SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT dated as of May 25, 2006 among, SIMMONS BEDDING COMPANY, as Company, THL-SC BEDDING COMPANY AND CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF COMPANY, as Guarantors, THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED HEREIN, as...
SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED
dated
as
of May 25, 2006
among,
XXXXXXX
BEDDING COMPANY,
as
Company,
THL-SC
BEDDING COMPANY AND CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF COMPANY,
as
Guarantors,
THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED HEREIN,
as
Lenders,
XXXXXXX
SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
as
Sole
Bookrunner, Lead Arranger and as Syndication Agent,
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as
Co-Documentation Agent
and
CIT
LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION,
as
Co-Documentation Agent
________________________________________________________
TERM
LOAN AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES
________________________________________________________
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION
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2
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1.1
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Defined
Terms
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2
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1.2
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Accounting
Terms
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36
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1.3
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Interpretation,
etc.
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37
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SECTION
2. CREDIT EXTENSIONS
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37
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2.1
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Tranche
D Term Loans
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37
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2.2
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Revolving
Loans and Swing Line Loans
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38
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2.3
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Letters
of Credit
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40
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2.4
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Pro
Rata Shares
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45
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2.5
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Use
of Proceeds
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45
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2.6
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Notes;
Register; Lenders’ Books and Records
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46
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2.7
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Interest
Payments
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47
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2.8
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Conversion;
Continuation
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48
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2.9
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Post-Maturity
Interest
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49
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2.10
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Fees
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49
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2.11
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Scheduled
Payments
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50
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2.12
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Voluntary
Prepayments/Commitment Reductions
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51
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2.13
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Mandatory
Prepayments/Commitment Reductions
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54
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2.14
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Application
of Prepayments and Reductions of Commitments
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55
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2.15
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Collateral
Proceeds; Guaranty Payments
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56
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2.16
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General
Provisions Regarding Payments
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57
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2.17
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Ratable
Sharing
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57
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2.18
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Making
or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans
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58
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2.19
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Increased
Costs; Capital Adequacy
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60
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2.20
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Taxes;
Withholding, Etc.
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61
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2.21
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Capital
Adequacy Adjustment
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64
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2.22
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Obligation
to Mitigate
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64
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2.23
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Defaulting
Lenders
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65
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2.24
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Removal
or Replacement of a Lender
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66
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2.25
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Incremental
Facilities
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67
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SECTION
3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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69
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3.1
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Effective
Date
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69
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3.2
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Conditions
to Each Credit Extension
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70
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SECTION
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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71
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4.1
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Organization
and Powers
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71
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4.2
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Qualification
and Good Standing
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71
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4.3
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Subsidiaries
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72
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4.4
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Authorization
of Borrowing; No Conflict
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72
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4.5
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Governmental
Consents
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72
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4.6
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Binding
Obligation
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73
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4.7
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Valid
Issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes
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73
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4.8
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Financial
Condition
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73
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4.9
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No
Material Adverse Change
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73
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4.10
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Litigation;
Adverse Facts
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73
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4.11
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Payment
of Taxes
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74
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4.12
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Title
to Properties; Real Property
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74
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4.13
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Collateral
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74
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4.14
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Environmental
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75
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4.15
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No
Defaults
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76
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4.16
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Governmental
Regulation
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76
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4.17
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Margin
Stock
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76
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4.18
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Employee
Matters
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76
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4.19
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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76
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4.20
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[Reserved]
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77
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4.21
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Solvency
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77
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4.22
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Certain
Related Agreements
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77
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4.23
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[Reserved]
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77
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4.24
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Disclosure
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77
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4.25
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Intellectual
Property
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77
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4.26
|
Patriot
Act
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78
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SECTION
5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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78
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5.1
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Financial
Statements and Other Reports
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78
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5.2
|
Legal
Existence, etc.
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82
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5.3
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Payment
of Taxes and Claims
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82
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5.4
|
Maintenance
of Properties
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82
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5.5
|
Insurance
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82
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5.6
|
Inspection
Rights; Lender Meeting
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83
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5.7
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Compliance
with Laws, Etc.
|
83
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5.8
|
Environmental
Matters
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83
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5.9
|
Subsidiaries
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85
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5.10
|
[Reserved]
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86
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5.11
|
[Reserved]
|
86
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5.12
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Matters
Relating to Additional Real Property Collateral
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86
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5.13
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Further
Assurances
|
88
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SECTION
6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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88
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6.1
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Indebtedness
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88
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6.2
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Liens
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91
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6.3
|
Investments
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92
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6.4
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[Reserved]
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95
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6.5
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Restricted
Junior Payments
|
95
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6.6
|
Financial
Covenants
|
97
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6.7
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Fundamental
Changes; Asset Sales
|
99
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6.8
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Consolidated
Capital Expenditures
|
101
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6.9
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Sales
and Lease-Backs
|
101
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6.10
|
Transactions
with Shareholders and Affiliates
|
101
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6.11
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Amendments
or Waivers of Certain Documents
|
102
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6.12
|
Conduct
of Company Business
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103
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6.13
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Special
Covenants of Holdings
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103
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6.14
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Fiscal
Year
|
103
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6.15
|
Securities
of Company and Subsidiaries; Restrictions on Subsidiaries
|
103
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6.16
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Designated
Senior Debt
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103
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SECTION
7. GUARANTY
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104
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7.1
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Guaranty
of the Obligations
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104
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7.2
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Limitation
on Amount Guarantied
|
104
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7.3
|
Payment
by Guarantors
|
105
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7.4
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Liability
of Guarantors Absolute
|
105
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7.5
|
Waivers
by Guarantors
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107
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7.6
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Guarantors’
Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc.
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108
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7.7
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Subordination
of Other Obligations
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108
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7.8
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Continuing
Guaranty
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109
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7.9
|
Authority
of Guarantors or Company
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109
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7.10
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Financial
Condition of Company and Guarantors
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109
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7.11
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Bankruptcy,
Etc.
|
109
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7.12
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Discharge
of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor
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110
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SECTION
8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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110
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8.1
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Events
of Default
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110
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8.2
|
Certain
Option of Lenders
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113
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8.3
|
Company’s
Right to Cure Financial Performance Covenants
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114
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SECTION
9. AGENTS
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114
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9.1
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Appointment
of Agents
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114
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9.2
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Powers
and Duties
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115
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9.3
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General
Immunity
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115
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9.4
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Agent
Entitled to Act as Lender
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116
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9.5
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Lenders’
Representations and Warranties
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116
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9.6
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Right
to Indemnity
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117
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9.7
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Successor
Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender
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117
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9.8
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Collateral
Documents and Guaranties
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118
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SECTION
10. MISCELLANEOUS
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120
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10.1
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Notices
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120
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10.2
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Expenses
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120
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10.3
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Indemnity
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121
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10.4
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Set-Off
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122
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10.5
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Amendments
and Waivers
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122
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10.6
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Successors
and Assigns; Participations
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124
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10.7
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Independence
of Covenants
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127
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10.8
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Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Agreements
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127
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10.9
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No
Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
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127
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10.10
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Marshalling;
Payments Set Aside
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127
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10.11
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Severability
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128
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10.12
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Obligations
Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights
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128
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10.13
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Headings
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128
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10.14
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APPLICABLE
LAW
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128
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10.15
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CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
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128
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10.16
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WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
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129
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10.17
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Confidentiality
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129
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10.18
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Counterparts;
Effectiveness
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130
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10.19
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Maximum
Amount
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130
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10.20
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Reaffirmation
and Grant of Security Interest
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131
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10.21
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Amendment
and Restatement
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132
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10.22
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Patriot
Act
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132
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SCHEDULES:
1.1(b)
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Term
Loan Amounts, Revolving Loan Commitments and Pro Rata
Shares
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2.1(a)
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Continuing
Lenders
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4.1
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Subsidiaries
of Holdings
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4.12
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Real
Property Assets
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6.1
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Certain
Existing Indebtedness
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6.2
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Certain
Existing Liens
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6.3
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Certain
Existing Investments
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EXHIBITS:
A-1
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Funding
Notice
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A-2
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Conversion/Continuation
Notice
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A-3
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Request
for Issuance
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B-1
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Tranche
D Term Loan Note
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B-2
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New
Term Loan Note
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B-3
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Revolving
Note
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B-4
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Swing
Line Note
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C
|
Compliance
Certificate
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D
|
Opinion
of Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
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E
|
Assignment
Agreement
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F
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Certificate
Re Non-Bank Status
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G
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Solvency
Certificate
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H
|
Effective
Date Certificate
|
I
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Counterpart
Agreement
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J
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Pledge
and Security Agreement
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K
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Mortgage
|
L
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Certain
Adjustments to EBITDA
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M
|
Joinder
Agreement
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SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED
This
SECOND AMENDED
AND RESTATED CREDIT
AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
dated as
of May 25, 2006, is entered into by and among XXXXXXX
BEDDING COMPANY (formerly
known as Xxxxxxx Company), a Delaware corporation (“Company”),
THL-SC
BEDDING COMPANY,
a
Delaware corporation (“Holdings”),
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF COMPANY PARTY HERETO,
as
Guarantors, XXXXXXX SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.
(“GSCP”),
as
sole bookrunner, lead arranger and syndication agent, THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
(together with each such institution’s successors and permitted assigns, each a
“Lender”),
DEUTSCHE
BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH (“DBNY”),
as
administrative agent for Lenders (together with its permitted successors in
such
capacity, “Administrative Agent”)
and as
collateral agent for Lenders (together with its permitted successors in such
capacity, “Collateral
Agent”),
GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
(“GE
Capital”)
as
Co-Documentation Agent, and
CIT LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION (“CIT”)
as
Co-Documentation Agent.
R
E C I T A L S
WHEREAS,
capitalized terms used herein having the meanings assigned to those terms in
Section 1.1;
WHEREAS,
reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty
Agreement dated as of August 27, 2004 by and among Company, Holdings, certain
subsidiaries of Company party thereto, GSCP, as sole bookrunner, joint lead
arranger and as co-syndication agent, the financial institutions listed on
the
signature pages thereto (together with each such institutions successors and
assigns, the “Existing
Lenders”),
UBSS,
as joint lead arranger and co-syndication agent (“UBSS”),
DBNY,
as administrative agent and collateral agent, GE Capital as co-documentation
agent and CIT, as co-documentation agent (as it may amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing
Credit Agreement”)
which
amended and restated that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 19,
2003
by and among THL Bedding Company, a Delaware corporation (“THL
Company”),
Holdings, GSCP, as sole bookrunner, joint lead arranger and as co-syndication
agent, the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereto, UBSS,
as joint lead arranger and co-syndication agent, DBNY, as administrative agent
and collateral agent, GE Capital as co-documentation agent and CIT, as
co-documentation agent (as it may amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “Original
Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS,
Company
desires that certain Existing Lenders and other Lenders party hereto agree
to
amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety to (i) refinance
the existing Tranche C Term Loans made under the Existing Credit Agreement
(the
“Existing
Tranche C Term Loans”)
with
the Tranche D Term Loans made hereunder; (ii) to provide for additional Tranche
D Term Loans to refinance the Senior Unsecured Term Loans and (iii) make certain
other changes as more fully set forth herein, which amendment and restatement
shall become effective upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth
herein;
WHEREAS,
Company
has agreed to secure all of the Obligations by reaffirming its grant to
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, of a First Priority Lien
on
certain of its real and substantially all of its personal property, including
a
pledge of all of the capital stock of each of its Domestic Subsidiaries and
65%
of the capital stock of each of the Foreign Subsidiaries which is directly
owned
by Company;
WHEREAS,
Holdings and certain Subsidiaries of Company have agreed to guarantee the
Obligations and to secure their guaranties by reaffirming their grant to
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, of a First Priority Lien
on
certain of their real and substantially all of their respective personal
property, including (i)
a pledge
of all of the capital stock of Company and (ii)
a pledge
of all of the capital stock of each Domestic Subsidiary which is a Subsidiary
Guarantor and 65% of the capital stock of each Foreign Subsidiary which is
directly owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor;
WHEREAS,
it is
the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement not
constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities of the parties under
the Existing Credit Agreement and that this Agreement amend and restate in
its
entirety the Existing Credit Agreement; and
WHEREAS,
it is
the intent of the Credit Parties to confirm that all Obligations of the Credit
Parties under the other Credit Documents shall continue in full force and effect
and that, from and after the Effective Date, all references to the “Credit
Agreement”
contained therein shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants
herein contained, Holdings, Company, each of its Subsidiaries party hereto,
Lenders and Agents agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement
as
follows:
1.1 Defined
Terms
.
The
following terms used herein, including (except to the extent specifically stated
otherwise) the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have
the
following meanings:
“Acquisition”
means
the acquisition of 84% of the outstanding capital stock of Xxxxxxx Holdco by
THL
Company on December 19, 2003.
“Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate”
means,
for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period
for
a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (i)
the
offered rate (rounded upward to the nearest 1/16 of one percent) appearing
on
the Dow Xxxxx/Telerate Monitor on Telerate Access Service Page 3750 (British
Bankers Association Settlement Rate) (or if such page or service is not
available, any page reasonably determined by Administrative Agent to be the
successor thereto) at or about 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on such Interest
Rate
Determination Date for U.S. dollar deposits of amounts in same day funds
comparable to the principal amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan for which the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable
to
such Interest Period, by (ii)
the
difference of (1)
a
percentage equal to 100%, minus (2)
the
stated maximum rate of all reserve requirements (including any marginal,
emergency, supplemental, special or other reserves) applicable on such Interest
Rate Determination Date to any member bank of the Federal Reserve System in
respect of “Eurocurrency liabilities” as defined in Regulation D (or any
successor category of liabilities under Regulation D). If for any reason the
portion of the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate determined by reference to the mechanics
of clause (i) of this definition is unavailable, as determined by Administrative
Agent, such portion of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for the applicable Interest
Period shall mean the offered quotation (rounded upward to the nearest 1/16
of
one percent) to first class banks in the London interbank market by DBNY for
U.S. dollar deposits of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal
amount of the Eurodollar Rate Loan of DBNY for which the Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to such Interest Period
as of approximately 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on such Interest Rate
Determination Date.
2
“Additional
Mortgaged Policy”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.12.
“Additional
Mortgaged Property”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.12.
“Adjusted
Maximum Amount”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.2(b).
“Administrative
Agent”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Adverse
Proceeding”
means
any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise),
governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf
of Company or any of its Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by
any
federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board,
bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign (including any
Environmental Claims), whether pending or, to the knowledge of Company or its
Material Subsidiaries, threatened in writing against or affecting Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries or any property of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“Affected
Lender”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.18(b).
“Affected
Loans”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.18(b).
“Affiliate,”
as
applied to any Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For
the
purposes of this definition, “control”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,”“controlled by” and
“under common control with”),
as
applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or
otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither any Agent or any Lender shall
be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Credit Parties or any Affiliate thereof.
“Agent”
means
each of the Syndication Agent, Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, Collateral
Agent and Co-Documentation Agents.
“Aggregate
Payments”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.2(b).
3
“Agreement”
means
this Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, as it may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage” means
(i)
0.50%
per annum and (ii)
0.375%
per annum if and for so long as the Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time
is less than 4.50:1.00; provided,
(A)
no
change in the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall be effective until
three Business Days after the date on which Administrative Agent receives the
financial statements and a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(d)
calculating the Leverage Ratio, and (B)
the
Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage shall be 0.50% per annum, in each case
for
so long (but only for so long) as Company has not submitted to Administrative
Agent the information described in clause (A) when required under Section 5.1(d).
“Applicable Margin” means
(i)
for
Tranche D Term Loans which are Base Rate Loans, 1.25% per annum and for Tranche
D Term Loans which are Eurodollar Rate Loans, 2.25% per annum or (B) for Tranche
D Term Loans which are Base Rate Loans, 1.00% per annum and for Tranche D Term
Loans which are Eurodollar Rate Loans, 2.00% per annum upon the earlier of (and
for so long as) (x) the Leverage Ratio in effect is less than 4.50:1.00 or
(y)
the Loans are rated at least B1 or better by Xxxxx’x, (ii)
for
Swing Line Loans, 1.00% per annum, and (iii)
for
Revolving Loans, the applicable percentage per annum determined by reference
to
the Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time as set forth below:
Leverage
Ratio
|
Applicable
Margin for Revolving Loans which are Eurodollar
Loans
|
Applicable
Margin for Revolving Loans which are Base Rate
Loans
|
³5.00:1.00
|
2.50%
|
1.50%
|
<5.00:1.00
and ³4.50:1.00
|
2.25%
|
1.25%
|
<4.50:1.00
and ³4.00:1.00
|
2.00%
|
1.00%
|
<4.00:1.00
and ³3.50:1.00
|
1.75%
|
0.75%
|
<3.50:1.00
|
1.50%
|
0.50%
|
;
provided,
(A)
no
change in the Applicable Margin shall be effective until three Business Days
after the date on which Administrative Agent receives the financial statements
and a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(d)
calculating the Leverage Ratio which as of the Effective Date shall be the
Leverage Ratio as of March 31, 2006 set forth in the Compliance Certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d)
of the
Existing Credit Agreement, and (B)
the
Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans shall be the applicable percentage per
annum amount set forth opposite the greatest Leverage Ratio above, in each
case
for so long (but only for so long) as Company has not submitted to
Administrative Agent the information described in clause (A) when required
under
Section 5.1(d).
The
Applicable Margin with respect to any Series of New Term Loans shall be set
forth in the Joinder Agreement for such Series.
“Asset Sale”
means
a
sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), transfer, conveyance or
disposition to any Person of all or any part of Company’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ businesses, properties or assets, including, without limitation, a
sale, transfer or other disposition of any Security of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
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“Assignment Agreement”
means
an Assignment and Assumption Agreement in the form of Exhibit
E.
“Authorized Officers”
means,
as applied to any Person, (i)
its
chairman of the board (if an officer) or president or any vice president, and
(ii)
its
chief financial officer, treasurer or any assistant treasurer.
“Bankruptcy Code”
means
Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter
in effect, or any successor statute.
“Base Rate”
means,
at any time, the higher of (i)
the
Prime Rate, and (ii)
the rate
equal to the sum of (a)
0.50%,
plus (b)
the
Federal Funds Effective Rate.
“Base Rate Loan”
means
a
Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base
Rate.
“Beneficiary”
means
Administrative Agent, each of the other Agents, each of the Lenders, and each
Lender Counterparty.
“Business Day”
means
any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under
the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions
located in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental
action to close, and with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings
and
payments in connection with the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any Eurodollar
Rate
Loans, that is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits
in
the London interbank market.
“Capital Lease”
means,
as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal
or
mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is accounted
for
as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
“Captive
Insurance Subsidiary”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.3(i).
“Cash”
means
money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or deposit
account.
“Cash Equivalents”
means,
as at any date of determination, (i) marketable
securities (a) issued
or
directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the
United States Government or (b) issued
by
any agency or instrumentality of the United States the obligations of which
are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing
within one year after such date; (ii) marketable
general obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or
any
political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof,
in each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time
of
the acquisition thereof, a rating of “A” or better from either Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Group (“S&P”)
or
Xxxxx’x; (iii) commercial
paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and
having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from
S&P or at least P-1 from Xxxxx’x; (iv) certificates
of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or bankers’ acceptances
maturing within one year after such date and issued or accepted by any Lender
or
by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States
of
America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia that has capital and
surplus in excess of $500,000,000; (v) repurchase
obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (i),
(ii) and (iv) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (iv) above; and (vi) shares
of
any money market mutual fund that invests substantially all of its assets in
the
types of investments referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above or in
Dollars.
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“Certificate re Non-Bank Status”
means
a
certificate in the form of Exhibit
F.
“CFO Certification”
means,
with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is
required, the certification of the chief financial officer of Company that
such
financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial
condition of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the
results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated,
subject to (in the case of unaudited financial statements) changes resulting
from audit and normal year-end adjustments and, in the case of monthly financial
statements, the absence of footnotes.
“Change
of Control”
means
the earlier to occur of (a)
the
Equity Investors shall cease to have the power, directly or indirectly, to
vote
or direct the voting of equity Securities having a majority of the ordinary
voting power for the election of directors of Holdings; provided, that the
occurrence of the foregoing event shall not be deemed a Change of Control
if,
(i)
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any
time prior to the consummation of an initial public offering of either
Parent or Holdings, and for any reason whatsoever, (A) the Equity
Investors otherwise have the right to designate (and does so designate)
a
majority of the board of directors of Holdings or (B) the Equity
Investors
own of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, an amount
of
common stock of Holdings equal to an amount of more than fifty percent
(50%) of the amount of common stock of Holdings owned, directly or
indirectly, by the Equity Investors of record and beneficially as
of the
Closing Date and such ownership by the Equity Investors represents
the
largest single block of voting securities of Holdings held by any
Person
or related group for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Securities
and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
or
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(ii)
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at
any time after the consummation of an initial public offering of
either
Parent or Holdings, and for any reason whatsoever, (A) no “person” or
“group” (as such terms are used in sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, but excluding any employee
benefit plan of such Person and its Subsidiaries, and any person
or entity
acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or
administrator of any such plan), excluding the Equity Investors,
shall
become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5
under such Act), directly or indirectly, of more than the greater
of (x)
thirty-five percent (35%) of the then outstanding voting stock of
Holdings
or (y) the percentage of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings
owned beneficially, directly or indirectly, by the Equity Investors,
(B)
during any period of twelve (12) consecutive months, the board of
directors of Holdings shall consist of a majority of the Continuing
Directors or (C) the Equity Investors have the power, directly or
indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of at least thirty percent
(30%)
of the voting of securities having a majority of the ordinary voting
power
for the election of directors of Holdings;
or
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(b) any
“Change of Control” (or any comparable term) in any document pertaining to the
Subordinated Indebtedness with an aggregate outstanding principal amount in
excess of $20,000,000; or
(c) Holdings
shall cease to own 100% of the equity Securities of Company.
“CIT”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Class”
means
(i)
with
respect to Lenders, each following class of Lenders: (a)
Lenders
having Tranche D Term Loan Exposure, (b)
Lenders
having Revolving Credit Exposure (including Swing Line Lender), and (c)
Lenders
having New Term Loan Exposure of each Series, and (ii)
with
respect to Loans, each of the following class of Loans: (a)
Tranche
D Term Loans, (b)
Revolving Loans (including Swing Line Loans) and (c)
each
Series of New Term Loans.
“Closing Date”
means
December 19, 2003, the date the loans made under the Original Credit Agreement
were made.
“Co-Documentation
Agents”
means
each of, GE Capital and CIT in its capacity as a co-documentation
agent.
“Collateral”
means
all of the properties and assets (including capital stock) in which Liens are
purported to be granted by the Collateral Documents.
“Collateral
Agent”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Collateral Documents”
means
the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Mortgages and any other documents,
instruments or agreements delivered by any Credit Party pursuant to this
Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in order to grant or perfect
Liens on any assets of such Credit Party as security for the
Obligations.
“Collateral
Questionnaire”
means
a
certificate of an Authorized Officer in a form reasonably satisfactory to
Collateral Agent that provides information with respect to the personal or
mixed
property of each Credit Party.
“Commercial Letter of Credit”
means
any letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the purpose of providing
the primary payment mechanism in connection with the purchase of any materials,
goods or services by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business of Company or such Subsidiary.
“Commitments”
means,
collectively, the Swing Line Loan Commitments, the Revolving Loan Commitments,
the New Revolving Loan Commitments and the New Term Loan
Commitments.
“Company”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
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“Compliance Certificate”
means
a
certificate executed by an Authorized Officer in the form of Exhibit
C.
“Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA”
means,
for any period, without duplication, the sum of the amounts for such period
of
(i)
Consolidated Net Income, plus
to the
extent the following amounts were deducted in calculating Consolidated Net
Income: (ii)
Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (iii)
provisions for taxes based on income, including but not limited to (without
duplication) taxes imposed in lieu of income-based taxes, such as those taxes
based upon gross receipts, net worth, equity, capital or property values (except
normal real and personal property taxes) and the like, to the extent that such
alternative tax provisions do not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate for any
Fiscal Year, plus (iv)
total
depreciation expense, plus (v)
total
amortization expense, plus (vi)
Management Fees, plus (vii) ESOP
expenses, plus (viii)
the
aggregate amount of the fees, costs and cash expenses paid by Company in
connection with the consummation of the Acquisition (including, without
limitation, bonus and option payments) for such period, plus (ix)
other
non-cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income (including, without limitation,
non-cash purchase accounting adjustments and debt extinguishment costs but
excluding accruals of expenses and the establishment of reserves in the ordinary
course of business), plus (x)
the Cure
Amount, if any, received by Company in respect of such period, plus (xi)
any
extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gains or losses or charges or credits,
including, but not limited to, any expenses relating to the Acquisition, the
Mergers and the Related Agreements, plus (xii)
any
reasonable expenses or charges related to any issuance of Securities,
Investments permitted under Section 6.3,
Permitted Acquisitions, recapitalizations, Asset Sales permitted by Section 6.7
or
Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.1,
less
other
non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income (other than accruals of
revenue or reversals of reserves in the ordinary course of business), all of
the
foregoing as determined on a consolidated basis for Company and its Subsidiaries
in conformity with GAAP; provided,
that
for the periods set forth on Exhibit
L,
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall be the amount set forth opposite such period
on Exhibit
L.
“Consolidated Capital
Expenditures”
means,
for any period, the sum of (i)
the
aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or other consideration
or
accrued as a liability and including that portion of Capital Leases which is
capitalized on the consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries)
by Company and its Subsidiaries during that period that, in conformity with
GAAP, are included in “additions to property, plant or equipment” or comparable
items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of Company and
its
Subsidiaries; provided,
however,
that
Consolidated Capital Expenditures shall not include (i) any
expenditures by Company or any of its Subsidiaries during that period in
connection with a Permitted Acquisition or, (ii) capital
expenditures arising from deployment of any Proposed Reinvestment Proceeds
or
the Net Cash Proceeds of any issuance of Securities not otherwise required
to
repay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(b)
or
(iii) any
expenditures made with respect to the original acquisition of any property
that
has been transferred pursuant to a Permitted Sale/Lease-Back Transaction
permitted by Section 6.9.
“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense”
means,
for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period; provided,
however,
any
(i) interest
expense not payable in Cash (including amortization of discount and amortization
of debt issuance costs), but excluding, however, any amounts referred to in
Section 2.10
payable
on or before the Effective Date and (ii) any
costs
associated with xxxx-to-market changes in Interest Rate Agreements and any
other
charges or payments related to any Interest Rate Agreements, in each case,
shall
be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense.
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“Consolidated Current Assets”
means,
as at any date of determination, the total assets of Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current
assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding (i)
Cash and
Cash Equivalents, (ii)
assets
(other than inventory) that are held for sale and (iii)
assets
pertaining to the Retail Business (including inventory pertaining to the Retail
Business) that are held for sale.
“Consolidated Current Liabilities”
means,
as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current
liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding any current liabilities with
respect to long-term Indebtedness, excluding liabilities associated with the
Retail Business that are held for sale.
“Consolidated
Excess Cash Flow”
means,
for any period, an amount (if positive) equal to the difference of (a) the
sum,
without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (i) Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA, plus (ii) the
Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment (excluding any non-cash adjustments
to
Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment), minus (b) the
sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (i) voluntary
prepayments (but excluding voluntary prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to
Section 2.12(a)
and
repurchases of Term Loans made pursuant to Section 2.12),
mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 2.13(d)
and
scheduled repayments of Consolidated Total Debt (excluding repayments of
Revolving Loans or Swing Line Loans except to the extent the Revolving Loan
Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments),
plus (ii) Consolidated
Capital Expenditures (net of any proceeds of any related financings with respect
to such expenditures), plus (iii) Consolidated
Cash Interest Expense (without giving effect to the proviso set forth in the
definition thereof), plus (iv) the
provision for current taxes based on income of Company and its Subsidiaries
and
payable in cash with respect to such period, plus (v) Management
Fees actually paid in cash during such period, plus (vi) the
cash
portion of any purchase price payments made during such period by Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or Investments
(net of the proceeds of any related debt or equity financings with respect
to
such Investments), plus (vii) the
cash
portion of any purchase price payments made during such period by Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries in connection with the acquisition of any Intellectual
Property (net of any proceeds of any related financings with respect to such
expenditures), plus (viii) the
cash
portion of any Restricted Junior Payments made by Company during such period
pursuant to Section 6.5
(net
of
any proceeds of any related financings with respect to such Restricted Junior
Payments), plus (ix) cash
expenses and charges added to Consolidated Net Income for purposes of
determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clauses (xi) and (xii)
thereof plus,
(x)
the Cure
Amount, if any.
“Consolidated Interest
Expense”
means,
for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable
to
Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP and capitalized interest) of Company
and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding
Indebtedness of Company and its Subsidiaries, including all commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit
and
bankers’ acceptance financing, but excluding net costs under Interest Rate
Agreements. For purposes of greater clarity, it is understood that “Consolidated
Interest Expense” excludes interest income.
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“Consolidated Net Income”
means,
for any period, the net income (or loss) of Company and its Subsidiaries on
a
consolidated basis for such period determined in conformity with GAAP;
provided,
there
shall be excluded the sum of (i)
the
income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of Company) in which
any
other Person (other than Company or any of its Subsidiaries) has a joint
interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions
actually paid to Company or any of its Subsidiaries by such Person during such
period; plus (ii)
the
income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary
of Company or is merged into or consolidated with Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; plus (iii)
the
income of any Subsidiary of Company to the extent that the declaration or
payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Subsidiary of that income
is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any
agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental
regulation applicable to that Subsidiary; plus (iv)
any
after-tax gains or losses attributable to Asset Sales or returned surplus assets
of any Pension Plan; plus (v)
(to the
extent not included in clauses (i)
through
(iv)
above)
any net non-cash extraordinary gains or net non-cash extraordinary losses;
plus (vi)
for
purposes of Section 6.5
only,
any goodwill impairment charges; plus (vii)
for
purposes of Section 6.6
only,
any gains, losses or charges associated with Interest Rate
Agreements.
“Consolidated Total
Debt”
means,
as at any date of determination, the aggregate stated balance sheet amount
of
all Indebtedness of the type specified in clauses (a)
or
(b)
of the
definition thereof of Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated
basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Working
Capital”
means,
as at any date of determination, the excess of Consolidated Current Assets
less
Consolidated Current Liabilities.
“Consolidated Working Capital
Adjustment”
means,
for any period on a consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative
number) by which Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such period
exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of such
period, excluding any pro forma effects of changes in the classification of
assets held for sale.
“Contingent
Obligation”
means,
as to any Person, without duplication, any obligation, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any
Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the
“primary
obligor”)
in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such
Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds
for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii)
to
purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring
the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment
or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain
working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition
or
liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable
the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv)
entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in
respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance
thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole
or
in part). The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an
amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary
obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Contingent Obligation
is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith.
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“Continuing
Directors”
shall
mean the directors of Holdings on the Effective Date, and each other director,
if, in each case, such other directors’ nomination for election to the board of
directors of Holdings is recommended by a majority of the then Continuing
Directors or such other director receives the vote of the Equity Investors
in
his or her election by the stockholders of Holdings.
“Continuing
Lenders”
means
those lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement identified as Continuing
Lenders in Schedule 2.1(a).
“Contractual
Obligation”
means,
as applied to any Person, any provision of any equity Security issued by that
Person or of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract,
undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party
or by
which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its
properties is subject.
“Contributing
Guarantors”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.2(b).
“Conversion/Continuation
Notice”
means
a
notice in the form of Exhibit
A-2.
“Co-Op
Subsidiary”
means
a
Subsidiary formed by The Xxxxxxx Manufacturing Co., LLC, Xxxxxxx Caribbean
Bedding, Inc. (or another Subsidiary of Company) and a third Person formed
to
operate as a “T corporation” under the Internal Revenue Code.
“Counterpart Agreement”
means
a
counterpart agreement in the form of Exhibit
I.
“Credit Document”
means
any of this Agreement, the Notes, any documents or certificates executed by
Company in favor of Issuing Bank relating to the Letters of Credit, the
Collateral Documents and all other documents, instruments or agreements executed
and delivered by a Credit Party for the benefit of Agents, Issuing Bank or
any
Lender in connection herewith (in each case, as such other documents,
instruments or agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time).
“Credit Extension”
means
the making of a Loan or the issuing of a Letter of Credit.
“Credit Extension
Date”
means
the date of a Credit Extension.
“Credit Party”
means
Holdings, Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
“Cure
Amount”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.3.
“Cure
Right”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.3.
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“Currency
Agreement”
means
any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option
contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement or arrangement to which
Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party and which is designed to hedge
against fluctuations in currency values and not for speculative
purposes.
“DBNY”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Default”
means
a
condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
an Event of Default.
“Default Excess”
means,
with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the excess, if any, of such Defaulting
Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Revolving Loans of all Lenders (calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders (other
than such Defaulting Lender) had funded all of their respective Defaulted
Revolving Loans) over the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender.
“Defaulting
Lender”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.23.
“Default Period”
means,
with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the period commencing on the date of
the
applicable Funding Default and ending on the earliest of the following dates:
(i)
the date
on which all Commitments are cancelled or terminated and/or the Obligations
are
declared or become immediately due and payable, (ii)
the date
on which (a)
the
Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced
to
zero (whether by the funding by such Defaulting Lender of any Defaulted
Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender or by the non-pro rata application
of
any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Revolving Loans in accordance
with
the terms of Section 2.12
or
Section 2.13
or by a
combination thereof) and (b)
such
Defaulting Lender shall have delivered to Company and Administrative Agent
a
written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with
respect to its Commitment, and (iii)
the date
on which Company, Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders waive all Funding
Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in writing.
“Defaulted
Revolving Loan”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.23.
“Dollars”
and
the
sign “$”
mean
the lawful money of the United States of America.
“Domestic
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of Company organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within
the United States of America (but excluding any Foreign
Subsidiary).
“Effective
Date”
means
the date upon which the conditions set forth in Section 3.1
are
satisfied.
“Effective
Date Certificate”
means
a
certificate in the form of Exhibit
H.
“Eligible Assets”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13(a).
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“Eligible Assignee”
means
(i)
a
commercial bank, savings and loan association or savings bank or any other
entity which is an “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D under the
Securities Act) which extends credit or buys loans as one of its businesses
including insurance companies, mutual funds and lease financing companies and
any investment fund that invests in commercial loans; and (ii)
any
Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and, with respect to any Lender that is
an
investment fund that invests in commercial loans, any other investment fund
that
invests in commercial loans and that is managed or advised (other than any
fund
that is managed or advised by Highland Capital Management, L.P. or any of its
Affiliates or Subsidiaries) by the same investment advisor as such Lender or
by
an Affiliate of such investment advisor; provided,
Eligible Assignee shall not include (a)
any
Affiliate of Company or Holdings or (b)
Highland
Capital Management, L.P. or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
“Employee Benefit
Plan”
means
any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA
which is (currently or hereafter) or within the prior 6 years was maintained
or
contributed to by Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates.
“Environmental
Claim”
means
any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding,
demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise),
by any governmental authority or any other Person, arising (i)
pursuant
to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental
Law; (ii)
in
connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous
Materials Activity; or (iii)
in
connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health,
safety, natural resources or the environment.
“Environmental
Laws”
means
any and all federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes,
ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, guidance documents, judgments,
Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of governmental
authorities relating to (i)
environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials
Activity; (ii)
the
generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials;
or
(iii)
occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or the protection
of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to Company
or any of its Subsidiaries or any Facility.
“Equity
Investors”
means
Sponsor and the Management Investors.
“ERISA”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time, and any successor thereto.
“ERISA
Affiliate”
means,
as applied to any Person, (i)
any
corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within
the
meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person
is a
member; (ii)
any
trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group
of
trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c)
of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii)
any
member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m)
or
(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described
in clause (i)
above or
any trade or business described in clause (ii)
above is
a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of Company or any of its Subsidiaries
shall
continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Company or such Subsidiary
within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity
was
an ERISA Affiliate of Company or such Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities
arising after such period for which Company or such Subsidiary could be liable
under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
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“ERISA
Event”
means
(i)
a
“reportable event” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the
regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those
for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived by
regulation); (ii)
the
failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal
Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in
accordance with Section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure
to
make by its due date a required installment under Section 412(m) of the Internal
Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any
required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii)
the
filing by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2)
of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination
described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv)
the
withdrawal by Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or
the
termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability pursuant to Section
4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (v)
the
institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the
occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA
for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Pension Plan; (vi)
the
imposition of liability on Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or
by
reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii)
the
withdrawal of Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections
4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan that could reasonably be
expected to result in material liability therefor, or the receipt by Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice
from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant
to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has
terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii)
the
occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates
of
material fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the
Internal Revenue Code or under Section 406, 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l),
or
Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (ix)
the
assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against
any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof,
or against Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (x)
receipt
from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan
(or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the
Internal Revenue Code, or the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension
Plan to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code; or (xi)
the
imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) or 412(n) of the Internal
Revenue Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
“ESOP”
means
the Xxxxxxx Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, as amended and restated
effective January 17, 1989 whereby the Xxxxxxx Company Employee Stock Ownership
Trust is the record and beneficial owner of the shares of Holdings equity
Securities pursuant to the terms thereof.
“Eurodollar Rate Loan”
means
a
Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate.
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“Event of
Default”
means
each of the events set forth in Section 8.1.
“Exchange Act”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any
successor statute.
“Existing
Credit Agreement”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the recitals hereto.
“Existing
Lenders”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the recitals hereto.
“Existing
Notes”
means
the 10¼% of Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 of Company.
“Existing
Tranche C Term
Loans”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the recitals hereto.
“Facilities”
means
any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements
located thereon) now, hereafter or (except with respect to Section 5
and
Section 6)
heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates.
“Fair
Share”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.2(b).
“Fair
Share Shortfall”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.2(b).
“Federal Funds Effective Rate”
means,
for any period, a fluctuating interest rate equal for each day during such
period to 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 for such day (or, if such day is not a Business
Day,
for the next preceding Business Day) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the
average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by
Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing
selected by Administrative Agent.
“Fenway”
means
Fenway Partners Capital Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, FPIP,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and FPIP Trust, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
“Financial
Performance Covenants”
means
the covenants of Company set forth in Section 6.6.
