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THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), is
made and entered into as of November 7, 2017, by and among ORION GROUP HOLDINGS,
INC., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as Orion Marine Group, Inc.) (the “Borrower”),
certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower designated as “Guarantors” on the signature pages hereof
(together with the Borrower, the “Credit Parties”), the Lenders (as defined below) party hereto
constituting the Required Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement as defined below), and
REGIONS BANK, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, the “Agent”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, certain banks and other financial institutions
from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and the Agent are parties to a certain Credit
Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2015 (as amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit
Agreement, dated as of April 27, 2016, that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement,
dated as of July 28, 2017, and as further amended, restated, supplemented, increased, extended or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein and
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement),
pursuant to which the Lenders have made loans and certain other financial accommodations
available to the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Required Lenders and the Agent amend
certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, and, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Required Lenders and the Agent are willing to do so.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt
of which are acknowledged, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Required Lenders and the Agent
agree as follows:
1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. From and after the Third Amendment
Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), the Credit Agreement is amended pursuant to this
Amendment and amendments to the Credit Agreement prior to the date hereof to delete the
stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: stricken text) and
to add the double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following
example: double-underlined text) as set forth in the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as
Annex A to this Amendment (the “Amended Credit Agreement”).
2. Conditions Precedent. Completion of the following to the satisfaction of the
Agent and the Required Lenders shall constitute express conditions precedent to the
effectiveness of the amendments set forth in this Amendment (and the date on which all of the
foregoing shall have occurred as determined by the Agent being called herein the “Third
Amendment Effective Date”):
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(a) Executed Credit Documents. Delivery of duly executed counterparts of
this Amendment in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Required
Lenders; and
(b) Fees and Expenses. The Agent shall have confirmation that all fees and
expenses required to be paid on or before the Third Amendment Effective Date have been
paid, including the fees and expenses of King & Spalding LLP.
3. Representations and Warranties. As of the Third Amendment Effective Date,
after giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement and in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or,
with respect to any such representation or warranty that is modified by materiality or Material
Adverse Effect, are true and correct in all respects) on and as of the Third Amendment Effective
Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier
date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all
material respects on and as of such earlier date, and no event has occurred and is continuing or
would result from the consummation of this Amendment and the transactions contemplated
hereby that would constitute an Event of Default or a Default.
4. Reaffirmation of Credit Party Obligations. Each Credit Party hereby ratifies
the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and each other Credit Document to which it is a party
and acknowledges and reaffirms (a) that it is bound by all terms of the Credit Agreement, as
amended hereby, and such other Credit Documents applicable to it and (b) that it is responsible
for the observance and full performance of its respective Obligations.
5. Release of Claims and Covenant Not to Xxx.
(a) On the Third Amendment Effective Date, in consideration of the Required
Lenders’ and the Agent’s agreements contained in this Amendment, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each
Credit Party, on behalf of itself and its successors and assigns, and its present and former
members, managers, shareholders, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, directors,
officers, attorneys, employees, agents, legal representatives, and other representatives (each
Credit Party and all such other Persons being hereinafter referred to collectively as the
“Releasing Parties” and individually as a “Releasing Party”), hereby absolutely, unconditionally,
and irrevocably releases, remises, and forever discharges Agent, each Lender, and each of their
respective successors and assigns, and their respective present and former shareholders,
members, managers, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, directors, officers, attorneys,
employees, agents, legal representatives, and other representatives (Agent, Lenders, and all such
other Persons being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Releasees” and individually as a
“Releasee”), of and from any and all demands, actions, causes of action, suits, damages, and any
and all other claims, counterclaims, defenses, rights of set-off, demands, and liabilities
whatsoever (individually, a “Claim” and collectively, “Claims”) of every kind and nature, known
or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, at law or in equity, which any Releasing Party or any of
its successors, assigns, or other legal representatives may now or hereafter own, hold, have, or
claim to have against the Releasees or any of them for, upon, or by reason of any circumstance,
action, cause, or thing whatsoever which arises at any time on or prior to the date of this
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Amendment for or on account of, in relation to, or in any way in connection with this
Amendment, the Credit Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents, or any of the
transactions hereunder or thereunder.
(b) Each Credit Party understands, acknowledges, and agrees that the release set forth
above may be pleaded as a full and complete defense to any Claim and may be used as a basis
for an injunction against any action, suit, or other proceeding which may be instituted,
prosecuted, or attempted in breach of the provisions of such release.
(c) Each Credit Party agrees that no fact, event, circumstance, evidence, or
transaction which could now be asserted or which may hereafter be discovered will affect in any
manner the final, absolute, and unconditional nature of the release set forth above.
(d) On and after the Third Amendment Effective Date, each Credit Party hereby
absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably covenants and agrees with and in favor of each
Releasee that it will not xxx (at law, in equity, in any regulatory proceeding, or otherwise) any
Releasee on the basis of any Claim released, remised, and discharged by any Credit Party
pursuant to clause (a) of this Section. If any Credit Party violates the foregoing covenant, the
Borrower, for itself and its successors and assigns, and its present and former members,
managers, shareholders, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, directors, officers,
attorneys, employees, agents, legal representatives, and other representatives, agrees to pay, in
addition to such other damages as any Releasee may sustain as a result of such violation, all
attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by any Releasee as a result of such violation.
6. Effect of Amendment. Except as set forth expressly herein, all terms of the
Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other Credit Documents shall be and remain in
full force and effect and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of
the Borrower to the Lenders and the Agent. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this
Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right,
power or remedy of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents, nor
constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents.
This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.
7. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York.
8. No Novation. This Amendment is not intended by the parties to be, and shall not
be construed to be, a novation of the Credit Agreement or an accord and satisfaction in regard
thereto.
9. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties
hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all
of which, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of
an executed counterpart of this Amendment by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail in
pdf form shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
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10. Binding Nature. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto, their respective successors, successors-in-titles, and assigns.
11. Entire Understanding. This Amendment sets forth the entire understanding of
the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein, and shall supersede any prior negotiations
or agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto.
[Signature Pages To Follow]
ANNEX A
Amended Credit Agreement
[Attached]
CONFORMED THROUGH AMENDMENT NO. 1 DATED AS OF APRIL 27, 2016
AND AMENDMENT NO. 2 DATED AS OF JULY 28, 2017
AND AMENDMENT NO. 3 DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 7 2017
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated as of August 5, 2015
among
ORION MARINE GROUP HOLDINGS, INC.
as Borrower,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER
PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,
as Guarantors
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
REGIONS BANK,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
BOKF, NA DBA BANK OF TEXAS
and
BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
as Co-Syndication Agents,
REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS,
a division of Regions Bank,
as Lead Arranger and Book Manager
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 1
Section 1.1 Definitions. 1
Section 1.2 Accounting Terms. 32
Section 1.3 Rules of Interpretation. 33
Section 2 LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT 34
Section 2.1 Revolving Loans and Term Loan A. 34
Section 2.2 Swingline Loans. 38
Section 2.3 Issuances of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein. 4041
Section 2.4 Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds. 4445
Section 2.5 Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes. 4546
Section 2.6 Scheduled Principal Payments. 46
Section 2.7 Interest on Loans. 47
Section 2.8 Conversion/Continuation. 49
Section 2.9 Default Rate of Interest. 4950
Section 2.10 Fees. 50
Section 2.11 Prepayments/Commitment Reductions. 52
Section 2.12 Application of Prepayments. 54
Section 2.13 General Provisions Regarding Payments. 5455
Section 2.14 Sharing of Payments by Lenders. 5556
Section 2.15 Cash Collateral. 56
Section 2.16 Defaulting Lenders. 57
Section 2.17 Removal or Replacement of Lenders. 5960
Section 3 YIELD PROTECTION 6061
Section 3.1 Making or Maintaining LIBOR Loans. 6061
Section 3.2 Increased Costs. 62
Section 3.3 Taxes. 6364
Section 3.4 Mitigation Obligations; Designation of a Different Lending Office. 67
Section 4 GUARANTY 67
Section 4.1. The Guaranty. 67
Section 4.2 Obligations Unconditional. 68
Section 4.3 Reinstatement. 69
Section 4.4 Certain Additional Waivers. 69
Section 4.5 Remedies. 69
Section 4.6 Rights of Contribution. 69
Section 4.7 Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee. 6970
Section 4.8 Keepwell. 6970
Section 5 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 70
Section 5.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions. 70
Section 5.2 Conditions to Each Credit Extension. 74
Section 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 74
Section 6.1 Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification. 74
Section 6.2 Equity Interests and Ownership. 75
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Section 6.3 Due Authorization. 75
Section 6.4 No Conflict. 75
Section 6.5 Governmental Consents. 75
Section 6.6 Binding Obligation. 75
Section 6.7 Financial Statements. 75
Section 6.8 No Material Adverse Effect; No Default. 76
Section 6.9 Tax Matters. 76
Section 6.10 Properties. 76
Section 6.11 Environmental Matters. 7778
Section 6.12 No Defaults. 78
Section 6.13 No Litigation or other Adverse Proceedings. 78
Section 6.14 Information Regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. 78
Section 6.15 Governmental Regulation. 78
Section 6.16 Employee Matters. 79
Section 6.17 Pension Plans. 80
Section 6.18 Solvency. 80
Section 6.19 Compliance with Laws. 80
Section 6.20 Disclosure. 80
Section 6.21 Insurance. 81
Section 6.22 Pledge Agreement and Security Agreement. 81
Section 6.23 Mortgages. 8182
Section 6.24 Vessel Qualification. 82
Section 7 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 82
Section 7.1 Financial Statements and Other Reports. 82
Section 7.2 Existence. 84
Section 7.3 Payment of Taxes and Claims. 84
Section 7.4 Maintenance of Properties. 85
Section 7.5 Insurance. 85
Section 7.6 Inspections. 85
Section 7.7 Lenders Meetings. 8586
Section 7.8 Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts. 86
Section 7.9 Use of Proceeds. 86
Section 7.10 Environmental Matters. 86
Section 7.11 Additional Real Estate Assets. 86
Section 7.12 Pledge of Personal Property Assets. 8788
Section 7.13 Books and Records. 88
Section 7.14 Additional Subsidiaries. 88
Section 7.15 Interest Rate Protection. 89
Section 7.16 Covenants Relating to the Vessels. 89
Section 7.17 Cash Management. 89
Section 7.18 Landlord Waivers. 8990
Section 7.19 Post Closing Covenants. 90
Section 8 NEGATIVE COVENANTS 92
Section 8.1 Indebtedness. 92
Section 8.2 Liens. 93
Section 8.3 No Further Negative Pledges. 9495
Section 8.4 Restricted Payments. 95
Section 8.5 Burdensome Agreements. 95
Section 8.6 Investments. 9596
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Section 8.7 Use of Proceeds. 96
Section 8.8 Financial Covenants. The Credit Parties shall not: 96
Section 8.9 Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions. 9796
Section 8.10 Disposal of Subsidiary Interests. 97
Section 8.11 Sales and Lease-Backs. 97
Section 8.12 Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders. 97
Section 8.13 Prepayment of Other Funded Debt. 9897
Section 8.14 Conduct of Business. 98
Section 8.15 Fiscal Year; Accounting Changes. 98
Section 8.16 Amendments to Organizational Agreements/Material Agreements. 98
Section 8.17 Capital Expenditures. 98
Section 8.18 Negative Covenants Relating to the Vessels. 98
Section 9 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES; APPLICATION OF FUNDS. 98
Section 9.1 Events of Default. 9998
Section 9.2 Remedies. 101
Section 9.3 Application of Funds. 101
Section 10 AGENCY 102
Section 10.1 Appointment and Authority. 102
Section 10.2 Rights as a Lender. 103
Section 10.3 Exculpatory Provisions. 103
Section 10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. 104
Section 10.5 Delegation of Duties. 105104
Section 10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent. 105
Section 10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. 106
Section 10.8 No Other Duties, etc. 106
Section 10.9 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. 106
Section 10.10 Collateral Matters. 107106
Section 11 MISCELLANEOUS 108
Section 11.1 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications. 108
Section 11.2 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver. 109
Section 11.3 Set-Off. 111
Section 11.4 Amendments and Waivers. 112111
Section 11.5 Successors and Assigns. 113
Section 11.6 Independence of Covenants. 117
Section 11.7 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. 117
Section 11.8 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. 118117
Section 11.9 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. 118
Section 11.10 Severability. 118
Section 11.11 Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights. 118
Section 11.12 Headings. 118
Section 11.13 Applicable Laws. 118
Section 11.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. 119
Section 11.15 Confidentiality. 119
Section 11.16 Usury Savings Clause. 120
Section 11.17 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. 121
Section 11.18 No Advisory of Fiduciary Relationship. 121
Section 11.19 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Other Documents. 121
Section 11.20 USA PATRIOT Act. 122121
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Section 11.21 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial
Institutions. 122
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Appendices
Appendix A Lenders, Commitments and Commitment Percentages
Appendix B Notice Information
Schedules
Schedule 6.1 Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification
Schedule 6.2 Equity Interests and Ownership
Schedule 6.10(b) Real Estate Assets
Schedule 6.10(d) Vessels
Schedule 6.14 Name, Jurisdiction and Tax Identification Numbers of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.21 Insurance Coverage
Schedule 8.1 Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 8.2 Existing Liens
Schedule 8.6 Existing Investments
Exhibits
Exhibit 1.1 Form of Secured Party Designation Notice
Exhibit 2.1 Form of Funding Notice
Exhibit 2.3 Form of Issuance Notice
Exhibit 2.5-1 Form of Revolving Loan Note
Exhibit 2.5-2 Form of Swingline Note
Exhibit 2.5-3 Form of Term Loan Note
Exhibit 2.8 Form of Conversion/Continuation Notice
Exhibit 3.3 Forms of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates (Forms 1 – 4)
Exhibit 7.1(c) Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit 7.14 Form of Guarantor Joinder Agreement
Exhibit 11.5 Form of Assignment Agreement
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 5, 2015 (as amended, restated, supplemented,
increased, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), is entered
into by and among ORION MARINE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), certain
Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party hereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders from time to time
party hereto, REGIONS BANK, as administrative agent (in such capacity, “Administrative Agent”) and
collateral agent (in such capacity, “Collateral Agent”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide revolving credit and term loan
facilities for the purposes set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to make the requested facilities available on the terms and
conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto covenant and agree as follows:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 Definitions. The following terms used herein, including in the introductory
paragraph, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:
“2017 Q3 Hurricane Add-Back” means as defined in the definition of “Consolidated
EBITDA”.
“Acquisition”, by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a
series of related transactions, of all or any substantial portion of the property of another Person or at least
a majority of the Equity Interests 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.
“Adjusted LIBOR Rate” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an
Interest Period for an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (a) (i) the rate
per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%))
equal to the LIBOR or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative
Agent, as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source
providing such quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for
deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars,
determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination
Date, or (ii) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (i) does not appear on such page or
service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the
next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service which displays an average
settlement rate for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such
period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest
Rate Determination Date, or (iii) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) are
not available, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one
percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to quotation rate (or the arithmetic mean of rates) offered to first class banks
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in the London interbank market for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant period) in
Dollars of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan of
Regions Bank or any other Lender selected by the Administrative Agent, for which the Adjusted LIBOR
Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to such period as of approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by (b) an amount equal to (i) one,
minus (ii) the Applicable Reserve Requirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this
Agreement, the Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall in no event be less than 0% at any time.
“Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan” means Loans bearing interest based on the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
“Administrative Agent” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with its
successors and assigns.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an administrative questionnaire provided by the Lenders
in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Adverse Proceeding” means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or
otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, whether
pending, threatened in writing against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any material property
of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Affected Lender” means as defined in Section 3.1(b).
“Affected Loans” means as defined in Section 3.1(b).
“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.
“Agent” means each of the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders.
The aggregate principal amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in effect on the Closing Date
is FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS ($50,000,000).
“Agreement” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ALTA” means American Land Title Association.
“Applicable Laws” means all applicable laws, including all applicable provisions of constitutions,
statutes, rules, ordinances, regulations and orders of all Governmental Authorities and all orders, rulings,
writs and decrees of all courts, tribunals and arbitrators.
“Applicable Margin” means (a) from the Closing Date through the date two (2) Business Days
immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(c) for the
Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2015, the percentage per annum based upon Pricing Level 3 in the
table set forth below, and (b(b) from the Third Amendment Effective Date through the date two (2)
Business Days immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to
Section 7.1(c) for the Fiscal Quarter ended December 31, 2017, the percentage per annum based
upon Pricing Level 5 in the table set forth below, and (c) thereafter, the percentage per annum
determined by reference to the table set forth below using the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as set forth in
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the Compliance Certificate most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section
7.1(c), with any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio becoming effective on the date two (2) Business Days immediately
following the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered.
Pricing
Level
Consolidated Leverage Ratio Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans
and Letter of Credit Fee
Base
Rate
Loans
Commitment
Fee
1 Less than 1.50 to 1.00 1.75% 0.75% 0.375%
2 Greater than or equal to 1.50
to 1.00 but less than 2.00 to
1.00
2.00% 1.00% 0.375%
3 Greater than or equal to 2.00
to 1.00 but less than 2.75 to
1.00
2.50% 1.50% 0.500%
4 Greater than or equal to 2.75
to 1.00 but less than 3.25 to
1.00
3.00% 2.00% 0.500%
5 Greater than or equal to 3.25 3.50% 2.50% 0.500%
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) if at any time a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when
due in accordance herewith, then Pricing Xxxxx 00 as set forth in the table above shall apply as of the first
Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered
and shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered and (y) the
determination of the Applicable Margin for any period shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.7(e).
The Applicable Margin with respect to any additional Term Loan established pursuant to Section
2.1(d)(iii) shall be as provided in the joinder document(s) and/or commitment agreement(s) executed by
the Borrower and the applicable Lenders in connection therewith.
“Applicable Reserve Requirement” means, at any time, for any LIBOR Loan, the maximum rate,
expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including any basic marginal, special, supplemental,
emergency or other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto against “Eurocurrency
liabilities” (as such term is defined in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, as in effect from time to time) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other applicable banking regulator. Without limiting the
effect of the foregoing, the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be
maintained by such member banks with respect to (a) any category of liabilities which includes deposits
by reference to which the applicable Adjusted LIBOR Rate or LIBOR Index Rate or any other interest
rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (b) any category of extensions of credit or other assets which
include Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR Index
Rate. Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR Index
Rate shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve
requirements without benefit of credit for pro ration, exception or offsets that may be available from time
to time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and Base Rate
Loans determined by reference to the Index Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective
date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.
“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.
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“Asset Sale” means a sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, exclusive license
(as licensor), transfer or other disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person, in one
transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries’
businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or
intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, created, leased or licensed, including the Equity
Interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than (a) dispositions of surplus, obsolete or worn out
property or property no longer used or useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business; (b) dispositions of
inventory sold, and Intellectual Property licensed, in the ordinary course of business; (c) dispositions of
accounts or payment intangibles (each as defined in the UCC) resulting from the compromise or
settlement thereof in the ordinary course of business for less than the full amount thereof; (d) dispositions
of Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business; and (e) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases
granted to any third parties in arm’s-length commercial transactions in the ordinary course of business
that do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Assignment Agreement” means an assignment agreement entered into by a Lender and an
Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.5(b)) and
accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit 11.5 or any other form
(including electronic documentation generated by ClearPar or other electronic platform) approved by the
Administrative Agent.
“Attributable Principal Amount” means (a) in the case of Capital Leases, the amount of Capital
Lease obligations determined in accordance with GAAP, (b) in the case of Synthetic Leases, an amount
determined by capitalization of the remaining lease payments thereunder as if it were a Capital Lease
determined in accordance with GAAP, (c) in the case of Securitization Transactions, the outstanding
principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve amounts and making appropriate
adjustments, determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment and (d) in the case of
Sale and Leaseback Transactions, the present value (discounted in accordance with GAAP at the debt rate
implied in the applicable lease) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the term of such
lease.
“Authorized Officer” means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of
chairman of the board (if an officer), chief executive officer, president or one of its vice presidents (or the
equivalent thereof), chief financial officer or treasurer and, solely for purposes of making the
certifications required under Section 5.1(b)(ii) and (iv), any secretary or assistant secretary.
“Auto Borrow Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b)(vi).
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the
applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55
of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the
implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In
Legislation Schedule.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and
hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in
effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of one percent
(0.5%) and (c) the LIBOR Index Rate in effect on such day plus one percent (1.0%). Any change in the
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Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the LIBOR Index Rate
shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate
or the LIBOR Index Rate, respectively. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of this Agreement,
the Base Rate shall in no event be less than 0% at any time.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base
Rate.
“Borrower” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Borrowing” means (a) a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type of Loan
and, in the case of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period, or (b) a borrowing of
Swingline Loans, as appropriate.
“Business Day” means (a) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal
holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such
state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close, and (b) with respect to all
notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted LIBOR Rate and
Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans (and in the case of determinations, the Index Rate and Base Rate Loans
based on the LIBOR Index Rate), the term “Business Day” means any day which is a Business Day
described in clause (a) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the
London interbank market.
“Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real,
personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for
as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Cash Collateralize” means, to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent,
any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as applicable, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations
or Swingline Loans, as applicable, or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect thereof, cash
or deposit account balances or, if the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as
applicable, may agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Bank and/or
Swingline Lender, as applicable. “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and
shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date of determination, any of the following: (a) marketable
securities (i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United
States government, or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such date;
(b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or any political subdivision of
any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one (1) year after such
date and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1
from Xxxxx’x; (c) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from the date of creation
thereof and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or at least P-1
from Xxxxx’x; (d) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one (1) year after such
date and issued or accepted by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the
United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least “adequately capitalized”
(as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as
defined in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (e) shares of any money market mutual
fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to
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in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than $500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest
rating obtainable from either S&P or Xxxxx’x.
“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, implementation or application thereof by any
Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and
all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith, (ii) all requests,
rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign
regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III and (iii) all requests, rules, guidelines or
directives issued by a Governmental Authority in connection with a Lender’s submission or
re-submission of a capital plan under 12 C.F.R. § 225.8 or a Governmental Authority’s assessment
thereof shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or
issued.
“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 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 Exchange Act of 1934, except that a person or group shall be deemed to have
“beneficial ownership” of all securities 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 20% or more of the Equity Interests 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 twenty-four (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.
“Closing Date” means August 5, 2015.
“Closing Date Acquisition” means the acquisition of all of the membership interests of the Target
and the membership and partnership interests in certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Target, pursuant
to the Closing Date Acquisition Agreement.
“Closing Date Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Membership Interest Purchase
Agreement dated as of August 5, 2015 by and between T.A.S. Holdings, LLC, as seller and Orion
Concrete Construction, LLC.
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“Closing Date Acquisition Agreement Assignment” means that certain Assignment of
Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Indemnities, dated as of the Closing Date by the Borrower in
favor of the Administrative Agent and acknowledged by T.A.S. Holdings, LLC, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Closing Date Acquisition Documents” means the Closing Date Acquisition Agreement and all
related instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith.
“Collateral” means the collateral identified in, and at any time covered by, the Collateral
Documents.
“Collateral Agent” means as defined in the introductory paragraph hereto, together with its
successors and assigns.
“Collateral Documents” means the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Mortgages,
Closing Date Acquisition Agreement Assignment, the Fleet Mortgages and all other instruments,
documents and agreements delivered by any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents in order to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the
Obligations, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as security for the
Obligations.
“Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments and the Term Loan Commitments.
“Commitment Fee” means as defined in Section 2.10(a).
“Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
“Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit
7.1(c).
“Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by
net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
on a consolidated basis, all capital expenditures, as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided,
however, that Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not include (a) expenditures made with proceeds
of any Involuntary Disposition to the extent such expenditures are used to purchase property that is the
same as or similar to the property subject to such Involuntary Disposition or (b) Permitted Acquisitions.
“Consolidated Current Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, that may properly be classified as current assets in
accordance with GAAP, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents.
“Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, as of any date of determination, the total liabilities of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, that may properly be classified as current
liabilities in accordance with GAAP, excluding the current portion of long term debt.
“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
period, (b) the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period, (c) depreciation and amortization expense for such period and, (d) all
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non-cash expenses, charges and losses (or minus any non-cash gains) for such period (excluding those
expenses, charges and losses related to accounts receivable) so long such expenses, charges and losses are
not expected to be paid in cash at any time in the future and (e) costs, expenses, charges and losses
(including, without limitation, due to business interruption) related to the impact of hurricanes on
business operations, facilities and inventory solely with respect to the Fiscal Quarter ended
September 30, 2017 in an amount not to exceed $16,500,000 for such Fiscal Quarter (the “2017 Q3
Hurricane Add-Back”).
“Consolidated Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, an
amount equal to the sum, without duplication, of (a) Consolidated EBITDA minus (b) Consolidated
Capital Expenditures paid in cash, minus (c) the cash portion of Consolidated Interest Charges minus (d)
Consolidated Taxes minus (e) Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments minus (f) the Consolidated
Working Capital Adjustment, in each case on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided, that for purposes of calculating Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for the 2017 Fiscal Year,
Consolidated EBITDA shall exclude the 2017 Q3 Hurricane Add-Back.
“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of
(a) Consolidated EBITDA minus (i) Consolidated Taxes minus (ii) Consolidated Maintenance Capital
Expenditures, in each case, for the period of the four Fiscal Quarters most recently ended to (b)
Consolidated Fixed Charges for the period of the four Fiscal Quarters most recently ended.
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the cash portion of Consolidated Interest Charges
for such period plus (b) Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments for such period plus (c)
Restricted Payments made during such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Funded Debt” means Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Interest Charges” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, an amount equal to the sum of (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees,
charges and related expenses in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in
connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in
accordance with GAAP, plus (b) the portion of rent expense with respect to such period under Capital
Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP plus (c) the implied interest component of
Synthetic Leases with respect to such period.
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) (i)
Consolidated Funded Debt as of such date minus (ii) unrestricted cash in excess of $1,000,000 but not
in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the four Fiscal
Quarters most recently ended.
“Consolidated Maintenance Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate amount
of Consolidated Capital Expenditures expended by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis during such period for the maintenance or replacement of their existing capital assets,
in each case as approved by the Administrative Agent.
“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 gains)
for that period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated Scheduled Funded Debt Payments” means for any period for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of all scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated
Funded Debt, as determined in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of this definition, “scheduled
payments of principal” (a) shall be determined without giving effect to any reduction of such scheduled
payments resulting from the application of any voluntary or mandatory prepayments made during the
applicable period, (b) shall be deemed to include the Attributable Principal Amount in respect of Capital
Leases, Securitization Transactions and Synthetic Leases and (c) shall not include any voluntary
prepayments or mandatory prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.11.
“Consolidated Working Capital” means, as of any date of determination, the excess of
Consolidated Current Assets over Consolidated Current Liabilities.
“Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment” means, for any period on a consolidated basis, the
amount (which may be a negative number) by which Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of such
period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such period.
“Consolidated Taxes” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the aggregate of all taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued
by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other
instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or
any of its properties is subject.
“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.
“Controlled Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.17.
“Conversion/Continuation Date” means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the
case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“Conversion/Continuation Notice” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the
form of Exhibit 2.8.
“Credit Date” means the date of a Credit Extension.
