest
on which is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon
shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day
year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as
practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination
of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a
change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become
effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes
effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the
Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each
such change in interest rate.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on
the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The
Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the
Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in
determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.11(a).
2.13 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any
Interest Period:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination
shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of
circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do
not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required
Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such
Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders
(as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their
affected Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the
Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such
notice is given (x) any Eurodollar Loans requested to be made on the first day
of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (y) any Loans that were to
have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurodollar Loans
shall be continued as ABR Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall
be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to ABR Loans.
Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, which the
Administrative Agent agrees to do upon the cessation of the events giving rise
to such notice, no further Eurodollar Loans
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shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to
convert Loans to Eurodollar Loans.
2.14 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower
from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any
commitment fee and any reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders shall be made
pro rata according to the respective Revolving Percentages of the relevant
Lenders.
(b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of
principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata
according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans
then held by the Revolving Lenders.
(c) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower
hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall
be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the
account of the Lenders, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately
available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the
Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment
hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable
on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and
payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension
would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such
payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of
any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two
sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during
such extension.
(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by
any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that
would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative
Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such
amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may,
in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the
required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate
equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate for the period until
such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent.
A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect
to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error. If such Lender's share of such borrowing is not made available
to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such
Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such
amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans, on
demand, from the Borrower.
(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by
the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower
hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative
Agent, the Administrative Agent
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may assume that the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative
Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make
available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding
amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower
within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall
be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount was made
available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon
at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent
or any Lender against the Borrower.
2.15 Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance
by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of
law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to
the date hereof:
(i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application or any
Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to
such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes covered by
Section 2.16 and changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of
such Lender);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special
deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by,
deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or
other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any
office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination
of the Eurodollar Rate; or
(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender,
by an amount that such Lender reasonably deems to be material, of making,
converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or issuing or
participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder
in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such
Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such
Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender
becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it
shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of
the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change
in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling
such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or
not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to
the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such
Lender's or such corporation's capital as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that
which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption,
change or compliance (taking
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into consideration such Lender's or such corporation's policies with respect to
capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from
time to time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to
the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay
to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender
or such corporation for such reduction; provided that the Borrower shall not be
required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this paragraph for any amounts
incurred more than three months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the
Borrower of such Lender's intention to claim compensation therefor; and provided
further that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive
effect, then such three-month period shall be extended to include the period of
such retroactive effect.
(c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this
Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The
obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts
payable hereunder.
2.16 Taxes. (a) All payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement
shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on
account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts,
duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed,
levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding
net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes)
imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or
former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the
jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such
connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having
executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or
enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings
("Non-Excluded Taxes") or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any
amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts
so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the
extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after
payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other
amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this
Agreement, provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to
increase any such amounts payable to any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded
Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Lender's failure to deliver the
documentation required by paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section or (ii) that are
United States withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the
time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that
such Lender's assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to
receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded
Taxes pursuant to this paragraph.
(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the
Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the
Administrative Agent
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for its own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may
be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Borrower
showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or
Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to
the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary
evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure.
(d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a "U.S. Person" as defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a "Non-U.S. Lender") shall deliver to the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the
Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two
copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or,
in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal
withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to
payments of "portfolio interest", a statement substantially in the form of
Exhibit F and a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors
thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming
complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on
all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it
becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or
before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). In
addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the
obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S.
Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it
determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously
delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification
adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any
other provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to
deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not
legally able to deliver.
(e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of
non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower
is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to
payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or
reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed
documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be
made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Lender is
legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such
Lender's judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially
prejudice the legal position of such Lender.
(f) The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
2.17 Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to
hold each Lender harmless from, any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain
or incur as a consequence of (a) a default by the Borrower in making a borrowing
of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has
given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, (b) a default by the Borrower in making any
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prepayment of or conversion from Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a
notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the
making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of
an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification may include an
amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would
have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or
continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to
borrow, convert or continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in the
case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would
have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate
of interest for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the
Applicable Margin included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as
reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have accrued to such Lender on
such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with
leading banks in the interbank eurodollar market. A certificate as to any
amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender
shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
2.18 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence
of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.15 or 2.16(a) with
respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable
efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate
another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of
avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such designation is made
on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its
lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and
provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of
the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section
2.15 or 2.16(a).
2.19 Replacement of Lenders. The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any
Lender that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section
2.15 or 2.16(a) or (b) defaults in its obligation to make Loans hereunder, with
a replacement financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not
conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) prior to any
such replacement, such Lender shall have taken no action under Section 2.18 so
as to eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts owing pursuant to
Section 2.15 or 2.16(a), (iv) the replacement financial institution shall
purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such replaced Lender on
or prior to the date of replacement, (v) the Borrower shall be liable to such
replaced Lender under Section 2.17 if any Eurodollar Loan owing to such replaced
Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period
relating thereto, (vi) the replacement financial institution, if not already a
Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vii) the
replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with
the provisions of Section 10.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to
pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), (viii) until such
time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Borrower shall pay all
additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.16(a), as the
case may be, and (ix) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of
any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall
have against the replaced Lender.
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SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.1 L/C Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each
Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set
forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to issue letters of credit ("Letters of Credit")
for the account of the Borrower on any Business Day during the Commitment Period
in such form as may be approved from time to time by such Issuing Lender;
provided that such Issuing Lender shall have no obligation to issue any Letter
of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations
would exceed the L/C Commitment or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Available
Commitments would be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be
denominated in Dollars, (ii) have a face amount of at least $250,000 (unless
otherwise agreed by such Issuing Lender) and (iii) expire no later than the
earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the date
that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date.
(b) No Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter
of Credit if such issuance would conflict with, or cause such Issuing Lender or
any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement
of Law.
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit. The Borrower may from time
to time request that an Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to
the applicable Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein an
Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and
such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such
Issuing Lender may request. Upon receipt of any Application, an Issuing Lender
will process such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers
and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its
customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested
thereby (but in no event shall such Issuing Lender be required to issue any
Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the
Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers
and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of
Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by such
Issuing Lender and the Borrower. The applicable Issuing Lender shall furnish a
copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower promptly following the issuance
thereof. The applicable Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the
Administrative Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish to the Lenders,
notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit (including the amount thereof).
