AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of July 14, 2006 among TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, as the Borrower, CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER IDENTIFIED HEREIN, as the Guarantors, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing...
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 14, 2006
among
TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED,
as the Borrower,
as the Borrower,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER IDENTIFIED HEREIN,
as the Guarantors,
as the Guarantors,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Syndication Agent,
as Syndication Agent,
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST COMPANY,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AND SUNTRUST BANK,
as Co-Documentation Agents
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AND SUNTRUST BANK,
as Co-Documentation Agents
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
as Sole Book Manager and Sole Lead Arranger
as Sole Book Manager and Sole Lead Arranger
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS | 1 | |||||||||
1.01 | Defined Terms. | 1 | ||||||||
1.02 | Other Interpretive Provisions. | 20 | ||||||||
1.03 | Accounting Terms. | 21 | ||||||||
1.04 | Rounding. | 21 | ||||||||
1.05 | References to Agreements and Laws. | 21 | ||||||||
1.06 | Times of Day. | 22 | ||||||||
1.07 | Letter of Credit Amounts. | 22 | ||||||||
ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS | 22 | |||||||||
2.01 | Revolving Loans. | 22 | ||||||||
2.02 | Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans. | 22 | ||||||||
2.03 | Letters of Credit. | 24 | ||||||||
2.04 | Swing Line Loans. | 31 | ||||||||
2.05 | Prepayments. | 34 | ||||||||
2.06 | Termination or Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Commitments. | 35 | ||||||||
2.07 | Repayment of Loans. | 35 | ||||||||
2.08 | Interest. | 35 | ||||||||
2.09 | Fees. | 36 | ||||||||
2.10 | Computation of Interest and Fees. | 36 | ||||||||
2.11 | Evidence of Debt. | 36 | ||||||||
2.12 | Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback. | 37 | ||||||||
2.13 | Sharing of Payments by Lenders. | 38 | ||||||||
ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY | 39 | |||||||||
3.01 | Taxes. | 39 | ||||||||
3.02 | Illegality. | 41 | ||||||||
3.03 | Inability to Determine Rates. | 41 | ||||||||
3.04 | Increased Costs. | 42 | ||||||||
3.05 | Funding Losses. | 43 | ||||||||
3.06 | Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders. | 43 | ||||||||
3.07 | Survival. | 44 | ||||||||
ARTICLE IV GUARANTY | 44 | |||||||||
4.01 | The Guaranty. | 44 | ||||||||
4.02 | Obligations Unconditional. | 44 | ||||||||
4.03 | Reinstatement. | 45 | ||||||||
4.04 | Certain Additional Waivers. | 46 | ||||||||
4.05 | Remedies. | 46 | ||||||||
4.06 | Rights of Contribution. | 46 | ||||||||
4.07 | Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee. | 46 | ||||||||
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS | 46 | |||||||||
5.01 | Conditions of Initial Credit Extension. | 46 | ||||||||
5.02 | Conditions to all Credit Extensions. | 48 | ||||||||
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 48 | |||||||||
6.01 | Existence, Qualification and Power. | 48 | ||||||||
6.02 | Authorization; No Contravention. | 49 | ||||||||
6.03 | Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. | 49 | ||||||||
6.04 | Binding Effect. | 49 | ||||||||
6.05 | Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect. | 49 |
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6.06 | Litigation. | 50 | ||||||||
6.07 | No Default. | 50 | ||||||||
6.08 | Ownership of Property; Liens. | 50 | ||||||||
6.09 | Environmental Compliance. | 50 | ||||||||
6.10 | Insurance. | 51 | ||||||||
6.11 | Taxes. | 51 | ||||||||
6.12 | ERISA Compliance. | 51 | ||||||||
6.13 | Subsidiaries. | 51 | ||||||||
6.14 | Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act. | 52 | ||||||||
6.15 | Disclosure. | 52 | ||||||||
6.16 | Compliance with Laws. | 52 | ||||||||
6.17 | Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. | 52 | ||||||||
6.18 | Solvency. | 53 | ||||||||
6.19 | Legal Name. | 53 | ||||||||
6.20 | Brokers’ Fees. | 53 | ||||||||
6.21 | Labor Matters. | 53 | ||||||||
ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 53 | |||||||||
7.01 | Financial Statements. | 53 | ||||||||
7.02 | Certificates; Other Information. | 54 | ||||||||
7.03 | Notices. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender: | 55 | ||||||||
7.04 | Payment of Obligations. | 56 | ||||||||
7.05 | Preservation of Existence, Etc. | 56 | ||||||||
7.06 | Maintenance of Properties. | 56 | ||||||||
7.07 | Maintenance of Insurance. | 56 | ||||||||
7.08 | Compliance with Laws. | 56 | ||||||||
7.09 | Books and Records. | 57 | ||||||||
7.10 | Inspection Rights. | 57 | ||||||||
7.11 | Use of Proceeds. | 57 | ||||||||
7.12 | Additional Guarantors. | 57 | ||||||||
7.13 | ERISA Compliance. | 57 | ||||||||
ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 58 | |||||||||
8.01 | Liens. | 58 | ||||||||
8.02 | Investments. | 60 | ||||||||
8.03 | Indebtedness. | 60 | ||||||||
8.04 | Fundamental Changes. | 61 | ||||||||
8.05 | Dispositions. | 61 | ||||||||
8.06 | Change in Nature of Business. | 62 | ||||||||
8.07 | Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders. | 62 | ||||||||
8.08 | Burdensome Agreements. | 62 | ||||||||
8.09 | Use of Proceeds. | 63 | ||||||||
8.10 | Financial Covenants. | 63 | ||||||||
8.11 | Organization Documents; Fiscal Year. | 63 | ||||||||
8.12 | Sale Leasebacks. | 63 | ||||||||
ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | 63 | |||||||||
9.01 | Events of Default. | 63 | ||||||||
9.02 | Remedies Upon Event of Default. | 65 | ||||||||
9.03 | Application of Funds. | 66 | ||||||||
ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | 67 | |||||||||
10.01 | Appointment and Authority. | 67 | ||||||||
10.02 | Rights as a Lender. | 67 | ||||||||
10.03 | Exculpatory Provisions. | 67 |
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10.04 | Reliance by Administrative Agent. | 68 | ||||||||
10.05 | Delegation of Duties. | 68 | ||||||||
10.06 | Resignation of Administrative Agent. | 68 | ||||||||
10.07 | Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. | 69 | ||||||||
10.08 | No Other Duties, Etc. | 69 | ||||||||
10.09 | Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. | 70 | ||||||||
10.10 | Releases. | 70 | ||||||||
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS | 71 | |||||||||
11.01 | Amendments, Etc. | 71 | ||||||||
11.02 | Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication. | 72 | ||||||||
11.03 | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. | 73 | ||||||||
11.04 | Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. | 73 | ||||||||
11.05 | Payments Set Aside. | 75 | ||||||||
11.06 | Successors and Assigns. | 75 | ||||||||
11.07 | Confidentiality. | 77 | ||||||||
11.08 | Set-off. | 78 | ||||||||
11.09 | Interest Rate Limitation. | 79 | ||||||||
11.10 | Counterparts. | 79 | ||||||||
11.11 | Integration. | 79 | ||||||||
11.12 | Survival of Representations and Warranties. | 79 | ||||||||
11.13 | Severability. | 79 | ||||||||
11.14 | Replacement of Lenders. | 80 | ||||||||
11.15 | Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc. | 80 | ||||||||
11.16 | Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. | 80 | ||||||||
11.17 | No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. | 81 | ||||||||
11.18 | USA PATRIOT Act Notice. | 81 | ||||||||
11.19 | Waiver of Notice of Termination. | 81 |
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SCHEDULES | ||||||||||
1.01 | Existing Letters of Credit | |||||||||
2.01 | Commitments and Pro Rata Shares | |||||||||
6.13 | Subsidiaries | |||||||||
6.21 | Collective Bargaining Agreements | |||||||||
8.01 | Liens Existing on the Closing Date | |||||||||
8.02 | Investments Existing on the Closing Date | |||||||||
8.03 | Indebtedness Existing on the Closing Date | |||||||||
11.02 | Certain Addresses for Notices | |||||||||
11.06 | Processing and Recordation Fees | |||||||||
EXHIBITS | ||||||||||
A | Form of Loan Notice | |||||||||
B | Form of Swing Line Loan Notice | |||||||||
C-1 | Form of Revolving Note | |||||||||
C-2 | Form of Swing Line Note | |||||||||
D | Form of Compliance Certificate | |||||||||
E | Form of Assignment and Assumption | |||||||||
F | Form of Joinder Agreement |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
CREDIT AGREEMENT
CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of July 14, 2006 among TELEDYNE
TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors (defined
herein), the Lenders (defined herein) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing
Line Lender and L/C Issuer and amends and restates that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June
15, 2004 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of March 15, 2006, the
“Existing Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, each guarantor from time to time party
thereto, each lender from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative
agent.
The Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide $400,000,000 in credit facilities for the
purposes set forth herein, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto
covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
1.01 Defined Terms.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Acquired Purchase Money Indebtedness” means the Indebtedness of any Person that
becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or Indebtedness directly attributable to assets acquired by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, after the Closing Date pursuant to a
Permitted Acquisition, if such Indebtedness was outstanding prior to the time such Person became a
Subsidiary of the Borrower or such assets were so acquired and was not created in contemplation of
or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower or the acquisition of such
assets and constitutes either (i) obligations under Capital Leases or (ii) purchase money or other
Indebtedness incurred to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets and otherwise
satisfying the requirements of Section 8.01(i).
“Acquisition”, by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a single
transaction or in a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Property of
another Person or all or substantially all of the Voting Stock of another Person, in each case
whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person and whether for cash,
property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent
under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.
“Administrative Agent Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated June 9, 2006 among
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and BAS.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 or such other address or account as the
Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form
supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common
Control with the Person specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and
“Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person
possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.
“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders.
The initial amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in effect on the Closing Date is FOUR
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($400,000,000).
“Agreement” means this Credit Agreement, as amended, modified, supplemented and
extended in writing from time to time.
“Applicable Rate” means in the case of the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit and
the Swing Line Loans, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Leverage
Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 7.02(a):
Pricing Level | Consolidated Leverage Ratio | Facility Fee | Letters of Credit | Eurodollar Loans | Base Rate Loans | |||||||||||||||
1 | Greater than or
equal to 2.5 to 1.0
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0.25 | % | 1.00 | % | 1.00 | % | 0.00 | % | |||||||||||
2 | Less than 2.5 to
1.0 but greater
than or equal to
2.0 to 1.0
|
0.20 | % | 0.80 | % | 0.80 | % | 0.00 | % | |||||||||||
3 | Less than 2.0 to
1.0 but greater
than or equal to
1.5 to 1.0
|
0.15 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.60 | % | 0.00 | % | |||||||||||
4 | Less than 1.5 to
1.0 but greater
than or equal to
1.0 to 1.0
|
0.125 | % | 0.50 | % | 0.50 | % | 0.00 | % | |||||||||||
5 | Less than 1.0 to 1.0
|
0.10 | % | 0.40 | % | 0.40 | % | 0.00 | % |
Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a
Compliance
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Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a); provided,
however, that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such
Section, then Pricing Level 1 shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such
Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall continue to apply until the
first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered in
accordance with Section 7.02(a), whereupon the Applicable Rate shall be adjusted based upon
the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio contained in such Compliance Certificate. The
Applicable Rate in effect from the Closing Date through the first Business Day immediately
following the date a Compliance Certificate is required to be delivered pursuant to Section
7.02(a) for the fiscal quarter ending July 2, 2006 shall be determined based upon Pricing Level
5.
“Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an
Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Lender.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the
form of Exhibit E.
“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of
any law firm or other external counsel.
“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of
any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease, the
capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a
balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were
accounted for as a Capital Lease and (c) in respect of any Securitization Transaction of any
Person, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve
accounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its
reasonable judgment.
“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2006, and the related
consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such
fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto.
“Availability Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the
earliest of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (iii) the date of termination of the commitment
of each Lender to make Revolving Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit
Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.
“BAS” means Banc of America Securities LLC, in its capacity as joint lead arranger and
sole book manager.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a)
the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as
publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a
rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and
desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for
pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in the
“prime rate” announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day
specified in the public announcement of such change.
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“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.
“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type and,
in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state
where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located or the State of California and, if such day
relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are
conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any Property by that
Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be accounted for as a capital lease
on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Capital Stock” means (i) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (ii) in the
case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership,
partnership interests (whether general or limited), (iv) in the case of a limited liability
company, membership interests and (v) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person
the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the
issuing Person.
“Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date, (a) securities issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that
the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of
not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) Dollar denominated time deposits and
certificates of deposit of (i) any Lender, (ii) any domestic commercial bank of recognized standing
having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (iii) any bank whose short-term commercial
paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Xxxxx’x is at least P-1 or
the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of
not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed
rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate
notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof)
or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within six
months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank
or trust company (including any of the Lenders) or recognized securities dealer having capital and
surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the
United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject
to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least
100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations and (e) Investments, classified in accordance with
GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended, which are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital
of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character
described in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (d).
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“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the
following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change
in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application
thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority.
“Change of Control” means an event or series of events by which:
(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or
its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other
fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in
Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or
group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all Capital Stock that such person
or group has the right to acquire (such right, an “option right”), whether such
right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly,
of twenty-five percent (25%) of the Capital Stock of the Borrower entitled to vote for
members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully
diluted basis (and taking into account all such securities that such person or group has the
right to acquire pursuant to any option right); or
(b) during any period of 24 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board
of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower cease to be composed of
individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day
of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body
was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i) above constituting at the time of such
election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or
(iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was
approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above constituting at the time
of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing
body (excluding, in the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual whose
initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member of that board or equivalent
governing body occurs as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by any person or group other
than a solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on behalf of the board
of directors).
“Closing Date” means the date hereof.
“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, the Revolving Commitment of such Lender.
“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
D.
“Consolidated EBIT” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the
following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) Consolidated
Interest Charges for such period and (b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income
taxes payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
a consolidated basis, an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus the
following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) Consolidated
Interest Charges for such
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period, (b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period and (c) the amount of depreciation and amortization
expense for such period.
“Consolidated Funded Indebtedness” means Funded Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of (i) all interest, premium
payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in
connection with Indebtedness (including capitalized interest and other fees and charges incurred
under any asset securitization program) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of
assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP, plus (ii)
the portion of rent expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to such period under
Capital Leases or Synthetic Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the
ratio of (a) Consolidated EBIT for the period of the four fiscal quarters most recently ended for
which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or
(b) to (b) Consolidated Interest Charges for the period of the four fiscal quarters most
recently ended for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section
7.01(a) or (b).
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the
four fiscal quarters most recently ended for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements
pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b).
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis, the net income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding
extraordinary non-cash gains and extraordinary non-cash losses) for that period, as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Worth” means, as of any date of determination, consolidated
shareholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of that date determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the value of all properties and all right, title and
interest in such properties which would be classified as assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Contractual Obligation” means, 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.
“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit
Extension.
“Debt Issuance” means the issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any
Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(b).
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“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium,
rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the
United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the
rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that,
with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means (a) with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit
Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any,
applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however,
that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to
the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per
annum, and (b) with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate plus 2%
per annum, in all cases to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.
“Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the
Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be
funded by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder,
(b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other
amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the date when due, unless the
subject of a good faith dispute, or (c) has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a
bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other
disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any Property by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary (including the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary), including any sale, assignment,
transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any
rights and claims associated therewith, but excluding (i) the sale, lease, license, transfer or
other disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, (ii) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of machinery and
equipment no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
(iii) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of Property by the Borrower or any
Subsidiary to any Loan Party, (iv) any Involuntary Disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary,
(v) any Disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to the extent constituting a Permitted
Investment, and (vi) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of Property by any
Foreign Subsidiary to another Foreign Subsidiary.
“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any
political subdivision of the United States.
“Earn Out Obligations” means, with respect to an Acquisition, all obligations of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary to make earn out or other contingency payments pursuant to the
documentation relating to such Acquisition. The amount of any Earn Out Obligation shall be deemed
to be the aggregate liability in respect thereof as recorded on the balance sheet of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.
“Eligible Assignee” means (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) an Approved
Fund; and (d) any other Person (other than a natural person) approved by (i) the Administrative
Agent (and in the case of an assignment of a Revolving Commitment, the L/C Issuer and the Swing
Line Lender), and (ii) with respect to Revolving Loans, unless an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
provided that notwithstanding the
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foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s
Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other
applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits,
concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions in each case
relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into
the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and
discharges to waste or public systems.
“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any
liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly
resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use,
handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure
to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into
the environment, or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which
liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Issuance” means any issuance by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Person
of shares of its Capital Stock, other than (a) any issuance of shares of its Capital Stock pursuant
to the exercise of options or warrants, (b) any issuance of shares of its Capital Stock pursuant to
the conversion of any debt securities to equity or the conversion of any class equity securities to
any other class of equity securities, (c) any issuance of options or warrants relating to its
Capital Stock, and (d) any issuance by the Borrower of shares of its Capital Stock as consideration
for a Permitted Acquisition. The term “Equity Issuance” shall not be deemed to include any
Disposition.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any
regulations issued pursuant thereto.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under
common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal
Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions
relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a
withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of
ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2)
of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e)
of ERISA or the termination of a Pension Plan subject to Section 4064 of ERISA; (c) a complete or
partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification
that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate,
the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the
commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an
event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or
the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (f) the
imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not
delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Eurodollar Base Rate” has the meaning specified in the definition of Eurodollar Rate.
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“Eurodollar Rate” means for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate
Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
Eurodollar Rate | = | Eurodollar Base Rate
|
Where,
“Eurodollar Base Rate” means, for such Interest Period, the rate per annum
equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”), as published by
Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as
designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar
deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to
such Interest Period. If such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the
“Eurodollar Base Rate” for such Interest Period shall be the rate per annum determined by
the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the
first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the
Eurodollar Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by Bank of America and with a term
equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to
major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately
11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the
Eurodollar Rate.
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means, for any day during any Interest Period, the
reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such
day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB
for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other
marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurodollar funding (currently referred to as
“Eurocurrecy liabilities”). The Eurodollar Rate for each outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be
adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.01.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the L/C
Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the
Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall net income (however
denominated), and franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction
(or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in
which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable
Lending Office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar
tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located and (c) in the case of a
Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section
11.14), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the
time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is
attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in
Law) to comply with Section 3.01(e), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its
assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment),
to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to
Section 3.01(a).
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
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“Existing Letters of Credit” means the standby letters of credit described by date of
issuance, letter of credit number, undrawn amount, name of beneficiary and date of expiry on
Schedule 1.01.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve
System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not
a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the
next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such
rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day
shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%)
charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative
Agent.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this
definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to
constitute a single jurisdiction.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in
making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its business.
“Funded Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without
duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in
accordance with GAAP:
(a) all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the
Obligations) and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan
agreements or other similar instruments;
(b) all purchase money Indebtedness;
(c) all obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby), bankers’
acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;
(d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), including without
limitation, any Earn Out Obligations;
(e) the Attributable Indebtedness of Capital Leases and Synthetic Leases;
(f) the Attributable Indebtedness of Securitization Transactions;
(g) all preferred stock or other equity interests providing for mandatory redemptions,
sinking fund or like payments prior to the Maturity Date; and
(h) all Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a)
through (g) above of another Person; and
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(i) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or
limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or joint venturer,
except to the extent such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person.
For purposes hereof, (x) the amount of any obligation arising under letters of credit
(including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and
similar instruments shall be the maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder and (y) the
amount of any Guarantee shall be the amount of the Indebtedness subject to such Guarantee.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth
in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative
tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of
such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other
obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, and
including any obligation of such Person, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property,
securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or
other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to
maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or
level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other
manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or
performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in
part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation
of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such
Person. The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such
Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability
in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as
a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Article IV hereof.
“Guarantors” means each Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Material
Subsidiary and each other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.12,
together with their successors and permitted assigns.
“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all
hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum
distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas,
infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to
any Environmental Law.
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“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).
“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at any time, without duplication, all items
which would, in conformity with GAAP, be classified as indebtedness on a balance sheet of such
Person at such time, as well as the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or
liabilities in accordance with GAAP:
(a) all Funded Indebtedness;
(b) net obligations under any Swap Contract;
(c) all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in
clauses (a) and (b) above of any other Person; and
(d) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above of any
partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or
limited liability company) in which the Borrower or a Subsidiary is a general partner or
joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or
such Subsidiary.
For purposes hereof (y) the amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date
shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date and (z) the amount
of any Guarantee shall be the amount of the Indebtedness subject to such Guarantee.
“Indemnified Taxes” means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 11.04.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan, the last
day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided,
however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the
respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall
also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the
last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the
date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan
and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its
Loan Notice; provided that:
(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a
Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period
shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) 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 the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“Interim Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(c).
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“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment
by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock of
another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of,
or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another
Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person, or (c) an
Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount
actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such
Investment.
“Involuntary Disposition” means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any
condemnation or other taking for public use of, any Property of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“IP Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.17.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby
Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later
version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter Credit
Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the L/C Issuer and
the Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of
Credit.
“Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
F executed and delivered by a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary in accordance
with the provisions of Section 7.12.
“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or
judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and
all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and
permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the
force of law.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its
participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter
of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing of
Revolving Loans.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance
thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
“L/C Issuer” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
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“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate undrawn amount
of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts,
including all L/C Borrowings. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination
a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason
of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding”
in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lenders” means each of the Persons identified as a “Lender” on the signature pages
hereto and their successors and assigns and, as the context requires, includes the L/C Issuer and
the Swing Line Lender.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender
described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as
a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means (a) any standby letter of credit issued hereunder and (b) any
Existing Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit shall be a standby letter of credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or
amendment of a letter of credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is seven days prior to the
Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business
Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments and (b) $25,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in
addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest
or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any financing lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article
II in the form of a Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Letter of Credit, each Letter
of Credit Application, each Joinder Agreement, each Issuer Document, each Request for Credit
Extension, each Compliance Certificate, the Administrative Agent Fee Letter and each other
document, instrument or agreement from time to time executed by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or any Responsible Officer thereof and delivered in connection with this Agreement.
“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (b) a conversion
of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to
Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
A.
“Loan Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
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“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material
adverse effect upon, the operations, business, Properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a
material impairment of the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to perform their
obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity,
binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a
party.
“Material Subsidiary” means, as of any date of determination, any Subsidiary of the
Borrower that (i) has on such date Total Assets constituting ten percent (10%) or more of
Consolidated Total Assets or (ii) for the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period has
revenues constituting ten percent or more of the consolidated revenues of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Maturity Date” means July 14, 2011.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make
contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make
contributions.
“Note” or “Notes” means the Revolving Notes and/or the Swing Line Note,
individually or collectively, as appropriate.