“Credit Document” means any of this Agreement, each Note, each Issuer Document, the
Collateral Documents, any Guarantor Joinder Agreement, the Fee Letter, any Auto Borrower Agreement,
any document executed and delivered by the Borrower and/or any other Credit Party pursuant to which
any Aggregate Revolving Commitments are increased pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(ii) or an additional Term
Loan is established pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii), any documents or certificates executed by any Credit
Party in favor of any Issuing Bank relating to Letters of Credit, and, to the extent evidencing or securing
the Obligations, all other documents, instruments or agreements executed and delivered by any Credit
Party for the benefit of any Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in connection herewith or therewith,
and including for the avoidance of doubt, any Guarantor Joinder Agreement (but specifically excluding
any Secured Swap Agreements and Secured Treasury Management Agreements).
“Credit Extension” means the making of a Loan or the issuing of a Letter of Credit.
“Credit Parties” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.
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“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code, 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.
“Debt Transaction” means, with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any sale,
issuance, placement, assumption or guaranty of Funded Debt, whether or not evidenced by a promissory
note or other written evidence of Indebtedness, except for Funded Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant
to Section 8.1.
“Default” means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) with respect to Obligations other than Adjusted
LIBOR Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans referencing the LIBOR Index Rate) and the Letter of
Credit Fee, the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to such Loans plus two percent
(2%) per annum, (b) with respect to Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the
Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans plus two percent (2%) per annum
and (c) with respect to the Letter of Credit Fee, the Applicable Margin plus two percent (2%) per annum.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund
all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be
funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that
such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding
(each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified
in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any
Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in
respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans) within two (2) Business Days of the
date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank or Swingline
Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a
public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation
to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a
condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be
specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three
(3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in
writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding
obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this
clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or
(d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under
any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator,
assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its
business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal
regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that
a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity
interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so
long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the
jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of
attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate,
disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the
Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through
(d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a
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Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(b)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to
the Borrower, each Issuing Bank, each Swingline Lender and each Lender.
“Deposit Account Control Agreement” means an agreement, among a Credit Party, a depository
institution, and the Collateral Agent, which agreement is in a form acceptable to the Collateral Agent and
which provides the Collateral Agent with “control” (as such term is used in Article 9 of the UCC) over
the Controlled Account described therein, as the same may be amended, modified, extended, restated,
replaced, or supplemented from time to time.
“Discharge” has the meaning set forth in section 1001(7) of OPA.
“DOC” means a document of compliance issued to an Operator in accordance with rule 13 of the
ISM Code;
“Dollars” and the sign “$” mean the lawful money of the United States.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“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 (including purchase price adjustments,
non-competition and consulting agreements, or other indemnity obligations) pursuant to the
documentation relating to such Acquisition. The amount of any Earn Out Obligations at the time of
determination shall be the aggregate amount, if any, of such Earn Out Obligations that are required at
such time under GAAP to be recognized as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any
EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity
established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this
definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of
an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision
with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland,
Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted
with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having
responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under
Section 11.5(b), subject to any consents and representations, if any as may be required therein.
“Environmental Claim” means any known investigation, written notice, notice of violation,
written claim, action, suit, proceeding, written demand, abatement order or other written order or directive
(conditional or otherwise), by any Person arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or
alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (b) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual
or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (c) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury,
threat or harm to human health, safety, natural resources or the environment.
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“Environmental Permits” means all permits, licenses, orders, and authorizations which the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has obtained under Environmental Laws in connection with the
Borrower’s or any such Subsidiary’s current Facilities or operations.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all current or future federal or state (or any subdivision of
either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations,
or any other written requirements of Governmental Authorities relating to (a) any Hazardous Materials
Activity; (b) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (c)
protection of human health and the environment from pollution, in any manner applicable to any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective Facilities.
“Environmental Liability” means any OPA Liability or any liability, contingent or otherwise
(including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities),
of the Borrower, any other Credit 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 Borrower or any Subsidiary
assumed liability with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase
or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in)
such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other
ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition
from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests
in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting,
and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.
“Equity Transaction” means, with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any issuance
or sale by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of shares of its Equity Interests, other than an issuance (a) to
the Borrower or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, (b) in connection with a conversion of debt
securities to equity, (c) in connection with the exercise by a present or former employee, officer or
director under a stock incentive plan, stock option plan or other equity-based compensation plan or
arrangement, (d) which occurred prior to the Closing Date, or (e) in connection with any Permitted
Acquisition or any capital expenditures permitted under this Agreement.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended to the date
hereof and from time to time hereafter, any successor statute, and the regulations thereunder.
“ERISA Affiliate” means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a
controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of
which that Person is a member; (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member
of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (c) any member of an affiliated service
group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person,
any corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business described in clause (b) above is a
member.
“ERISA Event” means (a) a “reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA
and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which notice
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to the PBGC has been waived by regulation); (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of
Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in
accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code), the failure to make by its due date any
minimum required contribution or any required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue
Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make by its due date any required contribution to a
Multiemployer Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section
4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in
Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal from any Pension Plan with two (2) or more contributing
sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan, in either case resulting in material liability pursuant
to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any
Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition reasonably likely to constitute grounds under
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (f) the
imposition of liability pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of
Section 4212(c) of ERISA, each case reasonably likely to result in material liability; (g) the withdrawal of
any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or
partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer
Plan if such withdrawal is reasonably likely to result in material liability, or the receipt by any Credit
Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any
Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA,
or that it is in “critical” or “endangered” status within the meaning of Section 103(f)(2)(G) or ERISA, or
that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA, if such
reorganization, insolvency or termination is reasonably likely to result in material liability; (h) the
imposition of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or
under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Pension Plan if
such fines, penalties, taxes or related charges are reasonably likely to result in material liability; (i) the
assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits and funding obligations in the
ordinary course) against any Pension Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or
against any Person in connection with any Pension Plan such Person sponsors or maintains reasonably
likely to result in material liability; (j) receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of a final written
determination of the failure of any Pension Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any
trust forming part of any such plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code; or (k) the imposition of a lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue
Code or pursuant to Section 303(k) or 4068 of ERISA.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the
Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Event of Default” means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 9.1.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and
any successor statute.
“Excluded Property” means, with respect to the Borrower and each other Credit Party, including
any Person that becomes a Credit Party after the Closing Date as contemplated by Section 7.14, (a) any
disbursement deposit account the funds in which are used solely for the payment of salaries and wages,
employee benefits, workers’ compensation and similar expenses, (b) any owned or leased real or personal
property which is located outside of the United States having a fair market value not in excess of
$500,000, (c) any personal property (including, without limitation, motor vehicles) in respect of which
perfection of a Lien is not (i) governed by the UCC, (ii) effected by appropriate evidence of the Lien
being filed in either the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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or (iii) effected by retention of certificate of title to vehicles or trailers and/or appropriate evidence of the
Lien being filed with the applicable jurisdiction’s department of motor vehicles or other Governmental
Authority, unless reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, (d) the
Equity Interests of any direct Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower or any other Credit Party to the extent
not required to be pledged to secure the Obligations pursuant to Section 7.12(a), (e) any property which,
subject to the terms of Section 8.3, is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 8.2(m) pursuant to
documents which prohibit the Credit Party from granting any other Liens in such property, (f) any
property to the extent that the grant of a security interest therein would violate Applicable Laws, require a
consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority, or constitute a breach of or default under, or result
in the termination of or require a consent not obtained under, any contract, lease, license or other
agreement evidencing or giving rise to such property, or result in the invalidation thereof or provide any
party thereto with a right of termination (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered
ineffective pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the applicable UCC or any other
Applicable Law or principles of equity), (g) any certificates, licenses and other authorizations issued by
any Governmental Authority to the extent that Applicable Laws prohibit the granting of a security interest
therein, (h) all vehicles, (i) proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing excluded property
described in clauses (a) through (h) above only to the extent such proceeds and products would constitute
property or assets of the type described in clauses (a) through (h) above; provided, however, that the
security interest granted to the Collateral Agent under the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement
or any other Credit Document shall attach immediately to any asset of any Pledgor (as defined in the
Pledge Agreement) and any Obligor (as defined in the Security Agreement) at such time as such asset
ceases to meet any of the criteria for “Excluded Property” described in any of the foregoing clauses (a)
through (h) above.
“Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and
to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant under a Credit
Document by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee
thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act (or the application or official
interpretation thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible
contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to
Section 4.8 hereof and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Credit
Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor, or grant by such Guarantor of a security interest,
becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a Master
Agreement governing more than one Swap Agreement, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of
such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swap Agreements for which such Guaranty or security
interest becomes illegal.
“Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or
required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by
net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed
as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the
case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any
political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S.
federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect
to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i)
such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment
request by the Borrower under Section 2.17) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each
case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.3, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to
such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender
immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to
comply with Section 3.3(f) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.
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“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 25, 2012, as
amended, by and among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
National Association as administrative agent.
“Facility” means any real property including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located
on such real property now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code as of the date of this
Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially
more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any
agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal,
rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher one one-hundredth of one percent (1/100 of 1%)) 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, (a) if such day is not a Business
Day, the Federal Funds Effective 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 Effective Rate for such day shall be
the average rate charged to Regions Bank or any other Lender selected by the Administrative Agent on
such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Fee Letter” means that certain letter agreement dated July 12, 2015 among the Borrower,
Regions Bank and Regions Capital Markets, a division of Regions Bank.
“Financial Officer Certification” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such
certification is required, the certification of the chief financial officer of the Borrower that such financial
statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the
periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments.
“Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ending on December 31
of each calendar year.
“Fleet Mortgage” means as defined in Section 5.1(f)(i).
“Flood Hazard Property” means any Real Estate Asset subject to a mortgage or deed of trust in
favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, and located in an area
designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.
“Foreign Lender” means (a) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person,
and (b) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a
jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any
Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Letter of
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Credit Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank other than Letter of
Credit Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to
other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the
Swingline Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of outstanding
Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender other than Swingline Loans as to which such
Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders.
“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 activities.
“Funded Debt” 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 (except as
provided in clauses (a)(ii) below):
(a) all obligations for borrowed money, whether current or long-term (including the
Obligations hereunder), all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or
other similar instruments but specifically excluding (i) trade payables incurred in the ordinary
course of business and (ii) earn outs or other similar deferred or contingent obligations incurred in
connection with any Acquisition until such time as such earn outs or obligations are recognized as
a liability on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP;
(b) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services
(other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past
due for more than sixty (60) days after the date on which such trade account payable was
created), including, without limitation, any Earn Out Obligations recognized as a liability on the
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP;
(c) all obligations under letters of credit (including standby and commercial),
bankers’ acceptances and similar instruments (including bank guaranties);
(d) the Attributable Principal Amount of Capital Leases, Synthetic Leases and
Securitization Transactions;
(e) all preferred stock and comparable equity interests providing for mandatory
redemption, sinking fund or other like payments;
(f) all Guarantees in respect of Funded Debt of another Person; and
(g) Funded Debt of any partnership or joint venture or other similar entity in which
such Person is a general partner or joint venturer, and, as such, has personal liability for such
obligations, but only to the extent there is recourse to such Person for payment thereof.
For purposes hereof, the amount of Funded Debt shall be determined (x) based on the outstanding
principal amount in the case of borrowed money indebtedness under clause (a) and purchase money
indebtedness and the deferred purchase obligations under clause (b), (y) based on the maximum amount
available to be drawn in the case of letter of credit obligations and the other obligations under clause (c),
and (z) based on the amount of Funded Debt that is the subject of the Guarantees in the case of
Guarantees under clause (f).
“Funding Notice” means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.1.
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“GAAP” means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in Section 1.2,
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States in effect as of the date of determination
thereof.
“Governmental Acts” means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or
future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of
any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any
supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank and any group or body
charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards).
“Governmental Authorization” means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent
order or consent decree of or from any Governmental Authority.
“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, whether directly or indirectly,
and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (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 (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any
holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). 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.
“Guaranteed Obligations” means as defined in Section 4.1.
“Guarantor Joinder Agreement” means a guarantor joinder agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit 7.14 delivered by a Subsidiary of the Borrower pursuant to Section 7.14.
“Guarantors” means (a) each Person identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto, (b)
each other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.14, (c) with respect to (i) Secured Swap
Obligations, (ii) Secured Treasury Management Obligations, and (iii) Swap Obligations of a Specified
Credit Party (determined before giving effect to Sections 4.1 and 4.8) under the Guaranty hereunder, the
Borrower, and (d) their successors and permitted assigns.
“Guaranty” means the Guarantee made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent,
the Lenders and the other holders of the Obligations pursuant to Section 4.
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“Hazardous Materials” means any hazardous substances defined by the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, 42 USCA 9601, et. seq., as amended
(“CERCLA”), including any hazardous waste as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270, gasoline or
petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof), asbestos or polychlorinated biphenyls.
“Hazardous Materials Activity” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or
occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage,
holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation,
transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition
or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any
of the foregoing.
“Highest Lawful Rate” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from
time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under Applicable Laws relating to any Lender
which are currently in effect or, to the extent allowed under such Applicable Laws, which may hereafter
be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than Applicable Laws now
allow.
“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 Funded Debt;
(b) net obligations under any Swap Agreement;
(c) all Guarantees in respect of Indebtedness of another 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, the amount of Indebtedness shall be determined based on Swap Termination Value
in the case of net obligations under any Swap Agreement under clause (c).
“Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to
any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party under any Credit Document
and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.
“Indemnitee” means as defined in Section 11.2(b).
“Index Rate” means, for any Index Rate Determination Date with respect to any Base Rate Loans
determined by reference to the Index Rate, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole
multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to (a) the LIBOR or a comparable or
successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable
Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be
designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) for deposits with a term equivalent to one (1)
month in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Business
Days prior to such Index Rate Determination Date, or (b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding
clause (a) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available,
the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of
1%)) equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or
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other service which displays an average settlement rate for deposits with a term equivalent to one (1)
month in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Business
Days prior to such Index Rate Determination Date, or (c) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding
clauses (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the next whole multiple of
one sixteenth of one percent (1/16 of 1%)) equal to quotation rate (or the arithmetic mean of rates) offered
to first class banks in the London interbank market for deposits in Dollars of amounts in same day funds
comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan of Regions Bank or any other Lender selected
by the Administrative Agent, for which the Index Rate is then being determined with maturities
comparable to one (1) month as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) Business
Days prior to such Index Rate Determination Date. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, the Index Rate shall not be less than zero.
“Index Rate Determination Date” means the Closing Date and the first Business Day of each
calendar month thereafter; provided, however, that, solely for purposes of the definition of Base Rate,
Index Rate Determination Date means the date of determination of the Base Rate.
“Intellectual Property” means all trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, patents,
patent rights, franchises related to intellectual property, licenses related to intellectual property and other
intellectual property rights.
“Interest Payment Date” means with respect to (a) any Base Rate Loan and any Swingline Loan,
the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, commencing on the first such date to occur after the
Closing Date and the final maturity date of such Loan; and (b) any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the last
day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan; provided, in the case of each Interest Period of longer
than three (3) months “Interest Payment Date” shall also include each date that is three (3) months, or an
integral multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period” means, in connection with an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, an interest period of
one (1), two (2), three (3) or six (6) months or, subject to availability to all applicable Lenders, twelve
(12) months, as selected by the Borrower in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation
Notice, (a) initially, commencing on the Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case
may be; and (b) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period
expires; provided, (i) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day
occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately 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, subject to clause (iii) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month;
(iii) no Interest Period with respect to any Term Loan shall extend beyond any principal amortization
payment date, except to the extent that the portion of such Loan comprised of Adjusted LIBOR Rate
Loans that is expiring prior to the applicable principal amortization payment date plus the portion
comprised of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans equals or exceeds the principal amortization payment then
due; (iv) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the
Revolving Commitment Termination Date and (v) no Interest Period with respect to any Term Loan shall
extend beyond any principal amortization payment date, except to the extent that the portion of such Term
Loan comprised of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans that is expiring prior to the applicable principal
amortization payment date plus the portion comprised of Base Rate Loans equals or exceeds the principal
amortization payment then due.
“Interest Rate Determination Date” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two
(2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
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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 Equity Interests 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 and any arrangement pursuant to which the
investor Guarantees Indebtedness of 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 the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any
cash insurance proceeds or condemnation awards payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or
damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of its Property.
“IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“ISM Code” shall mean the International Safety Management Code for the Safe Operating of
Ships and for Pollution Prevention constituted pursuant to Resolution A.741(18) of the International
Maritime Organization and incorporated into the Safety of Life at Sea Convention and includes any
amendments or extensions thereto and any regulation issued pursuant thereto.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998”
published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as
may be in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).
“ISPS Code” shall mean the International Ship and Port Facility Code adopted by the
International Maritime Organization at a conference in December 2002 and amending Chapter XI of the
Safety of Life at Sea Convention and includes any amendments or extensions thereto and any regulation
issued pursuant thereto.
“ISSC” shall mean the International Ship Security Certificate issued pursuant to the ISPS Code.
“Issuance Notice” means an Issuance Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.3.
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application,
and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by any Issuing Bank and the Borrower
(or any Subsidiary) or in favor of such Issuing Bank and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“Issuing Banks” means Regions Bank or such other Lender that has consented to acting as an
Issuing Bank and has been designated by the Borrower as such and approved by the Administrative
Agent, each in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, together with its permitted successors
and assigns in such capacity and “Issuing Bank” means any one of the foregoing.
“Leasehold Property” means any leasehold interest of the Borrower or any other Credit Party as
lessee under any lease of real property, or any property right pursuant to a lease, easement, servitude or
similar agreement, however termed, in each case now held or hereafter acquired.
“Lender” means each financial institution with a Term Loan Commitment or a Revolving
Commitment, together with its successors and permitted assigns. The initial Lenders are identified on the
signature pages hereto and are set forth on Appendix A.
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“Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder.
“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 applicable Issuing Bank.
“Letter of Credit Fees” means as defined in Section 2.10(b)(i).
“Letter of Credit Borrowing” means any Credit Extension resulting from a drawing under any
Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed or refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving Loans.
“Letter of Credit Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum amount available
to be drawn under Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all requirements for
drawings referenced therein, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit that
have not been reimbursed by the Borrower, including Letter of Credit Borrowings. For all purposes of
this Agreement, (i) amounts available to be drawn under Letters of Credit will be calculated as provided
in Section 1.3(i), and (ii) if 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.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) TWENTY
MILLION DOLLARS ($20,000,000) and (b) the aggregate unused amount of the Revolving
Commitments then in effect.
“LIBOR” means the London Interbank Offered Rate.
“LIBOR Index Rate” means, for any Index Rate Determination Date, the rate per annum obtained
by dividing (a) the Index Rate by (b) an amount equal to (i) one, minus (ii) the Applicable Reserve
Requirement.
“LIBOR Index Rate Loan” means Loans bearing interest based on the LIBOR Index Rate.
“LIBOR Loan” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted
LIBOR Rate or LIBOR Index Rate (including a Base Rate Loan referencing the LIBOR Index Rate), as
applicable.
“Lien” means (a) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or
other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, and (b) in the case of
Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities.
“Loan” means any Revolving Loan, Swingline Loan or Term Loan, and the Base Rate Loans and
Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans comprising such Loans.
“Margin Stock” means as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System as in effect from time to time.
“Master Agreement” means as defined in the definition of “Swap Agreement”.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any effect, event, condition, action, omission, change or state of
facts that, individually or in the aggregate, has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a
material adverse effect with respect to (a) the business operations, properties, assets, or financial
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condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) the ability of the Credit Parties, taken
as a whole, to fully and timely perform the Obligations; (c) the legality, validity, binding effect, or
enforceability against a Credit Party of any Credit Document to which it is a party; (d) the value of the
whole or any material part of the Collateral or the priority of Liens in the whole or any material part of the
Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent for the holders of the Obligations; or (e) the rights, remedies
and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent and any Lender or any holder of Obligations
under any Credit Document.
“Material Contract” means any Contractual Obligation to which the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any of their respective assets, are bound (other than those evidenced by the Credit
Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investor Services, Inc., together with its successors.
“Mortgages” means the mortgages, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt that purport to grant to
the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a security interest in the real
property interest (including with respect to any improvements and fixtures) of the Borrower or any other
Credit Party in real property.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA
which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, any Credit Party
or any of its ERISA Affiliates or with respect to which any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates
previously sponsored, maintained or contributed to or was required to contributed to, and still has
liability.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate proceeds paid in cash or Cash Equivalents received by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale, Debt Transaction, Equity
Transaction or Securitization Transaction, net of (a) direct costs incurred or estimated costs for which
reserves are maintained, in connection therewith (including legal, accounting and investment banking fees
and expenses, sales commissions and underwriting discounts); (b) estimated taxes paid or payable
(including sales, use or other transactional taxes and any net marginal increase in income taxes) as a result
thereof; and (c) the amount required to retire any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien on the related
property. For purposes hereof, “Net Cash Proceeds” includes any cash or Cash Equivalents received
upon the disposition of any non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
any Asset Sale, Debt Transaction, Equity Transaction or Securitization Transaction.
“Non-Consenting Lender” means as defined in Section 2.17.
“Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such
time.
“Note” means a Revolving Loan Note, a Swingline Note or a Term Loan Note.
“Notice” means a Funding Notice, an Issuance Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice.
“Obligations” means all obligations, indebtedness and other liabilities of every nature of each
Credit Party from time to time owed to the Agents (including former Agents), any Issuing Bank, the
Lenders (including former Lenders in their capacity as such) or any of them, the Qualifying Swap Banks
and the Qualifying Treasury Management Banks, under any Credit Document, Secured Swap Agreement
or Secured Treasury Management Agreement, together with all renewals, extensions, modifications or
refinancings of any of the foregoing, whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the
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filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Credit Party, would have accrued on any
Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Credit Party for such interest in the related
bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, payments for early
termination of Swap Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise; provided, however, that
the “Obligations” of a Credit Party shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such
Credit Party.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“OPA” means the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. ‘2701 et, seq., as amended from time to
time.
“OPA Liability” means any liability for any Discharge or any substantial threat of a Discharge, as
those terms are defined under OPA, and any liability for removal, removal costs and damages, as those
terms are defined under OPA, by any Person or any environmental regulatory body having jurisdiction
over the Borrower or any other Credit Party.
“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, its certificate or articles
of incorporation or organization, as amended, and its by-laws, as amended, (b) with respect to any limited
partnership, its certificate of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended,
(c) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, and (d) with respect to
any limited liability company, its articles of organization, certificate of formation or comparable
documents, as amended, and its operating agreement, as amended. In the event any term or condition of
this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a
secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “Organizational Document”
shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
“Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a
present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than
connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its
obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in
any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any
Loan or Credit Document).
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording,
filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery,
performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or
otherwise with respect to, any Credit Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes
imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.17).
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans on any
date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any Borrowings and
prepayments or repayments of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans, as the case may be, occurring on
such date; (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit Obligations on any date, the aggregate outstanding
amount of such Letter of Credit Obligations on such date after giving effect to any Credit Extension of a
Letter of Credit occurring on such date and any other changes in the amount of the Letter of Credit
Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of any drawing
under any Letter of Credit; and (c) with respect to any Term Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding
principal amount thereof after giving effect to any prepayments or repayments of such Term Loan on such
date.
“Participant” means as defined in Section 11.5(d).
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“Participant Register” means as defined in Section 11.5(d).
“Patriot Act” means as defined in Section 6.15(f).
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
“Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA
other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section
302 of ERISA and which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to
by, any Credit Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates or with respect to which any Credit Party or any of its
ERISA Affiliates previously sponsored, maintained or contributed to, or was required to contribute to,
and still has liability.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any Acquisition that satisfies the following conditions:
(a) the Property acquired (or the Property of the Person acquired) in such
Acquisition is a business or is used or useful in a business permitted under Section 8.14;
(b) in the case of an Acquisition of the Equity Interests, (i) the board of directors (or
other comparable governing body) of such other Person shall have approved the Acquisition and
(ii) such Person shall be organized and existing under the laws of any state of the United States or
the District of Columbia;
(c) the aggregate consideration (including, without limitation, equity consideration,
earn out obligations, deferred compensation, non-competition arrangements and the amount of
Indebtedness and other liabilities incurred or assumed by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries)
paid by the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries (A) in connection with all such Acquisitions
during any fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000,00040,000,000 and (B) for all Acquisitions made
during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $30,000,00075,000,000;
(d) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, the available and
unencumbered (other than Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Credit Documents and
Liens (including the right of set-off) in favor of a bank or other depository institution arising as a
matter of law encumbering deposits) cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower plus the
aggregate amount that could be drawn by the Borrower under the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments shall not be less than $25,000,000 in the aggregate; and
(e) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition on a
Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 2.50 to 1.00; and(ie) no
Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing immediately before or immediately after
giving effect thereto, (ii) the representations and warranties made each of the Credit Parties in
each Credit Document shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date of
such Acquisition (after giving effect thereto) except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, (iii) after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis,
(1) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in clauses (a) and
(b) of Section 8.8 and (2) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be at least 0.25 to 1.00 less than
the then -applicable Consolidated Leverage Ratio covenant level set forth in Section 8.8(a) and
(iv) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, an Authorized
Officer of the Borrower shall provide a compliance certificate, in form and detail reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, affirming compliance with each of the items set forth in
clauses (a) through (f) hereof.
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“Permitted Liens” means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 8.2.
“Permitted Refinancing” means any extension, renewal or replacement of any existing
Indebtedness so long as any such renewal, refinancing and extension of such Indebtedness (a) has market
terms and conditions, (b) has an average life to maturity that is greater than that of the Indebtedness being
extended, renewed or refinanced, (c) does not include an obligor that was not an obligor with respect to
the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced, (d) remains subordinated, if the Indebtedness
being refinanced or extended was subordinated to the prior payment of the Obligations, (e) does not
exceed in a principal amount the Indebtedness being renewed, extended or refinanced plus reasonable
fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith, and (f) is not incurred, created or assumed, if any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and continues to exist or would result therefrom.
“Permitted Third Party Bank” shall mean any bank or other financial institution with whom any
Credit Party maintains a Controlled Account and with whom a Deposit Account Control Agreement or
Securities Account Control Agreement, as applicable, has been executed.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture,
association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Platform” means as defined in Section 11.1(d).
“Pledge Agreement” means the pledge agreement dated as of the Closing Date given by the
Credit Parties, as pledgors, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations (as
defined therein), and any other pledge agreements that may be given by any Person pursuant to the terms
hereof, in each case as the same may be amended and modified from time to time.
“Prime Rate” means the per annum rate which the Administrative Agent publicly announces from
time to time to be its prime lending rate, as in effect from time to time. The Administrative Agent’s prime
lending rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate charged to
customers.
“Principal Office” means, for the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing
Bank, such Person’s “Principal Office” as set forth on Appendix B, or such other office as it may from
time to time designate in writing to the Borrower and each Lender.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, for purposes of calculating the financial covenants set forth in Section
8.8 other than the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (including for purposes of determining the
Applicable Margin), that any Asset Sale, Involuntary Disposition, Acquisition or Restricted Payment 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 was required to deliver financial statements pursuant to
Section 7.1(a) or (b). In connection with the foregoing, (a)(i) with respect to any Asset Sale or
Involuntary Disposition, 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) with respect to any Acquisition, income statement items
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 1.1 and (B) such items are supported by financial statements or
other information satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (b) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed
by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Person or property acquired) in connection with such
transaction (i) shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period and (ii) if
such Indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable
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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.
“Property” means an interest of any kind in any property or asset, whether real, personal or
mixed, and whether tangible or intangible.
“Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Credit Party that, at
the time the Guaranty (or grant of security interest, as applicable) becomes or would become effective
with respect to such Swap Obligation, has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or such other Credit Party
as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and which may cause
another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” with respect to such Swap Obligation at
such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Qualifying Swap Bank” means (a) any of Regions Bank and its Affiliates, and (b) any Person
that (i) at the time it enters into a Swap Agreement, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, or (ii) in the
case of a Swap Agreement in effect on or prior to the Closing Date, is, as of the Closing Date or within
thirty (30) days thereafter, a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, and, in each such case, shall have
provided a Secured Party Designation Notice to the Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days of
entering into the Swap Agreement or otherwise becoming eligible in respect thereof. For purposes
hereof, the term “Lender” shall be deemed to include the Administrative Agent.
“Qualifying Treasury Management Bank” means (a) any of Regions Bank and its Affiliates, and
(b) any Person that (A) at the time it enters into a Treasury Management Agreement, is a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender, or (B) in the case of a Treasury Management Agreement in effect on or prior to the
Closing Date, is, as of the Closing Date or within thirty (30) days thereafter, a Lender or an Affiliate of a
Lender, and, in each such case, shall have provided a Secured Party Designation Notice to the
Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days of entering into the Treasury Management Agreement or
otherwise becoming eligible in respect thereof. For purposes hereof, the term “Lender” shall be deemed
to include the Administrative Agent.
“Real Estate Asset” means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or otherwise)
then owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any real property.
“Recipient” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank, as
applicable.
“Refunded Swingline Loans” means as defined in Section 2.2(b)(iii).
“Register” means as defined in Section 11.5(c).
“Reimbursement Date” means as defined in Section 2.3(d).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners,
directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of
such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping,
deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the
indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other
closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous
Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
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“Removal Effective Date” means as defined in Section 10.6(b).
“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having Total Credit
Exposure representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the Total Credit Exposures of all Lenders;
provided that the that the Total Credit Exposure of any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes
of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Resignation Effective Date” means as defined in Section 10.6(a).
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or
other property) with respect to any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment
(whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account
of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity
Interests or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s stockholders, partners or members (or
the equivalent Person thereof), or any setting apart of funds or property for any of the foregoing.
“Revolving Commitment” means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any
Revolving Loan and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder and
“Revolving Commitments” means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of
each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A or in the applicable Assignment
Agreement, subject to any increase, adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof.
The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date is FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS ($50,000,000).
“Revolving Commitment Percentage” means, for each Lender, a fraction (expressed as a
percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The initial
Revolving Commitment Percentages are set forth on Appendix A.
“Revolving Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to the
earlier of (a) (i) in the case of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans, the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date or (ii) in the case of the Letters of Credit, the expiration date thereof, or (b) in each
case, the date on which the Revolving Commitments shall have been terminated as provided herein.
“Revolving Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) August 5, 2020;
(b) the date the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.11(b);
and (c) the date of the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 9.2.
“Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal
amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Loans and such Lender’s participation in Letter of
Credit Obligations and Swingline Loans at such time.
“Revolving Loan” means a Loan made by a Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(a).
“Revolving Loan Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit 2.5-1, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Revolving Obligations” means the Revolving Loans, the Letter of Credit Obligations and the
Swingline Loans.
“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any
arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person (other than a Credit Party) whereby the Borrower or
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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.
“Sanctioned Entity” means (a) a country or a government of a country, (b) an agency of the
government of a country, (c) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by a country or its
government, or (d) a person or entity resident in or determined to be resident in a country, that is subject
to a country sanctions program administered and enforced by OFAC.
“Sanctioned Person” means a person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals
maintained by OFAC.
“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Security Agreement” means the security agreement dated as of the Closing Date given by the
Credit Parties, as grantors, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations (as
defined therein), and any other security agreements that may be given by any Person pursuant to the terms
hereof, in each case as the same may be amended and modified from time to time.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The McGraw Hill
Corporation, together with its successors.
“Secured Party Designation Notice” means a notice in the form of Exhibit 1.1 (or other writing in
form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) from a Qualifying Swap Bank or a
Qualifying Treasury Management Bank to the Administrative Agent that it holds Obligations entitled to
share in the guaranties and collateral interests provided herein in respect of a Secured Swap Agreement or
Secured Treasury Management Agreement, as appropriate.
“Secured Swap Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any agreement entered into to
protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates, or currency or raw materials values, including,
without limitation, any interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or similar arrangement between such
Person and one or more counterparties, any foreign currency exchange agreement, currency protection
agreements, commodity purchase or option agreements or other interest or exchange rate hedging
agreements.
“Secured Swap Obligations” means all obligations owing to a Qualifying Swap Bank in
connection with any Secured Swap Agreement including any and all cancellations, buy backs, reversals,
terminations or assignments of any Secured Swap Agreement, any and all renewals, extensions and
modifications of any Secured Swap Agreement and any and all substitutions for any Secured Swap
Agreement, including all fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, fixed
or otherwise (including any monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings), in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute
or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising.
“Secured Treasury Management Agreement” means any Treasury Management Agreement
between any of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and a Qualifying Treasury
Management Bank, on the other hand. For the avoidance of doubt, a holder of Obligations in respect of a
Secured Treasury Management Agreement shall be subject to the provisions of Section 9.3 and 10.10.
“Secured Treasury Management Obligations” means all obligations owing to a Qualifying
Treasury Management Bank under a Secured Treasury Management Agreement, including all fees, costs,
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expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, fixed or otherwise (including any
monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings), in each case,
whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to
become due, now existing or hereafter arising.
“Securities” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, limited liability company interests,
voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or
arrangement (e.g., stock appreciation rights), options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other
evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any
instruments commonly known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in
temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase
or acquire, any of the foregoing.
“Securities Account Control Agreement” means an agreement, among a Credit Party, a securities
intermediary, and the Collateral Agent, which agreement is in a form acceptable to the Collateral Agent
and which provides the Collateral Agent with “control” (as such term is used in Articles 8 and 9 of the
UCC) over the securities account(s) described therein, as the same may be as amended, modified,
extended, restated, replaced, or supplemented from time to time.
“Securitization Transaction” means any financing or factoring or similar transaction (or series of
such transactions) entered by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or
such 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 (the “Securitization
Receivables”) to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate (a “Securitization Subsidiary”) or any other
Person.
“Shipping Act” means the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended and consolidated at 46 U.S.C.
§55101.
“SMC” means the safety management certificate issued in respect of a Vessel in accordance with
Rule 13 of the ISM Code.
“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 and circumstances existing at such time,
represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Specified Credit Party” means, any Credit Party that is, at the time on which the Guaranty (or
grant of security interest, as applicable) becomes effective with respect to a Swap Obligation, a
corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust or other entity that would not be an “eligible
contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act at such time but for the effect of Section 4.8.
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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the
total voting power of Equity Interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons
performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person, or the accounts of
which would be consolidated with those of such Person in its consolidated financial statements in
accordance with GAAP, if such statements were prepared as of such date, or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided, in determining the percentage of
ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a
“qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding. Unless otherwise provided,
“Subsidiary” shall refer to a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Swap Agreement” 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, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions,
currency options, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, spot contracts, or any other
similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options or warrants to
enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by, or otherwise subject
to, any master agreement or any netting agreement, and (b) any and all transactions or arrangements of
any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by,
any form of master agreement (or similar documentation) published from time to time by the International
Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any
other master agreement (any such agreement or documentation, together with any related schedules, a
“Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Obligation” means with respect to any Guarantor any obligation to pay or perform under
any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of
the Commodity Exchange Act.
“Swap Provider” means any Person that is a party to a Swap Agreement with any of the Borrower
or its Subsidiaries.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Agreements, after taking
into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Agreements,
(a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Agreements 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
Agreements, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations
provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Agreements (which may include a Lender or any
Affiliate of a Lender).
“Swingline Lender” means Regions Bank in its capacity as Swingline Lender hereunder, together
with its permitted successors and assigns in such capacity.
“Swingline Loan” means a Loan made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower pursuant to
Section 2.2.
“Swingline Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit 2.5-2, as it may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Swingline Rate” means the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin applicable to Base Rate Loans
(or with respect to any Swingline Loan advanced pursuant to an Auto Borrow Agreement, such other rate
as separately agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Swingline Lender).
“Swingline Sublimit” means, at any time of determination, the lesser of (a) FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS ($5,000,000) and (b) the aggregate unused amount of Revolving Commitments then in effect.
“Synthetic Lease” means a lease transaction under which the parties intend that (a) the lease will
be treated as an “operating lease” by the lessee pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 13, as amended and (b) the lessee will be entitled to various tax and other benefits ordinarily
available to owners (as opposed to lessees) of like property.
“Target” means T.A.S. Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings
(including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental
Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Term Loan” means the Term Loan A and any additional term loan established under Section
2.1(d)(iii).
“Term Loan A” means as defined in Section 2.1(b).
“Term Loan A Commitment” means, for each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make a
portion of the Term Loan A hereunder. The Term Loan A Commitment of each Lender as of the Closing
Date is set forth on Appendix A. The aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan A Commitments of
all of the Lenders as in effect on the Closing Date is ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS ($135,000,000).
“Term Loan A Commitment Percentage” means, for each Lender, a fraction (expressed as a
percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), (a) the numerator of which is the outstanding principal
amount of such Lender’s portion of the Term Loan A, and (b) the denominator of which is the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan A. The initial Term Loan A Commitment Percentage of
each Lender as of the Closing Date is set forth on Appendix A.
“Term Loan A Maturity Date” means August 5, 2020.
“Term Loan A Note” means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit 2.5-3, as it may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Term Loan Commitments” means (a) for each Lender, such Lender’s Term Loan A
Commitment and (b) for each Lender providing an additional Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii),
the commitment of such Lender to make such additional term loan as set forth in the document(s)
executed by the Borrower establishing such additional Term Loan.
“Term Loan Commitment Percentage” means, for each Lender providing a portion of a Term
Loan, a fraction (expressed as a percentage carried to the ninth decimal place), (a) the numerator of which
is the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s portion of such Term Loan, and (b) the denominator
of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Term Loan.
“Term Loan Notes” means the Term Loan A Note and any other promissory notes given to
evidence Term Loans hereunder.
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“Third Amendment Effective Date” means November 7, 2017.
“Title Policy” means as defined in Section 7.11(b)(iii).
“Total Credit Exposure” means, as to any Lender at any time, the Outstanding Amount of the
Term Loans of such Lender at such time and the unused Revolving Commitments and Revolving Credit
Exposure of such Lender at such time.
“Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving
Loans, all Swingline Loans and all Letter of Credit Obligations.
“Treasury Management Agreement” means any agreement governing the provision of treasury or
cash management services, including deposit accounts, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse,
commercial credit cards, purchasing cards, cardless e-payable services, debit cards, stored value cards,
zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox, account
reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services.
“Treasury Management Bank” means any Person that is a party to a Treasury Management
Agreement with any of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries.
“Type of Loan” means a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in
effect in the State of New York (or any other applicable jurisdiction, as the context may require).
“United States” or “U.S.” means the United States of America.
“U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States person” as defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” means as defined in Section 3.3(f).
“Vessels” means, collectively, each of the vessels set forth on Schedule 6.10(d) which shall be or
become subject to the Collateral Agent’s Lien pursuant hereto and, individually, “Vessel” means any of
them.
“Withholding Agent” means any Credit Party and the Administrative Agent.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority,
the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the
Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers
are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
Section 1.2 Accounting Terms.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP. Financial statements
and other information required to be delivered by the Borrower to the Lenders pursuant to clauses (a), (b),
(c) and (d) of Section 7.1 shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such
preparation. If at any time any change in GAAP or in the consistent application thereof would affect the
computation of any financial covenant or requirement set forth in any Credit Document, and either the
Borrower or the Required Lenders shall object in writing to determining compliance based on such
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change, then the Lenders and Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such financial covenant,
requirement or applicable defined terms to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change to
GAAP, provided that, until so amended such computations shall continue to be made on a basis consistent
with the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of Section 7.1
as to which no such objection has been made.
(b) Calculations. Notwithstanding the above, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that
all calculations of the financial covenants in Section 8.8 (other than the Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio), including for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin, shall be made on a Pro
Forma Basis.
(d) FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20. Notwithstanding the above, for purposes of
determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant)
contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100%
of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on
financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
Section 1.3 Rules of Interpretation.
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context
requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as
from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on
such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Credit
Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto”, “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of
similar import when used in any Credit Document, shall be construed to refer to such Credit
Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof or thereof, (iv) all references
in a Credit Document to Sections, Exhibits, Appendices and Schedules shall be construed to refer
to Sections of, and Exhibits, Appendices and Schedules to, the Credit Document in which such
references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory rules,
regulations, orders and provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law
and any references to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or
regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset”
and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract
rights.
(b) The terms lease and license shall include sub-lease and sub-license.
(c) All terms not specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms are defined in
the UCC, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC of the relevant jurisdiction, with
the term “instrument” being that defined under Article 9 of the UCC of such jurisdiction.
(d) Unless otherwise expressly indicated, 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”.
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(e) To the extent that any of the representations and warranties contained in Section
6 under this Agreement or in any of the other Credit Documents is qualified by “Material Adverse
Effect”, the qualifier “in all material respects” contained in Section 5.2(c) and the qualifier “in
any material respect” contained in Section 9.1(d) shall not apply.
(f) Whenever the phrase “to the knowledge of” or words of similar import relating to
the knowledge of a Person are used herein or in any other Credit Document, such phrase shall
mean and refer to the actual knowledge of the Authorized Officers of such Person.
(g) This Agreement and the other Credit Documents are the result of negotiation
among, and have been reviewed by counsel to, among others, the Administrative Agent and the
Credit Parties, and are the product of discussions and negotiations among all parties.
Accordingly, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents are not intended to be construed
against the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders merely on account of the Administrative
Agent’s or any Lender’s involvement in the preparation of such documents.
(h) Unless otherwise indicated, all references to a specific time shall be construed to
Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Savings Time, as the case may be. Unless otherwise
expressly provided herein, all references to dollar amounts and “$” shall mean Dollars.
(i) Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time
shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time (after
giving effect to any permanent reduction in the stated amount of such Letter of Credit pursuant to
the terms of such Letter of Credit); provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit
that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more
automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be
deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such
increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
Section 2 LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT
Section 2.1 Revolving Loans and Term Loan A.
(a) Revolving Loans. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make revolving loans (each such
loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such
Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, that after giving effect to the making of any
Revolving Loan, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such
Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1(a) may be
repaid and reborrowed without premium or penalty (subject to Section 3.1(c)) during the
Revolving Commitment Period. The Revolving Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans, Adjusted
LIBOR Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request. Each Lender’s
Revolving Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all
Revolving Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Revolving Loans and
the Revolving Commitments shall be paid in full no later than such date.
(b) Term Loan A. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Lenders
will make advances of their respective Term Loan A Commitment Percentages of a term loan (the
“Term Loan A”) in an amount not to exceed the Term Loan A Commitment, which Term Loan A
will be disbursed to the Borrower in Dollars in a single advance on the Closing Date. The Term
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Loan A may consist of Base Rate Loans, Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, or a combination thereof,
as the Borrower may request. Amounts repaid on the Term Loan A may not be reborrowed.
(c) Mechanics for Revolving Loans and Term Loans.
(i) All Term Loans and, except pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(iii), all Revolving
Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral
multiples of $250,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Whenever the Borrower desires that the Lenders make a Term Loan or a
Revolving Loan, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a fully executed
Funding Notice no later than (x) 1:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days in advance of
the proposed Credit Date in the case of an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan and (y) 1:00 p.m.
at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a
Loan that is a Base Rate Loan. Except as otherwise provided herein, any Funding Notice
for any Loans that are Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans shall be irrevocable on and after the
related Interest Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to make a
borrowing in accordance therewith.
(iii) Notice of receipt of each Funding Notice in respect of each Revolving
Loan or Term Loan, together with the amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment
Percentage or Term Loan Commitment Percentage thereof, respectively, if any, together
with the applicable interest rate, shall be provided by the Administrative Agent to each
applicable Lender by telefacsimile with reasonable promptness, but (provided the
Administrative Agent shall have received such notice by 1:00 p.m.) not later than 4:00
p.m. on the same day as the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such notice from the
Borrower.
(iv) Each Lender shall make its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the
requested Revolving Loan or its Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the requested
Term Loan available to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. on the
applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the
Administrative Agent’s Principal Office. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or
waiver of the applicable conditions precedent specified herein, the Administrative Agent
shall make the proceeds of such Credit Extension available to the Borrower on the
applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the
proceeds of all Loans received by the Administrative Agent in connection with the Credit
Extension from the Lenders to be credited to the account of the Borrower at the
Administrative Agent’s Principal Office or such other account as may be designated in
writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
(d) Increase in Revolving Commitments and Establishment of Additional Term
Loans. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, upon prior written notice by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent, increase the Revolving Commitments (but not the Letter
of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit) and/or establish one or more additional Term Loans
subject to the following:
(i) the sum of the (A) aggregate principal amount of any increases in the
Revolving Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.1(d) plus (B) the aggregate principal
amount of any additional Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.1(d) shall not to exceed
FORTY MILLION DOLLARS ($40,000,000);
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(ii) 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 (but not the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swingline Sublimit) with
additional Revolving Commitments from any existing Lender with a Revolving
Commitment or new Revolving Commitments from any other Person selected by the
Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank;
provided that:
(A) any such increase shall be in a minimum principal amount of
$5,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;
(B) no Default or Event of Default shall exist before and
immediately after giving effect to such increase;
(C) the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after
giving effect to the incurrence of any such increase in the Revolving
Commitments, with the financial covenants set forth in clauses (a) and (b) of
Section 8.8, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal
Quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been delivered
pursuant to Section 7.1;
(D) 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;
(E) (1) any new Lender providing a Revolving Commitment in
connection with any increase in Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall join
this Agreement by executing such joinder documents reasonably required by the
Administrative Agent and/or (2) any existing Lender electing to increase its
Revolving Commitment shall have executed a commitment agreement reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(F) any such increase in the Revolving Commitments shall be
subject to receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate of the Borrower
dated as of the date of such increase signed by an Authorized Officer of the
Borrower (x) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower
and each Guarantor approving or consenting to such increase, and (y) certifying
that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (1) the representations and
warranties contained in Section 6 and the other Credit Documents are true and
correct in all material respects 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 in all material respects as of such
earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.1(d), the
representations and warranties contained in Section 6.7 shall be deemed to refer
to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of Section
7.1, and (2) no Default or Event of Default exists; and
(G) to the extent that the joinder or commitment agreements
described in clause (E) above provide for an applicable margin of, and/or
commitment fee for, additional Revolving Commitments greater than the
Applicable Margin and/or Commitment Fee with respect to the existing
Revolving Commitments at such time, the Applicable Margin and/or the
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Commitment Fee (as applicable) for the existing Revolving Commitments shall
be increased automatically (without the consent of Required Lenders) such that
the Applicable Margin and/or the Commitment Fee (as applicable) for such
existing Revolving Commitments is not less than the applicable margin and/or
the commitment fee (as applicable) for such additional Revolving Commitments.
The Borrower shall prepay any Revolving Loans owing under this Agreement on the date
of any such increase in the Revolving Commitments to the extent necessary to keep the
outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Revolving Commitments arising from any
nonratable increase in the Revolving Commitments under this Section.
(iii) The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time, upon prior written
notice to the Administrative Agent, request the establishment of one or more additional
term loans from existing Lenders or other Persons selected by the Borrower (other than
the Borrower or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Borrower) and reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent; provided, that:
(A) any such increase shall be in a minimum aggregate principal
amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;
(B) no Default or Event of Default shall exist before and
immediately after giving effect to such additional Term Loan;
(C) the Borrower shall be in compliance, on a Pro Forma Basis after
giving effect to the incurrence of any additional Term Loan (and after giving
effect on a Pro Forma Basis to any Permitted Acquisition consummated
simultaneously therewith), with the financial covenants set forth in clauses (a)
and (b) of Section 8.8, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended
Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to Section 7.1;
(D) no existing Lender shall be under any obligation to provide a
portion of any additional Term Loan and any such decision whether to provide a
portion of any additional Term Loan shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute
discretion;
(E) (1) any new Lender shall join this Agreement by executing such
joinder documents reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and/or (2)
any existing Lender electing to provide a Term Loan Commitment with respect to
such additional Term Loan shall have executed a commitment or joinder
agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(F) the establishment of any additional Term Loan shall be subject to
receipt by the Administrative Agent of a certificate of the Borrower dated as of
the date of the establishment of such additional Term Loan signed by an
Authorized Officer of the Borrower (x) certifying and attaching the resolutions
adopted by the Borrower and each Guarantor approving or consenting to such
increase, and (y) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase,
(1) the representations and warranties contained in Section 6 and the other Credit
Documents are true and correct in all material respects 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 in all
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material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this
Section 2.1(d), the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.7 shall
be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a)
and (b) of Section 7.1, and (2) no Default or Event of Default exists.
(G) the Applicable Margin and any other components of yield on any
additional Term Loan shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders
thereunder; provided that in the event that the all-in yield for any additional Term
Loan is higher than the all-in yield for the initial Term Loans or any existing
additional Term Loan (the “Existing Facilities”) by more than 50 basis points,
then the Applicable Margin for the applicable Existing Facility shall be increased
to the extent necessary so that such all-in yield is equal to the all-in yield for such
additional Term Loan minus 50 basis points; provided, further, that in
determining the interest rate margins applicable to the additional Term Loans and
the applicable Existing Facility, (x) original issue discount (“OID”) or upfront
fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID, with OID being
equated to interest based on assumed four-year life to maturity) payable by the
Borrower to the Lenders under the applicable Existing Facility or any additional
Term Loan in the initial primary syndication thereof shall be included and the
effect of any and all interest rate floors shall be included and (y) customary
arrangement or commitment fees payable to the Lead Arranger (or its affiliates)
in connection with the applicable Existing Facility or to one or more arrangers
(or its affiliates) of any additional Term Loan, shall be excluded,
(H) the maturity date for any additional Term Loan shall be as set
forth in the commitment or joinder agreement executed by the Borrower in
connection therewith, provided that such date shall not be earlier than the Term
Loan A Maturity Date or the maturity date of any other then existing Term Loan;
and
(I) the scheduled principal amortization payments under any
additional Term Loan shall be as set forth in the commitment or joinder
agreement executed by the Borrower in connection therewith; provided that the
weighted average life of any such additional Term Loan shall not be less than the
weighted life to maturity of either of (I) the Revolving Loans or (II) the Term
Loan A and any other then existing Term Loan.
Section 2.2 Swingline Loans.
(a) Swingline Loans Commitments. During the Revolving Commitment Period,
subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion, make
Swingline Loans to the Borrower in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the Swingline
Sublimit; provided, that after giving effect to the making of any Swingline Loan, in no event shall
(i) the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (ii) the
Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment.
Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.2 may be repaid and reborrowed during the
Revolving Commitment Period. The Swingline Lender’s Revolving Commitment shall expire on
the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all Swingline Loans and all other amounts
owed hereunder with respect to the Swingline Loans and the Revolving Commitments shall be
paid in full no later than such date.
(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Swingline Loans.
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(i) Subject to clause (vi) below, whenever the Borrower desires that the
Swingline Lender make a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a Funding Notice no later than 11:00 a.m. on the proposed Credit
Date. Swingline Loan borrowings hereunder shall be made in minimum amounts of
$250,000 (or the remaining available amount of the Swingline Sublimit if less) and in
integral amounts of $50,000 in excess thereof.
(ii) The Swingline Lender shall make the amount of its Swingline Loan
available to the Administrative Agent not later than 3:00 p.m. on the applicable Credit
Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s
Principal Office. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
precedent specified herein, the Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such
Swingline Loans available to the Borrower on the applicable Credit Date by causing an
amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Swingline Loans
received by the Administrative Agent from the Swingline Lender to be credited to the
account of the Borrower at the Administrative Agent’s Principal Office, or to such other
account as may be designated in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.
(iii) With respect to any Swingline Loans which have not been voluntarily
prepaid by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.11, the Swingline Lender may at any time
in its sole and absolute discretion, deliver to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the
Borrower), no later than 11:00 a.m. on the day of the proposed Credit Date, a notice
(which shall be deemed to be a Funding Notice given by a Borrower) requesting that each
Lender holding a Revolving Commitment make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate
Loans to the Borrower on such Credit Date in an amount equal to the amount of such
Swingline Loans (the “Refunded Swingline Loans”) outstanding on the date such notice
is given which the Swingline Lender requests Lenders to prepay. Anything contained in
this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, (1) the proceeds of such Revolving
Loans made by the Lenders other than the Swingline Lender shall be immediately
delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender (and not to the Borrower)
and applied to repay a corresponding portion of the Refunded Swingline Loans and (2)
on the day such Revolving Loans are made, the Swingline Lender’s Revolving
Commitment Percentage of the Refunded Swingline Loans shall be deemed to be paid
with the proceeds of a Revolving Loan made by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower,
and such portion of the Swingline Loans deemed to be so paid shall no longer be
outstanding as Swingline Loans and shall no longer be due under the Swingline Note of
the Swingline Lender but shall instead constitute part of the Swingline Lender’s
outstanding Revolving Loans to the Borrower and shall be due under the Revolving Loan
Note issued by the Borrower to the Swingline Lender. The Borrower hereby authorizes
the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender to charge the Borrower’s accounts
with the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender (up to the amount available in
each such account) in order to immediately pay the Swingline Lender the amount of the
Refunded Swingline Loans to the extent the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by
the Lenders, including the Revolving Loans deemed to be made by the Swingline Lender,
are insufficient to repay in full the Refunded Swingline Loans. If any portion of any such
amount paid (or deemed to be paid) to the Swingline Lender should be recovered by or
on behalf of the Borrower from the Swingline Lender in bankruptcy, by assignment for
the benefit of creditors or otherwise, the loss of the amount so recovered shall be ratably
shared among all Lenders in the manner contemplated by Section 2.14.
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(iv) If for any reason Revolving Loans are not made pursuant to Section
2.2(b)(iii) in an amount sufficient to repay any amounts owed to the Swingline Lender in
respect of any outstanding Swingline Loans on or before the third Business Day after
demand for payment thereof by the Swingline Lender, each Lender holding a Revolving
Commitment shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, have purchased a participation in
such outstanding Swingline Loans, and in an amount equal to its Revolving Commitment
Percentage of the applicable unpaid amount together with accrued interest thereon. On
the Business Day that notice is provided by the Swingline Lender (or by 11:00 a.m. on
the following Business Day if such notice is provided after 2:00 p.m.), each Lender
holding a Revolving Commitment shall deliver to the Swingline Lender an amount equal
to its respective participation in the applicable unpaid amount in same day funds at the
Principal Office of the Swingline Lender. In order to evidence such participation each
Lender holding a Revolving Commitment agrees to enter into a participation agreement
at the request of the Swingline Lender in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Swingline Lender. In the event any Lender holding a Revolving Commitment fails to
make available to the Swingline Lender the amount of such Lender’s participation as
provided in this paragraph, the Swingline Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount
on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon for three (3) Business Days at
the rate customarily used by the Swingline Lender for the correction of errors among
banks and thereafter at the Base Rate, as applicable.