“Financial
Plan”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(k).
“First
Priority”
means,
with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant
to
any Collateral Document, that (i)
such
Lien has priority over any other Lien on such Collateral (other than Permitted
Encumbrances and Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2)
and
(ii)
such
Lien is the only Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances and Liens permitted
pursuant to Section 6.2)
to
which such Collateral is subject.
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“Fiscal
Quarter”
means
a
fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.
“Fiscal Year”
means
the fiscal year of Company and its Subsidiaries ending on the last Saturday
of
each calendar year or, at the option of Company, December 31 of each calendar
year.
“Flood
Hazard Property”
means
any Real Estate Asset subject to a Mortgage in favor of Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Lenders, and located in an area designated by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide
hazards.
“Floor
Plan Sales” means
sales by Company or any of is Subsidiaries of (i)
inventory
(other than inventory classified as floor sample inventory) to any Person for
a
discount not to exceed 2.5% and (ii)
with
respect to inventory classified as floor sample inventory, for a discount not
to
exceed 5.0%; provided
that the
discounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above may be increased by an
additional 0.05% (up to a maximum amount of 10.0%) for every 0.50% increase
to
the Base Rate above 7.50% per annum.
“Foreign
Subsidiary”
means
any Subsidiary of Company organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside
the United States of America (and including any Subsidiary of a Foreign
Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the
United States of America).
“Fraudulent
Transfer Laws”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
7.2(a).
“Funding and Payment
Office”
means
(i)
the
office of Administrative Agent located at the address set forth on the
Administrative Agent’s signature page hereto, or (ii)
such
other office of Administrative Agent as may from time to time hereafter be
designated as such in a written notice delivered by Administrative Agent to
Company and each Lender.
“Funding
Default”
shall
have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.23.
“Funding
Guarantor”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
7.2(b).
“Funding
Notice”
means
a
notice substantially in the form of Exhibit
A-1.
“GAAP”
means
United States of America generally accepted accounting principles in effect
as
of the date of determination thereof.
“GE
Capital”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“Governmental
Act”
means
any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future
de jure
or
de facto
government or governmental authority.
“Governmental
Authorization”
means
any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent
decree of or from any federal, state or local governmental authority, agency
or
court.
“GSCP”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
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“Guaranteed
Obligations”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 7.1.
“Guarantor”
means
Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
“Guaranty”
means
the Guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Section 7.
“Hazardous
Materials” means
any
chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or
regulated by any governmental authority or which may or could pose a hazard
to
the health and safety of the owners, occupants or any persons in the vicinity
of
any Facility, or to the indoor or outdoor environment as defined as such by,
or
regulated as such under, any Environmental Law including Hazardous Substances,
Oils, Pollutants or Contaminants as defined in the National Oil and Hazardous
Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, 40 C.F.R. § 300.5.
“Hazardous Materials
Activity”
means
any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence
involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession,
storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release,
discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction,
treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling
of
any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with
respect to any of the foregoing.
“Hedge
Agreement”
means
an Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency Agreement designed to hedge against
fluctuations in interest rates or currency values, respectively and not for
speculative purposes.
“Historical Financial
Statements”
means
(i)
the
audited financial statements of Pre-Merger Xxxxxxx and its Subsidiaries for
the
Fiscal Year ended December 28, 2002, consisting of a consolidated balance sheet
and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’
deficit and cash flows for such Fiscal Year filed under form 8-K-A on September
16, 2003; and (ii)
unaudited financial statements of Pre-Merger Xxxxxxx and its Subsidiaries for
the third Fiscal Quarter of 2003, consisting of a consolidated balance sheet
and
the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’
deficit and cash flows for the period ending on such date, all in reasonable
detail and certified by the chief financial officer of Company that they fairly
present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations
and
their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from
audit and normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes, in the
case
of such unaudited financial statements.
“Holdco
Notes”
has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.1(p).
“Holdings”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto; provided
that
from and after the Holdings Merger Effective Date, all references in this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents to “Holdings” shall instead
automatically be deemed to refer to and mean Parent, as the surviving
corporation of the Holdings Merger.
“Holdings
Merger”
means
the merger of Holdings with and into Parent, with Parent as the surviving
corporation.
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“Holdings
Merger Effective Date”
means
the date upon which the Holdings Merger becomes effective in accordance with
the
related merger agreement and Delaware corporate law.
“Increased
Amount Date”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.25(a).
“Indebtedness”,
as
applied to any Person, means, without duplication (a)
all
indebtedness for borrowed money, (b)
that
portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly
classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP,
(c)
notes
payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not
representing obligations for borrowed money, (d)
any
obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property
or services (excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA or any deferred
compensation plan), which purchase price is (i)
due more
than six months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof
(other than trade payables which are due more than six months from the date
of
incurrence in the ordinary course of business) or (ii)
evidenced by a note or similar written debt instrument, (e)
all
indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned by that Person
regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed
by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person, (f)
the face
amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as
to
which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings;
(g)
all
obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter
derivative transaction, including, without limitation, any Interest Rate
Agreement and Currency Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or
speculative purposes; and (h)
Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing;
provided,
in no
event shall obligations under any Interest Rate Agreement and any Currency
Agreement be deemed “Indebtedness” for any purpose under Section 6.6.
The
amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e)
shall be
deemed to be the lesser of (X)
the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Indebtedness and (Y)
the fair
market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person
in
good faith.
“Indemnified Liabilities”
means,
collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including
natural resource damages), penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims
(including Environmental Claims), costs (including the costs of any
investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal,
remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean
up or
xxxxx any Hazardous Materials Activity), expenses and disbursements of any
kind
or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not any such
Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and
any
fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether
direct or indirect and whether based on any federal, state or foreign laws,
statutes, rules or regulations (including securities and commercial laws,
statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or
equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred
by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or
arising out of (i)
this
Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby (including Lenders’ agreement to make Credit Extensions or the use or
intended use of the proceeds thereof or the use or intended use of any thereof,
or any enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of,
collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the
enforcement of the Guaranty)); (ii)
the
statements contained in the commitment letter delivered by any Lender to Company
with respect thereto; or (iii)
any
Environmental Claim or any Hazardous Materials Activity relating to or arising
from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land
ownership, or practice of Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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“Indemnitee”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.3.
“Installment”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.11.
“Installment
Date”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.11.
“Intellectual Property”
means
all patents, trademarks, servicemarks, tradenames, copyrights, mask works,
trade
secrets, technology, know-how and processes and rights of publicity used in
or
necessary for the conduct of the business of Company and its Subsidiaries as
currently conducted that are material to the condition (financial or otherwise),
business or operations of Company and its Subsidiaries, individually or in
the
aggregate.
“Interest Payment
Date”
means
with respect to (i)
any Base
Rate Loan, each March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year,
commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; and
(ii)
any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such
Loan; provided,
in the
case of each Interest Period of longer than three months “Interest
Payment Date”
shall
also include each date that is three months, or an integral multiple thereof,
after the commencement of such Interest Period.
“Interest Period”
means,
in connection with a Eurodollar Rate Loan, an interest period of one-, two-,
three-, six-, nine- or twelve-months, as selected by Company in the applicable
Notice, (i)
initially, commencing on the Credit Extension Date or the date of any conversion
or continuation thereof, as the case may be (permitted pursuant to Section 2.8);
and
(ii)
thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest
Period expires; provided,
(a)
if an
Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day,
such
Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no
further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period
shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; (b)
any
Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on
a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month
at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a
calendar month; (c)
no
Interest Period with respect to any portion of any Class of Term Loans shall
extend beyond the such Class’s Tranche D Term Loan Maturity Date or New Term
Loan Maturity Date, respectively; and (d)
no
Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend
beyond the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date.
“Interest Rate Agreement”
means
any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate
collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party and which is designed to hedge against
fluctuations in interest rates and not for speculative purposes.
“Interest Rate
Determination Date”
means,
with respect to any Interest Period, the second Business Day prior to the first
day of such Interest Period.
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“Internal Revenue
Code”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time
to time hereafter, and any successor statute.
“Investment”
means
(a)
any
direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any
other Person (including any Subsidiary of Company); (b)
any
direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving,
entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures
in
the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution by Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries to any other Person, including all indebtedness and accounts
receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise
from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business; (c)
Interest
Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements not constituting Hedge Agreements; or
(d)
the
purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions)
of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another
Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division
of
any other Person. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of
such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments
for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs
with respect to such Investment.
“Issuing
Bank”
means,
with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Lender or any of its Subsidiaries
or
Affiliates, which issues such Letter of Credit.
“Joinder
Agreement”
means
a
Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit
M.
“Lead Arranger”
means
GSCP, in its capacity as lead arranger.
“Joint Venture”
means
a
joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate,
partnership or other legal form; provided,
in no
event shall any Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint
Venture.
“Lender”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto; provided,
the
term “Lenders” shall include Swing Line Lender unless the context otherwise
requires.
“Lender Counterparty”
means
each Lender, Lead Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates counterparty
to
a Hedge Agreement.
“Letter of Credit”
or
“Letters of Credit”
means
Commercial Letters of Credit and Standby Letters of Credit issued or to be
issued by Issuing Bank for the account of Company pursuant to Section 2.3.
“Letter of Credit Sublimit”
means
the lesser of (i)
$40,000,000 and (ii)
the
aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan Commitments then in effect.
“Letter of Credit
Usage”
means,
as at any date of determination, the sum of (i)
the
maximum aggregate amount which is, or at any time thereafter may become,
available for drawing under all Letters of Credit then outstanding, plus (ii)
the
aggregate amount of all drawings under Letters of Credit honored by Issuing
Bank
and not theretofore reimbursed by or on behalf of Company.
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“Leverage Ratio”
means
the ratio, as of any date of determination, of (i) Consolidated
Total Debt as of such date minus,
Cash
and Cash Equivalents of Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date not in
excess of $30,000,000 to
(ii) Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent four-Fiscal Quarter period ended on or
prior
to such date.
“Lien”
means
any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance
of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security
interest) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the
practical effect of any of the foregoing.
“Loan”
means
a
Tranche D Term Loan, a Revolving Loan, a Swing Line Loan or a New Term
Loan.
“Management
Agreement”
means
that certain Management Agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and among
Company and THL Managers V, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as the
same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to
time in a manner not prohibited by this Agreement.
“Management
Fees”
means
the fees payable pursuant to the Management Agreement.
“Management
Investors”
means
the management officers and employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries who are
investors in Parent or Holdings on the Effective Date.
“Margin Stock”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of
the
Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time.
“Material Adverse
Effect”
means
(i)
a
material adverse effect upon the business, operations, properties, assets or
condition (financial or otherwise) of Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a
whole, or (ii)
the
impairment (other than as a result of circumstances covered by clause (i) above)
of the ability of Company or any of its Subsidiaries to perform, or
Administrative Agent or Lenders to enforce, the Obligations in any material
respect.
“Material Subsidiary”
means
each Subsidiary of Company now existing or hereafter acquired or formed by
Company or its Subsidiaries which, on a consolidated basis for such Subsidiary
and its Subsidiaries, (i)
for the
most recent Fiscal Year accounted for more than 5% of the consolidated revenues
of Company and its Subsidiaries or (ii)
as at
the end of such Fiscal Year, was the owner of more than 5% of the consolidated
assets of Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Maximum
Amount”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.19.
“Maximum
Consolidated Capital Expenditures Amount”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.8.
“MD&A”
means,
with respect to financial statements to which it pertains, management’s
discussion and analysis of Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ financial performance
for the period covered by such financial statements as compared to projected
financial performance for such period.
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“Mergers”
means
the mergers which occurred on December 19, 2003 of (i) THL Company with and
into
Xxxxxxx Holdco, with Xxxxxxx Holdco being the surviving corporation and (ii)
Pre-Merger Xxxxxxx with and into Xxxxxxx Holdco, with Xxxxxxx Holdco being
the
surviving corporation and changing its name to “Xxxxxxx Company”.
“Monthly
Reports”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(a).
“Moody’s”
means
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc.
“Mortgage”
means
(i)
a
security instrument (whether designated as a deed of trust or a mortgage or
by
any similar title) executed and delivered by any Credit Party, substantially
in
the form of Exhibit
K
annexed
hereto or in such other form as may be approved by Collateral Agent in its
sole
discretion, in each case with such changes thereto as may be recommended by
Collateral Agent’s local counsel based on local laws or customary local mortgage
or deed of trust practices, or (ii)
at
Collateral Agent’s option, in the case of an Additional Mortgaged Property (as
defined in Section 5.12),
an
amendment to an existing Mortgage, in form satisfactory to Administrative Agent,
adding such Additional Mortgaged Property to the Real Property Assets encumbered
by such existing Mortgage, in either case as such security instrument or
amendment may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time
to time. “Mortgages”
means
all such instruments, collectively.
“Mortgage Policy”
means
an Additional Mortgage Policy (as defined in Section 5.12).
“Multiemployer
Plan”
means
any Employee Benefit Plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section
3(37) of ERISA.
“National
Flood Insurance Program”
means
the National Flood Insurance Program under the National Flood Insurance Act
of
1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973.
“Net Asset Sale
Proceeds”
means,
with respect to any Asset Sale, an amount equal to the difference of
(i)
Cash
payments (including any Cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to,
or
by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so
received) received from such Asset Sale, minus (ii)
any bona
fide direct costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale, including
(a)
income
taxes reasonably estimated to be actually payable within two years of the date
of such Asset Sale as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such
Asset Sale, (b) payment
of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest
on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the
stock or assets in question and that is repaid as a result of such Asset Sale,
(c)
the
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Person in connection with such Asset
Sale and (d)
any
reserve for adjustment in respect of (x)
the sale
price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and
(y)
any
liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by such Person
after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation,
pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related
to
environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated
with
such transaction.
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“Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds”
means
the difference of (i)
any Cash
payments or proceeds received by Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a)
under
any business interruption or casualty insurance policy in respect of a covered
loss thereunder or (b)
as a
result of the taking of any assets of Company or any of its Subsidiaries by
any
Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise,
or
pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under
threat of such a taking, minus,
in each
case, (ii)(a)
any
actual and reasonable documented costs incurred by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims
of
Company or such Subsidiary in respect thereof, (b)
income
taxes reasonably estimated to be actually payable within two years of the date
of such event giving rise to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds as a
result of any gain recognized in connection with such event, (c)
payment
of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest
on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the
assets in question and that is repaid as a result of such casualty or
condemnation, (d)
the
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Person in connection with such casualty
or condemnation and (e)
any
reserve for adjustment in respect of (x)
the sale
price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and
(y)
any
liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by such Person
after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation,
liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification
obligations associated with such transaction, provided,
however,
that
the receipt by Company and its Subsidiaries from the Closing Date through the
date of determination of up to an aggregate of $10,000,000 in Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in respect of business interruption insurance
described in clause (a) above shall not be “Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds”
for purposes of Section 2.13(a).
“New
Revolving Loan”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.25(b).
“New
Revolving Loan Commitments”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.25(a).
“New
Revolving Loan Lender”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.25(a).
“New
Term Loan Commitments”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.25(a).
“New
Term Loan Exposure”
means,
with respect to any Lender as of any date of determination, the outstanding
principal amount of the New Term Loans of such Lender.
“New
Term Loan Lender”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section
2.25(a).
“New
Term Loan Maturity Date”
means
the date that New Term Loans of a Series shall become due and payable in full
hereunder, as specified in the applicable Joinder Agreement, including by
acceleration or otherwise.
“New
Term Loan Note”
means
a
promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2, as it may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.
“New
Term Loans”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.25(c).
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“Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary”
means
(i)
each of
the Subsidiaries identified as a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary on Schedule 4.1
annexed
hereto and (ii)
each
Person that becomes a Subsidiary of Company after the date hereof and in
accordance with Section 5.9,
and is
not required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided,
however,
that
any such Domestic Subsidiary shall cease to be a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary if
(x)
it is or
at any time becomes a Material Subsidiary or (y)
it
otherwise ceases to be a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary pursuant to Section 5.9.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of Co-Op Subsidiary and any Captive
Insurance Subsidiary shall always be a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary.
“Nonpublic
Information”
means
information that has not been disseminated in a manner making it available
to
investors generally, within the meaning of Regulation FD under the Securities
Act.
“Note”
means
a
Tranche D Term Loan Note, a New Term Loan Note, a Revolving Note or a Swing
Line
Note.
“Notice”
means
a
Funding Notice, a Request for Issuance or a Conversion/Continuation
Notice.
“Obligations”
means,
with respect to any Credit Party, obligations of such Credit Party, whether
now
existing or hereafter made, incurred or created, whether absolute or contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated, whether due or not due, and however arising under
or
in connection with this Agreement and any other Credit Documents, including
those arising under successive borrowing transactions hereunder which shall
either continue the Obligations of such Credit Party from time to time or renew
them after they have been satisfied and including interest which, but for the
filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Credit Party, would
have
accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Credit
Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding.
“Offer”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12.
“Offer
Loans”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.12.
“Operating
Lease”
means,
as applied to any Person, any lease (including leases that may be terminated
by
the lessee at any time but excluding any such lease under which that Person
is
the lessor) of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is not a
Capital Lease.
“Parent”
means
Xxxxxxx Company (formerly known as THL Bedding Holding Company), a Delaware
corporation.
“Parent
IPO”
means
an initial public offering of the Securities of Parent.
“Parent
Notes”
means
those certain 10% Senior Discount Notes due 2014 issued by Parent pursuant
to
that certain Indenture dated as of December 15, 2004 by and between Parent
and
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, as such notes and Indenture
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“PBGC”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
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“Pension Plan”
means
any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject
to
Title IV of ERISA.
“Permitted Acquisition”
means
an acquisition of Securities or assets made pursuant to Section 6.3(e).
“Permitted
Cure Security”
means
Securities of Holdings (or of Parent, the proceeds of which have been
contributed to Holdings) having no mandatory redemption, repurchase, repayment
or similar requirements prior to the date which occurs six (6) months after
the
Tranche D Term Loan Maturity Date and upon which all dividends or distributions,
at the election of Holdings (or Parent, as the case may be), may be payable
in
additional shares of such Security.
“Permitted
Encumbrances”
means
the following types of Liens (excluding any such Lien imposed by ERISA):
(a) Liens
for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims the payment of which is
not, at the time, required by Section 5.3;
(b) statutory
Liens of landlords, statutory Liens of banks and rights of set-off, statutory
Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen,
and other Liens imposed by law, in each case incurred in the ordinary course
of
business which are not, at the time, required to be paid by Section 5.3;
(c) Liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in connection
with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions and other types
of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory
obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government
contracts, insurance premiums, deductibles or co-insured amounts, trade
contracts, performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations
(exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money);
(d) any
attachment or judgment Lien not constituting an Event of Default under
Section 8.1(h);
(e) leases,
subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to third parties and not interfering
in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries;
(f) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, protrusions, and other minor defects
or irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere
in
any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries;
(g) any
(i)
interest
or title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor, (ii) restriction,
Lien or encumbrance that the interest or title of such lessor or sublessor,
licensor, sublicensor may be subject to, or (iii)
subordination of the interest of the lessee, sublessee, licensee or sublicensee
under such lease or license to any restriction, Lien or encumbrance referred
to
in the preceding clause (ii);
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(h) Liens
arising from filing UCC financing statements relating to operating leases and
in
connection with consignment arrangements;
(i) Liens
in
favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(j) any
zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office
or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
(k) Liens
securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for
borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business of Company and its Subsidiaries;
and
(l) licenses
of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by Company
or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not
interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business
of
Company or such Subsidiary.
“Permitted
Liens”
means
each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.2.
“Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness”
means
any Indebtedness of Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings issued in exchange
for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace,
defease or refund (collectively, to “Refinance”)
any
Indebtedness of such Person; provided
that
(a)
the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed
the
principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so
modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced, defeased or extended except
by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid,
and
fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification,
refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement, defeasance or extension and by
an
amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder or as otherwise
permitted pursuant to Section 6.1,
(b)
such
modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension providing for a
final
maturity date of such Indebtedness equal to or later than the final maturity
date of, and has a weighted average life equal to or greater than the weighted
average life of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed
or extended, (c)
if the
Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced, defeased
or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such
modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension is
subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms not materially
less
favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing
the
Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced, defeased
or extended, taken as a whole, (d)
the
terms, conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral) and interest
rates of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, defeased, replaced
or
extended Indebtedness are not materially less favorable to the Credit Parties
or
the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified,
refinanced, refunded, renewed, defeased, replaced or extended, taken as a whole,
(e)
such
modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension is
incurred only by the Person who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being
modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, defeased, replaced or extended;
provided,
that
such Indebtedness may include any new or additional obligors so long as
(i)
such new
or additional obligors are Credit Parties or simultaneously with the incurrence
of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness become Credit Parties pursuant to
Section 5.9,
and
(ii)
with
respect to Indebtedness being refinanced with Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
that is Subordinated Indebtedness, the obligations of such new or additional
obligors shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms
not materially less favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture, taken as a whole, and (f)
at the
time thereof and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing.
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“Permitted Sale/Lease-Back
Transaction”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.9.
“Permitted
Subordinated Indebtedness”
means
any unsecured Indebtedness of Company that (a)
is
expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations
on terms and conditions not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the
terms and conditions of the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness pertaining thereto, taken as a whole, (b)
will not
mature prior to the date that is six (6) months after the Tranche D Term Loan
Maturity Date, (c)
has no
scheduled amortization or payments of principal prior to the date that is six
(6) months after the Tranche D Term Loan Maturity Date, and (d)
has
covenant, default and remedy provisions not materially more restrictive, or
mandatory prepayment, repurchase, defeasance or redemption provisions no more
onerous or expansive in scope, than those contained in the Senior Subordinated
Notes Indenture or any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness pertaining thereto,
taken as a whole; provided
any such
Indebtedness shall constitute Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness only if
(i)
both
before and after giving effect to the issuance or incurrence thereof, no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (ii)
the
chief financial officer of Company shall have delivered an officer’s certificate
demonstrating compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 6.6
on a Pro
Forma Basis as of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, it being understood that
any capitalized or paid-in-kind interest or accreted principal on such
Indebtedness shall not constitute an issuance or incurrence of Indebtedness
for
purposes of this proviso.
“Person”
means
and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general
partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships,
joint
stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust
companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or
not
legal entities, and governments (whether federal, state or local, domestic
or
foreign, and including political subdivisions thereof) and agencies or other
administrative or regulatory bodies thereof.
“Personal
Property Collateral Documents”
means
such documents, certificates and opinions required in order to create in favor
of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid, perfected
First Priority security interest in the personal property Collateral, which
include:
(i) evidence
reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent of the compliance by each Credit
Party of its obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement and the other
Collateral Documents (including, without limitation, their obligations to
execute and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of securities,
instruments, chattel paper and intercompany notes evidencing Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.1);
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(ii) a
completed Collateral Questionnaire executed by an Authorized Officer of the
relevant Person, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including
(A) the results of a recent search of all effective UCC financing statements
(or
equivalent filings) made with respect to any personal or mixed property of
the
relevant Person in the jurisdictions specified in the Collateral Questionnaire,
together with copies of all such filings disclosed by such search, and (B)
UCC
termination statements (or similar documents) duly executed by all applicable
Persons for filing in all applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to
terminate any effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings)
disclosed in such search (other than any such financing statements in respect
of
Permitted Liens); and
(iii) customary
opinions of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to
Collateral Agent) with respect to the creation and perfection of the security
interests in favor of Collateral Agent in such Collateral and such other matters
governed by the laws of each jurisdiction in which the relevant Person is
located as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent.
“PF
Asset Sale”
means
any Asset Sale pertaining to (x)
an
entire line of business of Company or its Subsidiaries or (y)
all of
the equity Securities or all or substantially all of the assets of any
Subsidiary of Company.
“Platform”
as
defined in Section 5.1(o).
“Pledge and Security
Agreement”
means
the Pledge and Security Agreement entered into by and among Company, Guarantors
and Collateral Agent dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form
of
Exhibit
J
annexed
hereto, as such Pledge and Security Agreement may hereafter be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Pledged
Collateral”
means
the “Pledged Collateral” as defined in the Pledge and Security
Agreement.
“Pre-Merger
Xxxxxxx”
means
Xxxxxxx Company, a Delaware corporation, which existed prior to the
Mergers.
“Prime Rate”
means
the
rate
that the Administrative Agent announces from time to time as its prime lending
rate, as in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and
does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to
any
customer. The Administrative Agent or any other Lender may make commercial
loans
or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime
Rate.
“Pro
Forma Basis”
shall
mean for purposes of this Agreement (but not for determining the Applicable
Commitment Fee Percentage or the Applicable Margin) as to any Person, for any
Permitted Acquisition, PF Asset Sale or incurrence of Indebtedness which occurs
subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of
such events is being calculated (each, a “Referent
Event”),
and
giving effect to the Referent Event for which such calculation is being made,
such calculation as will give pro forma effect to such events as if same had
occurred at the beginning of such period of calculation; and
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(a) for
purposes of the foregoing calculation, each Referent Event shall be assumed
to
have occurred on the first day of the four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period
last ended on or before the occurrence of the Referent Event for which such
pro
forma effect is being determined (the “Reference
Period”);
and
(b) (x)
all
Indebtedness (including Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with
the
Referent Event, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but
including, with respect to revolving Indebtedness the average amount of such
Indebtedness outstanding during the Reference Period) incurred or permanently
repaid in connection with the Referent Event shall be deemed to have been
incurred or repaid at the beginning of such Reference Period and (y)
interest
expense of such Person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness, for which
pro forma effect is being given as provided in preceding clause (x),
bearing
floating interest rates shall be computed on a pro forma basis as if the rates
which would have been in effect during the period for which pro forma effect
is
being given had been actually in effect during such periods.
Calculations
made pursuant to the definition of Pro Forma Basis shall be determined in good
faith by an Authorized Officer of Company and may include adjustments, in the
reasonable determination of Company as set forth in an officer’s certificate, to
(i)
reflect
operating expense reductions reasonably expected to result from any acquisition,
merger or PF Asset Sale to the extent (x)
determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated
under the Securities Act or (y)
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent
and
(ii)
eliminate the effect of any extraordinary accounting event with respect to
any
acquired person or assets on Consolidated Net Income.
“Pro Rata
Share”
means
(i)
with
respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Tranche
D Term Loan of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a)
the
Tranche D Term Loan Exposure of such Lender by (b)
the
aggregate Tranche D Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, (ii)
with
respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the
Revolving Loan Commitment or Revolving Loans of any Lender or any Letters of
Credit issued or participations therein purchased by any Lender or any
participations in any Swing Line Loans purchased by any Lender, the percentage
obtained by dividing (a)
the
Revolving Credit Exposure of that Lender by (b)
the
aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders, (iii)
with
respect to all payments, computations, and other matters relating to New Term
Loan Commitments or New Term Loans of a particular Series, the percentage
obtained by dividing (a)
the New
Term Loan Exposure of that Lender with respect to that Series by (b)
the
aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders with respect to that Series,
and
(iv)
for all
other purposes with respect to each Lender, the percentage obtained by
dividing (a)
the sum
of the Tranche D Term Loan Exposure of that Lender, plus,
the
Revolving Credit Exposure of that Lender, plus,
the New
Term Loan Exposure of that Lender by (b)
the sum
of the aggregate Tranche D Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, plus
the
aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders, plus
the
aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders in any such case as the
applicable percentage may be adjusted by assignments permitted pursuant to
Section 10.6.
The
initial Pro Rata Share of each Lender for purposes of each of clauses (i) and
(ii) of the preceding sentence is set forth opposite the name of that Lender
in
Schedule 1.1(b)
annexed
hereto.
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“Projections”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.24.
“Proposed Reinvestment Proceeds”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.13(a).
“RCRA”
means
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and any state equivalents, as any
of
the same may be amended from time to time, and any successors
thereto.
“Real Property Asset”
means,
at any time of determination, any interest then owned in fee simple by any
Credit Party in any real property.
“Refinanced
Term Loan”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.5(f).
“Refunded Swing Line Loan”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.2(e).
“Refunding
Notice”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.2(e).
“Register”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.6.
“Regulation D”
means
Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in
effect from time to time.
“Reimbursement Date”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.3(d).
“Related Agreements”
means,
collectively, the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement, the
Management Agreement, the Senior Subordinated Note Documents, the Tender Offer
Documents, the Senior Unsecured Term Loan Agreement, the indenture governing
the
Parent Notes, and all documents relating to any of the foregoing.
“Release”
means
any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping,
deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of
any
Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the
abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles
containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous
Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
“Replacement
Term Loans”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 10.5(f).
“Request for Issuance”
means
a
notice in the form of Exhibit
A-3.
“Requisite Class Lenders”
means,
at any time of determination (i)
for the
Class of Lenders having Tranche D Term Loan Exposure, Lenders having or holding
more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate Tranche D Term Loan Exposure of all
Lenders, (ii)
for the
Class of Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposure, Lenders having or holding
more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all
Lenders, and (iii)
for each
class of Lender having New Term Loan Exposure, Lenders having or holding more
than 50% of the aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of that class.
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“Requisite
Lenders”
means
Lenders having or holding more than 50% of the sum of (i)
the
aggregate Tranche D Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders, plus (ii)
the
aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of all Lenders, plus (iii)
the
aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders.
“Responsible Officer”
means,
as to any Person, any of the chairman of the board, the president, the chief
executive officer, the chief financial officer, any senior or executive vice
president, the general counsel, the treasurer or assistant treasurer, secretary
or assistant secretary, the principal financial officer or principal accounting
officer, of such Person.
“Restricted Junior Payment”
means
(i)
any
dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any equity
Securities of Holdings or its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, except
a dividend or other distribution payable solely in shares of equity Securities,
(ii)
any
redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other
acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any equity Securities of Holdings
or its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, (iii)
any
payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants,
options or other rights to acquire equity Securities of Holdings or its
Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, and (iv)
any
payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or
redemption, purchase, repurchase, retirement, defeasance (including in-substance
or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any
Subordinated Indebtedness.
“Retail
Business”
means,
the assets owned by, or the equity Securities of collectively, SC Holdings,
Inc., a Delaware corporation and Gallery Corp., a Delaware corporation and
each
of their respective Subsidiaries.
“Revolving Credit Exposure”
means,
with respect to any Lender as of any date of determination (i)
prior to
the termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments, such Lender’s Revolving Loan
Commitment; and (ii)
after
the termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments, the sum of (a)
the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans of such Lender,
plus (b)
in the
case of Issuing Bank, the aggregate Letter of Credit Usage in respect of all
Letters of Credit (net of any participations purchased by Lenders in such
Letters of Credit or any unreimbursed drawing thereunder), plus (c)
the
aggregate amount of all participations purchased by such Lender in any
outstanding Letters of Credit or any unreimbursed drawing under any Letter
of
Credit, plus (d)
in the
case of Swing Line Lender, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all
Swing Line Loans (net of any participation therein purchased by other Lenders),
plus (e)
the
aggregate amount of all participations purchased by such Lender in any
outstanding Swing Line Loans.
“Revolving Loan”
means
a
Loan made by a Lender to Company pursuant to its Revolving Loan
Commitment.
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“Revolving Loan Commitment”
means
the commitment of a Lender to make Revolving Loans to Company pursuant to
Section 2.2(a)(i)
and/or
Section 2.25
and
“Revolving Loan Commitments”
means
such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lender’s
Revolving Loan Commitment is initially as set forth opposite the name of that
Lender in Schedule 1.1(b)
annexed
hereto, and may be adjusted or reduced pursuant to the terms and conditions
hereof. As of the Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan
Commitments shall be $75,000,000.
“Revolving Loan Commitment Period”
means
the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the Revolving Loan
Commitment Termination Date.
“Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date”
means
the earliest to occur of (i)
the
sixth anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii)
the date
the Revolving Loan Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to
Section 2.12(b),
Section 2.13
or
Section 2.14,
and
(iii)
the date
of the termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 8.1.
“Revolving Loan Lender”
means
a
Lender having a Revolving Loan Commitment.
“Revolving Note”
means
a
promissory note in the form of Exhibit
B-3,
as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Secured
Parties”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Secured
Obligations”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Securities”
means,
with respect to any Person, any stock, shares, partnership or other similar
interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation
in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds,
debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured,
convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly
known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations
in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or
any
right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing of such
Person.
“Securities Act”
means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor
statute.
“Sellers”
means
collectively, Xxxxxxx Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
Fenway, the Management Investors and the ESOP.
“Senior
Unsecured Term Loan Agreement”
means
the Senior Unsecured Term Loan and Guaranty Agreement dated as of the Closing
Date among Company, Holdings, GSCP, as sole bookrunner, joint lead arranger
and
co-syndication agent, UBSS as joint lead arranger and co-syndication agent,
DBNY, as administrative agent and the other agents and lenders party thereto
as
it may be amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced or
otherwise restructured in whole or in part from time to time whether by the
same
or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.
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“Senior
Unsecured Term Loans”
means
the Senior Unsecured Term Loan and Guaranty Agreement of Company due 2012 in
an
aggregate principal amount of $140,000,000 made on the Closing Date under the
Senior Unsecured Term Loan Agreement.
“Senior Subordinated Note Documents”
means
the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the Senior Subordinated Notes and each
other document executed in connection with the Senior Subordinated Notes, as
each such document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time to the extent permitted under Section 6.11.
“Senior Subordinated Note Indenture”
means
the indenture dated December 19, 2003 pursuant to which the Senior Subordinated
Notes are issued, as such indenture may thereafter be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent permitted
under Section 6.11
or
replaced pursuant to a refinancing permitted under Section
6.1.
“Senior Subordinated
Notes”
means
the Senior Subordinated Notes of Company in the aggregate principal amount
not
to exceed $200,000,000 and issued pursuant to the Senior Subordinated Note
Indenture, with such changes thereto when executed as are permitted under
Section 6.11,
which
principal amount may be increased by amounts permitted to be incurred pursuant
to Section 6.1
and as
such notes may thereafter be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time to the extent permitted under Section 6.11
or
refinanced to the extent permitted under Section 6.1.
“Series”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.25.
“Xxxxxxx
Holdco”
means
Xxxxxxx Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, before giving effect to the
Mergers.
“Solvency
Certificate”
means
a
certificate in the form of Exhibit
G.
“Solvent”
means,
with respect to any Person, that as of the date of determination both
(i)
(a)
the then
fair saleable value of the property of such Person is (1)
greater
than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of
such
Person and (2)
not less
than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities on such
Person’s then existing debts as they become absolute and matured considering all
financing alternatives and potential asset sales reasonably available to such
Person; (b)
such
Person’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business or any
contemplated or undertaken transaction; and (c)
such
Person does not intend to incur, or believe (nor should it reasonably believe)
that it will incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become
due; and (ii)
such
Person is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under
applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes
of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall
be
computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances
existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected
to
become an actual or matured liability.
“Sponsor”
means
Xxxxxx X. Xxx Partners, L.P. and its Affiliates.
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“Standby Letter of Credit”
means
any standby letter of credit or similar instrument issued for the purpose of
supporting (i)
workers’
compensation liabilities of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii)
the
obligations of third party insurers of Company or any of its Subsidiaries
arising by virtue of the laws of any jurisdiction requiring third party
insurers, (iii)
performance, payment, deposit or surety obligations of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, in any case if required by law or governmental rule or regulation
or in accordance with custom and practice in the industry, and (iv)
such
other obligations of Company and its Subsidiaries as may be reasonably
acceptable to Administrative Agent.
“Stock
Purchase Agreement”
means
that certain Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of November 17, 2003, by and
among Xxxxxxx Holdco, THL Company, and the Sellers.
“Subordinated
Indebtedness”
means
(i)
the
Indebtedness of Company under the Senior Subordinated Note Documents; and
(ii)
any
other Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness and, in each case, any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto.
“Subsidiary”
means,
with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability
company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more
than
50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the
election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or
other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.
“Subsidiary
Guarantor”
means
any Domestic Subsidiary of Company that is a party hereto as of the Effective
Date and is not identified as a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary on Schedule
4.1
or
becomes a party to the Guaranty at any time after the Effective Date pursuant
to
Section 5.9.
“Supplemental Collateral Agent”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 9.8(c).
“Swing Line
Lender”
means
Deutsche Bank A.G., Cayman Islands branch, in its capacity as Swing Line Lender
hereunder, together with its permitted successors and assigns in such
capacity.
“Swing Line
Loan”
means
a
Loan made by Swing Line Lender to Company pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(ii).
“Swing Line Loan
Commitment”
means
the commitment of Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans to Company pursuant
to Section 2.2(a)(ii).
“Swing Line
Note”
means
a
promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit
B-4,
as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Swing Line Sublimit”
means
the lesser of (i)
$10,000,000, and (ii)
the
aggregate amount of Revolving Loan Commitments then in effect.
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“Syndication
Agent”
means
GSCP in its capacity as syndication agent.
“Tax”
means
any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or
withholding of any nature and whatever called, by a governmental authority,
on
whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed;
provided,
“Tax
on the overall net income”
of
a
Person shall be construed as a reference to a tax imposed by the jurisdiction
in
which that Person is organized or in which that Person’s principal office
(and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is located or in which
that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is deemed
to
be doing business, on all or part of the net income, profits or gains (whether
worldwide, or only insofar as such income, profits or gains are considered
to
arise in or to relate to a particular jurisdiction, or otherwise, including,
franchise taxes or taxes substantially similar to franchise taxes) of that
Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office).
“Tender
Offer”
means
the offer by Company to purchase at least 50% of the outstanding Existing Notes
pursuant to the Tender Offer Documents.
“Tender
Offer Documents”
means
the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement and the Consent of
Company dated November 18, 2003.
“Term Loan”
means
a
Tranche D Term Loan or a New Term Loan.
“Termination
Date”
means
the date upon which all of the Commitments of the Lenders hereunder have
terminated, any Loan or any other non-contingent Obligation which is accrued
has
been paid or satisfied in full in Cash and no Letters of Credit are then
outstanding.
“THL
Company”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the recitals hereto, a predecessor to the
Company.
“Title Company”
means,
collectively, First American Title Insurance Company and/or one or more other
title insurance companies reasonably satisfactory to the Agents.