3.3 Fees and Other Charges. (a) The Borrower will pay a fee on all
outstanding Letters of Credit at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin
then in effect with respect to Eurodollar Loans, shared ratably among the
Revolving Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date
after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to each Issuing
Lender for its own account a fronting fee of 0.25% per annum on the undrawn and
unexpired amount of each Letter of Credit issued by it, payable quarterly in
arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date after the issuance date.
(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse
the Issuing Lenders for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are
incurred or charged by such Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting
payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.
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3.4 L/C Participations. (a) Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to
grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce each Issuing
Lender to issue Letters of Credit, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to
accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from each Issuing Lender,
on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant's own
account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant's Revolving
Percentage in each Issuing Lender's obligations and rights under and in respect
of each Letter of Credit and the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing
Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees
with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for
which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to
the applicable Issuing Lender upon demand at such Issuing Lender's address for
notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant's Revolving
Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so
reimbursed.
(b) If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to any
Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion
of any payment made by the relevant Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is
not paid to such Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date such
payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender on demand
an amount equal to the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average
Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such
payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available
to the relevant Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is
the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which
is 360. If any such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant
to Section 3.4(a) is not made available to therelevant Issuing Lender by such
L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due,
such Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on
demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the
rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans. A certificate of the relevant Issuing
Lender submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under
this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Whenever, at any time after an Issuing Lender has made payment under
any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata
share of such payment in accordance with Section 3.4(a), such Issuing Lender
receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the
Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto by such
Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, such Issuing
Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof;
provided, however, that in the event that any such payment received by such
Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C
Participant shall return to such Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously
distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.
3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to
reimburse each Issuing Lender on the same Business Day (if the Borrower is
notified by 1:00 p.m. (New York time) and no later than the next Business Day if
the Borrower is notified after 1:00 p.m. (New York time)) on which such Issuing
Lender notifies the Borrower of the date and amount of a draft presented under
any Letter of Credit and paid by such Issuing Lender for the amount of (a) such
draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses
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incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment. Each such
payment shall be made to the relevant Issuing Lender at its address for notices
referred to herein in Dollars and in immediately available funds. Interest shall
be payable on any such amounts from the date on which the relevant draft is paid
until payment in full at the rate set forth in (i) until the Business Day next
succeeding the date of the relevant notice, Section 2.11(b) and (ii) thereafter,
Section 2.11(c).
3.6 Obligations Absolute. The Borrower's obligations under this Section 3
shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and
irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower
may have or have had against any Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of
Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with each Issuing Lender
that no Issuing Lender shall be responsible for, and the Borrower's
Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by, among
other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements
thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid,
fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any
beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of
Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any
beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. No Issuing Lender
shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission,
dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in
connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions found by a
final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender.
The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by any Issuing Lender under
or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents,
if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct and in
accordance with the standards of care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code
of the State of New York, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result
in any liability of any Issuing Lender to the Borrower.
3.7 Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for payment
under any Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Lender shall promptly notify
the Borrower of the date and amount thereof. The responsibility of the relevant
Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for
payment under any Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation
expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that
the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in
connection with such presentment are substantially in conformity with such
Letter of Credit.
3.8 Applications. To the extent that any provision of any Application
related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this
Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this
Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of
Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender that:
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4.1 Financial Condition. (a) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2001
(including the notes thereto) (the "Pro Forma Balance Sheet"), copies of which
have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, has been prepared giving effect
(as if such events had occurred on such date) to (i) the consummation of the
Acquisition, (ii) the Loans to be made on the Closing Date and the use of
proceeds thereof and (iii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with
the foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet has been prepared based on the best
information available to the Borrower as of the date of delivery thereof, and
presents fairly on a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2001, assuming that
the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such
date.
(b) The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 1998, December 31, 1999 and
December 31, 2000, and the related consolidated statements of income and of cash
flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, in each case reported on by
Deloitte & Touche LLP, and accompanied by an unqualified report from Deloitte &
Touche LLP, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower
and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the consolidated results
of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal
years then ended. The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as at March 31, 2001 and the related unaudited
consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the three-month period
ended on such date, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the consolidated
results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the three-month
period then ended (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the omission
of footnotes). All such financial statements, including the related schedules
and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the
aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). No Group Member has
any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for
taxes, or any long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments,
including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or
other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most
recent financial statements referred to in this paragraph. During the period
from December 31, 2000 to and including the date hereof there has been no
Disposition by any Group Member of any material part of their respective
businesses or properties.
(c) The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Target as at December
31, 1998, December 31, 1999 and December 31, 2000, and the related consolidated
statements of income and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates,
in each case reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP (and, in the case of the
balance sheets as at December 31, 1998 and December 31, 1999, accompanied by an
unqualified report from Deloitte & Touche LLP) present fairly the consolidated
financial condition of the Target as at such date and the consolidated results
of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal
years then ended. The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Target as at
March 31, 2001 and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and
cash flows for the three-month period ended on such date, to the best of the
Borrower's knowledge, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the
Target as at such date and the consolidated results of its operations and its
consolidated cash flows for the three-month period then ended (subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments and the omission of footnotes). All such financial
statements, including the related
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schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied
consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the
aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). The Target has no
material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for
taxes, or any long-term leases (excepting certain operating leases entered into
in the ordinary course of business) or unusual forward or long-term commitments,
including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or
other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most
recent financial statements referred to in this paragraph. During the period
from December 31, 2000 to and including the date hereof there has been no
Disposition by the Target of any material part of their respective businesses or
properties, other than the assets contributed by the Target into Armus.
(d) The detailed consolidated budget for each fiscal year through 2004
(including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of each fiscal year through 2004, the related
consolidated statements of projected cash flow, projected changes in financial
position and projected income and a description of the underlying assumptions
applicable thereto), and significant revisions, if any, of such budget and
projections with respect to such fiscal year of the Borrower through the 2004
fiscal year (collectively, the "Projections"), are based on reasonable
estimates, information and assumptions and, to the knowledge of the Borrower,
are not incorrect or misleading in any material respect.
4.2 No Change. Since December 31, 2000, there has been no development or
event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Each Lender acknowledges that the Borrower has entered into agreements
relating to the purchase by a joint venture in which it will make a 50%
investment of the consumer products group of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc. and to a direct
purchase by the Borrower of certain of the product lines of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc.