(v) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, (1) each
Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans for the purpose of repaying any Refunded
Swingline Loans pursuant to clause (iii) above and each Lender’s obligation to purchase
a participation in any unpaid Swingline Loans pursuant to the immediately preceding
paragraph 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 Swingline Lender, any Credit Party or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuation of a Default or
Event of Default; (C) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Credit Party; (D) any breach of this
Agreement or any other Credit Document by any party thereto; or (E) any other
circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the
foregoing; provided that such obligations of each Lender are subject to the condition that
the Swingline Lender had not received prior notice from the Borrower or the Required
Lenders that any of the conditions under Section 5.2 to the making of the applicable
Refunded Swingline Loans or other unpaid Swingline Loans were not satisfied at the
time such Refunded Swingline Loans or other unpaid Swingline Loans were made; and
(2) the Swingline Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swingline Loans (A) if it has
elected not to do so after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default or Event
of Default, (B) it does not in good faith believe that all conditions under Section 5.2 to
the making of such Swingline Loan have been satisfied or waived by the Required
Lenders or (C) at a time when a Defaulting Lender exists, unless the Swingline Lender
has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and the Borrower to eliminate the
Swingline Lender’s risk with respect to the Defaulting Lender’s participation in such
Swingline Loan, including by Cash Collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving
Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Swingline Loans in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent.
(vi) In order to facilitate the borrowing of Swingline Loans, the Borrower and
the Swingline Lender may mutually agree to, and are hereby authorized to, enter into an
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auto borrow agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Swingline Lender and
the Administrative Agent (the “Auto Borrow Agreement”) providing for the automatic
advance by the Swingline Lender of Swingline Loans under the conditions set forth in the
Auto Borrow Agreement, subject to the conditions set forth herein. At any time an Auto
Borrow Agreement is in effect, advances under the Auto Borrow Agreement shall be
deemed Swingline Loans for all purposes hereof, except that Borrowings of Swingline
Loans under the Auto Borrow Agreement shall be made in accordance with the Auto
Borrow Agreement. For purposes of determining the Total Revolving Outstandings at
any time during which an Auto Borrow Agreement is in effect, the Outstanding Amount
of all Swingline Loans shall be deemed to be the sum of the Outstanding Amount of
Swingline Loans at such time plus the maximum amount available to be borrowed under
such Auto Borrow Agreement at such time.
Section 2.3 Issuances of Letters of Credit and Purchase of Participations Therein.
(a) Letters of Credit. During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit for the account of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the aggregate amount up to but not exceeding the Letter
of Credit Sublimit; provided, (i) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars; (ii) the
stated amount of each Letter of Credit shall not be less than $50,000 or such lesser amount as is
acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank; (iii) after giving effect to such issuance, in no event
shall (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (y)
the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and
(z) the Outstanding Amount of Letter of Credit Obligations exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit;
and (iv) in no event shall any standby Letter of Credit have an expiration date later than the
earlier of (1) seven (7) days prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, and (2) the
date which is one (1) year from the date of issuance of such standby Letter of Credit. Subject to
the foregoing (other than clause (iv)) any Issuing Bank may agree that a standby Letter of Credit
will automatically be extended for one or more successive periods not to exceed one (1) year
each, unless such Issuing Bank elects not to extend for any such additional period; provided, no
Issuing Bank shall extend any such Letter of Credit if it has received written notice that an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time such Issuing Bank must elect to allow such
extension; provided, further, in the event that any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender,
unless the applicable Issuing Bank has entered into arrangements satisfactory to such Issuing
Bank (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Defaulting Lender to eliminate such
Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Lender (after giving effect to Section
2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender), including by Cash
Collateralizing such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the Outstanding
Amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agents, such
Issuing Bank shall not be obligated to issue or extend any Letter of Credit hereunder. The Issuing
Bank may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via
the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (“SWIFT”) message or
overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a
beneficiary.
(b) Notice of Issuance. Whenever the Borrower desires the issuance of a Letter of
Credit, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Issuance Notice no later than
1:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days or such shorter period as may be agreed to by any
Issuing Bank in any particular instance, in advance of the proposed date of issuance. Upon
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 5.2, an Issuing Bank shall issue the
requested Letter of Credit only in accordance such Issuing Bank’s standard operating procedures
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(including, without limitation, the delivery by the Borrower of such executed documents and
information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit, including any Issuer Documents, as the
applicable Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent may require). Upon the issuance of any
Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender of such issuance, which notice
shall be accompanied by a copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment or modification to a Letter
of Credit and the amount of such Lender’s respective participation in such Letter of Credit
pursuant to Section 2.3(e).
(c) Responsibility of Issuing Banks With Respect to Requests for Drawings and
Payments. In determining whether to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit by the
beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be responsible only to examine the
documents delivered under such Letter of Credit with reasonable care so as to ascertain whether
they appear on their face to be in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Letter of
Credit. As between the Borrower and any Issuing Bank, the Borrower assumes all risks of the
acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, by the
respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, no Issuing Bank shall be responsible for: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy,
genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the
application for and issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in
any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or
sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any
such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part,
which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any
such Letter of Credit to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such
Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any
messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v)
errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise
of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the
proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the
proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from
causes beyond the control of such Issuing Bank, including any Governmental Acts; none of the
above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any Issuing Bank’s rights or powers
hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted
by any Issuing Bank under or in connection with the Letters of Credit or any documents and
certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not give rise to any
liability on the part of such Issuing Bank to any Credit Party. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Section 2.3(c), the Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have
against any Issuing Bank for any liability arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Issuing Bank, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final,
non-appealable order.
(d) Reimbursement by the Borrower of Amounts Drawn or Paid Under Letters of
Credit. In the event an Issuing Bank has determined to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit,
it shall immediately notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower shall
reimburse such Issuing Bank on or before the Business Day immediately following the date on
which such drawing is honored (the “Reimbursement Date”) in an amount in Dollars and in same
day funds equal to the amount of such honored drawing; provided, anything contained herein to
the contrary notwithstanding, (i) unless the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative
Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank prior to 11:00 a.m. on the date such drawing is honored
that the Borrower intends to reimburse such Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored
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drawing with funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to
have given a timely Funding Notice to the Administrative Agent requesting the Lenders to make
Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans on the Reimbursement Date in an amount in Dollars
equal to the amount of such honored drawing, and (ii) subject to satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions specified in Section 5.2, the Lenders shall, on the Reimbursement Date, make
Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans in the amount of such honored drawing, the proceeds
of which shall be applied directly by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the applicable
Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing; and provided further, if for any reason
proceeds of Revolving Loans are not received by the applicable Issuing Bank on the
Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such honored drawing, the Borrower
shall reimburse such Issuing Bank, on demand, in an amount in same day funds equal to the
excess of the amount of such honored drawing over the aggregate amount of such Revolving
Loans, if any, which are so received. Nothing in this Section 2.3(d) shall be deemed to relieve
any Lender from its obligation to make Revolving Loans on the terms and conditions set forth
herein, and the Borrower shall retain any and all rights it may have against any Lender resulting
from the failure of such Lender to make such Revolving Loans under this Section 2.3(d).
(e) Lenders’ Purchase of Participations in Letters of Credit. Immediately upon the
issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender having a Revolving Commitment shall be deemed
to have purchased, and hereby agrees to irrevocably purchase, from the applicable Issuing Bank a
participation in such Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to
such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage (with respect to the Revolving Commitments)
of the maximum amount which is or at any time may become available to be drawn thereunder.
In the event that the Borrower shall fail for any reason to reimburse an Issuing Bank as provided
in Section 2.3(d), the applicable Issuing Bank shall promptly notify each Lender of the
unreimbursed amount of such honored drawing and of such Lender’s respective participation
therein based on such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage. Each Lender shall make
available to the applicable Issuing Bank an amount equal to its respective participation, in Dollars
and in same day funds, at the office of such Issuing Bank specified in such notice, not later than
12:00 p.m. on the first Business Day (under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such office of
such Issuing Bank is located) after the date notified by such Issuing Bank. In the event that any
Lender fails to make available to the applicable Issuing Bank on such Business Day the amount
of such Lender’s participation in such Letter of Credit as provided in this Section 2.3(e), such
Issuing Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender together with
interest thereon for three (3) Business Days at the rate customarily used by the applicable Issuing
Bank for the correction of errors among banks and thereafter at the Base Rate. Nothing in this
Section 2.3(e) shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any Lender to recover from any Issuing
Bank any amounts made available by such Lender to such Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section
in the event that it is determined that the payment with respect to a Letter of Credit in respect of
which payment was made by such Lender constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct on
the part of such Issuing Bank, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final,
non-appealable order. In the event an Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by other Lenders
pursuant to this Section 2.3(e) for all or any portion of any drawing honored by such Issuing
Bank under a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender which has paid
all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.3(e) with respect to such honored drawing such
Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of all payments subsequently received by such
Issuing Bank from the Borrower in reimbursement of such honored drawing when such payments
are received. Any such distribution shall be made to a Lender at its primary address set forth
below its name on Appendix B or at such other address as such Lender may request.
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(f) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the
applicable Issuing Bank for drawings honored under the Letters of Credit issued by it and to
repay any Revolving Loans made by the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.3(d) and the obligations of
the Lenders under Section 2.3(e) shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly
in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances including any of the following
circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit; (ii) the existence
of any claim, set-off, defense (other than that such drawing has been repaid) or other right which
the Borrower or any Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any
Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), any Issuing Bank,
a Lender or any other Person or, in the case of a Lender, against the Borrower, whether in
connection herewith, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including
any underlying transaction between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and the beneficiary
for which any Letter of Credit was procured); (iii) any draft or other document presented under
any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv) payment by any Issuing Bank
under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document which does not
substantially comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; (v) any adverse change in the
business, operations, properties, assets, or financial condition of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries; (vi) any breach hereof or any other Credit Document by any party thereto; (vii) any
other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; or
(viii) the fact that an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
provided, in each case, that payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under the applicable Letter of
Credit shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Bank
under the circumstances in question, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final,
non-appealable order.
(g) Indemnification. Without duplication of any obligation of the Credit Parties
under Section 11.2, in addition to amounts payable as provided herein, each of the Credit Parties
hereby agrees, on a joint and several basis, to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless each
Issuing Bank from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs,
charges and expenses (including reasonable out-of-pocket fees, expenses and disbursements of
counsel) which each Issuing Bank may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect,
of (i) the issuance of any Letter of Credit by such Issuing Bank, other than as a result of (1) the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Bank, as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order, or (2) the wrongful dishonor by such
Issuing Bank of a proper demand for payment made under any Letter of Credit issued by it, or (ii)
the failure of such Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under any such Letter of Credit as a result of
any Governmental Act.
(h) Applicability of ISP and UCP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the
applicable Issuing Bank and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, (i) the rules of the
ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit and (ii) the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for
Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce at
the time of issuance shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.
(i) 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 of the Borrower, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the applicable Issuing
Bank 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 the Subsidiaries inures to
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the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the
businesses of such Subsidiaries.
(j) 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.
Section 2.4 Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.
(a) Pro Rata Shares. All Loans shall be made, and all participations purchased, by
the Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective pro rata shares of the Loans, it
being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such
other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation
required hereby nor shall any Revolving Commitment or any Term Loan Commitment, or the
portion of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans or the Term Loans,
of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other
Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required
hereby.
(b) Availability of Funds.
(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 Borrowing (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00
noon on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the
Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent
may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance
with Section 2.1(c) or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender
has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section
2.1(c) 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 Borrowing 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 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 Effective 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, plus, in either case, any administrative,
processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection
therewith. 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 Borrowing to the Administrative Agent,
then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s 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 the 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
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Lenders or any Issuing Bank 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 each applicable Issuing Bank, 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
each applicable Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the
Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or
such Issuing Bank, 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 Effective Rate
and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry
rules on interbank compensation.
Notices given by the Administrative Agent under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive absent manifest
error.
Section 2.5 Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders’ Books and Records; Notes.
(a) Lenders’ Evidence of Debt. Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an
account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of the Borrower and each other Credit Party to
such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment
in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower, absent
manifest error; provided, that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such
recordation, shall not affect any Lender’s Commitment or the Borrower’s obligations in respect of
any applicable Loans; and provided, further, in the event of any inconsistency between the
Register and any Lender’s records, the recordations in the Register shall govern in the absence of
demonstrable error therein.
(b) Notes. The Borrower shall execute and deliver to each (i) Lender on the Closing
Date, (ii) Person who is a permitted assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 11.5 and (iii)
Person who becomes a Lender in accordance with Section 2.1(d), in each case to the extent
requested by such Person, a Note or Notes to evidence such Person’s portion of the Revolving
Loans, Swingline Loans or Term Loans, as applicable.
Section 2.6 Scheduled Principal Payments.
(a) Revolving Loans. The principal amount of Revolving Loans is due and payable
in full on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
(b) Swingline Loans. The principal amount of the Swingline Loans is due and
payable in full on the earlier to occur of (i) the date of demand by the Swingline Lender and (ii)
the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
(c) Term Loan A. The principal amount of the Term Loan A shall be repaid in
installments on the date and in the amounts set forth in the table below (as such installments may
hereafter be adjusted as a result of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.11), unless
accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 9:
Payment Dates Principal Amortization Payment
September 30, 2015 $1,687,500
December 31, 2015 $1,687,500
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March 31, 2016 $1,687,500
June 30, 2016 $1,687,500
September 30, 2016 $2,531,250
December 31, 2016 $2,531,250
March 31, 2017 $2,531,250
June 30, 2017 $2,531,250
September 30, 2017 $3,375,000
December 31, 2017 $3,375,000
March 31, 2018 $3,375,000
June 30, 2018 $3,375,000
September 30, 2018 $3,375,000
December 31, 2018 $3,375,000
March 31, 2019 $3,375,000
June 30, 2019 $3,375,000
September 30, 2019 $4,218,750
December 31, 2019 $4,218,750
March 31, 2020 $4,218,750
June 30, 2020 $4,218,750
Term Loan A
Maturity Date
Outstanding Principal Balance of
Term Loan
(d) Additional Term Loans. The principal amount of any Term Loan established
after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii) shall be repaid in installments on the date
and in the amounts set forth in the documents executed and delivered by the Borrower pursuant to
which such additional Term Loan is established.
Section 2.7 Interest on Loans.
(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid
principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or
otherwise) thereof as follows:
(i) in the case of Revolving Loans or the Term Loan A:
(A) if a Base Rate Loan (including a Base Rate Loan referencing the
LIBOR Index Rate), the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or
(B) if an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus
the Applicable Margin; and
(ii) in the case of Swingline Loans, at the Swingline Rate (or with respect to
any Swingline Loan advanced pursuant to an Auto Borrow Agreement, such other rate as
separately agreed in writing between the Borrower and the Swingline Lender);
(iii) in the case of any Term Loan established pursuant to Section 2.1(d)(iii),
at the percentages per annum specified in the lender joinder agreement(s) and/or the
commitment agreement(s) whereby such Term Loan is established.
(b) The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan (except a
Swingline Loan, which may only be made and maintained at the Swingline Rate (unless and until
converted into a Revolving Loan pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof), and the Interest
Period with respect to any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, shall be selected by the Borrower and
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notified to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice
or Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with
respect to which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to
the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for
determining the rate of interest, then for that day (i) if such Loan is an Adjusted LIBOR Rate
Loan, such Loan shall become a Base Rate Loan and (ii) if such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, such
Loan shall remain a Base Rate Loan.
(c) In connection with Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, there shall be no more than
eight (8) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event the Borrower fails to specify
between a Base Rate Loan or an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Loan (i) if outstanding as an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan,
will be automatically converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then-current Interest
Period for such Loan, and (ii) if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan will remain as, or (if not then
outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Loan. In the event the Borrower fails to specify an
Interest Period for any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest
Period of one (1) month. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. on each Interest Rate
Determination Date and each Index Rate Determination Date, the Administrative Agent shall
determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding
upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to each of the LIBOR Loans for which an
interest rate is then being determined (and for the applicable Interest Period in the case of
Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans) and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone
confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and each Lender.
(d) Interest payable pursuant to this Section 2.7 shall be computed on the basis of (i)
for interest at the Base Rate (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the LIBOR
Index Rate), year of three hundred sixty-five (365) or three hundred sixty-six (366) days, as the
case may be, and (ii) for all other computations of fees and interest, a year of three hundred sixty
(360) days, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it
accrues. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day
of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being
converted from an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Adjusted LIBOR
Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment
of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect
to a Base Rate Loan being converted to an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, the date of conversion of
such Base Rate Loan to such Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded;
provided, if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one (1) day’s interest shall be
paid on that Loan.
(e) If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements
of the Borrower or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders determine that (i) the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was
inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would have resulted in
higher pricing for such period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to
pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders promptly on demand by the
Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief
with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code or other Debtor Relief Law,
automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent or any Lender), an amount
equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period
over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This subsection (e) shall not
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limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, under any other
provision of this Agreement. The Borrower’s obligations under this paragraph shall survive the
termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations.
(f) Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan shall accrue on a daily
basis and shall be payable in arrears on and to (i) each Interest Payment Date applicable to that
Loan; (ii) upon any prepayment of that Loan (other than a voluntary prepayment of a Revolving
Loan or Term Loan which interest shall be payable in accordance with clause (i) above), to the
extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) at maturity, including final maturity.
(g) The Borrower agrees to pay to the applicable Issuing Bank, with respect to
drawings honored under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank, interest on the amount
paid by the Issuing Bank in respect of each such honored drawing from the date such drawing is
honored to but excluding the date such amount is reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower at a
rate equal to (i) for the period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the
applicable Reimbursement Date, the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect to
Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and (ii) thereafter, a rate which is the lesser of (y) two
percent (2%) per annum in excess of the rate of interest otherwise payable hereunder with respect
to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and (z) the Highest Lawful Rate.
(h) Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.7(g) shall be computed on the basis of a
year of three hundred sixty (360) days, for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during
which it accrues, and shall be payable on demand or, if no demand is made, on the date on which
the related drawing under a Letter of Credit is reimbursed in full. Promptly upon receipt by the
Issuing Bank of any payment of interest pursuant to Section 2.7(g), the Issuing Bank shall
distribute to each Lender, out of the interest received by the Issuing Bank in respect of the period
from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding the date on which the Issuing Bank is
reimbursed for the amount of such drawing (including any such reimbursement out of the
proceeds of any Revolving Loans), the amount that such Lender would have been entitled to
receive in respect of the letter of credit fee that would have been payable in respect of such Letter
of Credit for such period if no drawing had been honored under such Letter of Credit. In the
event the Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by the Lenders for all or any portion of such
honored drawing, the Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender which has paid all amounts
payable by it under Section 2.3(e) with respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Revolving
Commitment Percentage of any interest received by the Issuing Bank in respect of that portion of
such honored drawing so reimbursed by the Lenders for the period from the date on which the
Issuing Bank was so reimbursed by the Lenders to but excluding the date on which such portion
of such honored drawing is reimbursed by the Borrower.
Section 2.8 Conversion/Continuation.
(a) So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and then be
continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower shall have the option:
(i) to convert at any time all or any part of any Loan equal to $100,000 and
integral multiples of $50,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another
Type of Loan; provided, an Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan may only be converted on the
expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan unless the
Borrower shall pay all amounts due under Section 3.1(c) in connection with any such
conversion; or
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(ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Adjusted
LIBOR Rate Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan as an Adjusted LIBOR
Rate Loan.
(b) The Borrower shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to the
Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the
proposed Conversion/Continuation Date. Except as otherwise provided herein, a
Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any Adjusted LIBOR Rate
Loans (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest
Rate Determination Date, and the Borrower shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation
in accordance therewith.
Section 2.9 Default Rate of Interest.
(a) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating
interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Laws.
(b) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under
any Credit Document is not paid when due (after the expiration of any applicable grace periods),
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then at the request of the Required
Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all
times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
(c) During the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(f) or Section
9.1(g), the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations
hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the
fullest extent permitted by Applicable Laws.
(d) During the continuance of an Event of Default other than an Event of Default
under Section 9.1(f) or Section 9.1(g), the Borrower shall, at the request of the Required Lenders,
pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating
interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Laws.
(e) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due
interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(f) In the case of any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loan, upon the expiration of the Interest
Period in effect at the time the Default Rate of interest is effective, each such Adjusted LIBOR
Rate Loan shall thereupon become a Base Rate Loan and shall thereafter bear interest at the
Default Rate then in effect for Base Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of
interest provided for in this Section 2.9 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall
not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or
remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
Section 2.10 Fees.
(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the
account of each Lender in accordance with its Revolving Commitment Percentage, a commitment
fee (the “Commitment Fee”) equal to the Applicable Margin of the actual daily amount by which
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the Aggregate Revolving Commitments exceeds the Total Revolving Outstandings, subject to
adjustments as provided in Section 2.16. The Commitment Fee shall accrue at all times during
the Revolving Commitment Period, including at any time during which one or more of the
conditions in Section 5 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 Revolving Commitment Termination Date;
provided that (1) no Commitment Fee shall accrue on any of the Revolving Commitment of a
Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender and (2) any Commitment
Fee accrued with respect to the Revolving Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the period
prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be
payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. The Commitment
Fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Margin
during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable
Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was in effect.
For purposes hereof, Swingline Loans shall not be counted toward or be considered as usage of
the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
(b) Letter of Credit Fees.
(i) Commercial and Standby Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower shall pay
to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its
Revolving Commitment Percentage (A) a Letter of Credit fee for each commercial Letter
of Credit equal to one-quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum multiplied by the daily
maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, and (B) a Letter of
Credit fee for each standby Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Margin multiplied by
the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit
(collectively, the “Letter of Credit Fees”). For purposes of computing the daily amount
available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit
shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.3(i). The Letter of Credit Fees shall be
computed on a quarterly basis in arrears, and shall be due and payable on the last
Business Day 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 expiration date
thereof and thereafter on demand; provided that (1) no Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue
in favor of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender and
(2) any Letter of Credit Fees accrued in favor of a Defaulting Lender during the period
prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall
not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. If
there is any change in the Applicable Margin during any quarter, the daily maximum
amount available to be drawn under each standby Letter of Credit shall be computed and
multiplied by the Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that
such Applicable Margin was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, during the continuance of an Event of Default under Sections 9.1(f) and
(g), all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate, and during the continuance
of an Event of Default other than an Event of Default under Sections 9.1(f) or (g), then
upon the request of the Required Lenders, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the
Default Rate.
(ii) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to
Issuing Bank. The Borrower shall pay directly to each Issuing Bank for its own account
a fronting fee (A) with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit or any amendment of
a commercial Letter of Credit increasing the amount of such Letter of Credit, at a rate
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separately agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Bank, computed on
the amount of such commercial Letter of Credit or the amount of such increase, as
applicable, and payable upon the issuance of such commercial Letter of Credit or
effectiveness of such amendment, as applicable, and (B) with respect to each standby
Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum specified in the Fee Letter, computed on the daily
amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit on a quarterly basis in arrears.
Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June,
September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or
portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to
occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on its expiration date and thereafter on
demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any
Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance
with Section 1.3(i). In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the Issuing Bank for
its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing
fees, and other standard costs and charges, of the Issuing Bank 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.
(c) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to Regions Capital Markets, a division of
Regions Bank, and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the
amounts and at the times specified in the Fee Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid
and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever, except to the extent set forth in the Fee
Letter.
Section 2.11 Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments.
(i) Any time and from time to time, the Loans may be repaid in whole or in
part without premium or penalty (subject to Section 3.1):
(A) with respect to Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans
referencing the LIBOR Index Rate), the Borrower may prepay any such Loans on
any Business Day in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of
$500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount;
(B) with respect to Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, the Borrower may
prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part (together with
any amounts due pursuant to Section 3.1(c)) in an aggregate minimum amount of
$500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount; and
(C) with respect to Swingline Loans, the Borrower may prepay any
such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part in any amount;
(ii) All such prepayments shall be made:
(A) upon written or telephonic notice on the date of prepayment in
the case of Base Rate Loans or Swingline Loans; and
(B) upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written or
telephonic notice in the case of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans;
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in each case given to the Administrative Agent, or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, by 11:00
a.m. on the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing to the Administrative
Agent (and the Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such telephonic or original notice for a
Credit Extension by telefacsimile or telephone to each Lender). Upon the giving of any such notice, the
principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment
date specified therein. Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in Section 2.12(a).
(b) Voluntary Commitment Reductions.
(i) The Borrower may, from time to time upon not less than three (3)
Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice confirmed in writing to the
Administrative Agent (which original written or telephonic notice the Administrative
Agent will promptly transmit by telefacsimile or telephone to each applicable Lender), at
any time and from time to time terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part (i) the
Revolving Commitments (ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective
commitment percentage thereof); provided, (A) any such partial reduction of the
Revolving Commitments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount, (B) the Borrower shall not
terminate or reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect thereto
and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the aggregate Total Revolving
Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (C) if, after giving
effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Letter of Credit
Sublimit and/or the Swingline Sublimit exceed the amount of the Aggregate Revolving
Commitments, the Letter of Credit Sublimit and/or the Swingline Sublimit, as applicable,
shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.
(ii) The Borrower’s notice to the Administrative Agent shall designate the
date (which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of
any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments
shall be effective on the date specified in the Borrower’s notice and shall reduce the
Revolving Commitments of each Lender proportionately to its Revolving Commitment
Percentage thereof.
(c) Mandatory Prepayments.
(i) Revolving Commitments. If at any time (A) the Total Revolving
Outstandings shall exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (B) the Outstanding
Amount of Letter of Credit Obligations shall exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or (C)
the Outstanding Amount of Swingline Loans shall exceed the Swingline Sublimit,
immediate prepayment will be made on or in respect of the Revolving Obligations in an
amount equal to such excess; provided, however, that, except with respect to clause (B),
Letter of Credit Obligations will not be Cash Collateralized hereunder until the
Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans have been paid in full.
(ii) Asset Sales and Involuntary Dispositions. Prepayment will be made on
the Obligations on the Business Day following receipt of Net Cash Proceeds required to
be prepaid pursuant to the provisions hereof in an amount equal to one hundred percent
(100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds received from any Asset Sale or Involuntary
Disposition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that, so long
as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Net Cash Proceeds
shall not be required to be so applied (A) until the aggregate amount of the Net Cash
Proceeds derived from (x) any single Asset Sale or Involuntary Disposition is equal to or
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greater than $250,000 or (y) all Asset Sales or Involuntary Dispositions, inclusive of any
Asset Sales or Involuntary Dispositions consummated in reliance on the foregoing clause
(x), in any single fiscal year of the Borrower is equal to or greater than $4,000,000 and
(B) to the extent the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent a certificate stating
that the Credit Parties intend to use such Net Cash Proceeds to acquire capital assets
useful to the business of the Credit Parties within 180 days of the receipt of such Net
Cash Proceeds, it being expressly agreed that Net Cash Proceeds not so reinvested shall
be applied to prepay the Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations
immediately thereafter.
(iii) Debt Transactions. Prepayment will be made on the Obligations in an
amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Proceeds from any Debt
Transactions on the Business Day following receipt thereof.
(iv) Equity Transactions. Prepayment will be made on the Obligations in an
amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Net Cash Proceeds from any Equity
Transactions on the Business Day following receipt thereof.
(v) Excess Cash Flow. Solely to the extent Consolidated Leverage Ratio is
greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00, prepayment will be made on the Obligations, on the
Business Day following delivery of each annual Compliance Certificate delivered under
Section 7.1(c), commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2016, in an
amount equal to the difference of (x) fifty percent (50%) of Consolidated Excess Cash
Flow for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year minus (y) optional prepayments of Term
Loans minus (z) optional prepayments of Revolving Loans for which there has been a
permanent reduction of Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.11(b) in the
amount of such optional prepayment of Revolving Loans.
