CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of November 4, 2005 among LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION, as the Borrower, TELEVICENTRO OF PUERTO RICO, LLC, as the Permitted Borrower, The Lenders Party Hereto, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, as an Issuing...
Exhibit 99.1
dated as of November 4, 2005
among
LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION,
as the Borrower,
as the Borrower,
TELEVICENTRO OF PUERTO RICO, LLC,
as the Permitted Borrower,
as the Permitted Borrower,
The Lenders Party Hereto,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
as an Issuing Lender
and as Swingline Lender
as Administrative Agent,
as an Issuing Lender
and as Swingline Lender
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC.
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Syndication Agent and as an Issuing Lender,
as Syndication Agent and as an Issuing Lender,
and
XXXXXXX SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P.,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agents
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Documentation Agents
and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
and
SUNTRUST BANK,
and
SUNTRUST BANK,
as Co-Documentation Agents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. |
DEFINITIONS | 1 | ||||
1.1 |
Defined Terms | 1 | ||||
1.2 |
Other Definitional Provisions | 28 | ||||
SECTION 2. |
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS | 28 | ||||
2.1 |
Term Commitments | 28 | ||||
2.2 |
Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing | 29 | ||||
2.3 |
Repayment of Term Loans | 30 | ||||
2.4 |
Revolving Credit Commitments; Incremental Revolving Loans | 31 | ||||
2.5 |
Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing | 34 | ||||
2.6 |
Commitment Fees, etc. | 35 | ||||
2.7 |
Termination or Reduction of Commitments | 35 | ||||
2.8 |
Optional Prepayments | 36 | ||||
2.9 |
Mandatory Prepayments | 36 | ||||
2.10 |
Conversion and Continuation Options | 37 | ||||
2.11 |
Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches | 38 | ||||
2.12 |
Interest Rates and Payment Dates | 38 | ||||
2.13 |
Computation of Interest and Fees | 39 | ||||
2.14 |
Inability to Determine Interest Rate | 39 | ||||
2.15 |
Pro Rata Treatment and Payments | 40 | ||||
2.16 |
Requirements of Law | 42 | ||||
2.17 |
Taxes | 44 | ||||
2.18 |
Indemnity | 45 | ||||
2.19 |
Change of Lending Office | 46 | ||||
2.20 |
Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances | 46 | ||||
2.21 |
Notice of Certain Costs | 47 | ||||
SECTION 3. |
LETTERS OF CREDIT | 47 | ||||
3.1 |
L/C Commitment | 47 | ||||
3.2 |
Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit | 48 | ||||
3.3 |
Commissions, Fees and Other Charges | 48 | ||||
3.4 |
L/C Participations | 48 | ||||
3.5 |
Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower | 49 | ||||
3.6 |
Obligations Absolute | 50 | ||||
3.7 |
Letter of Credit Payments | 50 | ||||
3.8 |
Applications | 50 | ||||
SECTION 4. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 50 | ||||
4.1 |
Financial Condition | 51 | ||||
4.2 |
No Change | 51 | ||||
4.3 |
Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law | 51 | ||||
4.4 |
Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations | 51 | ||||
4.5 |
No Legal Bar | 52 | ||||
4.6 |
No Material Litigation | 52 | ||||
4.7 |
Ownership of Property; Liens | 52 | ||||
4.8 |
Intellectual Property | 52 |
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4.9 |
Taxes | 53 | ||||
4.10 |
Federal Regulations | 53 | ||||
4.11 |
ERISA | 53 | ||||
4.12 |
Investment Company Act | 53 | ||||
4.13 |
Subsidiaries | 53 | ||||
4.14 |
Use of Proceeds | 53 | ||||
4.15 |
Environmental Matters | 54 | ||||
4.16 |
Accuracy of Information, etc. | 54 | ||||
4.17 |
Security Documents | 54 | ||||
4.18 |
Senior Indebtedness | 55 | ||||
SECTION 5. |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 55 | ||||
5.1 |
Conditions to Effectiveness | 55 | ||||
5.2 |
Conditions to Making of Delayed-Draw Term Loans on each Delayed-Draw Effective Date | 56 | ||||
5.3 |
Conditions to Each Extension of Credit | 57 | ||||
SECTION 6. |
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 57 | ||||
6.1 |
Financial Statements | 58 | ||||
6.2 |
Certificates; Other Information | 58 | ||||
6.3 |
Payment of Obligations | 59 | ||||
6.4 |
Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc. | 59 | ||||
6.5 |
Maintenance of Property; Insurance | 60 | ||||
6.6 |
Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions | 60 | ||||
6.7 |
Notices | 60 | ||||
6.8 |
Environmental Laws | 60 | ||||
6.9 |
Additional Collateral, etc. | 61 | ||||
6.10 |
After-Acquired Stations | 62 | ||||
SECTION 7. |
NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 62 | ||||
7.1 |
Financial Condition Covenants | 62 | ||||
7.2 |
Limitation on Indebtedness | 63 | ||||
7.3 |
Limitation on Liens | 65 | ||||
7.4 |
Limitation on Fundamental Changes | 66 | ||||
7.5 |
Limitation on Sale of Assets | 67 | ||||
7.6 |
Limitation on Dividends | 68 | ||||
7.7 |
Limitation on Capital Expenditures | 69 | ||||
7.8 |
Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances | 69 | ||||
7.9 |
Limitation on Optional Payments | 71 | ||||
7.10 |
Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates | 71 | ||||
7.11 |
Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks | 72 | ||||
7.12 |
Limitations on Change in Holding Company Status | 72 | ||||
SECTION 8. |
EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 72 | ||||
SECTION 9. |
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT | 75 | ||||
9.1 |
Appointment | 75 | ||||
9.2 |
Delegation of Duties | 76 | ||||
9.3 |
Exculpatory Provisions | 76 |
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9.4 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent | 76 | ||||
9.5 |
Notice of Default | 77 | ||||
9.6 |
Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Lenders | 77 | ||||
9.7 |
Indemnification | 77 | ||||
9.8 |
Agent in Its Individual Capacity | 78 | ||||
9.9 |
Successor Administrative Agent | 78 | ||||
9.10 |
Documentation Agents, Co-Documentation Agents and Syndications Agent | 78 | ||||
SECTION 10. |
MISCELLANEOUS | 78 | ||||
10.1 |
Amendments and Waivers | 78 | ||||
10.2 |
Notices | 79 | ||||
10.3 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies | 80 | ||||
10.4 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties | 80 | ||||
10.5 |
Payment of Expenses and Taxes | 80 | ||||
10.6 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments | 81 | ||||
10.7 |
Adjustments; Set-off | 85 | ||||
10.8 |
Counterparts | 85 | ||||
10.9 |
Severability | 85 | ||||
10.10 |
Integration | 85 | ||||
10.11 |
GOVERNING LAW | 86 | ||||
10.12 |
Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers | 86 | ||||
10.13 |
Acknowledgments | 86 | ||||
10.14 |
WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL | 87 | ||||
10.15 |
Confidentiality | 87 | ||||
10.16 |
FCC Compliance | 87 | ||||
10.17 |
Filing of Mortgages | 87 | ||||
10.18 |
USA Patriot Act | 88 | ||||
SECTION 11. |
CROSS-GUARANTEE | 88 | ||||
11.1 |
Guarantee | 88 | ||||
11.2 |
No Subrogation | 88 | ||||
11.3 |
Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations | 89 | ||||
11.4 |
Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional | 89 | ||||
11.5 |
Reinstatement | 90 | ||||
11.6 |
Payments | 90 |
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SCHEDULES: |
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1.1A
|
Loans and Commitments | |
1.1B
|
Mortgaged Properties | |
1.1D
|
Stations and Licensed Subsidiaries | |
4.6
|
Litigation | |
4.13
|
Subsidiaries | |
4.15
|
Environmental Matters | |
7.2(e)
|
Existing Indebtedness | |
7.3(f)
|
Existing Liens | |
7.8(f)
|
Existing Investments | |
EXHIBITS: |
||
A
|
Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement | |
B
|
Form of Compliance Certificate | |
C
|
Form of Closing Certificate | |
E
|
Form of Assignment and Acceptance | |
F
|
Form of Legal Opinion of Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx | |
G-1
|
Form of Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice | |
G-2
|
Form of Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice | |
H
|
Form of Swingline Loan Participation Certificate | |
I-1
|
Form of Revolving Credit Note | |
I-2
|
Form of Term Note | |
I-3
|
Form of Swingline Note | |
J
|
Form of Borrowing Notice | |
K
|
Form of Joinder or Increase Agreement | |
L
|
Form of Stock Pledge Agreement | |
M
|
Form of Permitted Acquisition Closing Certificate |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of November 4, 2005, among LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), TELEVICENTRO OF PUERTO RICO, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the “Permitted Borrower”), the several banks and other financial
institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “Lenders”),
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”), as an Issuing Lender (as defined below) and as swingline lender (in such capacity, the
“Swingline Lender”), DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as syndication agent (in such
capacity, the “Syndication Agent”) and as an Issuing Lender, XXXXXXX XXXXX CREDIT PARTNERS,
L.P., BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as documentation agents (in
such capacity, the “Documentation Agents”) and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA and SUNTRUST BANK,
as co-documentation agent (in such capacity, the “Co-Documentation Agents”), and X.X.
XXXXXX SECURITIES INC. and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as joint lead arrangers and joint
bookrunners (in such capacities, the “Joint Lead Arrangers”).
The parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“ABR”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next 1/100 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b)
the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. For purposes hereof,
“Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time
to time by JPMorgan Chase as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York
City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by
JPMorgan Chase in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); and “Federal Funds
Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight
federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal
funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the
average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative
Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. Any change in
the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be
effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime
Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
“ABR Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the
ABR.
“Adjustment Date”: as defined in the Pricing Grid.
“Adjusted Net Cash Proceeds”: with respect to any Asset Sale or Recovery
Event, the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from such
Asset Sale or Recovery Event, multiplied by: (a) 100%, if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as
of the last day of the immediately preceding four-fiscal-quarter period for
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which financial statements are available is greater than or equal to 5.25x, and (b) 50%, if the Consolidated
Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the immediately preceding four-fiscal-quarter period
for which financial statements are available is less than 5.25x and greater than or equal to
4.50x. If the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the immediately preceding
four-fiscal-quarter period for which financial statements are available is less than 4.50x,
the Adjusted Net Cash Proceeds shall be zero.
“Administrative Agent”: JPMorgan Chase, together with its affiliates, as the
arranger of the Commitments and as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its successors.
“Affected Eurodollar Loans”: as defined in subsection 2.9(d).
“Affiliate”: as to any Person, any other Person (other than a Subsidiary)
which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the
power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 51% or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar
functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement”: this Credit Agreement, as further amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“Applicable Margin”: (a) for all Loans, other than Incremental Term Loans and
Incremental Revolving Loans, the Applicable Margin as determined pursuant to the Pricing
Grid and (b) with respect to Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Loans, the rate
per annum agreed to, or the rate per annum determined pursuant to a pricing grid agreed to,
by the Borrower or Permitted Borrower, as applicable, and the applicable Incremental Lenders
in the applicable Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice or the Incremental Revolving Loan
Activation Notice, as the case may be.
“Application”: an application, in such form reasonably acceptable to the
Borrower and the Issuing Lender, requesting the Issuing Lender to open a Letter of Credit.
“Approved Fund”: as defined in subsection 10.6(b).
“Asset Sale”: any Sale (excluding any sale and leaseback of assets permitted
under subsection 7.11 but including a Sale in connection with an Asset Swap Transaction
(other than Asset Swap Transactions described in clause (iii) below)) by the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries of any property of the Borrower or any such Subsidiary (including
property subject to any Lien under any Security Document), other than (i) a Sale pursuant to
subsections 7.5(a) or 7.5(d) through (h); (ii) a Sale pursuant to subsection 7.5(b),
provided that, except with respect to the loss or condemnation of all or substantially all
of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the Adjusted Net Cash Proceeds from such
Sale, if any, are used to replace or rebuild the lost or condemned assets within the time
period specified in subsection 2.9(a); and (iii) a Sale pursuant to subsection 7.5(c), (i)
or (j) in respect of which the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries are $5,000,000 or less.
“Asset Swap Transaction”: a substantially concurrent purchase and sale, or
exchange, of a Broadcasting Asset of the Borrower or all the Capital Stock of, or other
equity
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interests in, a Subsidiary owning a Broadcasting Asset, for a Broadcast Station or
Broadcast Enterprise of another Person or group of affiliated Persons, or at least a
majority of the Capital Stock of, or other equity interests in, a Person or group of
affiliated Persons owning a Broadcast Station or Broadcast Enterprise, provided that
(a) the Borrower shall receive, in exchange for such Broadcasting Asset, or Capital Stock
of, or other equity interests in, such Subsidiary owning a Broadcasting Asset, a Broadcast
Station or Broadcast Enterprise, or Capital Stock of, or other equity interests in, a Person
or group of affiliated Persons owning a Broadcast Station or Broadcast Enterprise, (b) no
Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing or will result therefrom
(including, without limitation, pursuant to subsection 7.1), (c) (i) the Consolidated EBITDA
of the Broadcasting Asset being sold or exchanged plus the Consolidated EBITDA of all
Broadcasting Assets that were sold pursuant to subsection 7.5(i) or exchanged pursuant to
subsection 7.5(j) in such fiscal quarter and in the immediately preceding
four-fiscal-quarter period (in each case calculated for the four fiscal quarters immediately
preceding the sale or exchange) shall not exceed 25% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the
Borrower for such immediately preceding four-fiscal-quarter period and (ii) the Consolidated
EBITDA of the Broadcasting Asset being sold or exchanged plus the Consolidated EBITDA of all
Broadcasting Assets that were sold pursuant to subsection 7.5(i) or exchanged pursuant to
subsection 7.5(j) since the Effective Date (in each case calculated for the four fiscal
quarters immediately preceding the sale or exchange) shall not exceed 50% of the
Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower in the aggregate, and (d) the Borrower takes such
actions as may be required or reasonably requested to ensure that the Administrative Agent,
for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, has a perfected first priority security interest, to
the extent contemplated by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in any assets required to
be secured pursuant to subsection 6.9 or any other Loan Document, subject to Liens permitted
by subsection 7.3, and provided further that in the case of any exchange involving the
acquisition of a Broadcasting Asset with a value in excess of $75,000,000 (i) the Borrower
provides the Administrative Agent with appropriate supporting documentation if reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, a certificate of a
Senior Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit M, copies of any exchange
agreement in connection with such transaction, copies of opinions of counsel, including FCC
counsel, delivered in connection therewith and copies of an FCC consent on Form 732 (or any
comparable form issued by the FCC) relating to the transfer of control or assignment of the
Station Licenses of the acquired Broadcast Station to the Borrower or its Subsidiary and
(ii) on a pro forma basis (including any recurring improvements related to
the acquired asset or the assets of the Person acquired) for the most recently completed
four-fiscal quarter period for which financial statements are available on the date of such
acquisition, no Default or Event of Default pursuant to subsection 7.1 will have occurred
and be continuing, provided that for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA
pursuant to this clause (ii), the Consolidated EBITDA of such Broadcast Stations or
Broadcast Enterprises being acquired for such four-fiscal quarter period shall be equal to
the Consolidated EBITDA of such Broadcast Stations or Broadcast Enterprises for the 12-month
period immediately preceding such acquisition, and the Borrower provides the Administrative
Agent with appropriate supporting documentation if reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent.
“Assignee”: as defined in subsection 10.6(b).
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“Available Revolving Credit Commitment”: as to any Lender at any time, an
amount equal to (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment minus (b) such
Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit.
“Benefited Lender”: as defined in subsection 10.7(a).
“Board”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States (or any successor).
“Borrower”: as defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Borrower Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation
of such Lender, if any, to make a Delayed-Draw Term Loan to the Borrower hereunder in a
principal amount equal to the amount set forth under the heading “Borrower Delayed-Draw Term
Loan Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A attached hereto. The
aggregate amount of the Borrower Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments on the Effective Date is
$125,000,000.
“Borrowing Date”: any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on
which the Borrower requests the Lenders or Swingline Lender to make Loans or Swingline Loans
hereunder.
“Broadcast Cash Flow”: for any period, the sum of Consolidated EBITDA plus
amounts expensed during such period for corporate expenses (including corporate expenses of
LIN TV).
“Broadcast Enterprise”: assets used and useful for the operation of
broadcasting or entertainment businesses, or any businesses reasonably related thereto.
“Broadcast Station”: all or substantially all the assets used and useful for
operating a full service commercial television broadcast station pursuant to a Station
License, including without limitation the rights to use such Station License.
“Broadcasting Assets”: collectively, any Stations and any Non-Station Assets
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close,
provided that when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business
Day” shall also exclude any day on which commercial banks are not open for dealing in Dollar
deposits in the London interbank market.
“Capital Expenditures”: for any period, with respect to any Person, the
aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as a liability) by such
Person and its Subsidiaries for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of
fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized
repairs and improvements during such period). The following items will be excluded from the
definition of “Capital Expenditures”: (a) expenditures to the extent funded by insurance
proceeds, condemnation awards or payments pursuant to a deed in lieu thereof, (b)
expenditures to the extent made through barter transactions and (c) assets acquired pursuant
to (i) Permitted
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Acquisitions, (ii) Asset Swap Transactions and (iii) a reinvestment of
proceeds received in a sale permitted under subsection 7.5(a), (b) or (c) that does not
constitute an Asset Sale.
“Capital Lease Obligations”: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person
to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to
use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to
be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under
GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time
shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Stock”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other
equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent
ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights
or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
“Cash Equivalents”: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or
unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing on or within one
year from the date of acquisition; (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, Eurodollar
time deposits, bankers’ acceptances and repurchase agreements, or overnight bank deposits
having maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Lender or
by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof
having combined capital and surplus (or whose obligations are guaranteed by an affiliated
commercial bank which has capital and surplus) of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial
paper of an issuer rated at least A-2 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or P-2 by
Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized
rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of
commercial paper issuers generally; (d) money market accounts or funds with or issued by
Qualified Issuers; and (e) repurchase agreements with a term of not more than one year for
underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with any bank
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b) above.
“Change of Control”: the earliest to occur of (a) a majority of directors of
LIN TV consisting of directors who are not, as of the date of determination, Continuing
Directors, (b) any “Person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) excluding the holders of record and
“beneficial owners” (as defined in Rules 13(d) 3 and 13(d) 5 under such Act) of outstanding
shares of Class B and Class C common stock of LIN TV on the Effective Date (including Xxxxx
Muse and their Affiliates and Subsidiaries and their respective general or limited
partners), becoming beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then
outstanding voting stock of LIN TV and (c) a Change of Control as defined in any document
pertaining to any Senior Subordinated Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding principal
amount in excess of $100,000,0000 or any Senior Unsecured Indebtedness in an aggregate
outstanding principal amount in excess of $100,000,000; provided that the conversion
by Xxxxx Muse (or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries or any of their respective general
or limited partners) of Class B Common Stock of LIN TV into Class A Common Stock, Class C
Common Stock or any other voting common stock of LIN TV pursuant to the terms of the Class B
Common Stock and any conversion of the Class C Common Stock in connection therewith shall
not constitute a Change of Control.
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“Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“Co-Documentation Agents”: as defined in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Commitment”: as to any Lender, the sum of the Delayed-Draw Term Loan
Commitment and the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender.
“Commitment Fee Rate”: (a) for the Revolving Credit Facility and the
Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility, as the case may be, as determined pursuant to the Pricing
Grid and (b) with respect to any Incremental Revolving Loan Amount, the rate per annum
agreed to, or the rate per annum determined pursuant to a pricing grid agreed to, by the
Borrower or Permitted Borrower, as applicable, and the applicable Incremental Lenders in the
applicable Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice.
“Commonly Controlled Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, which is
under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is
part of a group which includes the Borrower and which is treated as a single employer under
Section 414 of the Code.
“Compliance Certificate”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer
substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“Consolidated Cash Interest Expense”: for any period, Consolidated Interest
Expense (including, without limitation, that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations but
excluding capitalized financing fees), net of cash interest income of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, for such period (a) minus, in each case to the extent included in
determining such Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, the sum of the following:
(i) non-cash expenses for interest payable in kind and (ii) amortization of debt discount
and fees and (b) plus the sum of cash payments made by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries during such period in respect of the items referred to in clause (a)(i) of this
definition to the extent previously subtracted pursuant to clause (a) of this definition
(including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed
with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under
Interest Rate Protection Agreements to the extent such net costs are allocable to such
period in accordance with GAAP).
“Consolidated EBITDA”: for any period:
(a) Net Income for such period; plus
(b) without duplication, the sum of the following items (to the extent deducted in the
computation of such Net Income for such period):
(i) depreciation expense;
(ii) amortization expense (including amortization in respect of Film
Obligations and other amortized film expense) and amortization of intangibles
(including goodwill, organizational costs and impairments);
(iii) Consolidated Interest Expense;
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(iv) income and franchise tax expense;
(v) any extraordinary and unusual losses (net of income taxes);
(vi) to the extent identified and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, any cost savings realized in connection with any acquired Broadcasting
Assets;
(vii) for any pro forma period for an acquisition, any
recurring improvements to Consolidated EBITDA as a result of any acquired
Broadcasting Assets;
(viii) other non-cash charges (excluding barter expenses and trade expenses);
and
(ix) for all purposes of this Agreement other than the computation of the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the purpose of determining the Applicable Margin and
the Commitment Fee Rate, non-recurring charges for severance payments related to
corporate restructuring and similar activities not exceeding, in the aggregate,
$10,000,000 during the term of this Agreement; and
less (c) without duplication, the sum of the following items for such
period:
(i) all cash payments originally scheduled to be made during such period in
respect of Film Obligations;
(ii) any extraordinary and unusual gains (net of income taxes), to the extent
included in the computation of Net Income for such period;
(iii) non-cash gains included in Net Income for such period (excluding barter
and trade revenues); and
(iv) cash dividends or other distributions made by the Borrower to LIN TV for
its reasonable corporate overhead expenses.
