Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
$150,000,000
by and among
CSS INDUSTRIES, INC.,
as the Borrower,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE BORROWER,
as Guarantors,
THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO,
and
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent
Dated March 17, 2011
Table of Contents
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS |
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Section 1.1 Defined Terms |
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Section 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions |
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Section 1.3 Accounting Terms |
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ARTICLE II THE LOANS; AMOUNT AND TERMS |
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Section 2.1 Loans |
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Section 2.2 Letters of Credit |
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Section 2.3 Fees |
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Section 2.4 Commitment Reductions |
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Section 2.5 Prepayments |
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Section 2.6 Default Rate |
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Section 2.7 Conversion Options |
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Section 2.8 Computation of Interest and Fees |
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Section 2.9 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments |
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Section 2.10 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent |
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Section 2.11 Inability to Determine Interest Rate |
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Section 2.12 Illegality |
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Section 2.13 Requirements of Law |
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Section 2.14 Indemnity |
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Section 2.15 Taxes |
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Section 2.16 Indemnification; Nature of Issuing Lender’s Duties |
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Section 2.17 Replacement of Lenders |
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Section 2.18 Defaulting Lenders |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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Section 3.1 Financial Condition |
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Section 3.2 No Change |
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Section 3.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law |
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Section 3.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations |
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Section 3.5 No Legal Bar; No Default |
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Section 3.6 No Material Litigation |
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Section 3.7 Investment Company Act |
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Section 3.8 Margin Regulations |
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Section 3.9 ERISA |
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Section 3.10 Environmental Matters |
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Section 3.11 Purpose of Extensions of Credit |
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Section 3.12 Capitalization |
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Section 3.13 Indebtedness |
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Section 3.14 Taxes |
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Section 3.15 Intellectual Property |
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Section 3.16 Solvency |
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Section 3.17 Investments |
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Section 3.18 Security Documents; Matters Relating to Collateral |
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Section 3.19 Brokers’ Fees |
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Section 3.20 Labor Matters |
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Section 3.21 Accuracy and Completeness of Information |
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Section 3.22 Anti-Terrorism Laws |
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Section 3.23 Compliance with OFAC Rules and Regulations |
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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Section 4.1 Conditions to Closing Date |
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Section 4.2 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit |
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 5.1 Financial Statements |
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Section 5.2 Certificates; Other Information |
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Section 5.3 Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations |
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Section 5.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence |
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Section 5.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance |
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Section 5.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions |
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Section 5.7 Notices |
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Section 5.8 Environmental Laws |
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Section 5.9 Financial Covenants |
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Section 5.10 Additional Credit Parties |
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Section 5.11 Compliance with Law |
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Section 5.12 Deposit Accounts |
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Section 5.13 Further Assurances |
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Section 5.14 Transfer of Assets of CSS Funding LLC |
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ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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Section 6.1 Indebtedness; Guaranty Obligations |
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Section 6.2 Liens |
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Section 6.3 Nature of Business |
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Section 6.4 Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Purchase of Assets, etc. |
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Section 6.5 Advances, Investments, Loans and Restricted Payment |
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Section 6.6 Transactions with Affiliates |
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Section 6.7 Ownership of Subsidiaries; Restrictions |
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Section 6.8 Corporate Changes |
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Section 6.9 Sale Leasebacks |
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Section 6.10 No Further Negative Pledges |
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Section 6.11 Capital Expenditures |
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Section 6.12 Fiscal Year |
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Section 6.13 Limitation on Restricted Actions |
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ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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Section 7.1 Events of Default |
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Section 7.2 Acceleration; Remedies |
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ARTICLE VIII THE AGENT |
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Section 8.1 Appointment |
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Section 8.2 Delegation of Duties |
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Section 8.3 Exculpatory Provisions |
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Section 8.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent |
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Section 8.5 Notice of Default |
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Section 8.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
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Section 8.7 Indemnification |
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Section 8.8 Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity |
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Section 8.9 Successor Administrative Agent |
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Section 8.10 Security Documents and Guaranty |
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 9.1 Amendments; Waivers and Release of Collateral |
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Section 9.2 Notices |
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Section 9.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement |
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Section 9.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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Section 9.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes; Indemnification |
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Section 9.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders |
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Section 9.7 Adjustments; Set-off |
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Section 9.8 Table of Contents and Section Headings |
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Section 9.9 Counterparts |
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Section 9.10 Effectiveness |
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Section 9.11 Severability |
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Section 9.12 Integration |
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Section 9.13 Governing Law |
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Section 9.14 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process |
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Section 9.15 Confidentiality |
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Section 9.16 Acknowledgments |
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Section 9.17 Waivers of Jury Trial |
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Section 9.18 Patriot Act Notice |
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Section 9.19 Release of Security Interest or Guaranty |
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ARTICLE X GUARANTY |
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Section 10.1 The Guaranty |
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Section 10.2 Bankruptcy |
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Section 10.3 Nature of Liability |
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Section 10.4 Independent Obligation |
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Section 10.5 Authorization |
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Section 10.6 Reliance |
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Section 10.7 Waiver |
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Section 10.8 Limitation on Enforcement |
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Exhibits
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Exhibit A
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Form of Notice of Borrowing |
Exhibit B
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Form of Note |
Exhibit C
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Form of Notice of Conversion/Extension |
Exhibit D
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Form of Assignment and Assumption |
Exhibit E
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Form of Joinder Agreement |
Exhibit F
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Form of Permitted Acquisition Certificate |
Exhibit G
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Form of Compliance Certificate |
Schedules
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Schedule 1.1
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Lenders’ Commitment Percentages |
Schedule 3.10
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Environmental Matters |
Schedule 3.12
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Capitalization |
Schedule 3.15
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Intellectual Property |
Schedule 3.20
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Labor Matters |
Schedule 6.1
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Indebtedness; Guaranty Obligations |
Schedule 6.2
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Liens |
Schedule 6.4
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Asset Sales |
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This
CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated March 17, 2011, is by and among
CSS INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware
corporation (together with its successors and/or assigns, “
Borrower”), certain of the
Subsidiaries of Borrower (each a “
Guarantor” and individually and collectively, together
with any other Guarantors who become party hereto from time to time pursuant to Section 5.10,
jointly and severally the “
Guarantors”), the banks and other financial institutions
signatory hereto, together with other such banks and financial institutions as may from time to
time become parties to this Agreement (together with their successors and/or assigns, collectively,
the “
Lenders”; and each individually, a “
Lender”), and
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder (in
such capacity, together with its successors and/or assigns in such capacity, the
“
Administrative Agent”).
BACKGROUND
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit facility in
the maximum principal amount of $150,000,000 to be used for working capital needs, general
corporate purposes, and the issuance of commercial and standby letters of credit.
WHEREAS, the Borrower and Guarantors desire to secure all of the Obligations by granting to
Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lender Parties, a first priority Lien on such amount of the
capital stock of Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s Foreign Subsidiaries as will not result in
materially adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or such Guarantor; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to make such loans, letters of credit and other financial
accommodations to the Borrower on the terms and conditions contained herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and of the loans,
letters of credit and other financial accommodations hereinafter referred to, the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
Section 1.1 Defined Terms.
As used in this Agreement, terms defined in the preamble to this Agreement have the meanings
therein indicated, and the following terms have the following meanings:
“Additional Guarantor” means a Person that becomes a Guarantor by execution of a
Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 5.10.
“Additional Pledged Foreign Subsidiary” means a Person that becomes a Pledged Foreign
Subsidiary by execution of such Person’s equityholders of a Pledge Joinder Agreement in accordance
with Section 5.10.
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“Administrative Agent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of this Agreement and
any successors in such capacity.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as
appropriate, account as set forth on the Administrative Agent’s signature page hereto, or such
other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower
and the Lenders.
“Affiliate” means as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is
in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of
this definition, a Person shall be deemed to be “controlled by” a Person if such Person possesses,
directly or indirectly, power either (a) to vote 18% or more of the securities having ordinary
voting power for the election of directors or managers of such Person or (b) to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate Committed Amount” means the aggregate maximum amount set forth opposite
each period identified below (as such aggregate maximum amount may be modified as provided in this
Section 1.1 or reduced from time to time as provided in Section 2.4):
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Low Commitment Period
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$50,000,000,
provided, however that upon fifteen
(15) days prior written notice from Borrower to
Administrative Agent, Borrower may increase the
Aggregate Committed Amount during the remaining
Low Commitment Period (or for such shorter period
of time as may be specified in such notice) to an
amount not less than $62,500,000 and not to
exceed $125,000,000; provided further that the
Aggregate Committed Amount equal to $50,000,000
must be maintained for three consecutive months
during any Low Commitment Period; provided
further however that not more than three notices
may be given by the Borrower in the aggregate
with respect to a Low Commitment Period and a
Medium Commitment Period falling within the same
calendar year.
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Medium Commitment Period
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$100,000,000,
provided, however that upon fifteen
(15) days prior written notice from Borrower to
Administrative Agent, Borrower may increase the
Aggregate Committed Amount during the remaining
Medium Commitment Period (or for such shorter
period of time as may be specified in such
notice) to an amount not to exceed $125,000,000;
provided further that not more than three notices
may be given by the Borrower in the aggregate
with respect to a Low Commitment Period and a
Medium Commitment Period falling within the same
calendar year.
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High Commitment Period
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Agreement” means this
Credit Agreement, as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Asset Sale” means the sale, transfer or other disposition by the Borrower to any
Person other than a Credit Party or an Excluded Subsidiary or by any Subsidiary of the Borrower
(other than an Excluded Subsidiary) to any Person other than the Borrower, another Credit Party or
an Excluded Subsidiary of (a) any of the existing or future Capital Stock (other than an original
issue of Capital Stock of a Person where the issued Capital Stock is issued to the Borrower or a
Credit Party) of any Subsidiary of the Borrower or (b) any other property, now owned or hereafter
acquired, of any nature whatsoever in any transaction or series of related transactions (including
any and all assets and businesses of any division or line of business and further including
intangible assets) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding sales, transfers, leases
or other dispositions of inventory or materials in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries and the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of machinery, parts
and equipment no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the
form of Exhibit D.
“Banking Services” means the following bank services provided to any Credit Party by
any Lender: (a) commercial credit cards, (b) stored value cards and (c) treasury management
services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursement, automated clearinghouse
transactions, return items, overdrafts and interstate depository network services, but not
including, in any case, insurance services).
“Banking Services Obligations” of the Credit Parties means any and all obligations of
any Credit Party, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created, arising,
evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and
substitutions therefor) in connection with Banking Services.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the Bankruptcy Code codified in Title 11 of the United States
Code, as amended, modified, succeeded or replaced from time to time.
“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Business” means the businesses operated by any of the Credit Parties or their
Subsidiaries.
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Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in Charlotte, North Carolina, or Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania are authorized or
required by law to close;
provided, however, that when used in connection with a borrowing
or payment in respect of a LIBOR Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on
which banks in London, England are not open for dealings in Dollar deposits in the London interbank
market.
“Capital Lease” means any lease of property, real or personal, the obligations with
respect to which are required to be capitalized on a balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with
GAAP.
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“Capital Lease Obligations” means the capitalized lease obligations relating to a
Capital Lease determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Stock” means (a) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (b) in the case
of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or
other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (c) in the case of a partnership,
partnership interests (whether general or limited), (d) in the case of a limited liability company,
membership interests and (e) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right
to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets upon liquidation of,
the issuing Person.
“Cash Equivalents” means (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof) having
maturities of not more than twelve (12) months from the date of acquisition (“Government
Obligations”), (b) U.S. dollar denominated time deposits, certificates of deposit of (i) any
domestic commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of
$250,000,000 or (ii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or
the equivalent thereof or from Xxxxx’x is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank
being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 364 days from the
date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved
Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by or guaranteed by any
domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the
equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within twelve (12) months of the date of
acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements with a bank or trust company (including a Lender) or a
recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct
obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States of America, (e) obligations of any
state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof for the payment of the
principal and redemption price of and interest on which there has been irrevocably deposited
Government Obligations maturing as to principal and interest at times and in amounts sufficient to
provide such payment and (f) auction preferred stock rated in the highest short-term credit rating
category by S&P or Moody’s.
“Change of Control” means any of the following: (i) any Person, either individually or
acting in concert with one or more other Persons as a “group,” excluding Xxxx Xxxxxx and/or any
member(s) of his immediately family, and/or any trust under which Xxxx Xxxxxx and/or any member(s)
of his immediate family hold the legal and equitable interests, shall have acquired beneficial
ownership, directly or indirectly, of all of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the
Borrower representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of all issued and outstanding
Capital Stock of the Borrower entitled to vote in the election of members of the board of directors
of the Borrower, other than the Capital Stock having such power only by reason of the happening of
a contingency and (ii) the occurrence of a change in the composition of the board of directors of
the Borrower such that a majority of the members of such board during any period of two consecutive
years are not Continuing Members. As used herein, the term “group”, “beneficially own” or
“beneficial ownership” shall have the meaning set forth in the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder (except with respect to “beneficial ownership,” a person shall
be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities
that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or
only after the passage of time).
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“Closing Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, modified, succeeded or
replaced from time to time.
“Collateral” means, collectively, all of the property in which Liens are purported to
be granted pursuant to the Security Documents as security for the Obligations.
“Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make
Loans in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding up to such Lender’s Committed
Amount.
“Commitment Percentage” means, for each Lender, the percentage identified as its
Commitment Percentage on Schedule 1.1 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which
such Lender became a Lender hereunder, as such percentage may be modified in connection with any
assignment made in accordance with the provisions of Section 9.6(c).
“Commitment Period” means the period from and including the Closing Date to but not
including the Commitment Termination Date.
“Commitment Termination Date” means March 17, 2016.
“Committed Amount” means the amount of each Lender’s portion of the Aggregate
Committed Amount equal to the Commitment Percentage of such Lender at the time of determination
multiplied by the Aggregate Committed Amount at the time of determination, as such amount
may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
“Commonly Controlled Entity” means any Person, other than an individual, that is under
common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group
that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, all capital expenditures of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period, as determined in
accordance with GAAP. The term “Consolidated Capital Expenditures” shall not include capital
expenditures in respect of the reinvestment of proceeds derived from Recovery Events received by
the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries to the extent that such reinvestment is permitted under
the Credit Documents.
“Consolidated EBIT” means, for any period, the amount of (all as determined in
accordance with GAAP):
(a) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus
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(b) an amount that, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has
been deducted for (without duplication) (and in the case of clauses (iii), (iv), (vi), and (vii),
only to the extent such non-cash charges or losses are not reserved for future cash charges or
losses and are otherwise not reasonably expected to become cash charges or losses in a later
period):
(i) Consolidated Interest Expense;
(ii) total federal, state and local income, business privilege and similar tax expense;
(iii) any non-cash impairment charges relating to intangible assets;
(iv) any non-cash impairment charges relating to tangible fixed assets;
(v) Consolidated Stock Compensation Expense;
(vi) any non-cash restructuring charges; and
(vii) any other non-cash loss; minus
(c) an amount that, in the determination of Consolidated Net Income for such period, has
been included for (without duplication):
(i) federal, state and local income and similar tax benefits;
(ii) any aggregate net gain arising from the sale, exchange or other disposition of
capital assets (including any fixed assets, whether tangible or intangible, all inventory
sold in conjunction with the disposition of fixed assets and all securities) by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries; and
(iii) any other non-cash gain.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, all interest expense on Funded
Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the interest component
under Capital Leases), net of all interest income that has been included in the determination of
Consolidated Net Income for such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, net income (excluding extraordinary
items) after taxes for such period of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Stock Compensation Expense” means, for any period, all non-cash charges
resulting from the application of ASC 718, Compensation — Stock Compensation (formerly Financial
Accounting Standard No. 123R) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such
period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“Continuing Member” means, as of any date of determination any member of the board of
directors of the Borrower who (i) was a member of such board on the Closing Date or (ii) was
nominated for election or elected to such board with the affirmative vote of a majority of the
members who were either members of such board on the Closing Date or whose nomination or election
was previously so approved.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued
by such Person or of any contract, agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Person is a
party or by which it or any of its property is bound.
“Credit Documents” means this Agreement, each of the Notes, the Security Documents,
any Joinder Agreement, the Letters of Credit, any Assignment and Assumption, the LOC Documents, and
all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments delivered to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender by any Credit Party in connection therewith (other than any Hedging Agreement or any
agreement, document, certificate or instrument related to Banking Services).
“Credit Party” means the Borrower, any of the Guarantors or any of the Pledged Foreign
Subsidiaries, individually or collectively, as appropriate.
“Default” means any event that would constitute an Event of Default, whether or not
any requirement for the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.18(b), any Lender that, as determined
by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder,
including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit, within three
Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Borrower, or
the Administrative Agent or any Lender that it does not intend to comply with its funding
obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations
hereunder or under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within
three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a
direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under the
Bankruptcy Code or any other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit
of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar
debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in
effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee,
administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization
or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in
furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or
appointment; 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.
“Dollars” and “$” means dollars in lawful currency of the United States of
America.
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“Domestic Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, such office of such Lender as such
Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the office of
such Lender at which LMI Rate Loans of such Lender are to be made.
“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the
United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable foreign, federal, state, local or
municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of
any Governmental Authority or other Requirement of Law (including common law) regulating, relating
to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the
environment, as now or may at any time be in effect during the term of this Agreement.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
“Eurodollar Reserve Percentage” means for any day, the percentage (expressed as a
decimal and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1%) that is in effect for
such day as prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board (or any successor) for determining the maximum
reserve requirement (including without limitation any basic, supplemental or emergency reserves) in
respect of Eurocurrency liabilities, as defined in Regulation D of such Board as in effect from
time to time, or any similar category of liabilities for a member bank of the Federal Reserve
System in New York City.
“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1; provided,
however, that any requirement for the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, has
been satisfied.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to
time, and any successor statute.
“Excluded Subsidiaries” means, individually and collectively, (a) Berwick Poly-Tex
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Crystal Creative Products, Inc., an Ohio corporation, CSS
Funding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (to the extent permitted by Section 5.14), CSS
Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Offray Canada Inc., a Quebec corporation, and
(b) any other nominally capitalized and inactive Subsidiary until such time as such Subsidiary
becomes a Guarantor or a Pledged Foreign Subsidiary in accordance with Section 5.10.
“Existing Accounts Receivable Securitization” means the Receivables Purchase Agreement
among CSS Funding LLC, the Borrower, Market Street Funding Corporation and PNC Bank, National
Association, dated as of April 30, 2001, as amended; the Purchase and Sale Agreement among certain
entities listed on Schedule I thereto, as the originators, the Borrower, and CSS Funding LLC, dated
as of April 30, 2001, as amended; and all other agreements, documents, and instruments delivered in
connection therewith.
“Existing PNC Line of Credit” means the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement,
dated as of November 21, 2008, among the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and PNC Bank, National
Association, as administrative agent for the lenders party thereto, as
amended; and all other agreements, documents, and instruments delivered in connection
therewith.
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“Extension of Credit” means, as to any Lender, the making of a Loan by such Lender or
the issuance of, or participation in, a Letter of Credit by such Lender.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average of the rates
on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, or, if such rate is not so published on the next succeeding Business Day, the average
of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three
federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
“Fee Letter” means the letter agreement dated as of the date hereof addressed to the
Borrower from the Administrative Agent, as amended, modified or otherwise supplemented.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower or Guarantor that is not a
Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to
the Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the outstanding LOC
Obligations other than LOC 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.
“Funded Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) all
obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or upon which interest payments are customarily
made, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements
relating to property purchased by such Person (other than customary reservations or retentions of
title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business), (d) all
obligations (including earnout obligations to the extent reflected on the balance sheet of such
Person) of such Person incurred, issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or
services purchased by such Person that would appear as liabilities on a balance sheet of such
Person, (e) the principal portion of all obligations of such Person under Capital Leases, (f) all
obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements to the extent required to be accounted for as a
liability under GAAP, excluding any portion thereof that would be accounted for as interest expense
under GAAP, (g) the maximum amount of all letters of credit issued or bankers’ acceptances
facilities created for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn and
unreimbursed thereunder, (h) all preferred Capital Stock or other equity interests issued by such
Person to the extent of the current obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease
or otherwise acquire value for any such Capital Stock (with redeemable preferred stock being valued
at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid
dividends) determined in accordance with GAAP, (i) the principal balance outstanding under any
synthetic lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product, (j) all
Indebtedness of others of the type described in clauses (a) through (i) hereof secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured
by) any Lien on, or payable out of the
proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the
obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (k) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person with
respect to Indebtedness of another Person of the type described in clauses (a) through (i) hereof,
and (l) all Indebtedness of the type described in clauses (a) through (i) hereof of any partnership
or unincorporated joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer that
is required to be treated as a liability of such Person in accordance with GAAP; provided
that “Funded Debt” shall not include trade payables, accrued expenses, accrued dividends (other
than as provided in clause (h) hereof), deferred compensation, accrued income taxes and deferred
income taxes, in each case, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
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“GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect at the time
of application to the provisions hereof, and consistently applied.
“Government Acts” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(a).
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantor” means any of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as a
“Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto and any other Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that
executes a Joinder Agreement, together with their successors and permitted assigns.
“Guaranty” means the guaranty of the Guarantors set forth in Article X.