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants
and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan
or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute
or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and
fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of
any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding,
regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. The foregoing
shall also include any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Lender or Affiliate of a
Lender.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate
or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents
with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the
certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect
to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint
venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument,
filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with
the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if
applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or
under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with
respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Outstanding Amount” means (i) with respect to any Loans on any date, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or
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repayments of any Loans occurring on such date; and (ii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any
date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit
Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C
Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid
drawings under any Letters of Credit or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing
under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and
is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple
employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time
during the immediately preceding five plan years.
“Permitted Acquisition” means Investments consisting of an Acquisition by the Borrower
or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, provided that (i) the Property acquired (or the Property
of the Person acquired) in such Acquisition is used or useful in the same, similar or complementary
lines of business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any
reasonable adjacencies, extensions or expansions thereof), (ii) in the case of an Acquisition of
the Capital Stock of another Person, the board of directors (or other comparable governing body) of
such other Person shall have duly approved such Acquisition, (iii) after giving effect to any such
Acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis, the Loan Parties are in compliance with the financial covenants
set forth in Section 8.10 as of the most recent fiscal quarter for which the Borrower has
delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b), (iv) the
representations and warranties made by the Loan Parties in any Loan Document shall be true and
correct in all material respects at and as if made as of the date of such Acquisition (after giving
effect thereto) except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an
earlier date, (v) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom and (vi) if such transaction involves the purchase of an interest in a partnership
between the Borrower (or a Subsidiary of the Borrower) as a general partner and entities
unaffiliated with the Borrower or such Subsidiary as the other partners, such transaction shall be
effected by having such equity interest acquired by a corporate holding company directly or
indirectly wholly-owned by the Borrower newly formed for the sole purpose of effecting such
transaction.
“Permitted Investments” means, at any time, Investments by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of Section 8.02.
“Permitted Liens” means, at any time, Liens in respect of Property of the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of Section
8.01.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA) established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412
of the Internal Revenue Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.
“Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02.
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“Pro Forma Basis” means, for purposes of calculating the financial covenants set forth
in Section 8.10 (including for purposes of determining the Applicable Rate), that any Disposition,
Involuntary Disposition or Acquisition shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the
most recent four fiscal quarter period preceding the date of such transaction for which the
Borrower has delivered financial statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b). In
connection with the foregoing, (a) with respect to any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, (i)
income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the
Property disposed of shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period occurring prior to the
date of such transaction and (ii) Indebtedness which is retired shall be excluded and deemed to
have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period and (b) with respect to any
Acquisition (i) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the Person or
Property acquired shall be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such
calculations to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement items
for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined
terms set forth in Section 1.01 and (B) such items are supported by audited financial
statements or other information reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) any
Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Person or
Property acquired) in connection with such transaction and any Indebtedness of the Person or
Property acquired which is not retired in connection with such transaction (A) shall be deemed to
have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period and (B) if such Indebtedness has a
floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for
purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with
respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination.
“Pro Rata Share” means, as to each Lender at any time, a fraction (expressed as a
percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the
Revolving Commitment of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the
Aggregate Revolving Commitments at such time; provided that if the commitment of each
Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions
have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall
be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and
after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof. The initial
Pro Rata Share of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule
2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto,
as applicable.
“Property” means any interest of any kind in any property or asset, whether real,
personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA,
other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.
“Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or
continuation of Loans, a Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of
Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than
fifty percent (50%) of (a) the Revolving Commitments or (b) if the Revolving Commitments have been
terminated, the outstanding Loans, L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans and participations therein.
The Revolving
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Commitments of, and the outstanding Loans held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall
be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial
officer or treasurer of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a
Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all
necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such
Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.
“Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving
Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01, (b) purchase participations in L/C
Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount
at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a
party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with
this Agreement.
“Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.
“Revolving Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby the Borrower or such
Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other
property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property
being sold or transferred.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority
succeeding to any of its principal functions.
“Securitization Transaction” means any financing transaction or series of financing
transactions (including factoring arrangements) pursuant to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary
may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments,
receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special
purpose subsidiary or affiliate of the Borrower.
“Solvent” or “Solvency” means, with respect to any Person as of a particular
date, that on such date (a) such Person is able to pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent
obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business, (b) such
Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond
such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature in their ordinary course, (c)
such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business
or a transaction, for which such Person’s Property would constitute unreasonably small capital
after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is
engaged or is to engage, (d) the fair value of the Property of such Person is greater than the
total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities, of such Person
and (e) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount
that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become
absolute and matured. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is
intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts
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and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected
to become an actual or matured liability.
“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Capital Stock
having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than
Capital Stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time
beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all
references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit
derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward
commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index
swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest
rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar
transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options,
spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing
(including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is
governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and
the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any
form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.,
any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master
agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such
obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after
taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap
Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and
termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any
date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the xxxx-to-market
value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily
available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a
Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).
“Swing Line Lender” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line
Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.
“Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).
“Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Borrowing of Swing Line Loans pursuant to
Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
B.
“Swing Line Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $10,000,000 and (b)
the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to,
the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease,
off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement whereby the arrangement
is considered borrowed
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money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease or does not
otherwise appear on the balance sheet under GAAP.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including
any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Threshold Amount” means $20,000,000.
“Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving
Loans, all Swing Line Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Type” means, with respect to any Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Rate Loan.
“Unfunded Pension Liability” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities
under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets,
determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section
412 of the Internal Revenue Code for the applicable plan year.
“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i).
“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock issued by such Person,
the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the
election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the
right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means any Person 100% of whose Capital Stock is at the time
owned by the Borrower directly or indirectly through other Persons 100% of whose Capital Stock is
at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower.
1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions.
With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified
herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural
forms of the defined terms.
(b) (i) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall
refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.
(ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document
in which such reference appears.
(iii) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.
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(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents,
agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings,
however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.
(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified
date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and
“until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means
“to and including.”
(d) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or
any other Loan Document.
1.03 Accounting Terms.
(a) Except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein, all accounting terms not specifically
or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data
(including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to
this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in
effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited
Financial Statements; provided, however, that calculations of Attributable Indebtedness under any
Synthetic Lease or the implied interest component of any Synthetic Lease shall be made by the
Borrower in accordance with accepted financial practice and consistent with the terms of such
Synthetic Lease.
(b) If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or
requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall
so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to
amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in
GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so
amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior
to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably
requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or
requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
(c) Notwithstanding the above, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all calculations
of the financial covenants in Section 8.10 (including for purposes of determining the Applicable
Rate) shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.
1.04 Rounding.
Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement
shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the
result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and
rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest
number).
1.05 References to Agreements and Laws.
Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents,
agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to
include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications
thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and
other modifications
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are not prohibited by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all
statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or
interpreting such Law.
1.06 Times of Day.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to
Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
1.07 Letter of Credit Amounts.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to the amount of a Letter of Credit at any
time shall be deemed to mean the maximum face amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect
to all increases thereof contemplated by such Letter of Credit or the Issuer Document related
thereto, whether or not such maximum face amount is in effect at such time.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
2.01 Revolving Loans.
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make
loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower in Dollars from time to time on
any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time
outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however,
that after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings
shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of
the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment.
Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and
conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under
Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01. Revolving Loans may be Base
Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein; provided, however, all Borrowings
made on the Closing Date shall be made as Base Rate Loans.
2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation
of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative
Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative
Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any
Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of, Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of
Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base
Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must
be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice,
appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of,
conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $3,000,000
or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c)
and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether
telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a
conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of
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Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation,
as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be
borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans
are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect
thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of a Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Borrower
fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans
shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate
Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to
the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or
continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period,
it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month.
(b) Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a
conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each
Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans as described in the preceding
subsection. In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to
the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not
later than 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon
satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, if such Borrowing
is the initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all
funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent
either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount
of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions
provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower;
provided, however, that if, on the date of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, there
are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied,
first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second, to the
Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted
only on the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of
a Default or Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as
Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may
demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans be converted immediately to
Base Rate Loans.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the
interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of
such interest rate. The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s
prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such
change.
(e) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the
other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than 10 Interest
Periods in effect with respect to the Revolving Loans.
(f) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent, increase the Aggregate Revolving Commitments by up to EIGHTY
MILLION DOLLARS ($80,000,000) with additional Revolving Commitments from any existing Lender or new
Revolving Commitments from any other Person selected by the Borrower and approved by the
Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld); provided that:
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(i) any such increase shall be in a minimum principal amount of $10 million and
in integral multiples of $5 million in excess thereof;
(ii) no Default or Event of Default shall be continuing at the time of any such
increase;
(iii) no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to increase its Revolving
Commitment and any such decision whether to increase its Revolving Commitment shall be in
such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion;
(iv) (A) any new Lender shall join this Agreement by executing such joinder documents
as customarily and reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and/or (B) any existing
Lender electing to increase its Revolving Commitment shall have executed a commitment
agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
(v) as a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the date of such increase
(in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party
(A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or
consenting to such increase and (B) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and
after giving effect to such increase, (1) the representations and warranties contained in
Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the date
of such increase, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically
refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date,
and except that for purposes of this Section 2.02(f), the representations and
warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to
refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively,
of Section 7.01, and (2) no Default or Event of Default exists.
The Borrower shall prepay any Loans outstanding on the date of any such increase (and pay any
additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to keep the
outstanding Loans ratable with any revised Revolving Commitments arising from any nonratable
increase in the Commitments under this Section 2.02(f). In connection with any such
increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit shall be increased
by the same amount and Schedule 2.01 shall be revised by the Administrative Agent to
reflect the new Revolving Commitments and distributed to the Lenders.
2.03 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) the L/C Issuer agrees, in
reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03,
(1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the
Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit in Dollars for the account of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously
issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the
Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit
issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder;
provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any
Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any
Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount
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of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (z)
the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit
Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit
shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so
requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence.
Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s
ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower
may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that
have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. Furthermore, each Lender
acknowledges and confirms that it has a participation interest in the liability of the L/C
Issuer under each Existing Letter of Credit in a percentage equal to its Pro Rata Share of
Revolving Loans. The Borrower’s reimbursement obligations in respect of each Existing
Letter of Credit, and each Lender’s obligations in connection therewith, shall be governed
by the terms of this Agreement.
(ii) The L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if the expiry date of such
requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date,
unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry date.
(iii) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator
shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such
Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or
directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority
with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit or request that the L/C Issuer
refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit
in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of
Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is
not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall
impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not
applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx material
to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of
the L/C Issuer;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer,
such Letter of Credit is in an initial amount less than $500,000, or is to be
denominated in a currency other than Dollars; or
(D) a default of any Lender’s obligations to fund under Section 2.03(c)
exists or any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless the L/C
Issuer has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender
to eliminate the L/C Issuer’s risk with respect to such Lender
(iv) The L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer would not be
permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms
hereof.
(v) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A)
the L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its
amended
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form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not
accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(vi) The L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue or amend any Letter of Credit
if the L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or
any Loan Party, on or prior to the Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or
amendment of such Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in
Article V shall not then be satisfied.