Consolidated EBITDA for any period will be adjusted to (A) exclude the Consolidated EBITDA
attributable to any asset or business that was disposed of (either directly or as part of an
exchange) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date of determination (as
if such asset or business had not been owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
prior to the date of determination) and (B) include the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to
any asset or business that was acquired (either directly or as part of an exchange) by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (including, to the extent identified and reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, pro forma cost savings in
connection therewith) prior to the date of determination (as if such asset or business had
been owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date of determination).
“Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio”: for any period, the ratio of (a)
Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such
period.
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“Consolidated Interest Expense”: for any period, the amount of interest
expense, both expensed and capitalized, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period
on the aggregate principal amount of their Indebtedness determined on a consolidated basis
in accordance with GAAP, after giving effect to any interest rate protection agreements with
respect to such Indebtedness but excluding non-cash deferred financing costs (other than for
purposes of the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”). Consolidated Interest
Expense for any period will be adjusted to (A) exclude the Consolidated Interest Expense
attributable to any Indebtedness repaid or assumed by a third party in connection with the
Sale of any asset or business that was disposed of (either directly or as part of an
exchange) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the date of determination (as
if such Indebtedness had not been outstanding prior to the date of determination) and (B)
include the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Indebtedness incurred or
assumed in connection with the acquisition of any asset or business that was acquired
(either directly or as part of an exchange) by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries prior
to the date of determination (as if such Indebtedness had been outstanding prior to the date
of determination).
“Consolidated Leverage Ratio”: as of the last day of any period of four fiscal
quarters, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA
for such period.
“Consolidated Senior Debt”: at any date, Consolidated Total Debt at such date
less the aggregate principal amount at such date of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries that is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, including all
Subordinated Indebtedness, including, without limitation, any subordinated Indebtedness
assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or an Asset Swap Transaction.
“Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio”: as of the last day of any period of four
fiscal quarters, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated
EBITDA for such period.
“Consolidated Total Debt”: at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all
Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, net of cash and Cash Equivalents
on the balance sheet not to exceed $35,000,000.
“Continuing Directors”: (i) any member of the board of directors of LIN TV who
was a member of such board of directors on the Effective Date, (ii) any member of the board
of directors of LIN TV who was nominated for election or elected to such board of directors
with the approval of a majority of the members of such board of directors referred to in
clause (i), and (iii) any member of the board of directors nominated for election or elected
to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the members of such board of
directors referred to in clause (i) and (ii).
“Contractual Obligation”: as to any Person, any provision of any security
issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking (including,
without limitation, any undertaking made to the FCC) to which such Person is a party or by
which it or any of its property is bound.
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“Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, unless cured or waived,
has been satisfied.
“Delayed-Draw Commitment Period”: the period from and including the Effective
Date to and including the Final Delayed-Draw Availability Date, or if such date is not a
Business Day, the Business Day next preceding such date.
“Delayed-Draw Effective Date”: the date on which the conditions precedent to
the making of the Delayed-Draw Term Loans for the financing of (a) the portion of the Emmis
Acquisition being consummated on such date and/or (b) the Revolving Credit Loans being
prepaid (including any amounts owing pursuant to subsection 2.18) in accordance with
subsection 2.8, in each case, as set forth in subsection 5.2, are satisfied. Each reference
herein to “Delayed-Draw Effective Date” shall be deemed to be a reference to the relevant
Delayed-Draw Term Loans with respect to the relevant portion of the Emmis Acquisition being
funded and/or the Revolving Credit Loans being prepaid, as applicable.
“Delayed-Draw Maturity Date”: November ___, 2011.
“Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments”: the sum of (i) the Borrower Delayed-Draw
Term Loan Commitments and (ii) the Permitted Borrower Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments.
The aggregate amount of the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments is $275,000,000.
“Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility”: as defined in the definition of the term
“Facility”.
“Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lender”: each Lender which has a Delayed-Draw Term
Loan Commitment or which has made, or acquired pursuant to an assignment made in accordance
with subsection 10.6(b), a Delayed-Draw Term Loan.
“Delayed-Draw Term Loan Percentage”: as to any Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lender
at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitment then
constitutes of the aggregate Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments (or, at any time after the
earlier of (x) the date as of which the Delayed-Draw Term Loans have been fully borrowed,
(y) the Final Delayed-Draw Availability Date and (z) the date as of which the Delayed-Draw
Term Loan Commitments have been terminated, the percentage which the principal amount of
such Lender’s Delayed-Draw Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate
principal amount of the Delayed-Draw Term Loans then outstanding).
“Delayed-Draw Term Loans”: as defined in subsection 2.1(a).
“Documentation Agents”: as defined in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Dollars” and “$”: lawful currency of the United States of America.
“Effective Date”: November ___, 2005.
“Emmis Acquisition”: the acquisition from the Seller of all right, title and
interest of Seller in and to certain assets and properties of Seller, real and personal,
tangible and intangible, that are used or held for use in the operation of certain
television broadcast
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stations, pursuant to, and as more fully described in, that certain
Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2005 between the Seller and the Borrower.
For purposes hereof, “Seller” shall mean Emmis Television License, LLC and Emmis
Indiana Broadcasting, L.P.
“Environmental Laws”: any and all applicable foreign, Federal, state, local or
municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, legally
binding requirements of any Governmental Authority or other Requirements of Law (including
common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning
protection of the environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.
“Environmental Liability”: any liability, contingent or otherwise (including
any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or
indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or
based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Materials of Environmental Concern,
(c) exposure to any Materials of Environmental Concern, (d) the release or threatened
release of any Materials of Environmental Concern into the environment or (e) any contract,
agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed
with respect to any of the foregoing.
“ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time.
“Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements”: for any day as applied to a Eurodollar
Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of
reserve requirements in effect on such day (including, without limitation, basic,
supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve
requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency
Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal
Reserve System.
“Eurodollar Base Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for
deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day
of such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen as of 11:00 A.M.,
London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event
that such rate does not appear on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on such
screen), the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other
comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be selected by
the Administrative Agent, or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate
at which the Administrative Agent is offered Dollar deposits of $5,000,000 at or about 11:00
A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the
interbank eurodollar market where its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange
operations are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period
for the number of days comprised therein.
“Eurodollar Loans”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based
upon the Eurodollar Rate.
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“Eurodollar Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period
pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with
the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):
Eurodollar Base Rate | ||||
1.00 — Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements | ||||
“Eurodollar Tranche”: the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans under the
same Facility the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the
same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have
been made on the same day).
“Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8, provided
that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
“Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Debentures”: the Borrower’s 2.50%
Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Debentures due 2033.
“Existing Credit Agreement”: the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2005
among the Borrower, the Permitted Borrower, the several banks and other financial
institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto, JPMorgan Chase, as
administrative agent, as issuing lender, and as swingline lender, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as syndication agent, and as an Issuing Lender, Bank of America, N.A., The
Bank of Nova Scotia and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as documentation agents,
Suntrust Bank, as co-documentation agent and X.X. Xxxxxx Securities Inc. and Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.
“Facility”: each of (a) the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments and the
Delayed-Draw Term Loans made thereunder (the “Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility”), (b)
the Incremental Term Loan Amounts and the Incremental Term Loans related thereto as provided
in any Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice (an “Incremental Term Loan
Facility”), (c) the Swingline Loan Commitment and the Swingline Loans made thereunder,
(d) the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit
made thereunder (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) and (e) the Incremental Revolving
Loan Amounts and the Incremental Revolving Loans related thereto as provided in any
Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice (an “Incremental Revolving Facility”).
“FCC”: the Federal Communications Commission or any Governmental Authority
substituted therefor.
“Federal Funds Effective Rate”: as defined in the definition of the term
“ABR”.
“Fee Payment Date”: (a) the third Business Day following the last day of each
March, June, September and December and (b) the last day of the Delayed-Draw Commitment
Period or the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, as the case may be.
“Film Obligations”: all obligations in respect of the purchase, use, license
or acquisition of programs, programming materials, films and similar assets used in
connection with the business and operation of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
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“Final Delayed-Draw Availability Date”: November 4, 2006.
“Final Order”: with respect to the assignment or transfer of control of the
Station Licenses for any Station, an order of the FCC approving such assignment or transfer
that is final (i.e., no longer subject to further judicial or administrative
review), as to which no requests for judicial or administrative review are pending, and that
has not been reversed, stayed, enjoined, set aside, annulled or suspended.
“GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America as in effect from time to time set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the
Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or in such other statements by
such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting
profession, which are applicable to the circumstances of the Borrower as of the date of
determination. In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur, if
the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to, or the
Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders wish to, amend any
financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement to eliminate the effect of such
Accounting Change, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into
negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect
such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the
Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such
Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been
executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders or
the Borrower or the Required Lenders, as the case may be, shall have withdrawn the request
for amendment, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue
to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. The term
“Accounting Changes” refers to changes in accounting principles required by the
promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, the Accounting Principles Board or the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, the Securities and Exchange Commission (if applicable), successors to
any of the foregoing or agencies with similar functions to any of the foregoing, or such
other entity the statements of which are in general use by significant segments of the
accounting profession.
“GECC”: General Electric Capital Corporation, a New York corporation.
“Governmental Authority”: any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement,
dated the date hereof, executed and delivered by the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor,
as the same may be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Guarantee Obligation”: as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”),
any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including, without
limitation, any bank
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under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the
guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counter indemnity or similar obligation, in
either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness (the “primary
obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of the
guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation
or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply
funds (A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (B) to maintain
working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net
worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the
ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise
to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect
thereof; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee Obligation” shall not
include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed
to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary
obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount
for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument
embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount
for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which
case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such Person in good
faith.
“Xxxxx Muse”: Hicks, Muse, Xxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, any of its Affiliates
and Subsidiaries, and any fund that it (or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries) sponsors
or manages.
“Incremental Lender”: any Lender or, with the consent of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), any other bank,
financial institution or other entity which becomes a signatory to an Incremental Term Loan
Activation Notice or to an Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice, as the case may be,
and each Lender which has made, or acquired pursuant to an assignment made in accordance
with subsection 10.6(b), an Incremental Term Loan or an Incremental Revolving Loan, as the
case may be. Any other bank, financial institution or other entity which elects to become
an Incremental Lender shall execute a joinder in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit K with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, whereupon such bank, financial
institution or other entity shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as
if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this
Agreement.
“Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice”: a notice substantially in the
form of Exhibit G-1.
“Incremental Revolving Loan Amount”: as to each Incremental Lender, in respect
of any Incremental Revolving Loan Facility, the obligation of such Incremental Lender on and
after the applicable Incremental Revolving Loan Closing Date to make Incremental Revolving
Loans hereunder in a principal amount equal to the amount set forth under the
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heading
“Incremental Revolving Loan Amount” opposite such Incremental Lender’s name on the
applicable Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice.
“Incremental Revolving Loan Closing Date”: as to any Incremental Revolving
Loans to be made pursuant to an Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice, the date
(which shall be a Business Day) specified in such Incremental Revolving Loan Activation
Notice as the first date on which such Incremental Revolving Loans will be made available.
“Incremental Revolving Loan Facility”: as defined in the definition of the
term “Facility”.
“Incremental Revolving Loan Maturity Date”: as to the Incremental Revolving
Loans to be made pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice, the maturity
date specified in such Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice, which date shall be not
earlier than the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
“Incremental Revolving Loan Percentage”: as to any Incremental Lender in
respect of any Incremental Revolving Loan Facility, the percentage which such Lender’s
Incremental Revolving Loan Amount then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal
amount of the Incremental Revolving Loan Amounts then outstanding in respect of such
Incremental Revolving Facility.
“Incremental Revolving Loans”: as defined in subsection 2.4(d).
“Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice”: a notice substantially in the form
of Exhibit G-2.
“Incremental Term Loan Amount”: as to each Incremental Lender, in respect of
any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the obligation of such Incremental Lender on and after
the applicable Incremental Term Loan Closing Date to make Incremental Term Loans hereunder
in a principal amount equal to the amount set forth under the heading “Incremental Term Loan
Amount” opposite such Incremental Lender’s name on the applicable Incremental Term Loan
Activation Notice.
“Incremental Term Loan Closing Date”: as to any Incremental Term Loans to be
made pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice, the date (which shall be a
Business Day) specified in such Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice as the first date on
which such Incremental Term Loans will be made available; provided that no such date shall
occur before the earliest of (x) the date as of which the Delayed-Draw Term Loans have been
fully borrowed, (y) the Final Delayed-Draw Availability Date and (z) the date as of which
the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments have been terminated.
“Incremental Term Loan Facility”: as defined in the definition of the term
“Facility”.
“Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date”: as to any Incremental Term Loans to be
made pursuant to an Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice, the maturity date specified in
such Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice, which date shall be not earlier than the
Delayed-Draw Maturity Date.
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“Incremental Term Loan Percentage”: as to any Incremental Lender in respect of
any Incremental Term Loan Facility, the percentage which such Lender’s Incremental Term Loan
Amount then outstanding in respect of such Incremental Term Loan Facility constitutes of the
aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Term Loan Amounts then outstanding in respect
of such Incremental Term Loan Facility.
“Incremental Term Loans”: as defined in subsection 2.1(b).
“Incur”: as defined in subsection 7.2; and the term “Incurrence” shall
have a correlative meaning.
“Indebtedness”: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables and
accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all
obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar
instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the
rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are
limited to repossession or sale of such property), provided, however, that
the amount of such Indebtedness of any Person described in this clause (d) shall, for the
purposes of the Agreement, be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid
amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property or asset
encumbered, as determined by such Person in good faith, (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of
such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account
party under a bankers’ acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, (g) the
obligations of such Person under any Interest Rate Protection Agreement, (h) all Guarantee
Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a)
through (g) above and (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h)
above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including, without
limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person
has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation and on which obligations
such Person has recourse only to such property; provided, however, that the
amount of such Indebtedness of any Person described in this clause (i) shall, for the
purposes of this Agreement, be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid
amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property or asset
encumbered, as determined by such Person in good faith.
“Insolvency”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such
Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.
“Insolvent”: pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
“Intellectual Property”: as defined in subsection 4.8.
“Interest Payment Date”: (a) as to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March,
June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding, (b) as to any
Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such
Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three
months, each day
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which is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of
such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period and (d) as to any Loan, the
date of repayment thereof at final stated maturity.
“Interest Period”: as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period
commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such
Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three, six or (if available to all Lenders under the
relevant Facility as determined in good faith by such Lenders) nine or twelve months
thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion,
as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing
on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and
ending one, two, three, six or (if available to all Lenders under the relevant Facility as
determined in good faith by such Lenders) nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by
the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than three Business
Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto,
provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are
subject to the following:
(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day,
such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result
of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in
which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Revolving Credit
Termination Date, in the case of Revolving Credit Loans, or the date final payment is due,
in the case of Term Loans, shall end on the Revolving Credit Termination Date or such due
date, as applicable; and
(iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or
on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the
end of such Interest Period.
“Interest Rate Protection Agreement”: any interest rate protection agreement,
interest rate futures contract, interest rate option, interest rate cap or other interest
rate hedge arrangement, to or under which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a party
or a beneficiary on the Effective Date or becomes a party or a beneficiary thereafter.
“Investment” as defined in subsection 7.8.
“Issuing Lender”: JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas or any
other Lender selected by the Borrower with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld), and any of their respective affiliates, each in
its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit. Each reference herein to “the Issuing
Lender” shall be deemed to be a reference to the relevant Issuing Lender with respect to the
relevant Letter of Credit.
“Joint Venture Loan”: the non-amortizing senior secured note due 2023 in the
amount of $815,500,000 issued by LLC and payable to GECC.
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“Joint Venture Loan Guarantee”: the guarantee executed by LIN TV in connection
with the Joint Venture Loan.
“JPMorgan Chase”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“L/C Commitment”: $55,000,000.
“L/C Fee Payment Date”: the third Business Day following the last day of each
March, June, September and December and the last day of the Revolving Credit Commitment
Period.
“L/C Obligations”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the
aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and
(b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit which have not then been
reimbursed pursuant to subsection 3.5.
“L/C Participants”: with respect to any Letter of Credit, the collective
reference to all the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the Issuing Lender that issued such
Letter of Credit.
“Lenders”: as defined in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Lender” shall in any event include any Incremental Lender and, as the context may permit,
the Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender.
“Letters of Credit”: as defined in subsection 3.1(a), provided that to
the extent the Borrower shall have deposited amounts in a cash collateral account for the
benefit of the Lenders, the Letters of Credit relating thereto shall be deemed not to be
Letters of Credit for purposes of this Agreement.
“License Subsidiary”: (a) with respect to each Station owned on the Effective
Date, each Subsidiary listed opposite such Station’s name on Schedule 1.1D and (b) with
respect to any Station acquired after the Effective Date, the Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of
the Borrower that shall hold the Station Licenses under the authority of which such Station
is operated, provided that, in the case of Subsidiaries referred to in clause (b) above,
each such Subsidiary shall be a single purpose entity the sole purpose of which shall be to
hold Station Licenses and to perform related functions with respect thereto, unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent (such agreement not to be unreasonably
withheld).
“Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing) but not including a lien for taxes that are not delinquent.
“LIN Texas”: LIN Television of Texas, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
“LIN TV”: LIN TV Corp., a Delaware corporation and the parent of the Borrower.
“LIN TV Common Stock”: the Class A Common Stock of LIN TV, par value $0.01 per
share.
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“LLC”: Station Venture Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“LLC Agreement”: the Station Venture Holdings, LLC Amended and Restated
Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of January 15, 1998, between Outlet and LIN
Texas.
“Loan”: any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
“Loan Documents”: this Agreement, the Security Documents, and the Notes, if
any.
“Loan Parties”: the Borrower, the Permitted Borrower and each Subsidiary of
the Borrower which is a party to a Loan Document.
“Majority Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility Lenders”: the Majority Facility
Lenders in respect of the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility.
“Majority Facility Lenders”: with respect to any Facility, Lenders which
collectively are the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of
the Delayed-Draw Term Loans (or, prior to the termination of the Delayed-Draw Term Loan
Commitments, Lenders which are collectively the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate
Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments) or the Incremental Term Loans, or of the Total Revolving
Extensions of Credit, or Incremental Revolving Loans, as the case may be, outstanding under
such Facility (or, in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility or any Incremental Revolving
Loan Facility, prior to any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental
Revolving Loan Amounts, respectively, thereunder, Lenders which are collectively the holders
of more than 50% of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or the aggregate Incremental
Revolving Loan Amounts thereunder, as the case may be).
“Majority Revolving Credit Facility Lenders”: the Majority Facility Lenders in
respect of the Revolving Credit Facility.
“Material Adverse Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, the
Swingline Lender, the Issuing Lender or the other Lenders hereunder and thereunder.
“Materials of Environmental Concern”: any gasoline or petroleum (including
crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic
substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any Environmental
Law, including, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and
urea-formaldehyde insulation.
“Mortgaged Properties”: the real properties listed on Schedule 1.1B.
“Mortgages”: each of the mortgages and deeds of trust made by any Loan Party
in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders,
as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Multiemployer Plan”: a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001 (a) (3) of ERISA.
“Net Cash Proceeds”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery
Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such
proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment
receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when
received) of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, net of attorneys’ fees, notarial fees,
accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, appraisal fees, survey costs, title insurance
premiums, amounts to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly
permitted hereunder on any asset which is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event
(other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document) and other customary fees and expenses
actually incurred in connection therewith, net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be
payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and net of purchase price adjustments
reasonably expected to be payable in connection therewith and (b) in connection with any
issuance or sale of equity securities or debt securities or instruments or the incurrence of
loans, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or Incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees,
notarial fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and
commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually Incurred in connection therewith.
“Net Consolidated Revenue”: at a particular date, all amounts which would, in
conformity with GAAP, be set opposite the caption “Net Revenues” (or any like caption) on a
consolidated statement of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date.
“Net Income”: at a particular date, all amounts which would, in conformity
with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “Net Income” (or any like caption) on a
consolidated statement of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date;
provided that in no event shall Net Income include the net income or loss of Banks
Broadcasting, Inc., and provided further that such amount shall be adjusted
to exclude (to the extent otherwise included therein) (a) earnings or losses attributable to
any Person (other than the LLC) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has a joint
interest with third parties, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other
distributions actually paid to the Borrower or such Subsidiary by such other Person in cash
during such period and (b) any earnings or losses attributable to the interest of the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the LLC, except for any such earnings to the extent
of (i) actual distributions of Distributable Cash (as defined in the LLC Agreement) in
respect of such interest made to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) amounts
that would have constituted Distributable Cash and would have been required to be
distributed to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in respect of such interest but for the
reserve requirement of Section 8.06 of the LLC Agreement.