“Guaranty Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any
obligations of such Person (other than endorsements in the ordinary course of business of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection) guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any
Indebtedness of any other Person in any manner, whether direct or indirect, and including without
limitation any obligation, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such Indebtedness or any
property constituting security therefor, (b) to advance or provide funds or other support for the
payment or purchase of any such Indebtedness or to maintain working capital, solvency or other
balance sheet condition of such other Person (including without limitation keep well agreements,
maintenance agreements, comfort letters or similar agreements or arrangements) for the benefit of
any holder of Indebtedness of such other Person, (c) to lease or purchase property, securities or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the holder of such Indebtedness, or (d) to otherwise
assure or hold harmless the holder of such Indebtedness against loss in respect thereof. The
amount of any Guaranty Obligation hereunder shall (subject to any limitations set forth therein) be
deemed to be an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount (or maximum principal amount, if
larger) of the Indebtedness in respect of which such Guaranty Obligation is made, unless otherwise
required under applicable law.
“Hedging Agreement Provider” means any Person that enters into a Hedging Agreement
with a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries that constitutes Permitted Indebtedness to the
extent such Person is a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or any other Person that was a Lender (or
an Affiliate of a Lender) at the time it entered into such Hedging Agreement but has ceased to be a
Lender (or whose Affiliate has ceased to be a Lender) under this Agreement.
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“Hedging Agreements” 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 or commodity price hedging agreements.
“High Commitment Period” means the period from and including November 1 of each year
to and including January 31 of the following year and shall be immediately followed by the Low
Commitment Period.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (a) all Funded
Debt of such Person, (b) all obligations of such Person under take-or-pay or similar arrangements
or under commodities agreements, (c) all Indebtedness of others of the type described in clauses
(a) and (b) hereof secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of
production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured
thereby have been assumed, (d) all Guaranty Obligations of such Person with respect to Indebtedness
of another Person of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) hereof, and (e) all Indebtedness of
the type described in clauses (a) and (b) hereof of any partnership or unincorporated joint venture
in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer that is required to be treated as a
liability of such Person in accordance with GAAP; provided that “Indebtedness” shall not
include trade payables of such Person.
“Insolvency” means, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such
Plan is insolvent within the meaning of such term as used in Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Intellectual Property” means all copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent
licenses, trademarks and trademark licenses.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for the four consecutive quarters ending on such date,
the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBIT for such four fiscal quarter period to (b) Consolidated Interest
Expense for such four fiscal quarter period.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any LIBOR Rate Loan, the last day of such
Interest Period and the Commitment Termination Date, (b) as to any LMI Rate Loan, the last Business
Day of each March, June, September and December and the Commitment Termination Date and (c) as to
any Loan which is the subject of a mandatory prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.5(b), the
date on which such mandatory prepayment is due.
“Interest Period” means, with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan,
(a) initially, the period commencing on the date such Loan is made or converted, as the case
may be, with respect to such LIBOR Rate Loan and ending one (1), two (2), or three (3) months
thereafter, subject to availability, as selected by the Borrower in the Notice of Borrowing or
Notice of Conversion given with respect thereto; and
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(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest
Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan and ending one (1), two (2), three (3) months
thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not
less than two (2) Business Days’ prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with
respect thereto;
provided that the foregoing provisions are subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Rate Loan would otherwise end on a day
that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding
Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into
another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately
preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period pertaining to a LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on the last
Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically
corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the
last Business Day of the relevant calendar month;
(iii) if the Borrower shall fail to give notice as provided above, the Borrower shall
be deemed to have selected an LMI Rate Loan to replace the affected LIBOR Rate Loan; and
(iv) no more than eight (8) LIBOR Rate Loans may be in effect at any time. For
purposes hereof, LIBOR Rate Loans of different Interest Periods or Tranches shall be
considered as separate LIBOR Rate Loans, even if they shall begin on the same date and have
the same duration, although borrowings, extensions and conversions in the same Tranche may,
in accordance with the provisions hereof, be combined at the end of existing Interest
Periods to constitute a new LIBOR Rate Loan with a single Interest Period.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment
by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of capital stock or other
securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, guaranty or
assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation
or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other
Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions)
of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit.
“Issuing Lender” means Xxxxx Fargo in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit
hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“Issuing Lender Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
“Joinder Agreement” means a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
E, executed and delivered by an Additional Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5.10.
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“Lender” means, as of any date of determination, any Lender that holds a portion of
the outstanding Loans or the Commitment on such date.
“Lender Parties” means collectively, (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) the Lenders,
(iii) the Issuing Lender, (iv) any Lender with respect to any Banking Services Obligations, and (v)
any Hedging Agreement Provider which is a counterparty to any Participating Hedging Agreement,
provided that the Lender, with respect to clause (iv), and the Lender or Affiliate of a
Lender party thereto (other than Xxxxx Fargo or its Affiliates), with respect to clause (v), shall
have delivered written notice to the Administrative Agent that such a transaction (other than
Participating Hedging Agreements relating to foreign currency exchange hedging, as to which no
notice will be required) has been entered into and that it constitutes an Obligation entitled to
the benefits of the Guaranty and the Security Documents.
“Letter of Credit” means any commercial or standby letter of credit issued by the
Issuing Lender under the LOC Commitment pursuant to the terms hereof, as such Letter of Credit may
be amended, modified, extended, renewed or replaced from time to time.
“Letter of Credit Fee” and “Letter of Credit Fees” have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.3(a).
“Letter of Credit Negotiation Fee” and “Letter of Credit Negotiation Fees”
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“LIBOR” means, for any LIBOR Rate Loan for any Interest Period therefor, the rate per
annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) appearing on Moneyline Telerate
Page 3750 (or any successor page) as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at
approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such
Interest Period for a term comparable to such Interest Period. If for any reason such rate is not
available, the term “LIBOR” means, for any LIBOR Rate Loan for any Interest Period therefor, the
rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) appearing on Reuters
Screen LIBO Page as the London interbank offered rate for deposits in Dollars at approximately
11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period for a
term comparable to such Interest Period; provided, however, if more than one rate is specified on
Reuters Screen LIBO Page, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all such rates
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%). If, for any reason, neither of such
rates is available, then “LIBOR” means the rate per annum at which, as determined by the
Administrative Agent, Dollars in an amount comparable to the Loans then requested are being offered
to leading banks at approximately 11:00 A.M. London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the
commencement of the applicable Interest Period for settlement in immediately available funds by
leading banks in the London interbank market for a period equal to the Interest Period selected.
“LIBOR Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, such office of such Lender as such
Lender may from time to time specify to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower as the office of
such Lender at which the LIBOR Rate Loans of such Lender are to be made.
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“LIBOR Market Index Rate” means, for any day, the rate for one (1) month U.S. dollar
deposits as reported on Telerate page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on such day, or if such
day is not a Business Day, then the immediately preceding Business Day (or if not so reported, then
as determined by the Administrative Agent from another recognized source or interbank quotation).
“LIBOR Rate” means a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher
1/100th of 1%) determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the following formula:
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“LIBOR Rate Loan” means all Loans that bear interest at an interest rate based on the
LIBOR Rate.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any other security
agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement and any Capital Lease having substantially the same economic effect
as any of the foregoing).
“LMI Rate Loans” means all Loans that bear interest at an interest rate based on the
LIBOR Market Index Rate.
“Loan” and “Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“LOC Commitment” means the commitment of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit
under the LOC Sublimit, and with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to purchase
participation interests in such Letters of Credit, in each case, in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
“LOC Documents” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit,
any amendments thereto, any documents delivered in connection therewith, any application therefor,
and any agreements, instruments, guarantees or other documents (whether general in application or
applicable only to such Letter of Credit) governing or providing for (a) the rights and obligations
of the parties concerned or (b) any collateral security for such obligations.
“LOC Mandatory Borrowing” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(e).
“LOC Obligations” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the maximum amount which is, or
at any time thereafter may become, available to be drawn under Letters of Credit then outstanding,
assuming compliance with all requirements for drawings referred to in such Letters of Credit
plus (b) the aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by the
Issuing Lender but not theretofore reimbursed by or on behalf of Borrower.
“LOC Sublimit” means Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000).
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“Low Commitment Period” means the period from and including February 1 to and
including June 30 of each year and shall be immediately followed by the Medium Commitment Period.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the businesses,
properties, operations or financial conditions of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, (b) the ability of the Credit Parties taken as a whole to perform their obligations,
when such obligations are required to be performed, under this Agreement, any Note or any other
Credit Document or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Note, any of the other
Credit Documents, any Participating Hedging Agreement or the rights or remedies of the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder, in any material respect.
“Material Contract” means (a) any contract or other agreement, written or oral, of a
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries involving monetary liability of or to any such Person in an
amount in excess of $1,000,000 per annum (excluding any purchase orders issued to or by a Credit
Party or agreements for the purchase or sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business) and
(b) any other contract, agreement, permit or license, written or oral, of a Credit Party or any of
its Subsidiaries (including any purchase orders issued to or by a Credit Party or agreements for
the purchase or sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business) as to which the breach,
nonperformance, cancellation of failure to renew by any party thereto, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
“Materials of Environmental Concern” means any gasoline or petroleum (including crude
oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials
or wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including, without
limitation, friable asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls in regulated concentrations and
urea-formaldehyde insulation.
“Medium Commitment Period” means the period from and including July 1 to and including
October 31 of each year and shall be immediately followed by the High Commitment Period.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
“Note” or “Notes” means the promissory notes of the Borrower in favor of any
Lender evidencing the Loans provided pursuant to Section 2.1(e), individually or collectively, as
appropriate, as such promissory notes may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or
replaced from time to time.
“Notice of Borrowing” means a written request for a Loan, in each case substantially
in the form of Exhibit A.
“Notice of Conversion/Extension” means the written notice of conversion or extension
as referenced and defined in Section 2.7.
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“Obligations” means, without duplication, (a) all of the obligations, indebtedness and
liabilities of the Credit Parties to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent,
whenever arising, under this Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Credit Documents including
principal, interest, fees, LOC Obligations, reimbursements and indemnification obligations and
other amounts (including, but not limited to, any interest accruing after the occurrence of a
filing of a petition of bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Credit Party,
regardless of whether such interest is an allowed claim under the Bankruptcy Code), (b) all Banking
Services Obligations, provided that at or prior to the time that any transaction relating
to such Banking Services Obligations is executed (or, if later, the applicable effective date), the
Lender (other than Xxxxx Fargo) shall have delivered written notice to the Administrative Agent
that such transaction has been entered into and that it constitutes an Obligation entitled to the
benefits of the Guaranty and the Security Documents; and (c) all Swap Obligations, provided
that at or prior to the time that any transaction relating to such Swap Obligations is executed,
the Hedging Agreement Provider party thereto (other than Xxxxx Fargo) shall have delivered written
notice to the Administrative Agent that such a transaction (other than Participating Hedging
Agreements relating to foreign currency exchange hedging, as to which no notice will be required)
has been entered into and that it constitutes an Obligation entitled to the benefits of the
Guaranty and the Security Documents.
“OFAC” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
“Participants” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(b).
“Participating Hedging Agreement” means any Hedging Agreement between a Credit Party
and a Hedging Agreement Provider, as amended, modified, supplemented, extended or restated from
time to time, the obligations under which are secured pursuant to the Security Documents and
guarantied pursuant to the Guaranty.
“Participation Interest” means the purchase by a Lender of a participation interest in
Letters of Credit as provided in Section 2.2(c).
“Patriot Act” means the USA Patriot Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law
October 26, 2001, as amended.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle
A of Title IV of ERISA.
“Permitted Acquisition” means any transaction or any series of related transactions of
the Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) whereby such Person acquires all
or a material portion of the stock, securities or other property of any nature (other than
machinery, equipment, inventory or supplies purchased in the ordinary course of business of the
purchaser and Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted by Section 6.11) of any Person and the
following conditions have been met:
(a) consideration for all such acquisitions may not exceed $25,000,000 during any fiscal
year and $100,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement;
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(b) no Default or Event of Default hereunder has occurred and is outstanding or would
otherwise be caused by, or would exist after giving effect to, the consummation of such
acquisition;
(c) the acquiring Person must acquire, in the case of a stock acquisition, at least 80% of
the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Person being acquired (provided, however,
that if the acquiring Person acquires less than 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock
of the acquired Person, the owners of the unacquired shares must be bound by a shareholders
agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent which shall include, at a minimum,
“drag along” rights in respect of such minority shares);
(d) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not assume any new contingent liabilities which
would cause, or be reasonably likely to cause, a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) the business of the acquired entity shall be generally similar to the lines of business
of the Credit Parties;
(f) any Person directly or indirectly acquired by the Borrower (and becoming a Subsidiary)
shall comply with the provisions of Section 5.10;
(g) the Administrative Agent shall have received a satisfactory certificate substantially in
the form of Exhibit F prepared and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
showing the cost of acquiring the applicable Person exclusive of amounts attributable to the
working capital requirements of such Person and (after taking into effect the proposed
acquisition) pro forma covenant compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.9
immediately following the applicable acquisition and projected compliance with such covenants for
no fewer than the next four (4) succeeding fiscal quarters of the Borrower, setting forth in
reasonable detail the calculations used in presenting such costs and projections and with such
supporting information as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; and
(h) the Administrative Agent shall have received a satisfactory officer’s certificate from a
Responsible Officer to the effect that the conditions set forth in clauses (a) through (g) have
been satisfied as of the date of the acquisition.
“Permitted Disposition” means:
(a) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of cash and Cash Equivalents, inventory
and materials in the ordinary course of business;
(b) Recovery Events;
(c) the sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of machinery, parts and equipment no
longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Credit Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries;
(d) the sale, lease or transfer of property or assets between any Credit Parties, or, for
not more than fair value, between any other Subsidiary and any Credit Party;
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(e) the merger of any Subsidiary or Credit Party with and into a Credit Party, so long as
(A) the Borrower is the surviving entity of any such merger among the Borrower and any other
Credit Party, (B) no Person other than the surviving Credit Party receives any consideration in
respect or as a result of such transaction, and (C) the security interests granted to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lender Parties pursuant to the Security Documents in
the assets of the Credit Parties so merged shall remain in full force and effect and perfected
(to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such merger);
(f) the liquidation or voluntary dissolution of a Credit Party or a Subsidiary so long as
such liquidation or dissolution could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and, in connection therewith, all of the remaining
assets of such entity are transferred to a Credit Party;
(g) Asset Sales made at a time when no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would result from such Asset Sale, provided that (i) the consideration received
shall be in an amount at least substantially equal to the fair market value of the property which
is the subject of the Asset Sale, as certified to the Administrative Agent by a Responsible
Officer of the Borrower, (ii) at least 50% of the consideration received therefrom shall be cash,
(iii) such Asset Sales are not to an Affiliate of the Credit Party, and (iv) the assets sold in
all transactions permitted hereby after the Closing Date, together with the transactions referred
to in the proviso of Section 6.9 (Sale Leasebacks), shall have an aggregate fair market value of
not more than $30,000,000;
(h) Asset Sales set forth in Schedule 6.4 hereto;
(i) sales or transfers of accounts receivable of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than Excluded Subsidiaries) that seek to limit the risk of default by or bankruptcy of any
customer of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on any such accounts receivable owed to the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for merchandise delivered or services rendered by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to such customer (including but not limited to credit
insurance); provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing at the time of such sale or transfer or would result therefrom and (ii) the
consideration received for such accounts receivable shall be in an amount at least substantially
equal to the fair market value of the accounts receivable which is the subject of the Asset Sale,
as certified to the Administrative Agent by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower; and
(j) sales of minority interests of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Borrower not to
exceed 20% of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary in the aggregate from all such sales to any
employees of such Subsidiary made at a time when no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing or would result from any such sale.
“Permitted Guaranty Obligations” means:
(a) Guaranty Obligations under the Guaranty;
(b) Guaranty Obligations with respect to Hedging Agreements which constitute Permitted
Indebtedness;
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(c) Guaranty Obligations existing on the Closing Date as described on Schedule 6.1;
(d) Guaranty Obligations of any Credit Party with respect to operating leases of any
Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(e) indemnification obligations to directors and officers under applicable law or set forth
in the certificate of incorporation and/or by-laws of any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(f) Guaranty Obligations by any Credit Party for the Indebtedness of any other Credit Party;
and
(g) other Guaranty Obligations of the Borrower and any other Credit Party in an aggregate
principal amount, together with the Indebtedness permitted under clause (h) of the “Permitted
Indebtedness” definition, not exceeding $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding.
“Permitted Indebtedness” means:
(a) Indebtedness arising or existing under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and
the Guaranty Obligations under the Guaranty;
(b) Indebtedness owing under Hedging Agreements entered into in order to manage existing or
anticipated risks and not for speculative purposes;
(c) Indebtedness existing on the Closing Date as described on Schedule 6.1;
(d) Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries existing as of the Closing Date as
referenced in the financial statements referenced in Section 3.1 hereto and renewals,
refinancings or extensions thereof in a principal amount not in excess of that outstanding as of
the Closing Date;
(e) purchase money Indebtedness and Capital Leases of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries
(other than Excluded Subsidiaries) secured by Liens permitted pursuant to clause (h) of the
“Permitted Liens” definition in an aggregate principal amount, together with the Indebtedness
permitted by clause (h) of the “Permitted Indebtedness” definition, not exceeding $20,000,000 at
any one time outstanding;
(f) Indebtedness arising out of the recharacterization of operating leases as Capital Leases
that is required by changes in the application of accounting principles employed in the
preparation of the financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Excluded
Subsidiaries);
(g) Indebtedness of any Credit Party to any other Credit Party; and
(h) other Indebtedness of the Borrower and any other Credit Party in an aggregate principal
amount, together with the Guaranty Obligations permitted under clause (g) of the
“Permitted Guaranty Obligations” definition, not exceeding $5,000,000 at any one time
outstanding.
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“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) receivables owing to any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Excluded
Subsidiaries), in each case if created, acquired or made in the ordinary course of business and
payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms;
(c) Investments in and loans to any Credit Parties;
(d) loans and advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business related to
business travel and expense advances;
(e) Investments in any Subsidiary of the Borrower as existing on the Closing Date;
(f) Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers
and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers
and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;
(g) advances to suppliers and other vendors under purchase orders or purchase agreements
with such Persons, in each case if created or made in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practices of the Borrower or any applicable Credit Party not to exceed $15,000,000 in
the aggregate outstanding at any one time;
(h) Permitted Acquisitions; and
(i) other Investments not to exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any one
time; provided that any Investments in partnerships, joint ventures or other similar
arrangements, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form shall not exceed $2,500,000
in the aggregate outstanding at any one time.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(a) Liens for taxes, assessments, charges or other governmental levies not yet due or as to
which the period of grace (not to exceed sixty (60) days), if any, related thereto has not
expired or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided
that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Credit Parties or
their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;
(b) Liens evidencing consignment or bailment arrangements with the Borrower or any Credit
Party as consignee or bailee;
(c) carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other
like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period
of more than sixty (60) days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings; provided that a reserve or other appropriate provision has been made therefor;
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(d) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and deposits securing
liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements;
(e) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed
money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other
obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f) any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or
replacements), in whole or in part, of any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses;
provided that such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or a
part of the property which secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements
on such property);
(g) easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title
and other similar encumbrances not interfering in any material respect with the value or use of
the property to which such lien is attached;
(h) Capital Leases and purchase money security interests (attaching solely to the fixed
asset purchased and securing only the obligation incurred to finance such purchase) from the
Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) to Persons providing
financing for permitted Consolidated Capital Expenditures; provided that each such
financing obligation incurred by the Borrower shall not exceed the lesser of (A) cost or (B)
appraised fair market value;
(i) Liens (other than on accounts and/or inventory) deemed to be assumed or taken subject to
by the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) in connection with
Permitted Acquisitions on property of the acquired entity as of the date of the Permitted
Acquisition;
(j) Liens existing as of the Closing Date and described on Schedule 6.2 hereto;
(k) any attachment or judgment Lien not constituting an Event of Default;
(l) Liens under leases arising due to their recharacterization as Capital Leases and
permitted under clause (f) of the “Permitted Indebtedness” definition;
(m) Liens granted pursuant to the Security Documents;
(n) Liens in favor of a Hedging Agreement Provider in connection with any Participating
Hedging Agreement, but only (i) to the extent such Liens are on the same collateral as to which
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders also has a Lien and (ii) if such Hedging
Agreement Provider and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders shall share
pari passu in the collateral subject to such Liens; and
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(o) Liens which are not otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section, securing Indebtedness
not exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any one time.
“Permitted Restricted Payment” means:
(a) dividends payable to the Borrower or any Credit Party by any Subsidiary of the Borrower
or such Credit Party;
(b) repurchase, redemption or retirement of the Borrower’s Capital Stock; provided
that after giving effect to such repurchase, redemption or retirement, the Borrower is in pro
forma compliance with Section 5.9(a), determined on as of the end of the immediately preceding
fiscal quarter, but after giving effect to the consummation of such repurchase, redemption or
retirement, as if such repurchase, redemption or retirement occurred during such immediately
preceding fiscal quarter; and
(c) any dividends from the Borrower to its shareholders made in the ordinary course of
business of the Borrower.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental
Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“Plan” means, at any particular time, any employee benefit plan which is covered by
Title IV of ERISA and in respect of which any Credit Party or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or,
if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge Agreement, delivered pursuant to Section 4.1(a),
executed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, by the
Borrower and the Guarantors, as it may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to
time.