(vi) The L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of
Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and the L/C Issuer shall have
all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article
X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection
with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents
pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used
in Article X included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B)
as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Renewal Letters of
Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the
request of the Borrower delivered to the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by
a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received
by the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. at least two (2)
Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer
may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance
date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial
issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and
detail satisfactory to the L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested
Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry
date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be
presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any
certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; and (G)
such other matters as the L/C Issuer may reasonably require. In the case of a request for
an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall
specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of
Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business
Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as the L/C Issuer
may reasonably require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to the L/C Issuer and the
Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested
Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as the L/C Issuer or
the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the L/C Issuer will
confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative
Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if
not, the L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the
L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan
Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the
applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions in Article V shall not
then be satisfied, then,
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subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date,
issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or
enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the
L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each
Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
agrees to, purchase from the L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an
amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such
Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the
L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that
has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”);
provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the L/C Issuer to
prevent any such extension by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than
a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of
Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be
required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an
Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have
authorized (but may not require) the L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of
Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date;
provided, however, that the L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension
if (A) the L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no
obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised (as extended) form
under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions clause (ii) or (iii) of Section
2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in
writing) on or before the day that is five Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice
Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit
such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Loan Party that one
or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then
satisfied, and in each such case directing the L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter
of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the L/C
Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete
copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of drawing
under such Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent thereof. Not later than 12:00 p.m. on the date of any payment by the L/C Issuer under
a Letter of Credit if the L/C Issuer delivers notice of such payment by 10:00 a.m. on such
day (or, if notice of such payment by the L/C Issuer is made after 10:00 a.m., not later
than 10:00 a.m. the next succeeding Business Day) (each such date, an “Honor Date”),
the Borrower shall reimburse the L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount
equal to the amount of such drawing. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the L/C Issuer
by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date,
the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount
of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to
have requested a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount
equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in
Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount
of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and the conditions set
forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice). Any notice given
by the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this
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Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing;
provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the
conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make
funds available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer at the
Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed
Amount not later than 12:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the
Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii),
each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to
the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to
the L/C Issuer.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 cannot
be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the
L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so
refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest)
and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Lender’s payment to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section
2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C
Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its
participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this
Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of
Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely
for the account of the L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the
L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section
2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance, including (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right
which such Lender may have against the L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any
reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other
occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing;
provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans
pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in
Section 5.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Loan Notice). No such making
of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to
reimburse the L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by the L/C Issuer under any
Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section
2.03(c)(ii), the L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting
through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the
period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is
immediately available to the L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the
Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the L/C Issuer in accordance with banking
industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the L/C Issuer submitted to any
Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this
clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after the L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and
has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in
accordance with Section 2.03(c), if the Administrative Agent receives for the
account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or
interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of
Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will
distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of
interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was
outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C
Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the
circumstances described in Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any settlement
entered into by the L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand
of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date
such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate
from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive
the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the L/C Issuer
for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute,
unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement or
any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, set-off, defense or other right that the
Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of
Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting),
the L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the
transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument
relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of
Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such
Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by the L/C Issuer in good faith under such Letter of Credit against
presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such
Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any
Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the
benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any
beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection
with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law; or
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(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense
available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto
that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s
instructions or other irregularity, the Borrower will promptly notify the L/C Issuer. The Borrower
shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the L/C Issuer and its
correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(f) Role of L/C Issuer. Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any
drawing under a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any
document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter
of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document (other
than to determine that such document appears on its face to be in compliance with the terms of such
Letter of Credit) or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None
of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor
correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any
action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders
or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross
negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or
enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document.
The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee
with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this
assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and
remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement.
None of the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties, nor any
correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of
the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided,
however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may
have a claim against the L/C Issuer, and the L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the
extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages
suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by the L/C Issuer’s willful
misconduct or gross negligence or the L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of
Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly
complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in
order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to
the contrary, and the L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the
rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be
invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(g) Cash Collateral. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i) if the L/C
Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing
has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C
Obligations for any reason remains outstanding, the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash
Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. Section 2.05 and
9.02(c) set forth certain additional requirements to deliver Cash Collateral hereunder.
For purposes of this Section 2.03, Section 2.05 and Section 9.02(c),
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations,
cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented
to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby
grants to the
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Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, a security interest
in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing.
Cash collateral shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of
America.
(h) Applicability of ISP98. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the L/C Issuer and
the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an
Existing Letter of Credit), the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit fee (the
“Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate
times the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit (whether
or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit). Letter of Credit Fees
shall be (i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on the first
Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first
such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration
Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter,
the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the
Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in
effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the
Required Lenders, while an Event of Default exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the
Default Rate.
(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer. The
Borrower shall pay directly to the L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to
each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum specified in the Administrative Agent Fee Letter,
computed on the actual daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit
(whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit), due and payable
quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and
December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit
and on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the
L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing
fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from
time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on
demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms
hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(l) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of
Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account
of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and
all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of
Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that
the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
2.04 Swing Line Loans.
(a) Swing Line Facility. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the
Swing Line Lender agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this
Section 2.04, to make loans (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) to the Borrower
in Dollars from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate
amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding
the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding
Amount of Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations
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of the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as a Lender of Revolving Loans, may exceed the amount
of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect
to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate
Revolving Commitments, and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any
Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations,
plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall
not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and provided, further, that the
Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line
Loan. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the
Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and
reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan.
Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation
in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share
times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.
(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Borrowing of Swing Line Loans shall be made upon the
Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be
given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the
Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify
(i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum principal amount of $500,000 and integral
multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a
Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line
Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed
and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line
Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the
Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received
such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent
(by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received
notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any
Lender) prior to 2:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing of Swing Line Loans (A) directing
the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in
the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the
applicable conditions specified in Article V is not then satisfied, then, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 3:00 p.m. on the borrowing
date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to
the Borrower.
(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans.
(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request,
on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably requests and authorizes the Swing Line
Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount
equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding.
Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Loan
Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02,
without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of
Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 5.02. The Swing Line Lender
shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Loan Notice promptly after
delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender shall make an amount equal
to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Loan Notice available to the
Administrative Agent in immediately available funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender
at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 10:00 a.m. on the day specified in such
Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Lender that so
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makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such
amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line
Lender.
(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Borrowing of
Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate
Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request
by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Lenders fund its risk participation in the
relevant Swing Line Loan and each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the
account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed
payment in respect of such participation.
(iii) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section
2.04(c)(i), the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting
through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the
period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is
immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of
the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation. A certificate of the
Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to
any amounts owing under this clause (iii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(iv) Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or to purchase and fund risk
participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender may have against
the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the
occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition,
whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is
subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02. No such purchase or funding of
risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to
repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.
(d) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after any Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a
Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line
Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such
payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of
time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those
received by the Swing Line Lender.
(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or
interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under
any of the circumstances described in Section 11.06 (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Lender shall pay
to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent,
plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a
rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such
demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Lenders under this
clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this
Agreement.
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(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be
responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Lender
funds its Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans or risk participation pursuant to this
Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in
respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.
(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrower shall make all payments of
principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.
2.05 Prepayments.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments of Loans.
(i) Revolving Loans. The Borrower may, upon notice from the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans in
whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be
received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (1) three (3) Business Days
prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (2) on the date of prepayment
of Base Rate Loans; (B) any such prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal
amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the
entire principal amount thereof then outstanding) and (C) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans
shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof
(or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall
specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The
Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice,
and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such notice is
given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount
specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any
prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the
amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section
3.05. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance
with their respective Pro Rata Shares.
(ii) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily
prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided
that (i) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent
not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (ii) any such prepayment shall
be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof (or, if less, the entire principal thereof then outstanding). Each such notice
shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the
Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such
notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments of Loans.
(i) Revolving Commitments. If for any reason the Total Revolving Outstandings
at any time exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall
immediately prepay Revolving Loans and/or the Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the
L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided,
however, that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C
Obligations pursuant to this Section
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2.05(b)(i) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Loans and Swing
Line Loans the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments then
in effect.
(ii) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. All amounts required to be paid
pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i) shall be applied to Revolving Loans and Swing Line
Loans and (after all Revolving Loans and all Swing Line Loans have been repaid) to Cash
Collateralize L/C Obligations. Within the parameters of the applications set forth above,
prepayments shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans and then to Eurodollar Rate Loans in
direct order of Interest Period maturities. All prepayments under this Section
2.05(b) shall be subject to Section 3.05, but otherwise without premium or
penalty, and shall be accompanied by interest on the principal amount prepaid through the
date of prepayment.
2.06 | Termination or Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Commitments. |
The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments to an
amount not less than the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C
Obligations; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative
Agent not later than 9:00 a.m. five (5) Business Days prior to the date of termination or
reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any
whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (iii) if, after giving effect to any reduction
of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit
exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, such sublimit shall be automatically
reduced by the amount of such excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of
any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. Any reduction
of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving Commitment of each Lender
according to its Pro Rata Share. All fees accrued with respect thereto until the effective date of
any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such
termination.
2.07 Repayment of Loans.
(a) Revolving Loans. The Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans outstanding on such date.
(b) Swing Line Loans. The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to
occur of (i) demand by the Swing Line Lender and (ii) the Maturity Date.
2.08 Interest.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall
bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per
annum equal to the sum of (A) the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus (B) the
Applicable Rate; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus
the Applicable Rate; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding
principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base
Rate plus the Applicable Rate.
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall
pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations at a fluctuating interest rate
per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
Laws.
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(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder
shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before
and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
2.09 Fees.
In addition to certain fees described in subsections (i) and (j) of Section 2.03:
(a) Facility Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a facility fee equal to the
Applicable Rate times the actual daily amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments
(or, if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have terminated, on the Outstanding Amount of
all Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations), regardless of usage. The
facility fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period (and thereafter so
long as any Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans or L/C Obligations remain outstanding),
including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not
met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each
March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the
Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date (and, if applicable, thereafter on demand). The
facility fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the
Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied
by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable
Rate was in effect.
(b) Administrative Agent Fee Letter. The Borrower shall pay to BAS and the
Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times
specified in the Administrative Agent Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid
and shall be non-refundable for any reason whatsoever; provided, however,
that the Borrower shall be entitled to receive from the Administrative Agent the prorated
amount of the administrative agent fee for any applicable year if the Administrative Agent
should voluntarily resign in such year.
2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees.
All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by Bank of
America’s “prime rate” shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be,
and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of
a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable,
being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan
for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for
the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on
the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one
day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be
conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
2.11 Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or
records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of
business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be
conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the
Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so
shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any
amount owing with respect to the
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Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any
Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the
accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute
and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a promissory note, which shall
evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each such promissory note
shall (i) in the case of Revolving Loans, be in the form of Exhibit C-1 (a “Revolving
Note”) and (ii) in the case of Swing Line Loans, be in the form of Exhibit C-2 (a
“Swing Line Note”). Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the
date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and the
Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records
evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing
Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the
Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the
accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a) General . All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition
or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative
Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 11:00 a.m. on the date
specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata
Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by
wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent
after 11:00 a.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable
interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due
on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and
such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b) Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and
available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings,
interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward costs
and expenses (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III) incurred by
the Administrative Agent and each Lender, (ii) second, toward repayment of interest and
fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts
of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (iii) third, toward repayment of
principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in
accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.
(c) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any
Revolving Loan that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s
share of such Revolving Loan, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such
share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 and may, in reliance upon such
assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has
not in fact made its share of the applicable Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent,
then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent
forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon,
for each day from and
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including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of
payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the
greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance
with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (B) in the case of a payment to be made
by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the Borrower and such Lender
shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the
Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Revolving Loan to the
Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan
included in such Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim
the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the
Administrative Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any
payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer
hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that
the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon
such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due.
In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds
with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to
but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds
Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on
interbank compensation.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount
owing under this subsection (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(d) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the
Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing
provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the
Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in
Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such
Lender, without interest.
(e) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make
Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments
pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make
any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on
any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to
do so on such date, no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make
its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).