“Non-Consenting Lender”: as defined in subsection 2.20.
“Non-Excluded Taxes”: as defined in subsection 2.17(a).
“Non-Funding Lender”: as defined in subsection 2.15(c).
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“Non-Station Asset”: all of the assets used and useful for the operation of
the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ broadcasting and entertainment businesses, other than
the Stations.
“Non-U.S. Lender”: as defined in subsection 2.17(b).
“Notes”: the collective reference to the Term Notes, the Revolving Credit
Notes and the Swingline Notes.
“Obligations”: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including, without
limitation, interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations
and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of
any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower or the Permitted
Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in
such proceeding) the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and
liabilities of the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the
Swingline Lender, the Issuing Lender or any other Lender (or, in the case of Interest Rate
Protection Agreements, any counterparty thereto who was a Lender (or any affiliate of any
Lender) at the time such Interest Rate Protection Agreement was entered into), whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or
hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement
(including, with respect to the Borrower, those obligations under Section 11 hereof), any
Notes, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Interest Rate Protection
Agreement entered into with counterparty who was a Lender (or any affiliate of any Lender)
at the time such Interest Rate Protection Agreement was entered into or any other document
made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of
principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses
(including, without limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent, to the Swingline Lender, to the Issuing Lender or to any other Lender
that are required to be paid by the Borrower or Permitted Borrower pursuant hereto).
“Outlet”: Outlet Broadcasting, Inc., a Rhode Island corporation.
“Participant”: as defined in subsection 10.6(c).
“Parent Guarantee”: the guarantee dated as of November ___, 2005 made by LIN TV
in favor of XX Xxxxxx Xxxxx as Administrative Agent under this Agreement.
“PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to
Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
“Permitted Acquisition”: the acquisition by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries of one or more Broadcast Stations or Broadcast Enterprises, or at least a
majority of the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any other Person whose
primary business is the ownership and operation of one or more Broadcast Stations or
Broadcast Enterprises, in the United States provided that (a) no Default or Event of
Default will have occurred and be continuing or will result therefrom (including, without
limitation, pursuant to subsection 7.1), and (b) the Borrower takes such actions as may be
required or reasonably requested to ensure that the Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders, has a perfected first
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priority security interest, to the extent
contemplated by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in any assets required to be secured
pursuant to subsection 6.9 or any other Loan Document, subject to Liens permitted by
subsection 7.3, and provided further that for any acquisition involving consideration in
excess of $75,000,000, (i) the Borrower provides the Administrative Agent with appropriate
supporting documentation if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, including,
without limitation, a certificate of a Senior Responsible Officer substantially in the form
of Exhibit M, copies of any acquisition documents in connection with such acquisition and
copies of opinions of counsel, including FCC counsel, delivered in connection therewith and
copies of an FCC consent on Form 732 (or any comparable form issued by the FCC) relating to
the transfer of control or assignment of the Station Licenses of any acquired Broadcast
Station to the Borrower or its Subsidiary and (ii) on a pro forma basis
(including any recurring improvements related to the acquired asset or the assets of the
Person acquired) for the most recently completed four-fiscal quarter period for which
financial statements are available on the date of such acquisition, no Default or Event of
Default pursuant to subsection 7.1 will have occurred and be continuing, provided
that for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to this clause (ii), the
Consolidated EBITDA of such Broadcast Stations or Broadcast Enterprises being acquired for
such four-fiscal quarter period shall be equal to the Consolidated EBITDA of such Broadcast
Stations or Broadcast Enterprises for the 12-month period immediately preceding such
acquisition, and the Borrower provides the Administrative Agent with appropriate supporting
documentation if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. For the avoidance of
doubt, the parties hereto agree that the Emmis Acquisition is a Permitted Acquisition.
“Permitted Borrower”: as defined in the introductory paragraph to this
Agreement.
“Permitted Borrower Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitment”: as to any Lender, the
obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Delayed-Draw Term Loan to the Permitted
Borrower hereunder in a principal amount equal to the amount set forth under the heading
“Permitted Borrower Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 1.1A attached hereto. The aggregate amount of the Permitted Borrower Delayed-Draw
Term Loan Commitments on the Effective Date is $150,000,000.
“Permitted Dividend”: any dividend paid by, or other distribution made by, the
Borrower on or after the Effective Date on its Capital Stock, other than (a) dividends or
distributions of Capital Stock and (b) pursuant to subsection 7.6(a) through (e),
provided that either (x) after giving effect thereto and to any related incurrence
of Indebtedness, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis as of
the last day of the immediately preceding four-fiscal-quarter period for which financial
statements are available is less than or equal to 5.0x or (y) after giving effect thereto
the aggregate amount of all such dividends and distributions and of all payments,
prepayments, redemptions and purchases referred to in clause (y) the definition of
“Permitted Redemption” since the Effective Date does not exceed the greater of (i) the
Broadcast Cash Flow for the immediately preceding four-fiscal-quarter period for which
financial statements are available and (ii) $200,000,000.
“Permitted Redemption”: any payment, prepayment, redemption or purchase,
including payments in connection with a defeasance, made on or after the Effective Date by
the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a) of or on Subordinated Indebtedness or Senior
Unsecured Indebtedness or (b) of or on LIN TV Capital Stock, provided that either
(x) after
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giving effect thereto and to any related incurrence of Indebtedness, the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis as of the last day of the
immediately preceding four-fiscal-quarter period for which financial statements are
available is less than or equal to 5.0x or (y) after giving effect thereto the aggregate
amount (excluding any accrued interest) of all such payments, prepayments, redemptions and
purchases and of all dividends and distributions referred to in clause (y) of the definition
of “Permitted Dividend” since the Effective Date does not exceed the greater of (i) the
Broadcast Cash Flow for the immediately preceding four-fiscal-quarter period for which
financial statements are available and (ii) $200,000,000.
“Person”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture,
Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“Plan”: at a particular time, any employee benefit plan which is covered by
ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such
plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an
“employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.
“Pledged Stock”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“Pricing Grid”: the pricing grid as follows:
Applicable | Applicable | |||||||||||||||
Margin for | Margin for | Commitment | ||||||||||||||
Consolidated Leverage Ratio | Eurodollar Loans | ABR Loans | Fee | |||||||||||||
Level 1: | Greater than or equal to |
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7.00 to 1.00 |
1.50 | % | 0.50 | % | 0.50 | % | ||||||||||
Level 2: | Greater than or equal to |
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6.00 to 1.00 and less than |
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7.00 to 1.00 |
1.375 | % | 0.375 | % | 0.375 | % | ||||||||||
Level 3: | Greater than or equal to |
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5.50 to 1.00 and less than |
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6.00 to 1.00 |
1.25 | % | 0.25 | % | 0.375 | % | ||||||||||
Level 4: | Greater than or equal to |
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5.00 to 1.00 and less than |
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5.50 to 1.00 |
1.00 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.300 | % | ||||||||||
Level 5: | Greater than or equal to |
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4.50 to 1.00 and less than |
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5.00 to 1.00 |
0.75 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.300 | % | ||||||||||
Level 6: | Less than 4.50 to 1.00 |
0.625 | % | 0.00 | % | 0.250 | % |
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Changes in the Applicable Margin and the Commitment Fee Rate with respect to Delayed-Draw
Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swingline Loans resulting from changes in the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall become effective on the day (the “Adjustment
Date”) of receipt by the Administrative Agent of the financial statements delivered
pursuant to subsection 6.1 and shall remain in effect until the next change to be effected
pursuant to this paragraph. If any financial statements referred to above are not delivered
within the time periods specified above, then, until such financial statements are
delivered, at the option of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, the
Consolidated Leverage Ratio as at the end of the fiscal period that would have been covered
thereby shall for the purposes of this definition be determined by reference to “Level 1”.
Each determination of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio pursuant to this paragraph shall be
made with respect to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending
at the end of the period covered by the relevant financial statements. The Applicable
Margin for all Loans (other than Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Revolving Loans) and
for the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment Fee and the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitment
Fee for the period from the Effective Date to the date on which financial statements are
delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1 for the period ended September 30, 2005 shall be
determined by reference to “Level 3”.
“Prime Rate”: as defined in the definition of the term “ABR”.
“Projections”: as defined in subsection 6.2(b).
“Property”: any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever,
whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without
limitation, Capital Stock.
“Qualified Issuer”: any financial institution (a) which has, or whose
obligations are guaranteed by an affiliated financial institution which has, capital and
surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and (b) the outstanding short-term debt securities of
which are rated, or whose parent’s outstanding short-term debt securities are rated, at
least A-2 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or at least P-2 by Xxxxx’x Investors
Service, Inc., or carry an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency if
both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of investments.
“Recovery Event”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property
insurance or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding or deed in lieu thereof
relating to any Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding any such
settlement or payment which, together with any related settlement or payment, yields Net
Cash Proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of $5,000,000 or less.
“Refunded Swingline Loans”: as defined in subsection 2.4(c)(ii).
“Register”: as defined in subsection 10.6(b).
“Reimbursement Obligations”: with respect to any Letter of Credit, the
obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender pursuant to subsection 3.5 for
amounts drawn under the Letters of Credit.
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“Reinvestment Deferred Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the
aggregate Adjusted Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection therewith which are not applied to the prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to
subsection 2.9(a)(i) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.
“Reinvestment Event”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the
Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
“Reinvestment Notice”: a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer
stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower
(directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified
portion of the Adjusted Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire
assets useful in its business (including pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition or an Asset
Swap Transaction).
“Reinvestment Prepayment Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the
Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant
Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire assets useful in the Borrower’s business.
“Reinvestment Prepayment Date”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the
earlier of (a) the date occurring 365 days after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date on
which the Borrower shall have determined not to acquire assets useful in the Borrower’s
business with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount,
provided that if the Reinvestment Notice with respect to such Reinvestment Event
relates to the acquisition of a new Station by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
(whether as a result of a Permitted Acquisition, an Asset Swap Transaction or otherwise) and
the Borrower or such Subsidiary has filed within 365 days of the Reinvestment Event an
application with the FCC for the approval of the transfer of control or assignment of the
Station License of such acquired Station, the period specified in paragraph (a) shall be
extended to a period equal to five Business Days after the time required for the FCC to
issue a Final Order relating to the transfer of control of such Station License.
“Reorganization”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that
such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.
“Reportable Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA,
other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived under the
regulations issued pursuant to Section 4043(b) of ERISA.
“Required Lenders”: Lenders, other than Non-Funding Lenders, which
collectively are the holders of more than 50% of the sum of (i) the aggregate Delayed-Draw
Term Loan Commitments or, if the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments shall have been
terminated, the outstanding principal amount of Delayed-Draw Term Loans, (ii) the aggregate
Revolving Credit Commitments (determined without duplication for commitments of the Issuing
Lender and the Swingline Lender to issue Letters of Credit or make Swingline Loans) or, if
the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of
Credit, (iii) the outstanding principal amount of Incremental Term Loans and (iv) the
aggregate Incremental Revolving Loan Amounts or, if the Incremental Revolving Loan Amounts
have been terminated, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Incremental Revolving
Loans.
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“Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty,
rule or regulation (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws or rules, regulations
or orders, whether addressed to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, of the FCC) or
determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case
applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or
any of its property is subject.
“Responsible Officer”: the chief executive officer, the president, any vice
president or senior or executive vice president, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer,
the secretary or assistant secretary, the chief financial officer (or officer having
comparable duties) and the controller of the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case
may be, in each case acting solely in such capacity and without personal liability.
“Restricted Payment” as defined in subsection 7.6.
“Revolving Credit Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such
Lender, if any, to make Revolving Credit Loans, and to participate in Swingline Loans and
Letters of Credit, in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set
forth under the heading “Revolving Credit Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on
Schedule 1.1A, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.
The aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Effective Date is
$275,000,000. In no event shall the Revolving Credit Commitments include Incremental
Revolving Loan Amounts not incorporated in the Revolving Credit Commitments as contemplated
by the penultimate sentence of subsection 2.4(d) (in the case of an incorporation pursuant
to said penultimate sentence such Incremental Revolving Loan Amounts shall not be treated as
Incremental Revolving Loan Amounts from and after the Incremental Revolving Loan Closing
Date with respect thereto).
“Revolving Credit Commitment Period”: the period from and including the
Effective Date to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.
“Revolving Credit Facility”: as defined in the definition of the term
“Facility”.
“Revolving Credit Lender”: each Lender which has a Revolving Credit
Commitment or which has made, or acquired to an assignment made in accordance with subsection 10.6(b), Revolving Credit Loans or has participations in
outstanding Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans.
“Revolving Credit Loans”: as defined in subsection 2.4(a).
“Revolving Credit Note”: as defined in subsection 10.6(e).
“Revolving Credit Percentage”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time,
the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then constitutes of the
aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (or, at any time after the Revolving Credit
Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal
amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate
principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding).
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“Revolving Credit Termination Date”: the earlier of (a) the Scheduled
Revolving Credit Termination Date or, if such date is not a Business Day, the Business Day
next preceding such date and (b) the date upon which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall
be earlier terminated pursuant hereto.
“Revolving Extensions of Credit”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any
time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving
Credit Loans made by such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) such Lender’s Swingline Exposure
at such time. In no event shall the Revolving Extensions of Credit include Incremental
Revolving Loans.
“Sale”: as defined in subsection 7.5.
“Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date”: November 4, 2011.
“Security Documents”: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, the Mortgages, the Parent Guarantee, the Stock Pledge Agreement and all other
security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any
Property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any
Loan Document.
“Senior Responsible Officer”: the chief executive officer, the president, any
senior or executive vice-president, the treasurer, the chief financial officer and the
general counsel of the Borrower in each case acting solely in such capacity and without
personal liability.
“Senior Subordinated Notes”: the Borrower’s 61/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2013 and the Borrower’s 61/2% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013-Class B.
“Senior Unsecured Indebtedness”: unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower,
provided that, to the extent incurred after the Effective Date, such
Indebtedness has no maturity, amortization, mandatory redemption or purchase option (other
than with asset sale proceeds, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, or following a
change of control) or sinking fund payment prior to one year after the Delayed-Draw Maturity
Date.
“Single Employer Plan”: any Plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but
which is not a Multiemployer Plan.
“Station Licenses”: (a) with respect to the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, all authorizations, licenses or permits issued by the FCC and granted or
assigned to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or under which the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries has the right to operate any Station, together with any extensions or
renewals thereof and (b) with respect to any other Person, all authorizations, licenses or
permits issued by the FCC and g]ranted or assigned to such Person, or under which such Person
has the right to operate any Broadcast Station, together with any extensions or renewals
thereof.
“Stations”: collectively, the Broadcast Stations owned from time to time by
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Schedule 1.1D sets forth a complete list of Stations as
of the Effective Date.
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“Stock Pledge Agreement”: the stock pledge agreement, in substantially the form
of Exhibit L (Form of Stock Pledge Agreement) attached hereto, executed and delivered by LIN
TV.
“Subordinated Indebtedness”: Indebtedness of the Borrower, including the Senior
Subordinated Notes and the Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Debentures, that is subordinated
in right of payment to the Obligations, provided that, to the extent
incurred after the Effective Date, such Indebtedness has (a) no maturity, amortization,
mandatory redemption or purchase option (other than with asset sale proceeds, subject to the
provisions of this Agreement, or following a change of control) or sinking fund payment
prior to the date that is one year after the Delayed-Draw Maturity Date, (b) no financial
maintenance covenants and (c) customary subordination provisions as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability
company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power
only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of
directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time
owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
“Subsidiary Guarantor”: each Subsidiary of the Borrower party to the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement.
“Swingline Exposure”: at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Swingline Loans at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Revolving Credit
Lender at any time shall mean its Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate Swingline
Exposure at such time.
“Swingline Lender”: as defined in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Swingline Loan Commitment”: the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make
Swingline Loans to the Borrower hereunder. The original amount of the Swingline Loan
Commitment is $50,000,000.
“Swingline Loan Participation Certificate”: a certificate in substantially the
form of Exhibit H.
“Swingline Loans”: as defined in subsection 2.4(c)(i).
“Swingline Note”: as defined in subsection 10.6(e).
“Syndication Agent”: as defined in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“Term Loans”: the Delayed-Draw Term Loans and the Incremental Term Loans made
by the Lenders to the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower pursuant to subsection 2.1.
“Term Note”: as defined in subsection 10.6(e).
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“Test Period”: any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower
most recently ended.
“Total Revolving Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate amount of
the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Credit Lenders at such time.
“Transferee”: as defined in subsection 10.6(f).
“Type”: as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.
“Uniform Customs”: the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits
(1993 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 500, as the same may be
revised from time to time.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary”: as to any Person, any other Person all of the
Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) is owned by
such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor”: any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Wholly
Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all
terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan
Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms relating to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries not defined in subsection 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in subsection 1.1,
to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
(c) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
references to agreements and contracts shall be deemed to refer to such agreements or contracts as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof and references to any law, treaty, rule or regulation of any Governmental Authority
shall be deemed to refer to such law, treaty, rule or regulation as amended from time to time.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1.Term Commitments (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lender
severally agrees to make term loans (“Delayed-Draw Term Loans”) on each Delayed-Draw
Effective Date to the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed the then unused portion of the Delayed-Draw Term Loan
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Commitments, with such Delayed-Draw
Term Loans to be apportioned between the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower, as specified in a
notice from the Borrower.
(b) The Borrower, the Permitted Borrower and all or certain of the Lenders may from time to
time agree that such Lenders shall become Incremental Lenders under an Incremental Term Loan
Facility or increase the principal amount of their Incremental Term Loans under any Incremental
Term Loan Facility by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Term
Loan Activation Notice specifying (i) the respective Incremental Term Loan Amount of such
Incremental Lenders, (ii) the applicable Incremental Term Loan Closing Date, (iii) the applicable
Incremental Term Loan Maturity Date, (iv) the amortization schedule for the applicable Incremental
Term Loans, which shall comply with subsection 2.3(b) and (v) the Applicable Margin for the
Incremental Term Loans to be made pursuant to such Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice, and
which shall be otherwise duly completed. Each Incremental Lender that is a signatory to an
Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice severally agrees, on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, to make a term loan (an “Incremental Term Loan”) to either or both of the
Borrower and the Permitted Borrower, as specified in such Incremental Term Loan Activation
Notice, on the Incremental Term Loan Closing Date specified in such Incremental Term Loan
Activation Notice in a principal amount equal to the Incremental Term Loan Amount of such
Incremental Lender specified in such Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice. Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower or Permitted Borrower, as applicable, may convert
Incremental Term Loans of one Type into Incremental Term Loans of another Type (as provided in
subsection 2.10) or continue Incremental Term Loans of one Type as Incremental Term Loans of the
same Type (as provided in subsection 2.10). Incremental Term Loans that are prepaid may not be
reborrowed. Nothing in this subsection 2.1(b) shall be construed to obligate any Lender to execute
an Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of
Incremental Term Loans outstanding under all Incremental Term Loan Facilities, together with the
aggregate amount of Incremental Revolving Amounts available under all Incremental Revolving Loan
Facilities (including any incorporated into the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to the
penultimate sentence of subsection 2.4(d)), shall at no time exceed $250,000,000.
(c) The Term Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by
the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower, as applicable, and notified to the Administrative Agent
in accordance with subsections 2.2 and 2.10.
2.2 Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing. (a) The Borrower and the Permitted
Borrower may borrow under the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments during the Delayed-Draw Commitment
Period, provided that the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower (as the case may be) shall
give the Administrative Agent irrevocable written (or telephonic promptly confirmed in writing)
notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York
City time, (i) three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar
Loans, or (ii) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date (which notice may be
conditional upon the closing of the portion of the Emmis Acquisition to be financed by such
borrowing), in the case of ABR Loans
(except that such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 9:00 a.m., New
York City time, on the Delayed-Draw Effective Date in the case of ABR Loans requested to be
borrowed on such date)) specifying (i) the amount and Type of Delayed-Draw Term Loans to be
borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the
respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest
Period therefor. Each such notice shall be given by the Borrower in
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the form of Exhibit J.
Each Borrowing under the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments shall be in an amount equal to
(A) in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if
the then aggregate amount of unused Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments is less than $1,000,000,
such lesser amount) and (B) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 thereof. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lender thereof. Not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on such
Borrowing Date, each Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent
at its office specified in subsection 10.2 an amount in immediately available funds equal to the
Delayed-Draw Term Loans to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall credit the
account of the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower on the books of such office of the
Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent
by the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lenders in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
(b) The Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, shall give the
Administrative Agent irrevocable written (or telephonic promptly confirmed in writing) notice of
the borrowing of any Incremental Term Loans under any Incremental Term Loan Facility (which notice
must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, (i) three
Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (ii) one
Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of ABR Loans), specifying (A) the
amount and Type of Incremental Term Loans to be borrowed, (B) the requested Borrowing Date and (C)
in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the
respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. Each such notice shall be given by
the Borrower in the form of Exhibit J. Each borrowing under any Incremental Term Loan Facility
shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple
of $100,000 in excess thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice with respect to an Incremental
Term Loan Facility, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Incremental
Lender thereof. Each relevant Incremental Lender will make its respective Incremental Term Loan
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower,
as applicable, at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 10.2 prior to
12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower or Permitted
Borrower, as applicable, in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such
borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as applicable, by
the Administrative Agent crediting the relevant account on the books of such office with the
aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Lenders and
in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent. The provisions of the paragraph shall be
subject to any applicable limitations or requirements in the relevant Incremental Term Loan
Activation Notice. On or prior to the requested Borrowing Date for any Incremental Term Loans,
the Borrower shall, if requested by the Administrative Agent, provide evidence reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the borrowing of such Incremental Term Loan does not
breach any of the Borrower’s covenants or agreements in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness
or Senior Unsecured Indebtedness then outstanding.