“Pledge Joinder Agreement” means a Joinder Agreement to the Pledge Agreement
substantially in the form of an exhibit to the Pledge Agreement attached thereto, executed and
delivered by an Additional Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10.
“Pledged Foreign Subsidiary” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Pledge
Agreement.
“Properties” means the real properties or interests therein owned, leased or operated
by any of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries.
“Purchasing Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(c).
“Recovery Event” means theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar
event with respect to any property or assets owned by any of the Credit Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries which results in the receipt by any of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries
of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation award payable by reason thereof.
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“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.6(d).
“Reorganization” means, with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that
such Plan is in reorganization within the meaning of such term as used in Section 4241 of ERISA.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA,
other than those events as to which the thirty-day notice period is waived under PBGC Reg. §4043.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, two or more Lenders holding in the aggregate
more than 66 2/3% of (a) the Commitments (and Participation Interests therein) or (b) if the
Commitments have been terminated, the outstanding Loans and Participation Interests (including the
Participation Interests of the Issuing Lender in any Letters of Credit); provided, however,
that if any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at such time, then there shall be excluded from the
determination of Required Lenders, Obligations (including Participation Interests) owing to such
Defaulting Lender and such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment, or after termination of the Commitments,
the principal balance of the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender.
“Requirement of Law” means, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and
bylaws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and each law, treaty, rule or
regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each
case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
“Responsible Officer” means, (a) as to the Borrower, the Vice President Finance,
Treasurer, or Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, or (b) as to any other Credit Party, any
duly authorized officer thereof.
“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash,
securities or other property) with respect to any Capital Stock of any Person or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking
fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance,
acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Capital Stock in any Person.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies,
Inc.
“Sale Leaseback” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.9.
“Sanctioned Country” means a country subject to a sanctions program identified on the
list maintained by OFAC and available at xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx
/ofac/sanctions/index.html, or as otherwise published from time to time.
“Sanctioned Person” means (a) a Person named on the list of “Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC available at
xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxx/xxx/xxxxx.xxxx, or as otherwise published
from time to time, or (b) (i) an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country, (ii) an
organization controlled by a Sanctioned Country, or (iii) a person resident in a Sanctioned
Country, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC.
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“Scheduled Funded Debt Payments” means, as of any date of determination for the Credit
Parties and their Subsidiaries, the sum of all scheduled payments of principal on Funded Debt for
the four consecutive quarter period ending on the date of determination (including the principal
component of payments due on Capital Leases during such period).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto.
“Security Documents” means the Pledge Agreement, any Pledge Joinder Agreement and all
other agreements, documents and instruments relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected
with any of the foregoing or granting to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender
Parties, Liens or security interests to secure, inter alia, the Obligations whether now or
hereafter executed and/or filed, each as may be amended from time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof, executed and delivered in connection with the granting, attachment and perfection of
the Administrative Agent’s security interests and Liens arising thereunder, including, without
limitation, UCC financing statements.
“Single Employer Plan” means any Plan which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, (a) a corporation, partnership, limited
liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by
reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect 50% or more of the board of directors or other
managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management
of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or
both, by such Person or (b) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity
to the extent such Person owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the outstanding Capital
Stock of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity. Unless
otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall
refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“Supplemental Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.1.
“Swap Obligations” of a Person means any and all obligations of such Person to any
Hedging Agreement Provider, whether absolute or contingent and howsoever and whensoever created,
arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and
substitutions therefor), under (a) any and all Participating Hedging Agreement, and (b) any and all
cancellations, buy backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Participating Hedging
Agreement.
“Tangible Net Worth” means, as at any date of determination, shareholders’ equity
minus intangible assets (including, without limitation, franchises, patents, patent
applications, trademarks, trade names, copyrights, service marks, brand names, licenses, goodwill
and research and development expenses) minus, to the extent not already deducted as an
intangible asset, Investments permitted under clause (i) of the “Permitted Investments” definition,
determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in conformity with GAAP.
“Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(a).
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“Tranche” means the collective reference to LIBOR Rate Loans with Interest Periods
which begin and end on the same day and are all under the same Loan.
“Transfer Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in each Assignment and Assumption.
“
UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as presently and hereafter enacted in the
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. Any term used in this Agreement which is defined in the UCC and not
otherwise defined in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document has the meaning given to the
term in the UCC.
“UFCA” means the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, as amended, modified, succeeded or
replaced from time to time.
“UFTA” means the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, as amended, modified, succeeded or
replaced from time to time.
“Unused Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(d).
“Xxxxx Fargo” means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, together with its
successors and/or assigns.
Section 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions.
(a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement have the defined
meanings when used in the Notes or other Credit Documents or any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto.
(b) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement, and Section, subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement
unless otherwise specified.
(c) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
Section 1.3 Accounting Terms.
Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all
accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be
delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with
the most recent audited financial statements with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
delivered to the Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to this Agreement; provided that
if, after the Closing Date, the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower
requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after
the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any
provision hereof for such
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purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such
provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before
such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such
provision amended in accordance herewith. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender at the same time as the delivery of any annual financial statements given in
accordance with the provisions of Section 5.1, a description in reasonable detail of any material
change in the application of accounting principles employed in the preparation of such financial
statements from those applied in the most recently preceding annual financial statements as to
which no objection shall have been made in accordance with the provisions above. The Borrower’s
delivery obligation set forth in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed satisfied to
the extent such description is included in the financial statements delivered to the Administrative
Agent and Lenders pursuant hereto or in the Borrower’s reports filed with the SEC as part of or
contemporaneously with the Borrower’s financial statements.
ARTICLE II
THE LOANS; AMOUNT AND TERMS
Section 2.1 Loans.
(a) Commitment. During the Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make revolving loans in Dollars (individually a
“Loan” and collectively, the “Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time in an
aggregate principal amount of up to the Aggregate Committed Amount for the purposes hereinafter
set forth; provided, however, that (i) with respect to each Lender individually,
the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of Loans plus LOC
Obligations, shall not exceed such Lender’s Committed Amount, and (ii) with respect to the
Lenders collectively, the aggregate principal amount of Loans plus LOC Obligations shall
not exceed the Aggregate Committed Amount. The Loans may consist of LIBOR Rate Loans or LMI Rate
Loans, or a combination thereof, as the Borrower may request. Loans may be repaid and reborrowed
in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(b) Loan Borrowings.
(i)
Notice of Borrowing. The Borrower may request a Loan borrowing by
delivering a Notice of Borrowing (or telephone notice promptly confirmed by delivery of a
Notice of Borrowing, which delivery may be by fax) to the Administrative Agent not later
than 12:00 P.M. (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania time) on the date of the requested borrowing for
LMI Rate Loans and at least two (2) Business Days before the required borrowing for LIBOR
Rate Loans. Each such request for borrowing shall be irrevocable and shall specify (A) the
Borrower, (B) that a Loan is requested, (C) the date of the requested borrowing (which shall
be a Business Day), and (D) the aggregate principal amount to be borrowed. The
Administrative Agent shall give notice to each Lender, promptly upon receipt of each Notice
of Borrowing, of the contents thereof and each such Lender’s share thereof.
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(ii) Minimum Amounts. Each Loan shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of
$2,000,000 and in integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof (or the remaining amount
of the Aggregate Committed Amount, if less).
(iii)
Advances. Each Lender will make its Commitment Percentage of each Loan
borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Borrower, in Dollars
and in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent, at the Administrative
Agent’s Office by 3:00 P.M. (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania time) on the date specified in the
applicable Notice of Borrowing. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower
by the Administrative Agent by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the
Administrative Agent’s Office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the
Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative
Agent.
(c) Repayment. The principal amount of all Loans shall be due and payable in full
on the Commitment Termination Date, unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 7.2.
(d) Interest. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.6, each Loan shall bear
interest as follows:
(i) LIBOR Rate Loans. During such periods as a Loan shall be comprised of
LIBOR Rate Loans, each such LIBOR Rate Loan shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to
the sum of the LIBOR Rate plus 0.95% per annum; and
(ii) LMI Rate Loans. During such periods a Loan shall be comprised of LMI Rate
Loans, each such LMI Rate Loan shall bear interest at a per annum rate equal to the sum of
the LIBOR Market Index Rate plus 0.95% per annum.
Interest on each Loan (and each LIBOR Rate Loan thereunder) shall be payable in arrears on each
related Interest Payment Date.
(e) Notes. Each Lender’s Committed Amount shall be evidenced, upon such Lender’s
request, by a duly executed promissory note of the Borrower to such Lender in substantially the
form of Exhibit B.
(f) Automatic Deduction of Payments. The Borrower hereby authorizes and directs
Xxxxx Fargo to deduct all payments of principal and interest on the Loans, when due, from the
Borrower’s deposit accounts with Xxxxx Fargo, and the Borrower hereby consents to such
deductions. The Borrower agrees to cause the balances in the Borrower’s deposit account to be
sufficient to cover principal and interest payments on the Loans due hereunder.
Section 2.2 Letters of Credit.
(a) Issuance. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and of the LOC Documents,
if any, and any other terms and conditions which the Issuing Lender may reasonably require, the
Issuing Lender shall issue, and the Lenders shall participate in, Letters of Credit for the
account of the Borrower from time to time upon request in a form acceptable
to Issuing Lender; provided, however, that, with regard to the issuance of
any Letter of Credit, (A) such Letter of Credit shall be issued during the Commitment Period, (B)
Loans plus LOC Obligations shall not exceed the Aggregate Committed Amount, (C) no Letter
of Credit shall have an expiry date that is more than 365 days after the date it is issued or
that is extending beyond the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Commitment
Termination Date, and (D) the LOC Obligations shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the LOC
Sublimit.
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Each Letter of Credit shall comply with the related LOC Document, provided that, to the
extent of any conflict between any LOC Document and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement
shall control. The issuance and expiry date of each Letter of Credit shall be a Business Day.
Any Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall be issued for lawful corporate purposes in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
If, at the time of issuance or renewal of any Letter of Credit, any Lender is a Defaulting
Lender, the Issuing Lender shall not issue or renew any Letter of Credit unless the Issuing
Lender has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of cash collateral, satisfactory to
the Issuing Lender (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate the
Issuing Lender’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section
2.18(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then
proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other LOC Obligations as to which the
Issuing Lender has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.
(b) Notice and Reports. The request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit shall be
submitted to the Issuing Lender at least four (4) Business Days prior to the requested date of
issuance. The Issuing Lender will promptly upon request provide to the Administrative Agent for
dissemination to the Lenders a detailed report specifying the Letters of Credit which are then
issued and outstanding and any activity with respect thereto which may have occurred since the
date of any prior report, and including therein, among other things, the account party, the
beneficiary, the face amount, expiry date as well as any payments or expirations which may have
occurred. The Issuing Lender will further provide to the Administrative Agent promptly upon
request copies of the Letters of Credit. The Issuing Lender will provide to the Administrative
Agent promptly upon request a summary report of the nature and extent of LOC Obligations.
(c)
Participations. Each Lender, upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit, shall
be deemed to have purchased without recourse a risk participation from the Issuing Lender in such
Letter of Credit and the obligations arising thereunder and any collateral relating thereto, in
each case in an amount equal to its Commitment Percentage of the obligations under such Letter of
Credit and shall absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assume, as primary obligor and not
as surety, and be obligated to pay to the Issuing Lender therefor and discharge when due, its
Commitment Percentage of the obligations arising under such Letter of Credit. Without limiting
the scope and nature of each Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit, to the extent that
the Issuing Lender has not been reimbursed as required hereunder or under any LOC Document, each
such Lender shall pay to the Issuing Lender its Commitment Percentage of such unreimbursed
drawing in same day funds on the day of notification by the Issuing Lender of an unreimbursed
drawing pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (d) hereof if such notice is received at or before 2:00 P.M. (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania time), otherwise such payment shall be made at or before 12:00 Noon (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania time) on the Business Day next succeeding the day such notice is received. The
obligation of each Lender to so reimburse the Issuing Lender shall be absolute and unconditional
and shall not be affected by the occurrence of a Default, an Event of Default or any other
occurrence or event. Any such reimbursement shall not relieve or otherwise impair the obligation
of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit, together with
interest as hereinafter provided.
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(d)
Reimbursement. In the event of any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the
Issuing Lender will promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Unless the
Borrower shall promptly notify the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent of its intention
to reimburse the Issuing Lender directly for such drawing, the Borrower shall be deemed to have
requested an LOC Mandatory Borrowing in the amount of the drawing as provided in subsection (e)
hereof, the proceeds of which will be used to satisfy the reimbursement obligations. If the
Borrower elects to reimburse the Issuing Lender directly, it shall do so on the date of such
drawing under the applicable Letter of Credit in same day funds (and Section 2.9 shall not be
applicable to such direct reimbursement to the Issuing Lender). If the Borrower shall fail,
after giving such notice, to directly reimburse the Issuing Lender as provided herein, the
unreimbursed amount of such drawing shall bear interest at a per annum rate two percent (2%)
greater than the rate which would otherwise be applicable to Loan for so long as such amount
shall be unreimbursed. The Borrower’s reimbursement obligations hereunder shall be absolute and
unconditional under all circumstances irrespective of any rights of set-off, counterclaim or
defense to payment the Borrower may claim or have against the Issuing Lender, the Administrative
Agent, the Lenders, the beneficiary of the Letter of Credit drawn upon or any other Person,
including without limitation any defense based on any failure of the Borrower to receive
consideration or the legality, validity, regularity or unenforceability of the Letter of Credit.
The Issuing Lender will promptly notify the applicable Lenders of the amount of any unreimbursed
drawing and each applicable Lender shall promptly pay to the Administrative Agent for the account
of the Issuing Lender in Dollars and in immediately available funds, the amount of such Lender’s
Commitment Percentage of such unreimbursed drawing. Such payment shall be made on the day such
notice is received by such Lender from the Issuing Lender if such notice is received at or before
2:00 P.M. (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania time), otherwise such payment shall be made at or before
12:00 Noon (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania time) on the Business Day next succeeding the day such
notice is received. If such Lender does not pay such amount to the Issuing Lender in full upon
such request, such Lender shall, on demand, pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Issuing Lender interest on the unpaid amount during the period from the date of such drawing
until such Lender pays such amount to the Issuing Lender in full at a rate per annum equal to, if
paid within two (2) Business Days of the date of drawing, the Federal Funds Effective Rate and
thereafter at a per annum rate 2% greater than the rate which would otherwise be applicable to
Loan. Each Lender’s obligation to make such payment to the Issuing Lender, and the right of the
Issuing Lender to receive the same, shall be absolute and unconditional, shall not be affected by
any circumstance whatsoever and without regard to the termination of this Agreement or the
Commitments hereunder, the existence of a Default or Event of Default or the acceleration of the
Obligations hereunder and shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction
whatsoever.
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(e) Repayment with Loans. On any day on which the Borrower shall have requested, or
been deemed to have requested, a Loan, to reimburse a drawing under a Letter of Credit, the
Administrative Agent shall give notice to the applicable Lenders that such a Loan has been
requested or deemed requested in connection with a drawing under such Letter of Credit, in which
case either a Loan borrowing comprised entirely of LMI Rate Loans (each such borrowing, a
“LOC Mandatory Borrowing”) shall be immediately made (without giving effect to any
termination of the Commitments pursuant to Section 7.2) pro rata based on each Lender’s
respective Commitment Percentage (determined before giving effect to any termination of the
Commitments pursuant to Section 7.2). The proceeds of such LOC Mandatory Borrowing shall be paid
directly to the Issuing Lender for application to the respective LOC Obligations. Each Lender
hereby irrevocably agrees to make such Loans immediately upon any such request or deemed request
on account of each LOC Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the manner specified in the
preceding sentence and on the same such date notwithstanding (i) the amount of LOC Mandatory
Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for borrowings of Loans otherwise required
hereunder, (ii) whether any conditions specified in Section 4.2 are then satisfied, (iii) whether
a Default or an Event of Default then exists, (iv) failure for any such request or deemed request
for such Loan to be made by the time otherwise required in Section 2.1(b), (v) the date of such
LOC Mandatory Borrowing, or (vi) any reduction in the amount of any Commitment after any such
Letter of Credit may have been drawn upon. In the event that any LOC Mandatory Borrowing cannot
for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including, without limitation, as a
result of the commencement of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code), then each applicable
Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith fund (as of the date the LOC Mandatory Borrowing
would otherwise have occurred, but adjusted for any payments received from the Borrower on or
after such date and prior to such purchase) its Participation Interests in the applicable LOC
Obligations; provided, further, that in the event any such Lender shall fail to fund its
Participation Interest on the day the LOC Mandatory Borrowing would otherwise have occurred, then
the amount of such Lender’s unfunded Participation Interest therein shall bear interest payable
by such Lender to the Issuing Lender upon demand, at the rate equal to, if paid within two (2)
Business Days of such date, the Federal Funds Effective Rate, and thereafter at a rate equal to
at a per annum rate 2% greater than the rate which would otherwise be applicable to a Loan.
(f) Modification, Extension. The issuance of any supplement, modification,
amendment, renewal, or extension to any Letter of Credit shall, for purposes hereof, be treated
in all respects the same as the issuance of a new Letter of Credit hereunder.
(g) Letter of Credit Governing Law. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the
Issuing Lender and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of “International
Standby Practices 1998” as most recently published by the Institute of International Banking Law
& Practice at the time of issuance, shall apply to each Letter of Credit.
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(h) Cash Collateral.
(i) Cash Collateral Requirements. If any Letters of Credit remain outstanding
after the end of the Commitment Period, Borrower will deliver cash or cash equivalents to
the Issuing Lender equal to one hundred two percent (102%) of the face amount of all
such Letters of Credit, to be held by the Issuing Lender as cash collateral for LOC
Obligations related to such outstanding Letters of Credit. Such cash collateral amount
shall be reduced and the excess collateral returned to the Borrower, as Letters of Credit
are reduced or terminated. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender,
immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, the Borrower
shall deliver to the Administrative Agent cash collateral in an amount sufficient to cover
all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.18(a)(iv) and any cash collateral
provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(ii) Grant of Security Interest. All cash collateral (other than credit
support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, interest
bearing deposit accounts at Xxxxx Fargo, with the interest accruing for the account of the
Borrower, and the type of account and interest rate determined by the Administrative Agent
in its sole discretion. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such
Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders, and agrees to
maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all
balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in
all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such cash
collateral may be applied pursuant to this Agreement. 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 as herein provided, or that the total amount of such cash
collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured
thereby, the Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender 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.
(iii) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, cash collateral provided under any of this Section 2.2(h) or Sections 2.2(a), 2.5
or 7.2 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the
specific LOC Obligations, obligations to fund Participation Interests (including, as to cash
collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and
other obligations for which the cash collateral was so provided, prior to any other
application of such property as may be provided for herein.
(iv) Release. Cash collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to
reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the
elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto
(including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as
appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 9.6(i))) or (ii) the
Administrative Agent’s good faith determination 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 2.2(h) may be otherwise applied in
accordance with Section 2.9(b)), and (y) the Person providing cash collateral and the
Issuing Lender may agree that cash collateral shall not be released but instead held to
support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
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Section 2.3 Fees.
(a) Letter of Credit Fee; Letter of Credit Negotiation Fee. In consideration of the
LOC Commitment, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Issuing Lender (i) a fee (each, a “Letter
of Credit Fee” and collectively, the “Letter of Credit Fees”) equal to 0.95% per
annum on the average daily maximum amount available to be drawn under each standby Letter of
Credit from the date of issuance to the date of expiration and (ii) a negotiation fee (each, a
“Letter of Credit Negotiation Fee” and collectively, the “Letter of Credit
Negotiation Fees”) equal to 0.25% of the amount drawn on any commercial Letter of Credit
issued by the Issuing Lender. The Issuing Lender shall, promptly upon receipt from the Borrower,
pay over to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders (including Xxxxx
Fargo) in accordance with their respective Commitments, each Letter of Credit Fee and each Letter
of Credit Negotiation Fee; provided, however, that any Letter of Credit Fees and Letter
of Credit Negotiation Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect
to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided cash collateral
satisfactory to the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.2 shall be payable, to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward
adjustments in their respective Commitment Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit
pursuant to Section 2.18(a)(iv), with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the Issuing
Lender for its own account. Each Letter of Credit Fee shall be payable in advance at the time of
issuance of the applicable Letter of Credit and thereafter, on each date of renewal of such
Letter of Credit to the date of expiration. Each Letter of Credit Negotiation Fee shall be
payable at the time of any draw under the applicable Letter of Credit.
(b) Issuing Lender Fees. In addition to the Letter of Credit Fees and Letter of
Credit Negotiation Fees payable pursuant to subsection (a) hereof, the Borrower shall pay to the
Issuing Lender for its own account without sharing by the other Lenders the reasonable and
customary charges from time to time of the Issuing Lender with respect to the issuance,
amendment, transfer, administration, cancellation and conversion of, and drawings under, any
Letters of Credit (collectively, the “Issuing Lender Fees”).