(f) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain
the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any
Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or
manner.
2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders.
If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain
payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Revolving Loans made by it, or the
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participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s
receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and
accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided
herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent
of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and
subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other
adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the
Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on
their respective Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:
(a) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of
the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be
rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(b) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by
the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any
payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in
any of its Revolving Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any
assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the
provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under
applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements
may exercise against such Loan Party’s rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such
participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of
such participation.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
3.01 Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation
of the Borrower hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and
without reduction or withholding for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, provided that if
the Borrower shall be required by applicable law to deduct any Indemnified Taxes (including any
Other Taxes) from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower
shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of
subsection (a) above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(c) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuer, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the
full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes
imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) paid by the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or
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the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising
therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as
to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the L/C Issuer
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on
behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(d) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified
Taxes or Other Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental
Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of
such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(e) Status of Lenders. Any Foreign Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or
reduction of withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is resident
for tax purposes, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments
hereunder or under any other Loan Document 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 or the Administrative Agent, 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 of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if requested by the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the
Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or
information reporting requirements.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is resident for
tax purposes in the United States, any Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior
to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to
time thereafter upon the request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such
Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(i) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for
benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(ii) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio
interest under section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Foreign
Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10
percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code,
or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and
(y) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or
(iv) any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from
or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax duly completed together with such
supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower to
determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C
Issuer determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or
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which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall promptly pay to the Borrower an amount equal
to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by
the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such
refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C
Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the
request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid
over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant
Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer in the event the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative
Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information
relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Borrower shall not be required
to make any payments to any Lender pursuant to this Section 3.01 relating to any Taxes or Other
Taxes paid by a Lender more than 180 days prior to such Lender’s request for any additional payment
or compensation pursuant to this Section 3.01.
3.02 Illegality.
If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority
has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain
or fund Eurodollar Rate Loans, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar
Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such
Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then,
on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, any obligation
of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and
the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon
receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender
to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may
lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such
Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans. Upon any such prepayment
or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
3.03 Inability to Determine Rates.
If the Administrative Agent determines that for any reason in connection with any request for
a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) Dollar deposits are not
being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and
Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
determining the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed
Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurodollar Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with
respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the
Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and all
Lenders. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall
be suspended until the Administrative Agent revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the
Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Eurodollar
Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a
Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
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3.04 Increased Costs.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan,
insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account
of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement
reflected in the Eurodollar Rate) or the L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or the L/C Issuer to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to
this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any
Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or
the L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes covered by
Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax
payable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other
condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Loans made by such Lender
or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to
increase the cost to such Lender or the L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any
Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of
Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or the L/C Issuer
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or
the L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such
additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be,
for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines that any Change
in Law affecting such Lender or the L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such
Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s capital or on
the capital of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this
Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of
Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below
that which such Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company could
have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the L/C
Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with
respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the
L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such
Lender or the L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such
reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or the L/C Issuer
setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer or its
holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and
delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such
Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate
within 10 days after receipt thereof.
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(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the L/C Issuer
to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a
waiver of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided
that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more
than six months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies
the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such
Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change
in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period
referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
3.05 Funding Losses.
Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the
Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss,
cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base
Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether
voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to
make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on
the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or
(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the
Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section
11.14.
including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or
reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the
deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary
administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this
Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by
it at the Eurodollar Base Rate used in determining the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching
deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and
for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Borrower shall not be required
to make any payments to any Lender pursuant to this Section 3.05 relating to any loss, cost
or expense incurred by a Lender more than 180 days prior to such Lender’s request for any
additional payment or compensation pursuant to this Section 3.05.
3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation
under Section 3.04, or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender
or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, or if
any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender shall use reasonable
efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to
assign its rights and obligations
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hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such
Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to
Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for
the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not
subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous
to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by
any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section
3.04, or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Borrower
may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.14.
3.07 Survival.
All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of
the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, subject to
the limitations contained in this Article III.
ARTICLE IV
GUARANTY
4.01 The Guaranty.
Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Lender, each Affiliate
of a Lender that enters into a Swap Contract, and the Administrative Agent as hereinafter provided,
as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of the Obligations in full when due
(whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash
collateralization or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors
hereby further agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at
stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization
or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any
demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended
maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or
otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Loan
Documents or Swap Contracts, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not
render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable
provisions of any applicable state law.
4.02 Obligations Unconditional.
The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.01 are joint and several, absolute
and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability
of any of the Loan Documents or Swap Contracts, or any other agreement or instrument referred to
therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security
for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of
any other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge
or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of
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this Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute
and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall
have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Borrower or any
other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article IV until such time as the Obligations
have been paid in full and the Commitment have expired or terminated. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the
occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any
Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any
performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such
performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents,
any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, or
any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents or such Swap Contracts
shall be done or omitted;
(c) the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the
Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under
any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Lender, or any
Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan
Documents or such Swap Contracts shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the
Obligations or any security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in
part or otherwise dealt with;
(d) any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or
Lenders as security for any of the Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or
(e) any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including,
without limitation, for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be
subordinated to the claims of any Person (including, without limitation, any creditor of any
Guarantor).
With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person
under any of the Loan Documents, any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and any Lender, or any
Affiliate of a Lender, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Loan Documents or
such Swap Contracts, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any
of the Obligations.
4.03 Reinstatement.
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be automatically
reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in
respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the
Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise,
and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender on demand
for all reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses of counsel)
incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender in connection with such rescission or
restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging
that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.
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4.04 Certain Additional Waivers.
Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse to security for the
Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.02
and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.06.
4.05 Remedies.
The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the Guarantors,
on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, the Obligations
may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.02 (and shall be
deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said
Section 9.02) for purposes of Section 4.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or
other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming
automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such
declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the
Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and
payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 4.01. The Guarantors acknowledge and
agree that their obligations hereunder are secured in accordance with the terms of the Collateral
Documents and that the Lenders may exercise their remedies thereunder in accordance with the terms
thereof.
4.06 Rights of Contribution.
The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each
Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other Guarantors as permitted under applicable
law. Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
obligations of such Guarantors under the Loan Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights
of contribution until all Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.
4.07 Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.
The guarantee in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a
continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
5.01 Conditions of Initial Credit Extension.
The obligation of the L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension
hereunder is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Loan Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of executed
counterparts of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each properly executed by a
Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party and, in the case of this Agreement, by each
Lender.
(b) Opinions of Counsel. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a
favorable opinion of in-house legal counsel of the Borrower, addressed to the Administrative
Agent and each Lender, dated as of the Closing Date, and in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent.
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(c) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received:
(i) consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
the fiscal year ended January 1, 2006, including balance sheet and income and cash
flow statements, in each case, audited by independent public accountants of
recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP; and
(ii) unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the three month period ending April 2, 2006, including balance
sheet and statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows
(the “Interim Financial Statements”).
(d) No Material Adverse Change. There shall not have occurred a material
adverse change since January 1, 2006 in the business, assets, Properties, liabilities
(actual or contingent), operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(e) Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation or
proceeding against the Borrower or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the
Borrower, threatened in any court or before an arbitrator or Governmental Authority that
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(f) Organization Documents, Resolutions, Etc. Receipt by the Administrative
Agent of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by
originals), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
its legal counsel:
(i) copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party certified by a
secretary or assistant secretary of such Loan Party to be true and correct as of the
Closing Date;
(ii) such certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates
and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the
Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of
each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in
connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party
is a party; and
(iii) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may
reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, and
is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its
state of organization or formation.
(g) Closing Certificate. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that the conditions specified in
Sections 5.01(d) and (e) and Sections 5.02(a) and (b) have
been satisfied.
(h) Fees. Receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any fees
required to be paid on or before the Closing Date.
(i) Attorney Costs. The Borrower shall have paid all Attorney Costs of the
Administrative Agent to the extent invoiced prior to or on the Closing Date, plus such
additional
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amounts of Attorney Costs as shall constitute its reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs
incurred or to be incurred by it through the closing proceedings.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.04, for
purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section
5.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to,
approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required
thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender
unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the
proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.
5.02 Conditions to all Credit Extensions.
The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan
Notice requesting only a conversion of Revolving Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of
Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:
(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party
contained in Article VI or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all
material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that
such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case
they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except
that for purposes of this Section 5.02, the representations and warranties contained
in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 6.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most
recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section
7.01.
(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from
the application thereof.
(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line
Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the
requirements hereof.
Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of
Revolving Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by the
Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in
Sections 5.02(a), (b) and (c) have been satisfied on and as of the date of
the applicable Credit Extension.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:
6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power.
Each Loan Party (a) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company duly organized
or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own its assets and carry on
its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to
which it is a party, and (c) is duly
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qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its
ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent
that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of
the Closing Date, Teledyne Xxxxx Engineering, Inc., Teledyne Continental Motors, Inc., Teledyne
Investment, Inc., Teledyne Isco, Inc. and Teledyne Wireless, Inc. are the only Material
Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
6.02 Authorization; No Contravention.
The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such
Loan Party is party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational
action, and do not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Loan Party’s Organization Documents; (b)
conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or
require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Loan Party is a
party or (ii) any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral
award to which such Loan Party or its Property is subject; or (c) violate any Law (including,
without limitation, Regulation U or Regulation X issued by the FRB); except in each case referred
to in clause (b) to the extent it would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.
No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing
with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person with respect to any Contractual Obligation is
necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement
against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document other than those that have
already been obtained and are in full force and effect or the failure of which to have been
obtained would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.04 Binding Effect.
This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan
Party that is party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes a legal,
valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is party thereto, enforceable against each
such Loan Party in accordance with its terms.
6.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.
(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii)
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby
in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as
otherwise expressly noted therein; and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities,
direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including
liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied.
(b) The Interim Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii)
fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby,
subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end
audit adjustments; and (iii) show
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all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of the date thereof, including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and
Indebtedness in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
(c) From the date of the Audited Financial Statements to and including the Closing Date, there
has been no Disposition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any Involuntary Disposition, of any
material part of the business or Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
and no purchase or other acquisition by any of them of any business or Property (including any
Capital Stock of any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated financial condition of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case, which is not reflected in the
foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto or has not otherwise been disclosed publicly
by the Borrower or in writing to the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date.
(d) The financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and (b)
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except as may otherwise be
permitted under Section 7.01(a) and (b)) and present fairly in all material
respects (on the basis disclosed in the footnotes to such financial statements) the consolidated
and consolidating financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of such date and for such periods.
(e) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or
circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.06 Litigation.
There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of
the Borrower after reasonable investigation, threatened or contemplated, at law, in equity, in
arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain
to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (b)
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.07 No Default.
Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to any Contractual
Obligation that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has
occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
6.08 Ownership of Property; Liens.
Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good record and marketable title in fee simple
to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of
its business, except for such defects in title as could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The property of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens.
6.09 Environmental Compliance.
The Borrower and its Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the
effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for
violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and
as a result
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thereof the Borrower has reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and claims could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.10 Insurance.
The properties of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts and covering such
risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses.
6.11 Taxes.
The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and other material tax returns
and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, material state and other material
taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their
properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have
been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against the Borrower or
any Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.12 ERISA Compliance.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state Laws. Each Plan that is intended to
qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination
letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS
with respect thereto and, to the best knowledge of the Loan Parties, nothing has occurred which
would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification. Each Loan Party and each ERISA Affiliate
have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue
Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant
to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code has been made with respect to any Plan.