“Total
Leverage Ratio”
means
the ratio, as of any date of determination of (i)
Consolidated Total Debt as of such date plus (A)
any
outstanding Indebtedness incurred by Holdings pursuant to Section 6.1(p)
minus
(B)
Cash
and
Cash Equivalents of Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date not in excess
of $30,000,000 to (ii)
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the most recent four-Fiscal Quarter period
ended on or prior to such date.
“Total Utilization of Revolving Loan
Commitments”
means,
as at any date of determination, the sum of (i)
the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans (other than
Revolving Loans made for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line Loans
or reimbursing Issuing Bank for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit
but
not yet so applied), plus (ii)
the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swing Line Loans, plus (iii)
the
Letter of Credit Usage.
“Tranche
D Term Loan”
means
a
Loan made on the Effective Date by a Lender to Company pursuant to Section 2.1.
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“Tranche
D Term Loan Amount”
means
the amount of the Tranche D Term Loan to be lent by a Lender to Company. The
Tranche D Term Loan Amount of each Lender is initially as set forth opposite
the
name of that Lender in Schedule 1.1(b)
annexed
hereto, and may be adjusted or reduced pursuant to the terms and conditions
hereof. As of the Effective Date, the aggregate amount of the Tranche D Term
Loan Amounts shall be $492 million.
“Tranche
D Term Loan Exposure”
means,
with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding
principal amount of the Tranche D Term Loans of such Lender; provided,
at any
time prior to the making of the Tranche D Term Loans, the Tranche D Term Loan
Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such Lender’s Tranche D Term Loan
Amount.
“Tranche
D Term Loan Maturity Date”
means
the earlier of (i)
December
19, 2011, and (ii)
the date
that all Tranche D Term Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder,
whether by acceleration or otherwise.
“Tranche
D Term Loan Note”
means
a
promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit
B-1,
as it
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“Transaction
Costs”
means
the fees, costs and expenses payable by Company on or before the Closing Date
in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and the
Related Agreements.
“Trustee”
means
State Street Bank & Trust Company as trustee of the ESOP.
“Type”
means
(i)
with
respect to either Term Loans or Revolving Loans, a Base Rate Loan or a
Eurodollar Rate Loan, and (ii)
with
respect to Swing Line Loans, a Base Rate Loan.
“UBSS”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“UCC”
means
the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
“Unfunded Benefit
Liabilities”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 4.19.
“US
Lender”
has
the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.20(d).
1.2 Accounting
Terms
Except
as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP.
Financial statements and other information required to be delivered by Company
to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.1(a),
5.1(b)
and
5.1(c)
shall be
prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation
(and delivered together with the reconciliation statements provided for in
Section 5.1(e),
if
applicable); provided,
that
all calculations in connection with financial definitions and financial
covenants set forth in Section
6.6
shall
utilize accounting principles and policies in conformity with those used to
prepare the Historical Financial Statements; provided,
further,
if
Company notifies the Administrative Agent that Company wishes to amend any
covenant in Section 2.13
or
Section 6
or any
related definition to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP occurring
after
the date of this Agreement on the operation of such covenant (or if
Administrative Agent notifies Company that the Requisite Lenders wish to amend
Section 2.13,
Section 6
or any
related definition for such purpose), then (i)
Company
and Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to agree upon an
appropriate amendment to such covenant and (ii)
Company’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of GAAP
in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective until
such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to Company and Requisite
Lenders.
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1.3 Interpretation,
etc.
Any
of
the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used
in
the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to
any
Section, Exhibit or Schedule shall be to a Section, an Exhibit and a Schedule,
respectively, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. The use herein
of
the word “include”
or
“including”,
when
following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to
limit
such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth
immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or
not
nonlimiting language (such as “without
limitation”
or
“but
not limited to”
or
words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be
deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest
possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. Furthermore, when
the
performance of any covenant, duty or other non-monetary obligation is stated
to
be required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such performance
shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day. Except as otherwise
set
forth in this Agreement, whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be
stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be
made
on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included
in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the commitment
fees hereunder, as the case may be. For purposes of this Agreement and the
other
Credit Documents, Letters of Credit which have been cash collateralized or
otherwise backstopped shall not be deemed to be outstanding Letters of
Credit.
2.1 Tranche
D Term Loans
(a) Subject
to and upon the
terms and conditions herein set forth, each of the Continuing Lenders agrees
that the Existing Tranche C Term Loans made by such Continuing Lender under
the
Existing Credit Agreement shall remain outstanding on and after the Effective
Date as “Tranche D Term Loans” made pursuant to this Agreement in the same pro
rata amount of such Continuing Lenders pro rata share of the Existing Tranche
C
Term Loans and such Existing Tranche C Term Loans shall on and after the
Effective Date have all of the rights and benefits of Tranche D Term Loans
as
set forth in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender (other than a Continuing Lender)
severally agrees to lend to Company on the Effective Date, a Tranche D Term
Loan
in an amount equal to such Lender’s Tranche D Term Loan Amount to be used for
the purposes identified in Section 2.5.
(c) Any
amount borrowed under this Section 2.1, and subsequently repaid or prepaid,
may
not be reborrowed.
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2.2 Revolving
Loans and Swing Line Loans
(a) During
the Revolving Loan
Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, (i)
each
Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to Company in the aggregate
amount up to but not exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment, and
(ii)
Swing
Line Lender hereby agrees to make Swing Line Loans to Company in an aggregate
amount up to but not exceeding the Swing Line Sublimit, in each case to be
used
for the purposes identified in Section 2.5.
Amounts
borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.2
may be
repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Loan Commitment Period. Each Lender’s
Revolving Loan Commitment, and Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Loan Commitment,
shall expire on the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date and all Revolving
Loans and all Swing Line Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect
to the Revolving Loans, the Swing Line Loans, the Revolving Loan Commitments
and
the Swing Line Loan Commitment shall be paid in full no later than such date.
(b) Except
pursuant to Section 2.2(e)
or
Section 2.3(d),
(i)
Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum
amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount,
(ii)
Eurodollar Rate Revolving Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount
of
$2,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount, and
(iii)
Swing
Line Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $250,000 and integral
multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount. Anything contained herein to
the
contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Total Utilization of Revolving
Loan Commitments at any time exceed the Revolving Loan Commitments then in
effect.
(c) Whenever
Company desires that Lenders make Loans, Company shall deliver to Administrative
Agent a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice no later than 12:00 noon
(New York City time) (i)
at least
three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Extension Date in
the
case of a Eurodollar Rate Loan; and (ii)
at least
one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Extension Date in the
case of a Base Rate Loan; provided,
whenever Company desires that Swing Line Lender make a Swing Line Loan, it
shall
deliver to Administrative Agent a Funding Notice no later than 12:00 noon (New
York City time) on the proposed Credit Extension Date. Except as otherwise
provided herein, a Funding Notice for a Eurodollar Rate Loan (or telephonic
notice in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest
Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to make a borrowing in
accordance therewith. Promptly after receipt by Administrative Agent of a
Funding Notice (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof), Administrative Agent
shall notify each Lender or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, of the
proposed borrowing.
(d) Each
Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to Administrative Agent
not
later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the applicable Credit Extension
Date, and Swing Line Lender shall make the amount of its Swing Line Loan
available to Administrative Agent not later than 2:30 p.m. (New York City time)
on the applicable Credit Extension Date, in each case by wire transfer of same
day funds in Dollars, at the Funding and Payment Office (or, in the case of
Swing Line Loans, at such other place as Administrative Agent, Company and
Swing
Line Lender may approve). Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make
the proceeds of such Loans available to Company on the applicable Credit
Extension Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the
proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders or
Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, to be credited to the account of Company
at the Funding and Payment Office (or, in the case of Swing Line Loans, at
such
other place as Administrative Agent, Company and Swing Line Lender may approve).
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(e) With
respect to any Swing Line Loan that has not been voluntarily prepaid by Company,
Swing Line Lender may, at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, deliver
to Administrative Agent (with a copy to Company), no later than 10:00 a.m.
(New
York City time) on the first Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit
Extension Date, a notice (the “Refunding
Notice”)
(which
shall be deemed to be a Funding Notice given by Company) requesting Lenders
having Revolving Credit Exposure to make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate
Loans on such Credit Extension Date in an amount equal to the amount of such
Swing Line Loans (each, a “Refunded
Swing Line Loan”)
outstanding on the date of such Refunding Notice. Promptly after receipt by
Administrative Agent of a Refunding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify
each such Lender thereof. Anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the proceeds of such Revolving Loans made by Lenders shall
be
immediately delivered by Administrative Agent solely to Swing Line Lender and
applied to repay a corresponding amount of the applicable Refunded Swing Line
Loans. Company hereby authorizes Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender
to
charge Company’s accounts, if any (up to the amount available in each such
account) in order to immediately pay Swing Line Lender the amount of the
Refunded Swing Line Loans to the extent the proceeds of such Revolving Loans
made by Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full the Refunded Swing Line
Loans. If any portion of any such amount paid to Swing Line Lender should be
recovered by or on behalf of Company from Swing Line Lender in bankruptcy,
by
assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise, the loss of the amount
so
recovered shall be ratably shared among all Lenders having Revolving Credit
Exposure in the manner contemplated by Section 10.4.
(f) If
for
any reason (i)
Revolving Loans are not made upon the request of Swing Line Lender as provided
in Section 2.2(e)
in an
amount sufficient to repay any amounts owed to Swing Line Lender in respect
of
any outstanding Swing Line Loans; or (ii)
the
Revolving Loan Commitments are terminated at a time when any Swing Line Loans
are outstanding, then, in either case, each Lender having Revolving Credit
Exposure shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, have purchased a
participation in such outstanding Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to its
Pro
Rata Share (calculated, in the case of this clause (ii), immediately prior
to
such termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the unpaid amount of
such
Swing Line Loans together with accrued interest thereon. Upon one Business
Day’s
notice from Swing Line Lender, each such Lender shall deliver to Swing Line
Lender an amount equal to its respective participation in same day funds at
the
Funding and Payment Office. In order to further evidence such participation
(and
without prejudice to the effectiveness of the participation provisions set
forth
above), each such Lender agrees to enter into a separate participation agreement
at the request of Swing Line Lender in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Swing Line Lender. In the event any such Lender fails to make
available to Swing Line Lender the amount of such Lender’s participation as
provided herein, Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount
on
demand from such Lender together with interest thereon at the rate customarily
used by Swing Line Lender for the correction of errors among banks for three
(3)
Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. In the event Swing Line Lender
receives a payment of any amount in which other Lenders have purchased
participations as provided herein, Swing Line Lender shall promptly distribute
to each such other Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment. In addition,
in
the case of each Lender that is deemed to have purchased a participation in
such
outstanding Swing Line Loan as specified in this Section 2.2(f),
the
Swing Line Lender (i)
shall
keep a register, meeting the requirements of Temporary Treasury Regulation
Section 5f.103-1(c), of each such Lender, specifying such Lender’s entitlement
to payments of principal and interest with respect to such participation, and
(ii)
shall
collect, prior to the time such Lender receives payments, from each such Lender
the appropriate forms, certificates and statements described in Section 2.20
(and
updated as required by Section 2.20)
as if
such Lender were a Lender under Section 2.20.
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(g) Anything
contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each such Lender’s obligation
to make Revolving Loans for the purpose of repaying any Refunded Swing Line
Loans, and each such Lender’s obligation to purchase a participation in any
unpaid Swing Line Loans, shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not
be
affected by any circumstance, including (i)
any
set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender
may
have against Swing Line Lender, any Credit Party or any other Person for any
reason whatsoever; (ii)
the
occurrence or continuation of an Event of Default or a Default; (iii)
any
adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iv)
any
breach hereof or any other Credit Document by any party thereto; or (v)
any
other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to
any
of the foregoing; provided,
such
obligations of each such Lender are subject to the condition that (1)
Swing
Line Lender believed in good faith that all conditions under Section 3
to the
making of the applicable Refunded Swing Line Loans or other unpaid Swing Line
Loans, as the case may be, were satisfied at the time such Refunded Swing Line
Loans or unpaid Swing Line Loans were made, or (2)
the
satisfaction of any such condition not satisfied had been waived in accordance
with Section 10.5
prior to
or at the time such Refunded Swing Line Loans or other unpaid Swing Line Loans
were made.
2.3 Letters
of Credit
(a) During
the Revolving Loan
Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, Company may
request from time to time (but in no event later than the date that is thirty
(30) days prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date) that one
or
more Lenders issue Letters of Credit for the account of Company for the purposes
specified in the definitions of Commercial Letters of Credit and Standby Letters
of Credit; provided
that all
such Letters of Credit shall provide for sight drawings. Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and in reliance upon the representations and
warranties of Company herein set forth, any one or more Lenders may, but (except
as provided herein) shall not be obligated to, issue such Letters of Credit
in
accordance with the provisions hereof; provided,
Company
shall not request that any Lender issue, and no Lender shall issue: (i)
any
Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the Total Utilization
of Revolving Loan Commitments would exceed the Revolving Loan Commitments then
in effect; (ii)
any
Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, the Letter of Credit
Usage would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect;
(iii)
any
Standby Letter of Credit having an expiration date later than the earlier of
(1)
the 10th
Business Day prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date and
(2)
the date
which is one year after the date of issuance of such Standby Letter of Credit.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Issuing Bank may agree that the expiration date
of a Standby Letter of Credit will be automatically extended for one or more
successive periods not to exceed one year each unless the Issuing Bank elects
not to extend the expiration date for any such additional period and further
provided that no expiration date for a Standby Letter of Credit will be extended
beyond the 10th Business Day prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination
Date; (iv)
any
Commercial Letter of Credit having an expiration date (a)
later
than the earlier of (1)
the 30th
day prior to the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination Date and (2)
the date
which is 180 days after the date of issuance of such Commercial Letter of Credit
(or such other date as shall be agreed to by the Issuing Bank) or (b)
that is
otherwise unacceptable to the Issuing Bank in its reasonable discretion; or
(v)
any
Letter of Credit denominated in a currency other than Dollars.
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(b) Whenever
Company desires the issuance of a Letter of Credit, it shall deliver to
Administrative Agent a Request for Issuance no later than 12:00 noon (New York
City time) at least three (3) Business Days (in the case of Standby Letters
of
Credit) or five (5) Business Days (in the case of Commercial Letters of Credit),
or in each case such shorter period as may be agreed to by Issuing Bank in
any
particular instance, in advance of the proposed date of issuance. Issuing Bank,
in its reasonable discretion, may require changes in the text of the proposed
Letter of Credit or any such documents. Upon receipt by Administrative Agent
of
a Request for Issuance pursuant to this Section, in the event Administrative
Agent elects to issue such Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall promptly
so notify Company, and Administrative Agent shall be Issuing Bank with respect
thereto. In the event that Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, elects
not to issue such Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall promptly so
notify Company, whereupon Company may request any other Lender to issue such
Letter of Credit by delivering to such Lender a copy of the applicable Request
for Issuance. Any Lender so requested to issue such Letter of Credit shall
promptly notify Company and Administrative Agent whether or not, in its sole
discretion, it has elected to issue such Letter of Credit, and any such Lender
which so elects to issue such Letter of Credit shall be the Issuing Bank with
respect thereto. In the event that all other Lenders shall have declined to
issue such Letter of Credit, notwithstanding the prior election of
Administrative Agent not to issue such Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent
shall be obligated to issue such Letter of Credit and shall be Issuing Bank
with
respect thereto, notwithstanding the fact that the Letter of Credit Usage with
respect to such Letter of Credit and with respect to all other Letters of Credit
issued by Administrative Agent, when aggregated with Administrative Agent’s
outstanding Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, may exceed Administrative
Agent’s Revolving Loan Commitment then in effect. Upon satisfaction or waiver of
the conditions set forth in Section 3.2,
Issuing
Bank shall issue the requested Letter of Credit. Upon the issuance or amendment
of any Standby Letter of Credit, Issuing Bank shall notify the Administrative
Agent and the Company, in writing of such issuance or amendment and such notice
shall be accompanied by a copy of such issuance or amendment. Promptly after
the
receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender,
in
writing, of such issuance or amendment and in the event any Lender shall so
request, the Administrative Agent shall provide such Lender with copies of
such
issuance or amendment. With regard to Commercial Letters of Credit, each Issuing
Bank shall on the first Business Day of each week furnish the Administrative
Agent, by facsimile, with a report detailing the daily aggregate outstanding
Commercial Letters of Credit for such Issuing Bank during the previous
week.
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(c) In
determining whether to honor any drawing under any Letter of Credit by the
beneficiary thereof, Issuing Bank shall be responsible only to examine the
documents delivered under such Letter of Credit with reasonable care so as
to
ascertain whether they appear on their face to be in accordance with the terms
and conditions of such Letter of Credit. As between Company and Issuing Bank,
Company assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters
of Credit issued by Issuing Bank by, the respective beneficiaries of such
Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing,
Issuing Bank 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 such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be
in
any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged;
(ii)
the
validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or
purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or
benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove
to
be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii)
failure
of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to comply fully with any
conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit, except to
the
extent that such failure is the result of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Issuing Bank, as determined by a final and non-appealable
judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; (iv)
errors,
omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages,
by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher;
(v)
errors
in interpretation of technical terms; (vi)
any loss
or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order
to
make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof;
(vii)
the
misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds
of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii)
any
consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Issuing Bank, including
any Governmental Acts, and none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent
the vesting of, any of Issuing Bank’s rights or powers hereunder. Without
limiting the foregoing and in furtherance thereof, any action taken or omitted
by Issuing Bank under or in connection with the Letters of Credit or any
documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good
faith (and without gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by
a
final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and
in
accordance with the standard of care specified in the UCC with respect to
Letters of Credit), shall not put Issuing Bank under any resulting liability
to
Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.3(c),
Company
shall retain any and all rights it may have against Issuing Bank for any
liability arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct
of
Issuing Bank, as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court
of
competent jurisdiction or failure of such Issuing Bank to use the standard
of
care specified in the UCC with respect to Letters of Credit.
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(d) In
the
event Issuing Bank has determined to honor a drawing under a Letter of Credit,
it shall immediately notify Company and Administrative Agent, and Company shall
reimburse Issuing Bank on or before the Business Day immediately following
the
date on which such drawing is honored (the “Reimbursement
Date”)
in an
amount in Dollars and in same day funds equal to the amount of such honored
drawing; provided,
anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (i)
unless
Company shall have notified Administrative Agent and Issuing Bank prior to
11:00
a.m. (New York City time) on the date such drawing is honored (or prior to
11:00
a.m. (New York City time) on the immediately following Business Day if such
drawing is made after 11:00 a.m. on the previous Business Day) that Company
intends to reimburse Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored drawing with
funds other than the proceeds of Revolving Loans, Company shall be deemed to
have given a timely Funding Notice to Administrative Agent requesting Lenders
having a Revolving Loan Commitment to make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate
Loans on the Reimbursement Date in an amount in Dollars equal to the amount
of
such honored drawing, and (ii)
subject
to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions specified in Section 3.2
(and
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each such Lender of such deemed
request), Lenders having a Revolving Loan Commitment shall, on the Reimbursement
Date, make Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans in the amount of such
honored drawing, the proceeds of which shall be applied directly by
Administrative Agent to reimburse Issuing Bank for the amount of such honored
drawing; and provided further,
if for
any reason proceeds of Revolving Loans are not received by Issuing Bank on
the
Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to the amount of such honored drawing,
Company shall reimburse Issuing Bank, on demand, in an amount in same day funds
equal to the excess of the amount of such honored drawing over the aggregate
amount of such Revolving Loans, if any, which are so received. Nothing in this
Section 2.3(d)
shall be
deemed to relieve any Lender having a Revolving Loan Commitment from its
obligation to make Revolving Loans on the terms and conditions set forth herein,
and Company shall retain any and all rights it may have against any such Lender
resulting from the failure of such Lender to make such Revolving Loans under
this Section 2.3(d).
(e) Immediately
upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender having a Revolving
Loan
Commitment shall be deemed to have irrevocably purchased, and hereby agrees
to
irrevocably purchase, from Issuing Bank a participation in such Letter of Credit
and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata
Share (with respect to the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the maximum amount
which is or at any time may become available to be drawn thereunder. In the
event that Company shall fail for any reason to reimburse Issuing Bank as
provided in Section 2.3(d),
Issuing
Bank shall promptly notify each such Lender of the unreimbursed amount of such
honored drawing and of such Lender’s respective participation therein based on
such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan Commitments. Each such Lender
shall make available to Issuing Bank an amount equal to its respective
participation, in Dollars and in same day funds, at the office of Issuing Bank
specified in such notice, not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on
the
first Business Day (under the laws of the jurisdiction in which such office
of
Issuing Bank is located) after the date notified by Issuing Bank. In the event
that any Lender having a Revolving Loan Commitment fails to make available
to
Issuing Bank on such business day the amount of such Lender’s participation in
such Letter of Credit as provided in this Section 2.3(e),
Issuing
Bank shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Lender
together with interest thereon at the rate customarily used by Issuing Bank
for
the correction of errors among banks for three (3) Business Days and thereafter
at the Base Rate. Nothing in this Section 2.3(e)
shall be
deemed to prejudice the right of any Lender to recover from Issuing Bank any
amounts made available by such Lender to Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section
in the event that it is determined by the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction that the payment with respect to a Letter of Credit in respect
of
which payment was made by such Lender constituted gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of Issuing Bank or resulted from Issuing Bank’s failure
to use the standard of care specified in the UCC with respect to Letters of
Credit. In the event Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by other Lenders
pursuant to this Section 2.3(e)
for all
or any portion of any drawing honored by Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit,
such Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender which has paid all amounts
payable by it under this Section 2.3(e)
with
respect to such honored drawing such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments
subsequently received by Issuing Bank from Company in reimbursement of such
honored drawing promptly when such payments are received. Any such distribution
shall be made to a Lender at its primary address set forth below its name on
the
appropriate signature page hereof or at such other address as such Lender may
request. In addition, in the case of each Lender that is deemed to have
irrevocably purchased from Issuing Bank a participation in such Letter of Credit
as specified in this Section 2.3(e),
the
Issuing Bank shall keep a register specifying such Lender’s entitlement to
payments with respect to such participation in accordance with its normal
business practice which is intended to meet the requirements of Temporary
Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c).
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(f) The
obligation of Company to reimburse Issuing Bank for drawings honored under
the
Letters of Credit issued by it and to repay any Revolving Loans made by Lenders
pursuant to Section 2.3(d)
and the
obligations of Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposure under Section 2.3(e)
shall be
unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with
the
terms hereof under all circumstances including any of the following
circumstances: (i)
any lack
of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit; (ii)
the
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which Company or any
Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of any
Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting),
Issuing Bank, Lender or any other Person or, in the case of a Lender, against
Company, whether in connection herewith, the transactions contemplated herein
or
any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between Company
or one of its Subsidiaries and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit
was procured); (iii)
any
draft or other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement
therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (iv)
payment
by Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft
or
other document which does not substantially comply with the terms of such Letter
of Credit, except where such payment constitutes gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank, as determined by a final and
non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or results from
Issuing Bank’s failure to use the standard of care specified in the UCC with
respect to Letters of Credit; (v)
any
adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(vi)
any
breach of this Agreement or any other Credit Document by any party thereto;
(vii)
any
other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of
the
foregoing; or (viii)
the fact
that an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
provided,
in each
case, that payment by Issuing Bank under the applicable Letter of Credit shall
not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank,
as
determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction or failure of such Issuing Bank to use the standard of care
specified in the UCC with respect to Letters of Credit under the circumstances
in question.
(g) In
addition to amounts payable as provided herein, Company hereby agrees to
protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless Issuing Bank from and against any
and
all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses
(including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of outside counsel but
excluding, any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs,
charges and expenses relating to Taxes (and any liabilities relating thereto),
the indemnity for which shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 2.20)
which
Issuing Bank may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect,
of
(i)
the
issuance of any Letter of Credit by Issuing Bank, other than as a result of
(1)
the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank, as determined by a
final
and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or failure
of
such Issuing Bank to use the standard of care specified in the UCC with respect
to Letters of Credit, or (2)
subject
to the following clause (ii),
the
wrongful dishonor by Issuing Bank of a proper demand for payment made under
any
Letter of Credit issued by it, or (ii)
the
failure of Issuing Bank to honor a drawing under any such Letter of Credit
as a
result of any Governmental Act.
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2.4 Pro
Rata Shares
All
Loans
made and all participations purchased pursuant to Section 2.1,
2.2
and
Section 2.3
shall be
made or purchased, as the case may be, by Lenders simultaneously and
proportionately to their respective applicable Pro Rata Shares, it being
understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other
Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or
purchase a participation required hereby nor shall the Revolving Loan Commitment
or Term Loan amount of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of
a
default by any other Lender in such other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan
requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby. Unless
Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the
applicable Credit Extension Date that such Lender does not intend to make
available to Administrative Agent the amount of such Lender’s Loan requested on
such Credit Extension Date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender
has
made such amount available to Administrative Agent on such Credit Extension
Date
and Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated
to, make available to Company a corresponding amount on such Credit Extension
Date. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to
Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled
to
recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with
interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Extension Date until the date
such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set by
Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three (3)
Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Lender does not pay
such
corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand therefor,
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Company and Company shall immediately
pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with interest
thereon, for each day from such Credit Extension Date until the date such amount
is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate payable hereunder for Base Rate
Loans. Nothing in this Section 2.4
shall be
deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Revolving Loan
Commitments or its commitments to make Term Loans hereunder or to prejudice
any
rights that Company may have against any Lender as a result of any default
by
such Lender hereunder.
2.5 Use
of Proceeds
The
proceeds of (a)
the
Tranche D Term Loans made on the Effective Date shall be applied by Company
to
repay in full the (i) Existing Tranche C Term Loans that are not converting
to
Tranche D Term Loans on the Effective Date and (ii) Senior Unsecured Term Loans,
(b)
the
Existing Tranche C Term Loans that are converting to Tranche D Term Loans as
of
the Effective Date shall remain outstanding on and after the Effective Date
as
“Tranche D Term Loans” made pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.1(a)
and
(c)
the
Revolving Loans, Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit made on and after the
Effective Date shall continue to be applied by Company for working capital
and
general corporate purposes of Parent and its Subsidiaries and other purposes
permitted hereunder. The proceeds from any New Term Loans shall be applied
by
Company for working capital, general corporate purposes and other purposes
permitted hereunder. No portion of the proceeds of any Credit Extension shall
be
used in any manner that causes or might cause such Credit Extension or the
application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or
Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any
other regulation thereof or to violate the Exchange Act.
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2.6 Notes;
Register; Lenders’ Books and Records
If
so
requested by any Lender by written notice to Company (with a copy to
Administrative Agent) at least two Business Days prior to the Effective Date,
or
at any time thereafter, Company shall execute and deliver to such Lender
(and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who
is
a permitted assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section
10.6)
on the
Effective Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Effective Date,
promptly after Company’s receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes to evidence
such Lender’s Tranche D Term Loan, New Term Loan, Revolving Loan or Swing
Line Loan, as the case may be. Each Continuing Lender who has a Note evidencing
its Existing Tranche C Term Loan shall promptly deliver to Company such Note
in
exchange for its Tranche D Term Loan Note. Any Note delivered to a Lender to
evidence such Lender’s Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan, as the case may be,
under the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue to be a Note hereunder and
shall evidence such Lender’s Revolving Loan or Swing Line Loan under this
Agreement. Administrative Agent shall maintain, at its address referred to
in
Section 10.1,
a
register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and Issuing
Banks and the Revolving Loan Commitments and Loans of each Lender and Letters
of
Credit, and drawings honored under the Letters of Credit, issued by each Issuing
Bank from time to time (the “Register”).
The
Register shall be available for inspection by Company or any Lender at any
reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
Administrative Agent shall record in the Register the Revolving Loan Commitments
and the Loans of each Lender and Letters of Credit, and drawings honored under
the Letters of Credit, issued by each Issuing Bank, and each repayment or
prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans (and related interest
payments with respect to the Loans) and any reimbursement amounts paid to each
Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.3
(and
related interest payments), and any such recordation shall be conclusive and
binding on Company and each Lender, absent demonstrable error; provided,
failure
to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect
any Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment or Company’s Obligations in respect of
any Loan. Company hereby designates the Administrative Agent to serve as
Company’s agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in
this Section 2.6,
and
Company hereby agrees that, to the extent the Administrative Agent serves in
such capacity, the Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees,
agents and affiliates shall constitute Indemnitees for all purposes. Each Lender
shall record on its internal records, including its Notes, the amount of the
Loans and Letters of Credit made or issued, as the case may be, by it and each
repayment and prepayment and interest payment in respect thereof. Any such
recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company, absent demonstrable
error; provided,
failure
to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect
any Lender’s Commitments or Company’s Obligations in respect of any applicable
Loans and Letters of Credit; and provided,
further,
in the
event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lender’s records, the
recordations in the Register shall govern. Company, Administrative Agent and
Lenders shall deem and treat the Persons listed as Lenders in the Register
as
the holders and owners of the corresponding Revolving Loan Commitments and
Loans
listed therein for all purposes hereof.
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2.7 Interest
Payments
(a) Except
as otherwise set
forth herein, each Class of Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal
amount thereof from the date made through maturity (whether by acceleration
or
otherwise) at the sum of (x)
the
applicable interest rate for the Type of Loan of such Class plus (y)
the
Applicable Margin for such Type of Loan of such Class. The Type of any Loan
(except a Swing Line Loan), and the Interest Period with respect to any
Eurodollar Rate Loan, shall be selected by Company and notified to
Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice
or
Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be. If on any day a Loan is
outstanding with respect to which notice has not been delivered to
Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the
applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day such
Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to
the
contrary, in connection with Eurodollar Rate Loans (i)
there
shall be no more than 16 Interest Periods outstanding at any time; and
(ii)
in the
event Company fails to specify an Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan
in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, Company
shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. As soon as
practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate
Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination
shall, absent demonstrable error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all
parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the Eurodollar Rate Loans for
which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest
Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone
confirmed in writing) to Company and each Lender. The interest rates for the
Tranche D Term Loans on the Effective Date shall be determined in the same
manner and with the same Interest Periods as the Existing Tranche C Term Loans.
The interest rates for the Tranche D Term Loans on the Effective Date shall
be
determined in the same manner and with the same Interest Periods as the Existing
Tranche C Term Loans. Each Tranche D Term Loan Lender shall be allocated its
pro
rata share of Tranche D Term Loans set at the corresponding interest rates
and
Interest Periods as the Existing Tranche C Term Loans. Upon expiration of the
applicable Interest Period for the Tranche D Term Loans on the Effective Date,
each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall either be converted to a Base Rate Loan or
continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan at Company’s option pursuant to Section 2.8
hereof.
(b) Company
agrees to pay to Issuing Bank, with respect to drawings honored under any Letter
of Credit honored by it, interest on the amount paid by Issuing Bank in respect
of each such honored drawing from the date such drawing is honored to but
excluding the date such amount is reimbursed by or on behalf of Company at
a
rate equal to (i)
for the
period from the date such drawing is honored to but excluding one day after
the
applicable Reimbursement Date, (1)
the Base
Rate, plus (2)
the
Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and (ii)
thereafter, a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the rate of interest
otherwise payable hereunder with respect to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate
Loans.
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(c) Interest
payable hereunder shall be computed (i)
in the
case of Base Rate Loans, on the basis of a 365/6-day year, as the case may
be,
and (ii)
in the
case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case
for
the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues. In
computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the
first
day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base
Rate Loan being converted from a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion
of
such Eurodollar Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall
be
included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an
Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan
being converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Base
Rate Loan to such Eurodollar Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded;
provided,
if a
Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall be
paid on that Loan.
(d) Except
as
otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears
on
and to (i)
each
Interest Payment Date applicable to that Loan; (ii)
any
prepayment of that Loan, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid;
and
(iii)
at
maturity, including final maturity; provided,
in the
event any Swing Line Loan or any Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan is
prepaid pursuant to Section 2.12(a),
interest accrued on such Swing Line Loan or Revolving Loan through the date
of
such prepayment shall be payable on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date
applicable to Base Rate Loan, or, if earlier, at final maturity.
(e) Interest
payable pursuant to Section 2.7(b)
shall be
payable on demand or, if no demand is made, on the date on which the related
drawing honored under a Letter of Credit is reimbursed in full. Promptly upon
receipt by Issuing Bank of any payment of interest pursuant to Section 2.7(b),
(i)
Issuing
Bank shall distribute to each Lender having Revolving Credit Exposure, out
of
the interest received by Issuing Bank in respect of the period from the date
such drawing is honored to but excluding the date on which Issuing Bank is
reimbursed for the amount of such drawing (including any such reimbursement
out
of the proceeds of any Revolving Loans), the amount that such Lender would
have
been entitled to receive in respect of the letter of credit fee that would
have
been payable in respect of such Letter of Credit for such period if no drawing
had been honored under such Letter of Credit, and (ii)
in the
event Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by Lenders for all or any portion
of such honored drawing, Issuing Bank shall distribute to each Lender having
Revolving Credit Exposure which has paid all amounts payable by it under
Section 2.3(e)
with
respect to such honored drawing such other Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any
interest received by Issuing Bank in respect of that portion of such honored
drawing so reimbursed by Lenders for the period from the date on which Issuing
Bank was so reimbursed by Lenders to but excluding the date on which such
portion of such honored drawing is reimbursed by Company. Any such distribution
shall be made to a Lender at its primary address set forth below its name on
the
appropriate signature page hereof or at such other address as such Lender may
request.
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2.8 Conversion;
Continuation
Company
shall have the option (a)
to
convert at any time all or any part of any Class of Loans from one Type of
Loan
to another Type of Loan, provided,
that
partial conversions of Base Rate Loans shall be in the aggregate principal
amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount
and the aggregate principal amount of the resulting Eurodollar Rate Loans
outstanding in respect of any one (1) Interest Period shall be at least
$2,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount; or
(b)
upon the
expiration of any Interest Period applicable to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, to
continue all or any portion of such Loan as a Eurodollar Rate Loan; provided,
(1)
a
Eurodollar Rate Loan may only be converted into a Base Rate Loan on the
expiration date of an Interest Period applicable thereto and (2)
the
aggregate principal amount of the resulting Eurodollar Rate Loans outstanding
in
respect of any one Interest Period shall be at least $2,000,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. Company shall deliver a
Conversion/Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later than 10:00
a.m.
(New York City time) at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed
conversion date (in the case of a conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least
three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation
date
(in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Loan).
Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for
conversion to, or continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Loan (or telephonic notice
in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate
Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to effect a conversion or
continuation in accordance therewith. After the occurrence of and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, unless the Requisite Lenders otherwise
consent, (i)
Company
may not elect to have a Loan be made or maintained as, or converted to, a
Eurodollar Rate Loan after the expiration of any Interest Period then in effect
for that Loan; and (ii)
any
Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice given by Company with respect
to a requested borrowing or conversion/continuation that has not yet occurred
shall be deemed to be rescinded by Company.
2.9 Post-Maturity
Interest
Any
principal payments on the Loans not paid when due and, to the extent permitted
by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other
amounts owed hereunder not paid when due, in each case whether at stated
maturity, by notice of prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise, shall
thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding
under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable on demand
at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable
hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such
fees
and other amounts, at a rate which is 2% per annum in excess of the interest
rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans that are Revolving Loans);
provided,
in the
case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, upon the expiration of the Interest Period in
effect at the time any such increase in interest rate is effective such
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall thereupon become Base Rate Loans and shall
thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2% per annum
in
excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans
of
the Class in question. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest
provided for in this Section 2.9
is not a
permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of
any
Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of
Administrative Agent or any Lender.
2.10 Fees
(a) Company
agrees to pay to
Administrative Agent, for distribution to each Lender having Revolving Credit
Exposure in proportion to that Lender’s Pro Rata Share (determined with respect
to the Revolving Loan Commitments), commitment fees for the Revolving Loan
Commitment Period equal to the product of (i)
the
average of the daily difference between (1)
the
Revolving Loan Commitments, minus (2)
the sum
of (A)
the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Revolving Loans (but not any
outstanding Swing Line Loans) plus (B)
the
Letter of Credit Usage, multiplied by
the
(ii)
Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage. All such commitment fees shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed
and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 30, June 30, September 30
and
December 30 of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after
the
Effective Date, and on the Revolving Loan Commitment Termination
Date.
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(b) Company
agrees to pay (i)
a
fronting fee, payable directly to Issuing Bank for its own account, equal to
0.25% per annum of the aggregate daily amount available to be drawn under all
Letters of Credit issued by it, and (ii)
a letter
of credit fee, payable to Administrative Agent for the account of Lenders having
Revolving Credit Exposure, equal to the product of (1)
the
Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans,
multiplied by (2)
the
daily amount available to be drawn under all such Letters of Credit, each such
fee to be payable in arrears on and to (but not including) the last Business
Day
of each of January, April, July and October of each year and computed on the
basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of days elapsed. Without
duplication of the foregoing fees, Company agrees to pay documentary and
processing charges payable directly to Issuing Bank for its own account in
accordance with Issuing Bank’s standard schedule for such charges in effect at
the time of such issuance, amendment, transfer or payment, as the case may
be.
For purposes of calculating any fees payable under this Section, the daily
amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit shall be determined
as
of the close of business on any date of determination. Promptly upon receipt
by
Administrative Agent of any amount described in clause (ii)
above,
Administrative Agent shall distribute to each Lender having Revolving Credit
Exposure its Pro Rata Share (determined with respect to the Revolving Loan
Commitments) of such amount.
(c) Company
agrees to pay to the Agents such other fees in the amounts and at the times
separately agreed upon between Company and the Agents.