(c) Unused Fee. In consideration of the Commitments, the Borrower agrees to pay to
the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders in accordance with their
respective Commitments a commitment fee (the “Unused Fee”) in an amount equal to 0.25%
per annum on the average daily unused amount of the Aggregate Committed Amount. For purposes of
computation of the Unused Fee, LOC Obligations shall be considered usage of the Aggregate
Committed Amount. The Unused Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first Business Day
of each calendar quarter.
(d) Closing Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments a closing fee in
an amount equal to $100,000 payable on the Closing Date. Such fee shall be fully earned when
paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
(e) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders,
as applicable, such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the
amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall
not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
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Section 2.4 Commitment Reductions.
(a) Voluntary Reductions. The Borrower shall have the right to terminate or
permanently reduce the unused portion of the Aggregate Committed Amount at any time or from time
to time upon not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent
(which shall notify the Lenders thereof as soon as practicable) of each such termination or
reduction, which notice shall specify the effective date thereof and the amount of any such
reduction which shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof, shall be irrevocable and effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent and
shall reduce the Aggregate Commitment Amount during each of the High Commitment Period, Medium
Commitment Period and Low Commitment Period, provided that no such reduction or
termination of the Aggregate Committed Amount shall be permitted if after giving effect thereto,
and to any prepayments of the Loans made on the effective date thereof, the sum of Loans
plus LOC Obligations would exceed the Aggregate Committed Amount.
(b) Commitment Termination Date. The Commitments and LOC Commitment shall
automatically terminate on the Commitment Termination Date.
Section 2.5 Prepayments.
(a) Optional Prepayments. The Borrower shall have the right to prepay any Loan in
whole or in part from time to time; provided, however, that each partial
prepayment of such Loan shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 and integral multiples
of $100,000 in excess thereof. The Borrower shall give three (3) Business Days’ irrevocable
notice to the Administrative Agent of any such prepayment (which shall notify the Lenders thereof
as soon as practicable). All prepayments under this Section 2.5(a) shall be subject to Section
2.14, but otherwise without premium or penalty. Interest on the principal amount prepaid shall
be payable on the next occurring Interest Payment Date that would have occurred had such loan not
been prepaid or, at the request of the Administrative Agent, interest on the principal amount
prepaid shall be payable on any date that a prepayment is made hereunder through the date of
prepayment. Amounts prepaid on the Loans may be reborrowed in accordance with the terms hereof.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments.
(i) Aggregate Committed Amount. If at any time after the Closing Date, the sum
of Loans plus LOC Obligations shall exceed the Aggregate Committed Amount, as in effect
during the Low Commitment Period, Medium Commitment Period or the High Commitment Period, as
applicable, the Borrower shall immediately prepay the outstanding Loans in an amount
sufficient to eliminate such excess (such prepayment to be applied as set forth in clause
(ii) below and shall not permanently reduce the Aggregate Commitment Amount).
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(ii) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. All amounts required to be paid
pursuant to Section 2.5(b)(i) shall be applied first, to LMI Rate Loans,
second, to LIBOR Rate Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities and
third, following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default or Event
of Default, to a cash collateral account in respect of LOC Obligations.
(iii) Deposit of Prepayments. All prepayments under this Section 2.5(b) shall
be subject to Section 2.14 and be accompanied by interest on the principal amount prepaid
through the date of prepayment. In the event of a prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Loan under
this Section 2.5(b) on a date other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period, the
Borrower may elect to have the amount of such required prepayment held in an interest
bearing account with the Administrative Agent, to be held by the Administrative Agent as
cash collateral for the benefit of the Lenders and applied to such required prepayment on
the last day of the applicable Interest Period.
(c) Hedging Obligations Unaffected. Any repayment or prepayment made pursuant to
this Section 2.5 shall not affect the Borrower’s obligation to continue to make payments under
any Hedging Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such repayment
or prepayment, subject to the terms of such Hedging Agreement.
Section 2.6 Default Rate.
Upon the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default, at the discretion of
the Required Lenders, the principal of and, to the extent permitted by law, interest on the Loans
and any other amounts owing hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall bear interest,
payable on demand, at a per annum rate two percent (2%) greater than the rate which would otherwise
be applicable.
Section 2.7 Conversion Options.
(a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert LMI Rate Loans to LIBOR Rate Loans,
by giving the Administrative Agent at least two (2) Business Days’ prior irrevocable written
notice of such election not later than 11:00 A.M. (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania time). A form of
Notice of Conversion/Extension is attached as
Exhibit C. If the date upon which an LMI
Rate Loan is to be converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan is not a Business Day, then such conversion
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and during the period from such last day of an
Interest Period to such succeeding Business Day such Loan shall bear interest as if it were an
LMI Rate Loan. All or any part of outstanding LMI Rate Loans may be converted as provided
herein;
provided that (i) no Loan may be converted into a LIBOR Rate Loan when any
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) partial conversions shall be
in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof.
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(b) Any LIBOR Rate Loans may be continued as such upon the expiration of an Interest Period
with respect thereto by compliance by the Borrower with the notice provisions contained in
Section 2.7(a); provided, that no LIBOR Rate Loan may be continued as such
when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case such Loan
shall be automatically converted to an LMI Rate Loan at the end of the applicable Interest Period
with respect thereto. If the Borrower shall fail to give timely notice of an election to
continue a LIBOR Rate Loan, or the continuation of LIBOR Rate Loans is not permitted hereunder,
such LIBOR Rate Loans shall be automatically converted to LMI Rate Loans at the end of the
applicable Interest Period with respect thereto.
Section 2.8 Computation of Interest and Fees.
(a) All fees, interest and all other amounts payable hereunder shall be calculated on the
basis of a 360 day year for the actual days elapsed. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan
resulting from a change in the LIBOR Market Index Rate shall become effective as of the opening
of business on the day on which such change shall become effective. The Administrative Agent
shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effective date and the
amount of each such change and of each determination of a LIBOR Rate.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in
the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower,
deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the computations used by the Administrative Agent in
determining any interest rate.
Section 2.9 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments.
(a) Each borrowing of Loans and any reduction of the related Commitment shall be made
pro rata according to the respective Commitment Percentages of the applicable
Lenders. Each payment under this Agreement or any Note shall be applied,
first, to any
fees then due and owing by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.3,
second, to interest then
due and owing hereunder and under the Notes of the Borrower and,
third, to principal then
due and owing hereunder and under the Notes of the Borrower. Each payment on account of any fees
pursuant to Sections 2.3(a), 2.3(c), 2.3(d) and, if applicable, 2.3(e) shall be made
pro
rata in accordance with the respective amounts due and owing. Each payment by the
Borrower on account of principal of and interest on any Loan shall be made
pro
rata according to the respective amounts due and owing each applicable Lender. Each
optional prepayment of any Loan shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.5(a) and each
mandatory prepayment of any Loan shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.5(b). Payments
made pursuant to Section 2.12 shall be applied in accordance with such section. All payments
(including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower on account of principal, interest and fees
shall be made without defense, set-off or counterclaim (except as provided in Section 2.15(c)),
shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders in
immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 12:00 Noon
(Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania time) on the date when due. Any payment received after the foregoing
deadlines shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall
distribute such payments to the Lenders entitled thereto promptly upon receipt in like funds as
received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the LIBOR Rate Loans) becomes due and
payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day, and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be
payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a LIBOR Rate Loan
becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to
extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day.
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(b) Allocation of Payments After Exercise of Remedies. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, after the exercise of remedies by the Administrative
Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Section 7.2 (or after the Commitments shall automatically
terminate and the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts under the Credit
Documents (including without limitation the maximum amount of all contingent liabilities under
Letters of Credit) shall automatically become due and payable in accordance with the terms of
such Section), all amounts collected or received by the Administrative Agent or any Lender Party
on account of the Obligations or any other amounts outstanding under any of the Credit Documents
or in respect of the Collateral shall be paid over or delivered as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including
without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing
Lender in connection with enforcing the rights of the Lender Parties under the Credit
Documents and any protective advances made by the Administrative Agent with respect to the
Collateral under or pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents;
SECOND, to the payment of any administrative fees owed to the Administrative Agent;
THIRD, to the payment of all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including
without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) of each of the Lenders in connection with
enforcing its rights under the Credit Documents or otherwise with respect to the Obligations
owing to such Lender;
FOURTH, to the payment of all of the Obligations consisting of accrued fees and
interest, and including with respect to any Swap Obligations, any fees, premiums and
scheduled periodic payments due under any Participating Hedging Agreement and any interest
accrued thereon;
FIFTH, to the payment of the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations and the
payment or cash collateralization of the LOC Obligations, and including with respect to any
Swap Obligations, any breakage, termination or other payments due under any Participating
Hedging Agreement and any interest accrued thereon;
SIXTH, to all other Obligations and other obligations which shall have become due and
payable under the Credit Documents or otherwise and not repaid pursuant to clauses “FIRST”
through “FIFTH” above; and
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SEVENTH, to the payment of the surplus, if any, to whoever may be lawfully entitled to
receive such surplus.
In carrying out the foregoing, (i) amounts received shall be applied in the numerical order
provided above until the amounts due under any such category have been paid, prior to application
of such amounts to the next succeeding category; (ii) each of the Lender Parties shall receive an
amount equal to its pro rata share (based on the proportion that the then outstanding Loans, LOC
Obligations and Swap Obligations held by such Lender bears to the aggregate then outstanding Loans
and LOC Obligations) of amounts available to be applied pursuant to clauses “THIRD”, “FOURTH”,
“FIFTH” and “SIXTH” above; and (iii) to the extent that any amounts available for distribution
pursuant to clause “FIFTH” above are attributable to the issued but undrawn amount of outstanding
Letters of Credit, such amounts shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a cash collateral
account and applied (A) first, to reimburse the Issuing Lender from time to time for any drawings
under such Letters of Credit and (B) then, following the expiration of all Letters of Credit, to
all other obligations of the types described in clauses “FIFTH” and “SIXTH” above in the manner
provided in this Section 2.9(b).
Section 2.10 Non-Receipt of Funds by the Administrative Agent.
(a) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by a Lender prior to
the date a Loan is to be made by such Lender (which notice shall be effective upon receipt) that
such Lender does not intend to make the proceeds of such Loan available to the Administrative
Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such proceeds available to
the Administrative Agent on such date, and the Administrative Agent may in reliance upon such
assumption (but shall not be required to) make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount.
If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent shall be able to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender. If
such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s
demand therefor, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower
shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be,
interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding
amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such
corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent at a per annum rate equal to (i)
from the Borrower at the applicable rate for the applicable borrowing pursuant to the Notice of
Borrowing or (ii) from a Lender at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
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(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower,
prior to the date on which any payment is due from the Borrower hereunder (which notice shall be
effective upon receipt) that the Borrower does not intend to make such payment, the
Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment when due, and the
Administrative Agent may in reliance upon such assumption (but shall not be required to) make
available to each Lender on such payment date an amount equal to the portion of such assumed
payment to which such Lender is entitled hereunder, and if the Borrower has not in fact made such
payment to the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall,
on demand, repay to the Administrative Agent the amount made available to such Lender. If
such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent on a date after the date such amount was made
available to such Lender, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand interest on
such amount in respect of each day from the date such amount was made available by the
Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative
Agent at a per annum rate equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate.
(c) A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to the Borrower or any Lender with
respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.10 (providing in reasonable detail the basis
therefor) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Section 2.11 Inability to Determine Interest Rate.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if (i) the Administrative Agent shall
reasonably determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error)
that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, deposits in the relevant amount in
the relevant currency and for the relevant Interest Period are not available in the relevant market
to any Lender or reasonable and adequate means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for such
Interest Period, or (ii) the Required Lenders, as applicable, shall reasonably determine (which
determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that the LIBOR Rate does not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding LIBOR Rate Loans that the
Borrower has requested be outstanding as a Tranche during such Interest Period, the Administrative
Agent shall forthwith give telephone notice of such determination, confirmed in writing, to the
Borrower, and the Lenders at least two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest
Period. If such notice is given (a) any affected LIBOR Rate Loans requested to be made on the
first day of such Interest Period shall be made as LMI Rate Loans and (b) any affected Loans that
were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to or continued as LIBOR Rate
Loans shall be converted to or continued as LMI Rate Loans. Until any such notice has been
withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Loans shall be made as, continued as, or
converted into, LIBOR Rate Loans for the Interest Periods so affected.
Section 2.12 Illegality.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof by the relevant Governmental
Authority to any Lender shall make it unlawful for such Lender or its LIBOR Lending Office to make
or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans as contemplated by this Agreement or to obtain in the interbank
eurodollar market through its LIBOR Lending Office the funds with which to make such Loans, (a)
such Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower thereof, (b) the
commitment of such Lender hereunder to make LIBOR Rate Loans or continue LIBOR Rate Loans as such
shall forthwith be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall give notice that the condition or
situation which gave rise to the suspension shall no longer exist, and (c) such Lender’s Loans then
outstanding as LIBOR Rate Loans, if any, shall be converted on the last day of the Interest Period
for such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law to LMI
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Rate Loans. The Borrower
hereby agrees promptly to pay any Lender,
upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for actual and
direct costs (but not including anticipated profits) reasonably incurred by such Lender including,
but not limited to, any interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it
in order to make or maintain its LIBOR Rate Loans hereunder. A certificate as to any additional
amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative
Agent, to the Borrower (providing in reasonable detail the basis therefor) shall be conclusive in
the absence of manifest error. If any such request seeks retroactive compensation or indemnity, in
no event shall any such claim seek such compensation and indemnity for any cost incurred more than
180 days prior to the date such Lender delivers such certificate to the Borrower. Each Lender
agrees to use reasonable efforts (including reasonable efforts to change its LIBOR Lending Office)
to avoid or to minimize any amounts which may otherwise be payable pursuant to this Section;
provided, however, that such efforts shall not cause the imposition on such Lender
of any additional costs or legal or regulatory burdens reasonably deemed by such Lender to be
material.
Section 2.13 Requirements of Law.
(a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to
the date hereof:
(i) shall subject such Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to any
Letter of Credit or any application relating thereto, any LIBOR Rate Loan made by it, or
change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for
changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for
the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition
of funds by, any office of such Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination
of the LIBOR Rate hereunder; or
(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
in each case, other than as a result of such Lender’s capitalization or financial adequacy, and
the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making or
maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans or the Letters of Credit or to reduce any amount receivable
hereunder or under any Note, then, in any such case, without duplication of any amount paid by
the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.12, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its
demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such additional cost or
reduced amount receivable which such Lender reasonably deems to be material as determined by
such Lender with respect to its LIBOR Rate Loans or Letters of Credit. A certificate as to any
additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by such Lender (providing in
reasonable detail the basis therefor and stating that such Lender is seeking similar
reimbursement from similarly situated borrowers), through the Administrative Agent, to the
Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
If any such request seeks retroactive compensation or indemnity, in no event shall any such
claim seek such compensation and indemnity for any cost incurred more than 180 days prior to the
date such Lender delivers such certificate to the Borrower. Each Lender agrees to use
reasonable efforts (including reasonable efforts to change its Domestic Lending Office or LIBOR
Lending Office, as the case may be) to avoid or to minimize any amounts which might otherwise be
payable pursuant to this paragraph of this Section; provided, however, that such
efforts shall not cause the imposition on such Lender of any additional costs or legal or
regulatory burdens deemed by such Lender to be material.
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(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in
connection therewith shall be deemed to be a change in law, regardless of the date enacted,
adopted or issued.
(c) If any Lender shall have reasonably determined that the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or
compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or
directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any central
bank or Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof, in each case, other than as a
result of such Lender’s capitalization or financial adequacy, does or shall have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of
its obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have
achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or
such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount reasonably deemed by
such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within fifteen (15) days after demand by such
Lender, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount as shall be certified by
such Lender as being required to compensate it for such reduction. Such a certificate as to any
additional amounts payable under this Section submitted by a Lender (providing in reasonable
detail the basis therefor and stating that such Lender is seeking similar reimbursement from
similarly situated borrowers), through the Administrative Agent, to the Borrower shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
Section 2.14 Indemnity.
The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold such Lender harmless from any
funding loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by
the Borrower in payment of the principal amount of or interest on any Loan by such Lender in
accordance with the terms hereof, (b) default by the Borrower in accepting a borrowing after the
Borrower has given a notice in accordance with the terms hereof, (c) default by the Borrower in
making any prepayment after the Borrower has given a notice in accordance with the terms hereof,
and/or (d) the making by the Borrower of a prepayment of a Loan, or the conversion thereof, on a
day which is not the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto, in each case including,
but not limited to, any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees payable by such Lender
to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to maintain its Loans hereunder. A certificate as to
any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.14 submitted by any Lender, through the
Administrative Agent, to the Borrower (which certificate
must be delivered to the Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days following such default,
prepayment or conversion and shall provide in reasonable detail the basis therefor) shall be
conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If any such request seeks retroactive compensation or
indemnity, in no event shall any such claim seek such compensation and indemnity for any cost
incurred more than 180 days prior to the date such Lender delivers such certificate to the Borrower
through the Administrative Agent.
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Section 2.15 Taxes.
(a) All payments made by the Credit Parties hereunder or under any Note shall be, except as
provided in Section 2.15(c), made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for,
any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of
whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by any Governmental Authority or by any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding
any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender pursuant to the laws of
the jurisdiction in which it is organized or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or
applicable lending office of such Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein) and
all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect thereto (all such non-excluded taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges being referred to collectively as
“Taxes”). If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, the Credit Parties agree to pay the
full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary so that every payment
of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Note, after withholding or deduction for or
on account of any Taxes, will not be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Note.
(b) The Borrower (or other relevant Credit Party) will furnish to the Administrative Agent
as soon as practicable after any payment of any Taxes due pursuant to applicable law an original
or a certified copy of a tax receipt issued by the applicable Governmental Authority evidencing
such payment by the Borrower (or other relevant Credit Party), a copy of the return reporting
such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent. The Credit Parties agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, and reimburse the Administrative Agent or such Lender within ten (10) days after written
request, for the full amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by the Administrative
Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, on or with respect to any payment by or on account of
any obligation of the Borrower (or other applicable Credit Party) hereunder (including Taxes
imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.15),
whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority. A certificate (along with a copy of the applicable documents from the
relevant Governmental Authority) as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the
Borrower (or other relevant Credit Party) by a Lender, 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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(c) Each Lender (i) that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code) agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or
prior to the Closing Date, or in the case of a Lender that is an assignee or
transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.6(c) (unless the
respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or
transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, two accurate and complete
original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form X-0XXX, X-0XXX or W-8IMY, as applicable
(or successor forms), certifying such Lender’s entitlement to a complete exemption from or
reduction of United States withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this
Agreement and under any Note and (ii) that is a United States person (as such term is defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code), other than Persons that are corporations or otherwise exempt
from United States backup withholding Tax, agrees to deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, or in the case of a Lender that is an
assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.6(c) (unless the
respective Lender was already a Lender hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or
transfer), on the date of such assignment or transfer to such Lender, two accurate and complete
original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or successor form) certifying that
such Person is exempt from United states backup withholding Tax on payments made under this
Agreement and under any Note. In addition, each Lender agrees that it will deliver upon the
Borrower’s request updated versions of the foregoing, as applicable, whenever the previous
certification has become obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, together with such other
forms as may be required under applicable law in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of
such Lender to a continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding or backup
withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Note. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.15(a), but subject to the immediately succeeding
sentence, (A) each of the Credit Parties shall be entitled, to the extent it is required to do so
by applicable law, to deduct or withhold Taxes imposed by the United States (or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable
hereunder for the account of any Lender to the extent that such Lender has not provided to the
Borrower U.S. Internal Revenue Service Forms that establish a complete exemption from such
deduction or withholding and (B) the Credit Parties shall not be obligated pursuant to Section
2.15(a) hereof to gross-up payments to be made to a Lender in respect of Taxes imposed by the
United States if such Lender has not provided to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent the
Internal Revenue Service Forms required to be provided to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent pursuant to this Section 2.15(c). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
the preceding sentence or elsewhere in this Section 2.15, the Credit Parties agree to pay
additional amounts and to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender in the manner set
forth in Section 2.15(b) in respect of any amounts deducted or withheld by it as described in the
immediately preceding sentence as a result of any changes after the Closing Date in any
applicable law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order, or in the
interpretation thereof, relating to the deducting or withholding of Taxes.
(d) Each Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts (including reasonable efforts to change its
Domestic Lending Office or LIBOR Lending Office, as the case may be) to avoid or to minimize any
amounts which might otherwise be payable pursuant to this Section 2.15; provided,
however, that such efforts shall not cause the imposition on such Lender of any additional costs
or legal or regulatory burdens deemed by such Lender in its sole discretion to be material.
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(e) If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its sole good faith discretion,
that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Credit Party
or with respect to which a Credit Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section
2.15, it shall pay over such refund to such Credit Party (but only to the extent of indemnity
payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Credit Party under this Section 2.15
with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the
relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund net of any applicable Taxes payable
in respect of such interest); provided that such Credit Party, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Credit Party
(plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to
the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is
required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section 2.15(e) shall
not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax
returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to any
Credit Party or any other Person.
Section 2.16 Indemnification; Nature of Issuing Lender’s Duties.