(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions
or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could be
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction
or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) no Pension Plan
has any Unfunded Pension Liability that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; (iii) no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur,
any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and
not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) no Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has
incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the
giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201
or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) no Loan Party nor any ERISA
Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
6.13 Subsidiaries.
Set forth on Schedule 6.13 is a complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of
each Subsidiary, together with (i) jurisdiction of formation, (ii) number of shares of each class
of Capital Stock outstanding,
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(iii) number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly)
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (iv) number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding
options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect
thereto. The outstanding Capital Stock of each Subsidiary is validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.
6.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act; Public Utility Holding Company Act.
(a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important
activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock. Following the application of the proceeds of each Borrowing or drawing under each
Letter of Credit, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Borrower only or of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) subject to the provisions of Section
8.01 or Section 8.05 or subject to any restriction contained in any agreement or
instrument between the Borrower and any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender relating to
Indebtedness and within the scope of Section 9.01(e) will be margin stock.
(b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or any Subsidiary is or is
required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
6.15 Disclosure.
Each Loan Party has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements,
instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject,
and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or
other information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender in connection with the this Agreement or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as
modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of
fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect
to projected financial information, the Loan Parties represent only that such information was
prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
6.16 Compliance with Laws.
Each of the Borrower and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of all Laws
and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in
such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to
comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.
The Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or possess the legal right to use, all of the material
trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, franchises, licenses
and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably
necessary for the operation of their respective businesses. Except for such claims and
infringements that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no claim has
been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any IP Rights or
the validity or effectiveness of any IP Rights, nor does any Loan Party know of any such claim,
and, to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers of the Loan Parties, the use of any
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IP Rights by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or the granting of a right or a license in respect
of any IP Rights from the Borrower or any Subsidiary does not infringe on the rights of any Person.
6.18 Solvency.
The Loan Parties are Solvent on a consolidated basis.
6.19 Legal Name.
The exact legal name and state of organization of each Loan Party is as set forth on the
signature pages hereto.
6.20 Brokers’ Fees.
Except for the Administrative Agent Fee Letter, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has
any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s, broker’s, investment banking or other
similar fee in connection with any of the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents.
6.21 Labor Matters.
There are no collective bargaining agreements (except as set forth on Schedule 6.21)
or Multiemployer Plans covering the employees of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as of the Closing
Date and neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages
or other material labor difficulty within the last five years.
ARTICLE VII
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the
Loan Parties shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:
7.01 Financial Statements.
Deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, with sufficient copies for each Lender:
(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 100 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each
case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail
and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report of an independent
certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable to the
Required Lenders, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like
qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit;
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(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 50 days after the end of each of the
first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance
sheet including shareholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of
such fiscal quarter and latest fiscal year end in comparative form, the related consolidated
statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the
Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the
corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, and the related statement of cash flows
for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in comparative form
the figures for the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year all in reasonable
detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the
financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit
adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and
As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 7.02(b),
the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clause (a)
or (b) above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower
to furnish the information and materials described in subsections (a) and (b) above at the
times specified therein.
7.02 Certificates; Other Information.
Deliver to the Administrative Agent, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, with sufficient copies for each Lender:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in
Sections 7.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by
a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;
(b) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or
financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the
Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration
statements which the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or to a holder of any Indebtedness owed by
the Borrower or any Subsidiary in its capacity as such a holder and not otherwise required
to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(c) promptly, and in any event within ten days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the
SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any
investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial
or other operational results of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof; and
(d) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or
corporate affairs of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the
Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably
request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) or
Section 7.02(b) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed
with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been
delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on
the Borrower’s website on the Internet at
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the website address listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii) on which such documents are
posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to
which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party
website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) the Borrower
shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the
request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to deliver such paper copies and (ii) the
Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by telecopier or electronic mail)
of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail
electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein, in every instance the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the
Compliance Certificates required by Section 7.02(a) to the Administrative Agent and each of
the Lenders. Except for such Compliance Certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no
obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in
any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request
for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or
maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or BAS will make
available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf
of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, the “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower
Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b)
certain of the Lenders may be “public-side” Lenders (i.e., Lenders that do not wish to receive
material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities) (each, a
“Public Lender”). The Borrower hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to
be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a
minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x)
by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the
Administrative Agent, BAS and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any
material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of
United States federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the
extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in
Section 11.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made
available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Investor;” and (z) the
Administrative Agent and BAS shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked
“PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public
Investor.”
7.03 Notices. Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) of the occurrence of any Default.
(b) of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect, including (in each case to the extent such matter has resulted or could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) (i) breach or non-performance of, or any default
under, a Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; (ii) any dispute, litigation,
investigation, proceeding or suspension between the Borrower or any Subsidiary and any Governmental
Authority; or (iii) the commencement of, or any material development in, any litigation or
proceeding affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary, including pursuant to any applicable
Environmental Laws.
(c) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event.
(d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary.
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Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating
what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant
to Section 7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this
Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.
7.04 Payment of Obligations.
Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and
liabilities, including (a) all material tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or
levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are
being maintained by the Borrower or such Subsidiary; (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would
by law become a Lien upon its property, and (c) all Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but
subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such
Indebtedness, except in the case of clauses (b) and (c), to the extent any failure to pay or
discharge such claim or Indebtedness could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc.
(a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good
standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted
by Section 8.04 or 8.05 and (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights,
privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its
business, except to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and (c) preserve or renew all of its material registered patents,
trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.06 Maintenance of Properties.
(a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in
the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted;
(b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, except where the
failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (c) use the
standard of care typical in the industry in the operation and maintenance of its facilities, except
where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.07 Maintenance of Insurance.
Maintain in full force and effect insurance (including worker’s compensation insurance,
liability insurance, casualty insurance and business interruption insurance) with financially sound
and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with such
deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by similarly situated companies.
7.08 Compliance with Laws.
Comply with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees
applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such
requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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7.09 Books and Records.
(a) With respect to the Borrower, maintain proper books of record and account, in which
requisite, true and correct entries in conformity in all material respects with GAAP consistently
applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and (b) maintain such books of record and account in material
conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory
jurisdiction over the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.
7.10 Inspection Rights.
Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender
to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating
records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and
accounts with its Responsible Officers, and at such reasonable times during normal business hours
and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower;
provided, however, that when an Event of Default exists and/or after the occurrence
of an event or events that have a Material Adverse Effect, the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing
as well as discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of such Loan Party with its directors and
independent public accountants, all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower at any time during
normal business hours after having provided reasonable notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to disclose (a) any materials subject to a
confidentiality obligation binding upon such Person (but provided further that such Person shall,
at the request of the Lender, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain permission for such
disclosure and, in the event permission cannot be obtained, furnish some information regarding the
matters to which such materials relate as can reasonably be furnished without violation of such
confidentiality obligations) or (b) any communications protected by attorney-client privilege, the
disclosure or inspection of which would waive such privilege.
7.11 Use of Proceeds.
Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions to finance working capital, make Permitted
Acquisitions and for other lawful corporate purposes, provided that in no event shall the
proceeds of the Credit Extensions be used in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.
7.12 Additional Guarantors.
Promptly, and in any event, not later than thirty (30) days, after the acquisition or
formation of any Material Subsidiary, notify the Administrative Agent thereof in writing, and cause
such Person to (a) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a
Joinder Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for
such purpose, and (b) deliver to the Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in
Section 5.01(f) and favorable opinions of counsel to such Person (which shall cover, among
other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation
referred to in clause (a)), all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
7.13 ERISA Compliance.
Do, and cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to do, each of the following: (a) maintain each
Plan in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal
Revenue Code
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and other federal or state law except where termination of such Plan is permitted by the terms
of such Plan and any applicable collective bargaining agreement and in accordance with the
applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable Laws; (b) cause each
Plan that is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to maintain such
qualification; and (c) make all required contributions to any Plan subject to Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE VIII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation
hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, no
Loan Party shall, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:
8.01 Liens.
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or
revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:
(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.01 and any
renewals or extensions thereof, provided that (i) the property covered thereby is
not changed, (ii) the amount secured or benefited thereby is not increased, (iii) the direct
or contingent obligor with respect thereto is not changed and (iv) any renewal or extension
of the obligations secured or benefited thereby is permitted by Section 8.03(b);
(c) Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or governmental
charges or levies not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate
proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained
on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;
(d) statutory Liens of landlords and Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
materialmen and suppliers and other Liens imposed by law or pursuant to customary
reservations or retentions of title arising in the ordinary course of business,
provided that such Liens secure only amounts not yet due and payable or, if due and
payable, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce the same or are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves determined in
accordance with GAAP have been established;
(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation, other than any
Lien imposed by ERISA;
(f) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than
Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments or
litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
ordinary course of business;
(g) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting
real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in
any case
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materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially
interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;
(h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of
Default under Section 9.01(h) or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to
such judgments;
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(e);
provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property other than the
Property financed by such Indebtedness, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not
exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the Property being acquired on
the date of acquisition and (iii) such Liens attach to such Property concurrently with or
within ninety days after the acquisition thereof;
(j) leases or subleases granted to others not interfering in any material respect with
the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
(k) any interest of title of a lessor under, and Liens arising from UCC financing
statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in foreign jurisdictions)
relating to, leases permitted by this Agreement;
(l) normal and customary rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or
other depository institutions;
(m) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial
Code on items in the course of collection;
(n) Liens of sellers of goods to the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries arising under
Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the
ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid
purchase price for such goods and related expenses;
(o) other Liens which secure Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby shall
not at any time exceed $10,000,000;
(p) Liens granted in favor of any Governmental Authority created pursuant to cost-type
contracts, progress-billing contracts or advance-pay contracts with such Governmental
Authority to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party in the materials and
products of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries subject to such contracts or, in the case of
advance-pay contracts only, any advance payments made thereunder to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries by such Governmental Authority; and
(q) Liens on any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries acquired after the
Closing Date pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or any Liens on any Property of any Person
that becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition
provided that, in each case (i) such Liens secure only Acquired Purchase Money Indebtedness
permitted under Section 8.03(g), (ii) such Liens were not created in contemplation
of or in connection with any such Permitted Acquisition and (iii) such Liens do not at any
time encumber any Property other than the Property financed by such Acquired Purchase Money
Indebtedness.
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8.02 Investments.
Make any Investments, except:
(a) Investments held by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of cash or Cash
Equivalents;
(b) Investments existing as of the Closing Date and set forth in Schedule 8.02;
(c) Investments in any Person that is a Loan Party prior to giving effect to such
Investment;
(d) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable
or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of
business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from
financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent
or limit loss;
(e) Guarantees permitted by Section 8.03;
(f) Investments permitted by Section 8.04, Section 8.06 or Section
8.07;
(g) Permitted Acquisitions;
(h) Investments by any Loan Party in joint ventures not to exceed at any time an amount
equal to twenty percent (20%) of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most
recently ended fiscal quarter for which the Borrower shall have delivered financial
statements pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b), as the case may be; and
(i) the Borrower may purchase, redeem, acquire or retire shares of its Capital Stock.