Section 2.12 Application of Prepayments. Within each Loan, prepayments will be applied
first to Base Rate Loans, then to LIBOR Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities. In addition:
(a) Voluntary Prepayments. Voluntary prepayments will be applied as specified by
the Borrower; provided that in the case of prepayments on the Term Loans, (i) the prepayment
will be applied ratably to the Term Loans then outstanding and (b) with respect to each Term
Loan then outstanding, the prepayments will be applied to remaining principal installments
thereunder in inverse order of maturity.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments. Mandatory prepayments will be applied as follows:
(i) Mandatory prepayments in respect of the Revolving Commitments under
Section 2.11(c)(i) above shall be applied to the respective Revolving Obligations as
appropriate but without a permanent reduction thereof.
(ii) Mandatory prepayments in respect of Asset Sales and Involuntary
Dispositions under Section 2.11(c)(ii) above, Debt Transactions under Section
2.11(c)(iii), Equity Transactions under Section 2.11(c)(iv), Securitization Transactions
under Section 2.11(c)(v), and Consolidated Excess Cash Flow under Section 2.11(c)(vi)
shall be applied as follows: first, ratably to the Term Loans, until paid in full, and then to
the Revolving Obligations without a permanent reduction thereof. Mandatory
prepayments with respect to each of the Term Loans will be applied to remaining
principal installments thereunder in inverse order of maturity.
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(c) Prepayments on the Obligations will be paid by the Administrative Agent to the
Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective interests therein (except for Defaulting
Lenders where their share will be applied as provided in Section 2.16(a)(ii) hereof).
Section 2.13 General Provisions Regarding Payments.
(a) All payments by the Borrower of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations
hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be made in Dollars in immediately available
funds, without defense, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, free of any restriction or condition.
The Administrative Agent shall, and the Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to,
debit a deposit account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries held with the Administrative
Agent or any of its Affiliates and designated for such purpose by the Borrower or such Subsidiary
in order to cause timely payment to be made to the Administrative Agent of all principal, interest
and fees due hereunder or under any other Credit Document (subject to sufficient funds being
available in its accounts for that purpose).
(b) In the event that the Administrative Agent is unable to debit a deposit account of
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries held with the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates
in order to cause timely payment to be made to the Administrative Agent of all principal, interest
and fees due hereunder or any other Credit Document (including because insufficient funds are
available in its accounts for that purpose), payments hereunder and under any other Credit
Document shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, not later
than 2:00 p.m. on the date due at the Principal Office of the Administrative Agent or via wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Administrative Agent (or
at such other location as may be designated in writing by the Administrative Agent from time to
time); for purposes of computing interest and fees, funds received by the Administrative Agent
after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by the Borrower on the next
Business Day.
(c) All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan (other than
voluntary repayments of Revolving Loans) shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest
on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any
payments in respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and payable with respect to such
Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest then due and payable before application to
principal.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such
address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such Lender’s applicable pro rata share of all
payments and prepayments of principal and interest due to such Lender hereunder, together with
all other amounts due with respect thereto, including all fees payable with respect thereto, to the
extent received by the Administrative Agent.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/Continuation
Notice is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans
in lieu of its pro rata share of any Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall
give effect thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter.
(f) Subject to the provisos set forth in the definition of “Interest Period,” whenever
any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day,
such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time
shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the Commitment
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Fee hereunder, but such payment shall be deemed to have been made on the date therefor for all
other purposes hereunder.
(g) The Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, deem any payment
by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 2:00 p.m.
to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received
by the Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and
(ii) the applicable next Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic
notice to the Borrower and each applicable Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is
non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of
Default in accordance with the terms of Section 9.1(a). Interest shall continue to accrue on any
principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds
(but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next succeeding
applicable Business Day) at the Default Rate (unless otherwise provided by the Required
Lenders) from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in
full.
Section 2.14 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 its
Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a proportion of the
aggregate amount of such Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations 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 Loans
and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so
that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the
aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing
them; provided that:
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment
giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price
restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment
made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement
(including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) any
amounts applied by the Swingline Lender to outstanding Swingline Loans, (C) any amounts
applied to Letter of Credit Obligations by any Issuing Bank or Swingline Loans by the Swingline
Lender, as appropriate, from Cash Collateral provided under Section 2.15 or Section 2.16, or (D)
any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a
participation in any of its Loans or participations in Letter of Credit Obligations, Swingline Loans
or other obligations hereunder 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 of the Credit Parties 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 Credit Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation
as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Credit Party in the amount of such participation.
Section 2.15 Cash Collateral. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within
one (1) Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize each applicable Issuing
Banks’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in an amount sufficient to cover the
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applicable Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided
by the Defaulting Lender).
(a) Grant of Security Interest. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any
Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Issuing Banks, and agrees to maintain, a perfected first priority security interest in
all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lenders’ obligation to fund participations
in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations, to be applied pursuant to clause (b) below. If at any
time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of
any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks as herein provided, or that
the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure, the
Borrower will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the
Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such
deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Section 2.15 or Section 2.16 in respect of Letters
of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund
participations in respect of Letter of Credit Obligations (including, as to Cash Collateral provided
by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral
was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for
herein.
(c) Termination of Requirement. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof)
provided to reduce any Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held
as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.15 following (i) the elimination of the applicable
Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable
Lender), or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank that there
exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on
behalf of a Credit Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of
Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.15 may be otherwise applied in
accordance with Section 9.3) but shall be released upon the cure, termination or waiver of such
Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (y) the Person
providing Cash Collateral and any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, as applicable, may agree
that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting
Exposure or other obligations.
Section 2.16 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Defaulting Lender Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as
such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or
disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be
restricted as set forth in Section 11.4(a)(iii).
(ii) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or
other amount (other than fees which any Defaulting Lender is not entitled to receive
pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iii)) received by the Administrative Agent for the account of
such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section
9 or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by
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that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.3), shall be applied at such time or times as
may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any
amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second,
to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to any
Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder; third, to Cash Collateralize the Issuing
Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with
Section 2.15; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of
Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has
failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the
Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the
Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to (x)
satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to
Loans under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Bank’s future
Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters
of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.15; sixth, to the
payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks or the Swingline
Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any
Lender, any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a
result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh,
so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to
the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by
the Borrower against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s
breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or
as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided, that, if (x) such
payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or Letter of Credit
Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its
appropriate share and (y) such Loans or Letter of Credit Borrowings were made at a time
when the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall
be applied solely to the pay the Loans of, and Letter of Credit Borrowings owed to, all
Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any
Loans of, or Letter of Credit Borrowings owed to, such Defaulting Lender until such time
as all Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letter of Credit Obligations and
Swingline Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Revolving
Commitments without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv). Any payments, prepayments
or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay
amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section
2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to (and the underlying obligations satisfied to the extent
of such payment) and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably
consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees.
(A) Such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any
Commitment Fee, any fees with respect to Letters of Credit (except as provided
in clause (b) below) or any other fees hereunder for any period during which that
Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any
such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that
Defaulting Lender).
(B) Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive Letter of
Credit Fees for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only
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to the extent allocable to its Revolving Commitment Percentage of the stated
amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to
Section 2.15.
(C) With respect to any fee not required to be paid to any Defaulting
Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each
Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such
Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in
Letter of Credit Obligations or Swingline Loans that has been reallocated to such
Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to each Issuing
Bank and Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise
payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Bank’s
or Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not
be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.
(iv) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any
part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Obligations and
Swingline Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance
with their respective Revolving Commitment Percentages (calculated without regard to
such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the
conditions set forth in Section 5.2 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and,
unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time,
the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are
satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving
Credit Exposure at such time to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving
Commitment. Subject to Section 11.21, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a
waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising
from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a
Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure
following such reallocation.
(v) Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swingline Loans. If the reallocation
described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower
shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x)
first, prepay Swingline Loans in an amount equal to the Swingline Lenders’ Fronting
Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize each Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.15.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting
Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective
date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include
arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable,
purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions
as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and
unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans to be held pro rata by the
Lenders in accordance with the Revolving Commitments (without giving effect to Section
2.16(a)(iv), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no
adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on
behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that
except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from
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Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party
hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
(c) New Swingline Loans/Letters of Credit. So long as any Lender is a Defaulting
Lender, (i) the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund Swingline Loans unless it is
satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swingline Loan, and
(ii) no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit
unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.
Section 2.17 Removal or Replacement of Lenders. If (a) any Lender requests compensation
under Section 3.2, (b) any Credit Party is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any
Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.3, (c) any Lender gives
notice of an inability to fund LIBOR Loans under Section 3.1(b), (d) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender,
or (e) any Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) does not consent (including by way of a failure to
respond in writing to a proposed amendment, consent or waiver by the date and time specified by the
Administrative Agent) to a proposed amendment, consent, change, waiver, discharge or termination
hereunder or with respect to any Credit Document that has been approved by the Required Lenders, then
the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative
Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the
restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.5, all of its interests, rights (other than its
rights under Section 3.2, Section 3.3 and Section 11.2) and obligations under this Agreement and the
related Credit Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may
be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee
specified in Section 11.5(b)(iv);
(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding
principal of its Loans and participations in Letter of Credit Borrowings, as applicable, accrued
interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other
Credit Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.1(c)) from the assignee (to the extent
of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all
other amounts);
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under
Section 3.2 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.3, such assignment is
reasonably expected to result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(iv) such assignment does not conflict with Applicable Law; and
(v) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Non-Consenting Lender’s
failure to consent to a proposed amendment, consent, change, waiver, discharge or termination,
the successor replacement Lender shall have consented to the proposed amendment, consent,
change, waiver, discharge or termination.
Each Lender agrees that in the event it, or its interests in the Loans and obligations hereunder, shall
become subject to the replacement and removal provisions of this Section, it will cooperate with the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent to give effect to the provisions hereof, including execution and
delivery of an Assignment Agreement in connection therewith, but the replacement and removal
provisions of this Section shall be effective regardless of whether an Assignment Agreement shall have
been given.
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A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a
waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment
and delegation cease to apply.
Section 3 YIELD PROTECTION
Section 3.1 Making or Maintaining LIBOR Loans.
(a) Inability to Determine Applicable Interest Rate. In the event that the
Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive
and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Determination Date or any Index Rate
Determination Date with respect to any LIBOR Loans, that by reason of circumstances affecting
the London interbank market adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest
rate applicable to such LIBOR Loans on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted
LIBOR Rate or LIBOR Index Rate, as applicable, the Administrative Agent shall on such date
give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and each
Lender of such determination, whereupon (i) no Loans may be made as, or converted to, LIBOR
Loans until such time as the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the
circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and (ii) any Funding Notice or
Conversion/Continuation Notice given by the Borrower with respect to the Loans in respect of
which such determination was made shall be deemed to be rescinded by the Borrower and such
Loans shall be automatically made or continued as, or converted to, as applicable, Base Rate
Loans without reference to the LIBOR Index Rate component of the Base Rate.
(b) Illegality or Impracticability of LIBOR Loans. In the event that on any date any
Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding
upon all parties hereto but shall be made only after consultation with the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent) that the making, maintaining or continuation of its LIBOR Loans (i) has
become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty,
governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such treaty,
governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the
failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or (ii) has become impracticable, as a result
of contingencies occurring after the date hereof which materially and adversely affect the London
interbank market or the position of such Lender in that market, then, and in any such event, such
Lender shall be an “Affected Lender” and it shall on that day give notice (by telefacsimile or by
telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of such
determination (which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other
Lender). Thereafter (1) the obligation of the Affected Lender to make Loans as, or to convert
Loans to, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn by the Affected
Lender, (2) to the extent such determination by the Affected Lender relates to a LIBOR Loan then
being requested by the Borrower pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation
Notice, the Affected Lender shall make such Loan as (or continue such Loan as or convert such
Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan without reference to the LIBOR Index Rate
component of the Base Rate, (3) the Affected Lender’s obligation to maintain its outstanding
LIBOR Loans (the “Affected Loans”) shall be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration
of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law,
and (4) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans without reference to
the LIBOR Index Rate component of the Base Rate on the date of such termination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination by an Affected Lender as described
above relates to a LIBOR Loan then being requested by the Borrower pursuant to a Funding
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Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Borrower shall have the option, subject to the
provisions of Section 3.1(a), to rescind such Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice
as to all Lenders by giving notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to the
Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of
its determination as described above (which notice of rescission the Administrative Agent shall
promptly transmit to each other Lender). Except as provided in the immediately preceding
sentence, nothing in this Section 3.1(b) shall affect the obligation of any Lender other than an
Affected Lender to make or maintain Loans as, or to convert Loans to, LIBOR Loans in
accordance with the terms hereof.
(c) Compensation for Breakage or Non-Commencement of Interest Periods. The
Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request
shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable out-of-pocket losses,
expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or calculated to be due and payable by such
Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans and
any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or
re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender
sustains: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any Adjusted
LIBOR Rate Loans does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice or a
telephonic request for borrowing, or a conversion to or continuation of any Adjusted LIBOR Rate
Loans does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Conversion/Continuation Notice or a
telephonic request for conversion or continuation; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal
payment of, or any conversion of, any of its Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans occurs on any day other
than the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory,
automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise), including as a result of an assignment in
connection with the replacement of a Lender pursuant to Section 2.17; or (iii) if any prepayment
of any of its Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of
prepayment given by the Borrower.
(d) Booking of LIBOR Loans. Any Lender may make, carry or transfer LIBOR
Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such
Lender.
(e) Assumptions Concerning Funding of Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans. Calculation
of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 3.1 and under Section 3.2 shall be made as
though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant Adjusted LIBOR Rate Loans through
the purchase of a LIBOR deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the
definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such Adjusted LIBOR
Rate Loans and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the
transfer of such LIBOR deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of
such Lender in the United States; provided, however, each Lender may fund each of its Adjusted
LIBOR Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only
for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this Section 3.1 and under Section 3.2.
(f) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender setting forth in
reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender, as specified in
paragraph (c) of this Section and the circumstances giving rise thereto shall be delivered to the
Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. In the absence of any such manifest
error, the Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount
shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof.
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(g) Delay in Requests. The Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender
pursuant to this Section for any such amounts incurred more than six (6) months prior to the date
that such Lender delivers to the Borrower the certificate referenced in Section 3.1(f).
Section 3.2 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 Adjusted LIBOR Rate or the LIBOR Index Rate) or
any Issuing Bank;
(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes,
(B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and
(C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments,
or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable
thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank
market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement
or 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 or such other
Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its
obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or
such other Recipient 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, Issuing Bank or other Recipient
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender,
Issuing Bank or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, Issuing Bank or other
Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or
reduction suffered.
(b) Capital and Liquidity Requirements. If any Lender, any Issuing Bank or the
Swingline Lender (for purposes hereof, may be referred to collectively as “the Lenders” or a
“Lender”) determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any lending office of such
Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity ratios or
requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital
or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement,
the commitments of such Lender hereunder or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of
Credit and Swingline Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing
Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have
achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the
policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to
time the Borrower will pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such
reduction suffered.
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(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or an Issuing Bank
setting forth in reasonable detail the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or
such Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b)
of this Section and the circumstances giving rise thereto shall be delivered to the Borrower and
shall be conclusive absent manifest error. In the absence of any such manifest error, the
Borrower shall pay such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as
due on any such certificate within ten (10) Business Days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any Issuing
Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such
Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower
shall not be required to compensate a Lender or an Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any
increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six (6) months prior to the date that
such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as the case may be, delivers to the Borrower the certificate
referenced in Section 3.2(c) and notifies the Borrower of such Lender’s or such Issuing Bank’s
intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such
increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be
extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
Section 3.3 Taxes.
(a) Issuing Banks. For purposes of this Section 3.3, the term “Lender” shall include
any Issuing Bank and the term “Applicable Law” shall include FATCA.
(b) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of
Taxes. Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Credit Party hereunder or
under any other Credit Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes,
except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith
discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax
from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be
entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or
withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such
Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Credit Party shall be increased
as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such
deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the
applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deduction or withholding been made.
(c) Payment of Other Taxes by the Credit Parties. The Credit Parties shall timely
pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option
of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
(d) Tax Indemnification. (i) The Credit Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify
each Recipient and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten (10) Business Days after
demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes
imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by
such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient, and any
reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified
Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A
certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a
Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own
behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(ii) Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent within ten (10)
Business Days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender
(but only to the extent that any Credit Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent
for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), (ii)
any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.5(d)
relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to
such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection
with any Credit Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect
thereto, whether or not such 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
any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender
hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time
owing to such Lender under any Credit Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative
Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent
under this clause (ii).
(e) Evidence of Payments. As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by
any Credit Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section, such Credit Party 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 a return reporting such payment or
other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(f) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation. (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an
exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Credit
Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably
requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed
documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such
payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if
reasonably 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.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and
submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in clauses (ii)(A), (ii)(B) and
(ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or
submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially
prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a
U.S. Person,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from
time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent),
executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup
withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, 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 reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent),
whichever of the following is applicable:
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(i) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty
to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any
Credit Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing
an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the
“interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments
under any Credit Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an
exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business
profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;
(ii) executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;
(iii) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for
portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.3-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a
“bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10
percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section
881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y)
executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E; or
(iv) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals
of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or
W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.3-2
or Exhibit 3.3-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each
beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and
one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio
interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.3-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect
partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, 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 reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent),
executed originals of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption
from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary
documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative
Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Credit Document would be subject to U.S.
federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable
reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the
Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as
prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation
reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower
and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such
Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct
and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any
amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
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Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes
obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by Applicable Law, at no time
shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a
Lender, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted
from funds paid for the account of such Lender. If any indemnified party determines, in its sole
discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has
been indemnified pursuant to this Section (including by the payment of additional amounts
pursuant to this Section), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund
(but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section with respect to the Taxes
giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such
indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental
Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of the
indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this
paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental
Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such
Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no
event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant
to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable
net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to
indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise
imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had
never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make
available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential)
to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
(i) Survival. Each party’s obligations under this Section 3.3 shall survive the resignation or
replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender,
the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under
any Credit Document.
Section 3.4 Mitigation Obligations; Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any
Lender requests compensation under Section 3.2, or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes
or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender
pursuant to Section 3.3, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to
designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and
obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender,
such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.2 or
Section 3.3, as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed
cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby
agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such
designation or assignment.
Section 4 GUARANTY
Section 4.1. The Guaranty.
Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to the Administrative Agent, the
Lenders, the Qualifying Swap Providers, the Qualifying Treasury Management Banks and the other
holders of the Obligations as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt
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payment of the Obligations (the “Guaranteed 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, in any other of the Credit
Documents, Swap Agreements, Treasury Management Agreements or other documents relating to the
Obligations, (a) the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Credit 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 and (b) the Guaranteed Obligations of a Guarantor shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations with
respect to such Guarantor.
Section 4.2 Obligations Unconditional.
The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.1 are joint and several, absolute and
unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the
Credit Documents, Swap Agreements or Treasury Management Agreements, 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 law or regulation or other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a
legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.2 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
Section 4 until such time as the Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments 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 Credit
Documents, any Swap Agreement between any Credit Party and any Swap Provider, or any
Treasury Management Agreement between any Credit Party and any Treasury Management
Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Credit Documents, such Swap
Agreements or such Treasury Management Agreements 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 Credit Documents, any Swap Agreement between any Credit Party and any Swap Provider or
any Treasury Management Agreement between any Credit Party and any Treasury Management
Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Credit Documents, such Swap
Agreements or such Treasury Management Agreements shall be waived or any other guarantee of
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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 Credit Documents, any Swap Agreement between any Credit Party and any Swap
Provider or any Treasury Management Agreement between any Credit Party and any Treasury
Management Bank, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Credit Documents, such Swap
Agreements or such Treasury Management Agreements, or against any other Person under any other
guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.
Section 4.3 Reinstatement.
The obligations of the Guarantors under this Section 4 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, the fees, charges and disbursements 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.
Section 4.4 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 4.2 and through the
exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.6.
Section 4.5 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 9.2 (and shall be deemed to have become
automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 9.2) for purposes of Section
4.1 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 4.1. 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.
Section 4.6 Rights of Contribution.
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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 Credit Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights of contribution until
all Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated.
Section 4.7 Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.
The guarantee in this Section 4 is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing
guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.
Section 4.8 Keepwell.
Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and
irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by
each Specified Credit Party to honor all of such Specified Credit Party’s obligations under the Guaranty
and the Collateral Documents in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified
ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 4.8 for the maximum amount of such liability that
can be hereby incurred without rendering such Qualified ECP Guarantor’s obligations and undertakings
under this Section 4, voidable under applicable Debtor Relief Laws, and not for any greater amount). The
obligations and undertakings of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 4.8 shall remain in full
force and effect until the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full and
the commitments relating thereto have expired or terminated, or, with respect to any Guarantor, if earlier,
such Guarantor is released from its Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with Section 10.10(a). Each
Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 4.8 constitute, and this Section 4.8 shall be deemed to
constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each Specified Credit Party for all
purposes of section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Section 5 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 5.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender
to make a Credit Extension on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions
on or before the Closing Date:
(a) Executed Credit Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of executed
counterparts of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, in each case, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and duly executed
by the appropriate parties thereto.
(b) Organizational Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the
following:
(i) Charter Documents. Copies of articles of incorporation, certificate of
organization or formation, or other like document for each of the Credit Parties certified
as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority.
(ii) Organizational Documents Certificate. (A) Copies of bylaws, operating
agreement, partnership agreement or like document, (B) copies of resolutions approving
the transactions contemplated in connection with the financing and authorizing execution
and delivery of the Credit Documents, and (C) incumbency certificates, for each of the
Credit Parties, in each case certified by an Authorized Officer in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
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(iii) Good Standing Certificate. Copies of certificates of good standing,
existence or the like of a recent date for each of the Credit Parties from the appropriate
Governmental Authority of its jurisdiction of formation or organization.
(iv) Closing Certificate. A certificate from an Authorized Officer of the
Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and
the Required Lenders, confirming, among other things, (A) all consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations, or filings required to be made or obtained by the Borrower
and the other Credit Parties, if any, in connection with this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated herein and therein have been
obtained and are in full force and effect, (B) no investigation or inquiry by any
Governmental Authority regarding this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and
the transactions contemplated herein and therein is ongoing, (C) the financings and the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be in
compliance with all applicable laws and regulations (including all applicable securities
and banking laws, rules and regulations), (D) since the date of the most-recent annual
audited financial statements for the Borrower, there has been no event or circumstance
which could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (E) (x) the
most-recent annual audited financial statements, (y) the internally prepared quarterly
financial statements of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries (other than the Target) on
a combined basis for the fiscal quarter ending on June 30, 2015 and (z) the internally
prepared quarterly financial statements of the Target and its Subsidiaries (on a combined
basis for the fiscal quarter ending on June 30, 2015, in each case, were prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied, except as noted therein and fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition and results from operations of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries, and (F) the Borrower, individually, and the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby and the incurrence of Indebtedness related thereto.
(c) Opinions of Counsel. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of customary
opinions of counsel for each of the Credit Parties, including, among other things, opinions
regarding the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Credit Documents and the
enforceability thereof.
(d) Personal Property Collateral. Receipt by the Collateral Agent of the following:
(i) UCC Searches. (A) Searches of UCC filings in the jurisdiction of
incorporation or formation, as applicable, of each Credit Party and each jurisdiction
where any Collateral is located or where a filing would need to be made in order to
perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, copies of the financing
statements on file in such jurisdictions and evidence that no Liens exist other than
Permitted Liens and (B) tax lien and judgment searches;
(ii) Intellectual Property Searches. Searches of ownership of Intellectual
Property in the appropriate governmental offices and such patent/trademark/copyright
filings as requested by the Collateral Agent in order to perfect the Collateral Agent’s
security interest in the Intellectual Property;
(iii) UCC Financing Statements. Such UCC financing statements necessary
or appropriate to perfect the security interests in the personal property collateral, as
determined by the Collateral Agent.
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(iv) Intellectual Property Filings. Such patent, trademark and copyright
notices, filings and recordations necessary or appropriate to perfect the security interests
in intellectual property and intellectual property rights, as determined by the Collateral
Agent.
(v) Pledged Equity Interests. Original certificates evidencing any
certificated Equity Interests pledged as collateral, together with undated stock transfer
powers executed in blank.
(vi) Evidence of Insurance. Certificates of insurance for casualty, liability
and any other insurance required by the Credit Documents satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent. Subject to Section 7.18(f), the Collateral Agent shall be named (i) as lenders’ loss
payee, as its interest may appear, with respect to any such insurance providing coverage
in respect of any Collateral and (ii) as additional insured, as its interest may appear, with
respect to any such insurance providing liability coverage, and the Credit Parties will use
their commercially reasonable efforts to have each provider of any such insurance agree,
by endorsement upon the policy or policies issued by it or by independent instruments to
be furnished to the Collateral Agent, that it will give the Collateral Agent thirty (30) days
prior written notice before any such policy or policies shall be altered or cancelled.
(vii) Consents. Duly executed consents as are necessary, in the Collateral
Agent’s sole discretion, to perfect the Lenders’ security interest in the Collateral.
(viii) [Reserved].
(ix) Allonges and Assignments. To the extent required to be delivered
pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents, all instruments, documents and chattel
paper in the possession of any of the Credit Parties, together with allonges or assignments
as may be necessary or appropriate to perfect the Collateral Agent’s and the Lenders’
security interest in the Collateral.
(e) [Reserved].
(f) Vessel Collateral.
(i) Fleet Mortgage. A duly executed first preferred fleet mortgage covering
all Vessels owned by the Credit Parties in form and substance satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, a “Fleet Mortgage”). Each such Vessel shall have been duly documented in the
name of the applicable Credit Party under the laws of the United States, such Fleet
Mortgage shall have been duly recorded by the United States Coast Guard (or, in the
discretion of the Collateral Agent, filed for recording in such office), and the Fleet
Mortgage shall constitute a preferred mortgage on the Vessels to which it relates subject
only to other preferred mortgage liens in favor of the Collateral Agent and those Fleet
Preferred Mortgages described in Section 7.19(e) for the time period set forth in such
Section.
(ii) Insurance Summaries. Summaries of the insurance coverages and copies
of certificates of insurance for the Hull and Machinery, Protection and Indemnity, Vessel
Pollution and Excess Liabilities coverages of the Credit Parties.
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(iii) Certificates. In each case, to the extent applicable, (A) a true and
complete copy of the Certificate of Documentation of each Vessel and (B) a certificate of
ownership and encumbrance or a certified copy of the Abstract of Title of such Vessel
issued by the United States Coast Guard showing the Credit Party described on Schedule
6.10(d) as the owner of such Vessel to be the sole owner of each Vessel free and clear of
all Liens of record except (x) the Fleet Mortgage covering each such Vessel in favor of
the Collateral Agent and (y) the Liens in favor of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association that are being terminated on the Closing Date in connection with the payoff
of all existing indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
(iv) Certificate of Inspection. To the extent applicable, with respect to each
Vessel, a copy of the current certificate of inspection issued by the United States Coast
Guard covering such Vessel reflecting no outstanding recommendations.