2.3 Repayment of Term Loans. (a) The Delayed-Draw Term Loan of each Lender made
to the Borrower and the Delayed-Draw Term Loan of each Lender made to the Permitted Borrower shall
mature in consecutive quarterly installments payable by the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower,
respectively, on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on
December 31, 2007. Each such installment shall be (i) with respect to
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installments payable prior
to the Delayed-Draw Maturity Date, in an aggregate amount equal to such Lender’s Delayed-Draw Term
Loans as of the Final Delayed-Draw Availability Date multiplied by 3.75% and (ii) with respect to
the installment payable on the Delayed-Draw Maturity Date, in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Delayed-Draw Term Loan Percentage multiplied by the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of
the Delayed-Draw Term Loans.
(b) The Incremental Term Loans made after the Effective Date, if any, of each Incremental
Lender shall mature in such installments as are specified in the Incremental Term Loan Activation
Notice pursuant to which such Incremental Term Loans were made; provided that such Incremental
Term Loans shall have an average weighted life not less than that of the then outstanding
Delayed-Draw Term Loans.
2.4 Revolving Credit Commitments; Incremental Revolving Loans. (a) Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit
loans (“Revolving Credit Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving
Credit Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding, when added
to such Lender’s Swingline Exposure at such time and Revolving Credit Percentage of the L/C
Obligations then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment. During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period the Borrower may use the Revolving Credit
Commitments by borrowing, prepaying and reborrowing the Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part,
all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving Credit Loans may from time
to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the
Administrative Agent in accordance with subsections 2.5 and 2.10, provided that no
Revolving Credit Loan shall be made as a Eurodollar Loan after the day that is one month prior to
the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date.
(b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans on the Revolving Credit
Termination Date and all outstanding Swingline Loans on the earlier of the Revolving Credit
Termination Date and the first date after such Swingline Loan is made that is the 15th or last day
of a calendar month and is at least three Business Days after such Swingline Loan is made.
(c) (i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender agrees to make
swingline loans (“Swingline Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving
Credit Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed $50,000,000, provided that at no time may the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit exceed
the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, the
Borrower may use the Swingline Loan Commitment by borrowing, prepaying, in whole or in part, and
reborrowing the Swingline Loans, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. All
Swingline Loans shall be ABR Loans. The Borrower shall give the Swingline Lender irrevocable
written (or telephonic promptly confirmed in writing) notice (which notice must be
received by the Swingline Lender prior to 12:00 noon New York City time) on the requested
Borrowing Date specifying the amount of the requested Swingline Loan which shall be in an
aggregate minimum amount of $100,000, or a whole multiple of $25,000 in excess thereof. Each such
notice shall be given by the Borrower in the form of Exhibit J. The proceeds of the Swingline Loan
will be made available by the Swingline Lender to the Borrower at the office of the Swingline
Lender by 2:00 p.m. New York City time on the Borrowing Date by crediting the account of the
Borrower at such office with such proceeds. The Borrower may, at any time and from time to time,
prepay the Swingline Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, by notifying the
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Swingline Lender prior to 12:00 noon New York City time on any Business Day of the date and amount
of prepayment. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and
payable on the date specified therein. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate principal
amount of $100,000, or a whole multiple of $25,000 in excess thereof.
(ii) The Swingline Lender, at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, may, on behalf of
the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), and
without regard to the minimum amounts in subsection 2.5, request each Revolving Credit Lender
including the Swingline Lender to make a Revolving Credit Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s
Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount of the Swingline Loans outstanding on the date such
notice (a copy of which shall be provided to the Borrower) is given (the “Refunded Swingline
Loans”). Unless any of the events described in paragraph (f) of Section 8 shall have occurred
with respect to the Borrower (in which event the procedures of subparagraph (iii) of this
subsection 2.4(c) shall apply), each Revolving Credit Lender shall make the proceeds of its
Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender
at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 10.2 prior to 1:00 p.m. New York
City time in immediately available funds on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice
is given. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the
Refunded Swingline Loans. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any repayment of
the Refunded Swingline Loans hereunder. Effective on the day such Revolving Credit Loans are made,
the portion of such Loans so paid shall no longer be outstanding as Swingline Loans, shall no
longer be due under any Swingline Note and shall be Revolving Credit Loans made by the Revolving
Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Percentages. The Borrower
authorizes the Swingline Lender to charge its account with the Administrative Agent (up to the
amount available in each such account) upon any Refunded Swingline Loan becoming due, after the
expiration of any applicable cure period, in order to immediately pay the amount of such Refunded
Swingline Loan to the extent amounts received from the Revolving Credit Lenders were not sufficient
to repay in full such Refunded Swingline Loan.
(iii) If prior to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of this
subsection 2.4(c) one of the events described in paragraph (f) of Section 8 shall have occurred and
be continuing with respect to the Borrower, each Revolving Credit Lender will, on the date such
Revolving Credit Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice in subsection 2.4(c)(ii),
purchase an undivided participating interest in the Refunded Swingline Loan in an amount equal to
(i) its Revolving Credit Percentage times (ii) the Refunded Swingline Loans. Each Revolving
Credit Lender will immediately transfer to the Swingline Lender, in immediately available funds,
the amount of its participation, and upon receipt thereof the Swingline Lender will deliver to such
Revolving Credit Lender a Swingline Loan Participation Certificate dated the date of receipt of
such funds and in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any
participations in a Refunded Swingline Loan acquired hereunder.
(iv) Whenever, at any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased a participating
interest in a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account thereof, the
Swingline Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its participating interest in such
amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time
during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded);
provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline
Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving Credit Lender will return to the Swingline Lender
any portion thereof previously distributed by the Swingline Lender to it.
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(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make the Loans referred to in subsection
2.4(c)(ii) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to subsection 2.4(c)(iii) shall be
absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without
limitation, (A) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving
Credit Lender or the Borrower may have against the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other
Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of
Default; (C) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower; (D) any
breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or
any other Lender; or (E) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing.
(d) The Borrower and all or certain of the Lenders may from time to time agree that such
Lenders shall become Incremental Lenders under an Incremental Revolving Facility or increase the
principal amount of their Incremental Revolving Loans under any Incremental Revolving Facility by
executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent an Incremental Revolving Activation Notice
specifying (i) the respective Incremental Revolving Loan Amount of such Incremental Lenders, (ii)
the applicable Incremental Revolving Loan Closing Date, (iii) the applicable Incremental Revolving
Loan Maturity Date and (iv) the Applicable Margin and the Commitment Fee Rate for the Incremental
Revolving Loans and the unused Incremental Revolving Loan Amount to be made available pursuant to
such Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice, and which shall be otherwise duly completed.
Each Incremental Lender that is a signatory to an Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice
severally agrees, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to make revolving credit loans
(each, an “Incremental Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on or after the
Incremental Revolving Loan Closing Date specified in such Incremental Revolving Loan Activation
Notice in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time up to but not exceeding the amount
of the Incremental Revolving Loan Amount of such Incremental Lender specified in such Incremental
Revolving Loan Activation Notice. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the
Borrower may convert Incremental Revolving Loans to another Type (as provided in subsection 2.10)
or continue Incremental Revolving Loans of one Type as Incremental Revolving Loans of the same
Type (as provided in subsection 2.10). The Borrower may use the Incremental Revolving Loan
Amounts by borrowing, prepaying and reborrowing the Incremental Revolving Loans in whole or in
part, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Nothing in this subsection 2.4(d)
shall be construed to obligate any Lender to execute an Incremental Revolving Loan Activation
Notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate amount of Incremental Revolving Loan Amounts
available under all Incremental Revolving Loan Facilities, together with the aggregate amount of
Incremental Term Loans outstanding under all Incremental Term Loan Facilities, shall at no time
exceed $250,000,000. An Incremental Revolving Loan Facility may take the form of an increase to
the Revolving Credit Facility or any other Incremental Revolving Loan Facility and, if so, shall
be treated thereunder accordingly and the Administrative Agent may specify procedures as
reasonably determined by it
to effect an incorporation of such Incremental Revolving Loan Facility therein. Letters of
Credit and Swingline Loans shall not be made under any Incremental Revolving Loan Facility which
is not incorporated in the Revolving Credit Facility.
(e) The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable written (or telephonic
promptly confirmed in writing) notice of each borrowing of Incremental Revolving Loans under any
Incremental Revolving Facility which is not incorporated in the Revolving Credit Facility (which
notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, (i)
three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of
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Eurodollar Loans, or
(ii) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date (which notice may be conditional upon
the closing of a Permitted Acquisition to be financed by such borrowing), in the case of ABR
Loans), specifying (A) the amount and Type of Incremental Revolving Loan to be borrowed, (B) the
requested Borrowing Date and (C) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each
such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. Each such
notice shall be given by the Borrower in the form of Exhibit J. Each borrowing under any
Incremental Revolving Loan Facility shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans,
$1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then aggregate available
Incremental Revolving Loan Amounts are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) in the
case of Eurodollar Loans, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Upon
receipt of any such notice with respect to an Incremental Revolving Loan Facility from the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Incremental Lender thereof.
Each relevant Incremental Lender will make its respective Incremental Revolving Loan available to
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the office of the Administrative Agent
specified in subsection 10.2 prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date
requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such
borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the
account of the Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made
available to the Administrative Agent by the applicable Lenders and in like funds as received by
the Administrative Agent. The provisions of the paragraph shall be subject to any applicable
limitations or requirements in the relevant Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice.
(f) No Lender shall at any time be required to agree to a request of the Borrower to
increase its Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder.
(g) On the date any increase in the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments becomes
effective pursuant to this subsection 2.4, (i) the Borrower agrees to prepay any outstanding
Revolving Credit Loans with the proceeds of new Revolving Credit Loans in order to make the then
outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable in accordance with the then effective Revolving Credit
Commitments and (ii) the participating interests in the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall
be deemed to be reallocated among the Revolving Credit Lenders in order to make the participating
interests in each such Letter of Credit ratable in accordance with the then effective Revolving
Credit Commitments (and interest and letter of credit commissions for any relevant period shall be
paid to the Revolving Credit Lenders based on the allocation set forth in this paragraph). On or
prior to the date of effectiveness of any Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice, the
Borrower shall, if requested by the Administrative Agent, provide evidence reasonably satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent that the borrowings contemplated thereby will not breach any of the
Borrower’s covenants and agreements in respect of any Subordinated Indebtedness or Senior
Unsecured Indebtedness then outstanding.
2.5 Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing. The Borrower may borrow under the
Revolving Credit Commitments during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period on any Business Day,
provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable written (or
telephonic promptly confirmed in writing) notice (which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, (a) three Business Days prior to the
requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b) one Business Day prior to the
requested Borrowing Date (which notice may be conditional upon the closing of a Permitted
Acquisition to be financed by such borrowing), in the case of ABR Loans), specifying (i) the amount
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and Type of Revolving Credit Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in
the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective
lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. Each such notice shall be given by the Borrower in
the form of Exhibit J. Each borrowing under the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an amount
equal to (A) in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof
(or, if the then aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such
lesser amount) and (B) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000
in excess thereof. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender thereof. Each Revolving Credit Lender will make
the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Borrower at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in
subsection 10.2 prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the
Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be
made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower on
the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative
Agent by the Revolving Credit Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.
2.6 Commitment Fees, etc. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lender, each Revolving Credit Lender and each
Incremental Lender with an Incremental Revolving Loan Amount a commitment fee for the period from
and including the Effective Date or the date of the Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice
with respect thereto to the last day of the Delayed-Draw Commitment Period, the Revolving Credit
Commitment Period or the commitment period with respect thereto, computed at the Commitment Fee
Rate on the average daily amount of the unused Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitment or the Available
Revolving Credit Commitment of such Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lender or Revolving Credit Lender, as
the case may be, or of the unused Incremental Revolving Loan Amount, as the case may be, during the
period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing
on the first Fee Payment Date to occur after the Effective Date or the date of the Incremental
Revolving Loan Activation Notice, as the case may be. For purposes of calculating commitment fees
under this subsection 2.6(a) only, no portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be deemed
utilized as a result of outstanding Swingline Loans (other than Refunded Swingline Loans).
(b) The Borrower agrees to pay the Administrative Agent and the Joint Lead Arrangers the
fees in the amounts and on the dates agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent and Joint Lead Arrangers.
2.7 Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a) The Delayed-Draw Term Loan
Commitments shall be automatically and permanently terminated at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the Final Delayed-Draw Availability Date. The Revolving Credit Commitments shall be automatically
and permanently terminated at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Revolving Credit Termination
Date.
(b) The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to
the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments, the Revolving
Credit Commitments or any Incremental Revolving Loan Amounts or, from time to time, to reduce the
amount thereof, provided that (i) no such termination or reduction with respect to
Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any
prepayments of the Swingline Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans made on the effective date
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thereof, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments
then in effect and (ii) no such termination or reduction of with respect to any Incremental
Revolving Loan Amount shall result in the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the related
Incremental Revolving Loans being greater than such Incremental Revolving Loan Amount as so
reduced or terminated. Any reduction pursuant to this subsection 2.7(b) shall be in an amount
equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, and shall reduce
permanently the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments then in effect, the Revolving Credit
Commitments then in effect or the Incremental Revolving Loan Amount then in effect, as the case
may be. Upon receipt of any notice pursuant to this subsection 2.7(b), the Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lender, each Revolving Credit Lender, each
affected Incremental Lender, and the Swingline Lender, as applicable, of the contents thereof.
(c) Each notice of termination or reduction delivered by the Borrower or the Permitted
Borrower under this subsection 2.7 shall be irrevocable, provided that any such notice may
state that such notice is conditioned upon effectiveness of other financing, in which case such
notice may be revoked by the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as applicable, by notice to the
Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date if such condition is not
satisfied.
2.8 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, in the case of
the Term Loans, may at any time and from time to time prepay its Loans, in whole or in part,
without premium or penalty, upon written (or telephonic promptly confirmed in writing) notice
delivered to the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days prior thereto in the case of
Eurodollar Loans and at least one Business Day prior thereto in the case of ABR Loans, which notice
shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans,
ABR Loans or a combination thereof, and, if of a combination thereof, the amount allocable to each,
provided that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto, the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as applicable, shall also pay
any amounts owing pursuant to subsection 2.18. Each notice of prepayment delivered by the Borrower
or the Permitted Borrower under this subsection 2.8 shall be irrevocable, provided that any
such notice may state that such notice is conditioned upon effectiveness of other financing, in
which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as applicable, by
notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date if such condition is
not satisfied. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is given (and not revoked), the amount specified in
such notice shall be due and payable
on the date specified therein. Amounts prepaid on account of the Term Loans may not be
reborrowed. Partial prepayments of Eurodollar Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of
$5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Partial prepayments of ABR Loans
(other than Swingline Loans) shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $100,000 thereof. Optional prepayments on account of the Term Loans shall be allocated
among the Term Loans under the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility and any Incremental Term Loan
Facilities ratably based on the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans under each such
Facility and applied to the then remaining installments under each such Facility in accordance with
subsection 2.15(d). Any optional prepayment of the Delayed-Draw Term Loans will be allocated by
the Borrower between the Delayed-Draw Term Loans made to the Borrower and the Delayed-Draw Term
Loans made to the Permitted Borrower as directed by the Borrower in a notice to the Administrative
Agent prior to any such prepayment.
2.9 Mandatory Prepayments. (a) If on any date the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or
Recovery Event then (i) unless a
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Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof, the Adjusted Net Cash Proceeds (if
any) with respect to such Asset Sale or Recovery Event shall be applied, within five Business Days
after such date, toward the prepayment of the Term Loans, and (ii) if a Reinvestment Notice shall
have been delivered in respect thereof, on the applicable Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount
equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall
be applied toward the prepayment of the Term Loans.
(b) Prepayments of the Term Loans required by the provisions of this subsection 2.9 shall
be applied to the prepayment of the Incremental Term Loans and the Delayed-Draw Term Loans ratably
based on the principal amount of the Term Loans outstanding under each such Facility in accordance
with subsection 2.15(d). Prepayments of the Term Loans will be allocated to the Term Loans made
to the Borrower and to the Term Loans made to the Permitted Borrower as directed by the Borrower
in a notice to the Administrative Agent prior to any such prepayment. The Administrative Agent
shall promptly notify each Term Loan Lender of such direction.
(c) The application of any prepayment pursuant to this subsection 2.9 shall be made first
to ABR Loans and second to Eurodollar Loans. Amounts prepaid on account of the Term Loans may not
be reborrowed. In no event shall any prepayment required pursuant to this subsection 2.9 result
in the reduction of the permitted aggregate amount of the Incremental Term Loan Facilities and the
Incremental Revolving Loan Facilities or in the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.9, if at any time the
mandatory prepayment of any Loans pursuant to this Agreement would result, after giving effect to
the procedures set forth in this Agreement, in the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case
may be, incurring costs under subsection 2.16, 2.17 or 2.18 as a result of Eurodollar Loans
(“Affected Eurodollar Loans”) being prepaid other than on the last day of an Interest
Period applicable thereto, which costs are required to be paid pursuant to subsection 2.18, then,
the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, may, in its sole discretion, initially
deposit a portion (up to 100%) of the amounts that otherwise would have been paid in respect of
the Affected Eurodollar Loans with the Administrative Agent (which deposit must be equal in amount
to the amount of the Affected Eurodollar Loans not immediately prepaid) to be held as
security for the obligations of the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be,
to make such mandatory prepayment pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with such cash collateral
to be directly applied upon the first occurrence (or occurrences) thereafter of the last day of an
Interest Period applicable to the relevant Loan that is a Eurodollar Loan (or such earlier date or
dates as shall be requested by the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be), to
repay an aggregate principal amount of such Loan equal to the Affected Eurodollar Loans not
initially repaid pursuant to this sentence.
2.10 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Borrower and the Permitted
Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans by giving the
Administrative Agent at least one Business Day’s prior irrevocable written (or telephonic promptly
confirmed in writing) notice of such election (but no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time on
the Business Day immediately prior to such election), provided that unless the Borrower or
Permitted Borrower, as applicable, elects to deposit with the Administrative Agent the amount of
any breakage costs and other Eurodollar Loans related costs to be incurred by the Borrower or
Permitted Borrower under this Agreement with respect to any prepayment or conversion of such
Eurodollar Loans prior
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to the end of an Interest Period, any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans
may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower and the
Permitted Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving
the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable written (or telephonic
promptly confirmed in writing) notice of such election by 12:00 Noon, New York City time (which
notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor), provided that no
ABR Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan (i) when any Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders have determined that such a
conversion is not appropriate or (ii) after the date that is one month prior to the final scheduled
termination or maturity date of such Facility. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
(b) Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current
Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower or Permitted Borrower giving irrevocable
notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term
“Interest Period” set forth in subsection 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be
applicable to such Loans, provided that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such (i)
when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the
Required Lenders have determined that such a continuation is not appropriate or (ii) after the
date that is one month prior to the final scheduled termination or maturity date of any Facility,
and provided further that if the Borrower or Permitted Borrower shall fail to give any
required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted
pursuant to the preceding proviso such Eurodollar Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR
Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
2.11 Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions, continuations and optional
prepayments of Eurodollar Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall be
in such amounts and be made pursuant to such
elections so that, after giving effect thereto, (a) the aggregate principal amount of the
Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, (b) no more than eight Eurodollar Tranches under a
particular Facility shall be outstanding at any one time and (c) no more than 12 Eurodollar
Tranches in the aggregate shall be outstanding at any one time.
2.12 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest
for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the
Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin.
(b) Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the
Applicable Margin.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under subsection
8(a), (i) all outstanding Loans and any overdue amounts hereunder shall bear interest at a rate
per annum which is (A) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, the rate that would otherwise
be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.12 plus 2%
or (B) in the case of overdue Reimbursement Obligations, interest, commitment fees or other
amounts, the rate applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility plus 2% (or, in the
case of
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any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular Facility, the rate applicable to
ABR Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility plus 2%), in each case, with respect to
clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full
(after judgment as well as before judgment).
(d)
Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date,
provided that
interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection 2.12 shall be payable from time to
time on demand.
2.13 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest, fees and other amounts payable
pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed,
except that, with respect to ABR Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of
the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the
case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as
practicable notify the Borrower, the Permitted Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each
determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a
change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening
of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as
soon as practicable notify the Borrower, the Permitted Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the
effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.
(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower, the Permitted
Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the
request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the
Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to subsections 2.12.