8.03 Indebtedness.
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries set forth in Schedule
8.03 and any renewals, refinancings and extensions thereof on terms and conditions not
materially less favorable to the applicable debtor(s); provided that the amount of such
Indebtedness is not increased at the time of such refinancing, refunding, renewal or
extension except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other amount paid, and fees
and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal
to any existing commitments utilized thereunder;
(c) intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.02;
(d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary existing or
arising under any Swap Contract, provided that (i) such obligations are (or were)
entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly
mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property
held or reasonably
anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such
Person, and not
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for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” and (ii) such Swap
Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its
obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;
(e) purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of Capital Leases or
Synthetic Leases) hereafter incurred by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance
the purchase of fixed assets and renewals, refinancings and extensions thereof,
provided that (i) the total of all such Indebtedness for all such Persons taken
together shall not exceed an aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 at any one time
outstanding; (ii) such Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of the
asset(s) financed; and (iii) no such Indebtedness shall be refinanced for a principal amount
in excess of the principal balance outstanding thereon at the time of such refinancing;
(f) unsecured Indebtedness (except to the extent of any Liens permitted pursuant to
Section 8.01(o)) of the Borrower and the Guarantors; provided that, (i) such
Indebtedness, when added to the then outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries would not cause the Loan Parties to be in violation of Section 8.10 on
a pro forma basis; and provided, further that (ii) such Indebtedness permitted pursuant to
this clause (f) which is Indebtedness of the Guarantors shall not exceed in the aggregate at
any one time outstanding, $25,000,000 and (iii) such Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this
clause (f) may not (other than unsecured Indebtedness (except to the extent of any Liens
permitted pursuant to Section 8.01(q)) assumed in connection with a Permitted
Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding $20,000,000)
contain covenants more restrictive than the covenants contained herein; and
(g) Acquired Purchase Money Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $45,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
8.04 Fundamental Changes.
Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in
one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now
owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person; provided that, subject to Section
7.12 and provided that, after giving effect to any such transaction, no Default or Event of
Default shall exist, (a) the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any of its Subsidiaries
provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, (b) any
Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any other Subsidiary of the Borrower
provided that if a Loan Party is a party thereto, a Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving
corporation, (c) any Loan Party other than the Borrower may merge or consolidate with any other
Loan Party other than the Borrower, (d) any Foreign Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with
or into any Loan Party provided that such Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving
corporation, (e) any Foreign Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with or into any other
Foreign Subsidiary and (f) any Subsidiary may wind up, liquidate or dissolve itself so long as it
transfers all or substantially all of its assets to a Loan Party prior to such wind up, liquidation
or dissolution.
8.05 Dispositions.
Make any Disposition unless (a) the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be cash
or Cash Equivalents paid contemporaneously with consummation of the transaction and shall be in an
amount not less than the fair market value of the Property disposed of, (b) such transaction does
not involve a sale or other disposition of receivables other than receivables owned by or
attributable to other Property concurrently
being disposed of in a transaction otherwise permitted under this Section 8.05, and
(c) the total book value of
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all of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries in all such transactions in any fiscal year of the Borrower represent less than ten
percent (10%) of Consolidated Total Assets determined as of the last day of the immediately
preceding fiscal year; provided that, in determining compliance with this Section 8.05 a
Disposition shall be excluded to the extent the net proceeds of such Disposition are used within a
period of 365 days following such Disposition to acquire assets or property useful in the ordinary
course of business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties
hereto agree that the Borrower may sell the assets or Capital Stock of Teledyne Continental Motors,
Inc. (“TCM”) for cash consideration; provided that, the net proceeds of such Disposition
are used by the Borrower within a period of 365 days following such Disposition to acquire assets
or property useful in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
Provided that no Default or Event of Default exists or arises therefrom, upon the sale, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of all of the assets or Capital Stock of a Loan Party not prohibited
by this Section 8.05, such Loan Party shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally
released and discharged from all obligations hereunder without any further action required on the
part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender. The Administrative Agent shall, upon the Loan
Parties’ request and at the Loan Parties’ expense, deliver such documentation as is reasonably
necessary to evidence such release and discharge. For purposes of clarification, the release of
TCM in accordance with the terms hereof shall not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
8.06 Change in Nature of Business.
Enter into any business, either directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary, except for (a)
any business in which the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary is engaged in on the Closing Date,
(b) any business that is reasonably related thereto, (c) any business that is substantially the
same industry as any business conducted by the Borrower or such Subsidiary on the Closing Date or
(d) any other business on a non-material basis to the extent acquired by the Borrower in a
Permitted Acquisition so long as the other business or businesses acquired by the Borrower pursuant
to such Permitted Acquisition otherwise satisfy the requirements of clauses (a), (b) or (c) of this
Section 8.06.
8.07 Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders.
Enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of transactions with any officer,
director or Affiliate of such Person other than (a) advances of working capital to any Loan Party,
(b) transfers of cash and assets to any Loan Party, (c) intercompany transactions expressly
permitted by Section 8.02, Section 8.03, Section 8.04 or Section
8.05, (d) compensation and reimbursement of expenses of officers and directors in accordance
with the Borrower’s policies which comply in all material respects with applicable Laws and (e)
except as otherwise specifically limited in this Agreement, other transactions which are entered
into in the ordinary course of such Person’s business on terms and conditions substantially as
favorable to such Person as would be obtainable by it in a comparable arms-length transaction with
a Person other than an officer, director or Affiliate.
8.08 Burdensome Agreements.
Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that, by its terms, encumbers or
restricts on the ability of any such Person to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to
any Loan Party on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or
measured by, its profits, (ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to any Loan Party,
(iii) make loans or advances to any Loan Party, (iv) sell, lease or transfer any of its Property to
any Loan Party, or (v) perform its obligations as a Loan Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or
any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in respect of any
of the matters referred to in clauses (i)-(iv) above) for (1) this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (2) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness
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incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(e), provided that any such restriction contained
therein relates only to the asset or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (3)
any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(f), (4)
any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing any Permitted Lien, provided
that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such
Permitted Lien, (5) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to
the sale of any Property permitted under Section 8.05 pending the consummation of such sale
or (6) restrictions and limitations imposed by applicable law.
8.09 Use of Proceeds.
Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether
immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.
8.10 Financial Covenants.
(a) Consolidated Net Worth. Permit Consolidated Net Worth at any time to be less than
the sum of $240,000,000 plus 50% of Consolidated Net Income (to the extent positive) for
each fiscal quarter ending after April 2, 2006 plus 75% of the amount of all Equity
Issuances after the Closing Date.
(b) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end
of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be greater than 3.0:1.0.
(c) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be less than 3.0 to 1.0.
8.11 Organization Documents; Fiscal Year.
(a) Amend, modify or change its Organization Documents in a manner adverse to the Lenders; or
(b) change its fiscal year without providing prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.
8.12 Sale Leasebacks.
Enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction in an amount in excess of $15 million in the
aggregate during the term of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
9.01 Events of Default.
Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:
(a) Non-Payment. The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when
and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C
Obligation, or (ii) within three Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on
any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any commitment fee or other fee due hereunder, or
(iii) within five Business Days
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after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document; or
(b) Specific Covenants. The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term,
covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 7.01, 7.02, 7.03,
7.05(a), 7.10, 7.11, or 7.12 or Article VIII or
(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other
covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan
Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty days;
or
(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty,
certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or
any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document delivered in
connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect
when made or deemed made; or
(e) Cross-Default. (i) The Borrower or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any
payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand,
or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder
and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including
undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under
any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B)
fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such
Indebtedness or Guarantee having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed
or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or
syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount or contained in any
instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs,
the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders
of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or
agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with
the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be
repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to
repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated
maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be
demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined
in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as
to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap
Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which
the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event,
the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is
greater than the Threshold Amount; or
(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries
institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or
makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the
appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or
similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver,
trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed
without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged
or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law
relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted
without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty calendar
days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or
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(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) The Borrower or any Subsidiary
becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as
they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process
is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and
is not released, vacated or fully bonded within thirty days after its issue or levy; or
(h) Judgments. There is entered against the Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) one
or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding
the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to
which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final
judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, there is a period of thirty (30)
consecutive days during which such judgment is not vacated, satisfied or discharged or a
stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal posting of bond or
otherwise, is not in effect; or
(i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or
Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability
of the Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC
in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any
installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA
under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or
(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its
execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or
satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect or fails
to give the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders the rights, powers and privileges
purported to be created by the Loan Documents; or any Loan Party or any other Person on
behalf of a Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan
Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under
any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document; or
(k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control.
9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the
request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following
actions:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C
Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and
obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued
and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other
notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;
(c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount
equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
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(d) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to
it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable law;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an
order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the
obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit
Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and
all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the
obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall
automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.
9.03 Application of Funds.
After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have
automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been
required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02), any
amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the
following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities,
expenses and other amounts (including Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article
III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities
and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including
Attorney Costs and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in
proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid
interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings and fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments,
and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between any Credit Party and
any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted by
Section 8.03(d), ratably among the Lenders (and, in the case of such Swap Contracts,
Affiliates of Lenders) in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause
Third held by them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal
of the Loans and L/C Borrowings and breakage, termination or other payments, and any
interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between any Credit Party and any
Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender, to the extent such Swap Contract is permitted by
Section 8.03(d), and to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised
of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit, ratably among the Lenders (and, in the
case of such Swap Contracts, Affiliates of Lenders) in proportion to the respective amounts
described in this clause Fourth held by them; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid
in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn
amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above shall be applied to satisfy
drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash
Collateral after all Letters of Credit
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have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other
Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
ARTICLE X
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.01 Appointment and Authority.
Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on
its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes
the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are
delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions
and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, and neither the Borrower nor
any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
10.02 Rights as a Lender.
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers
in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the
Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated
or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent
hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from,
lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally
engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if
such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to
the Lenders.
10.03 Exculpatory Provisions.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set
forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a
Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary
powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other
Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing
by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be
expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the
Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the
opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary
to any Loan Document or applicable law; and
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have
any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information
relating to the
Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving
as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
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The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the
consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the
Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be
necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.01 and 9.02) or (ii)
in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall
be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is
given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the L/C Issuer.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire
into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or
any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered
hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance
of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the
occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this
Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to
confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
10.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for
relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other
writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other
distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated
by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally
or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any
liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the
making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the
satisfaction of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such
condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall
have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the L/C Issuer prior to the making of such
Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal
counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected
by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the
advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
10.05 Delegation of Duties.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and
powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents
appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform
any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related
Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the
Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their
respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for
herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
10.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the
L/C Issuer and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders
shall have
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the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a
bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the
United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall
have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice
of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C
Issuer, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above;
provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no
qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become
effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) all
payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the
Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuer directly, until
such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in
this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder,
such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent
shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan
Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees
payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to
its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the
retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the
provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of
such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect
of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent
was acting as Administrative Agent.
Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also
constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a
successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (a) such successor shall succeed to and
become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and
Swing Line Lender, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all
of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the
successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if
any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangement satisfactory to the
retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect
to such Letters of Credit.
10.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
Each Lender and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such
documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision
to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of
their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time
deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based
upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished
hereunder or thereunder.
10.08 No Other Duties, Etc.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Sole Book Manager, the Sole Lead
Arranger, the co-documentation agents and the syndication agent listed on the cover page hereof
shall not have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the L/C
Issuer hereunder.
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10.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any
Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C
Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and
irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall
be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing
and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to
have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders,
the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all
other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under
Sections 2.03(i) and (j), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such
judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official
in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender, the L/C Issuer to make such
payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent
to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, to pay to the
Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to
authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such
proceeding.