(v) (A) Certificate of Insurance from XxXxxxx, Seibels & Xxxxxxxx of Texas,
Inc., who are insurance brokers acting for the Borrower, of the placement of the
insurances covering each Vessel; (B) written confirmation from such brokers, that they
have received no notice of the assignment of the insurances or any claim covering each
Vessel in favor of any party other than the Collateral Agent, subject to verification of
termination of the Liens in favor of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association and (C) an
opinion of such brokers to the effect that such insurance complies with the applicable
provisions of the Fleet Mortgage;
(g) Funding Notice; Funds Disbursement Instructions. The Administrative Agent
shall have received (a) a duly executed Funding Notice with respect to the Credit Extension to
occur on the Closing Date and (b) duly executed disbursement instructions (with wiring
instructions and account information) for all disbursements to be made on the Closing Date.
(h) Termination of Existing Credit Agreement and other Existing Indebtedness of the
Credit Parties. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of evidence that the Existing Credit
Agreement concurrently with the Closing Date is being terminated and all Liens securing
obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement concurrently with the Closing Date are being
released. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of evidence that all other existing Indebtedness for
borrowed money of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries (including the Target and its
Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness permitted to exist hereunder) shall be repaid in full and all
security interests related thereto shall be terminated on or prior to the Closing Date.
(i) Closing Date Acquisition Documents. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i)
copies of the Closing Date Acquisition Agreement and all other material Closing Date
Acquisition Documents, certified by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as being true,
complete and correct and (ii) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in its sole
discretion that (x) the Closing Date Acquisition shall have been, or substantially simultaneously
with the funding of the initial Loans hereunder will be, consummated in accordance with the
terms of the Closing Date Acquisition Agreement, without any material amendment, material
consent or material waiver (including any waiver of a material condition precedent to the
Borrower’s or its applicable Affiliate’s obligation to close under the Closing Date Acquisition
Agreement or otherwise consummate the Closing Date Acquisition) thereof except as consented
to by the Administrative Agent and (y) no Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Closing
Date Acquisition Agreement) has occurred or is continuing as of the Closing Date.
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(j) Quality of Earnings Report. Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a quality of
earnings report of the Target in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent.
(k) Fees and Expenses. The Administrative Agent shall have confirmation that all
reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses required to be paid on or before the Closing Date
have been paid, including the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of counsel for the
Administrative Agent.
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.1, 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.
The funding of the initial Loans hereunder shall evidence the satisfaction of the foregoing conditions
except to the extent the Borrower and the other Credit Parties have agreed to fulfill conditions following
the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7.19.
Section 5.2 Conditions to Each Credit Extension. The obligation of each Lender to fund its
Term Loan Commitment Percentage or Revolving Commitment Percentage of any Credit Extension on
any Credit Date, including the Closing Date, are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with
Section 11.4, of the following conditions precedent:
(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed and delivered
Funding Notice, together with the documentation and certifications required therein with respect
to each Credit Extension;
(b) after making the Credit Extension requested on such Credit Date, (i) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans shall not exceed the aggregate
Revolving Commitments then in effect and (ii) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Term Loans shall not exceed the respective Term Loan Commitments then in effect;
(c) as of such Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained herein and in
the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of that
Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as
of such earlier date; and
(d) as of such Credit Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing or would
result from the consummation of the applicable Credit Extension that would constitute an Event
of Default or a Default.
Any Agent or the Required Lenders shall be entitled, but not obligated to, request and receive, prior to the
making of any Credit Extension, additional information reasonably satisfactory to the requesting party
confirming the satisfaction of any of the foregoing if, in the reasonable good faith judgment of such
Agent or Required Lenders, such request is warranted under the circumstances.
Section 6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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In order to induce Agents and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make each Credit
Extension to be made thereby, the Borrower and each other Credit Party represents and warrants to each
Agent and Lender, on the Closing Date that the following statements are true and correct:
Section 6.1 Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification. Each of the
Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its jurisdiction of organization as identified in Schedule 6.1, (b) has all requisite power and
authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to
be conducted, to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions
contemplated thereby, and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where
necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so
qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect. The Credit Parties have full power and authority to own, operate and charter to others,
vessels documented under the laws of the United States of America. The Borrower and each other Credit
Party is and will remain a “United States citizen” within the meaning of Section 2 of the Shipping Act and
is eligible to own and operate vessels in the coastwise trade. Each Vessel was or will be built in the
United States, has never been rebuilt outside the United States and has never been owned by any Person
other than a “United States citizen” within the meaning of the Shipping Act.
Section 6.2 Equity Interests and Ownership. Schedule 6.2 correctly sets forth the ownership
interest of the Borrower in its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. The Equity Interests of each Credit
Party and its Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and
non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.2, as of the Closing Date, there is no existing option,
warrant, call, right, commitment, buy-sell, voting trust or other shareholder agreement or other agreement
to which any Subsidiary is a party requiring, and there is no membership interest or other Equity Interests
of any Subsidiary outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by any
Subsidiary of any additional membership interests or other Equity Interests of any Subsidiary or other
Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, a
membership interest or other Equity Interests of any Subsidiary.
Section 6.3 Due Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit
Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Credit Party that is a
party thereto.
Section 6.4 No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the
Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the Credit Documents do not and will not (a) violate in any material respect any provision of any
Applicable Laws relating to any Credit Party, any of the Organizational Documents of any Credit Party,
or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on any Credit Party;
(b) except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, conflict with, result in a
breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any other Contractual
Obligations of any Credit Party; (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of
the properties or assets of any Credit Party (other than any Liens created under any of the Credit
Documents in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations) whether now
owned or hereafter acquired; or (d) require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or any
approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of any Credit Party.
Section 6.5 Governmental Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by the Credit
Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not require, as a condition to the effectiveness
thereof, any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any
Governmental Authority except for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or
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otherwise delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, as of the Closing Date and other
filings, recordings or consents which have been obtained or made, as applicable.
Section 6.6 Binding Obligation. Each Credit Document has been duly executed and
delivered by each Credit Party that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of
such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as
may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
Section 6.7 Financial Statements.
(a) The audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for
the most recent Fiscal Year ended, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, including the notes thereto
(i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered
thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; (ii) fairly present 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.
(b) The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for the most recent Fiscal Quarter ended, and the related consolidated statements of income or
operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Quarter (i) were prepared in
accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as
otherwise expressly noted therein, (ii) fairly present 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 all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or
contingent, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date of such financial statements,
including liabilities for taxes, material commitments and Indebtedness.
(c) The consolidated forecasted balance sheet and statements of income and cash
flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(d) were prepared in
good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were fair in light of
the conditions existing at the time of delivery of such forecasts, and represented, at the time of
delivery, the Borrower’s best estimate of its future financial condition and performance.
Section 6.8 No Material Adverse Effect; No Default.
(a) No Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2014, no event, circumstance
or change has occurred that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(b) No Default. No Default has occurred and is continuing.
Section 6.9 Tax Matters. Each Credit Party and its subsidiaries have filed all federal, state
and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all federal, state and other
material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their
respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises otherwise due and payable, except those
being actively contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves
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have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.10 Properties.
(a) Title. Each of the Credit Parties and its Subsidiaries has (i) good, sufficient and
legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the
case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), and (iii) good title to (in the case of all
other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in their financial
statements and other information referred to in Section 6.7 and in the most recent financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1, in each case except for assets disposed of since the
date of such financial statements as permitted under Section 8.9. All such properties and assets
are free and clear of Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(b) Real Estate. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 6.10(b) contains a true, accurate
and complete list of all Real Estate Assets of the Credit Parties.
(c) Intellectual Property. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries owns or is validly
licensed to use all Intellectual Property that is necessary for the present conduct of its business,
free and clear of Liens (other than Permitted Liens), without conflict with the rights of any other
Person unless the failure to own or benefit from such valid license could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of
each Credit Party, no Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is infringing, misappropriating,
diluting, or otherwise violating the Intellectual Property rights of any other Person unless such
infringement, misappropriation, dilution or violation could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Vessels. (i) The Borrower and each Credit Party is the sole owner of the whole
of the Vessel set forth opposite its name on Schedule 6.10(d). All of the Vessels are owned by
each of them, respectively, free and clear of any Lien of any nature whatsoever, except as
provided for in the Collateral Documents, and as permitted by Section 8.2. The Fleet Mortgage,
when duly executed and delivered by the relevant Credit Parties, will be effective to create in
favor of the Collateral Agent a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on all of the Credit Party’s right,
title and interest in and to the Vessel under such Fleet Mortgage and the proceeds thereof, and
when the Fleet Mortgage is filed in the offices specified on Schedule 6.10(d), the Fleet Mortgage
shall constitute a Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Credit Parties
in such Vessels that are subject of the Fleet Mortgage and the proceeds thereof, in each case prior
and superior in right to any other Person, other than Permitted Liens.
(ii) To the extent required by Applicable Law, each Vessel is : (A) classified
in the highest classification for vessels of the same age and type in the American Bureau
of Shipping (or other classification society acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and is
in class without recommendation; (B) documented in the name of the respective Credit
Party, (C) duly qualified to operate in the coastwise trade of the United States, (D)
eligible to transport cargo between ports in the United States under the Merchant Marine
Act of 1920, (E) built in the United States and has been continuously owned and operated
by a citizen of the United States, within the meaning of Section 2 of the Shipping Act, (F)
covered by hull and protection and indemnity and mortgagee’s interest insurance in
accordance with the requirements of this Agreement and the Fleet Mortgage covering
such Vessel, and otherwise satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; (G) endorsed and
documented in accordance with applicable legal requirements, including, in the case of
new Vessels, filings for all Vessels with the United States Coast Guard, National Vessel
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Documentation Center, an Application for Documentation, on form CG-1258,
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and its counsel, seeking documentation of the Vessel
in the name of the applicable Credit Party as a vessel of the United States eligible to
engage in the coastwise trade, (H) subject to a valid certificate of inspection issued by the
United States Coast Guard, and each such certificate of inspection is in full force and
effect without recommendation and (I) has been issued a Builder’s Certification by
Builder, on form CG-1261, or if such new Vessel has been previously documented in the
name of Builder, is subject to a Xxxx of Sale, on form CG-1340, satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, sufficient (when filed with the United States Coast Guard, National
Vessel Documentation Center), to vest good title to the New Vessel in the applicable
Credit Party, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens).
Section 6.11 Environmental Matters. No Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of
their respective current Facilities (solely during and with respect to such Person’s ownership thereof) or
operations, and to their knowledge, no former Facilities (solely during and with respect to any Credit
Party’s or its Subsidiary’s ownership thereof), are subject to any outstanding order, consent decree or
settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law, any Environmental Claim, or
any Hazardous Materials Activity that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) no Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any letter or
request for information under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9604) or any comparable state law; (c) there are and, to
each Credit Party’s and its Subsidiaries’ knowledge, have been, no Hazardous Materials Activities which
could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against such Credit Party or
any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (d) no Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries has filed any notice under any
Environmental Law indicating past or present treatment of Hazardous Materials at any Facility (solely
during and with respect to such Credit Party’s or its Subsidiary’s ownership thereof), and neither the
Borrower’s nor any of its Subsidiaries’ operations involves the generation, transportation, treatment,
storage or disposal of hazardous waste, as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270 or any equivalent state
rule defining hazardous waste. Compliance with all current requirements pursuant to or under
Environmental Laws could not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.12 No Defaults. No Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in the
performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in
any of its Contractual Obligations (other than Contractual Obligations relating to Indebtedness), except in
each case where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.13 No Litigation or other Adverse Proceedings. There are no Adverse Proceedings
that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or (b) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to or in default with respect to any final
judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any Governmental Authority, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.14 Information Regarding the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Set forth on Schedule
6.14, is the jurisdiction of organization, the exact legal name (and for the prior five (5) years or since the
date of its formation has been) and the true and correct U.S. taxpayer identification number (or foreign
equivalent, if any) of the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.
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Section 6.15 Governmental Regulation.
(a) No Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the
Investment Company Act of 1940. No Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment
company” or a company “controlled” by a “registered investment company” or a “principal
underwriter” of a “registered investment company” as such terms are defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940.
(b) No Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “enemy” or an “ally of the
enemy” within the meaning of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act of the United States
of America (50 U.S.C. App. §§ 1 et seq.), as amended. To its knowledge, no Credit Party nor any
of its Subsidiaries is in violation of (a) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, (b) any of
the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle
B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto or (c)
the Patriot Act. No Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) is a blocked person described in
Section 1 of the Anti-Terrorism Order or (ii) to the best of its knowledge, engages in any dealings
or transactions, or is otherwise associated, with any such blocked person.
(c) None of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates is in
violation of and shall not violate any of the country or list based economic and trade sanctions
administered and enforced by OFAC that are described or referenced at
xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx/ or as otherwise published from time to time.
(d) None of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates (i) is
a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Entity, (ii) has more than ten percent (10%) of its assets
located in Sanctioned Entities, or (iii) derives more than ten percent (10%) of its operating
income from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Entities. The
proceeds of any Loan will not be used and have not been used to fund any operations in, finance
any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned
Entity.
(e) Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq., and any foreign counterpart thereto. None of the
Credit Parties or their respective Subsidiaries has made a payment, offering, or promise to pay, or
authorized the payment of, money or anything of value (a) in order to assist in obtaining or
retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any foreign official, foreign political party,
party official or candidate for foreign political office, (b) to a foreign official, foreign political
party or party official or any candidate for foreign political office, and (c) with the intent to
induce the recipient to misuse his or her official position to direct business wrongfully to such
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or to any other Person, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 78dd-1, et seq.
(f) To the extent applicable, each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries are in compliance
with Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept
and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001) (as amended from time to time, the “Patriot
Act”).
(g) No Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its
important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of any Credit Extension made to such Credit Party
will be used (i) to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any such Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates, or is
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inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time or (ii) to finance or refinance any (A)
commercial paper issued by such Credit Party or (B) any other Indebtedness, except for
Indebtedness that such Credit Party incurred for general corporate or working capital purposes.
Section 6.16 Employee Matters. No Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any
unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (a) no
unfair labor practice complaint pending against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the best
knowledge of each Credit Party, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations
Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining
agreement that is so pending against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or to the best knowledge
of each Credit Party, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or to the
knowledge of each Credit Party, threatened that involves any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and
(c) to the best knowledge of each Credit Party, no union representation question existing with respect to
the employees of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and, to the best knowledge of each Credit
Party, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in
clause (a), (b) or (c) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.17 Pension Plans. (a) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, each of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable
provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder with respect to its Pension Plan, and have performed all their obligations under
each Pension Plan in all material respects, (b) each Pension Plan which is intended to qualify under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter or is the subject
of a favorable opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that such Pension Plan is so
qualified and, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance
of such determination letter which would cause such Pension Plan to lose its qualified status except where
such event could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (c) except as could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no liability to the PBGC (other than required
premium payments), the Internal Revenue Service, any Pension Plan (other than for routine claims and
required funding obligations in the ordinary course) or any trust established under Title IV of ERISA has
been incurred by any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates, (d) except as
would not reasonably be expected to result in liability to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in excess
of $2,000,000, no ERISA Event has occurred, and (e) except to the extent required under Section 4980B
of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 601 et seq. of ERISA or similar state laws and except as could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Pension Plan provides health or welfare
benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 6.18 Solvency. The Borrower, individually, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole on a consolidated basis are and, upon the incurrence of any Credit Extension on any date
on which this representation and warranty is made, will be, Solvent.
Section 6.19 Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries is in compliance
with (a) the Patriot Act and OFAC rules and regulations as provided in Section 6.15 and (b) except such
non-compliance with such other Applicable Laws that, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, all other Applicable Laws. Each Credit
Party and its Subsidiaries possesses all certificates, authorities or permits issued by appropriate
Governmental Authorities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them and the failure of
which to have could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and have not received any
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notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such certificate, authority or permit
the failure of which to have or retain could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.20 Disclosure. No representation or warranty of any Credit Party contained in any
Credit Document or in any other documents, certificates or written statements furnished to the Lenders by
or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby (other than projections and pro forma financial information contained in such
materials) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to any
Credit Party, in the case of any document not furnished by any of them) necessary in order to make the
statements contained herein or therein not misleading in any material manner in light of the circumstances
in which the same were made. Any projections and pro forma financial information contained in such
materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by the Credit Parties to be
reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that such
projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or
periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results and that such differences
may be material. There are no facts known to any Credit Party (other than matters of a general economic
nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect and that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements
furnished to the Lenders.
Section 6.21 Insurance. (a) The properties of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are
insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of such Persons, in such
amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged
in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the applicable Credit Party or the
applicable Subsidiary operates. The insurance coverage of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as in effect
on the Closing Date is outlined as to carrier, policy number, expiration date, type, amount and deductibles
on Schedule 6.21.
(b) The Borrower and the Credit Parties shall ensure that insurance policies
pertaining to Vessels provide that (i) there shall be no recourse against the Collateral Agent for
the payment of premiums, commissions or deductibles, (ii) if such policies provide for the
payment of club calls, assessments or advances, there shall be no recourse against the Collateral
Agent for the payment thereof and (iii) to the extent obtainable from underwriters or brokers, the
Collateral Agent will receive at least fourteen (14) days written notice from the insurance
company or broker prior to cancellation or any material alteration in the insurance policy or
reduction in coverage which could materially affect the interest of the Collateral Agent.
(c) Should any Vessel be navigated outside her customary navigation limits, the
Borrower shall, prior to any such navigation, procure an endorsement to the policies obtained
hereunder authorizing such navigation, and procure increased value, war risk and related
coverages as may be reasonably required by the Collateral Agent.
Should the Borrower or any Subsidiary fail to obtain any insurance referred to(d)
herein, the Borrower shall give the Collateral Agent written notice of such fact, endeavor to
obtain such insurance and detain such Vessel in port until such insurance has been obtained.
Section 6.22 Pledge Agreement and Security Agreement. The Pledge Agreement and the
Security Agreement are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
holders of the Obligations, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral identified
therein, except to the extent the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles of law (regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in equity or at law), and the Pledge Agreement and the Security Agreement shall create a fully
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perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the obligors thereunder in such
Collateral, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Lien (i) with respect to any such Collateral
that is a “security” (as such term is defined in the UCC) and is evidenced by a certificate, when such
Collateral is delivered to the Collateral Agent with duly executed stock powers with respect thereto, (ii)
with respect to any such Collateral that is a “security” (as such term is defined in the UCC) but is not
evidenced by a certificate, when UCC financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the
appropriate filing offices in the jurisdiction of organization of the pledgor or when “control” (as such term
is defined in the UCC) is established by the Collateral Agent over such interests in accordance with the
provision of Section 8-106 of the UCC, or any successor provision, and (iii) with respect to any such
Collateral that is not a “security” (as such term is defined in the UCC), when UCC financing statements in
appropriate form are filed in the appropriate filing offices in the jurisdiction of organization of the pledgor
(to the extent such security interest can be perfected by filing under the UCC).
Section 6.23 Mortgages. Each of the Mortgages is effective to create in favor of the Collateral
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a legal, valid and enforceable security
interest in the Real Estate Assets (other than fee-owned real property of the Credit Parties as of the
Closing Date that is located in State of Florida) identified therein in conformity with Applicable Laws,
except to the extent the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles of law (regardless of whether enforcement is sought
in equity or at law) and, when the Mortgages and UCC financing statements in appropriate form are duly
recorded at the locations identified in the Mortgages, and recording or similar taxes, if any, are paid, the
Mortgages shall constitute a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title
and interest of the grantors thereunder in such Real Estate Assets, in each case prior and superior in right
to any other Lien (other than Permitted Liens).
Section 6.24 Vessel Qualification. To the extent required by Applicable Law, the Borrower
maintains in its possession, or causes each Credit Party to maintain in its possession, a current SMC for
each Vessel, a DOC for the operator of each Vessel and a United States Coast Guard Certificate of
Financial Responsibility (Water Pollution) with respect to each Vessel. Upon reasonable request of the
Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time, the Borrower shall deliver confirmation to the
Administrative Agent that each of the foregoing certificates is in force and effect. Neither the Borrower
nor any Credit Party requires an ISSC to operate any Vessel for the intended domestic coastal trade of the
Vessels.
Section 7 AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that until the Obligations shall have been paid in full or
otherwise satisfied, and the Commitments hereunder shall have expired or been terminated, such Credit
Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 7.
Section 7.1 Financial Statements and Other Reports. The Borrower will deliver, or will
cause to be delivered, to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:
(a) Quarterly Financial Statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year (excluding the fourth
Fiscal Quarter) or the date such information is filed with the SEC, the consolidated balance sheets
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related
consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current
Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable
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detail and consistent in all material respects with the manner of presentation as of the Closing
Date, together with a Financial Officer Certification with respect thereto;
(b) Audited Annual Financial Statements for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
Upon the earlier of the date that is ninety (90) days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the
Borrower or the date such information is filed with the SEC, (i) the consolidated balance sheets
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for
the previous Fiscal Year, in reasonable detail and consistent in all material respects with the
manner of presentation as of the Closing Date, together with a Financial Officer Certification
with respect thereto; and (ii) with respect to such consolidated financial statements a report
thereon of Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized
national standing selected by the Borrower, which report shall be unqualified as to going concern
and scope of audit, and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all
material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the
dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in
conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise
disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in
connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards);
(c) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of the financial statements
pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of Section 7.1 a duly completed Compliance Certificate;
(d) Annual Budget. Within thirty (30) days following the end of each Fiscal Year of
the Borrower, forecasts prepared by management of the Borrower, in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, of consolidated balance sheets and
statements of income or operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
quarterly basis for the immediately following Fiscal Year (including the Fiscal Year(s) in which
the Term Loan A Maturity Date, the maturity date of any Term Loan established after the Closing
Date and the Revolving Commitment Termination Date occur);
(e) Information Regarding Collateral. (a) Each Credit Party will furnish to the
Collateral Agent prior written notice of any change (i) in such Borrower’s legal name, (ii) in such
Borrower’s corporate structure, or (iii) in such Borrower’s Federal Taxpayer Identification
Number;
(f) Securities and Exchange Commission Filings. Promptly after the same are filed,
copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements that the
Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, provided that any documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 7.1(f) 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; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on
the Borrower’s behalf on Syndtrak 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 further that: (x) upon written request by the
Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the
Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease
delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (y) the Borrower shall notify
(which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any
such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions
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(i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, as to any
information contained in materials furnished pursuant to this Section 7.1(f), the Borrower shall
not be separately required to furnish such information under Sections 7.1(a) or (b) above or
pursuant to any other requirement of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
(g) Notice of Default and Material Adverse Effect. Promptly upon any Authorized
Officer of any Credit Party obtaining knowledge (i) of any condition or event that constitutes a
Default or an Event of Default or that notice has been given to any Credit Party with respect
thereto; (ii) that any Person has given any notice to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or
taken any other action with respect to any event or condition set forth in Section 9.1(b), or (iii)
the occurrence of any Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of its Authorized Officers specifying
the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying the notice
given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default,
Default, event or condition or change, and what action the Credit Parties have taken, are taking
and propose to take with respect thereto;
(h) ERISA. (i) Promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of or forthcoming
occurrence of any ERISA Event, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action the
any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is
taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened
by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto; and
(ii) (1) promptly upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, copies of each Schedule B
(Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by any Credit Party, any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with respect to each Pension Plan; and
(2) promptly after their receipt, copies of all notices received by any Credit Party, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor
concerning an ERISA Event;
(i) Securities and Exchange Commission Filings. 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 that the Borrower may file or be required
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;
(j) Securities and Exchange Commission Investigations. Promptly, and in any event
within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof,
copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the Securities and Exchange
Commission (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 any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof; and
(k) Other Information. (i) Promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all
financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by the
Borrower to its security holders acting in such capacity or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower to
its security holders, if any, other than the Borrower or another Subsidiary of the Borrower,
provided that no Credit Party shall be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender the minutes of any meeting of its Board of Directors, and (ii) such other information and
data with respect to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders.
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Each notice pursuant to clauses (h) and (i) of this Section 7.1 shall be accompanied by a statement
of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and
stating what action the Borrower and/or the other applicable Credit Party has taken and proposes to take
with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.1(g) shall describe with particularity any and all
provisions of this Agreement and any other Credit Document that have been breached.
Section 7.2 Existence. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at
all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all rights and franchises, licenses and
permits material to its business, except to the extent permitted by Section 8.9 or not constituting an Asset
Sale hereunder.
Section 7.3 Payment of Taxes and Claims. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, pay (a) all federal, state and other material taxes imposed upon it or any of its properties
or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises before any penalty or fine accrues
thereon and (b) all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have
become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties or assets,
prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided, no such tax or
claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted
and diligently conducted, so long as (i) adequate reserve or other appropriate provision, as shall be
required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, and (ii) in the case of a tax or claim
which has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such contest proceedings conclusively
operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Collateral to satisfy such tax or claim. The Borrower will
not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income
tax return with any Person (other than any the Borrower or any Subsidiary).
Section 7.4 Maintenance of Properties. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary
wear and tear excepted, all material properties used or useful in the business of any Credit Party and its
Subsidiaries and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and
replacements thereof.
Section 7.5 Insurance. The Credit Parties will maintain or cause to be maintained, with
financially sound and reputable insurers, property insurance, such public liability insurance, third party
property damage insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties
and businesses of the each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries as may customarily be carried or maintained
under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each
case in such amounts, with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and
conditions as shall be customary for such Persons; provided that the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries
shall maintain at all times pollution legal liability insurance with coverage amounts equal to or greater
than, deductibles no greater than, and otherwise with terms and conditions no less favorable to the
Lenders than, the pollution legal liability insurance in effect as of the Closing Date. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries will maintain or cause to be
maintained (a) flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property, if any, that is located in a
community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with
any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and (b) replacement
value casualty insurance on the Collateral under such policies of insurance, with such insurance
companies, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and covering such risks as are at all times carried or
maintained under similar circumstances by Persons of established reputation engaged in similar
businesses. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) name the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the holders of
the Obligations, as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear, and (ii) in the case of each
property insurance policy, contain a loss payable clause or endorsement, reasonably satisfactory in form
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and substance to the Collateral Agent, that names the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the holders of the
Obligations, as the loss payee thereunder and provides for at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice (or
such shorter prior written notice as may be agreed by the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion) to
the Collateral Agent of any modification or cancellation of such policy.
Section 7.6 Inspections. Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to conduct field audits, 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 directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense
of the Borrower 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 so long as
no Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay for more than one (1) such
inspection per year and that when an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or
any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the
expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and without advance notice.
Section 7.7 Lenders Meetings. The Borrower will, upon the request of the Administrative
Agent or the Required Lenders, participate in a meeting of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
once during each Fiscal Year to be held at the Borrower’s corporate offices (or at such other location as
may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by the
Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Section 7.8 Compliance with Laws and Material Contracts. Each Credit Party will comply,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and all other Persons, if any, on or occupying any Facilities to
comply, with (a) the Patriot Act and OFAC rules and regulations, (b) all other Applicable Laws and (c) all
Material Contracts, noncompliance with, with respect to clauses (b) and (c), could reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.9 Use of Proceeds. The Credit Parties will use the proceeds of the Credit
Extensions (a) to finance the Closing Date Acquisition on the Closing Date, (b) for general corporate and
working capital purposes or for capital expenditures, (c) to refinance simultaneously with the closing of
this Agreement certain existing Indebtedness that such Credit Party incurred for working capital or
general corporate purposes, (e) to finance Permitted Acquisitions and to pay fees, costs and expenses in
connection therewith, whether or not consummated and/or (e) to pay transaction fees, costs and expenses
related to credit facilities established pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, in each
case not in contravention of Applicable Laws or of any Credit Document. No portion of the proceeds of
any Credit Extension shall be used (i) to refinance any commercial paper, or (ii) in any manner that
causes or might cause such Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T,
Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from
time to time or any other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.