2.14 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any Interest
Period:
(b) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination, absent manifest
error, shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower) that, by
reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist
for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or
(c) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the
Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or
maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower, the
Permitted Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is
given (x) any Eurodollar Loans requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall
be made as ABR Loans, (y) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such
Interest Period to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (z) any outstanding
Eurodollar Loans shall be converted to ABR Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable
thereto. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent (which the Administrative
Agent agrees to do when the circumstances that prompted delivery of such notice no longer exist),
no further Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be made or continued as such, nor
shall the
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Borrower or the Permitted Borrower have the right to convert Loans under the relevant
Facility to Eurodollar Loans.
2.15 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments . (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower, or
in the case of the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility or an Incremental Term Loan Facility, the
Permitted Borrower, from the Lenders hereunder, each payment on account of any commitment fee,
letter of credit fee, interest or principal and any reduction of any of the commitments of the
Lenders shall be made, with regard to the applicable Facility, pro rata according
to the respective Delayed-Draw Term Loan Percentages, Incremental Term Loan Percentages, Revolving
Credit Percentages, or Incremental Revolving Loan Percentages, as the case may be, of the relevant
Lenders.
(b) Whenever (i) any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this
Agreement or any Note or (ii) any other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for or on
behalf of the Borrower or, as the case may be, the Permitted Borrower (including, without
limitation, proceeds of collateral or payments under any guarantee) is insufficient to pay in full
all amounts then due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement
and any Note, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the following order: first, to the payment of fees
and expenses due and payable to the Administrative Agent under and in connection with this
Agreement; second, to the payment of all expenses due and payable under subsection 10.5,
ratably among the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with the aggregate amount of
such payments owed to the Administrative Agent and each such Lender; third, to the payment
of fees due and payable under subsections 2.6 and 3.3, ratably among the Revolving Credit Lenders
in accordance with the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender, the Delayed-
Draw Term Loan Lenders in accordance with the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments of each
Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lender, the Incremental Lenders in accordance with the Incremental Term
Loan Amounts and Incremental Revolving Loan Amounts of each Incremental Lender and, in the case of
the Issuing Lenders, the amount retained by each Issuing Lender for its own account pursuant to
subsection 3.3(a); fourth, to the payment of interest then due and payable under the
Loans, ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of interest owed to each such Lender; and
fifth, to the payment of the principal amount of the Loans and the L/C Obligations then
due and payable and, in the case of proceeds of collateral or payments under any guarantee, to the
payment of any other obligations to any Lender not covered in first through fourth above ratably
secured by such collateral or ratably guaranteed under any such guarantee, ratably among the
Lenders in accordance with the aggregate principal amount and, in the case of proceeds of
collateral or payments under any guarantee, the obligations secured or guaranteed thereby owed to
each such Lender.
(c) If any Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lender, Revolving Credit Lender or Incremental Lender
with an Incremental Revolving Loan Amount (each, a “Non-Funding Lender”) has (x) failed to
make a Delayed-Draw Term Loan, Revolving Credit Loan or Incremental Revolving Loan required to be
made by it hereunder, and the Administrative Agent has determined that such Delayed-Draw Term Loan
Lender is not likely to make such Delayed-Draw Term Loan or such Revolving Credit Lender is not
likely to make such Revolving Credit Loan or Incremental Revolving Loan, as the case may be, or
(y) given notice to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent that it will not make, or that it has
disaffirmed or repudiated any obligation to make, any Delayed-Draw Term Loans, Revolving Credit
Loans or any Incremental Revolving Loans, in each
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case by reason of the provisions of the
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, or otherwise, any
payment made on account of the principal of the Delayed-Draw Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans or
Incremental Revolving Loans outstanding shall be made as follows:
(i) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Loans, in
the case of any such payment made on any date when and to the extent that, in the determination of
the Administrative Agent, the Borrower would be able, under the terms and conditions hereof, to
reborrow the amount of such payment under the Revolving Credit Commitments or Incremental Revolving
Loan Amounts and to satisfy any applicable conditions precedent set forth in subsection 5.3 to such
reborrowing, such payment shall be made on account of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans or
Incremental Revolving Credit Loans held by the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the Non-Funding
Lender pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the
Revolving Credit Loans of such Revolving Credit Lenders or of the Incremental Revolving Loans of
such Incremental Lender, as the case may be;
(ii) otherwise, such payment shall be made on account of the outstanding Delayed-Draw Term
Loans held by the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lenders, Revolving Credit Loans held by the Revolving
Credit Lenders or the Incremental Revolving Loans held by the Incremental Lender, as the case may
be, pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of such Delayed-Draw Term
Loans, such Revolving Credit Loans or such Incremental Revolving Loans, as the case may be; and
(iii) any payment made on account of interest on the Delayed-Draw Term Loans, the Revolving
Credit Loans or the Incremental Revolving Loans, as the case may be, shall be made pro rata
according to the respective amounts of accrued and unpaid interest due and payable on the
Delayed-Draw Term Loans, the Revolving Credit Loans or the Incremental Revolving Loans, as the case
may be, with respect to which such payment is being made.
The Borrower agrees to give the Administrative Agent such assistance in making any
determination pursuant to this paragraph as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request. Any
such determination by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding on the Lenders.
(d) Subject to subsection 2.15(b), subsection 2.8 and subsection 2.9(b), each payment
(including each prepayment) on account of principal of and interest on the Delayed-Draw Term Loans
and Incremental Term Loans made to the Borrower, and each payment (including each prepayment) on
account of principal of and interest on the Delayed-Draw Term Loans or any Incremental Term Loans
made to the Permitted Borrower shall be made to the applicable Lenders pro rata
according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the applicable Term Loans then held
by the applicable Lenders. The amount of each payment on account of principal of the Delayed-Draw
Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans made to the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower shall be
applied to reduce the then remaining installments of such Delayed-Draw Term Loans or Incremental
Term Loans pro rata based upon the respective then remaining principal amounts
thereof.
(e) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and
interest on the Revolving Credit Loans or any Incremental Revolving Loans shall
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be
made pro rata
according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Loans or such
Incremental Revolving Loans then held by the applicable Lenders (subject to subsection 2.4(g)).
(f) All payments (including prepayments) to be made hereunder, whether on account of
principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be
made prior to 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent,
for the account of the Lenders, at the Administrative Agent’s office specified in subsection 10.2,
in Dollars and in immediately available funds. Payments received by the Administrative Agent after
such time shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. The Administrative Agent
shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If
any payment hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (except, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as
otherwise provided in clause (i) of the definition of “Interest Period”). In the case of any
extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding sentence, interest thereon shall
be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
(g) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior
to a Borrowing Date that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of
such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that
such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative
Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding
amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on
the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent,
on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the greater of the daily
average Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation for the period until such Lender
makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the
Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this
subsection 2.15(g) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of
such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three
Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover
such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant
Facility, on demand, from the Borrower. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan to be made by
it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on
such Borrowing Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to
make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on such Borrowing Date.
2.16 Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement
of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request
or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority made subsequent to the Effective Date:
(i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this
Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the
basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for (A) Non-Excluded Taxes
covered by subsection 2.17 and (B) the establishment of a tax based on the net income of
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such
Lender and changes in the rate of tax on the net income of such Lender, or any franchise taxes, or
any branch profits imposed on such Lender);
(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan
or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account
of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any
office of such Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate
hereunder; or
(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount which
such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar
Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable
hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender,
upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost
or reduced amount receivable, provided that before making any such demand, each Lender agrees to
use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions
and so long as such efforts would not be disadvantageous to it, in its reasonable discretion, in
any legal, economic or regulatory manner) to designate a different Eurodollar lending office if the
making of such designation would allow the Lender or its Eurodollar lending office to continue to
perform its obligations to make Eurodollar Loans or to continue to fund or maintain Eurodollar
Loans and avoid the need for, or materially reduce the
amount of, such increased cost. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts
pursuant to this subsection 2.16, it shall promptly notify the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower,
as the case may be, through the Administrative Agent, of the event by reason of which it has become
so entitled. If the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent within ten
Business Days after any Lender notifies the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower of any increased
cost pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection 2.16(a), the Borrower or the Permitted
Borrower may convert all Eurodollar Loans of such Lender then outstanding into ABR Loans in
accordance with subsection 2.10 and shall, additionally, reimburse such Lender for any cost in
accordance with subsection 2.18.
(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or
compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive
regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental
Authority made subsequent to the Effective Date shall have the effect of reducing the rate of
return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender
or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into
consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an
amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after submission by such
Lender, to the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, through the Administrative Agent, of a written
request therefor, the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such reduction.
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(c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this subsection 2.16,
showing in reasonable detail the calculation thereof and certifying that it is generally charging
such costs to other similarly situated borrowers under similar credit facilities, submitted by any
Lender through the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error,
provided that the determination of such amounts shall be made in good faith in a manner
generally consistent with such Lender’s standard practices. The obligations of the Borrower and
the Permitted Borrower pursuant to this subsection 2.16 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder for a period of
nine months thereafter.
2.17 Taxes. (a) Except as provided below in this subsection, all payments made by
the Borrower or Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, under this Agreement shall be made free and
clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income,
stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or
hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding
income taxes (including alternative minimum taxes), franchise taxes (imposed on or measured by net
income), and taxes imposed on branch profits imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a
result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the
jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative
Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment
under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded
Taxes”) are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender hereunder, the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be
increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after
payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the
rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement; provided, however, that the
Borrower or Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, shall be entitled to deduct and withhold any
Non-Excluded Taxes and shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender
that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof to the
extent such Lender’s compliance with the requirements of subsection 2.17(b) at the time such Lender
becomes a party to this Agreement fails to establish a complete exemption from such withholding or
to the extent such failure to establish a complete exemption from such withholding thereafter is
attributable to the actions or omissions of such Lender. Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes are
payable by the Borrower or Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, as promptly as possible
thereafter the Borrower or Permitted Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own
account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original
official receipt received by the Borrower or Permitted Borrower showing payment thereof. If the
Borrower or Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to
the appropriate taxing authority (except when such failure results from act or omission of a
Lender) or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required
documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any
incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any
Lender as a result of any such failure. The agreements in this subsection 2.17 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder
for a period of nine months thereafter.
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(b) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a United States person within the meaning of
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to the Borrower, the
Permitted Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender
from which the related participation shall have been purchased) three copies of either U.S.
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming
exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with
respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or
successors thereto (and, if such Non-U.S. Lender delivers a Form W-8BEN, an annual certificate
representing, under penalty of perjury, that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a “bank” for purposes of
Section 881(c) of the Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section
871(h)(3)(B) of the Code) of the Borrower and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to
the Borrower (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Code)), properly completed and duly
executed by such Non-U. S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S.
federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may
be, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each
Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any
Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). In
addition, each Non U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms on or before the expiration or
obsolescence and promptly upon the invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S.
Lender and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recently provided form
and, if necessary, obtain any extensions of time reasonably requested by the Borrower, the
Permitted Borrower or the Administrative Agent for filing and completing such forms. Each Non-U.S.
Lender (and, if applicable, any other Lender or Transferee) agrees, to the extent legally entitled
to do so, upon reasonable request by the Borrower, to provide to the Borrower or the
Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, (for the benefit of the Borrower, the Permitted
Borrower and the Administrative Agent) such other forms as may be reasonably required in order to
establish the legal entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from withholding with respect to
payments of interest under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall
promptly notify the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower at any time it determines that it is no
longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower or the
Permitted Borrower, as the case may be (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S.
taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection
2.17(b), a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this subsection
2.17(b) that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver. If the Administrative Agent or
any Lender (or Transferee) receives a refund in respect of Non-Excluded Taxes paid by the Borrower
or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, it shall promptly pay such refund, together with
any other amounts paid by the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, in
connection with such refunded Non-Excluded Taxes, to the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as
the case may be, net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Lender incurred in obtaining such
refund, provided that the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, agrees
to promptly return such refund to the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender if it receives
notices from the Administrative Agent or applicable Lender that such Administrative Agent or
Lender is required to repay such refund.
2.18 Indemnity. The Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as applicable, agrees to
indemnify each Lender and to hold each Lender harmless from any loss (excluding loss of profit) or
expense which such Lender actually incurs as a consequence of (a) withdrawal of notice given by the
Borrower or the Permitted Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of
Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower has given a notice requesting the
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same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) failure by the Borrower or the
Permitted Borrower to make any prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan after the Borrower has given a
notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a
prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with
respect thereto. Such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the
amount of interest which would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted
or continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert
or continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow,
convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in
each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Loans provided for herein (excluding,
however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest
(as reasonably determined by such Lender) which would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by
placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank
eurodollar market. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this subsection 2.18,
showing in reasonable detail the calculation thereof, submitted to the Borrower or the Permitted
Borrower, as applicable, by any Lender shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. This
covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other
amounts payable hereunder for a period of one month thereafter.
2.19 Change of Lending Office . Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of
subsection 2.16 or 2.17(a) with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower (for
itself or on behalf of the Permitted Borrower), use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy
considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such
event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event, provided that such
designation is made on terms that in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and
its lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory
disadvantage, and provided further that nothing in this subsection 2.19 shall affect or postpone any of the
obligations of the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to
subsection 2.16 or 2.17(a).
2.20 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances. If at any time (a) the
Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, becomes obligated to pay additional amounts
described in subsection 2.16 or 2.17 as a result of any condition described in such subsections or
any Lender ceases to make Eurodollar Loans pursuant to subsection 2.16, (b) any Lender becomes
insolvent and its assets become subject to a receiver, liquidator, trustee, custodian or other
Person having similar powers, (c) any Lender becomes a “Non-Consenting Lender” (as defined below in
this subsection 2.20) or (d) any Lender becomes a “Non-Funding Lender”, then the Borrower may, on
ten Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, replace such
Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to
subsection 10.6(b) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to a Lender or other
entity selected by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (and in the
case of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Loans, reasonably acceptable to the Issuing
Lender and the Swingline Lender) for a purchase price equal to the outstanding principal amount of
such Lender’s Loans and all accrued interest and fees and other amounts payable hereunder
(including amounts payable under subsection 2.18 as though such Loans were being paid instead of
being purchased), provided that (i) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall
have any obligation to the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, to find a
replacement Lender or other such entity, (ii) in the event of a replacement of a Non-Consenting
Lender or a Lender to which the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be, becomes
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obligated to pay additional amounts pursuant to clause (a) of this subsection 2.20, in order for
the Borrower to be entitled to replace such a Lender, such replacement must take place no later
than 180 days after (A) the date the Non-Consenting Lender shall have notified the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent of its failure to agree to any requested consent, waiver or amendment or (B)
the Lender shall have demanded payment of additional amounts under one of the subsections described
in clause (a) of this subsection 2.20, as the case may be, and (iii) in no event shall the Lender
hereby replaced be required to pay or surrender to such replacement Lender or other entity any of
the fees received by such Lender hereby replaced pursuant to this Agreement. In the case of a
replacement of a Lender to which the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as the case may be,
becomes obligated to pay additional amounts pursuant to clause (a) of this subsection 2.20, the
Borrower shall pay such additional amounts to such Lender prior to such Lender being replaced and
the payment of such additional amounts shall be a condition to the replacement of such Lender. In
the event that (x) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent has requested the Lenders to consent to
a departure or waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents or to agree to any amendment thereto,
(y) the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the agreement of all Lenders in
accordance with the terms of subsection 10.1 or all the Lenders with respect to a certain class of
the Loans and (z) Required Lenders or more than 50% of the class of such Lenders have agreed to
such consent, waiver or amendment, then any Lender who does not agree to such consent, waiver or
amendment shall be deemed a “Non-Consenting Lender”. The Borrower’s right to replace a Non-
Funding Lender pursuant to this subsection 2.20 is, and shall be, in addition to, and not in
lieu of, all other rights and remedies available to the Borrower against such Non-Funding Lender
under this Agreement, at law, in equity, or by statute.
2.21 Notice of Certain Costs. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary, to the extent any notice required by subsection 2.15 through and including subsection
2.18 is given by any Lender more than 90 days after such Lender has knowledge (or should have had
knowledge) of the occurrence of the event giving rise to the additional cost, reduction in amounts,
loss, tax or other additional amounts described in such subsections, such Lender shall not be
entitled to compensation under such subsections for any such amounts incurred or accruing prior to
the giving of such notice to the Borrower.
SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.1 L/C Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Issuing
Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in subsection
3.4(a), agrees to issue letters of credit (“Letters of Credit”) for the account of the
Borrower on any Business Day during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in such form as may be
approved from time to time by the Issuing Lender, provided that the Issuing Lender shall
not have any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i)
the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Available
Revolving Credit Commitments would be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be
denominated in Dollars and (ii) expire no later than the earlier of (x) the first anniversary of
its date of issuance and (y) the date which is five Business Days prior to the Scheduled Revolving
Credit Termination Date, provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for
the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date
referred to in clause (y) above). On the Effective Date, each “Letter of Credit” under and as
defined in the Existing Credit Agreement shall automatically, and without any action on the part of
any Person, become a Letter of Credit hereunder.
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(b) Each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Uniform Customs and, to the extent not
inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of New York.
(c) The Issuing Lender shall not at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit
hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause the Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant
to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law. To the extent that the
Issuing Lender is not also the Administrative Agent it shall promptly provide notice to the
Administrative Agent of any request for a Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof, any payments
thereunder and reimbursements of such payments and any termination, expiration and amendment
thereof.
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit. The Borrower may from time to time
request that the Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to the Issuing Lender at its
address for notices specified herein an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of the
Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents
and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may reasonably request. Upon receipt of
any Application, the Issuing Lender will process such Application and the certificates, documents
and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its
customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no
event shall the Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three
Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates,
documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter
of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by the Issuing Lender and the
Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower promptly
following the issuance thereof. To the extent that the Issuing Lender is not also the
Administrative Agent, it shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent notice of the issuance
of each Letter of Credit (including the amount thereof). The Administrative Agent will furnish to
the Revolving Credit Lenders (a) prompt notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit and (b) a
monthly report setting forth for the relevant month the total aggregate daily amount available to
be drawn under Letters of Credit that were outstanding during such month.
3.3 Commissions, Fees and Other Charges. (a) The Borrower will pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender, a commission on the average
daily face amount of each Letter of Credit at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then
in effect with respect to Eurodollar Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility, shared ratably
among the Revolving Credit Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date
after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Lender for its own
account a fronting fee in the amount and on the dates agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the
Issuing Lender.
(b) In addition to the foregoing fees and commissions, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse
the Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by
the Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise
administering any Letter of Credit.
3.4 L/C Participations. (a) The Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and
hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit
hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and
purchases from the Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such L/C
Participant’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving
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Credit Percentage in the Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under and in respect of each
Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender and the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing
Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with the Issuing
Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender for which
the Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Issuing Lender upon demand an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Percentage of
the amount of such draft or any part thereof, which is not so reimbursed.
(b) If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent
for the account of the Issuing Lender pursuant to subsection 3.4(a) in respect of any
unreimbursed portion of any payment made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is
paid to the Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such L/C
Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender on demand
an amount equal to the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the greater of the daily
average Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation during the period from and
including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately
available to the Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such
amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to subsection 3.4(a) is not made
available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender by such L/C
Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, the Issuing Lender
shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with interest
thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the
Revolving Credit Facility. A certificate of the Issuing Lender submitted to any L/C Participant
with respect to any amounts owing under this subsection shall be conclusive in the absence of
manifest error.
(c) Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of
Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro
rata share of such payment in accordance
with subsection 3.4(a), the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender receives
any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise,
including proceeds of collateral applied thereto), or any payment of interest on account thereof,
the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C
Participant its pro rata share thereof, provided, however, that in the event that
any such payment received by the Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by the Issuing
Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to the Administrative Agent for the account of the
Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed to it.
3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the
Issuing Lender through the Administrative Agent on each date on which the Issuing Lender notifies
the Borrower of the date and amount of a draft presented under any Letter of Credit and paid by the
Issuing Lender for the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other
costs or expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with such payment. The Borrower
shall make such payment (x) on the Business Day on which the Borrower receives such notice if the
Borrower shall have received such notice prior to 10:30 A.M., New York City time, on the day of
receipt, or (y) on the Business Day immediately following the Business Day on which the Borrower
receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to 10:30 A.M., New York City time, on
the day of receipt. Each such payment shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the
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account of
the Issuing Lender in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall
promptly pay such reimbursed amounts over to the Issuing Lender on the day of receipt thereof.
Interest shall be payable on any and all amounts remaining unpaid by the Borrower under this
subsection from the date such amounts become payable (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration
or otherwise) until payment in full at the rate set forth in subsection 2.12(c).
3.6 Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligations under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under
any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment which
the Borrower may have or have had against the Issuing Lender (except to the extent resulting from
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender), any beneficiary of a Letter of
Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with the Issuing Lender that, subject to the
last sentence of this subsection 3.6, the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the
Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations under subsection 3.5 shall not be affected by, among other
things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such
documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among
the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of
Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such
Letter of Credit or any such transferee. The Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any error,
omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice,
however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors, omissions or
delays in transmission found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent
jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing
Lender. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender under or in
connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of
gross negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with the standards or care specified in
the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall
not result in any liability of the Issuing Lender to the Borrower.
3.7 Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for payment under any
Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender shall promptly (and in any event within one Business Day)
notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of the date and amount thereof. The responsibility
of an Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any
Letter of Credit issued by it shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for
in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft)
delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in
conformity with such Letter of Credit.