10.10 Releases.
The Lenders and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option
and in its discretion, to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such
Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in
writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Guarantor from its obligations under
the Guaranty, pursuant to this Section 10.10.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
11.01 Amendments, Etc.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no
consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective
unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as
the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;
provided, however, that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment
terminated pursuant to Section 9.02) without the written consent of such Lender (it
being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in
Section 5.02 or of any Default or Event of Default or a mandatory reduction in
Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(b) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any
payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them)
hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender
directly affected thereby;
(c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or
L/C Borrowing, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan
Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be
necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the
Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;
(d) change Section 2.13 or Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter
the pro rata sharing of payments or the order of application of payments required thereby
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(e) change any provision of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any
other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend,
waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any
consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(f) release the Borrower or, except in connection with a merger or consolidation
permitted under Section 8.04 or a Disposition permitted under Section 8.05,
all or substantially all of the Guarantors, from its or their obligations under the Loan
Documents without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
and, provided further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless
in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the
rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application
relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent
shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required
above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no
amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed
by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or
duties of the
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Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (iv) the
Administrative Agent Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a
writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no
Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent
hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the
consent of such Lender.
Notwithstanding the fact that the consent of all the Lenders is required in certain circumstances
as set forth above, (x) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy
reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of
Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein
and (y) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Loan Party to use cash
collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be
binding on all of the Lenders.
11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication.
(a) General. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly
permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices
and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or
overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier as follows,
and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone
shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line
Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number
specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02 or to such other address, facsimile
number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in
a notice to the other parties; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address
or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address,
facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such
party in a notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing
Line Lender.
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall
be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been
given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be
deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient).
Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below,
shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and
the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including
e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative
Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the L/C
Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified
the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic
communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept
notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to
procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to
particular notices or communications.
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Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to
an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the
intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail
or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is
not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be
deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and
(ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received
upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the
foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying
the website address therefor.
(c) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C
Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices
and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may
change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder
by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender.
(d) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Loan Notices and
Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices
were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any
other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient,
varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the
L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities
resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the
Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other communications with the Administrative Agent may be
recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such
recording.
11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
No failure by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay
by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder 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.
11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees,
charges and disbursements of external counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the
syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution,
delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments,
modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by the L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any
Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer (including the fees,
charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C
Issuer), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under
this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder,
including all
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such reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative
Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of
the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold
each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related
expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any
Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by
the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the
execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective
obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom
(including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of
Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the
terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous
Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or
any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv)
any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the
foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or
by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party
thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the
extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (y) result from a claim brought by the
Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s
obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has
obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction or (z) are based on any theory of liability for punitive damages.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to
indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it
to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any
of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such
sub-agent), the L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable
Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment
is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified
loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted
against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the L/C Issuer in its capacity as such,
or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any
such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders
under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any
Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages
(as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of,
this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the
proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any
damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other
materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic, internet or other information
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transmission systems in connection with the Loans, this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
11.05 Payments Set Aside.
To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Loan Party is made to the Administrative
Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender
exercises its right of set-off, and such payment or the proceeds of such set-off or any part
thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or
required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent or such
Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection
with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such
recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and
continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such set-off had not
occurred, and (b) each Lender and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the
Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment
is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The
obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall
survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
11.06 Successors and Assigns.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or
otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations
hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of
this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of
this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the
restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by
any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall
be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors
and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section
and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible
Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b),
participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it);
provided that (i) except in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the
assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment
to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to a Lender, the aggregate
amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the
Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning
Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption
with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is
specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000
unless the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Borrower, otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(ii) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the
assigning Lender’s Loans and Commitments, and rights and obligations with respect thereto,
assigned,
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except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to rights in respect of Swing Line Loans;
(iii) any assignment of a Revolving Commitment must be approved by the Administrative Agent, the
L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender unless the Person that is the proposed assignee is itself a
Lender (whether or not the proposed assignee would otherwise qualify as an Eligible Assignee) (each
such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and (iv) the parties to each assignment
shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a
processing and recordation fee in the amount, if any, required as set forth in Schedule
11.06; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole
discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment, and
the Eligible Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an
Administrative Questionnaire. Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative
Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in
each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement
and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the
extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations
under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the
assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a
party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01,
3.04, 3.05, 11.04 and 11.05 with respect to facts and circumstances
occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, the Borrower (at its
expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a
Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection
shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such
rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of
the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and
Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the
Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to,
each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries
in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may
treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender
hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register
shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from
time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to,
the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural
person or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a
“Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this
Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s
participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i)
such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall
remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and
(iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely
and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall
provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any
amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such
agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the
Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (a) through
(g) of the first proviso to Section 11.01 that directly affects such Participant. Subject
to subsection (e) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to
the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to
the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to
subsection
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(b) of this Section. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such
Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.
(e) Limitation upon Participation Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to
receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender
would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant,
unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written
consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to
the benefits of Section 3.01 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to
such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrower, to comply with
Section 3.01(e) as though it were a Lender.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest
in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to
secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a
Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender
from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as
a party hereto.
(g) Electronic Execution of Assignments. The words “execution,” “signed,”
“signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include
electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the
same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a
paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any
applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act,
the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on
the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
(g) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its
Commitment and Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon thirty days’
notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon thirty days’ notice
to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer
or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor
L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by
the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C
Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it
shall retain all the rights and obligations of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters
of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C
Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate
Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). If
Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line
Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the
effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate
Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section
2.04(c).
11.07 Confidentiality.
Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the
Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its
Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and
other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information
confidential); (b) to the extent requested by
any regulatory authority; (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by
any subpoena
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or similar legal process provided, however, that the Administrative Agent and/or such
Lender will give the Borrower as soon as reasonably practicable prior notice of any such
requirement or subpoena so that the Borrower may seek a protective order or other appropriate
remedy to prevent such disclosure unless such applicable law or regulation or subpoena expressly
provides that no such prior notice shall be given to the Borrower; (d) to any other party to this
Agreement; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder; (f) subject to an
agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any
Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in,
any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any direct or indirect contractual
counterparty or prospective counterparty (or such contractual counterparty’s or prospective
counterparty’s professional advisor) to any credit derivative transaction relating to obligations
of the Loan Parties; (g) with the consent of the Borrower; (h) to the extent such Information (i)
becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section, (ii) becomes
available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other
than the Borrower who was not known by the Administrative Agent or such Lender to be bound by a
confidentiality agreement or legal obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information
or (iii) is independently developed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender without the use of
confidential information; or (i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any
other similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to
information about a Lender’s or its Affiliates’ investment portfolio in connection with ratings
issued with respect to such Lender or its Affiliates. In addition, the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to
market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Credit Extensions. For the
purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party
relating to any Loan Party or its business, other than any such information that is available to
the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by any Loan
Party; provided that, in the case of information received from a Loan Party after the date hereof,
such information is clearly identified in writing at the time of delivery as confidential. Any
Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be
considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same
reasonable degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would
accord to its own confidential information.
11.08 Set-off.
In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, upon the occurrence and
during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender, the L/C Issuer and each of their
respective Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the
Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf
and on behalf of each Loan Party) to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any
and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by,
and other indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the
respective Loan Parties against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender hereunder or under any
other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative
Agent or such Lender shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and
although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different
from that of the applicable deposit or indebtedness. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender;
provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the
validity of such set-off and application.
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11.09 Interest Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or
agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious
interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or
any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest
shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to
the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the
Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted
by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or
premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c)
amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest
throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
11.10 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
11.11 Integration.
This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated
agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior
agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the
provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement
shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of
the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict
with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective
parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in
accordance with the fair meaning thereof.
11.12 Survival of Representations and Warranties.
All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other
document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive
the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or
will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation
made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the
Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of
any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other
Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain
outstanding.
11.13 Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid
or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the
parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of
the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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11.14 Replacement of Lenders.
Under any circumstances set forth herein providing that the Borrower shall have the right to
replace a Lender as a party to this Agreement, the Borrower may, upon notice to such Lender and the
Administrative Agent, replace such Lender by causing such Lender to assign its Commitment and
outstanding Loans (with the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrower in such instance) pursuant to
Section 11.06(b) to one or more other Lenders or Eligible Assignees procured by the
Borrower; provided, however, that if the Borrower elects to exercise such right
with respect to any Lender pursuant to Section 3.06(b), it shall be obligated to replace
all Lenders that have made similar requests for compensation pursuant to Section 3.01 or
3.04. The Borrower shall (x) pay in full all principal, interest, fees and other amounts
owing to such Lender through the date of replacement (including any amounts payable pursuant to
Section 3.05), (y) provide appropriate assurances and indemnities (which may include
letters of credit) to the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender as each may reasonably require with
respect to any continuing obligation to fund participation interests in any L/C Obligations or any
Swing Line Loans then outstanding, and (z) release such Lender from its obligations under the Loan
Documents. Any Lender being replaced shall execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with
respect to such Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and
Swing Line Loans.
11.15 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc.
(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY
WITHIN SUCH STATE; PROVIDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER SHALL RETAIN ALL
RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN XXX XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XX XXX XXXX SITTING
IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF
ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF
FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.
EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE
MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE.
11.16 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.
EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM,
DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR
RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN
DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER
ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND
CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL
WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS
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AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN
EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
11.17 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby, the Loan Parties each
acknowledge and agree that: (i) the credit facilities provided for hereunder and any related
arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment,
waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are an arm’s-length commercial
transaction between the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the
Administrative Agent and BAS, on the other hand, and each of the Loan Parties is capable of
evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver
or other modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such
transaction, the Administrative Agent and BAS each is and has been acting solely as a principal and
is not the financial advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Loan Parties or any of their respective
Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other Person; (iii) neither the
Administrative Agent nor BAS has assumed or will assume an advisory, agency or fiduciary
responsibility in favor of any Loan Party with respect to any of the transactions contemplated
hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or of any other Loan Document (irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent
or BAS has advised or is currently advising any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective
Affiliates on other matters) and neither the Administrative Agent nor BAS has any obligation to any
of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan
Documents; (iv) the Administrative Agent and BAS and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in
a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and
their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor BAS has any obligation to
disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency or fiduciary relationship; and (v)
neither the Administrative Agent, nor BAS has provided nor will provide any legal, accounting,
regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any
amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and each Loan Party
has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed
appropriate. Each Loan Party hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law,
any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent and/or BAS with respect to any breach
or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 11.17 releases the Administrative Agent or BAS from fraudulent conduct.
11.18 USA PATRIOT Act Notice.
Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby
notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.
L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify
and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and
address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative
Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
11.19 Waiver of Notice of Termination.
Those Lenders party hereto which are also party to the Existing Credit Agreement hereby waive
any prior notice requirement under the Existing Credit Agreement with respect to the termination of
commitments thereunder and the making of any prepayments thereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of
the date first above written.
BORROWER:
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TELEDYNE TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation |
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
GUARANTORS:
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TELEDYNE XXXXX ENGINEERING,
INC., a Delaware corporation |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTORS, INC., a Delaware corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
TELEDYNE INVESTMENT, INC., a Delaware corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
TELEDYNE ISCO, INC., a Nebraska corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
TELEDYNE WIRELESS, INC., a Delaware corporation |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Vice President |
LENDERS:
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender |
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Chi-Xxxxx Xxxx | |||
Name: | Chi-Xxxxx Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Director |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Underwriter |
MELLON BANK, N.A., as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
COMERICA WEST INCORPORATED, as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President |
COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES, as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Xxxxx | |||
Title: | AVP | |||
By: | /s/ Yangling J. Si | |||
Name: | Yangling J. Si | |||
Title: | AVP |
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Ling Li | |||
Name: | Ling Li | |||
Title: | Vice President |
BANK OF THE WEST, as a Lender |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxx Hills | |||
Name: | Xxxxx Hills | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||