2.11 Scheduled
Payments
Company
shall
make principal payments on the Tranche D Term Loans in installments (each an
“Installment”)
on the
dates (each an “Installment
Date”)
and in
the amounts set forth below:
DATE
|
AMOUNT
|
June
30, 2006
|
$1,230,000.00
|
September
30, 2006
|
$1,230,000.00
|
December
31, 2006
|
$1,230,000.00
|
March
31, 2007
|
$1,230,000.00
|
June
30, 2007
|
$1,230,000.00
|
September
30, 2007
|
$1,230,000.00
|
December
31, 2007
|
$1,230,000.00
|
March
31, 2008
|
$1,230,000.00
|
June
30, 2008
|
$1,230,000.00
|
September
30, 2008
|
$1,230,000.00
|
December
31, 2008
|
$1,230,000.00
|
March
31, 2009
|
$1,230,000.00
|
June
30, 2009
|
$1,230,000.00
|
September
30, 2009
|
$1,230,000.00
|
December
31, 2009
|
$1,230,000.00
|
March
31, 2010
|
$1,230,000.00
|
June
30, 2010
|
$1,230,000.00
|
September
30, 2010
|
$1,230,000.00
|
December
31, 2010
|
$1,230,000.00
|
March
31, 2011
|
$117,157,500.00
|
June
30, 2011
|
$117,157,500.00
|
September
30, 2011
|
$117,157,500.00
|
December
19, 2011
|
$117,157,500.00
|
;
provided,
in the
event any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall be repaid on each
Installment Date occurring on or after the applicable Increased Amount Date
in
an amount equal to (i)
the
aggregate principal amount of New Term Loans of the applicable Series of New
Term Loans, times (ii)
the
ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (y)
the
original Installment amount of the Tranche D Term Loans to be repaid on such
Installment Date and (z)
the
original aggregate principal amount of the Tranche D Term Loans.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, (i)
such
scheduled installments shall be reduced in connection with any voluntary or
mandatory prepayments of the Term Loans in accordance with Sections
2.12,
2.13
and
2.14;
(ii)
Tranche
D Term Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto shall
be
paid in full no later than the Tranche D Term Loan Maturity Date, and the final
installment payable by Company in respect thereof on such date shall be in
an
amount sufficient to repay all amounts owing by Company hereunder with respect
to the Tranche D Term Loans; and (iii)
New Term
Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto shall be paid
in
full no later than the New Term Loan Maturity Date, and the final installment
payable by Company in respect thereof on such date shall be in an amount
sufficient to repay all amounts owing by Company hereunder with respect to
the
New Term Loans.
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2.12 Voluntary
Prepayments/Commitment Reductions
(a) Company
may, upon written
or telephonic notice to Administrative Agent on or prior to 12:00 noon (New
York
City time) on the date of prepayment, which notice, if telephonic, shall be
promptly confirmed in writing, at any time and from time to time prepay any
Swing Line Loan on any Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum
amount of $250,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.
Company may, upon not less than one (1) Business Day’s prior written or
telephonic notice, in the case of Base Rate Loans, and three (3) Business Days’
prior written or telephonic notice, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, in
each case given to Administrative Agent by 12:00 noon (New York City time)
on
the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing
to
Administrative Agent (which original written or telephonic notice Administrative
Agent will promptly transmit by telefacsimile or telephone to each Lender),
at
any time and from time to time prepay any Term Loans or Revolving Loans on
any
Business Day in whole or in part in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000
and
integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount in the case of Term
Loans and $100,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of that amount
in the case of Revolving Loans; provided,
however,
that a
Eurodollar Rate Loan may only be prepaid on the expiration of the Interest
Period applicable thereto unless Company pays Lenders any amount required
pursuant to Section 2.18(c)
on the
date of such prepayment. Notice of prepayment having been given as aforesaid,
the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due
and
payable on the prepayment date specified therein; provided
that
Company may rescind or postpone any such notice of prepayment if such prepayment
would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Loans and such refinancing
shall not be consummated or otherwise shall be delayed.
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(b) Company
may, upon not less than three (3) Business Days’ prior written or telephonic
notice confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (which original written
or
telephonic notice Administrative Agent will promptly transmit by telefacsimile
or telephone to each Lender), at any time and from time to time terminate in
whole or permanently reduce in part, without premium or penalty, the Revolving
Loan Commitments in an amount up to the amount by which the Revolving Loan
Commitments exceed the Total Utilization of Revolving Loan Commitments at the
time of such proposed termination or reduction; provided,
any
such partial reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be in an
aggregate minimum amount of $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $1,000,000
in
excess of that amount. Company’s notice to Administrative Agent shall designate
the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and
the amount of any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the
Revolving Loan Commitments shall be effective on the date specified in Company’s
notice and shall reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment of each Lender having
Revolving Credit Exposure proportionately to its Pro Rata Share (determined
with
respect to Revolving Loan Commitments); provided
that
Company may rescind or postpone any such notice of termination of the Revolving
Loan Commitments if such termination would have resulted from a refinancing
of
all of the Loans and such refinancing shall not be consummated or otherwise
shall be delayed.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.12
or any
other provision of this Agreement, so long as (i)
there is
no Default, (ii)
there is
no Event of Default and (iii)
no
Default or Event of Default would result therefrom, Company may repurchase
outstanding Term Loans on the following bases:
(i) Company
may repurchase on a non-pro rata basis all or any portion of the Term Loans
of
one or more Lenders pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, between Company and
such Lender or Lenders in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 30% of
the
initial aggregate principal amount of Term Loans with respect to all such
repurchases pursuant to this clause (i);
provided
that,
with respect to such repurchases, Company shall simultaneously provide a copy
of
such Assignment Agreement and any other agreements between Company and such
Lender with respect to such repurchase to Administrative Agent and
GSCP;
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(ii) In
addition, Company may make one or more offers (each, an “Offer”)
to
repurchase all or any portion of the Term Loans (such Term Loans, the
“Offer
Loans”)
of
Lenders, provided,
(A)
Company
delivers a notice of such Offer to Administrative Agent (to be distributed
to
the Lenders) no later than 12:00 noon (New
York
City time) at least five (5) Business Days in advance of a proposed consummation
date of such Offer indicating (1)
the last
date on which such Offer may be accepted, (2)
the
maximum dollar amount of the Offer, (3)
the
repurchase price per dollar of principal amount of such Offer Loans at which
Company is willing to repurchase the Offer Loans and (4)
the
instructions, consistent with this Section 2.12(c)
with
respect to the Offer (which shall be reasonably acceptable to Company,
Administrative Agent and GSCP), that a Lender must follow in order to have
its
Offer Loans repurchased; (B)
the
maximum dollar amount of the Offer shall be no less than an aggregate
$1,000,000; (C)
Company
shall hold the Offer open for a minimum period of two (2) Business Days;
(D)
a Lender
who elects to participate in the Offer may choose to tender all or part of
such
Lender’s Offer Loans; and (E)
the
Offer shall be made to Lenders holding the Offer Loans on a pro rata basis
in
accordance with their Pro Rata Shares; provided,
further
that, if
any Lender elects not to participate in the Offer, either in whole or in part,
the amount of such Lender’s Offer Loans not being tendered shall be excluded in
calculating the pro rata amount applicable to the balance of such Offer
Loans;
(iii) With
respect to all repurchases made by Company pursuant to this Section 2.12(c),
(A)
Company
shall pay all accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the repurchased Term
Loans
to the date of repurchase of such Term Loans (B) Company
shall have provided to all Lenders all information that, together with any
previously provided information, would satisfy the requirements of Rule 10b-5
of
the Exchange Act with respect to an offer by Company to repurchase securities
registered under the Securities Act (whether or not such securities are
outstanding) as if such offer was being made as of the date of such repurchase
of Term Loans from a Lender and (C)
such
repurchases shall not be deemed to be voluntary prepayments pursuant to this
Section 2.12,
Section 2.13
or
2.16
hereunder except that the amount of the Loans so repurchased shall be applied
on
a pro rata basis to reduce the scheduled remaining Installments of principal
on
such Term Loan;
(iv) Following
repurchase by Company pursuant to this Section 2.12(c),
the
Term Loans so repurchased shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes and no
longer outstanding (and may not be resold by Company), for all purposes of
this
Agreement and all other Credit Documents, including, but not limited to
(A)
the
making of, or the application of, any payments to the Lenders under this
Agreement or any other Credit Document, (B)
the
making of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver under this Agreement or any other Credit Document or (C)
the
determination of Requisite Lenders, or for any similar or related purpose,
under
this Agreement or any other Credit Document. Any payment made by Company in
connection with a repurchase permitted by this Section 2.12(c)
shall
not be subject to the provisions of either Section 2.16
or
Section 2.17.
Failure
by Company to make any payment to a Lender required by an agreement permitted
by
this Section 2.12(c)
shall
not constitute an Event of Default under Section 8.1(a);
and
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(v) Notwithstanding
any of the provisions set forth in this Agreement to the contrary, Company,
the
Lenders and Agents hereby agree that nothing in this Agreement shall be
understood to mean or suggest that the Term Loans constitute “securities” for
purposes of either the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
2.13 Mandatory
Prepayments/Commitment Reductions
(a) No
later than the first
Business Day following the date of receipt by Holdings, Company or any of its
Subsidiaries of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds from Asset Sales made in accordance
with Sections 6.7(o),
6.7(p),
and
Section 6.9,
or of
any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, Company shall prepay the Loans and/or
the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced in an aggregate
amount equal to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds or Net Insurance/Condemnation
Proceeds, as the case may be; provided,
so long
as Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Company may deliver
to Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Company
setting forth (1)
that
portion of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds or Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds
(such portion being the “Proposed
Reinvestment Proceeds”)
that
Company or such Subsidiary intends to reinvest within 365 days of the date
of
receipt, in non-current assets useful in the business of Company and its
Subsidiaries, which may include, in the case of any Proposed Reinvestment
Proceeds which related to Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds, the repair,
restoration or replacement of the applicable assets of Company or its
Subsidiaries (such assets being “Eligible
Assets”)
and
(2)
the
proposed use of such Proposed Reinvestment Proceeds and such other information
with respect to such reinvestment as Administrative Agent may reasonably
request. In the event Collateral Agent shall receive any Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in its capacity as loss payee pursuant to
Section 5.5,
Company
hereby authorizes Collateral Agent to apply an amount equal to all such amounts
in accordance with this Section 2.13(a);
provided,
if
Company shall elect to exercise its option to reinvest any such proceeds
pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.13(a),
Company
shall give notice to Administrative Agent of such election and Administrative
Agent shall pay over to Company such proceeds and Company shall reinvest such
proceeds in accordance with the terms of such sentence.
(b) On
the
date of receipt by Parent, Holdings or Company of the Cash proceeds from the
issuance of any equity Securities in a public offering or in a private placement
underwritten, placed or initially purchased by an investment bank (it being
understood that Sponsor is not an investment bank) of Parent, Holdings, Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, Company shall prepay the Loans and/or the Revolving
Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced in an aggregate amount equal
to
50% of such proceeds, net of investment banking fees, underwriting discounts
and
commissions and other reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith,
including reasonable legal fees and expenses; provided,
during
any period in which the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the immediately
preceding Fiscal Quarter (determined for any such period by reference to the
most recent Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d)
calculating the Leverage Ratio) (i)
shall be
4.00:1.00 or less, Company shall be required to make the prepayment and/or
reduction required hereby in an amount equal to 25% of such net proceeds, and
(ii)
shall
be
2.50:1.00 or less, Company shall not be required to make any prepayment and/or
reduction hereby; and provided further
that no
such prepayment or commitment reduction shall be required with respect to an
amount equal to such proceeds that are received (w)
in a
private offering or placement to the extent that such proceeds do not exceed
$25,000,000 in the aggregate and are utilized to finance Permitted Acquisitions,
(x)
pursuant
to any employee stock or stock option plan, (y)
in
connection with sales or issuances of equity Securities to (A)
the
Equity Investors, their Affiliates, related funds and limited partners and
(B)
other
Persons making additional equity investments together with the Equity Investors
after the Closing Date, and (z)
in
connection with any Permitted Cure Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in
the event that Parent receives net proceeds from the Parent IPO of at least
$125,000,000, then Company shall not be required to prepay the Loans hereunder
to the extent such net proceeds are used to repay the Senior Subordinated Notes
and/or the Holdco Notes and/or, from and after the Holdings Merger Effective
Date, the Parent Notes.
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(c) On
the
first Business Day following the date of receipt by Holdings, Company or its
Subsidiaries of the Cash proceeds from the issuance of any debt Securities
(other than the proceeds of Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.1
(unless
indicated otherwise in Section 6.1))
of
Holdings, Company or its Subsidiaries, Company shall prepay the Loans and/or
the
Revolving Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced in an aggregate amount
equal to equal to 100% of such proceeds, net, in the case of any such issuance,
of investment banking fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other
reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith, including reasonable legal
fees and expenses.
(d) In
the
event that there shall be Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for any Fiscal Year
(commencing with Fiscal Year ended 2006), Company shall, no later than one
hundred-five (105) days after the end of such Fiscal Year, prepay the Loans
and/or the Revolving Loan Commitments shall be permanently reduced in an
aggregate amount equal to 50% of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow,
minus
a
dollar-for-dollar reduction in an amount equal to the amount of prepayments
and
repurchases of Tranche D Term Loan made during such Fiscal Year or, without
duplication, the Fiscal Year in which such payment of Consolidated Excess Cash
Flow occurs, pursuant to Section
2.12(a)
and/or
2.12(c);
provided,
during
any period in which the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the last Fiscal
Quarter of such Fiscal Year (determined for any such period by reference to
the
most recent Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d)
calculating the Leverage Ratio) (i)
shall be
4.00:1.00 or less, Company shall be required to make the prepayment and/or
reduction required hereby in an amount equal to 25% of such Consolidated Excess
Cash Flow, and (ii)
shall be
2.50:1.00 or less, Company shall not be required to make any prepayment and/or
reduction hereby.
(e) Company
shall from time to time prepay first,
the
Swing Line Loans, and second,
the
Revolving Loans to the extent necessary so that the Total Utilization of
Revolving Loan Commitments shall not at any time exceed the Revolving Loan
Commitments then in effect.
(f) Concurrently
with any prepayment of the Loans and/or reduction of the Commitments pursuant
to
Sections 2.13(a)
through
2.13(e),
Company
shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate by its Authorized Officer
demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net proceeds
or
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow, as the case may be, that gave rise to such
prepayment and/or reduction.
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2.14 Application
of Prepayments and Reductions of Commitments
(a) Any
voluntary prepayments
made pursuant to Section 2.12
(other
than clause (c) thereof) shall be applied as specified by Company in the
applicable notice of prepayment; provided,
in the
event Company fails to specify the Loans to which any such prepayment shall
be
applied, such prepayment shall be applied first,
to
repay outstanding Swing Line Loans to the full extent thereof, second
to repay
outstanding Revolving Loans to the full extent thereof, third
to
prepay scheduled Installments of the Term Loans for the immediately succeeding
twelve-month period, and fourth,
to
prepay the Term Loans on a pro rata basis (in accordance with the respective
outstanding principal amounts thereof) and shall be further applied on a pro
rata basis (in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts
thereof) to each scheduled installment of principal of the Term Loans, that
is
unpaid at the time of such prepayment.
(b) Any
amount (the “Applied
Amount”)
required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.13
shall be
applied first,
to
prepay scheduled Installments of the Term Loans for the immediately succeeding
twelve-month period, second,
to
prepay the Term Loans on a pro rata basis (in accordance with the respective
outstanding principal amounts thereof) and shall be further applied on a pro
rata basis (in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amounts
thereof) to each scheduled installment of principal of the Term Loans, that
is
unpaid at the time of such prepayment, third,
to the
extent of any remaining portion of the Applied Amount, to prepay the Swing
Line
Loans to the full extent thereof and to permanently reduce the Revolving Loan
Commitments by the amount of such prepayment, fourth,
to the
extent of any remaining portion of the Applied Amount, to prepay the Revolving
Loans to the full extent thereof and to further permanently reduce the Revolving
Loan Commitments by the amount of such prepayment, fifth,
to the
extent of any remaining portion of the Applied Amount, to further permanently
reduce the Revolving Loan Commitments to the full extent thereof, and
sixth,
to
cash-collateralize any Letters of Credit that are outstanding.
(c) Considering
each Class of Loans being prepaid separately, any prepayment thereof shall
be
applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application
to Eurodollar Rate Loans, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount
of
any payments required to be made by Company pursuant to Section 2.18(c);
provided,
so long
as no Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, Company
may
elect that the remainder of such prepayments (after application to all Base
Rate
Loans) be deposited in a cash collateral account and applied thereafter to
prepay any Eurodollar Rate Loans at the earliest expiration of the Interest
Periods applicable thereto. Company hereby grants to Administrative Agent,
for
the benefit of such Lenders, a security interest in all amounts in which Company
has any right, title or interest which are from time to time on deposit in
such
cash collateral account and expressly waives all rights (which rights Company
hereby acknowledges and agrees are vested exclusively in the Administrative
Agent) to exercise dominion or control over any such amounts.
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2.15 Collateral
Proceeds; Guaranty Payments
(a) Except
as otherwise
provided herein, all proceeds received by Collateral Agent in respect of any
sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the
Collateral after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, may, in the discretion of Collateral Agent, be held by Collateral
Agent
as Collateral for, and/or (then or at any time thereafter) applied in full
or in
part by Collateral Agent against, the “Secured
Obligations”
or
“Obligations”
(each
as defined in the applicable Collateral Documents) in the following order of
priority: first,
to the
payment of all costs and expenses of such sale, collection or other realization,
including reasonable compensation to Collateral Agent and its agents and
counsel, and all other expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred
by
Collateral Agent in connection therewith, and all amounts for which Collateral
Agent is entitled to indemnification under such Collateral Documents and
hereunder and all advances made by Collateral Agent thereunder for the account
of the applicable Credit Party, and to the payment of all costs and expenses
paid or incurred by Collateral Agent in connection with the exercise of any
right or remedy under such Collateral Document or hereunder, all in accordance
with the terms hereof; second,
to the
extent of any excess such proceeds, to the payment of all other such Secured
Obligations for the ratable benefit of the holders thereof; and third,
to the
extent of any excess such proceeds, to the payment to or upon the order of
such
Credit Party or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or
as
a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
(b) All
payments received by Administrative Agent under the Guaranty shall be applied
promptly from time to time by Administrative Agent in the following order of
priority: first,
to the
payment of the costs and expenses of any collection or other realization under
the Guaranty, including reasonable compensation to Collateral Agent and its
agents and counsel, and all expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred
by Collateral Agent in connection therewith, all in accordance with the terms
of
the Guaranty and this Agreement; second,
to the
extent of any excess such payments, to the payment of all other Obligations
for
the ratable benefit of the holders thereof; and third,
to the
extent of any excess such payments, to the payment to the applicable Guarantor
or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court
of
competent jurisdiction may direct.
2.16 General
Provisions Regarding Payments
All
payments by Company of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall
be
made in Dollars in same day funds, without defense, set-off or counterclaim,
free of any restriction or condition, and delivered to Administrative Agent
not
later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date due at the Funding and
Payment Office for the account of Lenders; funds received by Administrative
Agent after that time on such due date shall be deemed to have been paid by
Company on the next succeeding Business Day. All payments in respect of the
principal amount of any Loan (other than voluntary prepayments of Revolving
Loans and Swing Line Loans) shall include payment of accrued interest on the
principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any
event, any payments in respect of any Loan on a date when interest is due and
payable with respect to such Loan) shall be applied to the payment of interest
before application to principal. Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute
to each Lender, at its primary address set forth on its signature page hereto
or
at such other address as such Lender may request, its applicable Pro Rata Share
of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder,
together with all other amounts due thereto, including, without limitation,
all
fees payable thereto, received by Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/Continuation Notice is withdrawn
as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans in
lieu of its applicable Pro Rata Share of any Eurodollar Rate Loans,
Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments received
thereafter. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, payments of amounts
deposited in the collateral account pursuant to Section 2.14(c)
shall be
deemed to have been paid by Company on the later of (a)
the date
such amounts are so deposited, and (b)
if
Company elects to apply such amounts in accordance with Section 2.14(c),
the
applicable date or dates such amounts are applied to prepay Eurodollar Rate
Loans.
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2.17 Ratable
Sharing
Lenders
hereby agree among themselves that if any of them shall, whether by voluntary
payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and applied in
accordance with the terms hereof), by realization upon security, through the
exercise of any right of set-off or banker’s lien, by counterclaim or cross
action or by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents or
otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral
under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of
the
aggregate amount of principal, interest, amounts payable in respect of Letters
of Credit, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder
or
under the other Credit Documents (collectively, the “Aggregate
Amounts Due”
to
such
Lender) which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in
respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender
receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (i)
notify
Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and
(ii)
apply a
portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed
to
have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the
receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts
Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due
shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to
them; provided,
if all
or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing
Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or
reorganization of Company or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded
and
the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such
purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
Company expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any
holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of
banker’s lien, set-off or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing
by Company to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were
owed the amount of the participation held by that holder directly by
Company.
2.18 Making
or Maintaining Eurodollar Rate Loans
(a) In
the event that
Administrative Agent shall have reasonably determined (which determination
shall
be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto), on any Interest
Rate Determination Date with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loans, that by
reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank market adequate and
fair
means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such Loans
on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar Rate,
Administrative Agent shall on such date give notice (by telefacsimile or by
telephone confirmed in writing) to Company and each Lender of such
determination, whereupon (i)
no Loans
may be made as, or converted to, Eurodollar Rate Loans until such time as
Administrative Agent notifies Company and Lenders that the circumstances giving
rise to such notice no longer exist, which notice shall be given as soon as
reasonably practicable and (ii)
any
Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice given by Company with respect
to the Loans in respect of which such determination was made shall be deemed
to
be rescinded by Company without the necessity of paying any amount under
Section 2.18(c),
and any
Funding Notice previously delivered by Company which requested Eurodollar Rate
Loans may be revoked by Company or, failing that, shall be deemed to be
converted into a request(s) for borrowing of Base Rate Loans.
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(b) In
the
event that on any date any Lender shall have reasonably determined (which
determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto
but shall be made only after consultation with Company and Administrative Agent)
that the making, maintaining or continuation of its Eurodollar Rate Loans
(i)
has
become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with
any
law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would
conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or
order
not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would
not be unlawful), or (ii)
has
become impracticable, or would cause such Lender material hardship, as a result
of contingencies occurring after the date hereof which materially and adversely
affect the London interbank market or the position of such Lender in that
market, then, and in any such event, such Lender shall be an “Affected
Lender”
and
it
shall on that day give notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in
writing) to Company and Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice
Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Thereafter
(1)
the
obligation of the Affected Lender to make Loans as, or to convert Loans to,
Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn
by
the Affected Lender, (2)
to the
extent such determination by the Affected Lender relates to a Eurodollar Rate
Loan then being requested by Company pursuant to a Funding Notice or a
Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Affected Lender shall make such Loan as
(or
convert such Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan, (3)
the
Affected Lender’s obligation to maintain its outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans
(the “Affected
Loans”)
shall
be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period
then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law,
and
(4)
the
Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans on the date
of
such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination
by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a Eurodollar Rate Loan
then
being requested by Company pursuant to a Funding Notice or a
Conversion/Continuation Notice, Company shall have the option, subject to the
provisions of Section 2.18(c),
to
rescind such Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice as to all Lenders
by giving notice (by telefacsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to
Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender
gives notice of its determination as described above (which notice of rescission
Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Except
as
provided in the immediately preceding sentence, nothing in this Section 2.18(b)
shall
affect the obligation of any Lender other than an Affected Lender to make or
maintain Loans as, or to convert Loans to, Eurodollar Rate Loans in accordance
with the terms hereof.
(c) Company
shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request
shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable
losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid by such Lender
to
lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its Eurodollar Rate Loans
and
any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with
the
liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding (a)
any loss
solely attributable to the failure to receive the Applicable Margin on a
Eurodollar Rate Loan for any period after (y)
the date
specified for such Eurodollar Rate Loan in the case of clause (i) below and
(z)
the date
such Eurodollar Rate Loans are prepaid or converted in the case of clause (ii)
below) which such Lender may sustain: (i)
if for
any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any Eurodollar
Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice or
a
telephonic request for borrowing, or a conversion to or continuation of any
Eurodollar Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a
Conversion/Continuation Notice or a telephonic request for conversion or
continuation; (ii)
if any
prepayment or other principal payment or any conversion of any of its Eurodollar
Rate Loans occurs on a date prior to the last day of an Interest Period
applicable to that Loan; or (iii)
if any
prepayment of any of its Eurodollar Rate Loans is not made on any date specified
in a notice of prepayment given by Company and (b)
any
loss, expense or liability with respect to Taxes (and any liabilities relating
thereto), the indemnity for which shall be governed solely and exclusively
by
Section 2.20.
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(d) Any
Lender may make, carry or transfer Eurodollar Rate Loans at, to, or for the
account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such
Lender. In addition, in the case of each Lender that makes, carries or transfers
any Eurodollar Rate Loan at, to, or for the account of an office of an Affiliate
of such Lender pursuant to this Section 2.18(d),
such
Lender: (i) shall keep a register, meeting the requirements of Temporary
Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c), relating to each such Affiliate of
such
Lender, specifying such Affiliate’s entitlement to payments of principal and
interest with respect to such Loan, and (ii) shall collect, prior to the time
such Affiliate receives payments, from each such Lender the appropriate forms,
certificates and statements described in Section 2.20
(and
updated as required by Section 2.20)
as if
such Affiliate were a Lender under Section 2.20.
(e) Calculation
of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.18
and
under Section 2.19
shall be
made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant Eurodollar
Rate Loans through the purchase of a Eurodollar deposit bearing interest at
the
rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such Eurodollar Rate Loan and having
a
maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer
of
such Eurodollar deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic
office of such Lender in the United States of America; provided,
each
Lender may fund each of its Eurodollar Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit
and
the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating
amounts payable under this Section 2.18
and
under Section 2.19.
2.19 Increased
Costs; Capital Adequacy
Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.20
(which
shall be controlling with respect to the Tax matters), in the event that any
Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank for purposes of this Section 2.19)
shall
reasonably determine (which determination shall, absent demonstrable error,
be
final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any law, treaty
or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change therein or in the
interpretation, administration or application thereof (including the
introduction of any new law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order),
or any determination of a court or governmental authority, in each case that
becomes effective after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender with
any
guideline, request or directive issued or made after the date hereof by any
central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether
or
not having the force of law): (a)
imposes,
modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency,
supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, compulsory loan,
FDIC
insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other
liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit
(including letters of credit) extended by, or any other acquisition of funds
by,
any office of such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements
with respect to Eurodollar Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition
of
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate); or (b)
imposes
any other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or affecting
such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or its obligations hereunder
or
the London interbank market; and the result of any of the foregoing is to
increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining
Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender
(or its applicable lending office) with respect thereto; then, in any such
case,
Company shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement
referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the
form
of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or
otherwise as such Lender in its reasonable discretion shall determine) as may
be
necessary to compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction
in
amounts received or receivable hereunder. Such Lender shall deliver to Company
(with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in
reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to
such
Lender under this Section 2.19,
which
statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent
demonstrable error.
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2.20 Taxes;
Withholding, Etc.
(a) All
sums payable by any
Credit Party hereunder and the other Credit Documents shall (except to the
extent required by law) be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction
or
withholding on account of, any Tax (other than a Tax on the overall net income
of any Lender or any Agent), imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed
by
or within the United States of America or any political subdivision in or of
the
United States of America or any other jurisdiction from or to which a payment
is
made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or by any federation or organization
of
which the United States of America or any such jurisdiction is a member at
the
time of payment.
(b) If
any
Credit Party or any other Person is required by law to make any deduction or
withholding on account of any such Tax from any sum paid or payable by any
Credit Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Credit
Documents: (i)
Company
shall notify Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in
any
such requirement as soon as Company becomes aware of it; (ii)
Company
shall pay any such Tax before the date on which penalties attach thereto, such
payment to be made (if the liability to pay is imposed on any Credit Party)
for
its own account or (if that liability is imposed on Administrative Agent or
such
Lender, as the case may be) on behalf of and in the name of Administrative
Agent
or such Lender; (iii)
the sum
payable by such Credit Party in respect of which the relevant deduction,
withholding or payment is required shall be increased to the extent necessary
to
ensure that, after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment,
Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due
date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction,
withholding or payment been required or made; and (iv)
within
thirty (30) days after paying any sum from which it is required by law to make
any deduction or withholding, and within 30 days after the due date of payment
of any Tax which it is required by clause (ii) above to pay, Company shall
deliver to Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the other
affected parties of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance
thereof to the relevant taxing or other authority; provided,
no such
additional amount shall be required to be paid to any Lender or any Agent under
clause (iii) above with respect to any deductions or withholding applicable
as
of the date hereof (in the case of each Lender and each Agent listed on the
signature pages hereof) or the effective date of the Assignment Agreement
pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender or the date on which a successor
Lender becomes a Lender, or the date a successor Agent becomes an Agent (in
the
case of each other Lender or Agent) in respect of payments to such Lender or
such Agent.
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(c) Each
Lender and each Agent that is not a United States Person (as such term is
defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. federal
income tax purposes (a “Non-US
Lender”)
shall,
unless previously delivered pursuant to Section 2.20(c)
of the
Existing Credit Agreement or Original Credit Agreement, deliver to
Administrative Agent for transmission to Company, on or prior to the Effective
Date (in the case of each Lender and each Agent listed on the signature pages
hereof on the Effective Date) or on or prior to the date of the Assignment
Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender or on or prior to the date
a
successor Lender becomes a Lender or on or prior to the date a successor Agent
becomes an Agent (in the case of each other Lender and each Agent): (i) two
original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI (or any
successor forms), properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender,
and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code to
establish that such Non-U.S. Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding
of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such
Non-U.S. Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under
any
of the Credit Documents, or (ii) if such Non-U.S. Lender is not a “bank” or
other Person described in Section 881(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI
pursuant to clause (i) above, a Certificate re Non-Bank Status together with
two
original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form),
properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender, and such other
documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code to establish that such
Non-U.S. Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States
federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Non-U.S. Lender of
interest payable under any of the Credit Documents. Each Non-U.S. Lender
required to deliver any forms, certificates or other evidence with respect
to
United States federal income tax withholding matters pursuant to this
Section 2.20(c)
hereby
agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Non-U.S. Lender
of
such forms, certificates or other evidence to promptly deliver to Administrative
Agent for transmission to Company two new original copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, or a Certificate re Non-Bank Status and two
original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor forms
or
certificates as shall be adopted from time to time by the relevant United States
taxing authority), as the case may be, properly completed and duly executed
by
such Non-U.S. Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal
Revenue Code to confirm or establish that such Non-U.S. Lender is not subject
to
deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to
payments to such Non-U.S. Lender under the Credit Documents, (i) on or before
the date that any such previously provided forms, certificates or evidence
expires or becomes inaccurate, (ii) whenever a lapse in time or change in
circumstances renders such previously provided forms, certificates or other
evidence obsolete or inaccurate and (iii) from time to time thereafter if
reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent, or to notify
Administrative Agent and Company of its inability to deliver any such forms,
certificates or other evidence. Company and each other Credit Party shall not
be
required to pay any additional amount to any Non-US Lender under Section 2.20(b)(iii)
if such
Non-U.S. Lender shall have (x) failed to deliver the forms, certificates or
other evidence referred to in this Section 2.20(c),
or (y)
notified Administrative Agent and Company of its inability to deliver any such
forms, certificates or other evidence, as the case may be; provided,
if such
Non-U.S. Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of the first sentence
of
this Section 2.20(c)
on the
Effective Date or on the date of the Assignment Agreement or the date of
succession pursuant to which it became a Lender or an Agent, as applicable,
nothing in this last sentence of Section 2.20(c)
shall
relieve Company and each other Credit Party of its obligation to pay any
additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.20
in the
event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or
governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation,
administration or application thereof, such Non-U.S. Lender is no longer
properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a
subsequent date establishing the fact that such Non-U.S. Lender is not subject
to withholding as described herein.
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(d) Each
Lender and each Agent that is not a Non-US Lender (a “US
Lender”)
shall,
unless previously delivered pursuant to Section 2.20(d)
of the
Existing Credit Agreement or Original Credit Agreement, deliver to
Administrative Agent and Company two original copies of Internal Revenue Service
Form W-9 properly completed and duly executed by such US Lender on or prior
to
the Effective Date (or on or prior to the date it becomes a party to this
Agreement), certifying that such US Lender is entitled to an exemption from
United States backup withholding tax, or any successor form. Each US Lender
required to deliver any forms, certificates or other evidence with respect
to
United States backup withholding tax matters pursuant to this Section 2.20(d)
hereby
agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such US Lender of such
forms, certificates or other evidence, that such US Lender shall promptly
deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Company two new original
copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, properly completed and duly
executed by such US Lender, together with any other certificate or statement
of
exemption required in order to confirm or establish that such US Lender is
exempt from United States backup withholding tax with respect to payments to
such US Lender under any of the Credit Documents (i) on or before the date
that
any such previously provided forms, certificates or other evidence expires
or
becomes obsolete, (ii) whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances
render such previously provided forms, certificates or other evidence obsolete
or inaccurate, and (iii) from time to time thereafter if reasonably requested
by
Company or Administrative Agent, or shall notify Administrative Agent and
Company of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other
evidence. Company and each other Credit Party shall not be required to pay
any
additional amount to any US Lender under Section 2.20(b)(iii)
to the
extent deduction or withholding is a result of such US Lender’s failure to
provide an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 establishing that such US Lender
is
exempt from United States backup withholding tax; provided,
if such
US Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of this Section 2.20(d)
on the
Effective Date or on the date of the Assignment Agreement or on the date of
the
succession pursuant to which it became a Lender or an Agent, as applicable,
nothing in this last sentence of Section 2.20(d)
shall
relieve Company and each other Credit Party of its obligation to pay any
additional amounts otherwise payable pursuant to Section 2.20(b)(iii)
in the
event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or
governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation,
administration or application thereof, such US Lender is no longer properly
entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date
establishing the fact that such US Lender is not subject to United States backup
withholding tax as described herein. If such US Lender fails to deliver such
forms, then Company may withhold from any payment to such US Lender an amount
equal to the applicable backup withholding tax imposed by the Internal Revenue
Code.
(e) If
any
Lender or any Agent determines that it has received a refund in respect of
any
Taxes as to which additional amounts have been paid to it by Company pursuant
to
Section 2.20(b)(iii),
it
shall promptly remit such refund (including any interest included in such
refund) to Company, net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender or such
Agent, as the case may be; provided however,
that
Company, upon request of such Lender or such Agent, as the case may be, agrees
to promptly return such refund to such party in the event such party is required
to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Such Lender or such
Agent, as the case may be, shall, at Company’s request, provide Company with a
copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay
such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that such
Lender or such Agent, as the case may be, may delete any information therein
that such Lender or such Agent, as the case may be, deems confidential).
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(f) For
purposes of this Section 2.20,
the
term “Lender” shall include Issuing Bank.
2.21 Capital
Adequacy Adjustment
If
any
Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank for purposes of this Section 2.21)
shall
have determined that the adoption, effectiveness, phase-in or applicability
after the date hereof of any law, rule or regulation (or any provision thereof)
regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or in the interpretation
or
administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable
agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance
by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) with any guideline, request
or
directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law)
of
any such governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or
would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender
or
any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference
to, such Lender’s Loans or Commitments or Letters of Credit or participations
therein or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans or the Letters
of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling
corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, phase-in,
applicability, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies
of
such Lender or such controlling corporation with regard to capital adequacy),
then from time to time, within five (5) Business Days after receipt by Company
from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence, Company
shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate
such Lender or such controlling corporation on an after-tax basis for such
reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative
Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis of
the
calculation of such additional amounts, which statement shall be conclusive
and
binding upon all parties hereto absent demonstrable error.
2.22 Obligation
to Mitigate
Each
Lender (which term shall include Issuing Bank for purposes of this Section 2.22)
agrees
that, as promptly as practicable after the officer of such Lender responsible
for administering its Loans or Letters of Credit, as the case may be, becomes
aware of the occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would
cause such Lender to become an Affected Lender or that would entitle such Lender
to receive payments under Section 2.19,
2.20
or
2.21,
it
will, to the extent not inconsistent with the internal policies of such Lender
and any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions, use reasonable efforts
(i)
to make,
issue, fund or maintain its Credit Extensions, including any Affected Loans,
through another office of such Lender, or (ii)
take
such other measures as such Lender may deem reasonable, if as a result thereof
the circumstances which would cause such Lender to be an Affected Lender would
cease to exist or the additional amounts which would otherwise be required
to be
paid to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.19,
2.20
or
2.21
would be
materially reduced and if, as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion,
the making, issuing, funding or maintaining of such Commitments, Loans or
Letters of Credit through such other office or in accordance with such other
measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise materially adversely affect
such Commitments, Loans or Letters of Credit or the interests of such Lender;
provided,
such
Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to this
Section 2.22
unless
Company agrees to pay all incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a
result of utilizing such other office as described in clause (i) above. A
certificate as to the amount of any such expenses payable by Company pursuant
to
this Section 2.22
(setting
forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount) submitted
by
such Lender to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive
absent demonstrable error. With respect to any Lender’s claim for compensation
under Sections 2.19,
2.20
or
2.21,
Company
shall not be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more
than ninety (90) days prior to the date that such Lender becomes aware of the
event that gives rise to such claim.
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2.23 Defaulting
Lenders
Anything
contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that any Lender
(a “Defaulting
Lender”)
defaults (a “Funding Default”)
in its
obligation to fund any Revolving Loan (a “Defaulted Revolving Loan”)
as a
result of the appointment of a receiver or conservator with respect to such
Lender at the direction or request of any regulatory agency or authority, then
(a)
during
any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting
Lender shall be deemed not to be a “Lender” for purposes of voting on any
matters (including the granting of any consents or waivers) with respect to
any
of the Credit Documents; (b)
to the
extent permitted by applicable law, until such time as the Default Excess with
respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero, (i)
any
voluntary prepayment of the Revolving Loans shall, if Company so directs at
the
time of making such voluntary prepayment, be applied to the Revolving Loans
of
other Lenders as if such Defaulting Lender had no Revolving Loans outstanding
and the Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender were zero, and
(ii)
any
mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans shall, if Company so directs at
the
time of making such mandatory prepayment, be applied to the Revolving Loans
of
other Lenders (but not to the Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender) as
if
such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Revolving Loans of such
Defaulting Lender, it being understood and agreed that Company shall be entitled
to retain any portion of any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans that
is
not paid to such Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the operation of the
provisions of this clause (b); (c)
such
Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment and outstanding Revolving Loans
and such Defaulting Lender’s applicable Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit
Usage shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the commitment fee payable
to Lenders pursuant to Section 2.10
in
respect of any day during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting
Lender, and such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any
commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.10
with
respect to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment in respect of any Default Period
with respect to such Defaulting Lender; and (d)
the
Total Utilization of Revolving Loan Commitments as at any date of determination
shall be calculated as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted
Revolving Loans of such Defaulting Lender. No Revolving Loan Commitment of
any
Lender shall be increased or otherwise affected, and, except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Section 2.23,
performance by Company of its obligations hereunder and the other Credit
Documents shall not be excused or otherwise modified as a result of any Funding
Default or the operation of this Section 2.23.