3.8 Applications. To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any
Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this
Section 3 shall apply.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing
Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters
of Credit, the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower hereby represent and warrant to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender that:
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4.1 Financial Condition. (a) The audited consolidated financial statements of (i)
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries in each case as of and for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2004, reported on by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, and (ii) the Permitted Borrower as of and for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2004, reported on by Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx & Co. P.S.C., present fairly
in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and the financial
condition of the Permitted Borrower, respectively, and, in each case, the results of operations and
cash flows as of such date and for such period. The unaudited consolidated financial statements of
the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, in each case as of and for the six-month period
ending June 30, 2005, certified by a Responsible Officer, present fairly in all material respects
the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and the results of operations and cash flows
as of such date and for such period (subject to normal year-end adjustments and any other
adjustments described therein and the absence of footnotes). All such financial statements,
including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the relevant firm of
accountants and disclosed therein and subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of
footnotes). The most recent audited balance sheet referred to above reflects, as required by GAAP,
any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, and any
long-term leases and unusual forward or long-term commitments, including, without limitation, any
interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of
derivatives, in each case as of the date of such balance sheet.
(b) The pro forma, projected consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and
its consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2005 (the “Pro Forma Balance Sheet”),
copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, has been prepared using the
projection of the Borrower giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to (i) the
complete consummation of the Emmis Acquisition, (ii) the Loans to be made on the Effective Date
and to consummate the Emmis Acquisition and the use of proceeds thereof and (iii) the payment of
fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet has been prepared
in good faith based on the information available to the Borrower as of the date of delivery
thereof and upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to have been reasonably made.
4.2 No Change. Since the date of the most recent audited financial statements
described in subsection 4.1, there has been no development or event which has had or could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized or formed, as the case may be, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation, (b) has the requisite
power and authority to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee
and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged as it is currently conducted, (c) is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction
where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification except to the extent that the failure to so qualify could not, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all
Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations . Each Loan Party has the requisite power and authority to make, deliver and perform the Loan
Documents to which it is a
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party and, in the case of the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower, to
borrow and obtain other extensions of credit hereunder. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary
corporate or other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower, to
authorize the borrowings and other extensions of credit hereunder on the terms and conditions of
this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in
respect of, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the borrowings and other
extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except (i) consents,
authorizations, filings and notices which have been obtained or made and are in full force and
effect, and (ii) filings in respect of Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents. Each Loan
Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party thereto. This Agreement
constitutes, and each Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of each Loan Party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement
is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).
4.5 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the
proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to the Loan Parties or any
material Contractual Obligation of any of the Loan Parties and will not result in, or require, the
creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to
any Requirement of Law or any such material Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by
the Security Documents).
4.6 No Material Litigation. Except as has been set forth on Schedule 4.6, no
litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of the Loan Parties or against
any of their respective properties or revenues which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of the Loan Parties has title in fee simple
to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its material real property, and good title to, or a valid
leasehold interest in, all its other material property, and none of such property is subject to any
Lien except as permitted by subsection 7.3.
4.8 Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and each of the Loan Parties owns,
or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, service marks, copyrights, technology, know-how
and processes (“Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of its business as
currently conducted, except for those the failure of which to own or license could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and to the knowledge of the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower (a) no
claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any
Intellectual Property or the validity of any Intellectual Property (nor does the Borrower know of
any valid basis for any such claim) and (b) the use of Intellectual Property by the Borrower and
the Loan Parties does not infringe on the rights of, and no Intellectual Property of the Borrower
or any of the Loan Parties is being infringed upon by, any Person.
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4.9 Taxes. Each of the Loan Parties has filed or caused to be filed all Federal,
Puerto Rican and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed and has paid all
taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any material assessments made against it or
any of its property by any Governmental Authority other than (a) any taxes the amount or validity
of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to
which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the applicable Loan
Party, and (b) taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority with respect to which a failure to make
payment could not, by reason of the amount thereof or of the remedies available to such
Governmental Authority, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.10 Federal Regulations. No Letters of Credit and no part of the proceeds of any
Loans will be used in a manner that creates a violation of Regulation U of the Board. If requested
by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent
and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form
G-3 or FR Form U-1 referred to in said Regulation U.
4.11 ERISA. Except where the liability, individually or in the aggregate, which
could reasonably be expected to result has not had or could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect: (a) neither a Reportable Event nor an “accumulated funding deficiency”
(within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the
five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect
to any Single Employer Plan; (b) each Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) has complied in all
material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (c) no termination of a
Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Single Employer Plan has
arisen and remains outstanding, during such five-year period; (d) the present value of all accrued
benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did
not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or
deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits in an
amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (e) none of the Loan
Parties nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any
Multiemployer Plan, and, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, none of the Loan Parties nor any
Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to any liability under ERISA if the Loan Parties or
any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of
the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed
made; and (f) no such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or Insolvent.
4.12 Investment Company Act. No Loan Party is an “investment company”, within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
4.13 Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 4.13 constitute all the
Subsidiaries of the Borrower as of the Effective Date.
4.14 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Delayed-Draw Term Loans will be used to
finance (a) the Emmis Acquisition and to pay related fees and expenses and/or (b) the Revolving
Credit Loans being prepaid (including any amounts owing pursuant to subsection 2.18) in accordance
with subsection 2.8, provided, that no more than $50,000,000 of the proceeds of the
Delayed-Draw Term Loans will be used to prepay Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to clause (b) above.
The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swingline Loans, Incremental Term Loans, Incremental
Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit shall be used to finance the Emmis Acquisition, refinance and
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replace the Existing Credit Agreement, finance related fees and expenses and to provide for working
capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and LIN TV,
including, without limitation, share repurchases.
4.15 Environmental Matters. Except for matters set forth on Schedule 4.15 and
except with respect to any other matters that could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (a) has failed to comply
with any Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with, any permit, license or other
approval required under any Environmental Law, (b) has become subject to any Environmental
Liability, (c) has received notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (d)
knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.
4.16 Accuracy of Information, etc. None of the reports, financial statements,
certificates or other written information (but excluding all projections and pro forma financial
information and other estimates covered by the next sentence) furnished by or on behalf of any Loan
Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (taken together with all information so
furnished and as modified or supplemented by the other information so furnished) contained as of
the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, any untrue
statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained herein or therein not misleading. The projections and pro forma
financial information and other estimates and opinions contained in the materials referenced
above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to
be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that
actual results during the period or periods covered by such projections, financial information
and other estimates and opinions may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a
material amount.
4.17 Security Documents. (a) When executed and delivered, the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement will be effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the
benefit of the Lenders, a valid and enforceable security interest in the collateral described
therein and proceeds thereof, to the extent contemplated by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
All actions have been taken on or prior to the Effective Date which are necessary to cause the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to constitute, to the extent contemplated by the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and
interest of the Loan Parties in such collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the
Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior
in right to any other Person subject, except in the case of such Pledged Stock, to Liens permitted
by subsection 7.3.
(b) Each of the Mortgages, upon execution and delivery by the parties thereto, will be
effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a valid
and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Properties and other collateral described therein. Such
Mortgages are not required to be filed until following a request by the Administrative Agent or
the Required Lenders pursuant to subsection 10.17. If, upon such execution and delivery, the
Mortgages are immediately filed in accordance with subsection 10.17, each Mortgage shall
constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of
the Loan Parties in the Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the
Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any
other Person, subject to Liens permitted by subsection 7.3.
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4.18 Senior Indebtedness. The Obligations of the Borrower in respect of principal
and interest hereunder constitute “Senior Indebtedness” of the Borrower under the Senior
Subordinated Notes and the Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Debentures. The obligations of each
Subsidiary Guarantor therefor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement will constitute
“Guarantor Senior Indebtedness” of such Subsidiary Guarantor therefor under the Senior Subordinated
Notes and the Exchangeable Senior Subordinated Debentures.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1 Conditions to Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective upon the
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the Effective Date:
(a) Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this
Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower, the Permitted
Borrower and the Lenders and (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered
by a duly authorized officer of the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
(b) Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Financial Statements. The Lenders shall have received
(i) the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, (ii) audited consolidated financial statements of the
Borrower for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 and (iii)
unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for each quarter ended after
the date of the last applicable financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of this
paragraph as to which financial statements are available.
(c) Legal Opinion. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received a
legal opinion from Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxx, counsel for the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of
Exhibit F.
(d) Repayments of Existing Credit Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3.1(a), the administrative agent under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have
received from the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower an amount sufficient to pay in full the
principal amount of and accrued interest and fees on account of all commitments, loans and letters
of credit under the Existing Credit Agreement and any other amounts due thereunder previously
advised to the Borrower, and the outstanding commitments thereunder shall have been cancelled.
(e) Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a
certificate of each of the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower, dated the Effective Date,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments, including the
certificate of incorporation or formation, as applicable, certified as of a recent date by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, (ii) a Compliance Certificate containing all
information necessary for determining pro forma compliance by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
with the financial covenants set forth in subsection 7.1 as of June 30, 2005 (assuming the ratios
required for December 31, 2005 were applicable to such date and the Loans being made on the
Effective Date were made on such date) and (iii) a long form good standing certificate with
respect to each of the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower issued as of a recent date by the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
(f) Fees. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all fees
and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent
invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees, charges and
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disbursements of counsel) required to be reimbursed or paid by any Loan Party hereunder, under the
Existing Credit Agreement or under any other Loan Document and for which invoices have been
presented at least two Business Days before the Effective Date. All such amounts will be paid
with proceeds of Loans made on the Effective Date and will be reflected in the funding
instructions given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or before the Effective Date.
(g) Consents. All consents and approvals, if any, required to be obtained from any
Governmental Authority or other Person in connection with the continuing operations of the Loan
Parties and the transactions contemplated hereby (other than those contemplated by subsection 5.2)
shall have been obtained, in each case without the imposition of any burdensome conditions, except
to the extent that the failure to obtain any such consent could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Security Documents. All documents and instruments required under the Security
Documents in connection with the perfection of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the
Collateral (including delivery of any required stock certificates and undated stock powers
executed in blank but excluding the Mortgages) shall have been executed and delivered to the
Administrative Agent and shall (to the extent applicable) be in proper form for filing.
5.2 Conditions to Making of Delayed-Draw Term Loans on each Delayed-Draw Effective
Date . The agreement of each Lender to make Delayed-Draw Term Loans required to be made
by it is subject to the satisfaction, prior to or concurrently with the making of such Delayed-Draw
Term Loans on any Delayed-Draw Effective Date, of the following conditions precedent on such
Delayed-Draw Effective Date:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and
warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true in
correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date
except for (i) any representation or warranty which is expressly made as of an earlier date,
which representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects
as of such earlier date and (ii) the representations and warranties in subsection 4.2, 4.6,
and 4.15.
(b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be
made on such date.
(c) Consents. All consents and approvals, if any, required to be obtained
from any Governmental Authority or other Person in connection with the portion of the Emmis
Acquisition being funded and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained,
or waived with the approval of the Administrative Agent, in each case without the imposition
of any burdensome conditions, except to the extent that the failure to obtain any such
consent or approval could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a
certificate from a Senior Responsible Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of
Exhibit M to the effect that all FCC approvals necessary for the assignment of the FCC
licenses being acquired in connection with the portion of the Emmis Acquisition being funded
have been received (provided, that no such certificate shall be delivered if the
proceeds of the Delayed-Draw Term Loans are not used to finance a portion of the Emmis
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Acquisition), (ii) a notice of prepayment delivered in accordance with subsection 2.8
(provided, that no such notice shall be delivered if the proceeds of the
Delayed-Draw Term Loans are not used to prepay a portion of the Revolving Credit Loans in
accordance with subsection 2.8) and (iii) a Compliance Certificate containing all
information necessary for determining pro forma compliance by the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries with the financial covenants set forth in subsection 7.1 as of the last
day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter (assuming the ratios required for the last
day of the current fiscal quarter were applicable and the Delayed-Draw Term Loans being
borrowed were made on such date).
(e) Emmis Acquisition. The portion of the Emmis Acquisition being funded
shall have been consummated in all material respects in accordance with the Requirements of
Law and in accordance with the provisions of that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as
of August 19, 2005, between the Seller and the Borrower and no provisions thereof shall have
been waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in any respect materially adverse
to the interests of the Lenders without the approval of the Administrative Agent.
(f) Security Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received, with
respect to each new Subsidiary created in connection with the portion of the Emmis
Acquisition being funded, (i) an assumption agreement in the form of Annex I attached to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of
such Subsidiary and (ii) all documents and instruments required under subsection 6.9 in
connection with the perfection of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the
acquired Collateral (including delivery of any required stock certificates and undated stock
powers executed in blank), each executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such
Subsidiary.
5.3 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make
any extension of credit (other than Delayed Draw Term Loans) requested to be made by it on any date
(including, without limitation, any such extension of credit on the Effective Date) is subject to
the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made
by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material
respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date except for any representation and
warranty which is expressly made as of an earlier date, which representation and warranty shall
have been true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.
(b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date.
Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower or the Permitted
Borrower hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower or the Permitted
Borrower, as applicable, as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained
in this subsection 5.3 have been satisfied.
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each of the Borrower and (with respect to subsections 6.2(e), 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 and 6.8 only)
the Permitted Borrower hereby agree that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect,
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any Letter Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the
Administrative Agent hereunder, each of the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower shall and (except
in the case of delivery of financial information reports and notices) shall cause each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors to:
6.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent which shall in turn
be promptly distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders:
(a) as soon as available but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Borrower a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of each of the
Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related
audited consolidated statements of operations and of cash flows for such year, in each case
setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous year reported on without a
“going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the
scope of the audit, by independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized
standing; and
(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of
each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, as applicable
the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of each of the Borrower and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements
of income and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the
end of such quarter, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding period in the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being
fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the
absence of footnotes).
All such financial statements shall fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and shall be
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein
(except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein and,
in the case of financial statements delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1(b), subject to normal
year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes).
6.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (which
shall in turn be promptly distributed by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders) or, in the case
of clause (e), to the relevant Lender:
(a) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to subsection
6.1(a) and 6.1(b),(i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer certifying as to whether a
Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any
action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto and (ii) a Compliance Certificate
setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with subsection 7.1
as of the last day of the relevant fiscal quarter or fiscal year;
(b) as soon as available, and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries for such fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance
sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, and the
related consolidated statements of projected cash flow, projected changes in financial
position and
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projected income) (collectively, the “Projections”), which Projections
shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that
such Projections are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management
of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that
such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and
that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may
differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount;
(c) within five days after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements and
reports which the Borrower sends to the holders of any class of its debt securities or
public equity securities and within five days after the same are filed, copies of all
financial statements and reports which the Borrower may make to, or file with, the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or analogous Governmental Authority;
(d) promptly following their submission with the FCC or any other Federal, state or
local Governmental Authority, copies of any and all periodic or special reports filed by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, if such reports are publicly available and indicate any
material adverse change in the business, operations or financial condition of the Borrower
and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole or if copies thereof are requested by any
Lender or the Administrative Agent (but only to the extent such reports are publicly
available); and
(e) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from
time to time reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to subsection 6.1 or subsection 6.2(c) (to the extent
any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered
electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which
the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the
Internet at the website address at xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xxx; or (ii) on which such documents are posted
on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which
each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or
whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).
6.3 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before
maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material obligations of
whatever nature, that, if not paid, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been
provided on the books of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, provided
that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries shall have the right
to pay any such obligation and in good faith contest, by proper legal actions or proceedings, the
validity or amount of such claims.
6.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc. (a) Except as
contemplated by subsection 7.4, (i) continue to engage in business of the same general type as now
conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (ii) preserve, renew and keep in full force and
effect its existence and (iii) take all reasonable action to preserve and maintain all rights,
privileges, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business,
except (other than with respect to the Station Licenses), in the case of this clause (iii), to the
extent that failure to
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do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and
except if (A) in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as
the case may be, it is in its best economic interest not to preserve and maintain such privileges,
rights or franchises (other than the Station Licenses), and (B) such failure to preserve and
maintain such privileges, rights or franchises (other than the Station Licenses) would not
materially adversely affect the rights of the Lenders hereunder or the value of the collateral security for the
Loans; and (b) comply with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply
therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all Property material to the
conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and
maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance in at least such
amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product
liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by
companies engaged in the same or a similar business; and furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon
written request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance carried, except to the extent
that the failure to do any of the foregoing with respect to any such property could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) All such insurance shall (i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount
or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after
receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof, and (ii) name the Administrative
Agent as insured party or loss payee.
6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep proper books
of records and accounts in accordance with sound business practices and (b) upon reasonable prior
notice and at any reasonable time, permit representatives of the Administrative Agent or any Lender
to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and, if reasonably requested, make copies of
its books and records and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other
condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with officers and employees of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries and with its independent certified public accountants, provided that the
Administrative Agent or such Lender shall notify the Borrower prior to any contact with such
accountants and give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in such discussions.
6.7 Notices. Promptly, and in any event within five Business Days, after a Senior
Responsible Officer of the Borrower becomes aware of the occurrence thereof, give notice to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default if such
Default or Event of Default, as applicable, is then continuing. Each notice pursuant to this
subsection 6.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details
of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower or the relevant
Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.
6.8 Environmental Laws . (a) Except as could not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect, comply with all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and
comply with and maintain any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits
required by applicable Environmental Laws.
(b) Conduct and complete (or cause to be conducted and completed) in all material respects
all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other
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actions required under Environmental Laws and in a timely fashion comply in all material respects with all
lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, except
to the extent that the failure to do so could not be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
6.9 Additional Collateral, etc. (a) With respect to any new Subsidiary created or
acquired after the Effective Date by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, promptly (i) execute
and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to grant to the Administrative
Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital
Stock of such new Subsidiary which are owned by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and
required to be pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, (ii) deliver to the
Administrative Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock
powers endorsed in blank executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, (iii) cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (B) to take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to
the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders a perfected first priority security
interest in the collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to such
new Subsidiary as contemplated by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, including, without
limitation, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may
be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrative Agent and (iv) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the
Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinion shall be
in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) only 65% of the voting Capital Stock of
any direct foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower or any domestic Subsidiary need be pledged under this
clause (a), (ii) no voting Capital Stock of any foreign Subsidiary other than a direct foreign
Subsidiary of the Borrower or any domestic Subsidiary need be pledged under this clause (a) and
(iii) no direct or indirect foreign Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor or shall be required to
pledge any of its assets hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(b) Promptly, but in any event not later than 60 Business Days after the Effective Date,
execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Mortgage reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent in respect of each Mortgaged Property; and, promptly, but in any event not
later than 60 Business Days after the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, as applicable,
shall have made a request contemplated by subsection 10.17, provide to the Administrative Agent in
respect of each Mortgaged Property (i) a mortgagee’s title insurance policy (or policies) or
marked up unconditional binder for such insurance, provided that each such policy shall (A) be in
an amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent with respect to each Mortgaged
Property covered thereby (but not in excess of the lesser of the fair market value thereof and the
aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments and Incremental
Revolving Loan Amounts); (B) insure that the Mortgage insured thereby creates a valid first Lien
on such Mortgaged Property free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, except as disclosed
therein or otherwise permitted by subsection 7.3; (C) name the Administrative Agent for the
benefit of the Lenders as the insured thereunder; (D) be in the form of ALTA Loan Policy -
1992 (or equivalent policies) to the extent available in the applicable jurisdictions; (E)
contain such endorsements and affirmative coverage as the Administrative Agent may reasonably
request to the extent available in the applicable jurisdictions and available without material
cost to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; and (F) be issued by title companies reasonably
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Administrative Agent (including any such title companies acting as co-insurers
or reinsurers, at the option of the Administrative Agent) and (ii) evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it that all premiums in respect of each such policy, all charges for mortgage
recording tax, and all related expenses, if any, have been paid or duly provided for.
(c) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, to the extent permitted by applicable
Requirements of Law at the time of such request, grant or cause its Subsidiaries to grant, to the
Administrative Agent, a direct security interest in the Station Licenses within 30 days after
receipt of such request, provided that to the extent FCC consent shall be required in connection
with granting such security interest, such consent shall be requested within 30 days after receipt
of such request and upon receipt of such FCC consent, such security interest shall be granted
within 10 Business Days thereof.
(d) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of (i) any Event of Default with respect
to paragraph (a) of Section 8, (ii) any payment default with respect to any Subordinated
Indebtedness or Senior Unsecured Indebtedness, or (iii) any Event of Default with respect to
subsection 7.1, promptly, but in any event not more than 30 Business Days (subject to necessary
approvals by the FCC), following the request of the Administrative Agent, cause the assets
relating to each Station held by the Borrower to be transferred to a related License Subsidiary
or, at the election of the Administrative Agent or if there is no License Subsidiary related to
such Station, another Subsidiary that has no other assets or liabilities.
6.10 After-Acquired Stations. Unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent
shall otherwise agree, cause the Station Licenses relating to each after-acquired Station to be
held in one or more License Subsidiaries, provided that to the extent the Borrower shall not have
received FCC approval with respect to the foregoing at the scheduled closing of the acquisition of
such Station, the Borrower shall comply with the foregoing requirement as soon as practicable
following such acquisition (but in any event within 60 days after such acquisition).