Section 7.10 Environmental Matters.
(a) Environmental Disclosure. Each Credit Party will deliver to the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders with reasonable promptness, such documents and information as from
time to time may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
(b) Hazardous Materials Activities, Etc. The Borrower shall promptly take, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries promptly to take, any and all actions necessary to (i) cure any
violation of applicable Environmental Laws by such Credit Party or its Subsidiaries that would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and
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(ii) respond to any Environmental Claim against such Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries and
discharge any obligations it may have to any Person thereunder where failure to do so would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.11 Additional Real Estate Assets.
(a) In the event that any Credit Party acquires a Real Estate Asset, then such Credit
Party, no later than forty-five (45) days (or such longer period as may be agreed in writing by the
Collateral Agent) after acquiring such Real Estate Asset shall take all such actions and execute
and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such Mortgages, documents, instruments,
agreements, opinions and certificates similar to those described in clause (b) immediately below
that the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording
referred to herein, enforceable Lien on, and security interest in such Real Estate Asset. The
Administrative Agent may, in its reasonable judgment, grant extensions of time for compliance or
exceptions with the provisions of this Section 7.11 by any Credit Party. In addition to the
foregoing, the applicable Credit Party shall, at the request of the Required Lenders, deliver, from
time to time, to the Administrative Agent such appraisals as are required by law or regulation of
Real Estate Assets with respect to which the Collateral Agent has been granted a Lien.
(b) In order to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the holders of
the Obligations, a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, enforceable
Lien on, and security interest in, any Real Estate Asset that is prior and superior in right to any
other Lien (other than Permitted Liens), the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (with
copies sufficient for each Lender) shall have received from the Borrower with respect to such
Real Estate Asset:
(i) fully executed and notarized Mortgages, in proper form for recording in
all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, encumbering such Real Estate Asset;
(ii) an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent) in each state in which such Real Estate Asset is located with respect
to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgages to be recorded in such state and such
other matters as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;
(iii) (a) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or unconditional
commitments therefor issued by one or more title companies reasonably satisfactory to
the Collateral Agent (each, a “Title Policy”) with respect to such Real Estate Asset, in
amounts not less than the fair market value of such Real Estate Asset, together with a title
report issued by a title company with respect thereto and copies of all recorded
documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, each in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (b) evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that such Borrower has paid to the title company or to
the appropriate Governmental Authorities all expenses and premiums of the title
company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of each Title Policy
and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage recording and intangible taxes)
payable in connection with recording the Mortgage for such Real Estate Asset in the
appropriate real estate records;
(iv) a recently issued flood zone determination certificate;
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(v) evidence of flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property
that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program,
in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent;
(vi) if an exception to the Title Policy with respect to any Real Estate Asset
subject to a Mortgage would arise without such ALTA surveys, ALTA surveys of such Real
Estate Asset; and
(vii) reports and other reasonable information, in form, scope and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, regarding environmental matters relating to
such Real Estate Asset.
Section 7.12 Pledge of Personal Property Assets.
(a) Equity Interests. The Borrower and each other Credit Party shall cause (i) one
hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Domestic
Subsidiary and (ii) sixty-five percent (65%) (or such greater percentage that (A) could not
reasonably be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of such Foreign Subsidiary as
determined for United States federal income tax purposes to be treated as a deemed dividend to
such Foreign Subsidiary’s United States parent and (B) could not reasonably be expected to cause
any material adverse tax consequences) of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests entitled to
vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and one hundred percent (100%)
of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas.
Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) in the case of each Foreign Subsidiary that is directly owned by any
Credit Party or any Domestic Subsidiary to be subject at all times to a first priority lien (subject to
any Permitted Lien) in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the holders of the Obligations, pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, together with opinions of counsel and
any filings and deliveries or other items reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent necessary
in connection therewith (to the extent not delivered on the Closing Date) to perfect the security
interests therein, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
(b) Personal Property. The Borrower and each other Credit Party shall (i) cause all
of its owned and leased personal property (other than Excluded Property) to be subject at all
times to first priority (subject to any Permitted Lien), perfected Liens in favor of the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations, to secure the Obligations pursuant to the
terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents or, with respect to any such property acquired
subsequent to the Closing Date, such other additional security documents as the Collateral Agent
shall reasonably request, subject in any case to Permitted Liens and (ii) deliver such other
documentation as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing,
including, without limitation, appropriate UCC-1 financing statements, certified resolutions and
other organizational and authorizing documents of such Person, opinions of counsel to such
Person (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and
enforceability of the documentation referred to above and the perfection of the Collateral Agent’s
Liens thereunder) and other items reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent necessary in
connection therewith to perfect the security interests therein, all in form, content and scope
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding anything in this clause (b), the
Borrower shall not be required to enter into any Deposit Account Control Agreement or
Securities Account Control Agreement or take any other action with respect to deposit accounts
or securities accounts except to the extent provided in Section 7.17.
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Section 7.13 Books and Records. Each Credit Party will keep proper books of record and
account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to
its business and activities to the extent necessary to prepare the consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower in conformity with GAAP.
Section 7.14 Additional Subsidiaries.
Within thirty (30) days after the acquisition or formation of any Subsidiary:
(a) notify the Administrative Agent thereof in writing, together with the (i)
jurisdiction of formation, (ii) number of shares of each class of Equity Interests outstanding, (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; and
(b) if such Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary (or if such Subsidiary is a Foreign
Subsidiary and no adverse tax consequences would result for the Borrower as a result of such
Foreign Subsidiary becoming a Guarantor), cause such Person to (i) become a Guarantor by
executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent a Guarantor Joinder Agreement or such
other documents as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate for such purpose, and (ii)
deliver to the Administrative Agent documents of the types referred to in Sections 5.1(b) and (d)
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 the
immediately foregoing clause (i)), all in form, content and scope satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
Section 7.15 Interest Rate Protection. Enter into, within ninety (90) days following the
Closing Date, and maintain one or more Swap Agreements on such terms as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, the effect of which shall be to fix or limit the interest cost for a
period of three (3) years from the Closing Date with respect to a notional amount equal to at least fifty
percent (50%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding.
Section 7.16 Covenants Relating to the Vessels.
Promptly after the date of this Agreement, cause a certified copy of the Fleet(a)
Mortgage, together with a notice thereof, to be kept with the certificate of documentation of the
Vessel to which it relates, and with respect to each Vessel, shall furnish the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent with copies of the masters’ signed receipts therefor.
To the extent applicable, cause the Vessels to be maintained in the highest(b)
classification for vessels of like age and type by the American Bureau of Shipping or any other
classification society satisfactory to the Administrative Agent without any overdue
recommendations.
If the Collateral Agent so requests, provide the Collateral Agent with copies of(c)
all internally generated inspection or survey reports on the Vessels.
Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurances(d)
on the Vessels in accordance with Section 6.21.
Section 7.17 Cash Management.
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Maintain all cash management and treasury business with Regions Bank or a(a)
Permitted Third Party Bank, including, without limitation, all deposit accounts, disbursement
accounts, investment accounts and lockbox accounts (other than accounts constituting Excluded
Property and other fiduciary accounts, all of which the Credit Parties may maintain without
restriction) (each such deposit account, disbursement account, investment account and lockbox
account, a “Controlled Account”); each Controlled Account shall be a cash collateral account,
with all cash, checks and other similar items of payment in such account securing payment of the
Obligations, and in which the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries shall have granted a first
priority Lien to the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the holders of the Obligations, perfected either
automatically under the UCC (with respect to Controlled Accounts at Regions Bank) or subject to
Deposit Account Control Agreement or Securities Account Control Agreement, as applicable.
At any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of(b)
Default, at the request of the Required Lenders, the Borrower will, and will cause each other
Credit Party to, cause all payments constituting proceeds of accounts or other Collateral to be
directed into lockbox accounts under agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent.
Section 7.18 Landlord Waivers. In the case of (a) each headquarter location of the Credit
Parties, each other location where any significant administrative or governmental functions are
performed and each other location where the Credit Parties maintain any books or records
(electronic or otherwise) and (b) any personal property Collateral located at any other premises
leased by a Credit Party containing personal property Collateral with a value in excess of
$500,000, the Credit Parties will provide the Collateral Agent with such estoppel letters, consents
and waivers from the landlords on such real property to the extent (i) requested by the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent and (ii) the Credit Parties are able to secure such
letters, consents and waivers after using commercially reasonable efforts (such letters, consents
and waivers shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent).
Section 7.19 Post Closing Covenants.
Real Property Collateral. Within 60 days following the Closing Date (or such(a)
longer period as agreed to by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), deliver to the Collateral
Agent, the following:
(i) Mortgages. Fully executed and notarized Mortgages, in proper form for
recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, encumbering all Real
Estate Assets of the Credit Parties as of the Closing Date (other than fee-owned real
property of the Credit Parties as of the Closing Date that is located in State of Florida);
(ii) Opinions. An opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) in each state in which such Real Estate Asset is
located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgages to be recorded in
such state and such other matters as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each
case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;
(iii) Title Insurance. (a) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or
unconditional commitments therefor issued by one or more title companies reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (each, a “Title Policy”) with respect to such Real
Estate Asset, in amounts not less than the fair market value of such Real Estate Asset,
together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto and copies of all
recorded documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, each in
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form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (b) evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that such Credit Party has paid to the title
company or to the appropriate Governmental Authorities all expenses and premiums of
the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of each
Title Policy and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage recording and
intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgage for such Real Estate
Asset in the appropriate real estate records;
(iv) Flood Certificate. A recently issued flood zone determination certificate;
(v) Flood Insurance. Evidence of flood insurance with respect to each Flood
Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood
Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;
(vi) Survey. If an exception to the Title Policy with respect to any Real Estate
Asset subject to a Mortgage would arise without such ALTA surveys, ALTA surveys of
such Real Estate Asset; and
(vii) Additional Information. Reports and other reasonable information, in
form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, regarding
environmental matters relating to such Real Estate Asset.
Control Agreements. Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date (or such(b)
longer period as agreed to by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), to the extent required to
be delivered pursuant to Section 7.17, deliver to the Collateral Agent, Deposit Account Control
Agreements and Securities Account Control Agreements with respect to all Controlled Accounts,
in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
Estoppels, Consents and Waivers. Within thirty (30) days following the Closing(c)
Date (or such longer period as agreed to by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), in the case
of any personal property Collateral located at premises leased by a Credit Party and set forth on
Schedule 6.10(b) such estoppel letters, consents and waivers from the landlords of such real
property to the extent required to be delivered in connection with Section 7.18 (such letters,
consents and waivers shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent).
Lien Releases. Within ten (10) Business Days following the Closing Date (or(d)
such longer period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent that (i) the Liens set forth on Schedule 8.2 in favor of CNH Industrial
Capital America LLC have been terminated and all Liens securing such obligations have been
released and (ii) all Liens in favor of Bank of the West evidenced by UCC-1 Filing No. 2013
0410077 filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and UCC-1 Filing No. 13-0003104587 filed
with the Texas Secretary of State have been terminated.
Vessel Mortgage Release. Within fifteen (15) days following the Closing Date(e)
(or such longer period as agreed to by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), deliver to the
Collateral Agent, evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that (i) that
certain Fleet Preferred Mortgage in favor of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association in the
amount of $75,000,000 recorded as of September 13, 2013 as Batch No. 14460700, Document
I.D. No. 5, (ii) that certain Fleet Preferred Mortgage in favor of Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
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Association in the amount of $75,000,000 recorded as of October 22, 2010 as Batch No. 770916,
Document I.D. No. 12710107, (iii) that certain Fleet Preferred Mortgage in favor of Southwest
Bank of Texas NA in the amount of $17,800,000 recorded as of July 1, 1999 as at Book No.
99-83, Page 279, as amended and (iv) that certain Preferred Ship Mortgage in favor of Xxxxx
Fargo Bank, National Association in the amount of $4,000,000 recorded as of December 12, 2014
as Batch No. 24360700, Document I.D. No. 2, in each case, has been released and terminated of
record and the indebtedness referenced therein has been removed from the record of the
respective mortgaged Vessels.
Insurance Endorsement. On or before August 7, 2015 (or such later date as(f)
agreed to by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion), the Collateral Agent shall be named as
additional insured, as its interest may appear, with respect to any such insurance providing
liability coverage in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
Tax Lien. Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date (or such longer(g)
period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall have
provided evidence to the Administrative Agent that T.A.S. Commercial Concrete Solutions, LLC
has paid all taxes and other Indebtedness evidenced by that certain state tax lien filing filed by the
Texas Workforce Commission on October 10, 2014 in the amount of $15,387.67 and that such
state tax lien has been released and terminated of record.
Letter of Credit. Within ten (10) days following the Closing Date (or such longer(h)
period as agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall provide
evidence to the Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent, that (i) that certain standby letter of credit issued by Xxxxx Fargo Bank,
National Association on behalf of Orion Construction, L.P. for the benefit of Signal Mutual
Indemnity Association Ltd in the amount of $1,100,798.00 has been terminated and (ii) any liens
and security interests provided to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association as security for such
standby letter of credit have been terminated and released in full.
Section 8 NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that until the Obligations shall have been paid in full or
otherwise satisfied, and the Commitments hereunder shall have expired or been terminated, such Credit
Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 8.
Section 8.1 Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or
indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, other than:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any other Credit Party;
(c) Guarantees with respect to Indebtedness permitted under this Section 8.1;
(d) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 8.1,
together with any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(e) Indebtedness with respect to (x) Capital Leases and (y) purchase money
Indebtedness; provided, in the case of clause (x), that any such Indebtedness shall be secured only
by the asset subject to such Capital Lease, and, in the case of clause (y), that any such
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Indebtedness shall be secured only by the asset acquired in connection with the incurrence of
such Indebtedness; provided further that the sum of the aggregate principal amount of any
Indebtedness under this clause (e) plus assumed Indebtedness under clause (k) below shall not
exceed at any time $10,000,000;
(f) Indebtedness in respect of any Swap Agreement that is entered into in the
ordinary course of business to hedge or mitigate risks to which any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries is exposed in the conduct of its business or the management of its liabilities (it being
acknowledged by the Borrower that a Swap Agreement entered into for speculative purposes or
of a speculative nature is not a Swap Agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business to
hedge or mitigate risks);
(g) Indebtedness arising in connection with the financing of insurance premiums in
the ordinary course of business;
(h) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, all obligations in connection with each
Permitted Acquisition, including, without limitation, Earn Out Obligations;
(i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to officers, directors,
employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(j) unsecured Indebtedness of the Credit Parties in an aggregate amount not to
exceed at any time $15,000,000; and
(k) Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary
of a Credit Party in a transaction permitted hereunder; provided that any such Indebtedness was
not created in anticipation of or in connection with the transaction or series of transactions
pursuant to which such Person became a Subsidiary of a Credit Party; provided further that the
sum of the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness under this clause (k) plus
Indebtedness under clause (e) above shall not exceed at any time $10,000,000.
Section 8.2 Liens. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property
or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, created or licensed
or any income, profits or royalties therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect,
any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset,
income, profits or royalties under the UCC of any State or under any similar recording or notice statute or
under any Applicable Laws related to intellectual property, except:
(a) Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of the
Obligations granted pursuant to any Credit Document;
(b) Liens for Taxes not yet due or for Taxes if obligations with respect to such Taxes
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently
conducted;
(c) statutory Liens of landlords, banks, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics,
repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law (other than any such Lien
imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(k) or 4068 of
ERISA that would constitute an Event of Default under Section 9.1(j)), in each case incurred in
the ordinary course of business (i) for amounts not yet overdue, or (ii) for amounts that are
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overdue and that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such
reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been
made for any such contested amounts;
(d) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with (i) workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or (ii) to secure the
performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government
contracts, trade contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations
(exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Indebtedness), in each
case, so long as no foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to
any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;
(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or
irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere in any material respect with
the ordinary conduct of the business of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, including,
without limitation, all encumbrances shown on any policy of title insurance in favor of the
Collateral Agent with respect to any Real Estate Asset;
(f) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate
permitted hereunder;
(g) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by any Credit Party or any
of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent, or purchase agreement permitted
hereunder;
(h) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing
statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary
course of business;
(i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to
secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(j) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental
office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
(k) licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in
any respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of such Credit Party or such Subsidiary;
(l) Liens existing as of the Closing Date and described in Schedule 8.2;
(m) Liens securing purchase money Indebtedness and Capital Leases to the extent
permitted pursuant to Section 8.1(e); provided, any such Lien shall encumber only the asset
acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness or the assets subject to such Capital Lease,
respectively;
(n) Liens in favor of the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender on cash collateral
securing the obligations of a Defaulting Lender to fund risk participations hereunder;
(o) Liens consisting of judgment or judicial attachment liens relating to judgments
which do not constitute an Event of Default hereunder;
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(p) licenses (including licenses of Intellectual Property), sublicenses, leases or
subleases granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business;
(q) Liens in favor of collecting banks under Section 4-210 of the UCC;
(r) Liens (including the right of set-off) in favor of a bank or other depository
institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits;
(s) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(t) Liens not otherwise permitted hereunder securing Indebtedness or other
obligations not in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and
(u) the interest of the shipyard in vessels being built for or retrofitted for the
Borrower or its Subsidiaries during the period prior to delivery of the vessel(s) under the
applicable contract.
Section 8.3 No Further Negative Pledges. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents) that limits the ability of any Credit Party or any such Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or
suffer to exist Liens on property of such Person; provided, however, that this Section 8.3 shall not
prohibit (i) any negative pledge incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness permitted
under Section 8.1(e), solely to the extent any such negative pledge relates to the property financed by or
subject to Permitted Liens securing such Indebtedness, (ii) 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, (iii) customary restrictions and conditions contained
in any agreement relating to the disposition of any property or assets permitted under Section 8.9 pending
the consummation of such disposition, and (iv) customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting
or other transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar agreements entered
into in the ordinary course of business.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement to the contrary, at no time shall the Credit
Parties be permitted to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Liens on any interest (fee, leasehold or
otherwise) owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date in any real property
located in the State of Florida.
Section 8.4 Restricted Payments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation
(contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:
(a) each Subsidiary of the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower;
and
(b) the Borrower may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions
payable solely in the Equity Interests of such Person; and
(c) the Credit Parties may repurchase any class of Equity Interest of any other Credit
Party so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result
therefrom and (ii) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 after
giving effect to such repurchases.
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Section 8.5 Burdensome Agreements. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that encumbers or restricts the
ability of any such Person to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Borrower or other
Credit Party on its Equity Interests or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured
by, its profits, (ii) pay any Indebtedness or other obligation owed to the Borrower or any other Credit
Party, (iii) make loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Credit Party, (iv) sell, lease or transfer
any of its property to the Borrower or any other Credit Party, (v) pledge its property pursuant to the
Credit Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof or (vi) act as
a Borrower or Credit Party pursuant to the Credit 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 Credit Documents, (2) any document or instrument governing
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.1(e); provided that any such restriction contained therein
relates only to the asset or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith, (3) 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 or (4) customary
restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale of any property permitted under
Section 8.9 pending the consummation of such sale.
Section 8.6 Investments. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including any joint venture and any
Foreign Subsidiary, except:
(a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents and deposit accounts or securities
accounts in connection therewith;
(b) equity Investments owned as of the Closing Date in any Subsidiary;
(c) intercompany loans to the extent permitted under Section 8.1(b) and guarantees
to the extent permitted under Section 8.1(c);
(d) Investments existing on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 8.6;
(e) Investments constituting Swap Agreements permitted by Section 8.1(f);
(f) Permitted Acquisitions;
(g) Investments constituting accounts receivable, trade debt and deposits for the
purchase of goods, in each case made in the ordinary course of business;
(h) other Investments not listed above and not otherwise prohibited by this
Agreement in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time (on a cost basis) not to exceed
$10,000,000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Credit Party make any Investment which results in
or facilitates in any manner any Restricted Payment not otherwise permitted under the terms of Section
8.4.
Section 8.7 Use of Proceeds. No Credit Party shall use the proceeds of any Credit Extension
of the Loans except pursuant to Section 7.9.
Section 8.8 Financial Covenants. The Credit Parties shall not:
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(a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. PermitCommencing with the Fiscal Quarter ended
September 30, 2017, permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the end of any Fiscal Quarter of the
Borrower (i) occurring during the period from the Closing Date through and including December 31,
2015, to exceed 3.25 to 1.00 and (ii) thereafter, to exceed the correlative ratio set forth below:to exceed
3.00 to 1.00.
Fiscal Quarter Ending Consolidated Leverage Ratio
March 31, 2016 4.00 to 1.00
June 30, 2016 3.75 to 1.00
September 30, 2016 3.25 to 1.00
December 31, 2016 3.00 to 1.00
March 31, 2017 2.75 to 1.00
June 30, 2017 2.75 to 1.00
September 30, 2017 2.75 to 1.00
December 31, 2017 and each Fiscal
Quarter thereafter
2.50 to 1.00
(b) Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio as of the end of any Fiscal Quarter of the Borrower to be less than 1.25 to 1.00.
Section 8.9 Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions. No Credit Party
shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Acquisition or transaction of merger or
consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or make
any Asset Sale, or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of
inventory and materials and the acquisition of equipment and capital expenditures in the ordinary course
of business, subject to Section 8.17) any vessel, the business, property or fixed assets of, or Equity
Interests or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or any division or line of business or
other business unit of any Person, except:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged with or into the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or
assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a
series of transactions, to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided, in the case of such a
merger, (i) if the Borrower is party to the merger, the Borrower shall be the continuing or
surviving Person and (ii) if any Guarantor is a party to such merger, then a Guarantor shall be the
continuing or surviving Person;
(b) Asset Sales, (i) the proceeds of which when aggregated with the proceeds of all
other Asset Sales made within the same Fiscal Year, do not exceed $20,000,000; provided (1) the
consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value
thereof (determined in good faith by the board of directors of the applicable Credit Party (or
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similar governing body)), and (2) no less than seventy-five percent (75%) of such proceeds shall
be paid in cash; and
(c) Investments made in accordance with Section 8.6.
Section 8.10 Disposal of Subsidiary Interests. Except for any sale of all of its interests in the
Equity Interests of any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the provisions of Section 8.9 and except for
Liens securing the Obligations, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a)
directly or indirectly sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Equity Interests of any
of its Subsidiaries, except to qualify directors if required by Applicable Laws; or (b) permit any of its
Subsidiaries directly or indirectly to sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Equity
Interests of any of its Subsidiaries, except to another Credit Party (subject to the restrictions on such
disposition otherwise imposed hereunder), or to qualify directors if required by Applicable Laws.
Section 8.11 Sales and Lease-Backs. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety
with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, which the Credit Party or any Subsidiary (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to
transfer to any other Person (other than the Borrower or any other Credit Party), or (b) intends to use for
substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the
Borrower or any other Credit Party to any Person (other than the Borrower or any other Credit Party) in
connection with such lease.
Section 8.12 Transactions with Affiliates and Insiders. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction
(including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any
officer, director or Affiliate of the Borrower or any its Subsidiaries on terms that are less favorable to the
Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a
Person who is not an officer, director or Affiliate of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, the
foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) any transaction between or among the Credit Parties and (b)
normal and reasonable compensation and reimbursement of expenses of officers and directors in the
ordinary course of business.
Section 8.13 Prepayment of Other Funded Debt. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any
of its Subsidiaries to:
(a) after the issuance thereof, amend or modify (or permit the amendment or
modification of) the terms of any Funded Debt in a manner adverse to the interests of the Lenders
(including specifically shortening any maturity or average life to maturity or requiring any
payment sooner than previously scheduled or increasing the interest rate or fees applicable
thereto); or
(b) except in connection with a refinancing or refunding permitted hereunder, make
any voluntary prepayment, redemption, defeasance or acquisition for value of (including by way
of depositing money or securities with the trustee with respect thereto before due for the purpose
of paying when due), or refund, refinance or exchange of, any Funded Debt (other than the
Indebtedness under the Credit Documents, intercompany Indebtedness permitted hereunder and
Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.1(b)).
Section 8.14 Conduct of Business. From and after the Closing Date, no Credit Party shall, nor
shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than the businesses engaged in by
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such Credit Party or such Subsidiary on the Closing Date and businesses that are substantially similar,
related or incidental thereto.
Section 8.15 Fiscal Year; Accounting Changes. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any
of its Subsidiaries to change its Fiscal Year-end from December 31. No Credit Party shall, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to change its accounting method (except in accordance with GAAP) in any
manner adverse to the interests of the Lenders without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.
Section 8.16 Amendments to Organizational Agreements/Material Agreements. Unless
consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, no Credit Party shall, nor shall
it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or permit any amendments to its Organizational Documents if
such amendment could reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Lenders or any Agent. No
Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend or permit any amendment to, or
terminate or waive any provision of, any Material Contract unless such amendment, termination, or
waiver would not have a material adverse effect on the Agents or the Lenders.
Section 8.17 Capital Expenditures. The Credit Parties shall not permit Consolidated Capital
Expenditures in any Fiscal Year to exceed $35,000,000 in the aggregate plus the unused amount available
for Consolidated Capital Expenditures under this Section 8.17 for the immediately preceding fiscal year
(excluding any carry forward available from any prior fiscal year); provided, that with respect to any
fiscal year, capital expenditures made during any such fiscal year shall be deemed to be made first with
respect to the applicable limitation for such year and then with respect to any carry forward amount to the
extent applicable.
Section 8.18 Negative Covenants Relating to the Vessels. The Credit Parties shall not do any
act or voluntarily suffer or permit any act to be done whereby any insurance required hereunder or under
any of the Fleet Mortgage shall or may be suspended, impaired or defeated, or suffer or permit any Vessel
to engage in any voyage or carry any cargo not permitted under the policies of insurance then in effect
covering such Vessel.
Section 9 EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES; APPLICATION OF FUNDS.