The
rights and remedies against a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.23
are in
addition to other rights and remedies which Company may have against such
Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default and which Administrative
Agent or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to
any
Funding Default.
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2.24 Removal
or Replacement of a Lender
Anything
contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that:
(a)
any
Lender (an “Increased-Cost Lender”)
shall
give notice to Company that such Lender is an Affected Lender or that such
Lender is entitled to receive payments under Section 2.19,
Section 2.20
or
Section 2.21,
the
circumstances which have caused such Lender to be an Affected Lender or which
entitle such Lender to receive such payments shall remain in effect, and such
Lender shall fail to withdraw such notice within five (5) Business Days after
Company’s request for such withdrawal; or (b)
any
Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, the Default Period for such Defaulting
Lender shall remain in effect, and such Defaulting Lender shall fail to cure
the
default as a result of which it has become a Defaulting Lender within five
(5)
Business Days after Company’s request that it cure such default; or (c)
in
connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or
consent with respect to any of the provisions hereof as contemplated by
Section 10.5(b)
or
Section 10.5(c),
the
consent of Requisite Lenders shall have been obtained but the consent of one
or
more of such other Lenders (each a “Non-Consenting
Lender”)
whose
consent is required shall not have been obtained; then, with respect to each
such Increased-Cost Lender, Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender (the
“Terminated
Lender”),
Company may, by giving written notice to Administrative Agent and any Terminated
Lender of its election to do so: (i)
(1)
elect to
terminate the Commitment, if any, of such Terminated Lender upon receipt by
such
Terminated Lender of such notice, and (2)
prepay
on the date of such termination any outstanding Loans made by such Terminated
Lender, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon and any other amounts
payable to such Terminated Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.18(c),
2.19,
2.20
or
2.21
or
otherwise; or (ii)
elect to
cause such Terminated Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably
agrees) to assign its outstanding Loans and its Commitment, if any, in full
to
one or more Eligible Assignees (each a “Replacement
Lender”)
in
accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6
(and no
processing or recordation fee shall be payable under Section 10.6);
provided,
(1)
on the
date of such assignment, Company shall pay any amounts payable to such
Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.18(c),
2.19,
2.20
or
2.21
or
otherwise as if it were a prepayment and (2)
in the
event such Terminated Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender
shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of
which such Terminated Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender; provided,
(A)
Company
may not make either of such elections with respect to any Terminated Lender
that
is also Issuing Bank unless, prior to the effectiveness of such election
arrangements satisfactory to such Issuing Bank (including the furnishing of
a
back-up standby letter of credit in form and substance, and issued by an issuer
reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank or the depositing of cash
collateral into a cash collateral account in amounts and pursuant to
arrangements reasonably satisfactory to such Issuing Bank) have been made with
respect to each outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank (or
such outstanding Letter of Credit has been cancelled) and (B)
the
Lender that acts as the Administrative Agent may not be replaced hereunder
except in accordance with the terms of Section 9.7(a).
Upon
the prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender and the termination
of such Terminated Lender’s Commitment, if any, (a)
the
definition of “Commitments” shall be deemed modified to reflect any
corresponding changes in the Commitments, and (b)
such
Terminated Lender shall no longer constitute a “Lender” for purposes hereof;
provided,
any
rights of such Terminated Lender to indemnification hereunder shall survive
as
to such Terminated Lender.
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2.25 Incremental
Facilities
(a) Company
may by written notice to GSCP elect to request (A)
prior to
the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, an increase to the existing Revolving
Loan Commitments (any such increase, the “New
Revolving Loan Commitments”)
and/or
(B)
the
establishment of one or more new term loan commitments (the “New
Term Loan Commitments”),
by an
amount not in excess of $100,000,000 in the aggregate and not less than
$5,000,000 individually (or such lesser amount which shall be approved by
Administrative Agent and GSCP or such lesser amount that shall constitute the
difference between $100,000,000 and all such New Revolving Loan Commitments
and
New Term Loan Commitments obtained prior to such date), and integral multiples
of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount. Each such notice shall specify
(A)
the
date
(each, an “Increased
Amount Date”)
on
which Company proposes that the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term
Loan
Commitments, as applicable, shall be effective, which shall be a date not less
than (ten) 10 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered
to
GSCP and (B)
the
identity of each Lender or other Person that is an Eligible Assignee (each,
a
“New
Revolving Loan Lender”
or
“New
Term Loan Lender”,
as
applicable) to whom Company proposes any portion of such New Revolving Loan
Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, be allocated and the
amounts of such allocations; provided
that any
Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the New Revolving Loan
Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole
discretion, to provide a New Revolving Loan Commitment or a New Term Loan
Commitment. Such New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments
shall become effective, as of such Increased Amount Date; provided
that
(1) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount
Date before or after giving effect to such New Revolving Loan Commitments or
New
Term Loan Commitments, as applicable; (2) both before and after giving
effect to the making of any New Revolving Loan or Series of New Term Loans,
each
of the conditions set forth in Section 3.2
shall be
satisfied; (3) Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with
each of the covenants set forth in Section 6.6
on a Pro
Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter after
giving effect to any Loans made pursuant to such New Revolving Loan Commitments
on the Increased Amount Date or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable and
after giving effect to use of proceeds thereof; (4) the Leverage Ratio on a
Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter
after giving effect to any Loans made pursuant to such New Revolving Loan
Commitments on the Increased Amount Date or New Term Loan Commitments, as
applicable and after giving effect to use of proceeds thereof, shall be the
Leverage Ratio as set forth for such Fiscal Quarter in Section 6.6(b) minus
0.25;
(5) the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as
applicable, shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements
executed and delivered by Company, and GSCP, Administrative Agent, each of
which
shall be recorded in the Register and shall be subject to the requirements
set
forth in Section 2.20(c)
and
Section 2.20(d);
(6) Company shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.18(c)
in
connection with the New Revolving Loan Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments,
as applicable; and (7) Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered any
legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent
in connection with any such transaction. Any New Term Loans made on an Increased
Amount Date shall be designated, a separate series (a “Series”)
of New
Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.
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(b) On
any
Increased Amount Date on which New Revolving Loan Commitments are effected,
subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (a)
each of
the Revolving Lenders shall assign to each of the New Revolving Loan Lenders,
and each of the New Revolving Loan Lenders shall purchase from each of the
Revolving Loan Lenders, at the principal amount thereof (together with accrued
interest), such interests in the Revolving Loans outstanding on such Increased
Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all
such
assignments and purchases, such Revolving Loans will be held by existing
Revolving Loan Lenders and New Revolving Loan Lenders ratably in accordance
with
their Revolving Loan Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such
New
Revolving Loan Commitments to the Revolving Loan Commitments, (b)
each New
Revolving Loan Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Loan
Commitment and each Loan made thereunder (a “New
Revolving Loan”)
shall
be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Loan and (c)
each New
Revolving Loan Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the New Revolving
Loan Commitment and all matters relating thereto.
(c) On
any
Increased Amount Date on which any New Term Loan Commitments of any Series
are
effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions,
(i)
each New
Term Loan Lender of any Series shall make a Loan to Company (a “New
Term Loan”)
in an
amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii)
each New
Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect
to
the New Term Loan Commitment of such Series and the New Term Loans of such
Series made pursuant thereto.
(d) Administrative
Agent shall notify Lenders promptly upon receipt of Company’s notice of each
Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof (y)
the New
Revolving Loan Commitments and the New Revolving Loan Lenders or the Series
of
New Term Loan Commitments and the New Term Loan Lenders of such Series, as
applicable, and (z)
in the
case of each notice to any Revolving Loan Lender, the respective interests
in
such Revolving Loan Lender’s Revolving Loans, in each case subject to the
assignments contemplated by this Section 2.25.
(e) The
terms
and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments of any Series
shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein or in the Joinder Agreement,
identical to the Tranche D Term Loans. The terms and provisions of the New
Revolving Loans shall be identical to the Revolving Loans. In any event
(i)
the
weighted average life to maturity of all New Term Loans of any Series shall
be
no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the Tranche D Terms
Loans, (ii)
the
applicable New Term Loan Maturity Date of each Series shall be no shorter than
the final maturity of the Tranche D Term Loans and (iii)
the
interest rate margins applicable to the New Term Loans of each Series shall
be
determined by Company and the applicable new Lenders and shall be set forth
in
each applicable Joinder Agreement; provided however
that the
interest rate applicable to the New Term Loans shall not be greater than the
highest interest rate that may, under any circumstances, be payable with respect
to Tranche D Term Loans plus 0.50% per annum unless the interest rate with
respect to the Tranche D Term Loan is increased so as to be equal to or be
0.50%
per annum lower than, the interest rate applicable to the New Term
Loans.
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3.1 Effective
Date
The
obligations of Lenders to make any Credit Extension to be made on the Effective
Date are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5,
of the
following conditions on or before the Effective Date:
(a) This
Agreement.
Administrative Agent shall have received sufficient copies of this Agreement,
executed and delivered by (i) each applicable Credit Party, for each Lender
and
its counsel; (ii) each Tranche D Term Loan Lender and Continuing Lender; and
(iii) Requisite Lenders as such term is defined in the Existing Credit
Agreement.
(b) Organizational
Documents, Etc.
Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of each of the following
documents, originally executed (where applicable) and delivered by each Credit
Party, as applicable: (i)
certified copies of the Certificate or Articles of Incorporation (or equivalent
charter document) of such Person, together with a good standing certificate
from
the Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as
applicable and, to the extent generally available, a certificate or other
evidence of good standing as to payment of any applicable franchise or similar
taxes from the appropriate taxing authority of each such jurisdiction, each
dated the Effective Date or a recent date prior thereto; provided that in lieu
of delivery of each of the documents set forth in this Section 3.1(b)(i),
the
Company may deliver a certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of such
Credit Party certifying that there have been no material amendments to those
documents previously delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(i)
of the
Original Credit Agreement;
(ii)
copies
of the Bylaws (or equivalent operative agreement) of such Person, certified
as
of the Effective Date by such Person’s corporate secretary or an assistant
secretary; provided that in lieu of delivery of each of the documents set forth
in this Section 3.1(b)(ii),
the
Company may deliver a certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of such
Credit Party certifying that there have been no material amendments to those
documents previously delivered to the Administrative Agent on the Closing Date
pursuant to Section 3.1(b)(ii)
of the
Original Credit Agreement;
(iii)
resolutions of the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of such Person
approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit
Documents to which it is a party, certified as of the Effective Date by the
corporate secretary or an assistant secretary of such Person as being in full
force and effect without modification or amendment; and (iv)
signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of such Person executing
the Credit Documents to which it is a party, dated the Effective Date.
(c) Governmental
Authorizations and Consents.
Each
Credit Party shall have obtained all material Governmental Authorizations and
all material consents of other Persons, in each case that are necessary in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and each
of the foregoing shall be in full force and effect. No action, request for
stay,
petition for review or rehearing, reconsideration, or appeal with respect to
any
of the foregoing shall be pending, and the time for any applicable agency to
take action to set aside its consent on its own motion shall have
expired.
(d) Opinions
of Counsel to Credit Parties.
Lenders
shall have received executed copies of the favorable written opinion of Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP, in the form of Exhibit D
and as
to such other matters as Agents may reasonably request, and otherwise in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agents and Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP,
dated as of the Effective Date.
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(e) Fees.
Company
shall have paid to Administrative Agent, for distribution (as appropriate)
to
Agents and Lenders, the fees payable on the Effective Date referred to in
Section 2.10(c)
and all
expenses (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of
counsel) for which invoices have been presented on or prior to the Effective
Date.
(f) Effective
Date Certificate.
Holdings and Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent an Effective
Date Certificate.
(g) No
Litigation.
There
shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding or
other legal or regulatory developments, pending or threatened in any court
or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that, to the knowledge of
Company, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(h) Accrued
Interest.
All
accrued and unpaid interest payable on the Tranche C Term Loans outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Date and which are not converted into Tranche
D Term Loans and any amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.18 in respect thereof
shall have been paid on the Effective Date to the Administrative Agent for
the
benefit of the Lenders.
Each
Agent and Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement, to the
extent applicable, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and
consented to and approved (as long as substantially in the form delivered to
such Agent or Lender, as applicable, including any changed pages thereto
delivered to such Agent or Lenders, as applicable), each Credit Document and
each other document required to be approved by Requisite Lenders or Lenders,
as
applicable.
3.2 Conditions
to Each Credit Extension
The
obligation of each Lender to make any Credit Extension on any Credit Extension
Date, including the Effective Date, is subject to the following further
conditions precedent:
(a) Administrative
Agent, Issuing Bank and Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, shall have
received a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice or Request for Issuance,
as the case may be;
(b) as
of
such Credit Extension Date, the representations and warranties contained herein
and in the other Credit Documents shall be true, correct and complete in all
material respects on and as of that Credit Extension Date to the same extent
as
though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations
and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall have been true, correct and complete in
all
material respects on and as of such earlier date;
(c) as
of
such Credit Extension Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing
or
would result from the consummation of the borrowing contemplated by such Funding
Notice or Letter of Credit contemplated by such Request for Issuance that would
constitute an Event of Default or a Default; and
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(d) on
or
before the date of issuance of any Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall
have received all other information required by the applicable Request for
Issuance, and such other documents or information as Issuing Bank may reasonably
require in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit.
Any
Notice shall be executed by an Authorized Officer of Company or by the executive
officer thereof designated by an Authorized Officer of Company in a writing
delivered to Administrative Agent. In lieu of delivering a Funding Notice or
Request for Issuance, Company may give Administrative Agent telephonic notice
by
the required time of any proposed borrowing, conversion/continuation or issuance
of a Letter of Credit, as the case may be; provided
each
such notice or request shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of
the
applicable Funding Notice or Request for Issuance to Administrative Agent on
or
before the applicable date of borrowing, continuation/conversion or issuance.
Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Company
in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that Administrative
Agent
believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other
person authorized on behalf of Company or for otherwise acting in good faith
in
connection with any such notice. Upon conversion or continuation of the
applicable basis for determining the interest rate with respect to any Loans
in
accordance with this Agreement or upon funding of Loans by Lenders in accordance
herewith, in either case pursuant to any such telephonic notice, Company shall
have effected a conversion or continuation (as the case may be) or shall have
effected Loans, respectively, hereunder. Company shall notify Administrative
Agent (or Issuing Bank, as the case may be) prior to the funding of any Loans
or
the issuance of any Letter of Credit in the event that any of the matters to
which Company is required to certify in the applicable Notice is no longer
true
and correct as of the applicable Credit Extension Date, and the acceptance
by
Company of the proceeds of any Loans or the issuance of any Letter of Credit
shall constitute a re-certification by Company, as of the applicable Credit
Extension Date, as to the matters to which Company is required to certify in
the
applicable Funding Notice or Request for Issuance.
In
order
to induce Lenders and Issuing Bank to enter into this Agreement and to make
each
Credit Extension to be made thereby, Company represents and warrants to each
Lender as follows:
4.1 Organization
and Powers
Each
Credit Party is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership,
as applicable, duly organized or formed, as applicable, validly existing and,
to
the extent such concept applies, in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as applicable. Each Credit Party
has
all requisite corporate or other organizational power and authority to own
and
operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as
proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is
a
party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby.
4.2 Qualification
and Good Standing
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Each
Credit Party is qualified to do business and in good standing in every
jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out
its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be
so
qualified or in good standing has not had and could not be reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.3 Subsidiaries
As
of the
Effective Date, all of the Subsidiaries of Holdings are identified in
Schedule 4.1.
As of
the Effective Date, the issued and outstanding capital stock of each of the
Subsidiaries of Holdings identified in Schedule 4.1
is duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and none of such
capital stock constitutes Margin Stock. Each of the Subsidiaries of Holdings
is
a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership, as applicable,
duly organized or formed, as applicable, validly existing, to the extent such
concept applies, and in good standing under the laws of its respective
jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, as applicable, has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and to carry
on
its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and is qualified
to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets
are
located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, in
each
case except where failure to be so qualified or in good standing or a lack
of
such corporate power and authority has not had and could not be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Effective Date,
Schedule 4.1
correctly sets forth the ownership interest of Holdings and each of its
Subsidiaries in each of the Subsidiaries of Holdings identified
therein.
4.4 Authorization
of Borrowing; No Conflict
The
execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited
partnership, as applicable, action on the part of each Credit Party that is
a
party thereto. The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of
the
Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not
(a)
violate
any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable
to
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, the Certificate or Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws (or equivalent constituent documents) of Holdings or
any
of its Subsidiaries or any order, judgment or decree of any court or other
agency of government binding on Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, except
to
the extent such violation could not be reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, (b)
conflict
with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time
or
both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, (c)
result
in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties
or assets of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Liens created
under any of the Credit Documents in favor of Collateral Agent on behalf of
the
Secured Parties), or (d)
require
any approval of stockholders or any approval or consent of any Person under
any
Contractual Obligation of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, except for such
approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Effective Date
and
disclosed in writing to Lenders and except for any such consents or approvals
the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.5 Governmental
Consents
The
execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents
to
which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
the Credit Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent
or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any federal,
state
or other governmental authority or regulatory body except for (a) those with
respect to the Collateral contemplated to be made under the Credit Documents,
(b) those otherwise delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing and/or
recordation, (c) such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect
and
(d) any such consents or approvals the failure of which to obtain would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.6 Binding
Obligation
Each
of
the Credit Documents has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party
that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of
such
Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its
respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’
rights generally or by equitable principles relating to
enforceability.
4.7 Valid
Issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes
Company
has the corporate power and authority to issue the Senior Subordinated Notes.
The Senior Subordinated Notes, when issued and paid for, will be the legally
valid and binding obligations of Company, enforceable against Company in
accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’
rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability. The
subordination provisions of the Senior Subordinated Note Documents will be
enforceable against the holders of the Senior Subordinated Notes, and the Loans
and all other monetary Obligations hereunder are and will be within the
definition of “Senior Debt” included in the Senior Subordinated Note Documents.
The Senior Subordinated Notes, when issued and sold, will either (a)
have
been registered or qualified under applicable federal and state securities
laws
or (b)
be
exempt therefrom.
4.8 Financial
Condition
Company
has heretofore delivered to Lenders the Historical Financial Statements all
of
which were prepared in conformity with GAAP and fairly present, in all material
respects, the financial position, on a consolidated basis, of the entities
described in such financial statements as at the respective dates thereof and
the results of operations and cash flows, on a consolidated basis, of the
entities described therein for each of the periods then ended, subject, in
the
case of any such unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from
audit
and normal year-end adjustments and, in the case of interim financial
statements, except for the absence of notes thereto.
4.9 No
Material Adverse Change
Since
December 31, 2005, no event or change has occurred that has caused or evidences,
either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.10 Litigation;
Adverse Facts
There
are
no Adverse Proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Holdings nor any
of
its Subsidiaries (a)
is in
violation of any applicable laws (including Environmental Laws) that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in
a
Material Adverse Effect, or (b)
is
subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs,
injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state,
municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency
or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect.
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4.11 Payment
of Taxes
Except
in
accordance with Section 5.3,
all
Federal and material state and other tax returns and reports of Holdings and
its
Subsidiaries required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and
all
Federal and material state and other taxes shown on such tax returns to be
due
and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon
Holdings and its Subsidiaries and upon their respective properties, assets,
income, businesses and franchises which are due and payable have been paid
when
due and payable except those (a) which are not overdue by more than thirty
(30)
days or (b) which are being contested by Holdings or such Subsidiary in good
faith and by appropriate proceedings or (c) with respect to which the failure
to
make such filings or payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.12 Title
to Properties; Real Property
Company
and its Subsidiaries have, subject to Permitted Liens, (a)
good,
sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property);
(b)
valid
leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or owned
personal property); and (c)
good
title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective
properties and assets except for defects in title that do not materially
interfere with its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such assets
for
their intended purposes or where failure to have such title in the aggregate
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the
Effective Date, Schedule 4.12
contains
a true, accurate and complete list of all (i)
fee
interests of any Credit Party in real property, and (ii)
all
leases or subleases (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements,
renewals or extensions of any thereof) affecting or comprising each real
property asset of any Credit Party, regardless of whether such Credit Party
is
the landlord or tenant (whether directly or as an assignee or successor in
interest) under such lease or sublease (other than leases or subleases
pertaining to the Retail Business). Except as specified in Schedule 4.12,
as of
the Effective Date, (x) each agreement listed in clause (ii) of the immediately
preceding sentence is in full force and effect, (y) Company does not have
knowledge of any default that has occurred and is continuing thereunder, and
(z)
each such agreement constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of
each
applicable Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance
with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’
rights generally or by equitable principles in each case, except to the extent
any of the foregoing could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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4.13 Collateral
(a) Except
for the security
interest created by the Collateral Documents, each Credit Party owns the
Collateral owned by such Credit Party free and clear of any Lien other than
Permitted Liens. (b)
The
execution and delivery of the Collateral Documents by the Credit Parties,
together with (i)
the
actions taken on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Section 3
and
Section 5
of the
Original Credit Agreement and (ii)
the
delivery to Collateral Agent of any Pledged Collateral not delivered to
Collateral Agent at the time of execution and delivery of the applicable
Collateral Document (all of which Pledged Collateral has been so delivered
in
accordance with the requirements of the applicable Collateral Documents) are
effective to create in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, as security for the respective Secured Obligations (as defined in
the
applicable Collateral Document in respect of any Collateral), a valid and
perfected First Priority Lien on all of the Collateral, and all filings and
other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and maintain the perfection
and
First Priority Lien status of such Liens have been duly made or taken and remain
in full force and effect, other than the filing of any UCC financing statements
and other filings contemplated to be made on the Effective Date which have
been
delivered to Collateral Agent for filing (but not yet filed), the filing of
any
Mortgages, the periodic filing of UCC continuation statements in respect of
UCC
financing statements filed by or on behalf of Collateral Agent and the entering
into of any deposit account and securities account control agreements.
(c)
No
authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with,
any
governmental authority or regulatory body is required for either (i)
the
pledge or grant by any Credit Party of the Liens purported to be created in
favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, pursuant to
any
of the Collateral Documents or (ii)
the
exercise by Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies in respect of any
Collateral (whether specifically granted or created pursuant to any of the
Collateral Documents or created or provided for by applicable law), except
for
filings or recordings contemplated by this Section 4.13
and
except for consents referred to in Sections 4.4
and
4.5
and
except as may be required, in connection with the disposition of any Pledged
Collateral, by laws generally affecting the offering and sale of securities
and
except as may be required in connection with the foreclosure of any Mortgage.
(d)
Except
such as may have been filed in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
Secured Parties, as contemplated by this Section 4.13
or have
been filed in connection with Permitted Liens, (i)
no
effective UCC financing statement, fixture filing or other instrument similar
in
effect covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing
or
recording office and (ii)
no
effective filing covering all or any part of the Collateral which is
Intellectual Property is on file in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office or the United States Copyright Office or any similar foreign or state
office.
4.14 Environmental
Neither
Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective Facilities
or
operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or
settlement agreement with any Person relating to (a)
any
Environmental Law, (b)
any
Environmental Claim, or (c)
any
Hazardous Materials Activity that, individually or in the aggregate, could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither Holdings
nor
any of its Subsidiaries has received any letter or request for information
under
Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9604) or any comparable state law which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are and, to
Company’s knowledge, have been no conditions, occurrences, or Hazardous
Materials Activities which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of
an
Environmental Claim against Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries nor,
to
Company’s knowledge, any predecessor of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries has
treated, stored or disposed of any hazardous waste at any Facility, and none
of
Holdings’ or any of its Subsidiaries’ operations involves the treatment, storage
or disposal of hazardous waste that, in each case, would require a permit under
RCRA. Compliance with all current or reasonably foreseeable future requirements
pursuant to or under Environmental Laws will not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a reasonable possibility of giving rise to a Material Adverse
Effect. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.14
to the
contrary, no event or condition has occurred or is occurring with respect to
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any Environmental Law, any
Release of Hazardous Materials, or any Hazardous Materials Activity which
individually or in the aggregate has had or could reasonably be expected to
have
a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.15 No
Defaults
Neither
Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in the performance,
observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions
contained in any of its Contractual Obligations, and no condition exists that,
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute such
a
default, except, in either case, where the consequences, direct or indirect,
of
such default or defaults, if any, could not be reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.16 Governmental
Regulation
Neither
Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to regulation under the Public
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act or the Investment
Company Act of 1940 or under any other federal or state statute or regulation
which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which may otherwise render
all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable.
4.17 Margin
Stock
Neither
Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its
important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of
purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans
made to such Credit Party will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin
Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
any such Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates, or is inconsistent
with,
the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
4.18 Employee
Matters
There
is
no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving Holdings or
any
of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.19 Employee
Benefit Plans
Company,
each of its Subsidiaries and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are
in
compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the
regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each
Employee Benefit Plan, and have performed in all material respects all their
obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan, except for such noncompliance
which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Employee Benefit Plan which is intended
to
qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code is so qualified or
will be qualified by admission of such Plan for an IRS determination in a timely
fashion, if not already submitted, and the timely making of such amendments
as
may be required as a condition for issuance of a favorable determination. No
ERISA Event has occurred or as of the date hereof is reasonable expected to
occur where such Event individually or in the aggregate would have a Material
Adverse Effect. As of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan,
any
amount of unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(18) of
ERISA “Unfunded
Benefit Liabilities”),
individually or in the aggregate for all Pension Plans (except for purposes
of
such computation any Pension Plans with respect to which assets exceed benefit
liabilities), could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Neither Company, its Subsidiaries nor their respective ERISA Affiliates
has completely or partially withdrawn from any Multiemployer Plan, or incurred
termination liability to the PBGC or withdrawal liability to any Multiemployer
Plan. As of the most recent valuation date for each Multiemployer Plan for
which
the actuarial report is available, the potential liability of Company, its
Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates for a complete withdrawal
from such Multiemployer Plan (within the meaning of Section 4203 of ERISA),
when
aggregated with such potential liability for a complete withdrawal from all
Multiemployer Plans, based on information available pursuant to Section 4221(e)
of ERISA, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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4.20 [Reserved]
4.21 Solvency
Each
Credit Party is and, upon the incurrence of any Obligation by such Credit Party
on any date on which this representation and warranty is made, will be,
Solvent.
4.22 Certain
Related Agreements
Holdings
and Company have delivered to the Administrative Agent complete and correct
copies of the
Stock
Purchase Agreement and the Management Agreement and, in each case, of all
exhibits and schedules thereto as of the Closing Date.
4.23 [Reserved]
4.24 Disclosure
No
written information, reports, financial statements, certificates or exhibits
(other than any Projections) furnished to Lenders by or on behalf of Company
or
any of its Subsidiaries for use in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby, when taken as a whole, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact
or omitted to state a material fact (known to Company, in the case of any
document not furnished by it) necessary in order to make the statements
contained herein or therein not materially misleading in light of the
circumstances in which the same were made. Any projections and pro forma
financial information (collectively, the “Projections”)
contained in such materials are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions
believed by Company to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized
by
Lenders that such Projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts
and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such
projections may differ from the projected results. There are no facts known
to
Company (other than matters of a general economic nature) that, individually
or
in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect and that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents,
certificates and statements furnished to Lenders for use in connection with
the
transactions contemplated hereby.
4.25 Intellectual
Property
Each
of
the Credit Parties owns or has the valid right to use all Intellectual Property
free and clear of any and all Liens other than Permitted Liens. All
registrations therefor are in full force and effect and are valid and
enforceable, except as could not be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
To each Credit Party’s knowledge, the conduct of the business of each Credit
Party as currently conducted, including, but not limited to, all products,
processes, or services, made, offered or sold by each such Credit Party, does
not infringe upon, violate, misappropriate or dilute any intellectual property
of any third party which infringement is likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect. To the Credit Parties’ knowledge, no third party is infringing upon the
Intellectual Property in any manner which could reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending or, to each Credit Party’s
knowledge, threatened claim or litigation contesting any Credit Party’s right to
own or use any Intellectual Property or the validity or enforceability thereof
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.26 Patriot
Act
To
the
extent applicable, each Credit Party is in compliance, in all material respects,
with the (i) Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign
assets control regulations of the Untied States Treasury Department (31 CFR,
Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or
executive order relating thereto, and (ii) Uniting and Strengthening
America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct
Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001). No part of the proceeds of the Loans will
be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official
or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for
political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to
obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation
of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
SECTION
5. AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Until
the
Termination Date has occurred, each of Holdings and Company shall, and shall
(except in the case of the covenants set forth in Section 5.1)
cause
each Subsidiary to:
5.1 Financial
Statements and Other Reports
Company
will deliver to Administrative Agent for further distribution (and which
Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute) to each Lender, in form and
detail reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent:
(a) as
soon
as available and in any event within twenty-five (25) days after the end of
each
of the first two (2) months of each Fiscal Quarter ending after the Effective
Date (such reports, the “Monthly
Reports”),
(i)
the
consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of
such
month and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity
and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such month and (ii)
for the
period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such
month, setting forth beginning with the monthly financial statements for fiscal
year 2005, in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the
corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail,
together with a CFO Certification and an MD&A with respect to each of the
foregoing; provided,
during
any period in which the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the immediately
preceding Fiscal Quarter (determined for any such period by reference to the
most recent Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(d)
calculating the Leverage Ratio) is 4.50:1.00 or less, Company shall not be
required to deliver any Monthly Reports required by this Section 5.1(a)
for such
period;
(b) as
soon
as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of
the
first three (3) Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, the consolidated balance
sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter
and
the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash
flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period
from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal
Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding
figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year and the
corresponding figures from the Financial Plan for the current Fiscal Year,
all
in reasonable detail, together with (i)
a
quarterly accounts receivable exposure report for such Fiscal Quarter in the
form prepared by management of Company in the ordinary course of business and
(ii)
a CFO
Certification and an MD&A with respect thereto;
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(c) as
soon
as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each
Fiscal Year, (i)
the
consolidated balance sheet of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of
such
Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’
equity and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year,
setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for
the
previous Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures from the Financial Plan
for
the Fiscal Year covered by such financial statements, in reasonable detail,
together with a CFO Certification and an MD&A with respect thereto; and
(ii) in
the case of such consolidated financial statements, a report thereon of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent certified public accountants
of
recognized national standing selected by Company and in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
(d) together
with each delivery of financial statements of Company and its Subsidiaries
pursuant to Sections 5.1(b)
and
5.1(c),
a duly
executed and completed Compliance Certificate;
(e) (i)
if, as a
result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used
in
the preparation of the Historical Financial Statements, the consolidated
financial statements of Company and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to
Section 5.1(a),
5.1(b)
or
5.1(c)
will
differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that
would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change
in
accounting principles and policies been made, then together with the first
delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements
of reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in form and substance
satisfactory to Administrative Agent; and (ii)
promptly
upon receipt thereof (unless restricted by applicable professional standards),
copies of all final management letters submitted to Company by independent
certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special
audit of the financial statements of Company and its Subsidiaries made by such
accountants, including any comment letter submitted by such accountants to
management in connection with their annual audit;
(f) together
with each delivery of consolidated financial statements of Company and its
Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 5.1(c),
a
written statement by the independent certified public accountants giving the
report thereon stating (i)
that
their audit examination has included a review of the terms of the Credit
Documents, (ii)
whether,
in connection therewith, any condition or event that constitutes an Event of
Default with regard to any of the Financial Performance Covenants has come
to
their attention and, if such a condition or event has come to their attention,
specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood
that
such audit examination was directed primarily at accounting matters; and
(iii)
that
nothing has come to their attention that causes them to believe either or both
that the information contained in any Compliance Certificate is not correct
or
that the matters set forth in such Compliance Certificate are not stated in
accordance with the terms hereof;
(g) promptly
upon their becoming available, copies of (i)
all
financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements sent or made
available generally by Company to its public security holders in such capacity
or by any Subsidiary of Company to its security holders other than Company
or
another Subsidiary of Company, and (ii)
all
regular and periodic reports and all registration statements (other than on
Form
S-8 or a similar form) and prospectuses, if any, filed by Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority;
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(h) promptly
upon any Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge (i)
of any
condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or that
notice has been given to Company with respect thereto; (ii)
that any
Person has given any notice to Company or any of its Subsidiaries or taken
any
other action with respect to any event or condition set forth in Section 8.1(b);
or
(iii)
of the
occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either in any
case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of its
Authorized Officers specifying the nature and period of existence of such
condition, event or change, or specifying the notice given or action taken
by
any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default,
default, event or condition, and what action Company has taken, is taking and
proposes to take with respect thereto;
(i) promptly
upon any Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge of (i)
the
institution of, or any written threat of, any Adverse Proceeding not previously
disclosed in writing by Company to Lenders, or (ii)
any
material development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either
(i)
or (ii) is reasonably likely to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect, or
seeks
to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages
or
obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, written
notice thereof together with such other information as may be reasonably
available to Company to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such
matters;
(j) (i)
promptly
but in any event within twenty (20) days after Company, any of its Subsidiaries
or any of its ERISA Affiliates knows, or has reason to know, that (1)
any
ERISA Event with respect to an Employee Benefit Plan has occurred or will occur,
or (2)
Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has applied
for a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code
or
Section 302 of ERISA, or (3)
the
aggregate present value of the Unfunded Benefit Liabilities under all Pension
Plans has in any year increased by to an amount in excess of $1,000,000, or
(4)
any
ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Multiemployer Plan which presents a
material risk of a partial or complete withdrawal (as described in Section
4203
or 4205 of ERISA) by Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan and such withdrawal is reasonably
expected to trigger withdrawal liability payments in any year in excess of
$5,000,000, or (5) Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates is in
“default” (as defined in Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to payments
to a Multiemployer Plan, or (6)
the
potential withdrawal liability (as determined in accordance with Title IV of
ERISA) of Company, any of its Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates
with respect to all Multiemployer Plans has in any year increased to an amount
in excess of $5,000,000, or (7)
there is
an action brought against Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective ERISA Affiliates under Section 502 of ERISA with respect to its
failure to comply with Section 515 of ERISA, a certificate of the president
or
chief financial officer of Company setting forth the details of each of the
events described in clauses (1) through (7) above as applicable and the action
which Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA Affiliates
proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice or
filing from the PBGC or which may be required by the PBGC or other agency of
the
United States government with respect to each of the events described in clauses
(1) through (7) above, as applicable;
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(ii) As
soon
as possible and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt
by
the Company (or to the knowledge of the Company, after receipt by any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates) of a demand letter
from the PBGC notifying the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective ERISA
Affiliates of its decision finding liability, a copy of such letter, together
with a certificate of the president or chief financial officer of the Company
setting forth the action which the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective
ERISA Affiliates proposes to take with respect thereto;
(k) as
soon
as practicable and in any event no later than sixty (60) days after the
beginning of each Fiscal Year, a consolidated plan and financial forecast for
such Fiscal Year (a “Financial
Plan”),
including (i)
a
forecasted consolidated balance sheet and forecasted consolidated statements
of
income and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year,
together with an explanation of the assumptions on which such forecasts are
based, (ii)
forecasted consolidated statements of income and cash flows of Company and
its
Subsidiaries for each month of each Fiscal Year, together with an explanation
of
the assumptions on which such forecasts are based, and (iii)
such
other information and projections as any Lender may reasonably
request;
(l) with
reasonable promptness, copies of any material amendment, restatement, supplement
or other modification to or waiver of the Stock Purchase Agreement and the
Management Agreement entered into after the date hereof;
(m) in
the
event that (y)
Credit
Party acquires rights in Collateral that requires delivery of a Pledge
Supplement (as such term is defined in the Pledge & Security Agreement)
pursuant to Sections 4.2(b)(i),
4.3(c),
4.4.1(a)(i),
4.6(b),
4.7(b)
and
4.8(b)
of the
Pledge & Security Agreement, then Company shall deliver to the Collateral
Agent such Pledge Supplement, within twenty-five (25) days after the end of
any
month in which such Collateral was acquired; and (z)
any
Credit Party changes its name, type of organization or jurisdiction of
organization, it shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 4.1(b)
of the
Pledge and Security Agreement;
(n) with
reasonable promptness, such other information and data with respect to Company
or any of its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested
by
any Lender (through the Administrative Agent);
(o) Electronic
Delivery.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to clauses (b),
(c)
and
(g)
of this
Section
5.1
(to the
extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the
SEC) may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed
to
have been delivered on the date (i) on which Company or Parent posts such
documents, or provides a link thereto at website xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx or (ii) on
which such documents are posted on Company’s or Parent’s behalf on Intralinks®,
SyndTrak or other relevant website to which each Lender and the Administrative
Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether
sponsored by the Administrative Agent) (the “Platform”);
and
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(p) Certification
of Public Information.
Concurrently with the delivery of any document or notice required to be
delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1, Company shall indicate in writing
whether such document or notice contains Nonpublic Information. Any document
or
notice required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1 shall be deemed
to
contain Nonpublic Information unless Company specifies otherwise. Company and
each Lender acknowledges that certain of the Lenders may be “public-side”
Lenders (Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information
with respect to Holdings or its Subsidiaries or their securities) and, if
documents or notices required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1
or
otherwise are being distributed through the Platform,
any
document or notice that contains Nonpublic Information (or is deemed to contain
Nonpublic Information) shall not be posted on that portion of the Platform
designated for such public side Lenders.
5.2 Legal
Existence, etc.
Except
as
permitted under Section 6.7,
each
Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times
preserve and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and all rights
and franchises material to its business; provided,
that
neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to
preserve any such right or franchise if the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of such Credit Party or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous
in any material respect to such Credit Party, such Subsidiary or
Lenders.