4.3 Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Group Member (a) is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the power and authority, and the legal
right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as
lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly
qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct
of its business requires such qualification and (d) is in compliance with all
Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith
would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.4 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Loan Party has the
power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan
Documents and the Acquisition Documents to which it is a party and, in the case
of the Borrower, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder and, in the case of
each Subsidiary Guarantor, to guarantee the Obligations hereunder. Each Loan
Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and the Acquisition Documents to
which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the
extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and, in the
case of each Subsidiary Guarantor, to authorize the guarantee of the Obligations
on the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the Guarantee
Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice
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to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other
Person is required in connection with the Acquisition and the extensions of
credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement, any of the Loan Documents or the Acquisition
Documents, except consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in
Schedule 4.4, which consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been
obtained or made and are in full force and effect. Each Loan Document and each
Acquisition Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan
Party party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document
and each Acquisition Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and
binding obligation of each Loan Party party thereto, enforceable against each
such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by
general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in
equity or at law).
4.5 No Legal Bar; No Burdensome Restrictions. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Acquisition
Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the
use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or any
material Contractual Obligation of any Group Member and will not result in, or
require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective
properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such material
Contractual Obligation. No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation
applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6 Litigation. No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before
any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened by or against any Group Member or against any of their
respective properties or revenues (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents,
any of the Acquisition Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby (including, without limitation, the Tender Offer and the Merger), or
(b) that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 No Default. No Group Member is in default under or with respect to any
of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that would reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing.
4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Group Member has title in fee
simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its real property, and good
title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other property, and none of
the property held in fee simple or to which any Borrower has good title is
subject to any Lien except as permitted by Section 7.3.
4.9 Intellectual Property. Each Group Member owns, or is licensed or
otherwise has sufficient legal rights to use, all Intellectual Property
necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted. No material
claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning
the use of any material Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness
of any material Intellectual Property, nor does the Borrower know of any valid
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basis for any such claim. The use of Intellectual Property by each Group Member
does not infringe on the rights of any Person in any material respect.
4.10 Taxes. Each Group Member has filed or caused to be filed all Federal,
state and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid
all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made
against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges
imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than
any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with
GAAP have been provided on the books of the relevant Group Member); no tax Lien
has been filed, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, no claim is being
asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge.
4.11 Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no
other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for "buying" or "carrying"
any "margin stock" within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms
under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect in a manner
that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If requested by
any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in
conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, as applicable,
referred to in Regulation U.
4.12 Labor Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other
labor disputes against any Group Member pending or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each
Group Member have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any
other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters; and (c) all
payments due from any Group Member on account of employee health and welfare
insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the relevant
Group Member.
4.13 ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor an "accumulated funding
deficiency" (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of
ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this
representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan
has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA
and the Code. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien
in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year period. The
present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on
those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual
valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed
made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued
benefits by a material amount. Neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled
Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that
has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability
under ERISA, and neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would
become subject to any material liability under ERISA if the Borrower or any such
Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer
Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this
representation is made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer Plan is in
Reorganization or Insolvent.
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4.14 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Loan Party is an
"investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment company",
within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan
Party is subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than
Regulation X) that limits its ability to incur Indebtedness.
4.15 Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed to the Administrative Agent by the
Borrower in writing from time to time after the Closing Date, (a) Schedule 4.15
sets forth the name and jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary and, as
to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by
any Loan Party and (b) there are no outstanding subscriptions, options,
warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock
options granted to employees or directors and directors' qualifying shares) of
any nature relating to any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
except as created by the Loan Documents.
4.16 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline
Loans, and the Letters of Credit, shall be used to finance the Acquisition, to
finance Investments permitted by this Agreement, to refinance certain debt of
the Target and the Borrower and for general corporate purposes, including
working capital needs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business.
4.17 Environmental Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to result in the payment of a Material Environmental
Amount:
(a) the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by any
Group Member (the "Properties") do not contain, and have not previously
contained, any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or
concentrations or under circumstances that constitute or constituted a
violation of, or would be reasonably likely to give rise to liability
under, any Environmental Law;
(b) no Group Member has received or is aware of any notice of
violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential
liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental
Laws with regard to any of the Properties or the business operated by any
Group Member (the "Business"), nor does the Borrower have knowledge or
reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being
threatened;
(c) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or
disposed of from the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a
location that would give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law,
nor have any Materials of Environmental Concern been generated, treated,
stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Properties in violation
of, or in a manner that would be reasonably likely to give rise to
liability under, any applicable Environmental Law;
(d) no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, under any
Environmental Law to which any Group Member is or will be named as a party
with respect to the Properties or the
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Business, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent
orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or
judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect
to the Properties or the Business;
(e) there has been no release or threat of release of Materials of
Environmental Concern at or from the Properties, or arising from or related
to the operations of any Group Member in connection with the Properties or
otherwise in connection with the Business, in violation of or in amounts or
in a manner that would be reasonably likely to give rise to liability under
Environmental Laws;
(f) the Properties and all operations at the Properties are in
compliance in all material respects, and have in the last five years been
in compliance in all material respects, with all applicable Environmental
Laws, and there is no material contamination at, under or about the
Properties or material violation of any Environmental Law with respect to
the Properties or the Business; and
(g) no Group Member has assumed any liability of any other Person
under Environmental Laws.
4.18 Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information contained in
this Agreement, any other Loan Document, any Acquisition Document, the
Confidential Information Memorandum or any other document, certificate or
written statement furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, for use in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the
Acquisition Documents, contained as of the date such written statement,
information, document or certificate was so furnished (or, in the case of the
Confidential Information Memorandum, as of the date of this Agreement), any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading. The
projections, including the Projections, and pro forma financial information
contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates
and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the
time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as
it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results
during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ
from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount. As of the
date hereof, the representations and warranties of the Borrower and, to the
Borrower's knowledge, the representations and warranties of the other parties
contained in each Acquisition Document are true and correct in all material
respects. There is no fact known to any Loan Party that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed
herein, in the other Loan Documents, in the Acquisition Documents, in the
Confidential Information Memorandum or in any other documents, certificates and
statements furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for use in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, by the other Loan
Documents and by the Acquisition Documents.