(a) In addition to its other obligations under Section 2.2, each of the Credit Parties
hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and hold the Issuing Lender harmless from and against
any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees) that the Issuing Lender may incur or be subject to as a consequence,
direct or indirect, of (i) the issuance of any Letter of Credit, except to the extent resulting
from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender, or (ii) the
failure of the Issuing Lender to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit as a result of any act
or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto
government or Governmental Authority (all such acts or omissions, herein called “Government
Acts”).
(b) As between the Credit Parties and the Issuing Lender, the Credit Parties shall assume
all risks of the acts, omissions or misuse of any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof.
The Issuing Lender shall not 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 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
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part,
that may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of a
Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to draw upon a 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 a Letter of Credit or of the
proceeds thereof; and (vii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the
Issuing Lender, including, without limitation, any Government Acts. None of the above shall
affect, impair, or prevent the vesting of the Issuing Lender’s rights or powers hereunder.
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(c) In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions
hereinabove set forth, any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender, under or in connection
with any Letter of Credit or the related certificates, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall
not put the Issuing Lender under any resulting liability to the Credit Parties. It is the
intention of the parties that this Agreement shall be construed and applied to protect and
indemnify the Issuing Lender against any and all risks involved in the issuance of the Letters of
Credit (other than to the extent resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Issuing Lender or its agents or attorneys-in-fact not selected by it with reasonable care), all
of which risks are hereby assumed by the Credit Parties, including, without limitation, any and
all risks of the acts or omissions, whether rightful or wrongful, of any Government Authority.
The Issuing Lender shall not, in any way, be liable for any failure by the Issuing Lender or
anyone else to pay any drawing under any Letter of Credit as a result of any Government Acts or
any other cause beyond the control of the Issuing Lender.
(d) Nothing in this Section 2.16 is intended to limit the reimbursement obligation of the
Borrower contained in Section 2.2(d) hereof. The obligations of the Credit Parties under this
Section 2.16 shall survive the termination of this Agreement. No act or omissions of any current
or prior beneficiary of a Letter of Credit shall in any way affect or impair the rights of the
Issuing Lender to enforce any right, power or benefit under this Agreement.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.16, the Credit
Parties shall have no obligation to indemnify the Issuing Lender in respect of any liability
incurred by the Issuing Lender arising out of the bad faith, gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Issuing Lender (including action not taken by the Issuing Lender), as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 2.17 Replacement of Lenders.
The Borrower shall be permitted to replace with a financial institution reasonably acceptable
to the Administrative Agent any Lender (other than Xxxxx Fargo) that (a) requests reimbursement for
amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.12, 2.13 or 2.15(a), or (b) is a Defaulting Lender;
provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) prior
to any such replacement, such Lender shall have taken no action under Section 2.12, 2.13(a) or
2.15(d), as applicable, so as to eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts owing pursuant
to Section 2.12, 2.13 or 2.15(a), (iv) the replacement financial institution shall purchase, at
par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of
replacement, (v) the Borrower shall be liable to such Lender under Section 2.14 if any LIBOR Rate
Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of the Interest
Period relating thereto, (vi) the replacement financial institution, if not already a Lender, shall
be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vii) the replaced Lender shall be
obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of
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Section 9.6 (provided that
the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee
referred to therein), (viii) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the
Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.12, 2.13 or
2.15(a), as the case may be (so long as the Lender to be replaced does not cause any unreasonable
delay in such consummation), and (ix) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of
any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the
replaced Lender. In the event the replaced Lender fails to execute the agreements required under
Section 9.6 in connection with any assignment pursuant to this Section 2.17, the Borrower may, upon
one (1) Business Day’s prior notice to such replaced Lender, execute such agreements on behalf of
such replaced Lender. A Lender shall not be required to be replaced if, prior thereto, as a
result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require
such replacement cease to apply.
Section 2.18 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no
longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or
disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be
restricted as set forth in Section 9.1.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or
other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender
(whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VII or otherwise, and
including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender
pursuant to Section 9.7), 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 the Issuing Lender
hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the
Issuing Lender, to be held as cash collateral for future funding obligations of that
Defaulting Lender of any Participation Interest; 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 satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under
this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the
Issuing Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by
any Lender or the Issuing 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
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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 LOC Mandatory Borrowings in respect of which that
Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or LOC
Mandatory Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.2 were
satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and LOC
Mandatory Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being
applied to the payment of any Loans of, or LOC Mandatory Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting
Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender
that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash
collateral pursuant to this Section 2.18(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by
that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall not be entitled to
receive any Unused Fee pursuant to Section 2.3(c) 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) and (y)
shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees and Letter of Credit
Negotiation Fees as provided in Section 2.3(a).
(iv) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure.
During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the
amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund
participations in Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 2.2, the “Commitment Percentage” of
each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that
Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect
only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event
of Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to
acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit shall not exceed the positive
difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2)
the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans and LOC Mandatory Borrowings of that
Lender and any other Participation Interests funded by that Lender.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
Issuing Lender agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no
longer be deemed to be 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 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 to be held on a pro
rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Commitment Percentages (without giving effect
to Section 2.18(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender;
provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or
payments made by or on behalf of 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 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.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Extensions of Credit herein
provided for, the Credit Parties hereby make the following representations and warranties to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender (as modified from time to time pursuant to Sections 4.2(a) and
5.2(c)):
Section 3.1 Financial Condition.
The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders: (i) the consolidated
balance sheet as at the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 and consolidated statements of
income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year
ended March 31, 2010, in each case audited by a nationally recognized independent accounting firm;
(ii) consolidating company-prepared unaudited balance sheet as at the end of the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2010 and consolidating statement of income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2010; (iii) consolidated company-prepared unaudited balance sheets and
statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the
period beginning April 1, 2010 and ended December 31, 2010; (iv) consolidating company-prepared
unaudited balance sheets and statements of income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the
period beginning April 1, 2010 and ended December 31, 2010; and (v) consolidated one-year
management prepared projections (including detailed consolidating information for sales, costs of
sales, labor and rent), including income statements and balance sheets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and certified by
a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, that (A) they fairly present the financial condition of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as of the dates indicated; (B) with respect to the audited and
unaudited financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, they fairly present the
results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes
resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments; and (C) with respect to the pro forma balance
sheet and the projections, they were prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions.
Section 3.2 No Change.
Since March 31, 2010 there has been no development or event which, individually or in the
aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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Section 3.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law.
Each of the Credit Parties (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the requisite power and authority to own
and operate all its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the
business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified to conduct business and in good
standing under the laws of (i) the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) the jurisdiction where
its chief executive office is located and (iii) each other jurisdiction where its ownership, lease
or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification and (d) is in
compliance with all Requirements of Law, except to the extent that the failure to qualify or
failure to comply as required by clause (c)(iii) or clause (d) of this Section 3.3 could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations.
Each of the Credit Parties has full entity power and authority to make, deliver and perform
the Credit Documents to which it is party and has taken all necessary partnership, limited
liability company or corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of
the Credit Documents to which it is party. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to
or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in
connection with the borrowings hereunder or with the execution, delivery or performance of any
Credit Document by the Credit Parties (other than those that have been obtained and immaterial
consents or authorizations of third parties that are not Governmental Authorities) or with the
validity or enforceability of any Credit Document against the Credit Parties. Each Credit Document
to which it is a party has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party. Each
Credit Document to which it is a party constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each
Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable
principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
Section 3.5 No Legal Bar; No Default.
The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents, the borrowings thereunder and
the use of the proceeds of the Loans will not violate in any material respect any Requirement of
Law or any material Contractual Obligation of any Credit Party (except those as to which waivers or
consents have been obtained), and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any
Lien on any Credit Party’s properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or Contractual
Obligation. No Credit Party is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual
Obligations, except to the extent any such default could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
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Section 3.6 No Material Litigation.
No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental
Authority is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Credit Parties, threatened by or against any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their respective properties or revenues
(a) with respect to the Credit Documents or any Loan or any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or (b) which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section 3.7 Investment Company Act.
No Credit Party is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment
company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 3.8 Margin Regulations.
No part of the proceeds of any Extension of Credit hereunder will be used directly or
indirectly for any purpose that violates, or that would be inconsistent with, the provisions of
Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time
to time hereafter in effect. Each of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries (a) are not engaged
in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” “margin stock”
within the respective meanings of each of such terms under Regulation U and (b) do not own “margin
stock”.
Section 3.9 ERISA.
Neither a Reportable Event nor an “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of
Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred with respect to any Plan, and each
Plan has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code.
No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred resulting in any liability that has remained
underfunded, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen. No Single Employer Plan has
any unfunded pension liability as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this
representation is made or deemed made (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan). Neither
any Credit Party nor any Commonly Controlled Entity is currently subject to any liability for a
complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan.
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Section 3.10 Environmental Matters.
Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect:
(a) To the knowledge of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, the Properties do not
contain any Materials of Environmental Concern which are not being used in compliance with
applicable Environmental Laws.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10, to the knowledge of the Credit Parties and
their Subsidiaries, (i) the Properties and all operations of any Credit Party and/or Subsidiaries
at the Properties are in compliance, and have in the period of such ownership, lease or operation
been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and (ii) there is no contamination
at, under or about the Properties in concentrations constituting a violation of Environmental Law
or any violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business.
(c) Neither any Credit Party nor any Subsidiary has received any written or actual notice of
violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability with respect to
environmental matters or Environmental Laws regarding any of the Properties or the Business, nor
does any Credit Party or any Subsidiary have knowledge that any such notice will be received or
is being threatened.
(d) To the knowledge of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, Materials of
Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of from the Properties, during any
period of ownership, lease, operation or use by any Credit Party or Subsidiary, in violation of,
or in a manner or to a location that reasonably could be expected to give rise to liability under
any Environmental Law, and no Materials of Environmental Concern have been generated, treated,
stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Properties, during any period of ownership,
lease, operation or use by any Credit Party or Subsidiary, in violation of, or in a manner that
reasonably could be expected to give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law.
(e) There has been no release or threat of release of Materials of Environmental Concern at
or from the Properties arising from or related to the operations of any Credit Party or any
Subsidiary in connection with the Properties or otherwise in connection with the Business, in
violation of or in amounts or in a manner that reasonably could be expected to give rise to
liability under Environmental Laws.
(f) No judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the
knowledge of any Credit Party or Subsidiary, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which any
Credit Party or any Subsidiary is or, to any such Credit Party’s or Subsidiary’s knowledge, will
be named as a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor, to any Credit Party’s or
Subsidiary’s knowledge, are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders,
administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements
outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business.
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Section 3.11 Purpose of Extensions of Credit.
The proceeds of Loans, and the availability under the Commitment, shall be used solely for
working capital needs, general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions), and the
issuance of commercial and standby letters of credit.
Section 3.12 Capitalization.
Set forth on Schedule 3.12 is a complete and accurate list of all Credit Parties and
Subsidiaries thereof as of the Closing Date. Information on such Schedule includes the following:
the percentage interests of each holder of each class of Capital Stock or other equity interests
outstanding other than with respect to the Borrower’s Capital Stock or other equity interests. Set
forth on Schedule 3.12 is the state of formation or organization, the chief executive
office and the principal place of business of all of the Credit Parties and Subsidiaries thereof as
of the Closing Date. The outstanding Capital Stock and other equity interests of all such Credit
Parties and Subsidiaries is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and (other than as to
outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower) is owned free and clear of all Liens (other than (i)
those securing transfer restrictions arising under the organizational documents of such Credit
Parties and (ii) transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws). The Credit Parties may
update Schedule 3.12 from time to time by providing a replacement Schedule 3.12 to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
Section 3.13 Indebtedness.
Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.1, the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries
have no Indebtedness.
Section 3.14 Taxes.
Each of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries has filed, or caused to be filed, all
federal and state tax income tax returns and all material other federal, state, local and foreign
tax returns required to be filed and paid (a) all amounts of taxes shown thereon to be due
(including interest and penalties) and (b) all other taxes, fees, assessments and other
governmental charges (including mortgage recording taxes, documentary stamp taxes and intangibles
taxes) due and payable by it, except for such taxes that are being contested in good faith and by
proper proceedings, and against which adequate reserves are being maintained in accordance with
GAAP. None of the Credit Parties or any of their Subsidiaries is aware, as of the Closing Date, of
any proposed tax assessments against any Credit Party or any Subsidiary.
Section 3.15 Intellectual Property.
Each of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries owns, or to its knowledge has the legal
right to use, all Intellectual Property, technology, know-how and processes necessary for each of
them to conduct its business as currently conducted, except to the extent that the failure to own
or license any Intellectual Property, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.15, to the
knowledge of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries, except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) no claim has been
asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual
Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor do the Credit Parties
or any of their Subsidiaries know of any such claim, and (b) to the knowledge of the Credit Parties
and their Subsidiaries, the use of such Intellectual Property by the Credit Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person.
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Section 3.16 Solvency.
The fair saleable value of the Credit Parties’ assets taken as a whole, measured on a going
concern basis, exceeds all probable liabilities of the Credit Parties, including those to be
incurred pursuant to this Agreement. Taken as a whole, the Credit Parties (a) do not have
unreasonably small capital in relation to the business in which they are engaged or propose to be
engaged or (b) have not incurred, and do not believe that they will incur after giving effect to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, debts beyond their ability, taken as a whole, to
pay such debts as they become due. In executing the Credit Documents and consummating the
transactions contemplated thereby, none of the Credit Parties intends to hinder, delay or defraud
either present or future creditors or other Persons to which one or more of the Credit Parties is
or will become indebted.
Section 3.17 Investments.
All Investments of each of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries are Permitted
Investments.
Section 3.18 Security Documents; Matters Relating to Collateral.
(a) The Pledge Agreement and other Security Documents create valid security interests in,
and Liens on, 65% (or 100%, if no adverse tax consequences could reasonably be expected to result
therefrom) of the Capital Stock owned by Borrower or any Guarantor of all Foreign Subsidiaries
(other than Excluded Subsidiaries) and the other Collateral purported to be covered thereby.
Except as set forth in the Security Documents, such security interests and Liens are currently
(or will be upon the filing of appropriate financing statements or the Administrative Agent
obtaining control over those items of Collateral in which a security interest is perfected
through control, in each case in favor of the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lender
Parties) perfected security interests and Liens, to the extent such security interests and Liens
may be perfected under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the
District of Columbia, prior to all other Liens.
(b) No authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any
Governmental Authority is required for either (i) the pledge or grant by any Credit Party of the
Liens purported to be created in favor of Administrative Agent pursuant to any of the Security
Documents or (ii) the exercise by Administrative Agent of any rights or remedies in respect of
any Collateral (whether specifically granted or created pursuant to any of the Security Documents
or created or provided for by applicable law), except for filings or recordings contemplated by the Security Documents and except as may be required, in
connection with the transfer or disposition of any Collateral, by laws generally affecting the
offering and sale of securities.
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(c) Except such as may have been filed in favor of Administrative Agent as contemplated by
the Security Documents, no effective UCC financing statement or other instrument similar in
effect covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing or recording office.
(d) The pledge of the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents does not violate
Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(e) All information supplied to Administrative Agent by or on behalf of any Credit Party
with respect to any of the Collateral (in each case taken as a whole with respect to any
particular Collateral) is accurate and complete in all material respects.
Section 3.19 Brokers’ Fees.
None of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries has any obligation to any Person in respect
of any finder’s, broker’s, investment banking or other similar fee in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated under the Credit Documents other than the closing and other fees payable
pursuant to this Agreement and as set forth in the Fee Letter.
Section 3.20 Labor Matters.
(a) As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 3.20, there are no
collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the employees of the Credit
Parties or any of their Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date and (b) none of the Credit Parties or
their Subsidiaries (i) are experiencing any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material
labor difficulties involving its workers, or (ii) has knowledge of any potential or pending strike,
walkout or work stoppage involving its workers, which, with respect to clause (i) or (ii),
individually or in the aggregate, has, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 3.21 Accuracy and Completeness of Information.
All factual information heretofore, contemporaneously or hereafter furnished in writing by or
on behalf of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
pursuant to this Agreement or any other Credit Document, is, as of each date made or deemed made,
true and accurate in all material respects and not incomplete by omitting to state any material
fact necessary to make such information not misleading. There is no fact now known to any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate, has, or could reasonably
be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, which fact has not been set forth herein, in the
financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or in any certificate, opinion or other written
statement made or furnished by any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
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Section 3.22 Anti-Terrorism Laws.
Neither any 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. Neither any 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.
None of the Credit Parties (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.
Section 3.23 Compliance with OFAC Rules and Regulations.
None of the Credit Parties or their Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates (i) is a
Sanctioned Person, (ii) has any of its assets in Sanctioned Countries, or (iii) derives any of its
operating income from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned
Countries. No part of the proceeds of any Extension of Credit hereunder will be used directly or
indirectly to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments
to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 4.1 Conditions to Closing Date.
This Agreement shall become effective upon the satisfaction of the following conditions
precedent, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:
(a) Execution of Credit Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i)
counterparts of this Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) for the account of each Lender
requesting a promissory note, the Notes, in each case conforming to the requirements of this
Agreement and executed by a duly authorized officer of each other party thereto.
(b) Authority Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received the
following:
(i) Formation Documents. Copies of the articles of incorporation, certificate
of formation or other charter documents, as applicable, of each Credit Party (other than
Foreign Subsidiaries) certified by the secretary of state or similar official of such Credit Party’s state of organization and a secretary, assistant secretary or manager of such
Credit Party as of the Closing Date to be true and correct and in force and effect as of
such date.
(ii) Resolutions. Copies of resolutions of the board of directors, managers or
comparable managing body of each Credit Party (other than Foreign Subsidiaries) approving
and adopting the Credit Documents, the transactions contemplated therein and authorizing
execution and delivery thereof, certified by a secretary, assistant secretary or manager of
such Credit Party as of the Closing Date to be true and correct and in force and effect as
of such date.
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(iii) Organizational Documents. A copy of the bylaws or comparable partnership
or operating agreement of each Credit Party (other than Foreign Subsidiaries) certified by a
secretary, assistant secretary or manager of such Credit Party as of the Closing Date to be
true and correct and in force and effect as of such date.
(iv) Good Standing. Copies of certificates of good standing, existence or its
equivalent with respect to each Credit Party (other than Foreign Subsidiaries) certified as
of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authorities of (A) the state of
incorporation or organization of such Credit Party and (B) except where the failure to be in
good standing, existence or its equivalent, individually or in the aggregate, could not
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, each state in which such Credit
Party is required to be qualified to transact business.
(v) Incumbency. An incumbency certificate of each Credit Party (other than
Foreign Subsidiaries) certified by a secretary, assistant secretary or manager to be true
and correct as of the Closing Date.
(c) Pledge Agreement Collateral. Administrative Agent shall have received evidence
satisfactory to it that the Credit Parties shall have taken or caused to be taken all such
actions, executed and delivered or caused to be executed and delivered all such agreements,
documents and instruments, and made or caused to be made all such filings and recordings that
may be necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable in order to create in
favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lender Parties, a valid and (upon such filing
and recording) perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral.
(d) Legal Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent shall have received an
opinion or opinions of counsel for the Credit Parties, dated the Closing Date and addressed to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.
(e) Financial Statements. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of
the financial statements referred to in Section 3.1 hereof, each in form and substance
satisfactory to it.
(f) Payoff Arrangements.
(i) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a payoff letter providing for the
payment in full of the Existing PNC Line of Credit and termination of all commitments to lend or make other extensions of credit thereunder and (ii) all
documents or instruments necessary to release all Liens securing obligations under the
Existing PNC Line of Credit. The Credit Parties shall have made arrangements satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent with respect to any letters of credit outstanding under the
Existing PNC Line of Credit.
(ii) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a payoff letter providing for the
payment in full of the Existing Accounts Receivable Securitization and termination of all
commitments to sell and purchase assets or make any other extensions of credit thereunder
and (ii) all documents or instruments necessary to release all liens securing obligations
under the Existing Accounts Receivable Securitization.
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(g) Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence of insurance
required pursuant to Section 5.5(b).
(h) Fees. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all fees, if
any, owing pursuant to the Fee Letter and Section 2.3.
(i) Additional Matters. All other documents and legal matters in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and
substance to the Administrative Agent and its counsel.
Section 4.2 Conditions to All Extensions of Credit.
The obligation of each Lender to make any Extension of Credit hereunder on or after the
Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the date of
making such Extension of Credit:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the
Credit Parties herein and in the Security Documents, and which are contained in any other Credit
Document or certificate furnished at any time under or in connection herewith, shall be true and
correct on and as of the date of such Extension of Credit as if made on and as of such date,
except to the extent that (i) such representations and warranties specifically refer to an
earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date, and (ii) any
such representation or warranty that has been rendered incorrect or incomplete as a result of any
action permitted to be taken or omitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or consented to,
in writing, by the Required Lenders (as disclosed on updated Schedules delivered pursuant to
Section 5.2(c)).
(b) No Default or Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Extension of Credit to be
made on such date unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been waived in accordance
with this Agreement.
(c) Compliance with Commitments. Immediately after giving effect to the making of
any such Extension of Credit (and the application of the proceeds thereof), the sum of
outstanding Loans plus LOC Obligations shall not exceed the Aggregate Committed Amount.