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of
Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Administrative
Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit (except with respect to subsection
7.1) any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
7.1 Financial Condition Covenants. (a) Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Permit
the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period set forth below to exceed the
ratio set forth below opposite such period:
Period | Consolidated Leverage Ratio | |||
Effective Date to September 30, 2006
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8.50:1 | |||
October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007
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8.00:1 | |||
October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2008
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7.75:1 | |||
October 1, 2008 and thereafter
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6.00:1 |
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(b) Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Interest Coverage
Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth
below opposite such period:
Period | Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio | |||
Effective Date to September 30, 2008
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2.00:1 | |||
October 1, 2008 and thereafter
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2.25:1 |
(c) Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Senior Leverage
Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period to exceed 4.50x.
7.2 Limitation on Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist (in each
case, to “Incur”) any Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;
(b) Indebtedness owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(c) purchase money Indebtedness, provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to this subsection 7.2(c) shall not exceed $30,000,000 at any one time
outstanding;
(d)
Capital Lease Obligations, provided that the aggregate principal amount of
Capital Lease Obligations incurred pursuant to this subsection 7.2(d) in any fiscal year of
the Borrower, when added to the aggregate amount of other Capital Expenditures made during
such fiscal year pursuant to subsection 7.7, shall not exceed the amount permitted to be
expended during such fiscal year pursuant to subsection 7.7;
(e) Indebtedness (other than any Subordinated Indebtedness) outstanding on the
Effective Date and listed on Schedule 7.2(e) and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or
extensions thereof (without any increase in the principal amount thereof);
(f) (i) Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in respect
of any Indebtedness permitted under this subsection 7.2 (other than Indebtedness incurred
under clause (g) of this subsection 7.2, which shall be governed by such clause (g)), (ii)
Guarantee Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, provided that the Incurrence of such Guarantee Obligations could not
reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect,
(iii) Guarantee Obligations permitted under subsection 7.8, and (iv) other Guarantee
Obligations not to exceed $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding;
(g) (i) Subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower, (ii) Senior Unsecured
Indebtedness of the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $350,000,000,
and (iii) Guarantee Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of Indebtedness
referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this subsection 7.2(g), provided that, at the
time of
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incurrence of such Indebtedness and Guarantee Obligations, no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing and provided further that a
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not guarantee any Subordinated Indebtedness unless such guarantee
of Subordinated Indebtedness is subordinated to the guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor
of the Obligations on terms no less favorable to the Lenders than the subordination
provisions of the Subordinated Indebtedness to which such guarantee relates;
(h) Indebtedness resulting from the endorsement of negotiable instruments in the
ordinary course of business or arising from the honoring of a check, draft or similar
instruments presented by the Borrower or a Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business
against insufficient funds;
(i) Indebtedness in respect of any Interest Rate Protection Agreements;
(j) Indebtedness (i) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the seller
representing all or part of the purchase price in a Permitted Acquisition or any Asset Swap
Transaction or assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or any Asset Swap
Transaction, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75,000,000 at any time
outstanding, as the same may be refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (without any
increase in the principal amount thereof), and (ii) of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to the seller representing all or part of the purchase price in a Permitted
Acquisition or any Asset Swap Transaction or assumed in connection with any Permitted
Acquisition (including the Emmis Acquisition) or any Asset Swap Transaction, in each case,
in this clause (ii), subordinated in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent to the Obligations (except to the extent contemplated by the proviso to this clause
(ii)), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000 at any time outstanding,
as the same may be refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (without any increase in the
principal amount thereof or change in the status thereof as subordinated Indebtedness),
provided that the aggregate principal amount of subordinated Indebtedness incurred pursuant
to this subclause (ii) that provides for any maturity, amortization or mandatory redemption
(other than with asset sale proceeds, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, or
following a change of control) or sinking fund payment prior to the date that is six months
following the Delayed-Draw Maturity Date shall not exceed $100,000,000 at any time
outstanding;
(k) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof, in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75,000,000 at any time outstanding, in each case
as a result of a transaction permitted by subsection 7.4 or subsection 7.8; provided
such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in
contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary, and any
refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase in the
principal amount thereof or overall collateral therefor or any change in the status of any
subordinated Indebtedness) but excluding any such refinancing or refunding of any such
Indebtedness that by its terms shall become due or shall permit its holder to require
repurchase by such Person as a result of such transaction;
(l) Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted under subsections 7.3(a), (b), (c), (d),
(m) and (o); and
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(m) additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount (for the Borrower and all Subsidiaries) not to exceed $50,000,000
at any one time outstanding, provided that, at the time of incurrence of such
Indebtedness, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
7.3 Limitation on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any
of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for:
(a) Liens imposed by any Governmental Authority for taxes, assessments or charges not
yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that
adequate reserves are maintained on the books of the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries, as
the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;
(b) carriers’, landlord’s, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or
other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business;
(c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment
insurance and other social security legislation;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for
borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, insurance contracts, surety and appeal
bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature;
(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, covenants, minor exceptions to title and
other similar encumbrances (i) previously or hereafter existing which, in the aggregate, are
not material in amount and which, in the case of such encumbrances on any of the Mortgaged
Properties, do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the Property
subject thereto or, in the case of such encumbrances on property, materially interfere with
the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or (ii) which are set forth in title reports delivered to the Administrative Agent on or
prior to the Effective Date or after the Effective Date pursuant to subsection 6.9(b);
(f) Liens in existence on the Effective Date listed on Schedule 7.3(f) securing
Indebtedness permitted by subsection 7.2(e) (including refinancings, refundings, renewals
and extensions of such Indebtedness as permitted by subsection 7.2(e)), provided that no
such Lien is spread to cover any additional property (other than after acquired title in or
on such property and proceeds of the existing collateral in accordance with the instrument
creating such Lien) after the Effective Date and that the principal amount of Indebtedness
secured thereby is not increased except pursuant to the instrument creating such Lien
(without any modification thereof after the Effective Date);
(g) (i) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
permitted pursuant to subsections 7.2(c) and 7.2(d) (provided that (A) such Liens shall be
created within 180 days of the acquisition of such fixed or capital assets, and (B) such
Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such
Indebtedness), (ii) Liens securing Indebtedness existing on any property or asset at the
time of acquisition thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or existing on any property or
asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Effective Date at the time such
Person becomes a Subsidiary (provided that (x) such Lien is not created in
contemplation of or in
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connection with such acquisition or such Person becoming a
Subsidiary, as the case may be, (y) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or
assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (z) such Lien shall secure only those
obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes
a Subsidiary, as the case may be) (including refinancings, refundings, renewals and
extensions of such Indebtedness as permitted by subsection 7.2), and (iii) Liens securing
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries assumed in connection with a
Permitted Acquisition or an Asset Swap Transaction in accordance with the terms of
subsection 7.2(j)(i);
(h) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;
(i) any obligations or duties affecting any of the Property of the Borrower or its
Subsidiaries to any municipality or public authority with respect to any franchise, grant,
license or permit;
(j) Liens imposed by operation of law with respect to any judgments or orders not
constituting an Event of Default;
(k) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statement
filings with respect to operating leases or consignment arrangements entered into by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or Liens on Property
which is the subject of a Sale permitted by subsection 7.5 relating to such Sale (it being
understood that such Liens may not be perfected on or to the completion of such Sale except
in the ordinary course of business);
(l) Liens in favor of a banking institution arising by operation of law encumbering
deposits (including the right of set-off) held by such banking institution and which are
within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
(m) Liens on Property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in favor of others
securing licenses, subleases and leases permitted hereunder and granted to others and not
interfering in any material respect in the business of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(n) Liens not otherwise permitted by this subsection 7.3 so long as the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $50,000,000
at any one time; and
(o) Liens granted by LIN Texas with respect to its interest in the LLC to GECC in
connection with the Joint Venture Loan.
7.4 Limitation on Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or
amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution),
or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all of its
property, business or assets, except:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than, except as set forth below, any
License Subsidiary or, at any time after any of the conditions set forth in subsection
6.9(d)(i), (ii) or (iii) shall have occurred, any Subsidiary holding the assets and
liabilities of any Station) may be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower
(provided that the
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Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or with or
into any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than, except as set forth below, any License Subsidiary
or, at any time after any of the conditions set forth in subsection 6.9(d)(i), (ii) or (iii)
shall have occurred, any Subsidiary holding the assets and liabilities of any Station)
(provided that the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or
with or into any Subsidiary (provided that neither Subsidiary is a Subsidiary
Guarantor); provided, however, that (i) a License Subsidiary and any
Subsidiary holding the assets and liabilities of any Station may take any actions otherwise
prohibited by this clause (a) to the extent such merger or consolidation occurs in
contemplation of, and immediately preceding, a sale, transfer or other disposition
(including an Asset Swap Transaction) of such License Subsidiary or other Subsidiary and
(ii) any Subsidiary may take any actions otherwise prohibited by this clause (a) to the
extent necessary to comply with the requirements of subsection 6.9(d) or subsection 6.10;
(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than, except as set forth below, any
License Subsidiary or, at any time after any of the conditions set forth in subsection
6.9(d)(i), (ii) or (iii) shall have occurred, any Subsidiary holding the assets and
liabilities of any Station) may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of
its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or, if such Subsidiary is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, to any other Subsidiary or
the Borrower; provided, however, that (i) a License Subsidiary and any
Subsidiary holding the assets and liabilities of any Station may take any actions otherwise
prohibited by this clause (b) to the extent any sale, transfer or other disposition occurs
in contemplation of, and immediately preceding, a sale, transfer or other disposition
(including an Asset Swap Transaction) of such License Subsidiary or other Subsidiary, and
(ii) any Subsidiary may take any actions otherwise prohibited by this clause (b) to the
extent necessary to comply with the requirements of subsection 6.9(d) or subsection 6.10;
(c) the Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into a newly formed limited
liability company with no assets or liabilities that is a Subsidiary of LIN TV solely for
the purposes of realizing certain tax benefits so long as LIN TV shall take such actions as
would be required under subsection 6.9(a) if such limited liability company were a
Subsidiary of the Borrower; and
(d) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may enter into any merger, consolidation,
amalgamation or sale transaction in connection with, or in order to consummate, a
transaction permitted by subsection 7.5 or subsection 7.8.
7.5 Limitation on Sale of Assets. Convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or
otherwise dispose of (each a “Sale”) any of its property, business or assets (including,
without limitation, receivables, leasehold interests and its interest in the LLC but excluding any
sale and leaseback of assets), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:
(a) Sales of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of business or
Property that is no longer useful in the conduct of the Borrower’s business in the ordinary
course of business;
(b) Sales resulting from any casualty or condemnation of Property or assets;
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(c) any Sale of any Property or assets, provided that the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds
of Sales made pursuant to this paragraph (c) in any fiscal year do not exceed $100,000,000;
(d) Sales of Investments made pursuant to subsection 7.8(a), (b), (h), (i) or (j);
(e) Sales to the Borrower or a Subsidiary (in the case of a sale by a Subsidiary
Guarantor, to the Borrower or to a Subsidiary Guarantor and in the case of the Borrower, to
a Subsidiary Guarantor);
(f) the Sale or discount of overdue accounts receivable arising in the ordinary
course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof;
(g) licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property and general intangibles (other
than any Station Licenses) and licenses, leases or subleases of other Property (other than
any Station Licenses), in each case which do not materially interfere with the business of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(h) transactions permitted by subsection 7.4;
(i) the Sale of any Broadcasting Asset, provided that (i) after giving effect to such
Sale, no Default or Event of Default shall exist and be continuing, (ii) at least 75% of the
consideration received by the Borrower in respect thereof shall be in the form of cash and
Cash Equivalents, (iii) if such Sale constitutes an Asset Sale, the Adjusted Net Cash
Proceeds of such Sale, if any, shall be applied in the manner prescribed by subsection 2.9,
and (iv) (A) the Consolidated EBITDA of the Broadcasting Assets being sold on or after the
Effective Date and pursuant to this subsection 7.5(i) or exchanged pursuant to subsection
7.5(j) in such fiscal quarter and in the immediately preceding four-fiscal-quarter period
(in each case calculated for the four fiscal quarters immediately preceding the sale) shall
not exceed 25% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such four-fiscal-quarter
period and (B) the Consolidated EBITDA of the Broadcasting Assets being sold on or after the
Effective Date and pursuant to this subsection 7.5(i) or exchanged pursuant to subsection
7.5(j) shall not exceed 50% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower in the aggregate; and
(j) Asset Swap Transactions.
7.6 Limitation on Dividends. Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends
payable solely in Capital Stock) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a
sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other
acquisition of, any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any warrants or options
to purchase any such Capital Stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other
distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in
obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (such declarations, payments, setting apart,
purchases, redemptions, defeasance, retirements, acquisitions and distributions being herein called
“Restricted Payments”), except that the Borrower may make the following Restricted
Payments, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be continuing
after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, provided that the Borrower shall be permitted to
make the Restricted Payments in clauses (c) and (d) below notwithstanding any such Event of
Default, unless, in the case of clause (d), such Event of Default relates to a payment Default
under subsection 8(a):
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(a) payments, the proceeds of which shall be used by LIN TV to pay administrative,
legal and accounting costs and expenses of LIN TV that are reasonable and customary and
incurred in the ordinary course of business, including franchise fees and similar costs;
provided, however, any such administrative expenses shall not exceed an
aggregate amount of $3,000,000 per fiscal year;
(b) payments, the proceeds of which will be used to repurchase the Capital Stock or
other securities of LIN TV from outside directors, employees or members of the management of
LIN TV, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of LIN TV, at a price not in excess of fair
market value, in an aggregate amount not in excess of $15,000,000 plus the aggregate
gross proceeds received by LIN TV as a result of any resales of any such Capital Stock or
other securities;
(c) payments, the proceeds of which will be used to pay taxes of LIN TV, the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries as part of a consolidated, combined or unitary tax filing group or of
the separate operations of LIN TV;
(d) payments, the proceeds of which will be used to pay fees to Xxxxx Muse & Co.
Partners, L.P. or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries in accordance with the terms of its
financial advisory agreement contemplated by subsection 7.10(b)(iv);
(e) payments, the proceeds of which are used to fulfill the obligations of LIN TV,
the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of LIN TV under an employee stock purchase plan or
similar plan covering employees of LIN TV, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of LIN TV as
from time to time in effect in an aggregate net amount not to exceed $15,000,000; and
(f) Restricted Payments constituting Permitted Redemptions or Permitted Dividends.
7.7 Limitation on Capital Expenditures. (a) Make or commit to make any Capital
Expenditure, except Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not exceeding for any
fiscal year the greater of $50,000,000 and 10% of Net Consolidated Revenue for such fiscal year,
provided that 100% of any amount not used in any fiscal year may be carried forward into the next
succeeding fiscal year (it being understood and agreed that no amount may be carried forward beyond
the year immediately succeeding the fiscal year in which it arose).
(b) In addition to the Capital Expenditures permitted pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
subsection 7.7, to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale or a Recovery Event are not
required to be used to make prepayments pursuant to subsection 2.9 and are not otherwise utilized
pursuant to subsection 7.8(m), the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may use such Net Cash Proceeds to
make additional Capital Expenditures (which shall not be counted in the limitations set forth in
paragraph (a) of this subsection 7.7).
7.8 Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances. Make any advance, loan,
extension of credit or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or
other securities of or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make any other investment in,
any other Person (“Investments”), except:
(a) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;
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(b) Investments in Cash Equivalents;
(c) guarantees permitted by subsection 7.2;
(d) (i) Investments in the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) Investments
in LIN TV, so long as a Restricted Payment for the same purpose would then be permitted to
be made under subsection 7.6 (it being understood that any such Investment made in reliance
on this clause (ii) shall reduce to an equivalent extent the Restricted Payments permitted
by subsection 7.6);
(e) loans and advances by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to their respective
directors, officers and employees in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $5,000,000
at any one time outstanding;
(f) Investments in existence on the Effective Date and listed on Schedule 7.8(f), and
extensions, renewals, modifications or restatements or replacements thereof, provided that
no such extension, renewal, modification or restatement shall (i) increase the amount of the
original Investment or (ii) adversely affect the interests of the Lenders with respect to
such original Investment or the interests of the Lenders under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document in any material respect;
(g) Investments permitted by subsections 7.2(b), (d), (f) and (l), subsections 7.4
and 7.6 and Investments constituting Capital Expenditures permitted by subsection 7.7;
(h) Capital Stock, promissory notes and other similar non-cash consideration received
by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Sale permitted by
subsection 7.5, including Capital Stock, promissory notes and other similar non-cash
consideration received in connection with Permitted Acquisitions or Asset Swap Transactions;
(i) Investments in Interest Rate Protection Agreements relating to the businesses and
finances of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and not for purposes of speculation;
(j) Investments (including debt obligations and Capital Stock) received in connection
with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of
delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the
ordinary course of business;
(k) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this subsection,
Investments made after the Effective Date by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an
aggregate amount not exceeding $100,000,000 (valued at cost, without regard to any write
down or write up thereof) at any one time outstanding, provided that after giving
effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the
time of commitment by the Borrower or its Subsidiary to such Investment (including, without
limitation, pursuant to subsection 7.1);
(l) Investments after the Effective Date by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
constituting Permitted Acquisitions or Asset Swap Transactions;
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(m) Investments of Net Cash Proceeds not required to be applied to the prepayment of
Term Loans pursuant to subsection 2.9 and not otherwise utilized pursuant to subsection
7.7(b);
(n) Investments in the Joint Venture solely for the purpose of curing any event of
default under the Joint Venture Loan;
(o) Investments constituting Permitted Redemptions; and
(p) Investments acquired in exchange for the issuance of Capital Stock of LIN TV and
which, to the extent initially acquired by LIN TV, are contributed to the Borrower as
equity.
7.9 Limitation on Optional Payments. (a) Make any optional payment or prepayment
on or redemption of or any payments in redemption, defeasance or repurchase of (A) Subordinated
Indebtedness (except pursuant to a Permitted Redemption or in connection with refinancing of
Subordinated Indebtedness with other Subordinated Indebtedness permitted hereunder) or (B) Senior
Unsecured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to subsection 7.2(g)(ii) (except pursuant to a Permitted
Redemption or a refinancing of the Senior Unsecured Indebtedness with other Subordinated
Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness or other Senior Unsecured Indebtedness incurred pursuant
thereto and permitted hereunder), except in each case mandatory payments of interest, fees and
expenses required by the terms of the agreement governing or instrument evidencing such
Indebtedness, but only to the extent permitted under the subordination provisions, if any,
applicable thereto.
(b) Make any optional payment or prepayment on or redemption of or any payments in
redemption, defeasance or repurchase of any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment
to the Obligations and that is incurred or assumed in connection with a Permitted Acquisition or
an Asset Swap Transaction pursuant to subsection 7.2(j)(ii) (except pursuant to a refinancing of
such Indebtedness with other Indebtedness permitted hereunder), except (i) mandatory payments of
interest, fees and expenses required by the terms of the agreement governing or instrument
evidencing such Indebtedness but only to the extent permitted under the subordination provisions,
if any, applicable thereto, and (ii) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make voluntary
prepayments on such Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount, which, when added to the
aggregate amount (excluding any accrued interest) of all prior prepayments of such Indebtedness
under this subsection 7.9(b) and to the scheduled installments or such Indebtedness due prior to
the date that is six months following the Delayed-Draw Maturity Date, shall not exceed
$100,000,000.
7.10 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. (a) Enter into any transaction,
including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property or the rendering
of any service, with any Affiliate unless such transaction is (i) otherwise permitted under this
Agreement, or (ii) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with
a Person which is not an Affiliate.
(b) In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be
entitled to make the following payments and/or to enter into the following transactions:
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(i) transactions between or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(ii) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursement of
expenses payable to directors of LIN TV, the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower;
(iii) employment arrangements with respect to the procurement of services of
directors, officers and employees in the ordinary course of business and the payment
of reasonable fees in connection therewith; and
(iv) a financial advisory agreement with Xxxxx, Muse & Co. Partners L.P. or
any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries in a form approved by the board of directors
of LIN TV and the payment of fees and expenses in connection therewith.
7.11 Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement with any
Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of real or personal, immovable
or movable, property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such
Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by
such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of the Borrower or such
Subsidiary, provided that this subsection 7.11 shall not prohibit any sale and leaseback resulting
from the incurrence of any lease in respect of any capital asset entered into within 180 days of the acquisition of such capital asset for the purpose of
providing permanent financing of such capital asset.