4.19 Solvency. Each Loan Party is, and after giving effect to the
Acquisition and the incurrence of all Indebtedness and obligations being
incurred in connection herewith and therewith will be and will continue to be,
Solvent.
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4.20 Certain Documents. The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative
Agent a complete and correct copy of each Acquisition Document, including any
amendments, supplements or modifications with respect to any of the foregoing.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender
to make the initial extension of credit requested to be made by it is subject to
the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such extension of
credit on the Closing Date, of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Credit Agreement; Guarantee Agreement. The Administrative Agent
shall have received (i) this Agreement executed and delivered by the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each Person listed on Schedule 1.1
and (ii) the Guarantee Agreement, executed and delivered by the Borrower
and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
(b) Acquisition, etc. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied in
all material respects with the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer
(and no such term or condition shall have been amended, waived or otherwise
modified in any material respect without the prior approval of the
Administrative Agent) and (i) the Administrative Agent shall have received
evidence satisfactory to it that (A) there shall have been tendered for
purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer shares that, when aggregated with the
shares already held by the Borrower, aggregate not less than 51% of the
outstanding common stock of the Target, (B) the Borrower or Merger
Subsidiary shall have the right to appoint a majority of the board of
directors of the Target, (C) the Tender Offer shall have remained
outstanding for a period of 25 Business Days, and (D) the Merger Subsidiary
shall have accepted for purchase all such tendered shares and (ii) the
Borrower shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent each Acquisition
Document and such documents and materials shall be reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to the Administrative Agent.
(c) Approvals. All governmental and third party approvals (including
approvals under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
and other consents) necessary or, in the discretion of the Administrative
Agent, advisable in connection with the Acquisition, the continuing
operations of the Group Members and the transactions contemplated hereby
shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect, and all
applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being
taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent
or otherwise impose adverse conditions on the Acquisition or the financing
contemplated hereby.
(d) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received
all fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been
presented (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on
or before the Closing Date. All such amounts will be paid with proceeds of
Loans made on the Closing Date and will be reflected in the funding
instructions given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or before
the Closing Date.
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(e) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received
a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, substantially in
the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments.
(f) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
following executed legal opinions:
(i) the legal opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, counsel to
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E-1; and
(ii) the legal opinion of general counsel of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2.
Each such legal opinion shall cover such other matters incident to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require.
(g) Officer's Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have
received a certificate from the principal financial officer certifying (i)
that Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for the 12-month period ending
December 31, 2000, determined on a pro forma basis after giving effect to
the consummation of the Acquisition and the financings contemplated hereby
as if such transactions had occurred on the first day of such period, shall
be at least 128,000,000, (ii) that the per share acquisition price for the
common stock of the Target shall not be more than $7.00 per share (the "Per
Share Acquisition Price"), (iii) that the total purchase price for all
outstanding Capital Stock of the Target shall not exceed $110,000,000
(including pursuant to the Merger Agreement) (the "Total Purchase Price"),
and (iv) that, on the Closing Date before giving effect to this Agreement,
the Target shall not have Indebtedness in excess of $25,000,000.
(h) Federal Regulations. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied
that this Agreement and the use of the proceeds of the Loans hereunder
comply in all respects with Regulation U. The Administrative Agent shall
have received for its own account, and for the account of each Lender, from
the Borrower an executed statement as to matters specified in Section 4.11
hereof, which statement conforms with the requirements of FR Form U-1
referred to in Regulation U.
5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to
make any extension of credit requested to be made by it on any date (including
its initial extension of credit) is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and
warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date
as if made on and as of such date, except for representations and
warranties expressly stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which
case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all
material respects as of such earlier date.
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(b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of
credit requested to be made on such date.
Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower
hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of
the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained in this
Section 5.2 have been satisfied.
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any
Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any
Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall and shall cause
each of its Subsidiaries to:
6.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days
after the end of each of the quarterly periods during the term of this
Agreement, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related
unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such
quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous
year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all
material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
omission of footnotes); and
(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 20 days
after the end of each month occurring during the term of this Agreement,
the revenues, listed by brand, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at
the end of such month prepared in accordance with the Borrower's normal
accounting procedures, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being
fairly stated in all material respects.
All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material
respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP
applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior
periods (except as approved by the Borrower's accountants or a Responsible
Officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein).
6.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender (or, in the case of clause (e), to the relevant Lender):
(a) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements
pursuant to Section 6.1(a), (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer
stating on behalf of the Borrower that, to the such Responsible Officer's
knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed or performed in
all material respects all of its covenants and other agreements, and
satisfied every condition contained in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by
it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any
Default or Event of Default
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except as specified in such certificate and (ii) in the case of quarterly
financial statements, a Compliance Certificate containing all information
and calculations necessary for determining compliance by each Group Member
with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as of the last
day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower;
(b) within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the
Borrower, a narrative discussion and analysis of the financial condition
and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such
fiscal quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current
fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter, as compared to the portion
of the Projections covering such periods and to the comparable periods of
the previous year;
(c) no later than 5 Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof,
copies of substantially final drafts of any proposed amendment, supplement,
waiver or other modification with respect to the Acquisition Documents;
(d) within five days after the same are sent, copies of all financial
statements and reports that the Borrower sends to the holders of any class
of its debt securities or public equity securities and, within five days
after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and reports
that the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC; and
(e) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any
Lender may from time to time reasonably request.
6.3 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or
before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its
material obligations of whatever nature, except where the amount or validity
thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on
the books of the relevant Group Member.
6.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. (a)(i) Preserve, renew and keep
in full force and effect its organizational existence and (ii) take all
reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or
desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as
otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above,
to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and
Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith would
not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property useful and
necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and
tear excepted, and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance
companies insurance on all its property in at least such amounts and against at
least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability
and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general
area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.
6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep
proper books of records and accounts in which full, true and correct entries in
conformity with GAAP
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and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in
relation to its business and activities and (b) permit representatives of any
Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts
from any of its books and records at any reasonable time and as often as may
reasonably be desired and to discuss the business, operations, properties and
financial and other condition of the Group Members with officers and employees
of the Group Members and with their independent certified public accountants.