(d) Additional Conditions to Loans. If a Loan is requested, all requirements set
forth in Sections 2.1(b)(i) and 2.1(b)(ii) shall have been satisfied.
(e) Additional Conditions to Letters of Credit. If the issuance of a Letter of
Credit is requested, all requirements set forth in Sections 2.2(a) and 2.2(b) shall have been
satisfied.
Each request for an Extension of Credit and each acceptance by the Borrower of any such
Extension of Credit shall be deemed to constitute representations and warranties by the Credit
Parties as of the date of such Extension of Credit that the conditions set forth above in
paragraphs (a) through (e), as applicable, have been satisfied.
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ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
The Credit Parties hereby covenant and agree that on the Closing Date, and thereafter for so
long as this Agreement is in effect and until the Commitments have terminated, no Note remains
outstanding and unpaid and the Obligations and all other amounts owing to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender hereunder are paid in full, the Credit Parties shall, and shall cause each of their
Subsidiaries, to:
Section 5.1 Financial Statements.
Furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) Annual Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event no later
than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, (i) a copy of the consolidated
balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the
related consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries for such year, which shall be audited by a firm of independent certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing as is reasonably acceptable to the Required
Lenders, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year,
reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification
indicating that the scope of the audit was inadequate to permit such independent certified public
accountants to certify such financial statements without such qualification and (ii) a copy of
the consolidating company-prepared unaudited balance sheet as at the end of such fiscal year and
related consolidating company-prepared unaudited statements of income of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for
the previous year;
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. As soon as available and in any event no later
than 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter (other than the last fiscal quarter of each
fiscal year), a company-prepared consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter and the related company-prepared (i)
consolidated and consolidating statements of income and (ii) consolidated statements of retained
earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such quarterly period and for the portion of the fiscal year ending with such period, in each case setting forth
in comparative form consolidated and consolidating figures, as applicable, for the corresponding
period or periods of the preceding fiscal year (subject to normal recurring year-end audit
adjustments); and
(c) Annual Projections. As soon as available and in any event no later than 60 days
after the end of each fiscal year, a copy of the projected consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of the current fiscal year and the related projected
consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such year, accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Office of the Borrower
that such projections were prepared in good faith based upon reasonable assumptions;
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all such financial statements to be complete and correct in all material respects (subject, in the
case of interim statements, to normal recurring year-end audit adjustments) and to be prepared in
reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP, applied consistently throughout the periods
reflected therein (subject, as to any quarterly statement, to the absence of footnotes and year-end
adjustments) and further accompanied by a description of a change, if any, in the application of
accounting principles as provided in Section 1.3 (it being understood that the Borrower’s delivery
obligation with respect to such description of a change shall be deemed satisfied to the extent
such description is included in the financial statements delivered to the Administrative Agent and
Lenders pursuant hereto or in the Borrower’s reports filed with the SEC as part of or
contemporaneously with the Borrower’s financial statements).
Section 5.2 Certificates; Other Information.
Furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 5.1(a)
above, a certificate of the independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial
statements stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of
any Default or Event of Default with respect to Section 5.9 (Financial Covenants), except as
specified in such certificate;
(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections
5.1(a) and 5.1(b) above, a certificate of a Responsible Officer in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit G stating that, to the best of such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each of the
Credit Parties during such period observed or performed in all material respects all of its
covenants and other agreements, and satisfied in all material respects every condition, contained
in this Agreement to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer
has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such
certificate and such certificate shall include the calculations in reasonable detail required to
indicate compliance with Section 5.9 as of the last day of such period;
(c) concurrently with or prior to the delivery of the financial statements referred to in
Sections 5.1(a) and 5.1(b) above, an updated copy of any other schedule to this Agreement which
reflects any change in status, event or occurrence since the Closing Date or since such schedule was last updated, as applicable, to the extent that the additional matters so
disclosed do not reflect or result in the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default;
(d) promptly upon their becoming available, (i) copies of all reports and all registration
statements and prospectuses, if any, which the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC or any
securities exchange or other private regulatory authority, (ii) all press releases and other
statements made available by any Credit Party to the public concerning material developments in
the Business and (iii) all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or
made available generally by the Borrower to its security holders or by any Subsidiary of the
Borrower to its security holders other than the Borrower or another Subsidiary; and
(e) promptly, such additional financial and other information as the Administrative Agent,
on behalf of any Lender, may from time to time reasonably request.
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Section 5.3 Payment of Taxes and Other Obligations.
(a) Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become
delinquent, as the case may be, subject, where applicable, to specified grace periods, (i) all
federal, state, local and any other taxes imposed upon it, (ii) all of its other obligations and
liabilities of whatever nature in accordance with industry practice and (iii) any additional
costs that are imposed as a result of any failure to so pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy such
taxes, obligations and liabilities, except (A) when the amount or validity of any such taxes,
obligations and liabilities is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and reserves, if applicable, in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on
the books of the Credit Parties and (B) to the extent the failure to do so could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(b) Timely file all income and other tax returns and reports required by applicable Law,
except to the extent the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence.
Except (a) as otherwise permitted by Sections 6.4 and 6.6 hereof, (i) continue to engage in
business of the same general type as now conducted by it on the Closing Date, (ii) preserve, renew
and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and (iii) take all reasonable action to
maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its
business, and (b) to the extent the failure to take any such action could not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (i) comply with all
Contractual Obligations under the Material Contracts, and (ii) comply with all Requirements of Law.
Section 5.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance.
(a) Keep all material property useful and necessary in its business in good working order
and condition (ordinary wear and tear and obsolescence excepted); and
(b) Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies liability, casualty,
property and business interruption insurance in at least such amounts and against at least such
risks as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or
a similar business; and furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent, full information as to the insurance carried.
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Section 5.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions.
Keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity
with GAAP and in compliance, in all material respects, with all Requirements of Law shall be made
of all dealings and transactions in relation to its businesses and activities; and permit, during
regular business hours and upon reasonable advance notice by the Administrative Agent, the
Administrative Agent (together with any Lender or any representative thereof) to visit and inspect
any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records (other than
attorney-client privileged materials) at any reasonable time and as often as may reasonably be
desired, and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of
the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries with officers and employees of the Credit Parties and
their Subsidiaries and with its independent certified public accountants; provided that, so long as
no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, not more than one such visit and inspection of
the Properties shall be made in any calendar year; provided further that the Borrower shall
reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses with respect to any such
visit or inspection made pursuant to this Section 5.6.
Section 5.7 Notices.
Give notice in writing to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly transmit such notice
to each Lender) of:
(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default immediately upon any Credit Party’s
obtaining knowledge thereof;
(b) promptly (and immediately upon receipt of a notice of default, oral or written), any
default or event of default by a Credit Party under any Material Contract or any other
Contractual Obligation of any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries which, individually or in
the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or involve a
monetary claim in excess of $3,250,000;
(c) promptly, any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding known to any Credit Party
(i) affecting any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries which, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or involve a monetary
claim in excess of $3,250,000, (ii) affecting or with respect to this Agreement, any other Credit
Document or any security interest or Lien created thereunder or (iii) involving an environmental
claim or potential liability under Environmental Laws in excess of $3,250,000;
(d) any written notice received by any Credit Party of an attachment, judgment, lien, levy
or order exceeding $3,250,000 that may be assessed against or threatened against any Credit Party
other than Permitted Liens set forth in clauses (a) through (g) and clause (j) of the “Permitted
Liens” definition;
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(e) as soon as possible and in any event within thirty (30) days after any Credit Party
knows thereof: (i) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a failure to
make any required contribution to a Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan
or any withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer
Plan or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or any
Credit Party or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the
withdrawal from, or the terminating, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Plan;
(f) promptly, any written notice of any violation or alleged violation received by any
Credit Party from any Governmental Authority including, without limitation, any written notice of
violation of Environmental Laws, to the extent such violation could reasonably be expected to
result in liability in excess of $3,250,000;
(g) as soon as possible and in any event at least thirty (30) days prior to the date that
any Credit Party: (i) amends, modifies or changes its articles of incorporation, certificate of
formation (or corporate charter or other similar organizational document) partnership agreement,
operating agreement or bylaws (or other similar document) except for any amendment, modification
or change which individually, or together with all amendments, modifications and changes made,
would not be adverse to the Lenders, (ii) changes its state of incorporation, organization or
formation or have more than one state of incorporation, organization or formation; or (iii)
changes its address or name; and
(h) promptly, any other development or event which could, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer
setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Credit
Party proposes to take with respect thereto. In the case of any notice of a Default or Event of
Default, the Borrower shall specify that such notice is a Default or Event of Default notice on the
face thereof.
Section 5.8 Environmental Laws.
(a) Except as could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, comply in with, and take commercially reasonable steps to ensure
compliance by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws and
obtain and comply with and maintain, and take commercially reasonable steps to ensure that all
tenants and subtenants, if any, obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses,
approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws;
(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all
remedial, removal and other actions required of any Credit Party under Environmental Laws and
promptly comply with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding
Environmental Laws applicable to any Credit Party except to the extent that the same are being
contested by appropriate proceedings and the pendency of such proceedings or failure to conduct,
complete or comply, as applicable, could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
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(c) Defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and their
respective employees, agents, officers and directors, from and against any and all claims,
demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind
or nature known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to
the violation of, noncompliance by any Credit Party with or liability of any Credit Party under,
any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of the Credit Parties or any of their
Subsidiaries or the Properties, or any orders, requirements or demands of Governmental
Authorities related thereto, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s and
consultant’s fees, investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and litigation
expenses, except to the extent that any of the foregoing arise out of the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the party seeking indemnification therefor. The agreements in this
paragraph shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable hereunder and
termination of the Commitments and the Credit Documents.
Section 5.9 Financial Covenants.
Comply with the following financial covenants:
(a) Tangible Net Worth. Maintain a Tangible Net Worth, as of the last day of each
fiscal quarter of the Borrower, of not less than $140,000,000.
(b) Interest Coverage Ratio. Maintain an Interest Coverage Ratio, as of the last
day of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, of not less than 3.50 to 1.00.
Section 5.10 Additional Credit Parties.
(a) Additional Guarantors. Cause each of its Domestic Subsidiaries other than the
Excluded Subsidiaries, whether newly formed, after acquired or otherwise existing, to promptly
(and in any event within five (5) Business Days) after such Domestic Subsidiary is formed or
acquired as permitted herein become a Guarantor hereunder, by way of execution of a Joinder
Agreement and a Pledge Joinder Agreement. Cause each Excluded Subsidiary that is a Domestic
Subsidiary, whether newly formed, after acquired or otherwise existing, to become a Guarantor
hereunder promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) after such Excluded
Subsidiary becomes capitalized (other than nominally capitalized in connection with such Excluded
Subsidiary’s formation) or commences any activity, by way of execution of a Joinder Agreement and
a Pledge Joinder Agreement. The Obligations shall be secured by a first priority perfected
pledge of 65% of the Capital Stock of all
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Foreign Subsidiaries, other than Excluded Subsidiaries,
owned by such Guarantor (or 100%, if no adverse tax
consequences could reasonably be expected to result therefrom, in which case such Foreign
Subsidiary shall, in lieu of any pledge of the Capital Stock thereof, become a Guarantor by
complying with the requirements of this Section 5.10(a)). In connection therewith, the Credit
Parties shall give notice to the Administrative Agent not less than ten (10) Business Days prior
to creating a Domestic Subsidiary or a Foreign Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary, in
which case such notice shall be provided ten (10) Business Days prior to the capitalization
thereof (other than nominal capitalization) or commencement of any activity, whichever occurs
first), or acquiring the Capital Stock of any other Person. In connection with the foregoing,
the Credit Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, with respect to each new Guarantor
to the extent applicable, substantially the same documentation required pursuant to Sections
4.1(b), 4.1(c), 4.1(d) and 5.13 and such other documents or agreements as the Administrative
Agent may reasonably request as may be necessary or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent,
desirable to create in favor of Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lender Parties, a valid
and perfected first priority Lien on all of the Collateral of such Guarantor described in the
Pledge Agreement. Any new affiliates (other than Subsidiaries of the Borrower) created after the
Closing Date may, at the request of the Borrower, become Guarantors hereunder by delivery of an
executed Joinder Agreement and a Pledge Joinder Agreement and the related required deliveries
described above if, at the time thereof, the Administrative Agent and Lenders, in their sole
discretion, exercised reasonably, have agreed with the Borrower to amend the terms of this
Agreement to take into account the inclusion of such new affiliates. Any such amendment to the
terms hereof shall be based on the facts and circumstances, including the Indebtedness and other
obligations of such affiliates, as they exist or are contemplated at the time of such request.
(b) Additional Pledged Foreign Subsidiaries. In addition, as provided in the Pledge
Agreement, Borrower and each Guarantor shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent a
supplement to the Pledge Agreement and all certificates representing 65% (or 100%, if no adverse
tax consequences could reasonably be expected to result therefrom, in which case such Foreign
Subsidiary shall, in lieu of any pledge of the Capital Stock thereof, become a Guarantor by
complying with the requirements of Section 5.10(a)) of the Capital Stock of all Foreign
Subsidiaries, other than Excluded Subsidiaries, not previously delivered to Administrative Agent
(accompanied by irrevocable undated stock powers, duly endorsed in blank) and to execute such
agreements, documents and certificates (including amendments and acknowledgments to any of the
Credit Documents as requested by Administrative Agent), and to do such other acts and things as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to effectuate and evidence such pledge.
If any Excluded Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary becomes capitalized (other than nominally
capitalized in connection with such Excluded Subsidiary’s formation) or commences any activity,
the applicable Credit Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Pledge Joinder
Agreement with respect to the 65% of the Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary (or 100%, if no
adverse tax consequences could reasonably be expected to result therefrom, in which case such
Foreign Subsidiary shall, in lieu of any pledge of the Capital Stock thereof, become a Guarantor
by complying with the requirements of this Section 5.10(a)) and all certificates representing
such pledged Capital Stock not previously delivered to Administrative Agent (accompanied by
irrevocable undated stock powers, duly endorsed in blank) and to execute such agreements,
documents and certificates (including amendments and acknowledgments to any of the
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Documents as requested by Administrative Agent), and to do such other acts and things as the
Administrative
Agent may reasonably request in order to effectuate and evidence such pledge. If
Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to perfect or otherwise protect the first
priority Liens granted to Administrative Agent on behalf of Lender Parties with respect to 65%
(or 100%, if no adverse tax consequences could reasonably be expected to result therefrom, in
which case such Foreign Subsidiary shall, in lieu of any pledge of the Capital Stock thereof,
become a Guarantor by complying with the requirements of Section 5.10(a)) of the Capital Stock
owned by Borrower or any Guarantor of the Foreign Subsidiaries (other than Excluded
Subsidiaries), Borrower and any applicable Guarantor shall execute and deliver to Administrative
Agent a pledge agreement or similar instrument governed by the laws of a country other than the
United States, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and take all such
other actions under the laws of such country. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 5.10(b), (i) no Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to execute and deliver the Guaranty
or the Pledge Agreement, and (ii) no Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to
be pledged pursuant to the provisions of the Pledge Agreement, in each case to the extent adverse
tax consequences to Borrower or any Guarantor could reasonably be expected to result therefrom,
it being understood and agreed that a pledge by Borrower or any Guarantor of 65% of the Capital
Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor will not cause adverse tax consequences to
Borrower or such Guarantor. If a Foreign Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor by complying with the
requirements of Section 5.10(a), there shall be no obligation on the part of any Credit Party to
pledge any of the Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary, and any such Capital Stock previously
pledged as Collateral shall be released as soon as administratively practical after such Foreign
Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor.
Section 5.11 Compliance with Law.
Comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders, and all applicable restrictions imposed
by all Governmental Authorities, applicable to it and its properties if noncompliance with any such
law, rule, regulation, order or restriction could reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.12 Deposit Accounts.
So long as Xxxxx Fargo is the Administrative Agent, maintain all of their primary deposit and
cash management and operating accounts with Xxxxx Fargo; provided that fees associated with such
accounts are customary in the locations where such accounts have been opened, as modified from time
to time.
Section 5.13 Further Assurances.
Upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, promptly perform or cause to be
performed any and all acts and execute or cause to be executed any and all documents for filing
under the provisions of the UCC or any other Requirement of Law which are necessary or advisable to
maintain in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lender Parties, Liens on the
Collateral that are duly perfected in accordance with the requirements of, or the obligations of the Credit Parties under, the Credit Documents and all applicable Requirements
of Law.
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Section 5.14 Transfer of Assets of CSS Funding LLC.
Cause CSS Funding LLC to transfer all of the accounts receivable and proceeds thereof acquired
by CSS Funding LLC in connection with the Existing Accounts Receivable Securitization to the Person
from whom such accounts were acquired by not later than five (5) Business Days after the Closing
Date. To the extent CSS Funding LLC fails to comply with the requirements set forth in the
preceding sentence, immediately upon such non-compliance, cause CSS Funding LLC to become a
Guarantor by complying with the requirements of Section 5.10.
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Credit Parties hereby covenant and agree that on the Closing Date, and thereafter for so
long as this Agreement is in effect and until the Commitments have terminated, no Note remains
outstanding and unpaid and the Obligations and all other amounts owing to the Administrative Agent
or any Lender hereunder are paid in full, that:
Section 6.1 Indebtedness; Guaranty Obligations.
The Credit Parties will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, contract, create, incur,
assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness or Guaranty Obligations, except for Permitted
Indebtedness and Permitted Guaranty Obligations.
Section 6.2 Liens.
The Credit Parties will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, contract, create, incur,
assume or permit to exist any Lien with respect to any of its property or assets of any kind
(whether real or personal, tangible or intangible), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except
for Permitted Liens.
Section 6.3 Nature of Business.
The Credit Parties will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, alter the character of
its business in any material respect from that conducted as of the Closing Date.
Section 6.4 Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Purchase of Assets, etc.
The Credit Parties will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to,
(a) dissolve, liquidate or wind up their affairs, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of their property or assets or agree to do so at a future time, or enter into any
transaction of merger or consolidation or other combination with any other Person except for
Permitted Dispositions, Permitted Acquisitions and Permitted Restricted Payments; or
(b) purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions) all or a material portion of the stock, securities or other property of any nature
of any Person other than inventory or supplies purchased in the ordinary course of business
except for Permitted Acquisitions and as permitted by Section 6.11 (Capital Expenditures).
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Section 6.5 Advances, Investments, Loans and Restricted Payment.
(a) The Credit Parties will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, make any Investment
except for Permitted Investments and Permitted Acquisitions.
(b) The Credit Parties will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, make any Restricted
Payment except for Permitted Restricted Payments so long as no Default or Event of Default
hereunder has occurred and is outstanding or would otherwise be caused by, or would exist after
giving effect to, such Permitted Restricted Payment.
Section 6.6 Transactions with Affiliates.
The Credit Parties will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any
transaction or series of transactions, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, with any
officer, director, shareholder or Affiliate other than (a) on terms and conditions substantially as
favorable as would be obtainable in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than
an officer, director, shareholder or Affiliate, or (b) among the Credit Parties.
Section 6.7 Ownership of Subsidiaries; Restrictions.
The Credit Parties will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, create, form or acquire
any Subsidiaries, except for wholly-owned Subsidiaries that are joined as Additional Guarantors or
Additional Pledged Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms hereof and Excluded
Subsidiaries. The Credit Parties will not sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any
Capital Stock or other equity interests in any of their Subsidiaries, nor will they permit any of
their Subsidiaries to issue, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any of their Capital
Stock or other equity interests except for Permitted Dispositions or as otherwise permitted by
Section 6.4 or as required to be pledged to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lender Parties,
pursuant to the Security Documents.
Section 6.8 Corporate Changes.
No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) change its fiscal
year (other than any change in the fiscal year of an acquired Subsidiary to conform to the fiscal
year of the Borrower), (b) amend, modify or change its articles of incorporation, certificate of formation (or corporate charter or other similar organizational document) partnership
agreement, operating agreement or bylaws (or other similar document) in any respect adverse to the
interests of the Lenders without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, (c) amend,
modify, cancel or terminate or fail to renew or extend or permit the amendment, modification,
cancellation or termination of any of its Material Contracts in any respect adverse to the
interests of the Lenders without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, except in the
event such amendment, modification, cancellation or termination could not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) change its state of
incorporation, organization or formation or have more than one state of incorporation, organization
or formation, without providing prior written notice to the Administrative Agent of such change, or
(e) materially change its accounting method (except in accordance with GAAP) in any manner
materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders without the prior written consent of the
Required Lenders.
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Section 6.9 Sale Leasebacks.
The Credit Parties will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly,
become or remain liable as lessee or as guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease (a
“Sale Leaseback”), of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, (a) which any Credit Party or any such Subsidiary has sold or transferred or is
to sell or transfer to a Person which is not a Credit Party or a Subsidiary or (b) which any Credit
Party or such Subsidiary intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property
which has been sold or is to be sold or transferred by a Credit Party or a Subsidiary to another
Person which is not a Credit Party or a Subsidiary in connection with such lease; provided,
however, that notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, the Borrower and the other Credit Parties
shall be permitted, after the Closing Date and subject to Section 6.4, to enter into Sale
Leasebacks that involve real property with an aggregate fair market value, together with the Asset
Sales permitted by clause (g) of the “Permitted Dispositions” definition, not in excess of
$30,000,000 for all such Sale Leasebacks and Asset Sales.