Section 9.1 Events of Default. If any one or more of the following conditions or events shall
occur:
(a) Failure to Make Payments When Due. Failure by any Credit Party to pay (i) the
principal of any Loan when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise; (ii)
within one (1) Business Day of when due any amount payable to any Issuing Bank in
reimbursement of any drawing under a Letter of Credit; or (iii) within three (3) Business Days of
when due any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder; or
(b) Default in Other Agreements. (i) Failure of any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal of or interest on or any other amount payable in
respect of one or more items of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section
8.1(a)) in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or more, in each case beyond the grace or
cure period, if any, provided therefor; or (ii) breach or default by any Credit Party with respect to
any other term of (1) one or more items of Indebtedness in the aggregate principal amounts
referred to in clause (i) above, or (2) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement
relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness, in each case beyond the grace or cure period, if any,
provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or
holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that
Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or subject to a compulsory repurchase or
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redeemable) prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the
case may be; or
(c) Breach of Certain Covenants. Failure of any Credit Party to perform or comply
with any term or condition contained in Section 7.1, Section 7.2, Section 7.5, Section 7.6, Section
7.8, Section 7.9, Section 7.10, Section 7.11, Section 7.12, Section 7.13, Section 7.14, Section
7.19 or Section 8; or
(d) Breach of Representations, etc. Any representation, warranty, certification or
other statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or in any
statement or certificate at any time given by any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries in writing
pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material
respect as of the date made or deemed made; or
(e) Other Defaults Under Credit Documents. Any Credit Party shall default in the
performance of or compliance with any term contained herein or any of the other Credit
Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other Section of this Section 9.1, and such
default shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) an
Authorized Officer of such Borrower becoming aware of such default, or (ii) receipt by the
Borrower of notice from the Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or
(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc. (i) A court of competent
jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or Debtor Relief Laws now or
hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted
under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against
any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries under the Bankruptcy Code or other Debtor Relief
Laws now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises
for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer
having similar powers over any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or over all or a substantial
part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have occurred the involuntary
appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment, execution or
similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries, and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue for
sixty (60) days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged; or
(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc. (i) Any Credit Party or
any of its Subsidiaries shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or shall commence a
voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or other Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in
effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the
conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a
substantial part of its property; or any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall make any
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall be
unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts
become due; or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of any Credit Party or any of
its Subsidiaries or any committee thereof shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any
action to approve any of the actions referred to herein or in Section 9.1(f); or
(h) Judgments and Attachments. (i) Any one or more money judgments, writs or
warrants of attachment or similar process involving an aggregate amount at any time in excess of
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$2,000,000 (to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and
unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) shall be entered or filed against any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall remain
undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or (ii) any
non-monetary judgment or order shall be rendered against any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and shall
remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or
(i) Dissolution. Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Credit Party or such
Subsidiary and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty
(30) days; or
(j) Pension Plans. There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually
or in the aggregate results in liability of any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates in excess of $2,000,000 during the term hereof and which is not paid
by the applicable due date; or
(k) Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
(l) Invalidity of Credit Documents and Other Documents. At any time after the
execution and delivery thereof, (i) this Agreement or any other Credit Document ceases to be in
full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms
hereof or thereof or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations (other than contingent and
indemnified obligations not then due and owing) in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be
declared null and void, or the Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and
perfected Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents with the
priority required by the relevant Collateral Document, or (ii) any Credit Party shall contest the
validity or enforceability of any Credit Document in writing or deny in writing that it has any
further liability, including with respect to future advances by the Lenders, under any Credit
Document to which it is a party; or
(m) Vessels. (a) A proceeding shall have been commenced on behalf of the United
States of America to effect the forfeiture of any of the Vessels or any notice shall have been
issued on behalf of the United States of America of the seizure of any of the Vessels or to the
effect that the Certificate of Documentation of any of the Vessels is subject to cancellation or
revocation, for any reason whatsoever and the Borrower shall have failed within thirty (30) days
of the occurrence thereof to have assigned and pledged to the Collateral Agent, or cause to have
assigned and pledged to the Collateral Agent, additional collateral having an aggregate value (as
determined by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) at least equal to the agreed value (as set
forth on Schedule 6.10(d)) of such Vessel or (b) the Borrower or any Credit Party shall lose its
status as a citizen of the United States of America for the purpose of operating vessels in the
coastwise trade in accordance with Section 2 of the Shipping Act.
Section 9.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section
9.1(f) or Section 9.1(g), automatically, and upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any other
Event of Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) the Required Lenders, upon notice to the
Borrower by the Administrative Agent, (A) the Revolving Commitments, if any, of each Lender having
such Revolving Commitments and the obligation of any Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit shall
immediately terminate; (B) each of the following shall immediately become due and payable, in each case
without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by each of the Credit Parties: (I) the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans,
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(II) an amount equal to the maximum amount that may at any time be drawn under all Letters of Credit
then outstanding (regardless of whether any beneficiary under any such Letter of Credit shall have
presented, or shall be entitled at such time to present, the drafts or other documents or certificates required
to draw under such Letters of Credit), and (III) all other Obligations; provided, the foregoing shall not
affect in any way the obligations of the Lenders under Section 2.2(b)(iii) or Section 2.3(e); (C) the
Administrative Agent may cause the Collateral Agent to enforce any and all Liens and security interests
created pursuant to Collateral Documents and (D) the Administrative Agent shall direct the Borrower to
pay (and the Borrower hereby agrees upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default specified in Section 9.1(f) and Section 9.1(g) to pay) to the Administrative Agent such additional
amounts of cash, to be held as security for such Borrower’s reimbursement Obligations in respect of
Letters of Credit then outstanding under arrangements acceptable to the Administrative Agent, equal to
the Outstanding Amount of the Letter of Credit Obligations at such time. Notwithstanding anything
herein or otherwise to the contrary, any Event of Default occurring hereunder shall continue to exist (and
shall be deemed to be continuing) until such time as such Event of Default has been cured to the
satisfaction of the Required Lenders or waived in writing in accordance with the terms of Section 11.4.
Section 9.3 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.2
(or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable), 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 (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees but including
without limitation all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm
or other counsel and amounts payable under Section 3.1, Section 3.2 and Section 3.3) payable to
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, in each case in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and
other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders
including without limitation all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, expenses and disbursements of any
law firm or other counsel and amounts payable under Section 3.1, Section 3.2 and Section 3.3),
ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause
Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid
Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, Letter of Credit Borrowings and other Obligations
ratably among such parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third
payable to them; and
Fourth, to (a) payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of
the Loans and Letter of Credit Borrowings, (b) payment of breakage, termination or other
amounts owing in respect of any Swap Agreement between the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries and any Swap Provider, to the extent such Swap Agreement is permitted hereunder,
(c) payments of amounts due under any Treasury Management Agreement between the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries and any Treasury Management Bank, and (d) the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Issuing Banks, to Cash Collateralize that portion of the Letter of Credit
Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit, ratably among such
parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth payable to 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 Applicable Laws.
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Subject to Section 2.3, 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 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.
Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to any Guarantor shall not be paid with amounts received from
such Guarantor or such Guarantor’s assets, but appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to
payments from other Credit Parties to preserve the allocation to Obligations otherwise set forth above in
this Section.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Swap Obligations and Secured Treasury Management
Obligations shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not
received a Secured Party Designation Notice, together with such supporting documentation as the
Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Qualifying Swap Provider or Qualifying Treasury
Management Bank, as the case may be. Each Qualifying Swap Provider or Qualifying Treasury
Management Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding
sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the
Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Section X for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party
hereto.
Section 10 AGENCY
Section 10.1 Appointment and Authority.
(a) Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints Regions
Bank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit
Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to
exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof,
together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this
Section are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks,
and no Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any
of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any
other Credit Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is
not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under
agency doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom,
and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.
(b) Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the
Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each
Collateral Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly
delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any Collateral Document, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
contained elsewhere herein or in any Collateral Document, the Collateral Agent shall not have
any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein or therein, nor shall the
Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or
participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities
shall be read into this Agreement or any Collateral Document or otherwise exist against the
Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term
“agent” herein and in the Collateral Documents with reference to the Collateral Agent is not
intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency
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doctrine of any Applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom,
and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent
contracting parties. The Collateral Agent shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any
Collateral and the Collateral Documents, and the Collateral Agent shall have all of the benefits
and immunities (i) provided to the Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents with
respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the Collateral Agent in connection with any
Collateral or the Collateral Documents as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in
such Credit Documents included the Collateral Agent with respect to such acts or omissions, and
(ii) as additionally provided herein or in the Collateral Documents with respect to the Collateral
Agent.
Section 10.2 Rights as a Lender. The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder
shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise
the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” 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, own securities of, 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 of the
Borrower or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and
without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
Section 10.3 Exculpatory Provisions.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those
expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be
administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative
Agent:
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of
whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) 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 Credit 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 Credit
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 Credit Document or Applicable Law,
including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic
stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or
termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law;
and
(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Credit
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.
(b) 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
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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 11.4 and 9.2) or
(ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. 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 in writing by the Borrower, a Lender or an Issuing Bank.
(c) 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 Credit 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 Credit Document or any other
agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 5
or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to
the Administrative Agent.
Section 10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet
website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or
otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any
statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person,
and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition
hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit,
that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative
Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Bank unless the
Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Bank
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 and its Subsidiaries), independent
accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it
in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
Section 10.5 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its
duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Credit Document by or through
any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any
such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their
respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Section 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. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the
negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction
determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross
negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.
Section 10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent.
(a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the
Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the
Required Lenders shall have 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
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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 thirty (30) days after the retiring
Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the
Required Lenders) (the “Resignation Effective Date”), then the retiring Administrative Agent
may (but shall not be obligated to) on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a
successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a
successor has been appointed such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such
notice on the Resignation Effective Date.
(b) If the Person servicing as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant
to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by
Applicable Law by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as the
Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrower, appoint a successor. If no such
successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such
appointment within thirty (30) days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required
Lenders (the “Removal Effective Date”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in
accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.
(c) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date
(as applicable) (1) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Credit Documents (except that in the case of
any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing
Banks under any of the Credit Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall
continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is
appointed) and (2) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed
Administrative Agent, 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 each
Issuing Bank 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 removed Administrative Agent (other
than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent),
and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and
obligations hereunder or under the other Credit 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 or removed Administrative
Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, the provisions
of this Section 10 and Section 11.2 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or
removed 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 or removed
Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
Section 10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each of the Lenders
and the Issuing Banks 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 of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks 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
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make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other
Credit Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
Section 10.8 No Other Duties, etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Book
Manager, Lead Arranger, Co-Documentation Agents or Co-Syndication Agents listed on the cover page
hereof shall not have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other
Credit Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an
Issuing Bank hereunder.
Section 10.9 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any
proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Credit Party, the
Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or Letter of Credit 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 (but not obligated) 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, Letter of Credit 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 Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent (including any
claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the
Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other
amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent under Section 2.10 and
Section 11.2) 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 and each Issuing Bank 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 Issuing Banks, 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 Section 2.10 and Section 11.2).
Section 10.10 Collateral Matters.
(a) The Lenders (including each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender) irrevocably
authorize the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
(i) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held under any Credit
Document securing the Obligations (x) upon termination of the commitments under this
Agreement and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification
obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters
of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
applicable Issuing Bank shall have been made), (y) that is sold or otherwise disposed of
or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other
disposition permitted under the Credit Documents or consented to in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, or (z) subject to Section 11.4, if approved, authorized or ratified
in writing by the Required Lenders;
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(ii) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held under any
Credit Document securing the Obligations to the holder of any Lien on such property that
is permitted by Section 8.2(m); and
(iii) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents if such Person ceases to be a Credit Party as a result of a
transaction permitted under the Credit Documents.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent at any time, the Required
Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest
in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under this
Agreement pursuant to this Section.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain
or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of
the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or
any certificate prepared by any Credit Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative
Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of
the Collateral.
(c) Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary
notwithstanding, each of the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
each holder of the Obligations hereby agree that (i) no holder of the Obligations shall have any
right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce this Agreement, the Notes or
any other Credit Agreement, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies
hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the holders of the
Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the
Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by the Collateral Agent, and (ii) in the event of a
foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or
other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such
Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and
representative of the holders of the Obligations (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their
respective individual capacities unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing)
shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase
price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of
the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by the
Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition.
(d) No Secured Swap Agreement or Secured Treasury Management Agreement will
create (or be deemed to create) in favor of any Qualifying Swap Provider or any Qualifying
Treasury Management Bank, respectively that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the
management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of the Borrower or any other Credit
Party under the Credit Documents except as expressly provided herein or in the other Credit
Documents. By accepting the benefits of the Collateral, each such Qualifying Swap Provider and
Qualifying Treasury Management Bank shall be deemed to have appointed the Collateral Agent
as its agent and agreed to be bound by the Credit Documents as a holder of the Obligations,
subject to the limitations set forth in this clause (d). Furthermore, it is understood and agreed that
the Qualifying Swap Providers and Qualifying Treasury Management Banks, in their capacity as
such, shall not have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action
hereunder or under any of the other Credit Documents or otherwise in respect of the Collateral
(including the release or impairment of any Collateral, or to any notice of or consent to any
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amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of the other Credit Documents)
other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in any case, only as expressly provided herein.
Section 11 MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.
(a) Notices Generally. 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
or electronic mail 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 Administrative Agent, the Borrower or any other Credit Party, to
the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in
Appendix B:
(ii) if to any Lender, any Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender, to the address,
telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number in its Administrative
Questionnaire on file with the Administrative Agent.
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or
registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications
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 and other communications 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 Issuing Banks 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 any
Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2 if such Lender or such Issuing Bank, as applicable, has
notified the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it is incapable of receiving notices under
such Section by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or any Credit Party 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.
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), 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, provided that, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, 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
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(c) Change of Address, Etc. Any party hereto may change its address or telecopier
number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
(d) Platform.
(i) Each Credit Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall
not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing
Banks and the other Lenders by posting the Communications on Intralinks, Syndtrak or a
substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”).
(ii) The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties
(as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim
liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind,
express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or
freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection
with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or
any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the
Borrower or the other Credit Parties, any Lender or any other Person or entity for
damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental
or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise)
arising out of the Borrower’s, any other Credit Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s
transmission of communications through the Platform. “Communications” means,
collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other
material provided by or on behalf of any Credit Party pursuant to any Credit Document or
the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Administrative Agent,
any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this
Section, including through the Platform.
Section 11.2 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Credit Parties shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable
out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of 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 Credit
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 any Issuing Bank 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 any Issuing Bank (including the reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of
any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank) in connection with
the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans
made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred
during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) Indemnification by the Credit Parties. The Credit Parties shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral Agent (and any sub-agent
thereof), each Lender and each Issuing Bank, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing
Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee
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harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the
reasonable out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee),
incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the
Borrower or any other Credit Party) other than such Indemnitee or its Related Parties arising out
of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other
Credit 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 any Issuing
Bank 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 other Credit Party, 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 of its
Subsidiaries, 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 or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any Credit
Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or
under any other Credit Document, if the Borrower or such Credit Party has obtained a final and
nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction. This Section 11.2(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that
represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Credit Parties for any reason
fail 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 Collateral Agent (or any
sub-agent thereof), any Issuing Bank 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 Collateral Agent
(or any such sub-agent), the applicable Issuing Bank or such Related Party, as the case may be,
such Lender’s pro rata share (in each case, 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
such Issuing Bank 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 such Issuing Bank in connection
with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the
provisions of this Agreement that provide that their obligations are several in nature, and not joint
and several.
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Law, none of the Credit Parties shall assert, and each 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 Credit 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
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distributed by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information
transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly, but in
any event within ten (10) Business Days after written demand therefor (including delivery of
copies of applicable invoices).
(f) Survival. The provisions of this Section shall survive resignation or replacement
of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any
Lender, termination of the commitments hereunder and repayment, satisfaction and discharge of
the loans and obligations hereunder.
Section 11.3 Set-Off. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each
Lender, each Issuing Bank, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and
from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held
and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or any
such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any other Credit Party against any and
all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Credit Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement
or any other Credit Document to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates,
irrespective of whether or not such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such Affiliate shall have made any
demand under this Agreement or any other Credit Document and although such obligations of the
Borrower or such Credit Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch, office or
Affiliate of such Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch or office holding such deposit or
obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any
such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent
for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 and, pending such payment, shall
be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of
the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall
provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations
owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender,
each Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and
remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective
Affiliates may have. Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks agrees to notify the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
Section 11.4 Amendments and Waivers.
(a) Required Lenders’ Consent. Subject to Section 11.4(b) and Section 11.4(c), no
amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or
consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without
the written concurrence of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders; provided that (i)
the Administrative Agent may, with the consent of the Borrower only, amend, modify or
supplement this Agreement to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, so long as
such amendment, modification or supplement does not adversely affect the rights of any Lender
or any Issuing Bank, (ii) each of the Fee Letter and any Auto Borrower Agreement may be
amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties
thereto, (iii) no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove (x) any
amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitments, Loans and/or Letter of
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Credit Obligations of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such
Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or
each affected Lender except to the extent such waiver, amendment or modification affects such
Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders, (iv) 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 of the
United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (v) the Required
Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow any Credit 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.
(b) Affected Lenders’ Consent. Without the written consent of each Lender (other
than a Defaulting Lender except as provided in clause (a)(iii) above) that would be affected
thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, or consent shall be effective if the effect
thereof would:
(i) extend the Revolving Commitment Termination Date;
(ii) waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not
prepayment) or alter the required application of any payment pursuant to Section 2.13(d)
or any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.12 or the application of funds pursuant to
Section 9.3, as applicable;
(iii) extend the stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit, beyond the
Revolving Commitment Termination Date;
(iv) reduce the principal of or the rate of interest on any Loan (other than any
waiver of the imposition of the Default Rate pursuant to Section 2.9) or any fee or
premium payable hereunder; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required
Lenders shall be necessary (A) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any
obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate or (B) to amend any
financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such
amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or to reduce any fee
payable hereunder;
(v) extend the time for payment of any such interest or fees;
(vi) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or any reimbursement
obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit;
(vii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 11.4(b)
or Section 11.4(c) or any other provision of this Agreement that expressly provides that
the consent of all Lenders is required;
(viii) change the percentage of the outstanding principal amount of Loans that
is required for the Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder or amend the
definition of “Required Lenders” or “Term Loan A Commitment Percentage”, “Term
Loan Commitment Percentage” or “Revolving Commitment Percentage” or modify the
amount of the Commitment of any Lender;
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(ix) release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all
of the Guarantors from their obligations hereunder, in each case, except as expressly
provided in the Credit Documents; or
(x) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights
and obligations under any Credit Document (except pursuant to a transaction permitted
hereunder).
(c) Other Consents. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any
provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other
Credit Party therefrom, shall:
(i) increase any Revolving Commitment of any Lender over the amount
thereof then in effect without the consent of such Lender; provided, no amendment,
modification or waiver of any condition precedent, covenant, Default or Event of Default
shall constitute an increase in any Revolving Commitment of any Lender;
(ii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision hereof relating to the
Swingline Sublimit or the Swingline Loans without the consent of the Swingline Lender;
(iii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any obligation of Lenders relating to
the purchase of participations in Letters of Credit as provided in Section 2.3(e) without
the written consent of the Administrative Agent and of each Issuing Bank; or
(iv) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 11 as
the same applies to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the
rights or obligations of any Agent, in each case without the consent of such Agent.
(d) Execution of Amendments, etc. The Administrative Agent may, but shall have
no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications,
waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in
the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand
on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle any Credit Party to any other or further notice or
demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or
consent effected in accordance with this Section 11.4 shall be binding upon each Lender at the
time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by a Borrower, on such Borrower.
Section 11.5 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 Credit Party may assign
or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of
the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any
of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions
of 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 (e) 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 Related Parties of each of the
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Administrative Agent and the Lenders) 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
assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a
portion of its Commitments, Loans and obligations hereunder at the time owing to it); provided
that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts.
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of
the assigning Lender’s commitments and the loans at the time owing to it (in
each case with respect to any credit facility) or contemporaneous assignments to
Approved Funds that equal at least to the amounts specified in subsection
(b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate) or in the case of an assignment to a
Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need
be assigned; and
(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section,
the aggregate amount of the commitment (which for this purpose includes loans
and obligations in respect thereof 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 Agreement with respect to such assignment is delivered to the
Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment
Agreement, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $2,500,000, in the case of
any assignment in respect of any Revolving Commitments and/or Revolving
Loans, or $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of any Term Loan
Commitments and/or Term Loans, unless each of the Administrative Agent and,
so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, the
Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld
or delayed).
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an
assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement with respect to the Commitments and Loans assigned, except that
this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights
and obligations on a non-pro rata basis as between its Revolving Commitment and/or
Revolving Loans, on the one hand, and any Term Loan Commitment and/or Term Loans,
on the other the hand.
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment
except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (x) an Event of
Default shall have occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or
(y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved
Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such
assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative
Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof;
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(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of
(i) commitments under revolving credit facilities and unfunded commitments
under term loan facilities if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender
with a commitment in respect of such facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an
Approved Fund with respect to such Lender or (ii) a funded Term Loan to a
Person who is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(C) the consent of the Issuing Bank (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in
respect of any Revolving Commitment; and
(D) the consent of the Swingline Lender (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in
respect of any Revolving Commitment.
(iv) Assignment Agreement. The parties to each assignment shall execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment Agreement, together with a
processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500, unless waived, in whole or in
part by the Administrative Agent in its discretion. The assignee, if it is not a Lender,
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v) No Assignment Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made to
(A) the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries or (B) to any
Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a
Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause
(B).
(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to
a natural person.
(vii) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of
rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be
effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the
parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative
Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which
may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or
subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of
the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans
previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the
applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in
full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative
Agent, each Issuing Bank, each Swingline Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and
interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share
of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans in accordance
with its Revolving Commitment Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event
that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall
become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this
paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender
for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
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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 Agreement, the assignee
thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment Agreement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the
assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment Agreement,
be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement
covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall
cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.16, 2.17 and 11.2
with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided,
that except to the extent expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender
will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having
been a Defaulting Lender. The Borrower will execute and deliver on request, at their own expense, Notes
to the assignee evidencing the interests taken by way of assignment hereunder. 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 one of its offices in the United States, a copy of each Assignment
Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders,
and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans and Obligations owing
to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the
Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders shall 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. 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 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, the
Issuing Banks and Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with
such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender
shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 11.2(c) with respect to any payments made by such
Lender to its Participant(s).
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide
that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument
may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment,
modification or waiver described in clauses (b) or (c) of Section 11.4 that affects such Participant. The
Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.2, 3.1 and 3.3(subject
to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 3.3(f) (it being
understood that the documentation required under Section 3.3(f) shall be delivered to the participating
Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to
paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of
Sections 2.17 and 3.4 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be
entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.2 or 3.3, with respect to any participation, than
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its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to
receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the
applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and
expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section
2.17 with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be
entitled to the benefits of Section 11.3 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to
be subject to Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting
solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and
address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in
the Loans or other obligations under the Credit Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no
Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the
identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments,
loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) to any Person except to the
extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other
obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The
entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat
each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all
purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for
maintaining a Participant Register.
(e) 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, or any promissory notes evidencing its
interests hereunder, 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.
Section 11.6 Independence of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent
effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it
would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant
shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition
exists.
Section 11.7 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All representations,
warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of
any Credit Extension. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements
of each Credit Party set forth in Section 3.1(c), Section 3.2, Section 3.3, Section 11.2, Section 11.3, and
Section 11.10 and the agreements of the Lenders and the Agents set forth in Section 2.14, Section 10.3
and Section 11.2(c) shall survive the payment of the Loans, the cancellation, expiration or cash
collateralization of the Letters of Credit, and the termination hereof.
Section 11.8 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of any Agent
or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit
Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or
acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege
preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and
remedies given to each Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and
independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of
the other Credit Documents, any Swap Agreements or any Treasury Management Agreements. Any
forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall
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not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude
the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
Section 11.9 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside. Neither any Agent nor any Lender shall be
under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person or against or
in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Credit Party makes a payment or
payments to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lender or the Lenders (or to the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders), or the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Issuing Banks or the Lenders enforce any security interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such
payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee,
receiver or any other party under any Debtor Relief Law, any other state or federal law, common law or
any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended
to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and
continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement
or setoff had not occurred.
Section 11.10 Severability. In case any provision in or obligation hereunder or any Note or
other Credit Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any
other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 11.11 Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights. The obligations of
the Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Revolving
Commitment or Term Loan Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in
any other Credit Document, and no action taken by the Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be
deemed to constitute the Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of
entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent
debt, and, subject to Section 10.9, each Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising
under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender
to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.
Section 11.12 Headings. Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of
reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive
effect.
Section 11.13 Applicable Laws.
(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
(b) Submission to Jurisdiction. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally
submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State
of New York sitting in New York county and of the United States District Court of the Southern
District of New York, any appellate court from any thereof or any jurisdiction where a Vessel
may be found, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any
other Credit Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the
parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action
or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or court in a
jurisdiction where a Vessel is located, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, in such
Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
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or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Credit
Document shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or
proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Credit Document against any Credit Party or
its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
(c) Waiver of Venue. Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to
the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to
the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any
other Credit Document in any court referred to in subsection (b) of this Section. Each of the
parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the
defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such
court.
(d) Service of Process. Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process
in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.1. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the
right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by Applicable Law.
Section 11.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY
OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER
CREDIT DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY
(WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY
HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY
OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER
PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING
WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE
BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS
BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS
SECTION.
Section 11.15 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Issuing Banks and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined
below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (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 required or
requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related
Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by Applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or
similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies
hereunder or under any other Credit Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or
any other Credit Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an
agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or
Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in (including, for purposes hereof, any new
lenders invited to join hereunder on an increase in the Loans and Commitments hereunder, whether by
exercise of an accordion, by way of amendment or otherwise), any of its rights or obligations under this
Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other
transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower or its obligations, this
Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with
rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided for herein, or (ii) the CUSIP
Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers
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or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided for herein, (h) with the consent of
the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of
a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing
Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the
Borrower.
For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or
any Issuing Bank on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;
provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the
date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person
required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to
have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to
maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential
information.
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders acknowledges
that (i) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, as the case may be, (ii) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material
non-public information and (iii) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with
Applicable Law, including United States federal and state securities laws.
Section 11.16 Usury Savings Clause. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the
aggregate interest rate charged or agreed to be paid with respect to any of the Obligations, including all
charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under Applicable Laws shall not
exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding
sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the aggregate outstanding
amount of the Loans made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount
of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated
rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if when the Loans
made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase
provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the
stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent
permitted by law, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference
between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest
Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the
Lenders and each of the Credit Parties to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if
any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the
Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall
at such Lender’s option be applied to the aggregate outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or
be refunded to each of the applicable Credit Xxxxxxx.Xx determining whether the interest contracted for,
charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, such
Person may, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, (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.
Section 11.17 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an
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original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the
other Credit Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the
Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof
and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject
matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have
been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic
imaging means (e.g. “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Agreement.
Section 11.18 No Advisory of Fiduciary Relationship. In connection with all aspects of each
transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or of any other Credit Document), each of the Credit Parties acknowledges and
agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a)(i) the arranging and other services
regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, are arm’s-length commercial
transactions between the Credit Parties, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, on the other hand,
(ii) the Credit Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent
it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) each of the Credit Parties is capable of evaluating, and understands
and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other
Credit Documents; (b)(i) the Administrative Agent is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except
as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not and will not be acting as an
advisor, agent or fiduciary, for any Credit Party or any of their Affiliates or any other Person and (ii) the
Administrative Agent does not have any obligation to any Credit Party or any of their Affiliates with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in
the other Credit Documents; and (c) the Administrative Agent and its respective Affiliates may be
engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Credit Parties
and their Affiliates, and the Administrative Agent does not have any obligation to disclose any of such
interests to any Credit Party or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Credit
Parties hereby waives and releases, any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent with
respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any
transaction contemplated hereby.
Section 11.19 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Other Documents. The words
“execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment Agreement or in any
amendment, waiver, modification or consent relating hereto 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 Laws, including the
Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic
Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act.
Section 11.20 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender subject to the Act hereby notifies each of the
Credit Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and
record information that identifies each of the Credit Parties, which information includes the name and
address of each of the Credit Parties and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each of
the Credit Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act.
Section 11.21 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement
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or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA
Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be
subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and
consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA
Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any
party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and
(b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:
(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;
(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other
instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a
bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such
shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with
respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise
of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
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