6.7 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each
Lender of:
(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
(b) any (i) default or event of default under any Contractual
Obligation of any Group Member or (ii) litigation, investigation or
proceeding that may exist at any time between any Group Member and any
Governmental Authority, that in either case, if not cured or if adversely
determined, as the case may be, would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any litigation or proceeding affecting any Group Member (i) in
which the amount involved is $5,000,000 or more and not covered by
insurance, (ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought or (iii)
which relates to any Loan Document or any Acquisition Document;
(d) the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within
30 days after the Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the
occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a failure to
make any required contribution to a Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor
of the PBGC or a Plan or any withdrawal from, or the termination,
Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the
institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or
the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan
with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or
Insolvency of, any Plan; and
(e) any development or event that has had or would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of
a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to
therein and stating what action the relevant Group Member proposes to take with
respect thereto.
6.8 Environmental Laws. (a) Comply in all material respects with, and
ensure compliance in all material respects by all tenants and subtenants, if
any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply in all
material respects with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants
obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, any and all
licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by
applicable Environmental Laws.
(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and
testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under
Environmental Laws and promptly comply in
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all material respects with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental
Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.
6.9 Additional Subsidiaries. With respect to any new Wholly Owned Domestic
Subsidiary created or acquired (including, without limitation, if and when, it
becomes a Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary, the Target) after the Closing Date
by any Group Member, promptly (i) cause such new Wholly Owned Domestic
Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Guarantee Agreement and (B) to deliver
to the Administrative Agent a certificate of such Wholly Owned Domestic
Subsidiary, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions
and attachments, and (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to
the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above,
which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in
effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is
owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall
not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
7.1 Financial Condition Covenants.
(a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as
at the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the
Borrower (or, if less, the number of full fiscal quarters subsequent to the
Closing Date) ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio
set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Consolidated
Fiscal Quarter Leverage Ratio
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6/30/01 2.0:1.0
9/30/01 2.0:1.0
; provided, that for the purposes of determining the ratio described above for
the fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending June 30, 2001 and September 30, 2001,
Consolidated EBITDA for the relevant period shall be deemed to equal
Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarter (and, in the case of the second of
such determinations, the previous fiscal quarter) multiplied by 4 and 2,
respectively.
(b) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest
Coverage Ratio for the number of full fiscal quarters subsequent to the Closing
Date ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to be less than the ratio
set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:
Consolidated Interest
Fiscal Quarter Coverage Ratio
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6/30/01 8.0:1.0
9/30/01 8.0:1.0
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7.2 Indebtedness. Create, issue, incur, assume, become liable in respect
of or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any
Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary;
(c) Guarantee Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of obligations of any Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(d) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule
7.2(d) and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof
(without increasing, or shortening the maturity of, the principal amount
thereof);
(e) Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease
Obligations) secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.3(g) in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(f) Hedge Agreements in respect of Indebtedness otherwise permitted
hereby that bears interest at a floating rate, so long as such agreements
are not entered into for speculative purposes;
(g) Indebtedness incurred in respect of the deferred purchase price in
connection with the acquisition of Biovance not to exceed $10,000,000; and
(h) additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
in an aggregate principal amount (for the Borrower and all Subsidiaries)
not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
7.3 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of
its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with
respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;
(b) carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's
or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not
overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
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(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other
than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in
the ordinary course of business;
(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the
aggregate, are not substantial in amount and that do not in any case
materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or
materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) Liens in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 7.3(f),
securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(d), provided that no such
Lien is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date and
that the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;
(g) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(e) to finance the acquisition of fixed or
capital assets, provided that (i) such Liens shall be created substantially
simultaneously with the acquisition of such fixed or capital assets, (ii)
such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property
financed by such Indebtedness and (iii) the amount of Indebtedness secured
thereby is not increased;
(h) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and
covering only the assets so leased; and
(i) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section so long as neither
(i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured
thereby nor (ii) the aggregate fair market value (determined as of the date
such Lien is incurred) of the assets subject thereto exceeds (as to the
Borrower and all Subsidiaries) $10,000,000 at any one time.
7.4 Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or
amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any
liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its
property or business, except that:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged or consolidated with
or into the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or
surviving corporation) or with or into any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided
that the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving
corporation);
(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its
assets (i) to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (upon voluntary
liquidation or otherwise) or (ii) pursuant to a Disposition permitted by
Section 7.5;
(c) any Investment expressly permitted by Section 7.8 may be
structured as a merger, consolidation or amalgamation; and
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(d) the Merger may be consummated on the terms and conditions set
forth in the Merger Agreement.
7.5 Disposition of Property. Dispose of any of its property, whether now
owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Subsidiary, issue or sell
any shares of such Subsidiary's Capital Stock to any Person, except:
(a) the Disposition to Xxx Xxxxx or an entity of which he is a
principal owner of any assets or property having a fair market value not to
exceed $15,000,000 in the aggregate;
(b) the Disposition of the Okonite property for an amount not to
exceed $11,000,000 in the aggregate;
(c) the Disposition of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary
course of business;
(d) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.4(b);
(f) the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary's Capital Stock to the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; and
(g) the Disposition, during the term of this Agreement, of other
property having a fair market value not to exceed $10,000,000 in the
aggregate.
7.6 Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends
payable solely in common stock of the Person paying such dividend) on, or make
any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous
fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition
of, any Capital Stock of any Group Member, whether now or hereafter outstanding,
or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or
indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of any Group Member
(collectively, "Restricted Payments"), except that:
(a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor;
(b) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in an amount not to
exceed $4,000,000 for each fiscal quarter ending during the term of this
Agreement;
(c) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and
be continuing, the Borrower may redeem or repurchase its common stock or
common stock options from any Person, provided, that the aggregate amount
of payments under this clause (c) after the date hereof shall not exceed
$8,000,000.
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7.7 Capital Expenditures. Make or commit to make any Capital Expenditure,
except Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary
course of business not exceeding $25,000,000 during the term of this Agreement.