5.3 Payment
of Taxes and Claims
Each
Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its
properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or
franchises before any penalty accrues thereon, and all claims (including claims
for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due
and
payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties
or
assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with
respect thereto; provided,
no such
charge or claim need be paid (a)
unless
the failure to pay the same could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect or (b)
if it is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings so long as (i)
such
reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in
conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, and (ii)
in the
case of a charge or claim which has or may become a Lien against any of the
Collateral, such contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale
of
any portion of the Collateral to satisfy such charge or claim. Company will
not,
nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, file or consent to the filing
of
any consolidated, combined or unitary income tax return with any Person (other
than Parent, Holdings or any of Company’s Subsidiaries).
5.4 Maintenance
of Properties
Each
Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain or
cause
to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear
and
tear and casualty and condemnation excepted, all material properties used or
useful in the business of Company and its Subsidiaries and from time to time
during its useful life will make or cause to be made all appropriate maintenance
payments, repairs, renewals and replacements thereof in accordance with prudent
industry practice.
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5.5 Insurance
Each
Credit Party will and will cause its Subsidiaries to maintain or cause to be
maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers (including one or
more
Captive Insurance Subsidiaries), insurance with respect to liabilities, losses
or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of Company and
its
Subsidiary Guarantors as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar
circumstances by Persons engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such
amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering
such
risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for
Persons similarly situated in the industry. Each such policy of insurance so
insuring assets of any Credit Party shall (a)
name
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders as an additional insured
thereunder as its interests may appear and (b)
in the
case of each business interruption and casualty insurance policy, contain a
loss
payable clause or endorsement, satisfactory in form and substance to
Administrative Agent, that names Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders
as the loss payee thereunder for any covered loss in excess of $500,000 and
provides for at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Administrative
Agent of any cancellation of such policy.
5.6 Inspection
Rights; Lender Meeting
Each
Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any
authorized representatives designated by any Lender to visit and inspect any
of
the properties of Company or of any of its Subsidiaries, to inspect, copy and
take copies of extracts from its and their financial and accounting records,
and
to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their
officers and independent public accountants (subject to reasonable requirements
of confidentiality) (provided,
Company
may, if it so chooses, be present at or participate in any such discussion),
all
upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business
hours
and as often as may reasonably be requested; provided,
that
excluding any such visits and inspections during the occurrence and continuation
of an Event of Default, the Lenders shall not exercise such rights more often
than two (2) times during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event
of
Default and only one (1) such time shall be at Company’s expense absent the
existence of an Event of Default. Company will, upon the request of Agents
or
Requisite Lenders, participate in a meeting of Administrative Agent and Lenders
once during each Fiscal Year or, during the continuance of any Default or Event
of Default, as reasonably requested by the Agents or the Requisite Lenders,
to
be held at Company’s corporate offices (or at such other location as may be
agreed to by Company and Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed
to
by Company and Administrative Agent.
5.7 Compliance
with Laws, Etc.
Each
Credit Party will comply, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and, within
its control, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all other
Persons, if any, on or occupying any Facilities to comply, with the requirements
of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental
authority (including all Environmental Laws), noncompliance with which could
reasonably be expected to cause, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
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5.8 Environmental
Matters
(a) Company
agrees that Administrative Agent may, from time to time and in its reasonable
discretion, (i)
retain,
at Company’s expense, an independent professional consultant to review any
environmental audits, investigations, analyses and reports relating to Hazardous
Materials prepared by or for Company which Administrative Agent has requested
and which indicates conditions or circumstances which Administrative Agent
reasonably believes may have a significant impact on the business and operations
of Company or its Subsidiaries and (ii)
in the
event (a)
Administrative Agent reasonably believes that Company has breached any
representation, warranty or covenant contained in Section 4.10,
Section 5.7
(as each
such section pertains to environmental matters) or Section 4.14
or that
there has been a material violation of Environmental Laws at any Facility or
by
Company or any of its Subsidiaries at any other location including the Linden,
New Jersey site or (b)
an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and the repayment of any amount due
hereunder has been accelerated, conduct its own investigation of any Facility
or
violation; provided
that, in
the case of any Facility leased by Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Company
shall only be obligated to use its reasonable efforts to obtain permission
for
Administrative Agent’s professional consultant to conduct an investigation of
such Facility. For purposes of conducting such a review and/or investigation,
Company hereby grants to Administrative Agent and its agents, employees,
consultants and contractors the right to enter into or onto any Facilities
currently owned, leased, operated or used by Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Any such investigation of any Facility shall be conducted, unless otherwise
agreed to by Company and Administrative Agent, during normal business hours,
shall be subject to the terms and conditions of all applicable lease and
lease-related documents and to the requirements of landlords and, to the extent
reasonably practicable, shall be conducted so as not to interfere with the
ongoing operations at such Facility or to cause any damage or loss to any
property at such Facility. Administrative Agent and its agents, employees,
consultants and contractors shall not perform any subsurface investigations
of
soil or ground water without the prior written authorization from Company,
which
authorization shall not be unreasonably withheld, and, in the case of a leased
Facility, without the prior written authorization of the owner of such Facility.
Company and Administrative Agent hereby acknowledge and agree that any report
of
any investigation conducted at the request of Administrative Agent pursuant
to
this Section 5.8
will be
obtained and shall be used by Administrative Agent and Lenders solely for the
purposes of Lenders’ internal credit decisions, to monitor and police the Loans
and to protect Lenders’ security interests, if any, created by the Credit
Documents. Administrative Agent agrees to deliver a copy of any such report
to
Company with the understanding that Company acknowledges and agrees that
(x)
it will
indemnify and hold harmless Administrative Agent and each Lender from any costs,
losses or liabilities relating to Company’s use of or reliance on such report,
(y)
neither
Administrative Agent nor any Lender makes any representation or warranty with
respect to such report, and (z)
by
delivering such report to Company, neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender
is requiring or recommending the implementation of any suggestions or
recommendations contained in such report.
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(b) Company
will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders: (i)
as soon
as practicable following receipt thereof, copies of all environmental audits,
investigations, analyses and reports of any kind or character, whether prepared
by personnel of Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by independent
consultants, governmental authorities or any other Persons, with respect to
significant environmental matters at any Facility which, individually or in
the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
or with respect to any Environmental Claims which, individually or in the
aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii)
promptly
upon the occurrence thereof, written notice describing in reasonable detail
(1)
any
Release required to be reported to any federal, state or local governmental
or
regulatory agency under any applicable Environmental Laws which could reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (2)
any
remedial action taken by Company or any other Person in response to (x)
any
Hazardous Materials Activities the existence of which has a reasonable
possibility of resulting in one or more Environmental Claims having,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (y)
any
Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, have a reasonable
possibility of resulting in a Material Adverse Effect, and (3)
Company’s discovery of any occurrence or condition on any real property
adjoining or in the vicinity of any Facility that is reasonably likely to cause
such Facility or any part thereof to be subject to any material restrictions
on
the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use thereof under any Environmental
Laws; (iii)
as soon
as practicable following the sending or receipt thereof by Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries, a copy of any and all written communications of a material nature
with respect to (1)
any
Environmental Claims that, individually or in the aggregate, have a reasonable
possibility of giving rise to a Material Adverse Effect, (2)
any
Release required to be reported to any federal, state or local governmental
or
regulatory agency which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, and (3)
any
request for information from any governmental agency that suggests such agency
is investigating whether Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be potentially
responsible for any Hazardous Materials Activity which could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv)
prompt
written notice describing in reasonable detail (1)
any
proposed acquisition of stock, assets, or property by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to (x)
expose
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or result in, Environmental Claims that
could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect or (y)
affect
the ability of Company or any of its Subsidiaries to maintain in full force
and
effect all material Governmental Authorizations required under any Environmental
Laws for their respective operations and (2)
any
proposed action to be taken by Company or any of its Subsidiaries to modify
current operations in a manner that could reasonably be expected to subject
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any material additional obligations or
requirements under any Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected
to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and
(v)
with
reasonable promptness, such other documents and information as from time to
time
may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in relation to any matters
disclosed pursuant to this Section 5.8.
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5.9 Subsidiaries
In
the
event that any Domestic Subsidiary which was a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary ceases
to be a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary or any Person becomes a Subsidiary of Company
after the date hereof, Company will promptly notify Administrative Agent thereof
and cause such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to Administrative Agent a
Counterpart Agreement and to take all such further actions and execute all
such
further documents, instruments, agreements, opinions and certificates (including
those comparable to those described in Section 3.1(b)
and in
the definition of Personal Property Collateral Documents) as may be necessary
or, in the reasonable opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable to create
in
favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a valid and perfected
First Priority Lien on substantially all of the personal assets of (and the
equity Securities of) such Subsidiary required hereby and the other Credit
Documents. With respect to each such Subsidiary, Company shall send to
Administrative Agent written notice setting forth with respect to such Person
(a)
the date
on which such Person became a Subsidiary of Company, and (b)
all of
the data required to be set forth in Schedule 4.1
with
respect to all Subsidiaries of Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company
shall not be required to deliver a Counterpart Agreement or any of the other
documents described in this Section with respect to (w) any
Domestic Subsidiary which is not a Material Subsidiary, (x)
any
Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (y)
the
Co-Op Subsidiary or (z)
any
Foreign Subsidiary; provided,
however,
that
notwithstanding the foregoing at no time shall (i)
the
aggregate amount of consolidated revenues of the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
(other than Persons referred to in clauses (x) through (z) above) for the most
recent Fiscal Quarter account for more than 5% of the consolidated revenues
of
Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter or (ii)
the
aggregate amount of consolidated assets owned by the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries
(other than Persons referred to in clauses (x) through (z) above) at the end
of
the most recent Fiscal Quarter account for more than 5% of the consolidated
assets of Company and its Subsidiaries at the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and
if
either such case shall occur, Company shall immediately come into compliance
with this Section 5.9
by
notifying Administrative Agent of the identity of a sufficient number of
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries who are Domestic Subsidiaries (who shall cease to
be
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries) and causing such Domestic Subsidiaries to execute
and deliver to Administrative Agent a Counterpart Agreement and to take all
such
further actions and execute all such further documents, instruments, agreements,
opinions and certificates (including those comparable to those described in
Section 3.1(b)
and in
the definition of Personal Property Collateral Documents) as may be necessary
or, in the opinion of Administrative Agent, desirable to create in favor of
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a valid and perfected First
Priority Lien on substantially all of the personal assets of such Subsidiary
required hereby and the other Credit Documents or (iii)
with
respect to any Foreign Subsidiary that is in existence on the Closing Date
or
hereafter acquired or formed, (x) more than 65% of the total outstanding voting
capital stock of any Foreign Subsidiary, the equity Securities of which are
held
directly by a Credit Party, be required to be so pledged to secure the
Obligations of any Credit Party and (y) any Foreign Subsidiary be required
to
pledge assets or provide guarantees under this Agreement or any other Credit
Document.
5.10 [Reserved]
5.11 [Reserved]
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5.12 Matters
Relating to Additional Real Property Collateral
(a) From
and
after the Effective Date, except with respect to any Real Property Asset with
a
fair market value of less than $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the
aggregate from the Closing Date to the applicable date of determination, in
the
event that (x)
Company
or any Subsidiary Guarantor acquires any fee interest in real property or
(y)
at the
time any Person becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Person owns or holds any
fee interest in real property, excluding any such Real Property Asset the
encumbrancing of which requires the consent of any applicable third party or
(in
the case of clause (y) above) then-existing senior lienholder, where Company
and
its Subsidiaries are unable after reasonably commercial efforts to obtain such
third party’s consent (any such non-excluded Real Property Asset described in
the foregoing clause (x) or (y) being an “Additional
Mortgaged Property”),
Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor shall deliver to Collateral Agent, as
soon
as practicable after such Person acquires such Additional Mortgaged Property
or
becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, the following: (i)
a fully
executed and notarized Mortgage in proper form for recording in all appropriate
places in all applicable jurisdictions, encumbering the interest of such Credit
Party in such Additional Mortgaged Property; (ii) (a)
a
favorable opinion of counsel to such Credit Party, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and its counsel, as to the due
authorization, execution and delivery by such Credit Party of such Mortgage
and
such other matters as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, and (b)
if
required by Collateral Agent, an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be
reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) in the state in which such
Additional Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the enforceability
of
the form of Mortgage to be recorded in such state and such other matters
(including any matters governed by the laws of such state regarding personal
property security interests in respect of any Collateral located on such
Additional Mortgaged Property) as Collateral Agent may reasonably request,
in
each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent;
(iii) (a)
if
reasonably required by Collateral Agent, an ALTA mortgagee title insurance
policy or an unconditional commitment therefor (an “Additional
Mortgage Policy”)
issued
by the Title Company with respect to such Additional Mortgaged Property, in
an
amount reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, taking into consideration
the interest of the Credit Party in such Additional Mortgaged Property, insuring
Collateral Agent against loss or damage due to title to such Additional
Mortgaged Property being vested in a Person other than such Credit Party and
assuring Collateral Agent that such Mortgage creates a valid and enforceable
First Priority Lien on such Additional Mortgaged Property, subject only to
the
standard exceptions, which Additional Mortgage Policy (1)
shall,
to the extent available in such jurisdiction, include an endorsement for
mechanics’ liens, for future advances under this Agreement and for any other
matters reasonably requested by Collateral Agent and (2)
shall
provide for affirmative insurance and such reinsurance as Collateral Agent
may
reasonably request, all of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Collateral Agent; and (b)
evidence
satisfactory to Collateral Agent that such Credit Party has (i)
delivered to the Title Company all certificates and affidavits required by
the
Title Company in connection with the issuance of the Mortgage Policy and
(ii)
paid to
the Title Company or to the appropriate governmental authorities all expenses
and premiums of the Title Company in connection with the issuance of the
Additional Mortgage Policy and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage
recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the
Mortgage in the appropriate real estate records; (iv)
if no
Additional Mortgage Policy is required with respect to such Additional Mortgaged
Property, a title report issued by the Title Company with respect thereto,
dated
not more than thirty (30) days prior to the date such Mortgage is to be recorded
(or if not possible to obtain a title report dated less than thirty (30) days
prior to such date, then dated as closely as possible prior to such date, but
in
no event more than sixty (60) days prior to such date) and satisfactory in
form
and substance to Collateral Agent; (v)
copies
of all recorded documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred
to
in the Additional Mortgage Policy or title report delivered pursuant to clause
(v) or (vi) above; and (vi)
(a)
evidence, which may be in the form of a certificate from an insurance broker
or
a municipal engineer, as to (1)
whether
such Additional Mortgaged Property is a Flood Hazard Property and (2)
if so,
whether the community in which such Flood Hazard Property is located is
participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (b)
if such
Additional Mortgaged Property is a Flood Hazard Property, such Credit Party’s
written acknowledgement of receipt of written notification from Collateral
Agent
(1)
that
such Additional Mortgaged Property is a Flood Hazard Property and (2)
as to
whether the community in which such Flood Hazard Property is located is
participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, and (c)
in the
event such Additional Mortgaged Property is a Flood Hazard Property that is
located in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance
Program, evidence that Company has obtained flood insurance in respect of such
Flood Hazard Property to the extent required under the applicable regulations
of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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(b) Company
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit an independent real
estate appraiser satisfactory to Collateral Agent, upon reasonable notice,
to
visit and inspect any Additional Mortgaged Property for the purpose of preparing
an appraisal of such Additional Mortgaged Property satisfying the requirements
of any applicable laws and regulations (in each case to the extent required
under such laws and regulations as determined by Collateral Agent in its
discretion).
5.13 Further
Assurances
Each
of
Holdings and Company shall take, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to take,
such actions as Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time
(including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of guaranties,
security agreements, pledge agreements, Mortgages, stock powers, financing
statements and other documents, the filing or recording of any of the foregoing,
title insurance with respect to any of the foregoing that relates to an interest
in real property, and the delivery of stock certificates and other collateral
with respect to which perfection is obtained by possession) to ensure that
the
Obligations are guarantied by Guarantors and are secured by substantially all
of
the assets of Holdings and the Credit Parties. In the event that any Credit
Party creates a new Subsidiary, all of the equity Securities of such new
Subsidiary shall, to the extent required by Section 5.9,
be duly
and validly pledged to Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties
pursuant to the Collateral Documents, subject to no other Liens. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall not take a security interest in those
assets as to which the Collateral Agent shall determine, in its reasonable
discretion, that the cost of obtaining such Lien (including any mortgage, stamp,
intangibles or other tax) are excessive in relation to the benefit to the
Lenders of the security afforded thereby.
SECTION
6. NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Until
the
Termination Date has occurred, Holdings and Company shall not, nor shall they
permit any of their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
6.1 Indebtedness
Create,
incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly
liable with respect to, any Indebtedness, except:
(a) each
of
the Credit Parties may become and remain liable with respect to its respective
Obligations;
(b) Company
and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, may remain liable with respect to
Indebtedness described in Schedule 6.1
annexed
hereto and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
thereof;
(c) Permitted
Subordinated Indebtedness incurred or issued in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $25,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, unless the proceeds of such excess
amounts are applied to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section
2.13(c),
and
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof (provided that the
proceeds of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in excess of the amount
applied to repay or prepay such Indebtedness are likewise applied to prepay
the
Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(c));
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(d) Company
and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness
under Capital Leases and purchase money Indebtedness; provided,
that
the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (d)
at
any time shall not exceed $20,000,000;
(e) Indebtedness
of (i)
any
Credit Party owing to any other Credit Party (other than Indebtedness owed
to
Holdings), (ii)
any
Subsidiary of Holdings which is not a Credit Party (1)
to any
other Subsidiary of Holdings which is not a Credit Party and (2)
to any
other Subsidiary of Holdings which is a Credit Party; provided,
that
any Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (2) shall have no scheduled
amortization or payments of principal prior to the date that is six (6) months
after the Tranche D Term Loan Maturity Date, (iii) any
Credit Party to any Subsidiary of Holdings which is not a Credit Party in
respect of an Investment permitted by Section 6.3(a)(iii);
and
(iv)
Holdings
owed to any of its Subsidiaries in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount
of
Restricted Junior Payments to the extent permitted to be made to Holdings in
accordance with Section 6.5;
provided,
that
all such Indebtedness of any Credit Party pursuant to this clause (e) must
be
expressly subordinated to the Obligations on terms not materially less favorable
than those set forth in the Senior Subordinated Notes;
(f) from
and
after the Holdings Merger Effective Date, Indebtedness of Parent under the
Parent Notes and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
thereof;
(g) [Reserved];
(h) Indebtedness
incurred by Company with respect to the Senior Subordinated Notes and any
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;
(i) (i)
Indebtedness assumed in connection with Permitted Acquisitions (so long as
such
Indebtedness was not incurred in anticipation of any such Permitted
Acquisitions), (ii)
Indebtedness of newly acquired Subsidiaries acquired in such Permitted
Acquisitions (so long as such Indebtedness was not incurred in anticipation
of
any such Permitted Acquisition); provided,
that
the aggregate amount of the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clauses (i) and
(ii) shall
not
exceed $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding and Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, and (iii)
Indebtedness owed to the seller in any Permitted Acquisition constituting part
of the purchase price thereof in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000
at any time outstanding; provided
that
such Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this clause (iii) (1)
does not
provide for any prepayment or repayment of all or any portion of the principal
thereof prior to the date of the final scheduled installment of principal of
any
of the Loans, (2)
is
subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and (3)
upon the
assumption or incurrence of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this clause
(iii), Company and its Subsidiaries will be in compliance with the covenants
set
forth in Section 6.6
on a Pro
Forma Basis as of the most recent Fiscal Quarter ended, after giving effect
to
such Permitted Acquisition and the assumption or incurrence of such Indebtedness
in connection therewith;
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(j) Indebtedness
of Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with workmen’s compensation
obligations and insurance premiums of Company and its Subsidiaries;
(k) Holdings
and its Subsidiaries may incur and permit to remain outstanding Indebtedness
(other than for borrowed money) subject to Liens permitted by Section
6.2;
(l) Indebtedness
of Holdings and its Subsidiaries representing deferred compensation to employees
of Holdings and its Subsidiaries;
(m) Indebtedness
incurred by Holdings and its Subsidiaries to current or former directors,
officers and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses
to
finance the purchase or redemption of Capital Stock of Parent or Holdings
permitted by Section 6.5;
(n) Indebtedness
incurred by Holdings or its Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition or an Asset
Sale with respect to the adjustment of the purchase price or similar
adjustments;
(o) Indebtedness
of Holdings or its Subsidiaries in respect of netting services, overdraft
protection and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit
accounts;
(p) unsecured
Indebtedness of Holdings (and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in respect
thereof) that (i)
is not
supported by any Contingent Obligations of or Liens granted by Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries, (ii)
will not
mature prior to the date that is six (6) months after the Tranche D Term Loan
Maturity Date, (iii)
does not
permit any payments in cash in respect of the principal thereof for at least
five (5) years from the date of the issuance of incurrence thereof, and
(iv)
has
mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption, covenant, default and remedy
provisions customary for senior discount notes of an issuer that is the parent
of a borrower under senior secured credit facilities, and in any event not
materially more restrictive than those contained in the Senior Subordinated
Note
Indenture, taken as a whole (the “Holdco
Notes”);
provided,
that an
Authorized Officer of Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent an officer’s
certificate demonstrating (w)
both
before and after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the
application of proceeds thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing; (x)
Company
and its Subsidiaries will be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with the
covenants set forth in Section 6.6
as of
the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter, (y)
the
Total Leverage Ratio and the Leverage Ratio determined on a Pro Forma Basis
as
of the most recent Fiscal Quarter ended shall be less than 6.75:1.00 and
5.50:1.00 respectively, and (z) the
ratings on the Loans shall be at least equal to the rating on the Loans received
by Company from Xxxxx’x on the Closing Date, in the case of each of clauses (x)
through (z) above, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness
and the application of the proceeds thereof; provided,
further,
that
proceeds of such Indebtedness shall be applied by Holdings to refinance such
Debt or make Investments and/or Restricted Junior Payments to the extent
permitted by Section 6.3
and
Section
6.5,
respectively;
(q) Company
and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Contingent
Obligations under Hedge Agreements permitted hereunder;
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(r) Indebtedness
constituting Contingent Obligations if the incurrence of the primary obligation
is otherwise permitted by this Section 6.1
(other
than Contingent Obligations by Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to
Indebtedness of Holdings);
(s) Company
and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to repurchase
obligations with respect to the Floor Plan Sales;
(t) Foreign
Subsidiaries may become and remain liable with respect to Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding $30,000,000;
and
(u) Indebtedness
of Company and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.1
in an
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding
$40,000,000.
6.2 Liens
Create,
incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property
or
asset of any kind, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or file or authorize
the filing of, any financing statement under the UCC of any State or under
any
similar recording or notice statute, except:
(a) Permitted
Encumbrances;
(b) Liens
described in Schedule 6.2
annexed
hereto and modifications, replacements, renewals or extensions thereof;
provided,
that
(i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (A)
after-acquired property that is affixed to or incorporated in the property
covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.1(d)
and (B)
the proceeds and products thereof and (ii) the modification, replacement,
renewal or extension of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens
is
permitted by Section 6.1;
(c) purchase
money Liens (including mortgages, conditional sales, Capital Leases and any
other title retention or deferred purchase devices) in real or tangible personal
property of Company or any of its Subsidiaries existing or created at the time
of acquisition thereof or, in the case of tangible and personal property, within
sixty (60) days thereafter, or in the case of real property, within one hundred
twenty (120) days thereafter and the modification, refinancing, refunding,
renewal or extension of any such Liens; provided,
that
the Indebtedness secured by or benefited by such Lien is permitted by
Section 6.1
hereof;
(d) Liens
granted pursuant to the Credit Documents;
(e) Liens
on
property of any of Company’s Foreign Subsidiaries created solely for the purpose
of securing Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary permitted by Section 6.1;
(f) Liens
on
property of Company or any of its Subsidiaries created solely for the purpose
of
securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1(i)(i)
or (ii)
and the
proviso to such clauses (so long as such Lien was not incurred in anticipation
of the related acquisition); provided
that no
such Lien incurred in connection with such Indebtedness shall extend to or
cover
other property of Company or such Subsidiary other than the respective property
so acquired and the proceeds and the products thereof;
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(g) Liens
on
documents of title and the property covered thereby securing Indebtedness in
respect of commercial letters of credit;
(h) Liens
(i)
on cash
advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment
permitted by Section
6.3
to be
applied against the purchase price thereof and (ii)
consisting of a definitive agreement to dispose of property in an Asset Sale
permitted under Section
6.7;
(i) Liens
arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by Company and its Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business and permitted hereby;
(j) Liens
deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements
permitted under Section
6.3;
(k) Liens
in
connection with workmen’s compensation obligations and general liability
exposure of Company and its Subsidiaries; and
(l) Liens
on
assets of Company and its Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this
Section 6.2,
securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount
at
any time outstanding not in excess of $40,000,000.
Except
with respect to (a) this Agreement, (b) specific property encumbered to secure
payment of particular Indebtedness or to be sold pursuant to an executed
agreement with respect to an Asset Sale, (c) the agreements entered into with
Net Jet Sales, Inc. for the purchase of fractional interests in a corporate
jet
by Company, (d) customary restrictions contained in leases, subleases, licenses
and sublicenses permitted hereunder and (e) documents evidencing any
Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1,
no
Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into any agreement
prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties
or
assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired to secure the
Obligations.
6.3 Investments
Make
or
own any Investment in any Person, including any Joint Venture,
except:
(a) Investments
by (i)
Holdings
or any of its Subsidiaries in any Credit Party (but, in the case of Investments
by a Credit Party in Holdings only to the extent set forth in Section 6.1(e)),
including any new Subsidiary which becomes a Credit Party pursuant to
Section 5.9,
(ii)
by any
Subsidiary of Holdings which is not a Credit Party (1)
in
any
other Subsidiary of Holdings that is also not a Credit Party and (2)
in any
Subsidiary of Holdings that is a Credit Party, and (iii)
Holdings
and the other Credit Parties in any Subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Credit
Party in an aggregate amount pursuant to this clause (iii) not to exceed
$30,000,000 at any one time outstanding (net of any dividends or distributions,
or prepayments or payments of interest by such Subsidiaries);
(b) Investments
existing on the Effective Date and set forth on Schedule 6.3
and any
modification, replacement, renewal or extension thereof; provided
that the
amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such
Investment or as otherwise permitted by this Section 6.3;
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(c) Company
and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Cash
Equivalents;
(d) Company
and its Subsidiaries may make Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted
hereunder;
(e) Holdings
and its Subsidiaries may acquire the Securities of any Person or a line of
business or division of, or all or substantially all of the business, property
or assets of any Person the Cash consideration for which constitutes
$100,000,000 in the aggregate from the Closing Date to the date of
determination; provided
that
(i)
Company
shall give Administrative Agent at least five (5) days’ notice of the proposed
transaction, (ii)
Company
and its Subsidiaries shall have beneficial ownership of all of the equity
Securities of the Person acquired and shall comply with the provisions of
Section 5.9,
(iii)
any
business acquired shall be located in the United States or if located outside
of
the United States and acquired by a Foreign Subsidiary, such Investment shall
be
made in compliance with the provisions of this Section 6.3
with
respect to Investments in Foreign Subsidiaries and, unless the Leverage Ratio
determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of the most recent Fiscal Quarter ended,
is
less than 5.00:1.00 at the time of such acquisition all acquisitions of Foreign
Subsidiaries, foreign properties and foreign assets shall together not exceed
$50,000,000 in the aggregate from the Closing Date to the date of determination,
(iv)
Company
shall deliver a certificate of an Authorized Officer to Administrative Agent
and
Lenders in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent,
together with the related financial statements, demonstrating in reasonable
detail that, after giving effect to the acquisition of such Person or such
business, property or assets (including any Indebtedness incurred or assumed
therein), Company and its Subsidiaries are otherwise in compliance on a Pro
Forma Basis with the covenants set forth in Section 6.6
and
(v)
both
before and after giving effect to the consummation of such acquisition, no
Default or Event of Default shall exist;
(f) Holdings
and its Subsidiaries may make loans and advances to directors, officers and
employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$5,000,000 outstanding at any time;
(g) Company
and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments consisting of notes and other
non-Cash consideration received in connection with any Asset Sale permitted
by
Section 6.7(k), (o)
and
(p);
(h) Company
and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments received in connection with
the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement
of
delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, suppliers and customers
arising in the ordinary course of business and upon the foreclosure with respect
to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to a secured
Investment;
(i) Company
and its Subsidiaries may make and own Investments in Subsidiaries created and
operated as a captive insurance company (the “Captive
Insurance Subsidiary”)
in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 (net of any dividends or
distributions, or prepayments or payments of interest by the Captive Insurance
Subsidiary to Company or any of its Subsidiary Guarantors);
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(j) Investments
constituting Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Sections 6.1,
6.2,
6.5
and
6.7;
(k) Investments
in Hedge Agreements permitted hereunder;
(l) [Reserved];
(m) Investments
in the ordinary course of business consisting of (i) endorsements for collection
or deposit and (ii) customary trade arrangements with customers;
(n) loans
and
advances to Holdings (and by Holdings to Parent) in lieu of, and not in excess
of the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances, or
Restricted Junior Payments in respect thereof) Restricted Junior Payments to
the
extent permitted to be made to Holdings (and by Holdings to Parent) in
accordance with Section 6.5;
(o) Holdings
may repurchase Holdings’ Securities to the extent permitted by Section 6.5;
(p) Investments
in Co-Op Subsidiary in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate
from
the Closing Date to the date of determination; and
(q) Holdings
and its Subsidiaries may make and own other Investments not otherwise permitted
under this Section 6.3
in an
aggregate principal at any time outstanding not exceeding $75,000,000;
provided
that if
such Investment is consummated by Holdings, Holdings shall, immediately
following the closing thereof, cause the assets or Securities acquired to be
contributed to Company or its Subsidiaries or the merger of Company or its
Subsidiaries with the Person formed to consummate or acquire such Investment;
provided,
further,
that
such amount may be increased by an additional $25,000,000 at such time as the
Leverage Ratio is less than 4.50:1.00.
In
addition to the Investments permitted pursuant to this Section 6.3,
Holdings and its Subsidiaries may make additional Investments (which shall
not
be counted in the limitations set forth above) as follows: Investments
consisting of (i)
the
reinvestment of the proceeds of issuances of Securities by Holdings not required
to prepay Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(b)
(other
than Permitted Cure Securities) or used to make Restricted Junior Payments,
(ii)
the
reinvestment of that portion of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow not required
to be
used to make prepayments pursuant to Section 2.13(d)
and
(iii)
the
proceeds received by Holdings in connection with any Indebtedness incurred
by
Holdings permitted pursuant to Section 6.1(p) less
any
proceeds of such Indebtedness that are applied to make Restricted Junior
Payments permitted pursuant to Section 6.5(o);
provided
that, if
such Investment is consummated by Holdings, Holdings shall, immediately
following the closing thereof, cause the assets or Securities acquired to be
contributed to Company or its Subsidiaries or the merger of Company or its
Subsidiaries with the Person formed to consummate or acquire such Investment
(other than any promissory note of Parent received by Holdings in connection
with loans and advances by Holdings to Parent in lieu of, and not in excess
of,
the amount of (after giving effect to any other loans, advances or Restricted
Junior Payments in respect thereof) Restricted Junior Payments to the extent
permitted to be made by Holdings pursuant to Section 6.5).
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6.4 [Reserved]
6.5 Restricted
Junior Payments
Declare,
order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment,
except:
(a) each
Subsidiary of Company may make Restricted Junior Payments to Company and to
Subsidiaries of Company and, in the case of a Restricted Junior Payment by
a
non-wholly owned Subsidiary, to Company and any Subsidiary and to each other
owner of Securities of such Subsidiary based on their relative ownership
interests;
(b) Company
and its Subsidiaries may make regularly scheduled payments of interest in
respect of Subordinated Indebtedness, in each case in accordance with the terms
of, and only to the extent required by, and subject to the subordination
provisions contained in, the indenture or other agreement pursuant to which
such
Subordinated Indebtedness was issued, as such indenture or other agreement
may
be amended from time to time to the extent permitted under Section 6.11;
(c) Company
may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holdings to permit the payment of
Management Fees; provided
that, at
the time of such Restricted Junior Payment and immediately after giving effect
thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under
Section 8.1(a),
8.1(f)
and
8.1(g);
provided,
further
that in
the event such payment is prohibited by the preceding proviso, such Management
Fees shall continue to accrue and all accrued but unpaid amounts shall be
payable following the waiver of any such Event of Default;
(d) Company
may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holdings, the proceeds of which will
be
used (i)
to
permit Holdings to pay (or to make a Restricted Junior Payment to Parent to
enable it to pay) ordinary operating expenses (including, without limitation,
directors’ fees, indemnification obligations, professional fees and expenses) in
an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,000,000 in any Fiscal Year; (ii)
by
Holdings to pay (or to make a Restricted Junior Payment to Parent to enable
it
to pay) its tax liability for the relevant jurisdiction(s) in respect of
consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated returns for the relevant
jurisdiction of Holdings or Parent, as applicable, determined as if Company
and
its Subsidiaries filed separate returns; and (iii) by Holdings to pay its (or
to
make a Restricted Junior Payment to Parent to enable it to pay its) franchise
or
similar taxes;
(e) Company
may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holdings (and Holdings may make
Restricted Junior Payments to Parent) to the extent required for Holdings to
repurchase its capital stock from deceased or retired employees and from
employees whose employment with Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has terminated
for any other reason but only to the extent mandatorily required by the Internal
Revenue Code or ERISA;
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(f) Company
may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to repurchase
its securities (or to make a Restricted Junior Payment to Parent to enable
it to
repurchase its Securities) from directors, officers, employees or members of
management of Parent or any Subsidiary (or their estate, family members, spouse
or former spouse); provided,
that
(i)
at the
time of such Restricted Junior Payment and immediately after giving effect
thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and
(ii)
the
aggregate amount of Restricted Junior Payments made pursuant to this clause
(f)
in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed $3,000,000 plus
the
proceeds of any key-man life insurance maintained by Parent or its Subsidiaries
and the proceeds of any sale of Securities to directors, officers, employees
or
members of management of Parent or any Subsidiary; provided,
that
Company may carry-over and make in any subsequent Fiscal Year or years, in
addition to the amount for such Fiscal Year, the amount not utilized in the
prior Fiscal Year or years up to a maximum of $12,000,000; provided,
further
that in
the event Company or Holdings are not permitted to not make such Restricted
Junior Payments in cash pursuant to this clause (f), Company may issue to
Holdings (and Holdings may issue to Parent and Parent may issue to the holder
of
such Securities), as consideration for such repurchase, either (A) a promissory
note payable to the holder of such Securities or (B) preferred equity Securities
(which if issued by Holdings, such preferred stock shall otherwise be permitted
by Section 6.11(c)),
in
each case for the balance of any repurchase price which is not permitted to
be
paid in cash, it being understood that no payment in cash may be permitted
to be
made by Company to Holdings (and by Holdings to Parent) in respect of any such
promissory note or preferred equity Securities unless and until cash payments
are again permitted pursuant to this Section 6.5(f);
(g) Company
may make Restricted Junior Payments in respect of any repurchase, redemption
or
repayment of the Senior Subordinated Notes; provided,
that
(x)
at the
time of such Restricted Junior Payment and immediately after giving effect
thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and
(y)
the
aggregate amount of such Restricted Junior Payments made pursuant to this clause
(g) shall not exceed $20,000,000;
(h) Company
may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holdings in order to allow Holdings
to
make cash payments of interest with respect to the Holdco Notes, and after
the
Holdings Merger Effective Date, the Parent Notes so long as (x)
after
giving effect to such Restricted Junior Payment, Company’s minimum interest
coverage ratio is, on a Pro Forma Basis, 0.25% better than the minimum interest
coverage ratio then required to be maintained pursuant to Section 6.6(a)
and
(y)
at the
time of such Restricted Junior Payment and immediately after giving effect
thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(i) Company
may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holdings to finance any Investment by
Holdings to the extent permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6.3;
provided,
that
such Restricted Junior Payment shall be made concurrently with the closing
of
such Investment;
(j) to
the
extent they constitute Restricted Junior Payments, Company and its Subsidiaries
may enter into the transactions contemplated by Sections 6.7
and
6.10;
(k) Holdings
and its Subsidiaries may make repurchases of Securities deemed to occur upon
the
non-cash exercise of stock options and warrants;
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(l) [Reserved];
(m) Restricted
Junior Payments to Holdings (and by Holdings to Parent), the proceeds of which
will be used to make cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares of
Holdings (or Parent) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000;
(n) so
long
as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or
would
be caused thereby, Company may make additional Restricted Junior Payments to
Holdings, the proceeds of which may be utilized by Holdings to make additional
Restricted Junior Payments, in an aggregate not to exceed 50%
of
the Consolidated Net Income for the period (taken as one accounting period)
from
the beginning of the first Fiscal Quarter commencing after the Closing Date
to
the end of most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which internal consolidated
financial statements of Company are available at the time of such Restricted
Junior Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a
deficit, less 100% of such deficit) less
the
amount of any Restricted Junior Payments previously made pursuant to this
Section 6.5(n);
provided,
that
notwithstanding the foregoing, until such time as the Leverage Ratio determined
on a Pro Forma Basis is less than 5.00:1.00 at any date of determination, all
such Restricted Junior Payments shall accumulate, but shall not be payable
or
paid;
(o) in
addition to the foregoing, Restricted Junior Payments, so long as no Default
or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or be caused thereby,
Holdings may make additional Restricted Junior Payments with the proceeds of
(y)
the Holdco Notes less,
any
proceeds of such Indebtedness that are applied to make Investments permitted
pursuant to Section 6.3
and (z)
with the proceeds of any issuances of Securities not required to prepay the
Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(b)
(other
than Permitted Cure Securities) or used to make Investments; and
(p) in
the
event that the net proceeds of the Parent IPO are at least $125,000,000, Company
may make Restricted Junior Payments funded with such net proceeds in respect
of
either (i) any repurchase, redemption or repayment of the Senior Subordinated
Notes and/or (ii) any repurchase, redemption or repayment of any Holdco
Notes or, from and after the Holdings Merger Effective Date, the Parent Notes;
and
Any
Restricted Junior Payments by Company to Holdings permitted under this
Section 6.5
shall be
applied by Holdings for the purposes specified in this Section 6.5.