Section 6.10 No Further Negative Pledges.
The Credit Parties will not, nor will they permit any Subsidiary to, enter into, assume or
become subject to any agreement prohibiting or otherwise restricting the creation or assumption of
any Lien upon any of their properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or
requiring the grant of any security for such obligation if security is given for some other
obligation, except (a) pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents; (b) in connection
with any Lien permitted pursuant to clause (h) or clause (l) of the “Permitted Liens” definition or
any document or instrument governing such Permitted Lien; provided that any such
restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien;
and (c) in connection with trademark license agreements under which any Credit Party, as licensee,
is prohibited from granting a security interest in such licenses or in inventory with the licensed
xxxx to be sold by such Credit Party; provided that at no time shall the value of all
licensed inventory exceed the lesser of (i) 20% of the total value of the Credit Parties’ inventory
or (ii) $20,000,000; provided further that such restriction on the granting of a security
interest shall only extend to cover the subject license agreement and the licensed inventory and
that in no event shall such restriction apply to the proceeds of any licensed inventory generated from
time to time, including, without limitation, any “accounts” (as defined in the UCC) generated from
the sale of such licensed inventory.
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Section 6.11 Capital Expenditures.
The Credit Parties shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, make or incur
Consolidated Capital Expenditures, in any fiscal year in an aggregate amount in excess of
$15,000,000.
Section 6.12 Fiscal Year.
The Credit Parties shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, change their fiscal
year-end from March 31.
Section 6.13 Limitation on Restricted Actions.
The Credit Parties shall not permit any Excluded Subsidiary to engage in any business or
activity other than activities related to dissolution or merger out of existence of such Excluded
Subsidiary in accordance with clause (e) or clause (f) of the “Permitted Disposition” definition
unless the Excluded Subsidiary becomes a Credit Party by complying with the requirements of Section
5.10 upon the commencement of such business or activity.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Section 7.1 Events of Default.
An Event of Default shall exist upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events
(each an “Event of Default”):
(a) Payment. (i) The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal on any Loan when due
in accordance with the terms hereof; or (ii) the Borrower shall fail to reimburse the Issuing
Lender for any LOC Obligations when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or (iii) the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable hereunder
when due in accordance with the terms hereof and such failure shall continue unremedied for five
(5) days; or (iv) any Guarantor shall fail to pay on the Guaranty in respect of any of the
foregoing, on demand in the case of the amounts described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, and
within five (5) days after demand in the case of amounts described in clause (iii) above; or
(b) Misrepresentation. Any representation or warranty made or deemed made herein,
in the Security Documents or in any of the other Credit Documents or which is contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished at any time
under or in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect, false or
misleading in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or
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(c) Covenant. (i) Any applicable Credit Party shall fail to perform, comply with or
observe any term, covenant or agreement applicable to it contained in Section 5.4(a), Section
5.7(a), Section 5.9 or Article VI hereof; (ii) any applicable Credit Party shall fail to perform,
comply with or observe any term, covenant or agreement applicable to it contained in Section 5.1
or 5.2 and, in the event such breach or failure to comply is capable of cure, such breach or
non-compliance is not cured within fifteen (15) days after notice to such Credit Party; or (iii)
any applicable Credit Party shall fail to comply with any other covenant contained in this
Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any other agreement, document or instrument among or
between any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or executed by any Credit
Party in favor of any Lender (other than as described in Sections 7.1(a), 7.1(b), 7.1(c)(i) or
7.1(c)(ii) above), and, in the event such breach or failure to comply is capable of cure, such
breach or non-compliance is not cured within thirty (30) days after its occurrence thereof; or
(d) Cross Default. A Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall default beyond
any grace period under any agreement(s) with any creditor(s) of such Credit Party or any such
Subsidiary or holder(s) of Indebtedness from such Credit Party or any such Subsidiary which has
an aggregate outstanding principal balance (or amount currently due, in the case of obligations
under Hedging Agreements constituting Indebtedness) of $2,000,000, if the effect of such default
is to cause or enable the holder(s) of such party’s obligations to declare any such obligation of
such party to become due (whether or not actually accelerated) prior to its maturity date or
prior to its regularly scheduled date of payment; or
(e) Bankruptcy. (i) Any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall commence any
case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction,
domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors,
seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a
bankrupt or insolvent, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator
or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries,
any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A)
results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B)
remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of sixty (60) days; or (iii) there
shall be commenced against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, any case, proceeding or
other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process
against all or any substantial part of their assets which results in the entry of an order for
any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal
within thirty (30) days from the entry thereof; or (iv) any Credit Party or any of its
Subsidiaries, shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of,
or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any
Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall
admit in writing their inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or
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(f) Dissolution. Any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall commence any
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, or composition
other than as expressly permitted by Section 6.4; or
(g) Judgment. One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any Credit
Party or any of its Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a liability (to the extent not
covered by insurance) of $5,000,000 or more and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been
paid and satisfied, vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within five (5) days
from the entry thereof or any injunction, temporary restraining order or similar decree shall be
issued against a Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or
(h) ERISA. (i) Any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined
in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan that would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined
in Section 302 of ERISA), shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC
or a Plan (other than a Permitted Lien set forth in clauses (a) through (f) of the “Permitted
Liens” definition) shall arise on the assets of the Credit Parties or any Commonly Controlled
Entity that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) any Single
Employer Plan shall terminate in a “distress termination” under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, or (iv)
a Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall incur any
liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, any
Multiemployer Plan;
(i) Change of Control. A Change of Control shall have occurred; or
(j) Invalidity of Credit Documents; Failure of Security; Repudiation of Obligations.
At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) any Credit Document or any provision
thereof, for any reason other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, shall cease to be
in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be
null and void, (ii) Administrative Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and
perfected first priority Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Security
Documents, in each case for any reason other than the failure of Administrative Agent or any
Lender to take any action within its control, or (iii) any Credit Party shall contest the
validity or enforceability of any Credit Document or any provision thereof in writing or deny in
writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by Lenders,
under any Credit Document or any provision thereof to which it is a party.
Section 7.2 Acceleration; Remedies.
Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, then, and in any such
event, (a) if such event is an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(e) above (other than
Section 7.1(e)(iii)), automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans (with
accrued interest thereon), and all other amounts under the Credit Documents (including without
limitation the maximum amount of all contingent liabilities under Letters of Credit) shall
immediately become due and payable, and (b) if such event is any other Event of Default, any or all
of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the written consent of the
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Required Lenders under any Commitment, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the written request of such
Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by written notice to Borrower declare such
Commitment to be terminated forthwith, whereupon such Commitment shall immediately terminate; (ii)
with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the written
request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by written notice to Borrower,
declare the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement
and the Notes to be due and payable forthwith and direct the Borrower to pay to the Administrative
Agent cash collateral as security for the LOC Obligations for subsequent drawings under then
outstanding Letters of Credit an amount equal to the maximum amount of which may be drawn under
Letters of Credit then outstanding, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable;
and/or (iii) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or
upon the written request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, exercise such
other rights and remedies as provided under the Credit Documents and under applicable law,
providing such notices thereof to the Borrower as may be required hereby and by applicable law.
ARTICLE VIII
THE AGENT
Section 8.1 Appointment.
Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Xxxxx Fargo as the Administrative Agent
of such Lender under this Agreement, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes Xxxxx Fargo, as
the Administrative Agent for such Lender, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of
this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to
the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement, together with such other powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. Each Lender acknowledges that the Credit Parties may rely on each
action taken by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders hereunder. Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any
duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship
with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.
It is the purpose of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents that there shall be no
violation of any law of any jurisdiction denying or restricting the right of banking corporations
or associations to transact business as agent or trustee in such jurisdiction. It is recognized
that in case of litigation under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and in
particular in case of the enforcement of any of the Credit Documents, or in case Administrative
Agent deems that by reason of any present or future law of any jurisdiction it may not exercise any
of the rights, powers or remedies granted herein or in any of the other Credit Documents or take
any other action which may be desirable or necessary in connection therewith, it may be necessary
that Administrative Agent appoint an additional individual or institution as a separate trustee,
co-trustee, collateral agent or collateral co-agent (any such additional individual or institution
being referred to herein individually as a “Supplemental Collateral Agent” and collectively
as “Supplemental Collateral Agents”).
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In the event that Administrative Agent appoints a Supplemental Collateral Agent with respect
to any Collateral, (i) each and every right, power, privilege or duty expressed or intended by this
Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents to be exercised by or vested in or conveyed to
Administrative Agent with respect to such Collateral shall be exercisable by and vest in such
Supplemental Collateral Agent to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to enable such
Supplemental Collateral Agent to exercise such rights, powers and privileges with respect to such
Collateral and to perform such duties with respect to such Collateral, and every covenant and
obligation contained in the Credit Documents and necessary to the exercise or performance thereof
by such Supplemental Collateral Agent shall run to and be enforceable by either Administrative
Agent or such Supplemental Collateral Agent, and (ii) the provisions of this Article VIII and of
Section 9.5 that refer to Administrative Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Supplemental
Collateral Agent and all references therein to Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be
references to Administrative Agent and/or such Supplemental Collateral Agent, as the context may
require.
Should any instrument in writing from Borrower or any other Credit Party be required by any
Supplemental Collateral Agent so appointed by Administrative Agent for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to him or it such rights, powers, privileges and duties, Borrower shall,
or shall cause such Credit Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments
promptly upon request by Administrative Agent. In case any Supplemental Collateral Agent, or a
successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of such Supplemental Collateral Agent, to the extent permitted by
law, shall vest in and be exercised by Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new
Supplemental Collateral Agent.
Each Lender and Administrative Agent hereby appoint each other Lender as agent for the purpose
of perfecting Administrative Agent’s security interest in assets that, in accordance with the UCC,
can be perfected by possession or control.
Section 8.2 Delegation of Duties.
The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement by or through
agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters
pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or
misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may appoint one of its affiliates as its agent to
perform the functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder relating to the advancing of funds to
the Borrower and distribution of funds to the Lenders and to perform such other related functions
of the Administrative Agent hereunder as are reasonably incidental to such functions.
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Section 8.3 Exculpatory Provisions.
Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable to any of the Lenders for any action lawfully
taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement
(except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in
any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made
by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or in any certificate,
report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the
Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or for the value, validity,
effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of any of the Credit Documents or for any
failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Administrative
Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the
observance or performance by any Credit Party of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions
of, this Agreement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party.
Section 8.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying,
upon any Note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram,
telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation
believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the
proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without
limitation, counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the
Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the
owner thereof for all purposes unless (a) a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer
thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent and (b) the Administrative Agent shall
have received the written agreement of such assignee to be bound hereby as fully and to the same
extent as if such assignee were an original Lender party hereto, in each case in form satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or
refusing to take any action under this Agreement unless it shall first receive such advice or
concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its
satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it
by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all
cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under any of the Credit Documents
in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as may be required
under this Agreement, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto
shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Notes.
Section 8.5 Notice of Default.
The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of
any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from
a Lender or any Credit Party referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of
Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the
Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice
thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such
Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders; provided, however, that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have
received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such
action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it
shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders except to the extent that this Agreement
expressly requires that such action be taken, or not taken, only with the consent or upon the
authorization of the Required Lenders, or all of the Lenders, as the case may be.
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Section 8.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representation
or warranty to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereinafter taken, including any
review of the affairs of the Borrower, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty
by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that
it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and
based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and
investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of any Credit Party and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and
enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis,
appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, and to make such
investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property,
financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other Credit Parties.
Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders
by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or
responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business,
operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any
Credit Party which may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
Section 8.7 Indemnification.
The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and their
Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees (to the extent not
reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do
so), ratably according to their respective Commitment Percentages in effect on the date on which
indemnification is sought under this Section 8.7, from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including, without limitation, at any
time following the payment of the Obligations) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any
such indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of any Credit Document or any documents
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
or any action taken or omitted by any such indemnitee under or in connection with any of the
foregoing; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the extent resulting from any such indemnitee’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. The
agreements in this Section 8.7 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and payment of the
Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder.
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Section 8.8 Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity.
The Administrative Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and
generally engage in any kind of business with any Credit Party as though the Administrative Agent
were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and
any Note issued to it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this
Agreement as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent,
and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Administrative Agent in its individual
capacity.
Section 8.9 Successor Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon thirty (30) days’ prior
notice to the Borrower and the Lenders. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative
Agent under this Agreement and the Notes or if the Administrative Agent enters or becomes subject
to receivership, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent
for the Lenders, which successor agent shall be approved by the Borrower with such approval not to
be unreasonably withheld (provided, however if an Event of Default shall exist at such time, no
approval of the Borrower shall be required hereunder), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed
to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent”
shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former
Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated,
without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of
the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Notes. If no Person has accepted such
appointment as successor Administrative Agent, such resignation shall nonetheless become effective
in accordance with Administrative Agent’s notice and (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations under the Credit Documents, except that any Collateral
held by Administrative Agent will continue to be held by it until a Person shall have accepted the
appointment of successor Administrative Agent, and (ii) all payments, communications and
determinations provided to be made by, to or through Administrative Agent shall instead be made by,
to or through each Lender directly, until such time as Required Lenders appoint a successor
Administrative Agent in accordance with this Section 8.9. After any retiring Administrative
Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 8.9 shall inure to its
benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent
under this Agreement.
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Section 8.10 Security Documents and Guaranty.
Each Lender (which term shall include, for purposes of this Section 8.10, any Hedging
Agreement Provider and any Bank Services Provider) hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent,
on behalf of and for the benefit of Lenders, to enter into each Security Document as secured party
and to be the agent for and representative of Lenders under the Guaranty, and each Lender agrees to
be bound by the terms of each Security Document and the Guaranty; provided that
Administrative Agent shall not (i) enter into or consent to any material amendment, modification,
termination or waiver of any provision contained in any Security Document or the Guaranty or (ii)
release any Collateral (except as otherwise expressly permitted or required pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement or the applicable Security Document), in each case without the prior consent of
Required Lenders (or, if required pursuant to Section 9.1, all Lenders); provided
further, however, that, without further written consent or authorization from
Lenders, Administrative Agent may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (a) release any
Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or other disposition of
assets permitted by this Agreement or to which Required Lenders have otherwise consented, or (b)
release any Guarantor from the Guaranty if all of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor is sold to
any Person pursuant to a sale or other disposition permitted hereunder or to which Required Lenders
have otherwise consented; provided that, in the case of a sale of such item of Collateral
or stock referred to in subdivision (a) or (b), the requirements of Section 9.19 are satisfied.
Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Borrower,
Guarantors, Administrative Agent and each Lender hereby agree that (1) no Lender shall have any
right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral under any Security Document or to enforce
the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the
Security Documents and the Guaranty may be exercised solely by Administrative Agent for the benefit
of Lenders in accordance with the terms thereof, and (2) in the event of a foreclosure by
Administrative Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale, Administrative
Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and
Administrative Agent, as agent for and representative of Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in
its or their respective individual capacities unless 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 Administrative Agent at such sale.
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Amendments; Waivers and Release of Collateral.
Neither this Agreement nor any of the other Credit Documents, nor any terms hereof or thereof
may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified (by amendment, waiver, consent or otherwise)
except in accordance with the provisions of this Section nor may Collateral be released except as
specifically provided herein or in the Security Documents or in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 9.1. The Required Lenders may or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders,
the Administrative Agent may, from time to time, (a) enter into with the Borrower and other Credit
Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement
or the other Credit Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the
Borrower hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive or consent to the departure from, on such terms and
conditions as the Required Lenders may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this
Agreement or the other Credit Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences;
provided, however, that no such amendment, supplement, modification, release,
waiver or consent shall:
(i) reduce the amount or extend the scheduled date of maturity of any Loan or Note or
any installment thereon, or reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable hereunder
(except in connection with a waiver of interest at the increased post-default rate set forth
in Section 2.6 which shall be determined by a vote of the Required Lenders) or extend the
scheduled date of any payment thereof or increase the amount or extend the expiration date
of any Lender’s Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly
affected thereby;
(ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 9.1 or reduce the percentage
specified in the definition of Required Lenders, without the written consent of all the
Lenders;
(iii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Article VIII without the written consent
of the then Administrative Agent;
(iv) release any Lien granted in favor of Administrative Agent with respect to all or
substantially all of the Collateral, without the written consent of all of the Lenders;
(v) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations under the
Guaranty, without the written consent of all of the Lenders;
(vi) permit any Credit Party to assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations
under this Agreement or other Credit Documents;
(vii) amend, modify or waive any provision of the Credit Documents requiring consent,
approval or request of all Lenders, without the written consent of all Lenders;
(viii) amend, modify or waive any provision of the Credit Documents affecting the
rights or duties of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender under any Credit Document
without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and/or the Issuing Lender, as
applicable, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action;
(ix) amend or modify the definition of Obligations to delete or exclude any obligation
or liability described therein without the written consent of each Lender directly affected
thereby; or
(x) amend, modify or waive the order in which Obligations are paid in Section 2.9(b)
without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby.
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Any such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification and any such release shall apply
equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Borrower, the other Credit Parties,
the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Notes. In the case of any
waiver, the Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be
restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the outstanding Loans and Notes
and other Credit Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured
and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of
Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the contrary, the consent of the Borrower and the
other Credit Parties shall not be required for any amendment, modification or waiver of the
provisions of Article VIII (other than the provisions of Section 8.9 or any modification to Article
VIII which would reduce the duties of the Administrative Agent to the Credit Parties or increase
the obligations of any Credit Party hereunder); provided, however, that the Administrative Agent
will provide written notice to the Borrower of any such amendment, modification or waiver.
Notwithstanding the fact that the consent of all the Lenders is required in certain
circumstances as set forth above, (x) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on
any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the
provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code supersedes the unanimous consent provisions
set forth herein and (y) the Required Lenders may consent to allow a Credit Party to use cash
collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to
approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or
consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be
effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x)
the Commitment of any Defaulting 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 that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other
affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Section 9.2 Notices.
Except as otherwise provided in Article II, all notices, requests and demands to or upon the
respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless
otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made (a) when
delivered by hand, (b) when transmitted via telecopy (or other facsimile device) to the number set
out herein, (c) the Business Day immediately following the day on which the same has been delivered
prepaid to a reputable national overnight air courier service, or (d) the third Business Day
following the day on which the same is sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, in
each case, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower, the other Credit Parties and the
Administrative Agent, and as set forth on Schedule 1.1 in the case of the Lenders, or to
such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any future
holders of the Notes:
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Section 9.3
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.
No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or
any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor
shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or
privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not
exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the
authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Credit Documents against the
Credit Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at
law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the
Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 7.2 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the
Issuing Lender; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and
remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and
under the other Credit Documents, (b) the Issuing Lender from exercising the rights and remedies
that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Issuing Lender) hereunder and under the other
Credit Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.7, or
(d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf
during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Credit Party under the Bankruptcy Code or any
other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws
of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting
the rights of creditors generally; and provided, further, that if at any time there
is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, then
(i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 7.2 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d)
of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 9.7, any Lender may, with the consent of the
Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required
Lenders.
Section 9.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties.
All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any document, certificate or
statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Notes and the making of the Loans, provided that all
such representations and warranties shall terminate on the date upon which the Commitments have
been terminated and all amounts owing hereunder and under all of the Notes have been paid in full.
Section 9.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes; Indemnification.
Each of the Credit Parties agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development,
preparation, negotiation, printing and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification
to, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection
herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, together with the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any
rights under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including in connection with the sale
of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the
Credit Documents), including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
to the Administrative Agent and to each Lender, (c) all costs and expenses of creating and
perfecting Liens in favor of Administrative Agent on behalf of Lender Parties pursuant to any
Security Document, including filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary
taxes, search fees, and reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to Administrative
Agent and of counsel providing any opinions that Administrative Agent or Required Lenders may
request in respect of
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the Security Documents or the Liens created pursuant thereto, (d) all costs and expenses incurred
by Administrative Agent in connection with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral,
(e) all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and fees, costs and expenses of
accountants, advisors and consultants, incurred by Administrative Agent and its counsel relating to
efforts to protect, evaluate, assess or dispose of any of the Collateral, (f) on demand, to pay,
indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent and each Lender harmless from, any and all recording
and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying,
stamp, excise and other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in
connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the
transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or
consent under or in respect of, the Credit Documents and any such other documents, and (g) to pay,
indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent, each Lender and their respective Affiliates harmless
from and against, any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, reasonable costs, reasonable expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement (including any sale of, collection
from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty),
performance and administration of the Credit Documents and any such other documents and the use, or
proposed use, of proceeds of the Loans (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “indemnified
liabilities”); provided, however, that the Credit Parties shall not have any
obligation hereunder to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any Affiliate thereof with
respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent arising from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Administrative Agent, any such Lender or any such Affiliate, as determined by a
court of competent jurisdiction. Each Credit Party hereby waives, to the maximum extent not
prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding
relating to or arising out of any Credit Document any special, exemplary or punitive or
consequential damages. The agreements in this Section 9.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and
the Obligations.
Section 9.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders.