7.8 Investments. Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of
guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital
Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets
constituting a business unit of, or make any other investment in, any Person
(all of the foregoing, "Investments"), except:
(a) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
(b) investments in Cash Equivalents;
(c) Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 7.2;
(d) loans and advances to employees of any Group Member in the
ordinary course of business (including for travel, entertainment and
relocation expenses) in an aggregate amount for all Group Members not to
exceed $3,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(e) the Acquisition;
(f) the investment in Biovance whereby the Borrower shall acquire at
least 51% of the outstanding common stock of Biovance for an aggregate
amount not in excess of $12,000,000;
(g) the investment in Enamelon whereby the Borrower shall acquire the
stock or certain technology of Enamelon for an aggregate amount not in
excess of $2,000,000;
(h) seller notes in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 in
connection with the sale contemplated by Section 7.5(a) and a seller
mortgage in an aggregate amount no to exceed $5,000,000 to finance the sale
contemplated by Section 7.5(b);
(i) intercompany Investments by any Group Member in the Borrower or
any Person that, prior to such investment, is a Subsidiary Guarantor; and
(j) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this
Section, Investments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount (valued at cost) not to exceed $5,000,000 during the term
of this Agreement.
7.9 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction, including
any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property, the rendering of any service
or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate
(other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor) unless such transaction is
(a) otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (b) in the ordinary course of
business of the relevant Group Member, and (c) upon fair and reasonable terms no
less favorable to the relevant Group Member than it would obtain in a comparable
arm's length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.
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7.10 Sales and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement with any Person
providing for the leasing by any Group Member of real or personal property with
a fair market value in excess of $3,000,000 in the aggregate that has been or is
to be sold or transferred by such Group Member to such Person or to any other
Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the
security of such property or rental obligations of such Group Member.
7.11 Changes in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to
end on a day other than December 31 or change the Borrower's method of
determining fiscal quarters.
7.12 Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become
effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of any Group Member
to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property
(including any stock acquired by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the Tender
Offer) or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than (a) this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the Letter of Credit Reimbursement
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 1991, between the Borrower and The Bank of Nova
Scotia (provided that any limitation contained therein shall not be effective to
the extent such limitation is made more restrictive after the date hereof), and
(c) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease
Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or
limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby).
7.13 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or suffer to
exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the
ability of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to (a) make Restricted Payments in
respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness
owed to, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) make loans or
advances to, or other Investments in, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of
the Borrower or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any other
Subsidiary of the Borrower, except for such encumbrances or restrictions
existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan
Documents and (ii) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed
pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the
Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such
Subsidiary.
7.14 Lines of Business. Enter into any business, either directly or through
any Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement (after giving effect to
the Acquisition) or that are reasonably related thereto or to the business
currently conducted by the consumer products group of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Inc.
7.15 Amendments to Acquisition Documents. (a) Amend, supplement or
otherwise modify (pursuant to a waiver or otherwise) the terms and conditions of
the indemnities and licenses furnished to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to the Acquisition Documents such that after giving effect
thereto such indemnities or licenses shall be materially less favorable to the
interests of the Loan Parties or the Lenders with respect thereto, (b) otherwise
amend, supplement or otherwise modify the terms and conditions of the
Acquisition Documents or any such other documents except for any such amendment,
supplement or
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modification that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or (c) amend, supplement or otherwise modify the Per Share Acquisition
Price or the Total Purchase Price or any other material term of any Acquisition
Document without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
7.16 Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of Debt Instruments.
(a) Make any optional payment or prepayment on, or redemption, purchase or
defeasance of, any Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation (other than the Loans)
except for refinancings of Indebtedness permitted by subsection 7.2, (b) amend,
modify or change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification or change
to, any of the terms of any Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligations (other than
any such amendment, modification or change which would extend the maturity or
reduce the amount of any payment of principal thereof or which would reduce the
rate or extend the date for payment of interest thereon).
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or
Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or
the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or Reimbursement
Obligation, any fees payable hereunder or any other amount payable
hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within five days after any such
interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof;
or
(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan
Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any
certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished by it at
any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan
Document shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or
as of the date made or deemed made; or
(c) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of
any agreement contained in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.4(a) (with
respect to the Borrower only), Section 6.7(a) or Section 7 of this
Agreement; or
(d) any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of
any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and
such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice
to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
(e) any Group Member shall (i) default in making any payment of any
principal of any Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but
excluding the Loans) beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the
instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (ii)
default in making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness
beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement
under which such Indebtedness was created; or (iii) default in the
observance
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or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such
Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing,
securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition
exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause,
or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee
or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving
of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated
maturity or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee
Obligation) to become payable; provided, that a default, event or condition
described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at
any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more
defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii)
and (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be continuing with
respect to Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds
in the aggregate $10,000,000; or
(f) (i) any Group Member shall commence any case, proceeding or other
action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic
or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of
debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or
seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation,
dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts,
or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator
or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its
assets, or any Group Member shall make a general assignment for the benefit
of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Group Member
any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i)
above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such
adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or
unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against
any Group Member any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a
warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all
or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order
for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed
or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) any
Group Member shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its
consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in
clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Group Member shall generally
not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay
its debts as they become due; or
(g) (i) any Person shall engage in any "prohibited transaction" (as
defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any
Plan, (ii) any "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302
of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or
any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of any
Group Member or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event
shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a
trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to
terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement
of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of
the Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for
purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall
terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, or (v) any Group Member or any
Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the
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Required Lenders is likely to, incur any liability in connection with a
withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer
Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or
condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any,
would, in the reasonable judgment of the Required Lenders, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(h) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any
Group Member involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully
covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has
acknowledged coverage) of $5,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or
decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending
appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof; or
(i) the guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee Agreement
shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any Loan
Party shall so assert; or
(j) (i) any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act")), excluding stockholders who, as of the Closing Date, own,
directly or indirectly, more than 10% of the outstanding common stock of
the Borrower, shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means of warrants,
options or otherwise) to become, the "beneficial owner" (as defined in
Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly,
of more than 20% of the outstanding common stock of the Borrower or (ii)
the board of directors of the Borrower shall cease to consist of a majority
of Continuing Directors;
then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified
in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower,
automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans (with
accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or
not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have
presented the documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due and
payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of
the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required
Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the
Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments shall
immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the
Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the
Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans (with
accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, if the
beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the
documents required thereunder) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the
same shall immediately become due and payable. With respect to all Letters of
Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at
the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall at
such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative
Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such
Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied
by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of
Credit, and the
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unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or
been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of
the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After all such
Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement
Obligations shall have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Borrower
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the
balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the
Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto). Except as
expressly provided above in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all
other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.