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6.6 Financial
Covenants
(a) Minimum
Cash Interest Coverage Ratio.
Permit
the ratio of (i)
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to (ii)
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for any four-Fiscal Quarter period ending
on
the dates set forth below to be less than the correlative ratio
indicated
Four
Fiscal Quarter Period Ending
|
Minimum
Cash Interest Charge Coverage Ratio
|
June
30, 2006
|
1.85:1.00
|
September
30, 2006
|
1.85:1.00
|
December
31, 2006
|
1.85:1.00
|
March
31, 2007
|
2.00:1.00
|
June
30, 2007
|
2.15:100
|
September
30, 2007
|
2.15:100
|
December
31, 2007
|
2.25:100
|
March
31, 2008
|
2.75:1.00
|
June
30, 2008
|
2.75:1.00
|
September
30, 2008
|
2.75:1.00
|
December
31, 2008
|
2.75:1.00
|
March
31, 2009
|
3.00:1.00
|
June
30, 2009
|
3.00:1.00
|
September
30, 2009
|
3.00:1.00
|
December
31, 2009
and
each Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter
|
3.00:1.00
|
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(b) Maximum
Leverage Ratio.
Permit
the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter ending on the dates
set forth below to exceed the correlative ratio indicated:
Date
|
Maximum
Leverage Ratio
|
June
30, 2006
|
6.25:1.00
|
September
30, 2006
|
6.15:1.00
|
December
31, 2006
|
5.90:1.00
|
March
31, 2007
|
5.60:1.00
|
June
30, 2007
|
5.25:100
|
September
30, 2007
|
5.00:100
|
December
31, 2007
|
5.00:100
|
March
31, 2008
|
4.50:1.00
|
June
30, 2008
|
4.50:1.00
|
September
30, 2008
|
4.50:1.00
|
December
31, 2008
|
4.50:1.00
|
March
31, 2009
|
4.00:1.00
|
June
30, 2009
|
4.00:1.00
|
September
30, 2009
|
4.00:1.00
|
December
31, 2009
and
each Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter
|
4.00:1.00
|
(c) Certain
Calculations.
With
respect to any period during which a Permitted Acquisition or a PF Asset Sale
has occurred, for purposes of determining compliance with the financial
covenants set forth in this Section 6.6
(but not
for purposes of determining the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage or the
Applicable Margin), Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall be calculated with
respect to such period on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to such Permitted
Acquisition or PF Asset Sale.
6.7 Fundamental
Changes; Asset Sales
Except
to
the extent otherwise permitted under this Agreement, alter the corporate,
capital or legal structure (except in a way that does not have a Material
Adverse Effect) of Holdings, Company or any of its Subsidiaries, consummate
any
transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself
(or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or consummate any Asset Sale
except:
(a) any
Subsidiary of Company may be merged with or into Company or any Subsidiary
of
Company, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved into, or all or any part of
its
business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or
otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to
Company or any Subsidiary of Company; provided
that,
(i) in the case of such a merger involving Company, Company shall be the
continuing or surviving Person or the surviving Person shall be a Person
organized under the laws of the United States of America and expressly assume
the obligations of Company pursuant to documents reasonably acceptable to
Administrative Agent, (ii) when any Guarantor is merging with any other
Subsidiary (A) Guarantor shall be the surviving Person or (B) such transaction
shall constitute an Investment which Investment must otherwise be permitted
under Section 6.3
and
(iii) in the case of any Asset Sale, such assets shall be transferred to Company
or its Subsidiaries or such transaction shall constitute an Investment which
Investment must otherwise be permitted under Section 6.3;
(b) any
Subsidiary may merge with any other Person in order to effect an Investment
permitted under Section 6.3;
provided
that (i)
the surviving Person shall be a Subsidiary which, to the extent required, shall
have complied with Section 5.9
or (ii)
to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must otherwise be
permitted under Section 6.3;
(c) any
merger, consolidation, liquidation, wind-up or dissolution, the purpose of
which
is to effect a disposition otherwise permitted by this Section 6.7;
(d) inventory
sold in the ordinary course of business;
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(e) obsolete,
worn out or surplus property sold in the ordinary course of business or,
properties which are no longer useful or necessary in Company’s or its
Subsidiaries’ business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired;
(f) property
sold, transferred or disposed of, to the extent that (i)
such
property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar
replacement property or (ii)
the
proceeds of such property is promptly applied to the purchase price of such
replacement property;
(g) sales
and
transfers permitted by Section 6.5
with
respect to issuances of Securities of Holdings;
(h) the
sale,
transfer or disposition of Cash Equivalents;
(i) the
sale,
transfer or disposition of accounts in connection with the collection or
compromise thereof in the ordinary course of business;
(j) the
licensing or sublicensing of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of
business on customary terms;
(k) Asset
Sales by and among Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business; provided,
that
with respect to any Asset Sale by a Credit Party to a Subsidiary of Company
that
is not a Credit Party, not less than 75% of the consideration received therefor
shall be Cash;
(l) leases,
subleases, licenses or sublicenses of property in the ordinary course of
business and which do not materially interfere with the business of Holdings
and
its Subsidiaries;
(m) consignment
or similar arrangements for the sale of assets in the ordinary course of
business;
(n) Floor
Plan Sales;
(o) Company
and its Subsidiaries may make Asset Sales in any single Fiscal Year of assets
that have, in the aggregate, a fair market value not in excess of $50,000,000;
provided
that (x)
the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal
to the fair market value thereof; (y) not less than 75% of the consideration
received therefor shall be Cash; and (z) the proceeds of such Asset Sales shall
be applied as required by Section 2.13(a);
(p) In
addition to the Asset Sales permitted pursuant to Section
6.7(o) Company
and its Subsidiaries may make Asset Sales with respect to the sale of the Retail
Business; provided,
that
(x) the consideration received for such Asset Sale shall be in an amount at
least equal to the fair market value thereof; (y) the consideration received
therefor shall be consideration that is permitted to be received pursuant to
the
terms and provisions of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture; and (z) the
proceeds of such Asset Sales shall be applied as required by Section
2.13(a);
and
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(q) the
Holdings Merger may be effected;
provided
that
Parent shall (i) expressly assume the obligations of, and be subject to the
terms and conditions applicable to, Holdings under and in connection with this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents to the same extent as Holdings and
(ii)
create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a
valid
and perfected first priority Lien in the Capital Stock of the Company, and
take
all such further action and execute all such further documents and instruments
as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection
therewith.
6.8 Consolidated
Capital Expenditures
Make
or
incur Consolidated Capital Expenditures during any Fiscal Year in an aggregate
amount in excess of (1) $30,000,000
(as adjusted in accordance with the provisos hereto, the “Maximum
Consolidated Capital Expenditures Amount”),
plus (2) the
amount of any Consolidated Capital Expenditures made or incurred during such
Fiscal Year in connection with the construction and outfitting of one new
production facility in the United States (provided
that the
amount of all Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted by this clause (2)
during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $10,000,000 in the
aggregate); provided
that the
Maximum Consolidated Capital Expenditures Amount for any such Fiscal Year shall
be increased by an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Maximum
Consolidated Capital Expenditures Amount for the previous Fiscal Year (prior
to
adjustment in accordance with this proviso) over the actual amount of
Consolidated Capital Expenditures for such previous Fiscal Year; provided,
further,
that
the Maximum Consolidated Capital Expenditures Amount for each Fiscal Year shall
be increased (1) with the proceeds of any issuances of Securities not required
to prepay the Loans (other than Permitted Cure Securities) pursuant to
Section 2.13(b)
received
by Company or any of its Subsidiaries during such Fiscal Year or used to make
Restricted Junior Payments; and (2) by that part of Consolidated Excess Cash
Flow calculated for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year not required to be
used to prepay the Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(d);
provided,
further,
that
the Maximum Consolidated Capital Expenditures Amount for any Fiscal Year shall
be further increased upon the consummation of a Permitted Acquisition by an
amount equal to 5% of the enterprise value of the assets acquired in connection
with such Permitted Acquisition.
6.9 Sales
and Lease-Backs
Become
or
remain liable as lessee with respect to any lease, entered into after the date
hereof, whether an Operating Lease or a Capital Lease, of any property (whether
real, personal or mixed), which Company or any of its Subsidiaries has sold
or
transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than Company
or any of its Subsidiaries) (a “Permitted
Sale Lease-Back Transaction”);
provided,
Company
and its Subsidiaries may become and remain liable as lessee with respect to
any
such lease if and to the extent that Company or any of its Subsidiaries would
be
otherwise permitted to enter into (or not otherwise be prohibited from), and
remain liable under, such lease hereunder; provided,
further (i)
the
aggregate amount of all such Permitted Sale/Lease-Back Transactions consummated
after the date hereof shall not exceed $20,000,000 at any time outstanding
and
(ii)
the
proceeds of such Permitted Sale Lease-Back Transaction shall be applied as
required by Section 2.13(a).
6.10 Transactions
with Shareholders and Affiliates
Enter
into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease
or
exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate
of
Company, on terms that are less favorable to Company or that Subsidiary, as
the
case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who
are
not such an Affiliate; provided,
the
foregoing restriction shall not apply, subject to the other covenants contained
hereunder, (a)
to any
transaction between Parent and any of its Subsidiaries or between any of its
Subsidiaries, (b)
to the
payment of reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the Boards of
Directors of Parent and its Subsidiaries and reimbursement of reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses of directors, (c)
to the
payment of Management Fees, (d)
to the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Related Agreements and
the
payment of Transaction Costs, and
(e)
in
respect of employment and severance arrangements with directors, officers,
employees and members of management of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in
the
ordinary course of business, (f)
transactions between Holdings and any of its Subsidiaries with Co-Op Subsidiary
or any Captive Insurance Subsidiary and (g)
the
transactions by Parent and its Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under this
Section 6.
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6.11 Amendments
or Waivers of Certain Documents
(a) Amendments
of Organizational Documents, and Management Agreement. (i) Amend
any
of the organizational or constituent documents of any Credit Party in a manner
materially adverse to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders; and (ii)
amend,
modify or supplement the Management Agreement or waive or otherwise consent
to
any change or departure from any of the terms or conditions of the Management
Agreement, in each case, in any manner that increases the fees or other amounts
payable thereunder.
(b) Amendments
of Documents Relating to Subordinated Indebtedness.
Amend
or otherwise change the redemption, prepayment, repurchase or defeasance
provisions of any Subordinated Indebtedness, change the subordination provisions
thereof (or of any guaranty thereof), or amend or change any other term if
the
effect of such amendment or change, together with all other amendments or
changes made, is to increase materially the obligations of the obligor
thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of such
Subordinated Indebtedness (or trustee or other representative on their behalf)
which would be materially adverse to Company or Lenders (other than the
execution and delivery by Holdings and/or any of its Subsidiaries of a
supplemental agreement pursuant to which such Subsidiary becomes a guarantor
thereunder so long as such Subsidiary is also a Guarantor
hereunder).
(c) Amendments
of Documents Relating to Holdings Indebtedness.
Amend
or otherwise change the redemption, prepayment, repurchase, defeasance,
covenant, default or remedy provisions of the Holdco Notes or, from and after
the Holdings Merger Effective Date, the Parent Notes (or any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof), or amend or change any other
term
if the effect of such amendment or change, together with all other amendments
or
changes made, is to increase materially the obligations of the obligor
thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of such
Indebtedness (or trustee or other representative on their behalf) that would
be
materially adverse to Company or Lenders.
(d) Preferred
Stock.
Without
the prior written approval of Requisite Lenders, issue any preferred stock
or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to issue any preferred stock; provided,
however,
that
Holdings or Company shall be permitted to issue preferred stock which does
not
provide for any payment or redemption with respect thereto prior to the date
of
the final payment in full in Cash of all of the non-contingent Obligations
under
this Agreement, provided
that
immediately prior to and immediately after the issuance of such preferred stock
no Event of Default or Default under Section 8.1(k)
shall
have occurred and be continuing.
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6.12 Conduct
of Company Business
.
From
and after the Closing Date, Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than the businesses engaged in
by
Company and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date and any businesses reasonably
related or ancillary thereto.
6.13 Special
Covenants of Holdings
From
and
after the Closing Date, Holdings shall:
(a) engage
in
no business or activities other than (i)
owning
100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Company, (ii)
holding
Cash and Cash Equivalents, (iii)
activities incidental thereto, (iv)
as
otherwise required by mandatory provisions of law, (v)
the
transactions contemplated by the Related Agreements, (vi)
entering
into the Related Agreements to which it is a party, and
(vii)
as
otherwise specifically permitted hereunder; and
(b) not
own
or acquire any assets other than (i)
100% of
the issued and outstanding equity Securities of Company and (ii)
as
specifically permitted hereunder.
6.14 Fiscal
Year
Change
its Fiscal Year-end from the final Saturday in the calendar year, provided,
however,
that
Company may change its Fiscal Year-end to December 31.
6.15 Securities
of Company and Subsidiaries; Restrictions on
Subsidiaries
(a) Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any equity Securities of Company
(other than non-consensual Liens arising solely by operation of law) and the
Liens contemplated by the Credit Documents.
(b) Create
or
otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual
encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any such Subsidiary
to
(w)
pay
dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiary’s equity
Securities owned by Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, (x)
repay or
prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Company or any other
Subsidiary of Company, (y)
make
loans or advances to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company, or (z)
transfer
any of its property or assets to Company or any other Subsidiary of Company
except for any agreement (A) in effect on the Closing Date, (B) in existence
at
the time a Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of Company so long as such agreement
was not entered into solely in contemplation of such Person becoming a
Subsidiary, (C) in existence at the time any assets were acquired by Company
or
any Subsidiary of Company so long as such agreement was not entered into solely
in contemplation of the acquisition of such assets, (D) representing
Indebtedness which is permitted by Section 6.1;
(E) in
connection with any Asset Sale or other sale of assets permitted hereunder,
or
(F) customary restrictions contained in leases, subleases, licenses and
sublicenses permitted hereunder.
6.16 Designated
Senior Debt
Designate
any other Indebtedness of Company or any of its Subsidiaries as “Designated
Senior Debt” (or any comparable term) under, and as defined in, the Senior
Subordinated Note Indenture or any other applicable documentation governing
Subordinated Indebtedness.
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SECTION
7. GUARANTY
7.1 Guaranty
of the Obligations
Subject
to the provisions of Section 7.2,
Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty
the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations (including Hedge
Agreements) of Company when the same shall become due, whether at stated
maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or
otherwise, including amounts that would become due but for the operation of
the
automatic stay under Section 362(a) or any other provision of the Bankruptcy
Code (the “Guaranteed
Obligations”).
7.2 Limitation
on Amount Guarantied
(a) Anything
contained herein to the
contrary notwithstanding, if any Fraudulent Transfer Law (as hereinafter
defined) is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be applicable
to
the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder, such obligations of such Guarantor
hereunder shall be limited to a maximum aggregate amount equal to the largest
amount that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance
as a
fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United
States Code or any applicable provisions of comparable state law (collectively,
the “Fraudulent
Transfer Laws”),
in
each case after giving effect to all other liabilities of such Guarantor,
contingent or otherwise, that are relevant under the Fraudulent Transfer Laws
(specifically excluding, however, any liabilities of such Guarantor (x)
in
respect of intercompany indebtedness to Company or other affiliates of Company
to the extent that such indebtedness would be discharged in an amount equal
to
the amount paid by such Guarantor hereunder and (y)
under
any
guaranty of Subordinated Indebtedness which guaranty contains a limitation
as to
maximum amount similar to that set forth in this Section 7.2(a),
pursuant to which the liability of such Guarantor hereunder is included in
the
liabilities taken into account in determining such maximum amount) and after
giving effect as assets to the value (as determined under the applicable
provisions of the Fraudulent Transfer Laws) of any rights to subrogation,
reimbursement, indemnification or contribution of such Guarantor pursuant to
applicable law or pursuant to the terms of any agreement (including any such
right of contribution hereunder).
(b) Guarantors
under this Guaranty, together desire to allocate among themselves, in a fair
and
equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly,
in
the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by any Guarantor
under
this Guaranty (a “Funding
Guarantor”)
that
exceeds its Fair Share (as defined below) as of such date, that Funding
Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Guarantors
in the amount of such other Guarantor’s Fair Share Shortfall (as defined below)
as of such date, with the result that all such contributions will cause each
Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments (as defined below) to equal its Fair Share as of
such date. “Fair
Share”
means,
with respect to a Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal
to
(i)
the
ratio of (x)
the
Adjusted Maximum Amount (as defined below) with respect to such Guarantor
to
(y)
the
aggregate of the Adjusted Maximum Amounts with respect to all Guarantors
multiplied by
(ii) the
aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding
Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations guarantied.
“Fair
Share Shortfall”
means,
with respect to a Guarantor as of any date of determination, the excess, if
any,
of the Fair Share of such Guarantor over the Aggregate Payments of such
Guarantor. “Adjusted
Maximum Amount”
means,
with respect to a Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum
aggregate amount of the obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty
determined as of such date, in the case of any Guarantor, in accordance with
Section 7.2(a);
provided
that,
solely for purposes of calculating the “Adjusted Maximum Amount” with respect to
any Guarantor for purposes of this Section 7.2(b),
any
assets or liabilities of such Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to
subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations
of
contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of
such
Guarantor. “Aggregate
Payments” means,
with respect to a Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal
to
(i)
the
aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date
by such Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including in respect of
this Section 7.2(b))
minus
(ii)
the
aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such
Guarantor from the other Guarantors as contributions under this Section 7.2(b).
The
amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date
on
which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding
Guarantor. The allocation among Guarantors of their obligations as set forth
in
this Section 7.2(b)
shall
not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Guarantor
hereunder.
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7.3 Payment
by Guarantors
Subject
to Section 7.2(a),
Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing
and not in limitation of any other right which any Beneficiary may have at
law
or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure
of
Company to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall
become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration,
acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due
but
for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) or any other
provision of the Bankruptcy Code), Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause
to
be paid, in Cash, to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of
Beneficiaries, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of
all
Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on
such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for the filing of
a
petition in bankruptcy with respect to Company, would have accrued on such
Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Company for
such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding) and all other Guaranteed
Obligations then owed to Beneficiaries as aforesaid.
7.4 Liability
of Guarantors Absolute
Each
Guarantor agrees that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, its
obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional,
and constitute primary obligations of such Guarantor and not a contract of
surety, and shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal
or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in full
in
Cash of the Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without
limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees that, to the maximum
extent permitted by applicable law,
(a) this
Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of
collectibility;
(b) the
obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations
of
Company and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other
Guarantor) of the obligations of Company, and a separate action or actions
may
be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action
is
brought against Company or any of such other guarantors and whether or not
Company is joined in any such action or actions;
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(c) payment
by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall
in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantor’s liability for any
portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, if Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment
in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantor’s covenant to pay a portion of the
Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such
Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations
that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to
the
extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other
Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed
Obligations;
(d) any
Beneficiary, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand
and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise
to
any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any
Guarantor’s liability hereunder, from time to time may (i)
renew,
extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the
time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(ii)
settle,
compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance
with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any
agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the
payment of any other obligations; (iii)
request
and accept other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold
security for the payment of this Guaranty or the Guaranteed Obligations;
(iv)
release,
surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter,
subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment
of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed
Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other
Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations (provided that no Credit
Document to which such Guarantor is a party may be amended without its written
consent); (v)
enforce
and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such
Beneficiary in respect of this Guaranty or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct
the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy
that
such Beneficiary may have against any such security, in each case as such
Beneficiary in its discretion may determine consistent with this Agreement
or
the applicable Hedge Agreement and any applicable security agreement, including
foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial
sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable,
and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of
reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against
Company or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi)
exercise
any other rights available to it under the Credit Documents or the applicable
Hedge Agreements; and
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(e) this
Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and
enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment,
discharge or termination for any reason (other than payment in full in Cash
of
the Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following,
whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them:
(i)
any
failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert
or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law
or
otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right,
power or remedy (whether arising under the Credit Documents or the Hedge
Agreements, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed
Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other
guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(ii)
any
rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure
from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events
of
default) of this Agreement, any of the other Credit Documents, any of the Hedge
Agreements or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of
any
other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case whether
or not in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or such Credit Document,
such Hedge Agreement or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or
security (provided that no Credit Document to which such Guarantor is a party
may be amended without its written consent); (iii)
the
Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being
found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv)
the
application of payments received from any source (other than payments received
pursuant to the other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements or from
the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the
extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than
the
Guaranteed Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed
Obligations, even though any Beneficiary might have elected to apply such
payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v)
any
Beneficiary’s consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the
corporate structure or existence of Company or any of its Subsidiaries and
to
any corresponding restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi)
any
failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any
collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii)
any
defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which Company may allege or assert against
any Beneficiary in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations, including failure
of
consideration, breach of warranty, statute of frauds, statute of limitations,
accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii)
any
other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which
may
or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an
obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.
7.5 Waivers
by Guarantors
Each
Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of Beneficiaries, to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law: (a)
any
right to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance
by
such Guarantor, to (i)
proceed
against Company, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii)
proceed
against or exhaust any security held from Company, any such other guarantor
or
any other Person, (iii)
proceed
against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the
books of any Beneficiary in favor of Company or any other Person, or
(iv)
pursue
any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary whatsoever; (b)
any
defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability
or other defense of Company including any defense based on or arising out of
the
lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the
liability of Company from any cause other than payment in full in Cash of the
Guaranteed Obligations; (c)
any
defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation
of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more
burdensome than that of the principal; (d)
any
defense based upon any Beneficiary’s errors or omissions in the administration
of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior which amounts to gross negligence
or willful misconduct or bad faith; (e)
(i)
any
principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might
be
in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of such
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii)
the
benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability
hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii)
any
rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv)
promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure,
perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto;
(f)
notices,
demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and
notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices of
default under this Agreement, the Hedge Agreements or any agreement or
instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification
of
the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any
extension of credit to Company and notices of any of the matters referred to
in
Section 7.4
and any
right to consent to any thereof; and (g)
any
defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit
the
liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with
the
terms hereof (other than payment in full in Cash of the Guaranteed
Obligations).
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7.6 Guarantors’
Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc.
Each
Guarantor hereby waives, until the Termination Date, any claim, right or remedy,
direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against
Company or any of its assets in connection herewith or the performance by such
Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right
or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute under common law or
otherwise and including (a)
any
right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor
now
has or may hereafter have against Company, (b)
any
right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any
Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have against Company, and
(c)
any
benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now
or
hereafter held by any Beneficiary. In addition, until the Termination Date,
each
Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor
may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the
Guaranteed Obligations (including any such right of contribution under
Section 7.2(b)).
Each
Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold
the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and
contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement
or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Company or against any
collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have
against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights
any Beneficiary may have against Company, to all right, title and interest
any
Beneficiary may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any
Beneficiary may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid
to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement,
indemnification or contribution rights at any time when the Termination Date
shall not have occurred, such amount shall be held in trust for Administrative
Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied
against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance
with the terms hereof.
7.7 Subordination
of Other Obligations
Any
Indebtedness of Company or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor
(the “Obligee
Guarantor”)
is
hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and
any
such indebtedness collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for
Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid
over
to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and
applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing
or
limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other
provision hereof.
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7.8 Continuing
Guaranty
This
Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until the
Termination Date. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke
this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed
Obligations.
7.9 Authority
of Guarantors or Company
It
is not
necessary for any Beneficiary to inquire into the capacity or powers of any
Guarantor or Company or the officers, directors or any agents acting or
purporting to act on behalf of any of them.
7.10 Financial
Condition of Company and Guarantors
Any
Credit Extension may be granted to Company or continued from time to time,
and
any Hedge Agreements may be entered into from time to time, in each case without
notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or
other condition of Company or any other Guarantor at the time of any such grant
or continuation or at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, as the
case
may be. No Beneficiary shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with
any
Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantor’s assessment, of the financial
condition of Company or any other Guarantor. Each Guarantor has adequate means
to obtain information from Company and each other Guarantor on a continuing
basis concerning the financial condition of Company or such other Guarantor
and
its ability to perform its obligations under the Credit Documents and the Hedge
Agreements, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping
informed of the financial condition of Company and each other Guarantor and
of
all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed
Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the
part
of any Beneficiary to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the
business, operations or conditions of Company or any other Guarantor now known
or hereafter known by any Beneficiary.
7.11 Bankruptcy,
Etc.
(a) The
obligations of
Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged,
deferred, suspended or terminated by any proceeding, voluntary or involuntary,
involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation
or arrangement of Company or by any defense which Company may have by reason
of
the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting
from
any such proceeding.
(b) Each
Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the
Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any proceeding
referred to in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the
Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the
commencement of said proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such
portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if said proceedings had not been
commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the
intention of Guarantors and Beneficiaries that the Guaranteed Obligations which
are guarantied by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard
to any rule of law or order which may relieve Company of any portion of such
Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy,
receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar
person to pay Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent
in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such
proceeding is commenced.
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(c) In
the
event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by Company,
the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force
and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any
part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from
any Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any
such
payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guaranteed
Obligations for all purposes hereunder; provided
that
interest or fees on any such reinstated Guaranteed Obligations shall not be
payable for the period during which the Beneficiaries were paid such funds
until
the date such funds were returned.
7.12 Discharge
of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor
If
all of
the stock of any Guarantor or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall
be sold or otherwise disposed of (including by merger or consolidation) in
an
Asset Sale not prohibited by this Agreement or otherwise consented to by
Requisite Lenders, the Guaranty of such Guarantor or such successor in interest,
as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released
without any further action by any Beneficiary or any other Person effective
as
of the time of such Asset Sale.
SECTION
8. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
8.1 Events
of Default
If
any
one or more of the following conditions or events shall occur:
(a) failure
by Company to pay (i)
any
installment of principal of any Loan when due, whether at stated maturity,
by
acceleration, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or
otherwise; (ii)
when due
any amount payable to Issuing Bank in reimbursement of any drawing under a
Letter of Credit; or (iii)
any
interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder within five
(5) days after the date due; or
(b) (i)
failure
of Holdings, Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal
of
or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of one or more items
of
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 8.1(a))
with an
aggregate principal amount of $20,000,000 or more beyond the end of any grace
period provided therefor; or (ii)
breach
or default by Holdings, Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to
any
other material term of (1)
one or
more items of Indebtedness in the aggregate principal amount referred to in
clause (i) above or (2)
any loan
agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s)
of
Indebtedness, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit
the holder or holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such
holder or holders) to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due
and
payable prior to its stated maturity (upon the giving or receiving of notice,
lapse of time, both, or otherwise); or
(c) failure
of Company to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in
Section 2.5,
Section 5.1(h),
Section 5.2
(with
respect to Holdings or the Company only), Section 5.10
or
Section 6
hereof;
provided
that any
Event of Default under Section 6.6
is
subject to cure as contemplated by Section 8.3;
or
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(d) any
representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by Holdings,
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any Credit Document or in any statement
or
certificate at any time given by Holdings, Company or any of its Subsidiaries
in
writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall
be false in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made;
or
(e) any
Credit Party shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term
contained herein or in any of the other Credit Documents, other than any such
term referred to in any other provision of this Section 8.1,
and
such default shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty (30) days
after receipt by Company of notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender
of
such default, provided
that the
failure to comply with the requirements of the first sentence of Section 5.1(p)
shall not constitute an Event of Default hereunder; or
(f) (i)
a court
having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief
in
respect of Holdings, Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (or any group
of Company’s Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Material
Subsidiary) in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect,
which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be
granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii)
an
involuntary case shall be commenced against Holdings, Company or any of its
Material Subsidiaries (or any group of Company’s Subsidiaries that, taken as a
whole, would constitute a Material Subsidiary) under the Bankruptcy Code or
under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or
hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in
the
premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee,
custodian or other officer having similar powers over Holdings, Company or
any
of its Material Subsidiaries (or any group of Company’s Subsidiaries that, taken
as a whole, would constitute a Material Subsidiary), or over all or a
substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have
occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other
custodian of Holdings, Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (or any
group
of Company’s Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Material
Subsidiary) for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of
attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any
substantial part of the property of Holdings, Company or any of its Material
Subsidiaries (or any group of Company’s Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole,
would constitute a Material Subsidiary), and any such event described in this
clause (ii) shall continue for sixty (60) days unless dismissed, bonded or
discharged; or
(g) (i)
Holdings, Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (or any group of Company’s
Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Material Subsidiary)
shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or commence a
voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall
consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the
conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law,
or
shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee
or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property and such
appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) days; or Holdings,
Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (or any group of Company’s
Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Material Subsidiary)
shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii)
Holdings, Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (or any group of Company’s
Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Material Subsidiary)
shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its
inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the Board of Directors
of Holdings, Company or any of its Material Subsidiaries (or any group of
Company’s Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Material
Subsidiary) (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise
authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to in this
Section 8.1(g);
or
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(h) any
money
judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process involving
individually or in the aggregate at any time an amount in excess of $20,000,000
(in either case not adequately covered by insurance as to which the insurance
company has not denied coverage) shall be entered or filed against Holdings,
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets and shall
remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty
(60)
days; or
(i) any
order, judgment or decree shall be entered against Holdings, Company or any
of
its Subsidiaries decreeing the dissolution or split up of Holdings, Company
or
that Subsidiary and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a
period in excess of thirty (30) days; or
(j) (i)
the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries or ERISA Affiliates are required to
contribute or pay during any year an aggregate amount to one or more
Multiemployer Plans which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; (ii)
there
shall occur one or more ERISA Events, other than any ERISA Events with respect
of Multiemployer Plans, which individually or in the aggregate result in
liability of Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates in excess of $15,000,000 during the term hereof; (iii)
there
shall exist an amount of Unfunded Benefit Liabilities individually or in the
aggregate for all Pension Plans (excluding for purposes of such computation
any
Pension Plans with respect to which assets exceed liabilities), which exceeds
$15,000,000; or (iv)
circumstances exist which may reasonably give rise to a lien under ERISA with
respect to any Pension Plan; or
(k) a
Change
of Control shall have occurred; or
(l) at
any
time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) the Guaranty, for any reason
other than the satisfaction in full of all non-contingent Obligations in Cash,
ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared to be null and void or
any
Credit Party denies in writing that it has any further liability, including
with
respect to future advances by Lenders, under any Credit Document to which it
is
a party, or (ii) any Collateral Document shall cease to be in full force and
effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral thereunder in accordance
with the terms hereof or thereof, the satisfaction in full in Cash of the
non-contingent Obligations or any other termination of such Collateral Document
in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof) or shall be declared null and
void; or the validity or enforceability thereof shall be contested in writing
by
any Credit Party; or Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have
a
valid security interest in any Collateral purported to be covered thereby,
perfected and with the priority required by the relevant Collateral Document
subject to Permitted Liens, for any reason other than the failure of Collateral
Agent or any Lender to take any action within its control, subject only to
Permitted Liens;
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THEN
(1)
upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.1(f)
or
8.1(g),
each of
(A)
the
unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans, (B)
an
amount equal to the maximum amount that may at any time be drawn under all
Letters of Credit then outstanding (whether or not any beneficiary under any
such Letter of Credit shall have presented, or shall be entitled at such time
to
present, the drafts or other documents or certificates required to draw under
such Letter of Credit), and (C)
all
other Obligations shall automatically become immediately due and payable,
without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all
of
which are hereby expressly waived by each Credit Party, and the obligation
of
each Lender to make any Loan, the obligation of Issuing Bank to issue any Letter
of Credit and the right of any Lender to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder
shall thereupon terminate, and (2)
upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of any other Event of Default,
Administrative Agent shall, upon the written request or with the written consent
of Requisite Lenders, by written notice to Company, declare all or any portion
of the amounts described in clauses (A) through (C) above to be, and the same
shall forthwith become, immediately due and payable, and the obligation of
each
Lender to make any Loan, the obligation of Issuing Bank to issue any Letter
of
Credit and the right of any Lender to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder
shall
thereupon terminate; provided,
the
foregoing shall not affect in any way the obligations of Lenders under
Section 2.3
or the
obligations of Lenders to purchase participations in any unpaid Swing Line
Loans
as provided in Section 2.2(c).
Company
shall at such time deposit any amounts described in clause (B) above in one
or
more cash collateral accounts opened by the Administrative Agent. Company hereby
grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and
each
Lender with a participation in such Letters of Credit, a security interest
in
such cash collateral to secure all Obligations. Any amounts held in such cash
collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment
of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit issued for the account of Company,
and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have
expired, been fully drawn upon or back-stopped, if any, shall (i) to the extent
an Event of Default then exists, be applied to repay the other Obligations
or
(ii) shall otherwise be immediately returned to Company. After all such Letters
of Credit shall have expired, been fully drawn upon or back-stopped and all
non-contingent Obligations shall have been satisfied and paid in full in Cash,
the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to
Company. Company shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent, for
the
account of the relevant Issuing Bank and the Lenders with participations in
such
Letters of Credit, such further documents and instruments as the Administrative
Agent may request to evidence the creation and perfection of the within security
interest in such cash collateral account.
8.2 Certain
Option of Lenders
Notwithstanding
anything contained in Section 8.1,
if at
any time within sixty (60) days after an acceleration of the Loans pursuant
to
such Section, Company shall pay all arrears of interest and all payments on
account of principal which shall have become due otherwise than as a result
of
such acceleration (with interest on principal and, to the extent permitted
by
law, on overdue interest, at the rates specified herein) and all Events of
Default and Defaults (other than non-payment of the principal of and accrued
interest on the Loans, in each case which is due and payable solely by virtue
of
acceleration) shall be remedied or waived pursuant to Section 10.5,
then
Requisite Lenders, by written notice to Company, may at their option rescind
and
annul such acceleration and its consequences; but such action shall not affect
any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right consequent
thereon. The provisions of this Section 8.2
are
intended merely to bind Lenders to a decision which may be made at the election
of Requisite Lenders and are not intended, directly or indirectly, to benefit
Company, and such provisions shall not at any time be construed so as to grant
Company the right to require Lenders to rescind or annul any acceleration
hereunder or to preclude Administrative Agent or Lenders from exercising any
of
the rights or remedies available to them under any of the Credit Documents,
even
if the conditions set forth in this Section 8.2
are
met.
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8.3 Company’s
Right to Cure Financial Performance Covenants
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in Section 8.1,
in the
event that Company fails to comply with the requirements of any Financial
Performance Covenant, until the 10th day subsequent to delivery of the related
Compliance Certificate, Holdings shall have the right, but in any event no
more
than (i)
two (2)
times in any twelve-month period and (ii)
four (4)
times from the Closing Date to the date of determination, to issue Permitted
Cure Securities for cash or otherwise receive cash contributions to the capital
of Holdings, in either case in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of
(a)
the
amount necessary to cure the relevant failure to comply with all the Financial
Performance Covenants and (b)
$20,000,000, and, in each case, to contribute any such cash to the capital
of
Company (collectively, the “Cure
Right”),
and
upon the receipt by Company of such cash (the “Cure
Amount”)
pursuant to the exercise by Holdings of such Cure Right such Financial
Performance Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro
forma adjustments:
(i) Consolidated
Adjusted EBITDA shall be increased, in accordance with the definition thereof,
solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Performance Covenants and
not
for any other purpose under this Agreement, by an amount equal to the Cure
Amount;
(ii) if,
after
giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, Company shall then be in
compliance with the requirements of all Financial Performance Covenants, Company
shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Performance
Covenants as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as
though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the
applicable breach or default of the Financial Performance Covenants which had
occurred shall be deemed cured for all purposes of the Agreement;
and
(iii) to
the
extent that the Cure Amount proceeds are used to repay Indebtedness, such
Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have been repaid for purposes of calculating
the Leverage Ratio for the period with respect to which such Compliance
Certificate applies.
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SECTION
9. AGENTS
9.1 Appointment
of Agents
GSCP
is
hereby appointed Syndication Agent and Lead Arranger hereunder, and each Lender
hereby authorizes Syndication Agent and Lead Arranger to act as its agent in
accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Each of GE
Capital and CIT is hereby appointed a Co-Documentation Agent hereunder and
each
Lender hereby authorizes such Documentation Agent to act as its agent in
accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. DBNY is hereby
appointed Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents
and each Lender hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to act as its agent
in
accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent
hereby agrees to act upon the express conditions contained herein and in the
other Credit Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Section 9
are
solely for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and no Credit Party shall have
any
rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof, except
as
provided in Sections 9.7
and
9.8.
In
performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely
as an
agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed
any
obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holdings,
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, except as provided in
Section 2.6
as to
Administrative Agent with respect to maintaining the Register. Syndication
Agent
and Co-Documentation Agents, without consent of or notice to any party hereto,
may assign any and all of their respective rights or obligations hereunder
to
any of their respective Affiliates. As of the Effective Date, neither GSCP,
in
its capacity as Syndication Agent and Lead Arranger, nor GE Capital and CIT
as
Co-Documentation Agents shall have any obligations but shall be entitled to
all
benefits of this Section 9.
9.2 Powers
and Duties
Each
Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lender’s
behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under
the
other Credit Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent
by
the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies
as
are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Agent shall have only those duties
and
responsibilities that are expressly specified herein and in the other Credit
Documents. Each Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform
such duties by or through its agents or employees. No Agent shall have, by
reason hereof or of any of the other Credit Documents, a fiduciary relationship
in respect of any Lender; and nothing herein or in any of the other Credit
Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as
to
impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect hereof or of any of the other
Credit Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.
9.3 General
Immunity
(a) No
Agent shall be
responsible to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness,
validity, enforceability, collectibility or sufficiency hereof or of any other
Credit Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements
made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any
financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any
other
documents furnished or made by any Agent to Lenders or by or on behalf of
Company to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the Credit Documents
and
the transactions contemplated thereby or for the financial condition or business
affairs of any Credit Party or any other Person liable for the payment of any
Obligations, nor shall any Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to
the
performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants
or agreements contained in any of the Credit Documents or as to the use of
the
proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event
of Default or Default. Anything contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising
from
confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans or the Letter of Credit Usage
or the component amounts thereof.