(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Credit Parties, the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent, all future holders of the Notes and their respective
successors and assigns, except that the Credit Parties may not assign or transfer any of their
rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Credit Documents without the prior
written consent of each Lender.
(b) Any Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable
law, at any time sell to one or more banks or other entities (other than a Defaulting Lender or
the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (“Participants”)
participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Note held by such Lender, any
Commitment of such Lender, or any other interest of such Lender hereunder. In the event of any
such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations
under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender
shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder
of any such Note for all purposes under this Agreement, and the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent shall continue to
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deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. No Lender shall transfer or
grant any participation under which the Participant shall have rights to approve any amendment to
or waiver of this Agreement or any other Credit Document except to the extent such amendment or
waiver would (i) extend the scheduled maturity of any Loan or Note or any installment thereon in
which such Participant is participating, or reduce the stated rate or extend the time of payment
of interest or fees thereon (except in connection with a waiver of interest at the increased
post-default rate set forth in Section 2.6 which shall be determined by a vote of the Required
Lenders) or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of the Participant’s
participation over the amount thereof then in effect; provided that, it is understood and
agreed that (A) a waiver of any Default or Event of Default shall not constitute a change in the
terms of such participation and (B) an increase in any Commitment or Loan shall be permitted
without consent of any participant if the Participant’s participation is not increased as a
result thereof, (ii) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations
under the Guaranty, (iii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral, or (iv) consent to
the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement. In the case of any such participation, the Participant shall not have any rights
under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents (the Participant’s rights against such
Lender in respect of such participation to be those set forth in the agreement executed by such
Lender in favor of the Participant relating thereto) and all amounts payable by the Borrower
hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation; provided
that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.12, 2.13, 2.14 and 9.5 with
respect to its participation in the Commitments and the Loans outstanding from time to time;
provided further, that no Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater
amount pursuant to such Sections than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive
in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such
Participant had no such transfer occurred.
(c) Any Lender may, in accordance with applicable law, at any time, sell or assign to any
Lender or any Affiliate thereof and, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to one or more additional banks, insurance companies,
financial institutions, investment funds or other entities (“Purchasing Lenders”), all or
any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes in minimum amounts of
$10,000,000 with respect to its portion of any of the Loans or Commitments (or, if less, the
entire amount of such Lender’s portion of such Loan or Commitment), pursuant to an Assignment and
Assumption, executed by such Purchasing Lender, such transferor Lender, the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Lender and the Borrower (to the extent required), and delivered to the Administrative
Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register; provided, however, that
(A) any sale or assignment to an existing Lender, or Affiliate thereof, shall not require the
consent of the Borrower nor shall any such sale or assignment be subject to the minimum
assignment amounts specified herein (B) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, any other sale or assignment pursuant to this Section 9.6(c) shall
require the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
and (C) no such assignment shall be made (1) to the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates
or Subsidiaries, or (2) 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 (2). Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance
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and recording, from and after the Transfer
Effective Date
specified in such Assignment and Assumption, (x) the Purchasing Lender thereunder shall be a
party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender hereunder with a Commitment as set forth therein, and (y) the transferor
Lender thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Assumption, be released
from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption
covering all or the remaining portion of a transferor Lender’s rights and obligations under this
Agreement, such transferor Lender shall cease to be a party hereto). Such Assignment and
Assumption shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent,
necessary to reflect the addition of such Purchasing Lender and the resulting adjustment of
Commitment Percentages arising from the purchase by such Purchasing Lender of all or a portion of
the rights and obligations of such transferor Lender under this Agreement and the Notes. On or
prior to the Transfer Effective Date specified in such Assignment and Assumption, the Borrower,
at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent in exchange for the
Notes delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption new Notes
to the order of such Purchasing Lender, to the extent requested by such Purchasing Lender, in an
amount equal to the Commitment assumed by it pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption and,
unless the transferor Lender has not retained a Commitment hereunder, new Notes to the order of
the transferor Lender in an amount equal to the Commitment retained by it hereunder. Such new
Notes shall be dated the Closing Date and shall otherwise be in the form of the Notes replaced
thereby. The Notes surrendered by the transferor Lender shall be returned by such transferor
Lender to the Borrower marked “cancelled.”
(d) The Administrative Agent shall maintain at its address referred to in Section 9.2 a copy
of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the
recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and principal amount
of the Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loan
recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for
inspection by the Borrower or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register
information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a
Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any
Note, the Loans made pursuant to this Agreement are registered obligations, the right, title and
interest of the Lender and any assignee in and to such Loans shall be transferable only upon a
notation of such transfer in the Register and no assignment thereof shall be effective until
recorded therein. This Section 9.6(d) shall be construed so that each Loan is at all times
maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of
the Code.
(e) Upon its receipt of a duly executed Assignment and Assumption, together with payment to
the Administrative Agent by the transferor Lender or the transferee Lender, as agreed between
them, of a registration and processing fee of $3,500 for each transferee Lender (other than a
transferee Lender that is an Affiliate of the transferor Lender) listed in such Assignment and
Assumption and the Notes subject to such Assignment and Assumption, the Administrative Agent
shall (i) accept such Assignment and Assumption, (ii) record the
information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice of such
acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Borrower.
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(f) The Credit Parties authorize each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Purchasing
Lender (each, a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial
information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries and
Affiliates which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of any Credit Party pursuant
to this Agreement or which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of any Credit Party
in connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries
prior to becoming a party to this Agreement, in each case subject to their compliance with
Section 9.15.
(g) At the time of each assignment pursuant to this Section 9.6, the respective assignee
Lender shall provide to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent the appropriate Internal
Revenue Service Forms described in Section 2.15.
(h) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of
its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any such pledge
or assignment to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section 9.6 shall not apply to any such pledge
or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a
security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any
such assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(i) 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 or any 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 in accordance with its 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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Section 9.7 Adjustments; Set-off.
(a) Each Lender agrees that if any Lender (a “Benefited Lender”) shall at any time
receive any payment of all or part of its Loans, or interest thereon, or with respect to the
participations in LOC Obligations held by it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof
(whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 7.1(e), or otherwise) in a greater proportion than any such
payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s
Loans, participations, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from
the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Loan, or
subparticipations in LOC Obligations of the other Lenders, or shall provide such other Lenders
with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause
such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds
ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion
of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such
purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such
recovery, but without interest; provided further that the provisions of this Section
shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by or on behalf of 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). The Borrower agrees that each Lender so
purchasing a portion of another Lender’s Loans or participations in LOC Obligations may exercise
all rights of payment (including, without limitation, rights of set-off) with respect to such
portion as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of such portion.
(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law (including,
without limitation, other rights of set-off), each Lender shall have the right, without prior
notice to the applicable Credit Party, any such notice being expressly waived by the applicable
Credit Party to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default, to setoff and appropriate and apply any and all deposits
(general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other
credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any
branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party, or any part
thereof in such amounts as such Lender may elect, against and on account of the obligations and
liabilities of such Credit Party to such Lender hereunder and claims of every nature and
description of such Lender against such Credit Party, in any currency, whether arising hereunder,
under the Notes or under any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein, as such
Lender may elect, whether or not such Lender has made any demand for payment; 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 2.18 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 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 aforesaid
right of set-off may be exercised by such Lender against the applicable Credit Party or against
any trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, receiver
or execution, judgment or attachment creditor of such Credit Party, or against anyone else
claiming through or against such Credit Party or any such trustee in bankruptcy, debtor in
possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, receiver, or execution, judgment or attachment
creditor, notwithstanding the fact that such right of set-off shall not have been exercised by
such Lender prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default. Each Lender agrees promptly to
notify the applicable Credit Party and the Administrative Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided, however,
that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application.
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Section 9.8 Table of Contents and Section Headings.
The table of contents and the Section and subsection headings herein are intended for
convenience only and shall be ignored in construing this Agreement.
Section 9.9 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number
of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute
one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall
be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Section 9.10 Effectiveness.
This Agreement shall become effective on the date on which all of the parties have signed a
copy hereof (whether the same or different copies) and shall have delivered the same to the
Administrative Agent.
Section 9.11 Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in
any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.11, if and to
the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting
Lenders shall be limited by the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation, conservatorship,
bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable
jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally, as
determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, then
such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
Section 9.12 Integration.
This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of the Borrower, the
other Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter
hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Borrower, any
other Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof
not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein.
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Section 9.13 Governing Law.
This Agreement and, unless otherwise specified therein, each other Credit Document and the
rights and obligations of the parties under this Agreement and such other Credit Documents shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof.
Section 9.14 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process.
All judicial proceedings brought against the Borrower and/or any other Credit Party with
respect to this Agreement, any Note or any of the other Credit Documents may be brought in the
courts of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sitting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or courts of the
United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and, by execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Borrower and each of the other Credit Parties accepts, for itself and in connection
with its properties, generally and unconditionally, the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the aforesaid
courts and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any final judgment rendered thereby in connection with
this Agreement from which no appeal has been taken or is available. The Borrower and each of the
other Credit Parties irrevocably agree that all service of process in any such proceedings in any
such court may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to it at its address set forth in Section 9.2
or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant
thereto, such service being hereby acknowledged by the Borrower and the other Credit Parties to be
effective and binding service in every respect. The Borrower, the other Credit Parties, the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders irrevocably waive any objection, including, without
limitation, any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens
which it may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in any such
jurisdiction. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted
by law or shall limit the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to bring proceedings
against the Borrower or any other Credit Party in the court of any other jurisdiction.
Section 9.15 Confidentiality.
The Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees that it will use its best efforts not to
disclose without the prior consent of the Borrower (other than to its employees, affiliates,
auditors or counsel who have a need to know or to another Lender) any non-public information with
respect to the Credit Parties and their Subsidiaries which is furnished pursuant to this Agreement,
any other Credit Document, or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein (the “Information”),
except that the Administrative Agent and any Lender may disclose any such Information (a) as has
become generally available to the public other than by a breach of this Section 9.15, (b) as may be
required or appropriate in any report, statement or testimony submitted to any municipal, state or
federal regulatory body having or claiming to have jurisdiction over such Lender or to the Federal
Reserve Board or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Office of the
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Comptroller of the
Currency or the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners or similar organizations (whether in the United States or elsewhere)
or their successors, (c) as may be required or appropriate in response to any summons or subpoena
or any law, order, regulation or ruling applicable to such Lender; provided that such
Lender shall give the Borrower written notice prior to making any disclosure pursuant to this
subsection (c), (d) to (i) any prospective Participant or assignee in connection with any
contemplated transfer pursuant to Section 9.6 or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or
its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Credit Parties;
provided that such prospective transferee or swap or derivative counterparty shall have
been made aware of this Section 9.15 and shall have agreed in writing to be bound by its provisions
as if it were a party to this Agreement, with a copy of such written agreement to be provided to
the Borrower upon written request, (e) to Gold Sheets and other similar bank trade publications;
such information to consist of deal terms and other information regarding the credit facilities
evidenced by this Agreement customarily found in such publications, and (f) in connection with any
suit, action or proceeding for the purpose of defending itself, reducing its liability, or
protecting or exercising any of its claims, rights, remedies or interests under or in connection
with the Credit Documents or any Hedging Agreement.
Section 9.16 Acknowledgments.
The Borrower and each other Credit Party each hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of each Credit
Document;
(b) none of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or any Lender has any fiduciary
relationship with or duty to the Borrower or any other Credit Party arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, on one hand, and the Borrower or any other Credit Party, on the other hand, in
connection herewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
(c) no joint venture exists among the Lenders or among any Credit Party and any Lender.
Section 9.17 Waivers of Jury Trial.
THE BORROWER, EACH OF THE OTHER CREDIT PARTIES, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH LENDER
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS
CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT
DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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Section 9.18 Patriot Act Notice.
Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any other party)
hereby notifies the Credit Parties that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is
required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Credit Parties, which
information includes the name and address of the Credit Parties and other information that will
allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Credit Parties in
accordance with the Patriot Act.
Section 9.19 Release of Security Interest or Guaranty.
Upon the proposed sale or other disposition of any Collateral to any Person that is permitted
by this Agreement or to which Required Lenders have otherwise consented, or the sale or other
disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor to any Person that is permitted by this
Agreement or to which Required Lenders have otherwise consented, for which a Credit Party desires
to obtain a security interest release or a release of the Guaranty from Administrative Agent, such
Credit Party shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate (i) stating that the Collateral or the Capital
Stock subject to such disposition is being sold or otherwise disposed of in compliance with the
terms hereof and (ii) specifying the Collateral or Capital Stock being sold or otherwise disposed
of in the proposed transaction. Upon the receipt of such Officer’s Certificate, Administrative
Agent shall, at such Credit Party’s expense, so long as Administrative Agent has no reason to
believe that the facts stated in such Officer’s Certificate are not true and correct, execute and
deliver such releases of its security interest in such Collateral or such Guaranty, as may be
reasonably requested by such Credit Party.
ARTICLE X
GUARANTY
Section 10.1 The Guaranty.
In order to induce the Lenders (which term shall include, for purposes of this Article X, any
Hedging Agreement Provider and any Bank Services Provider) to enter into this Agreement and to
induce Lenders to extend credit hereunder and under Participating Hedging Agreements and to provide
Banking Services, and in recognition of the direct benefits to be received by the Guarantors from
the Extensions of Credit hereunder, each of the Guarantors hereby agrees with the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders as follows: each of the Guarantors hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
jointly and severally guarantees as primary obligor and not merely as surety the full and prompt
payment when due, whether upon maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of any and all Obligations.
If any or all of the Obligations becomes due and payable hereunder, each Guarantor unconditionally
jointly and severally promises to pay such Obligations to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
or order of the Administrative Agent or any such Lender, on demand, together with any and all
reasonable expenses which may be incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in collecting
any of the Obligations.
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Credit
Documents, and the maximum amount of liability of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount that could be asserted against such Guarantor hereunder without (i)
rendering such Guarantor “insolvent” within the meaning of Section 101 (31) of the Bankruptcy Code,
Section 2 of the UFTA or Section 2 of the UFCA, (ii) leaving such Guarantor with unreasonably small
capital or assets, within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code, Section 4 of the UFTA,
or Section 5 of the UFCA, or (iii) leaving such Guarantor unable to pay its debts as they become
due within the meaning of Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or Section 4 of the UFTA, or Section 5
of the UFCA, and to the extent the obligations of a Guarantor shall be adjudicated to be invalid or
unenforceable for any reason (including, without limitation, because of any applicable state or
federal law relating to fraudulent conveyances or transfers) then the obligations of each such
Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount that is permissible under applicable law
(whether federal or state and including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code).
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Section 10.2 Bankruptcy.
Additionally, each of the Guarantors unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees jointly and
severally the payment of any and all Obligations of the Borrower to the Lenders whether or not due
or payable by the Borrower upon the occurrence of any of the events specified in Section 7.1(e),
and unconditionally promises to pay such Obligations to the Administrative Agent for the account of
the Lenders, or order, on demand, in lawful money of the United States. Each of the Guarantors
further agrees that to the extent that any Credit Party shall make a payment or a transfer of an
interest in any property to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, which payment or transfer or
any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, or
otherwise is avoided, and/or required to be repaid to such Credit Party, the estate of such Credit
Party, a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law,
common law or equitable cause, then to the extent of such avoidance or repayment, the obligation or
part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if
said payment had not been made.
Section 10.3 Nature of Liability.
The liability of each Guarantor hereunder is exclusive and independent of any security for or
other guaranty of the Obligations of the Borrower whether executed by any such Guarantor, any other
guarantor or by any other party, and no Guarantor’s liability hereunder shall be affected or
impaired by (a) any direction as to application of payment by the Borrower or by any other party,
or (b) any other continuing or other guaranty, undertaking or maximum liability of a guarantor or
of any other party as to the Obligations of the Borrower, or (c) any payment on or in reduction of
any such other guaranty or undertaking, or (d) any dissolution, termination or increase, decrease
or change in personnel by the Borrower, or (e) any payment made to the Administrative Agent or the
Lenders on the Obligations which the Administrative Agent or such Lenders repay to the Borrower
pursuant to court order in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium or other debtor
relief proceeding, and each of the Guarantors waives any right to the deferral or modification of
its obligations hereunder by reason of any such proceeding (other than with respect to any payment
returned to the Borrower pursuant to a final decision, by a final court of competent jurisdiction,
as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender).
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Section 10.4 Independent Obligation.
The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of any other
Guarantor or the Borrower, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against
each Guarantor whether or not action is brought against any other Guarantor or the Borrower and
whether or not any other Guarantor or the Borrower is joined in any such action or actions.
Section 10.5 Authorization.
Each of the Guarantors authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender without notice or
demand (except as shall be required by applicable statute and cannot be waived), and without
affecting or impairing its liability hereunder, from time to time to (a) renew, compromise, extend,
increase, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment of, or otherwise change the terms of
the Obligations or any part thereof in accordance with this Agreement, including any increase or
decrease of the rate of interest thereon, (b) take and hold security from any Guarantor or any
other party for the payment of this Guaranty or the Obligations and exchange, enforce waive and
release any such security, (c) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof
as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in their discretion may determine and (d) release or
substitute any one or more endorsers, Guarantors or other obligors.
Section 10.6 Reliance.
It is not necessary for the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to inquire into the capacity
or powers of the Borrower or the officers, directors, members, partners or agents acting or
purporting to act on their behalf, and any Obligations made or created in reliance upon the
professed exercise of such powers shall be guaranteed hereunder.
Section 10.7 Waiver.
(a) Each of the Guarantors waives any right (except as shall be required by applicable
statute and cannot be waived) to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to (i) proceed
against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other party, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any
security held from the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other party, or (iii) pursue any other
remedy in the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s power whatsoever. Each of the Guarantors
waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any
other party other than payment of the Obligations, including, without limitation, any defense
based on or arising out of the disability of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other party, or
the unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from
any cause of the liability of the Borrower other than payment of the Obligations (other than
claims based on the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or a
Lender). The Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders may, at their election, foreclose on any
security held by the Administrative Agent or a Lender by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales (to the extent such sale is permitted by the UCC or
any other applicable law), or exercise any other right or remedy the Administrative Agent and any
Lender may have against the Borrower or any other party, or any security, without affecting or
impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the
Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated or deemed terminated.
Each of the Guarantors waives any defense arising out of any such election by the Administrative
Agent and each of the Lenders, even though such election operates to impair or extinguish any
right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of the Guarantors against the
Borrower or any other party or any security.
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(b) Each of the Guarantors waives all presentments, demands for performance, protests and
notices (other than notices which, by the terms of any Credit Document, are expressly required to
be delivered to any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or a Lender), including without
limitation notices of nonperformance, notice of protest, notices of dishonor, notices of
acceptance of this Guaranty, and notices of the existence, creation or incurring of new or
additional Obligations. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself
informed of the Borrower’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing
upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks
which such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that neither the Administrative
Agent nor any Lender shall have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it
regarding such circumstances or risks.
(c) Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees it will not exercise any rights of subrogation
which it may at any time otherwise have as a result of this Guaranty (whether contractual, under
Section 509 of the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise) to the claims of the Lenders against the
Borrower or any other guarantor of the Obligations of the Borrower owing to the Lenders
(collectively, the “Other Parties”) and all contractual, statutory or common law rights
of reimbursement, contribution or indemnity from any Other Party which it may at any time
otherwise have as a result of this Guaranty until such time as the Loans hereunder shall have
been paid and the Commitments have been terminated or deemed terminated. Each of the Guarantors
hereby further agrees not to exercise any right to enforce any other remedy which the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders now have or may hereafter have against any Other Party, any
endorser or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Obligations of the Borrower and any
benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to or for the
benefit of the Lenders to secure payment of the Obligations of the Borrower until such time as
the Obligations shall have been paid and the Commitments have been terminated or deemed
terminated.
Section 10.8 Limitation on Enforcement.
The Lenders agree that this Guaranty may be enforced only by the action of the Administrative
Agent acting upon the instructions of the Required Lenders and that no Lender shall have any right
individually to seek to enforce or to enforce this Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that
such rights and remedies may be exercised by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the
Lenders under the terms of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Credit Agreement to be duly executed
and delivered by its proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above
written.
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BORROWER: |
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CSS INDUSTRIES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President — Finance |
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GUARANTORS: |
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PAPER MAGIC GROUP,
INC.,
a Pennsylvania corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President |
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BERWICK DELAWARE,
INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: President |
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BERWICK OFFRAY LLC,
a Pennsylvania limited liability company |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President |
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XXXX INC,
a Tennessee corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President |
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PHILADELPHIA INDUSTRIES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: President |
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LLM HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: President |
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THE PAPER MAGIC GROUP, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: President |
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LION RIBBON COMPANY, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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X.X. XXXXXX, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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W.J.S. FURNITURE, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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PAPER MAGIC DISTRIBUTION, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President |
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DON POST STUDIOS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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CRG DISTRIBUTION, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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LR TEXAS CORP.,
a Texas corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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BOC DISTRIBUTION, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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Title: Vice President |
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BERWICK MANAGEMENT LLC,
a Pennsylvania limited liability company |
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By:
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Berwick Offray LLC, |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: Vice President |
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XXXX DELAWARE, INC.,
a Delaware corporation |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Title: President |
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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: |
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President |
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LENDERS: |
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: Vice President |
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CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA,
as Lender |
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President |
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