SECTION 9. THE AGENTS
9.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints
the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the
Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under
the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise
such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the
Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those
expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and
no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or
otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
9.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its
duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or
attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact
selected by it with reasonable care.
9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of their respective
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be
(i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such
Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document
(except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and
nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted
from its or such Person's own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii)
responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements,
representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate,
report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received
by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability
or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure
of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder or
thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to
ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the
agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.
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9.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be
entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument,
writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy,
telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation
believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made
by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel
(including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and
treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a
written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been
filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully
justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of
the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it
deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the
Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by
reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent
shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting,
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request
of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders),
and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall
be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.
9.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to
have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default
unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or the
Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of
Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of default". In the event that
the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall
give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such
action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably
directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all
Lenders); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have
received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be
obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect
to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best
interests of the Lenders.
9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly
acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any
representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter
taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a
Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any
Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has,
independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based
on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own
appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their
affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into
this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and
without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents
and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its
own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such
investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business,
operations, property,
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financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their
affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required
to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the
Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any
Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations,
property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of
any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the
possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
9.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its
capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without
limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their
respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which
indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought
after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans
shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure
Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time
(whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or
asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the
Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent
under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall
be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations,
losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent's gross negligence or
willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of
the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may
make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business
with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its
Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued or
participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the
same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall
include each Agent in its individual capacity.
9.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as
Administrative Agent upon 30 days' notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If
the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint
from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent
shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 8(a) or Section 8(f) with
respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to
approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and
duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term "Administrative Agent" shall
mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the
former Administrative Agent's rights,
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powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other
or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of
the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent
has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 30 days
following a retiring Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become
effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the
Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders
appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring
Administrative Agent's resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of
this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents.
9.10 Syndication Agents. No Syndication Agent shall have any duties or
responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, any other Loan
Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or
modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1. The
Required Lenders and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may,
or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent
and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time,
(a) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to
the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of
the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such
terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the
case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its
consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment,
supplement or modification shall (i) forgive the principal amount or extend the
final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, reduce the stated rate of any
interest or fee payable hereunder (except (x) in connection with the waiver of
applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall
be effective with the consent of the Required Lenders) and (y) that any
amendment or modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in
this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees
for purposes of this clause (i)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment
thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender's
Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby; (ii) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under
this Section 10.1 without the written consent of such Lender; (iii) reduce any
percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, consent to the
assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or release or subordinate all
or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under
the Guarantee Agreement, in each case without the written consent of all
Lenders; (iv) amend, modify or waive any condition precedent to any extension of
credit set forth in Section 5.2 (including in connection with any waiver of an
existing Default or Event of Default) without the written consent of the
Required Lenders; (v) reduce the amount of Net Cash Proceeds required to be
applied to prepay Loans under this Agreement without the written consent of the
Required Lenders; (vi) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9
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without the written consent of the Administrative Agent; (vii) amend, modify or
waive any provision of Section 2.3 or 2.4 without the written consent of the
Swingline Lender; (viii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3
without the written consent of each Issuing Lender or (ix) waive any condition
precedent to the initial extension of credit set forth in Section 5.1 without
the written consent of each Lender. Any such waiver and any such amendment,
supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall
be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all
future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the
Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position
and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or
Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no
such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default,
or impair any right consequent thereon.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended
and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit
facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to
time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof
to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
with the Revolving Extensions of Credit and the accrued interest and fees in
respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit
facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.
10.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective
parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and,
unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly
given or made when delivered, or five Business Days after being deposited in the
mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received,
addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent,
and as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the
Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such other address as may
be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:
Borrower: Church & Xxxxxx Co., Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
Administrative Agent: The Chase Manhattan Bank
000 Xxxxx 00X
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telecopy: 000-000-0000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
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10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in
exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right,
remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall
operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any
right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.
The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and
not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and
warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document,
certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the
Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.
10.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or
reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Arranger for all their reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development,
preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to,
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in
connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, with
statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower prior
to the Closing Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on the Closing Date) and
from time to time thereafter on a quarterly basis or such other periodic basis
as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse each
Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in
connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including the
fees and disbursements of counsel (including the allocated fees and expenses of
in-house counsel) to each Lender and of counsel to the Administrative Agent, (c)
to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and the Administrative Agent and the
Arranger harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting
from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, that may be
payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and
delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions
contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver
or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender and
the Administrative Agent and the Arranger and their respective officers,
directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons when acting in
such capacity (each, an "Indemnitee") harmless from and against any and all
other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with
respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration
of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents,
including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or
the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law
applicable to the operations of any Group Member or any of the Properties and
the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel in connection with claims,
actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against any Loan Party under any Loan
Document (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the "Indemnified
Liabilities"), provided, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to
any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such
Indemnified Liabilities result from the gross negligence or willful
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misconduct of such Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent
permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its
Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its
Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of
recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities,
settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or
related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or
otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section 10.5 shall
be payable not later than 10 days after written demand therefor. Statements
payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall be submitted to
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx (Telephone No. 000-000-0000) (Telecopy No. 973-439-5011), at the
address of the Borrower set forth in Section 10.2, or to such other Person or
address as may be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to
the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section 10.5 shall survive
repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (a) This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent, all future holders of the Loans and their
respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower may not assign or
transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior
written consent of each Lender.
(b) Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender may, without the consent of
the Borrower, in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more
banks, financial institutions or other entities (each, a "Participant")
participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Commitment of such
Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan
Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of a participating interest
to a Participant, such Lender's obligations under this Agreement to the other
parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain
solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the
holder of any such Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In no event shall
any Participant under any such participation have any right to approve any
amendment or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document, or any consent to any
departure by any Loan Party therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment,
waiver or consent would reduce the principal of, or interest on, the Loans or
any fees payable hereunder, or postpone the date of the final maturity of the
Loans, in each case to the extent subject to such participation. The Borrower
agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Loans are due or
unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall, to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law, be deemed to have the right of setoff in
respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to
the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing
directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement, provided that, in purchasing
such participating interest, such Participant shall be deemed to have agreed to
share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof as provided in Section 10.7(a) as
fully as if it were a Lender hereunder. The Borrower also agrees that each
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17
with respect to its participation in the Commitments and the Loans outstanding
from time to time as if it was a Lender; provided that, in the case of Section
2.16, such Participant shall have
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complied with the requirements of said Section and provided, further, that no
Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any such
Section than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in
respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender
to such Participant had no such transfer occurred.