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(b) None
of
Agents nor any of their respective officers, partners, directors, employees
or
agents shall be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by any Agent
under or in connection with any of the Credit Documents except to the extent
caused by such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Each Agent shall
be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including
the
failure to take an action) in connection herewith or with any of the other
Credit Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority
vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have
received instructions in respect thereof from Requisite Lenders (or such other
Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.5)
and,
upon receipt of such instructions from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders,
as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so
instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or
authority, in accordance with such instructions. Without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing, (i)
each
Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon
any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and
correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper person or persons, and
shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and
judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for Company and its Subsidiaries),
accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and
(ii)
no
Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result
of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting hereunder
or under any of the other Credit Documents in accordance with the instructions
of Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such
instructions under Section 10.5).
9.4 Agent
Entitled to Act as Lender
The
agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and
powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual
capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans
and the Letters of Credit, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers
hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not
performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term
“Lender” or “Lenders” or any similar term shall, unless the context clearly
otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity. Any Agent
and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage
in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Company
or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified
herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Company for services
in
connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to
Lenders.
9.5 Lenders’
Representations and Warranties
(a)
Each
Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement or a Joinder
Agreement and funding its Tranche D Term Loan and/or Revolving Loans on the
Effective Date or by the funding of any New Loans, as the case may be, shall
be
deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each
Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent,
Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Effective Date or as of
the
date of funding of such New Loans.
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(b) Each
Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent
investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Company and its
Subsidiaries in connection with the Credit Extensions thereof hereunder and
that
it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness
of Company and its Subsidiaries. No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility,
either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or
any
such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit
or
other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession
before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent
shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the
completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
9.6 Right
to Indemnity
Each
Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to indemnify
each
Agent, to the extent that such Agent shall not have been reimbursed by Company,
for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including counsel fees
and disbursements) or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which
may
be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in exercising its
powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the
other Credit Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Agent in any way
relating to or arising out hereof or of the other Credit Documents; provided,
no
Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
resulting from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. If any
indemnity furnished to any Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such
Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, such Agent may call for additional
indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until
such additional indemnity is furnished; provided,
in no
event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Agent against
any
liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost,
expense or disbursement in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof; and
provided further,
this
sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Agent
against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment,
suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately
preceding sentence.
9.7 Successor
Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender
(a) Administrative
Agent may
resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders
and Company, and Administrative Agent may be removed at any time with or without
cause by an instrument or concurrent instruments in writing delivered to Company
and Administrative Agent and signed by Requisite Lenders. Upon any such notice
of resignation or any such removal, Requisite Lenders shall have the right,
upon
five Business Days’ notice to Company, to appoint a successor Administrative
Agent, provided
that
Company shall have the right to approve any such successor Administrative Agent
unless an Event of Default then exists under Sections 8.1(a),
8.1(f)
or
8.1(g).
Upon
the approval by Company (if required hereunder) acceptance of any appointment
as
Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, that
successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested
with
all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed
Administrative Agent and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall
be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any retiring or
removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as
Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9
shall
inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while
it was Administrative Agent hereunder.
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(b) Swing
Line Lender may resign at any time by giving 30 days’ prior written notice
thereof to Lenders and Company. Upon any such notice of resignation
Administrative Agent shall have the right, upon five Business Days’ notice to
Company, to appoint a successor Swing Line Lender from among the Lenders,
provided
that
Company shall have the right to approve any such successor Administrative Agent
unless an Event of Default then exists under Sections 8.1(a),
8.1(f)
or
8.1(g).
Upon
the acceptance of any appointment as Swing Line Lender hereunder by a successor
Swing Line Lender, that successor Swing Line Lender shall thereupon succeed
to
and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the
retiring Swing Line Lender and the retiring Swing Line Lender shall be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. In such event (i)
Company
shall prepay any outstanding Swing Line Loans made by the retiring Swing Line
Lender, (ii)
upon
such prepayment, the retiring Swing Line Lender shall surrender the Swing Line
Note held by it to Company for cancellation, and (iii)
Company
shall issue a new Swing Line Note to the successor Swing Line Lender, in the
principal amount of the Swing Line Loan Commitment then in effect and with
other
appropriate insertions.
9.8 Collateral
Documents and Guaranties
(a) Each
Lender hereby
further authorizes Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable,
on
behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to enter into each
Collateral Document as secured party and to be the agent for and representative
of Lenders with respect to the Guaranty and the Collateral, and each Lender
agrees to be bound by the terms of each Collateral Document. Subject to
Section 10.5,
without
further written consent or authorization from Lenders, Administrative Agent
or
Collateral Agent, as applicable, may execute any documents or instruments
necessary to (i)
release
any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or
other disposition of assets permitted hereby or to which Requisite Lenders
(or
such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.5)
have
otherwise consented or (ii)
release
any Subsidiary Guarantor from the Guaranty if any of the capital stock of such
Subsidiary Guarantor is sold to any Person (other than an Affiliate of Company)
pursuant to a sale or other disposition permitted hereunder or to which
Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent
under Section 10.5)
have
otherwise consented and as a result such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary
hereunder or (iii) subordinate
any Lien on any property granted to or held by Collateral Agent under the Credit
Documents to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted under
(x) Section 6.2(c),
(y) Section 6.2(f)
and
(z)
any
other Section of Section 6.2,
so long
as such Lien is granted in connection with the issuance or incurrence
Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.1
and the
proceeds of such Indebtedness are used to purchase assets (including by means
of
a Capital Lease) or to refinance Indebtedness which was previously used to
purchase assets (including any Capital Lease); provided
that
such subordination shall only cover the respective property so acquired and
the
proceeds and products thereof.
(b) Anything
contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding,
Company, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Lender hereby agree
that (i)
no
Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral
or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers,
rights and remedies hereunder and under the Collateral Documents may be
exercised solely by Administrative Agent for the benefit of Lenders in
accordance with the terms hereof, and (ii)
in the
event of a foreclosure by Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant
to
a public or private sale, Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser
of
any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and Collateral Agent, as agent
for and representative of Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or
their
respective individual capacities unless Requisite 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 Collateral Agent
at
such sale.
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(c) It
is the
purpose hereof and of 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 hereunder or
under any of the other Credit Documents, and in particular in case of the
enforcement of any of the Credit Documents, or in case Collateral 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 Collateral Agent
appoint an additional individual or institution as a separate trustee,
co-trustee, collateral agent or collateral co-agent (a “Supplemental
Collateral Agent”).
In
the event that Collateral Agent appoints a Supplemental Collateral Agent with
respect to any Collateral, (i)
each
and
every right, power, privilege or duty expressed or intended hereby or by any
of
the other Credit Documents to be exercised by or vested in or conveyed to
Collateral 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 Collateral Agent or such Supplemental Collateral Agent, and (ii)
the
provisions of this Section 9
and of
Sections 10.2
and
10.3
that
refer to Collateral Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Supplemental
Collateral Agent and all references therein to Collateral Agent shall be deemed
to be references to Collateral Agent and/or such Supplemental Collateral Agent,
as the context may require. Should any instrument in writing from Company or
any
other Credit Party be required by any Supplemental Collateral Agent so appointed
by Collateral Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to
him or it such rights, powers, privileges and duties, Company shall, or shall
cause such Credit Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such
instruments promptly upon request by Collateral 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.
(d) Company
and each Guarantor hereby authorize the Collateral Agent to file any financing
statements or continuation statements, and amendments to financing statements
in
any jurisdictions and with any filing offices as the Collateral Agent may
determine, in its sole discretion, are necessary or advisable to perfect or
to
maintain the perfection of the first priority security interest granted to
Collateral Agent under any of the Credit Documents. Such financing statements
may describe the Collateral in the same manner as described in the Pledge and
Security Agreement or may contain an indication or description of collateral
that describes such property in any other manner as the Collateral Agent may
determine, in its sole discretion, is necessary, advisable or prudent to ensure
the perfection of the security interest in the Collateral granted to the
Collateral Agent under any of the Credit Documents, including, without
limitation, describing such property as “all assets” or “all personal property,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired.” Collateral Agent will provide Company
with file-stamped copies of any such filings made by it.
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SECTION
10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Notices
Unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein
required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally
served, telexed or sent by telefacsimile (and confirmed by telephone) or United
States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when
delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of telefacsimile (and
confirmed by telephone) or telex, or three (3) Business Days after depositing
it
in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed;
provided,
notices
to Agents shall not be effective until received. For the purposes hereof, the
address of each party hereto shall be as set forth under such party’s name on
the signature pages hereof or (i)
as to
Company and Administrative Agent, such other address as shall be designated
by
such Person in a written notice delivered to the other parties hereto and
(ii)
as to
each other party, such other address as shall be designated by such party in
a
written notice delivered to Administrative Agent and Company.
10.2 Expenses
Whether
or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Company agrees
to pay promptly (a)
all the
actual and reasonable costs and expenses of Administrative Agent and Syndication
Agent in connection with the preparation of the Credit Documents and any
consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; (b)
all the
costs of furnishing all opinions by counsel for Company (including any opinions
requested by Lenders as to any legal matters arising hereunder) and of Company’s
performance of and compliance with all agreements and conditions on its part
to
be performed or complied with hereunder and under the other Credit Documents
including with respect to confirming compliance with environmental, insurance
and solvency requirements; (c)
the
reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of a single law firm acting as
counsel to Agents in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution
and
administration of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers
or
other modifications thereto and any other documents or matters requested by
Company; (d)
all the
actual costs and reasonable expenses of Collateral Agent in connection with
creating and perfecting Liens in favor of Collateral Agent on behalf of the
Secured Parties pursuant to the Collateral Documents and pursuant hereto,
including filing and recording fees, expenses and stamp or documentary taxes
or
similar taxes, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable fees,
expenses and disbursements of counsel to Agents and of a single counsel
providing any opinions that Syndication Agent, Administrative Agent or Requisite
Lenders may reasonably request in respect of the Collateral Documents or the
Liens created pursuant hereto and thereto; (e)
all the
actual costs and reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees, expenses
and disbursements) of any auditors, consultants, accountants, agents or
appraisers retained by any Agent with the prior consent of Company (not to
be
unreasonably withheld); (f)
all the
actual costs and reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees, expenses
and disbursements of any consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained
by Collateral Agent and its counsel) of Agents in connection with the custody
or
preservation of any of the Collateral; (g)
all
other actual and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Syndication Agent
or
Administrative Agent in connection with the syndication of the Commitments
and
the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Credit Documents and any
consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and the
transactions contemplated thereby; and (h)
after
the occurrence of an Event of Default, all costs and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees of a single counsel to Agents and Lenders) and costs
of settlement, incurred by Syndication Agent, Administrative Agent and Lenders
in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from any
Credit Party hereunder or under the other Credit Documents by reason of such
Event of Default (including in connection with the sale of, collection from,
or
other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty)
or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit
arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a “work-out” or pursuant to any
insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings.
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10.3 Indemnity
(a) In
addition to the
payment of expenses pursuant to Section 10.2,
whether
or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Company and
each Guarantor agree to defend (subject to Indemnitees’ selection of counsel,
which shall be reasonably satisfactory to Company), indemnify, pay and hold
harmless Agents and Lenders, and the officers, partners, directors, trustees,
employees, agents and affiliates of any of Agents and Lenders (each, an
“Indemnitee”),
from
and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities; provided,
neither
the Company nor any Guarantor shall have any obligation to any Indemnitee
hereunder with respect to any Indemnified Liabilities (i) to the extent such
Indemnified Liabilities arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct
or
bad faith of that Indemnitee or (ii) to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities
relate to Taxes (and any liabilities relating thereto), the indemnity for which
shall be governed solely and exclusively by Section 2.20.
To the
extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set
forth in this Section 10.3
may be
unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or
public policy, Company and the Guarantors shall contribute the maximum portion
that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment
and
satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by Indemnitees or any
of
them.
(b) Company
and each Guarantor agree that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will
settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or
threatened claim, action or proceeding in respect of which indemnification
or
contribution could be sought under subsection (a) of this section (whether
or
not any Indemnitee is an actual or potential party to such claim, action or
proceeding) without the prior written consent of the applicable Indemnitees,
unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release
of such Indemnitee from all liability arising out of such claim, action or
proceeding, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
(c) If
an
Indemnitee is requested or required to appear as a witness in any action brought
by or on behalf of or against Company, any Guarantor or any Affiliate thereof
in
which such Indemnitee is not named as a defendant, Company agrees to reimburse
such Indemnitee for all reasonable expenses incurred by it in connection with
such Indemnitee’s appearing and preparing to appear as such a witness,
including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of its
legal counsel.
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10.4 Set-Off
In
addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not
by
way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default each Lender is hereby authorized by each Credit Party at any time or
from time to time subject to the consent of Administrative Agent, without notice
to any Credit Party or to any other Person (other than Administrative Agent),
any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate
and
to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including Indebtedness
evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not
including trust accounts) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing
by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of such Credit Party against
and on account of the obligations and liabilities of such Credit Party to such
Lender hereunder, the Letters of Credit and participations therein and the
other
Credit Documents, including all claims of any nature or description arising
out
of or connected herewith, the Letters of Credit and participations therein
or
any other Credit Document, irrespective of whether or not (a) such Lender shall
have made any demand hereunder or (b) the principal of or the interest on the
Loans or any amounts in respect of the Letters of Credit or any other amounts
due hereunder shall have become due and payable pursuant to Section 2
and
although said obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent
or
unmatured. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Company and 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. Each Credit Party hereby further grants to Administrative
Agent
and each Lender a security interest in all deposits and accounts (other than
trust accounts) maintained with Administrative Agent or such Lender as security
for the Obligations.
10.5 Amendments
and Waivers
(a) Subject
to Section 10.5(b),
Section 10.5(c)
and
Section 10.5(d),
no
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any provision of the Credit
Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall
in
any event be effective without the written concurrence of Requisite
Lenders.
(b) No
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any provision of the Credit
Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall
extend the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or Note, or waive, reduce or
postpone any scheduled repayment set forth in Section 2.11,
or
extend the stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving
Loan Commitment Termination Date, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration
of any Commitment or reduce the rate of interest on any Loan (other than any
waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant
to
Section 2.9)
or any
commitment fees or letter of credit fees payable hereunder, or extend the time
for payment of any such interest or fees, or reduce the principal amount of
any
Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit, or
shall amend any provision of the Credit Documents providing for pro rata
treatment of Lenders in any such case without the written consent of each Lender
with Obligations affected thereby (it being understood that any change to the
definition of Leverage Ratio or in the component definitions thereof shall
not
constitute a reduction in any interest rate or any such fee).
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(c) No
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any provision of the Credit
Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall
(i)
amend,
modify, supplement or waive any provision of this Section 10.5,
(ii)
reduce
the percentage specified in the definition of “Requisite Lenders” or the
definition of “Pro Rata Share” (it being understood that, with the consent of
Requisite Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement
may be included in the determination of “Requisite Lenders” and “Pro Rata Share”
on substantially the same basis as the Term Loan amounts, the Term Loans, the
Revolving Loan Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Effective
Date), (iii)
release
all or substantially all of the Collateral or Holdings or all or substantially
all of the other Guarantors from the Guaranty except as expressly provided
in
the Credit Documents, or (iv)
consent
to the assignment or transfer by Company of any of its rights and obligations
hereunder, in each case without the written consent of each Lender.
(d) No
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of any provision of the Credit
Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall:
(i)
increase
the Commitments of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect for such
Lender without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that no
amendment, modification or waiver of any condition precedent, covenant, Default
or Event of Default, and no increase in the available portion of any Commitment
of any Lender or the rescission of any acceleration pursuant to Section 8.2,
shall
constitute an increase in the Commitment of any Lender); (ii)
amend,
modify, terminate or waive any provision hereof relating to the Swing Line
Loan
Commitment or the Swing Line Loans without the consent of Swing Line Lender;
(iii)
reduce
the percentage specified in the definition of “Requisite Class Lenders” with
respect to a particular Class without the consent of each Lender of the affected
Class, or otherwise amend the definition of “Requisite Class Lenders” without
the consent of Requisite Class Lenders of each Class (it being understood that,
with the consent of Requisite Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant
to this Agreement may be included in the determination of “Requisite Class
Lenders” on substantially the same basis as the Term Loan amounts, the Term
Loans, the Revolving Loan Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included
on
the Effective Date); (iv)
alter
the required application of any repayments or prepayments as between Classes
pursuant to Section 2.14
without
the consent of Requisite Class Lenders of each Class which is being allocated
a
lesser repayment or prepayment as a result thereof (although Requisite Lenders
may waive, in whole or in part, any mandatory prepayment so long as the
application, as between Classes, of any portion of such prepayment which is
still required to be made is not altered); (v)
amend,
modify, terminate or waive any obligation of Lenders relating to the purchase
of
participations in Letters of Credit as provided in Section 2.3(e)
without
the written consent of Administrative Agent and of Issuing Bank; or (vi)
amend,
modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 9
as the
same applies to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies
to
the rights or obligations of any Agent without the consent of such
Agent.
(e) Administrative
Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender,
execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender.
Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and
for
the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any
Credit Party in any case shall entitle any Credit Party to any other or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification,
termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 10.5
shall be
binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if
signed by a Credit Party, on such Credit Party.
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(f) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, this Agreement may be amended with
the written consent of the Administrative Agent, Company, the holders of not
less than 50.0% of the Revolving Credit Exposure and the Lenders providing
the
relevant Replacement Term Loans to permit the refinancing of all outstanding
Tranche D Term Loans or any Series of New Term Loans (the “Refinanced
Term Loan”)
with a
replacement term loan tranche hereunder (the “Replacement
Term Loans”),
provided
that (a)
the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed
the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loan, (b) the interest
rate for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the interest
rate
for such Refinanced Term Loan, (c) the weighted average life to maturity of
such
Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life
to
maturity of such Refinanced Term Loan at the time of such refinancing and (d)
all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially
identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term
Loans than those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loan, except to the extent
necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period
after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect immediately prior
to
such refinancing.
10.6 Successors
and Assigns; Participations
(a) This
Agreement shall be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns
and
shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and assigns
of Lenders. Neither any Credit Party’s rights or obligations hereunder nor any
interest therein may be assigned or delegated by any Credit Party without the
prior written consent of all Lenders.
(b) No
assignment or transfer of any Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each
case unless and until an Assignment Agreement effecting the assignment or
transfer thereof shall have been accepted by Administrative Agent and recorded
in the Register. Prior to such recordation, all amounts owed with respect to
the
applicable Commitment or Loan shall be owed to the Lender listed in the Register
as the owner thereof, and any request, authority or consent of any Person who,
at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is
listed in the Register as a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any
subsequent holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding Commitments
or
Loans.
(c) Each
Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign or transfer, in whole
or
in part, any Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or any other Obligation:
(i)
upon the
giving of notice to Administrative Agent, to another Lender, or to an Affiliate
of the assigning Lender (or if such assigning Lender is a fund that invests
in
commercial or bank loans, another such investment fund managed or advised by
the
same investment advisor or an Affiliate thereof) or another Lender; or
(ii)
in the
case of Term Loans (unless otherwise covered by clause (i) hereof), with the
consent of Company and Administrative Agent (which consent of Company and
Administrative Agent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to any
other
Eligible Assignee (treating any two or more investment funds that invest in
commercial loans and that are managed or advised by the same investment advisor
or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor as a single Eligible Assignee),
in
an aggregate amount of not less than $1,000,000 (or such lesser amount as shall
constitute the aggregate amount of the Tranche D Term Loan, New Term Loans
and
other Obligations of the assigning Lender); or (iii)
in each
other case, with the consent of Company and Administrative Agent (which consent
of Company and Administrative Agent shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed) to any other Eligible Assignee (treating any two or more investment
funds that invest in commercial loans and that are managed or advised by the
same investment advisor or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor as a
single Eligible Assignee), in an aggregate amount of not less than $5,000,000
(or such lesser amount as shall constitute the aggregate amount of the
Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit and participations therein, and other
Obligations of the assigning Lender); provided,
however,
that
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default with
respect to Sections 8.1(a),
8.1(f)
and
8.1(g),
the
consent of Company shall not be required under clauses (ii) and (iii) above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Swing Line Loan Commitment and the Swing
Line
Loans of Swing Line Lender may not be sold, assigned or transferred except
to
the extent contemplated by Section 9.7(b).
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(d) The
assigning Lender and the assignee thereof shall execute and deliver to
Administrative Agent an Assignment Agreement, together with a processing and
recordation fee of $2,000 (treating any two or more investment funds that invest
in commercial loans and that are managed or advised by the same investment
advisor or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor as a single Eligible
Assignee) and such forms, certificates or other evidence, if any, with respect
to United States federal income tax withholding matters as the assignee under
such Assignment Agreement may be required to deliver to Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 2.20(c)
and
Section 2.20(d);
provided,
that
notwithstanding the foregoing to the contrary, no processing fee shall be
required to be paid with respect to assignments made pursuant to clause (ii)
of
the definition of “Eligible Assignee”. Subject to Section 10.6(b),
upon
its receipt of a duly executed and completed Assignment Agreement, together
with
the processing and recordation fee referred to herein and any forms,
certificates or other evidence that such assignee may be required hereunder
to
deliver to Administrative Agent, Administrative Agent shall, if Administrative
Agent and Company have consented to the assignment evidenced thereby (in each
case to the extent such consent is required hereunder), (i)
accept
such Assignment Agreement by executing a counterpart thereof as provided therein
(which acceptance shall evidence any required consent of Administrative Agent
to
such assignment), (ii)
record
the information contained therein in the Register, and (iii)
give
prompt notice thereof to Company. Administrative Agent shall maintain a copy
of
each Assignment Agreement delivered to and accepted by it as provided in this
Section 10.6(d).
Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the case of an
assignment to an Affiliate of the assigning Lender, such assignment shall be
effective between such assigning Lender and its Affiliate immediately without
compliance with the conditions for assignment under Sections
10.6(b)
through
(d),
but
shall not be effective with respect to any Credit Party, Administrative Agent,
any other Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Swing Line Lender or any Lender, and
each
Credit Party, Administrative Agent, each other Agent, each Issuing Bank, each
Swing Line Lender and each Lender shall be entitled to deal solely and directly
with such assigning Lender under any such assignment, in each case, until the
conditions for assignment under Sections
10.6(b)
through
(d)
have
been
complied with.
(e) Each
Lender listed on the signature pages hereof hereby represents and warrants,
and
each Lender executing and delivering an Assignment Agreement shall be deemed
to
represent and warrant as of the effective date of such Assignment Agreement,
that (i)
it is an
Eligible Assignee; (ii)
it has
experience and expertise in the making or purchasing of loans such as the Loans;
and (iii)
it will
make or purchase, as the case may be, its Loans for its own account in the
ordinary course of its business and without a view to distribution of such
Loans
within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal
securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this
Section 10.6,
the
disposition of such Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain
within its exclusive control).
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(f) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Section 10.6,
as of
the effective date specified in such Assignment Agreement: (i)
the
assignee thereunder shall have the rights and obligations of a “Lender”
hereunder to the extent such rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned
to it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement and shall thereafter be a party
hereto and a “Lender” for all purposes hereof; (ii)
the
assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations
hereunder have been assigned thereby pursuant to such Assignment Agreement,
relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive the termination
hereof under Section 10.8)
and be
released from its obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an Assignment
Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights
and obligations hereunder, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto;
provided, anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary
notwithstanding, Issuing Bank shall continue to have all rights and obligations
as Issuing Bank with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it until the
cancellation or expiration of such Letters of Credit and the reimbursement
of
any amounts drawn thereunder); (iii)
the
Commitments shall be modified to reflect the Commitment of such assignee and
any
remaining Commitment of such assigning Lender; and (iv)
if any
such assignment occurs after the issuance of the Notes hereunder, the assigning
Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly
thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to Administrative
Agent for cancellation, and thereupon new Notes shall be issued to the assignee
and/or to the assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the
new
Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning
Lender.
(g) In
addition to the assignments and participations permitted under the provisions
of
this Section 10.6,
any
Lender may assign and pledge all or any portion of its Loans, the other
Obligations owed to such Lender, and its Notes to any Federal Reserve Bank
as
collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and any operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve
Bank, and any Lender which is an investment fund may pledge all or any portion
of its Notes or Loans to its trustee (unless such trustee is Highland Capital
Management, L.P. or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) in support of its
obligations to such trustee or to its indenture trustee in support of its
obligations to noteholders on whose behalf such indenture trustee is acting;
provided, (i)
no
Lender shall, as between Company and such Lender, be relieved of any of its
obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment and pledge and
(ii)
in no
event shall such Federal Reserve Bank or trustee be considered to be a “Lender”
or be entitled to require the assigning Lender to take or omit to take any
action hereunder.
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(h) Each
Lender shall have the right at any time to sell one or more participations
to
any Person (other than Highland Capital Management, L.P. or any of its
Affiliates or Subsidiaries) in, all or any part of its Commitments, Loans or
Letters of Credit or participations therein or any other interest herein or
in
any other Obligation. The holder of any participation, other than an Affiliate
of the Lender granting such participation, shall not be entitled to require
such
Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except action directly
affecting (i)
the
extension of the regularly scheduled maturity of any portion of the principal
amount of or interest on any Loan or fees allocated to such participation or
(ii)
a
reduction of the principal amount of or the rate of interest payable on any
Loan
or fees (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable
to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.9)
allocated to such participation (it being understood that any change to the
definition of Leverage Ratio or in the component definitions thereof shall
not
constitute a reduction in any interest rate), and all amounts payable by any
Credit Party hereunder (including amounts payable to such Lender pursuant to
Section 2.18(c),
Section 2.19
or
Section 2.20)
shall
be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation. Each Credit
Party and each Lender hereby acknowledge and agree that, solely for purposes
of
Sections 2.17
and
Section 10.4,
(1)
any
participation will give rise to a direct obligation of each Credit Party to
the
participant and (2)
the
participant shall be considered to be a “Lender”.
10.7 Independence
of Covenants
All
covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular
action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that
it
would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the
limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default
or
an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
10.8 Survival
of Representations, Warranties and Agreements
All
representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Credit Extension.
Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the
agreements of each Credit Party set forth in Sections 2.18(c),
2.19,
2.20,
10.2
and
10.3
and the
agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 9.3,
9.6
and
2.17
shall
survive the Termination Date.
10.9 No
Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
No
failure or delay on the part of Administrative Agent or any Lender in the
exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit
Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be
a
waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further
exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers
and remedies given to Beneficiaries hereby are cumulative and shall be in
addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by
virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Credit Documents
or
in any of the Hedge Agreements. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and
any
delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair
any
such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall
it
preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
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10.10 Marshalling;
Payments Set Aside
Neither
Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal
any
assets in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person or against or in payment
of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Credit Party makes
a
payment or payments to Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to Administrative
Agent for the benefit of Lenders), or Administrative Agent or Lenders enforce
any security interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such payment
or
payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof
are
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside
and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under
any
bankruptcy law, any other state or federal law, common law or any equitable
cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof
originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor
or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect
as
if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or setoff
had
not occurred, provided
that
with respect to calculating interest on any Obligation
that
is
so reinstated, interest shall accrue from the date that such Obligation
is
first
reinstated and not from the previous date of payment.
10.11 Severability
In
case
any provision herein or obligation hereunder or the Notes shall be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision
or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
10.12 Obligations
Several; Independent Nature of Lenders’ Rights
The
obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible
for the obligations or Commitments of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing
contained herein or in any other Credit Document, and no action taken by Lenders
pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders as a
partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. The
amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and
independent debt, and, subject to Section 9.8(b),
each
Lender shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out hereof
and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender to be joined as an additional
party in any proceeding for such purpose.
10.13 Headings
Section
headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall
not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive
effect.
10.14 APPLICABLE
LAW
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTION
5-1401).
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10.15 CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS
ALL
JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING
TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS
THEREUNDER, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT
JURISDICTION IN XXX XXXXX, XXXXXX XXX XXXX XX XXX XXXX. BY EXECUTING AND
DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY HERETO, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION
WITH
ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (a)
ACCEPTS
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH
COURTS; (b)
WAIVES
ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM
NON CONVENIENS;
(c)
AGREES
THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS UPON ANY CREDIT PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN
ANY
SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE UPON SUCH CREDIT PARTY BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL,
RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.1;
(d)
AGREES
THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (c) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL
JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT,
AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT;
(e)
AGREES
THAT LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED
BY
LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION; AND (f)
AGREES
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION RELATING TO JURISDICTION AND VENUE SHALL
BE
BINDING AND ENFORCEABLE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMISSIBLE UNDER NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTION 5-1402 OR OTHERWISE.
10.16 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
EACH
OF
THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL
OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT
OR
ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO
THE
SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/COMPANY RELATIONSHIP
THAT
IS BEING ESTABLISHED. The scope of this waiver is intended to be
all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court and
that
relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including contract claims,
tort claims, breach of duty claims and all other common law and statutory
claims. Each party hereto acknowledges that this waiver is a material inducement
to enter into a business relationship, that each has already relied on this
waiver in entering into this Agreement, and that each will continue to rely
on
this waiver in their related future dealings. Each party hereto further warrants
and represents that it has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel and
that
it knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following consultation
with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE
MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER
SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 10.16
AND
EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RESTATEMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS
TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS
OR
AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. In the event of litigation,
this Agreement may be filed as a written consent to a trial by the
court.
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10.17 Confidentiality
Each
Lender, Issuing Bank and Agent shall hold all non-public information obtained
pursuant to the terms hereof in accordance with such Lender’s customary
procedures for handling confidential information of such nature and in
accordance with prudent lending or investing practices, it being understood
and
agreed by Company that in any event a Lender may make disclosures to Affiliates
of such Lender and such Lender’s and Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees
and agents in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the
preservation, exercise or enforcement of the rights of the Agents and the
Lenders under this Agreement (it being understood that the Persons to whom
such
disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
information and instructed to keep such information confidential) or disclosures
reasonably required by any bona fide assignee, transferee or participant in
connection with the contemplated assignment or transfer by such Lender of any
Loans or any participations therein or by any direct or indirect contractual
counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) in swap agreements
(provided,
any
such potential assignee, transferee, participant or swap counterparties and
advisors are advised of and agree to be bound by the provisions of this
Section 10.17)
or
disclosures required or requested by any governmental agency or representative
thereof or by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or pursuant
to
legal process; provided,
unless
specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender shall
use
reasonable efforts to notify Company of any request by any governmental agency
or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with any
routine examination of such Lender by such governmental agency) for disclosure
of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information;
and
provided further,
in no
event shall any Lender be obligated or required to return any materials
furnished by Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to
the
contrary set forth herein (or in any Credit Document), each party (and each
of
their respective employees, representatives or other agents) may disclose to
any
and all persons, without limitations of any kind, the tax treatment and tax
structure of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents and all materials of any kind (including opinions and other
tax
analyses) that are provided to any such party relating to such tax treatment
and
tax structure. However, any information relating to the tax treatment or tax
structure shall remain subject to the confidentiality provisions hereof (and
the
foregoing sentence shall not apply) to the extent reasonably necessary to enable
the parties hereto, their respective Affiliates, and their and their respective
Affiliates’ directors officers, employees and agents to comply with applicable
securities laws. For this purpose, “tax structure” means any facts relevant to
understanding the federal income tax treatment of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the other Credit Documents but does not include
information relating to the identity of any of the parties hereto or any of
their respective Affiliates.
10.18 Counterparts;
Effectiveness
This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when
so
executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts
together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall
become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the
parties hereto and receipt by Company and Administrative Agent of written or
telephonic notification of such execution and authorization of delivery
thereof.
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10.19 Maximum
Amount
It
is the
intention of Company and the Lenders to conform strictly to the usury and
similar laws relating to interest from time to time in force, and all agreements
between the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries and the Lenders,
whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether oral or written, are
hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever, whether
by acceleration of maturity hereof or otherwise, shall the amount paid or agreed
to be paid in the aggregate to the Lenders as interest (whether or not
designated as interest, and including any amount otherwise designated but deemed
to constitute interest by a court of competent jurisdiction) hereunder or under
the other Credit Documents or in any other agreement given to secure the
indebtedness of Company to the Lenders, or in any other document evidencing,
securing or pertaining to the indebtedness evidenced hereby, exceed the maximum
amount permissible under applicable usury or such other laws (the “Maximum
Amount”).
If
under any circumstances whatsoever fulfillment of any provision hereof, or
any
of the other Credit Documents, at the time performance of such provision shall
be due, shall involve exceeding the Maximum Amount, then, ipso facto, the
obligation to be fulfilled shall be reduced to the Maximum Amount. For purposes
of calculating the actual amount of interest paid and/or payable hereunder
in
respect of laws pertaining to usury or such other laws, all sums paid or agreed
to be paid hereunder or under any other Credit Document for the use, forbearance
or detention of the indebtedness of Company evidenced hereby or by any other
Credit Document, outstanding from time to time shall, to the extent permitted
by
applicable law, be amortized, pro-rated, allocated and spread from the date
of
disbursement of the proceeds of the Loans until payment in full of all of such
indebtedness, so that the actual rate of interest on account of such
indebtedness is uniform through the term hereof. The terms and provisions of
this subsection shall control and supersede every other provision of all
agreements between Holdings, Company, or any of their respective Subsidiaries
or
any endorser of the Notes and the Lenders.
10.20 Reaffirmation
and Grant of Security Interest
(a) Each
Credit Party has (i)
guarantied the Obligations and (ii) created Liens in favor of Lenders on certain
Collateral to secure its obligations under Section 7 of the Existing Credit
Agreement. Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges
that
it has reviewed the terms and provisions of this Agreement and consents to
the
amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement effected pursuant
to
this Agreement. Each Credit Party hereby (i) confirms that each Credit Document
to which it is a party or is otherwise bound and all Collateral encumbered
thereby will continue to guarantee or secure, as the case may be, to the fullest
extent possible in accordance with the Credit Documents, the payment and
performance of all Guaranteed Obligations under this Agreement and the Secured
Obligations (as such term is defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement)
under
the Pledge and Security Agreement, as the case may be, including without
limitation the payment and performance of all such Guaranteed Obligations under
this Agreement and the Secured Obligations under the Pledge and Security
Agreement which are joint and several obligations of each grantor now or
hereafter existing, and (ii) grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of
the Secured Parties a continuing Lien on and security interest in and to such
Credit Party’s right, title and interest in, to and under all Collateral as
collateral security for the prompt payment and performance in full when due
of
the Guaranteed Obligations under this Agreement and the Secured Obligations
under the Pledge and Security Agreement (whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise).
(b) Each
Credit Party acknowledges and agrees that any of the Credit Documents to which
it is a party or otherwise bound shall continue in full force and effect and
that all of its obligations thereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall
not be impaired or limited by the execution or effectiveness of the amendment
and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement. Each Credit Party represents
and warrants that all representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Documents to which it is a party or otherwise bound are true, correct and
complete in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date to the same
extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which
case they were true, correct and complete in all material respects on and as
of
such earlier date.
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10.21 Amendment
and Restatement
It
is the
intention of each of the parties hereto that the Existing Credit Agreement
be
amended and restated so as to preserve the perfection and priority of all
security interests securing indebtedness and obligations under the Existing
Credit Agreement and that all Indebtedness and Obligations of Company and its
Subsidiaries hereunder and thereunder shall be secured by the Collateral
Documents and that this Agreement does not constitute a novation of the
obligations and liabilities existing under the Existing Credit Agreement. In
addition, unless specifically amended hereby, each of the Credit Documents,
the
Exhibits and Schedules to the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect and that, from and after the Effective Date, all references
to
the “Credit Agreement” contained therein shall be deemed to refer to this
Agreement.
10.22 Patriot
Act
Each
Lender
and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby
notifies Company that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required
to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies Company, which information
includes the name and address of Company and other information that will allow
such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify Company in
accordance with the Act.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered
by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written
above.
XXXXXXX
BEDDING COMPANY,
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
Notice
Address:
Xxxxxxx
Bedding Company
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
With
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxx Partners, LP
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
And:
Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
S-1
THL-SC
BEDDING COMPANY,
By: /s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
Notice
Address:
c/x
Xxxxxxx Company
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
With
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxx Partners, LP
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
And:
Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
S-2
THE
SIMMONS MANUFACTURING CO., LLC
WORLD
OF SLEEP OUTLETS, LLC
SIMMONS
CONTRACT SALES, LLC
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
Notice
Address:
c/x
Xxxxxxx Company
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
With
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxx Partners, LP
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
And:
Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
S-3
WINDSOR
BEDDING CO., LLC
SC
HOLDINGS, INC.
SLEEP
COUNTRY USA, INC.
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Executive Vice President
Notice
Address:
c/x
Xxxxxxx Company
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
With
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxx Partners, LP
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
And:
Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
S-4
DREAMWELL,
LTD.
XXXXXXX
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
By:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title:
Secretary and Controller
Notice
Address:
c/x
Xxxxxxx Company
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Chief Financial Officer
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
With
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
X.
Xxx Partners, LP
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
And:
Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attention:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
S-5
XXXXXXX
XXXXX CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
individually,
as Sole Bookrunner, Lead Arranger, Syndication Agent and as Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Authorized
Signatory
Notice
Address:
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Credit Partners L.P.
c/o
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
00
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telecopy:
(000) 000-0000
S-6
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X-0
XXXXXXXX
XXXX XX, XXX XXXX BRANCH,
as
Administrative Agent
By:
/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Title:
Director
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Notice
Address:
00
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 0xx xx.
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 10005
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telecopy:
(000) 000-0000
DEUTSCHE
BANK A.G., CAYMAN ISLANDS
BRANCH,
individually
as a Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxx Xxx Xxxxx
Name: Xxxx
Xxx
Xxxxx
Title: Managing Director
By: /s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Managing Director
Notice
Address:
00
Xxxx
Xxxxxx, 0xx xx.
Xxx
Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 10005
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Telecopy:
(000) 000-0000
S-8
GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as
Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Title:
Duly
Authorized Signatory
Notice
Address:
000
Xxxxxxx 0
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
S-9
CIT
LENDING SERVICES CORPORATION,
as
Co-Documentation Agent and a Lender
By:
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
Notice
Address:
CIT/Global
Sponsor Finance
0
XXX
Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Director
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
with
a
copy to:
CIT/Global
Sponsor Finance Legal Dept.
000
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Vice
President
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile:
(000) 000-0000
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