(c) Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender (an "Assignor") may, in
accordance with applicable law, at any time and from time to time assign to any
Lender or any Lender Affiliate or, with the consent of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (which, in each case, shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), to an additional bank, financial institution or other entity (an
"Assignee") all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, executed
by such Assignee, such Assignor and any other Person whose consent is required
pursuant to this paragraph, and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its
acceptance and recording in the Register; provided that, unless otherwise agreed
by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, no such assignment to an Assignee
(other than any Lender or any Lender Affiliate) shall be in an aggregate
principal amount of less than $5,000,000, in each case except in the case of an
assignment of all of a Lender's interests under this Agreement. For purposes of
the proviso contained in the preceding sentence, the amount described therein
shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Lender Affiliates, if any.
Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the
effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the
Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such
Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder
with a Commitment and/or Loans as set forth therein, and (y) the Assignor
thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, be
released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an
Assignment and Acceptance covering all of an Assignor's rights and obligations
under this Agreement, such Assignor shall cease to be a party hereto).
Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 10.6, the consent of the Borrower
shall not be required for any assignment that occurs when an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
Conduit Lender may assign at any time to its designating Lender hereunder
without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent any or all of
the Loans it may have funded hereunder and pursuant to its designation agreement
and without regard to the limitations set forth in the first sentence of this
Section 10.6(c).
(d) The Administrative Agent shall, on behalf of the Borrower, maintain at
its address referred to in Section 10.2 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance
delivered to it and a register (the "Register") for the recordation of the names
and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and the principal amount of
the Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register
shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, each
other Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each
Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans and any
Notes evidencing the Loans recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement.
Any assignment of any Loan, whether or not evidenced by a Note, shall be
effective only upon appropriate entries with respect thereto being made in the
Register (and each Note shall expressly so provide). Any assignment or transfer
of all or part of a Loan evidenced by a Note shall be registered on the Register
only upon surrender for registration of assignment or transfer of the Note
evidencing such Loan, accompanied by a duly executed Assignment and Acceptance,
and thereupon one or more new Notes shall be issued to the designated Assignee.
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(e) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an
Assignor, an Assignee and any other Person whose consent is required by Section
10.6(c), together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and
processing fee of $4,000, the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept
such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) record the information contained therein
in the Register on the effective date determined pursuant thereto.
(f) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that
the provisions of this Section 10.6 concerning assignments relate only to
absolute assignments and that such provisions do not prohibit assignments
creating security interests, including any pledge or assignment by a Lender to
any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with applicable law.
(g) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender,
agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions
of the type described in paragraph (f) above.
(h) The Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms
that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in
instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or
similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest
maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however,
that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save
and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense
arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit
Lender during such period of forbearance.
10.7 Adjustments; Set-off. (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement
expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the
Lenders, if any Lender (a "Benefitted Lender") shall, at any time after the
Loans and other amounts payable hereunder shall immediately become due and
payable pursuant to Section 8, receive any payment of all or part of the
Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether
voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of
the nature referred to in Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion
than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in
respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender, such Benefitted Lender
shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such
portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender, or shall provide
such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be
necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or
benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however,
that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter
recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the
purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but
without interest.
(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law,
each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such
notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by
applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower
hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set
off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits
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(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and
any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time
held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the
credit or the account of the Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees
promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such
setoff and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
10.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the
parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of
said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by
facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the
parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
10.9 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction.
10.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent
the entire agreement of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set
forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.
10.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Borrower hereby irrevocably
and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which
it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in
respect thereof, to the non-exclusive personal jurisdiction of the courts
of the State of New York, the courts of the United States for the Southern
District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such
courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the
venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such
action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to
plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding
may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail
(or any substantially
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similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the Borrower, as the case may be
at its address set forth in Section 10.2 or at such other address of which
the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect
service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the
right to xxx in any other jurisdiction; and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it
may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to
in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
10.13 Acknowledgements. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary
relationship with or duty to the Borrower arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the
relationship between Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the
Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely
that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents
or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among
the Lenders or among the Borrower and the Lenders.
10.14 Releases of Guarantees. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is
hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to
or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 10.1) to take
any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any
guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any
transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in
accordance with Section 10.1 or (ii) under the circumstances described in
paragraph (b) below.
(b) At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the other
obligations under the Loan Documents (other than obligations under or in respect
of Hedge Agreements) shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been
terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, all obligations (other
than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative
Agent and each Loan Party under the Guarantee Agreement shall terminate, all
without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.
10.15 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender
agrees to keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any
Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement that is designated by such Loan Party as
confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative
Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to the
Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any Lender Affiliate, (b) subject to
an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section, to any actual or
prospective Transferee
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or any direct or indirect counterparty to any Hedge Agreement (or any
professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to its employees, directors,
agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any
of its affiliates, (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority,
(e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as
may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested
or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding,
(g) that has been publicly disclosed, (h) to the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized
rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender's investment
portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i)
in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan
Document.
10.16 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE
LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND
FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of
the day and year first above written.
CHURCH & XXXXXX CO., INC.,
as the Borrower
By: /s/ XXX XXXXX
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Name: Xxx Xxxxx
Title: Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Administrative Agent and as
a Lender
By: /s/ XXXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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Signature Page to the
$200,000,000 Credit Agreement
Fleet National Bank, as a
Syndication Agent and as a
Lender
By: /s/ XXXXXX XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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Signature Page to the
$200,000,000 Credit Agreement
National City Bank, as a
Syndication Agent and as a
Lender
By: /s/ XXXX X. XXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
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Signature Page to the
$200,000,000 Credit Agreement
First Union National Bank,
as a Syndication Agent and as
a Lender
By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxx X. XxXxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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Signature Page to the
$200,000,000 Credit Agreement
PNC Bank, National Association,
as a Syndication Agent and
as a Lender
By: /s/ XXXXXXX XXXXX
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
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Signature Page to the
$200,000,000 Credit Agreement
The Bank of Nova Scotia,
as a Lender
By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXXX
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