7.12 Limitations on Change in Holding Company Status. Permit LIN TV to engage in
any activities, make any Capital Expenditures, or incur any Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligations
other than (a) activities customarily carried out or required of a publicly-owned company
(including in connection with share repurchases, any issuance of Capital Stock and the appointment
and employment of officers and employees), (b) performance of its obligations pursuant to each of
(i) the Joint Venture Loan Guarantee, (ii) the Stock Pledge Agreement and (iii) the Parent
Guarantee, (c) other activities incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock and obligations of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries permitted hereunder and the management thereof (including in
connection with guarantees of obligations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries), and (d) activities
contemplated by subsection 7.6 or subsection 7.8(o) or (p) and the ownership and management of cash
and Cash Equivalents and like assets and other assets incidental to the conduct of its activities
as a publicly owned company.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
(a) The Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as applicable, shall fail to pay any principal
of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the
Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or any other
amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, and such failure continues for a period
of (i) in the case of fees and interest payable under subsections 2.6, 2.12 and 3.3(a), five
Business Days after such fees or interest become due, and (ii) in the case of any other fees,
interest or other amounts, five Business Days after the day on which written notice of such
failure shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
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(b) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any
other Loan Document or which is contained in any certificate delivered pursuant to subsection
6.2(a) or contained in any amendment or waiver of any Loan Document or in any Incremental Term
Loan Activation Notice or Incremental Revolving Loan Activation Notice shall prove to have been
inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or
(c) The Borrower shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained
in subsection 6.4(a)(ii) (as to the continued existence of the Borrower only) or subsection 6.7,
subsection 6.9 (d) or Section 7 (other than Section 7.12) of this Agreement; or
(d) The Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or LIN TV shall default in the observance or
performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other
than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this subsection), and such default shall
continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof from the Administrative
Agent to the Borrower; or
(e) The Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or LIN TV shall (i) default in making any
payment of any principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than pursuant to the Loan
Documents) beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under
which such Indebtedness was created; or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any
other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or
agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition
exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the
holder or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or
beneficiary) to cause such Indebtedness to become due prior to its
stated maturity, provided that
a default, event or condition described in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at
any time constitute an Event of Default under this Agreement unless, at such time, one or more
defaults, events or conditions (without duplication as to the same item of Indebtedness) of the
type described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be continuing
with respect to Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate
$25,000,000; or
(f) (i) The Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or LIN TV shall commence any case,
proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or
foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have
an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or
insolvent, or seeking reorganization, winding up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other
relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or substantially all of its
assets, or the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or LIN TV shall make a general assignment for
the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against the Borrower, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or LIN TV any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in
clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or
appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 90 days; or (iii)
there shall be commenced against the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor any case, proceeding or
other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process
against all or substantially all of its assets which results in the entry of an order for any such
relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 90
days from the entry thereof, or (iv) the Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or LIN TV shall take
any corporate action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence
in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii),
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or (iii) above; or (v) the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor shall not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to,
generally pay its debts (other than intercompany debt) as they become due; or
(g) (i) The Borrower or the Permitted Borrower shall engage in any “prohibited transaction”
(as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any
“accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA) whether or not waived shall
exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the
assets of the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur
with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed (or a trustee shall be
appointed) to administer, or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or
commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is likely to result in the termination of
such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for
purposes of Title IV of ERISA and (v) the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower shall incur any
liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a
Multiemployer Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (v) above, such event or condition,
together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; or
(h) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or LIN TV involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by
insurance) of $25,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated,
discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or
(i) Any Loan Document shall, at any time, cease to be in full force and effect (unless
released by the Administrative Agent at the direction of the Required Lenders or all Lenders (to
the extent required by subsection 10.1) or as otherwise permitted under this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents) or shall be declared null and void (and, if such invalidity is such so as to
be amenable to cure without materially disadvantaging the position of the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders thereunder, the relevant Loan Party shall have failed to cure such invalidity within
30 days after notice from the Administrative Agent), or the validity or enforceability thereof
shall be contested by any Loan Party, or any of the Liens intended to be created by any Security
Document (including, without limitation, any Mortgage filed pursuant to subsection 10.17) shall
cease to be or shall not be a valid and perfected Lien having the priority contemplated thereby
(and, if such invalidity is such so as to be amenable to cure without materially disadvantaging
the position of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as secured parties thereunder, the
relevant Loan Party shall have failed to cure such invalidity within 30 days after notice from the
Administrative Agent); or
(j) A Change of Control shall occur or LIN TV shall fail to own directly or indirectly,
beneficially and of record, 100% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower free and clear of all Liens
other than Liens in favor of the Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents; or
(k) The principal broadcasting licenses of any Station, or any other material
authorizations, licenses or permits issued by the FCC, shall be revoked or canceled or expire by
its terms and not be renewed, or shall be modified, in each case in a manner which would have a
Material Adverse Effect; or
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(l) Any event of default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Joint Venture Loan
and the lender thereunder shall have instituted proceedings against LIN TV with respect to the
Joint Venture Loan Guarantee, the outcome of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
then (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f)
above with respect to the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, automatically the Commitments shall
immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts
owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all amounts
of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit
shall have presented the documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable,
and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or any of the following actions may be
taken: (i) with the consent of the Majority Revolving Credit Facility Lenders, the Administrative
Agent may, or upon the request of the Majority Revolving Credit Facility Lenders, the
Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Revolving Credit Commitments to
be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitments shall immediately terminate,
(ii) with the consent of the Majority Delayed-Draw Facility Lenders, the Administrative Agent may,
or upon the request of the Majority Delayed-Draw Facility Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall,
declare the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Commitments terminated forthwith, whereupon the Delayed-Draw
Term Loan Commitments shall immediately terminate and (iii) with the consent of the
Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the
Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued
interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
(including, without limitation, all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of
the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) to
be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable. With
respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have
occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall at such time
deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the
aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such cash
collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn
under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall
have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the
Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have
expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied and all
other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid
in full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower (or
such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto). Except as otherwise expressly provided
above in this Section 8, the Borrower waives presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any
kind.
SECTION 9. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
9.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the
Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such
action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to
exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent
by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto to the extent permitted by applicable law.
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Notwithstanding any
provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any
duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship
with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against
the Administrative Agent.
9.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and
shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The
Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.
9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (a) liable for any
action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan
Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable
decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross
negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any
recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or
other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in
connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity,
effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document or for any failure of any Loan Party a party thereto to perform its obligations hereunder
or thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to
ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in,
or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or
records of any Loan Party.
9.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice,
consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or
other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed,
sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel
(including, without limitation, counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts
selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any
Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or
transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent
shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required
Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall
first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense
which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The
Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting,
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required
Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken
or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of
the Loans.
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9.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the
Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement,
describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”.
In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall
give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to
such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so
specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent
shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to)
take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of
Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.
9.6 Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender
expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or
warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review
of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the
Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent
or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made
its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other
condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision
to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it
will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and
based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make
its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to
inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and
creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other
documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder,
the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any
credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or
otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party which
may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.
9.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its
capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation
of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their pro rata share of the aggregate Revolving
Credit Exposure, Term Loans outstanding and unused Commitments in effect on the date on which
indemnification is sought under this subsection 9.7 (or, if indemnification is sought after the
date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full,
ratably in accordance with such share immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including, without limitation, at any
time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the
Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any
of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the
Administrative
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under or in connection with any of the foregoing, provided that no Lender
shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements which are found by a final
and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the
Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this subsection
9.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity . The Administrative Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and
generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though the Administrative Agent
were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter
of Credit issued or participated in by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and
powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as
though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Administrative
Agent in its individual capacity.
9.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as
Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders. If the Administrative Agent shall resign
as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required
Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor
agent shall be approved by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the
Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective
upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties
as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part
of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the
Loans. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation as Administrative Agent, the
provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
9.10 Documentation Agents, Co-Documentation Agents and Syndications Agent. Neither
the Documentation Agents or the Co-Documentation Agents or the Syndication Agent shall have any
duties or responsibilities hereunder in their respective capacities as such.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor
any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the
provisions of this subsection 10.1. The Required Lenders and each Loan Party to the relevant Loan
Documents may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and
each Loan Party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (a) enter into written
amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of
adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the
rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms
and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify
in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any
Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such
waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) forgive the principal amount or
extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, extend the scheduled date of any
amortization payment in respect of any Term Loan or Incremental Term Loan, reduce the stated rate
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of any interest, fee or letter of credit commission payable hereunder or extend the scheduled date
of any payment thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Revolving Credit
Commitment, Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facilities, Incremental Term Loan Facilities or Incremental
Revolving Facilities, in each case without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of this subsection 10.1 or reduce any percentage
specified in the definition of Required Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by the
Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
release all or substantially all of the collateral or release all or substantially all of the
Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement other
than pursuant to a transaction permitted by this Agreement, in each case without the written
consent of all Lenders; (iii) amend, modify or waive any condition precedent to any extension of
credit under (x) the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility set forth in subsections 5.2 or (y) the
Revolving Credit Facility or Incremental Revolving Loan Facility set forth in subsection 5.3
without, in each case, the written consent of the Majority Facility Lenders for such Facility; (iv)
change the allocation of payments among the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facilities and the Incremental
Term Loan Facilities, as applicable, specified in subsection 2.15(b) or the allocation of payments
between the Facilities pursuant to subsection 2.9(b), in each case without the consent of the
Majority Facility Lenders in respect of each Facility adversely affected thereby; (v) amend the
definition of the term “Majority Facility Lenders”, “Majority Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility
Lenders” or “Majority Revolving Credit Facility Lenders” or modify in any other manner the number,
percentages or class of Lenders required to make any determinations or waive any rights hereunder
or to modify any provision hereof without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(vi) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 without the written consent of the
Administrative Agent; (vii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 without the written
consent of the Issuing Lenders; or (viii) amend, modify or waive any provision of subsection 2.4(c)
without the written consent of the Swingline Lender. In furtherance of clause (iii) of this
subsection 10.1, no amendment to or waiver of any representation or warranty or any covenant
contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or of any Default or Event of Default,
shall be deemed to be effective for purposes of determining whether the conditions precedent set
forth in (x) subsection 5.2 to the making of any Delayed-Draw Term Loans or (y) subsection 5.3 to
the making of any extension of credit after the Effective Date have been satisfied unless the
Majority Facility Lenders for the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility, Revolving Credit Facility or any
Incremental Revolving Loan Facility, as the case may be, shall have consented to such amendment or
waiver. Any waiver and any amendment, supplement or modification in accordance with this subsection
10.1 shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the
Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver,
the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former
position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of
Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to
any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.
10.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties
hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy and, in the case of the
Administrative Agent, by email in a pdf attachment), and, unless otherwise expressly provided
herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or, in the case of telecopy
or email notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower, the Permitted
Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth on the signature pages hereto, in an
administrative questionnaire provided to the Administrative Agent or in any Assignment and Acceptance in the case of the Lenders, or to
such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:
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The Borrower and the
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c/o LIN Television Corporation | |
Permitted Borrower:
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0 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000X Providence, Rhode Island 02906 Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Telecopy: 000-000-0000 |
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The Administrative
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | |
Agent:
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0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxxx Xx, Account Manager Telecopy: 000-000-0000 |
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with a copy to:
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | |
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx,
0xx
Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxx Telecopy: 000-000-0000 |
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Deutsche Bank Trust Company
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For standby Letters of Credit: | |
Americas, as Issuing Lender
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Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 MS NYC 60-2708 Attention: Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit |
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For trade Letters of Credit: | ||
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 MS NYC 60-2708 Attention: Trade and Risk Services, Import LC |
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in
exercising, on the part of any party hereto, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or
under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies,
powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies,
powers and privileges provided by law.
10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any
document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.
10.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection
with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or
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modification
to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection
herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of a
single counsel to the Administrative Agent, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the
Administrative Agent for all its reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
enforcement of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other
documents, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the
Administrative Agent and, at any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, of
one counsel of all the Lenders, (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold harmless each Lender, the
Administrative Agent and each Joint Lead Arranger from and against any and all recording and filing
fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp,
excise and other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in
connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the
transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or
consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other
documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify and hold harmless each Lender and the Administrative Agent and
their respective officers, directors, trustees, professional advisors, employees, affiliates,
agents and controlling persons (each, an “indemnitee”) from and against any and all other
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery,
enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any
such other documents, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to the use of
proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental
Law applicable to the operations of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the facilities
or properties owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (all the
foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “indemnified
liabilities”), provided that
the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any indemnitee with respect to indemnified
liabilities to the extent such indemnified liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable
decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such indemnitee or, in the case of indemnified liabilities arising under this
Agreement, any Notes and the other documents, from material breach by the indemnitee of this
Agreement, any Notes or the other Loan Documents, as the case may be. The agreements in this
subsection 10.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.
10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments .(a) The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto
and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of any
Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) neither the Borrower nor the
Permitted Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder
without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer
by the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and
(ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in
accordance with this subsection.
(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may
assign to one or more assignees (each, an “Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at
the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld) of:
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(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required
for an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below)
or, if an Event of Default under subsection 8(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing, any
other Person;
(B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative
Agent shall be required for an assignment of (x) any Revolving Credit Commitment or an
Incremental Revolving Loan Amount to an assignee that is a Lender with a Revolving Credit
Commitment or an Incremental Revolving Loan Amount immediately prior to giving effect to
such assignment or (y) all or any portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, an affiliate of a
Lender or an Approved Fund; and
(C) the Issuing Lenders, provided that no consent of the Issuing Lenders shall
be required for an assignment of all or portion of a Term Loan or an Incremental Revolving
Loan Amount.
(i) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an
Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s
Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the
assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment
and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent)
shall not be less than $5,000,000 (or, in the case of the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility or
any Incremental Term Loan Facility, $1,000,000) unless each of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of the
Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under subsection 8(a) or (f) has occurred
and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its
affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;
(B) assignments need not be ratable as among the Facilities, provided that any
assignment with respect to the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Facility shall be made ratably as
between the Delayed-Draw Term Loans of the Borrower and the Delayed-Draw Term Loans of the
Permitted Borrower;
(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of
$3,500; and
(D) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent an administrative questionnaire.
For the purposes of this subsection 10.6, the terms “Approved Fund” has the following meaning:
“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged
in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit
in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender,
(b) an
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Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers
or manages a Lender.
(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, and
subject to paragraph (b)(vi) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment
and Acceptance the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest
assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this
Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by
such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the
case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be
entitled to the benefits of subsections 2.16, 2.17, 2.18 and 10.5). Any assignment or transfer by
a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection
10.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in
such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this subsection.
(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall
maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a
register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and
principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms
hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be
conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders
may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a
Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The
Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Lender and any other
Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning
Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee
shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph
(b) of this subsection and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this
subsection, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the
information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of
this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.
(vi) Any Assignee that is a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of
subsection 2.17 unless such Assignee complies with subsection 2.17(b). In no event shall an
Assignee be entitled to receive any greater payment under subsection 2.16, 2.17 or 2.18 than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive as of the date of the assignment with respect
to the Loan, Commitment or L/C Obligation (or portion of any thereof) sold to such Assignee (other
than as a result of an adoption of or change in any Requirement of Law occurring after the
date of the assignment).
(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent,
sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “Participant”) in all or a
portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion
of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations
under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to
the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the
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Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the other Lenders shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a
participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement
and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of
the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of
each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of subsection
10.1 and (2) directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this subsection,
the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of subsections 2.16,
2.17 and 2.18 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by
assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection. To the extent permitted by law, each
Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of subsection 10.7(b) as though it were a
Lender, provided such Participant shall be subject to subsection 10.7(a) as though it were a
Lender.
(ii) Any Participant that is a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of
subsection 2.17 unless such Participant complies with subsection 2.17(b). In no event shall a
Participant be entitled to receive any greater payment under subsection 2.16, 2.17 or 2.18 than the
applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to
such Participant.
(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion
of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or
assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this subsection shall not apply to
any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or
assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or
substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto. Any Approved Fund may,
without the consent of the Borrower or Administrative Agent, pledge all or any portion of its
rights under this Agreement, including the Loans or any other instrument evidencing its rights as
a Lender under this Agreement, to any holder of, trustee for, or any other representative of
holders of, obligations owed or securities issued, by such fund, as security for such obligations
or securities; provided that any foreclosure or similar action by such trustee or
representative shall be subject to the provisions of this subsection 10.6(b) concerning
assignments.
(e) Each of the Borrower and the Permitted Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from
the relevant Lender and in order to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (d)
above, agree to execute and deliver to such Lender (i) a promissory note evidencing the Revolving
Credit Loans of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 (each as amended,
supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, a “Revolving Credit
Note”), and/or (ii) a promissory note evidencing the applicable Term Loan of such Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 (each as amended, supplemented, replaced or
otherwise modified from time to time, a “Term Note”), and/or (iii) a promissory note
evidencing the Swingline Loans of the Swingline Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit I-3
(as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Swingline
Note”).
(f) The Borrower and the Permitted Borrower authorizes each Lender to disclose to any
Participant or Assignee (each, a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee any and all
financial information concerning the Loan Parties and their respective affiliates which has been
delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other
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Loan Document or which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of any Loan Party in
connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Loan Parties and their respective
affiliates, under the condition that such Transferee or prospective Transferee shall previously
have agreed to be bound by the provisions of subsection 10.15.
10.7 Adjustments; Set-off. (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement provides
for payments to be allocated to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a
“Benefited Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Loans or
the Reimbursement Obligations owing to it, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in
respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or
proceedings of the nature referred to in subsection 8(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion
than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such
other Lender’s Loans or the Reimbursement Obligations owing to such other Lender, or interest
thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating
interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Loans and/or of the Reimbursement Obligations
owing to each such other Lender, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such
collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share
the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders;
provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is
thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase
price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.
(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender
shall have the right, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower or the Permitted
Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set off and
appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or
demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in
any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or
unmatured at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the
credit or the account of the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower, as applicable. Each Lender agrees
promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application
made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity
of such setoff and application.
10.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to
this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the
copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower, the Permitted Borrower
and the Administrative Agent.
10.9 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
10.10 Integration. This Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Incremental
Revolving Loan Activation Notice and any Incremental Term Loan Activation Notice represent the
entire agreement of the Borrower, the Permitted Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
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with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings,
representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject
matter hereof or thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan
Documents.
10.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of
the Courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the
Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and
waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an
inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;
(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected
by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form
of mail), postage prepaid, to such party, as applicable, at its address set forth in
subsection 10.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been
notified pursuant thereto;
(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in
any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in any other jurisdiction;
and
(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to
claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this subsection 10.12 any
special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
10.13 Acknowledgments. Each party hereto hereby acknowledges that:
(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship
with or duty to either the Borrower or the Permitted Borrower arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship
between the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the Borrower and the
Permitted Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of
debtor and creditor; and
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(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise
exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the
Borrower and the Lenders.
10.14 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE PERMITTED BORROWER, THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN
ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY
COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
10.15 Confidentiality. The Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep
information obtained by it pursuant hereto and the other Loan Documents confidential in accordance
with such Lender’s customary practices and agrees that it will only use such information in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and not disclose any of such
information other than (a) to such Lender’s employees, representatives, directors, attorneys,
auditors, agents, professional advisors, trustees or affiliates who are advised of the confidential
nature of such information or to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap agreements
or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty
or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provision of
this subsection 10.15), (b) to the extent such information presently is or hereafter becomes
available to such Lender on a non-confidential basis from any source or such information is in the
public domain at the time of disclosure, (c) to the extent disclosure is required by law (including
applicable securities laws), regulation, subpoena or judicial order or process (provided
that notice of such requirement or order shall be promptly furnished to the Borrower unless such
notice is legally prohibited) or requested or required by bank, securities, insurance or investment
company regulations or auditors or any administrative body or commission (including the National
Association of Securities Dealers and the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association
of Insurance Commissioners) to whose jurisdiction such Lender may be subject, (d) to any rating agency to the extent required in
connection with any rating to be assigned to such Lender, (e) to Transferees or prospective
Transferees who agree to be bound by the provisions of this subsection 10.15, (f) to the extent
required in connection with any litigation between any Loan Party and any Lender with respect to
the Loans or this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or (g) with the Borrower’s prior written
consent. The agreements in this subsection 10.15 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other
amounts payable hereunder.
10.16 FCC Compliance. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or
in any other agreement, instrument or document executed in connection herewith, no party hereto
shall take any actions hereunder that would constitute or result in a transfer or assignment of any
Station License, permit or authorization or a change of control over such Station License, permit
or authorization requiring the prior approval of the FCC without first obtaining such prior
approval of the FCC.
10.17 Filing of Mortgages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, it is understood and agreed that (a) the Mortgages will not be filed on, or within
60 Business Days after, the Effective Date and (b) at any time after the delivery thereof in
accordance with subsection 6.9(b), at the request of the Administrative Agent or the Required
Lenders, the Mortgages shall be filed in the offices specified therein.
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10.18 USA Patriot Act . Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower and the
Permitted Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.
L.107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify
and record information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower or the Permitted
Borrower, as the case may be, in accordance with the Act.
SECTION 11. CROSS-GUARANTEE
11.1 Guarantee. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees
to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Delayed-Draw Term Loan Lenders and
their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment by
the Permitted Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of
the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations.
(b) Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the
maximum liability of the Borrower under this subsection 11.1 shall (i) in no event exceed the
amount which can be guaranteed by the Borrower under applicable federal and state laws relating to
the insolvency of debtors and (ii) be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount
that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance under Section 548 of the
United States Bankruptcy Code or any applicable provisions of any applicable state law.
(c) The Borrower agrees that the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations may at any time and from
time to time exceed the amount of the liability of the Borrower hereunder without impairing the
guarantee contained in this subsection 11.1 or affecting the rights and remedies of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder.
(d) The guarantee contained in this subsection 11.1 shall remain in full force and effect
until all the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations shall have been satisfied by payment in full.
(e) No payment made by the Permitted Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor
or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the
Permitted Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of
any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time
to time in reduction of or in payment of the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations shall be deemed to
modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of the Borrower hereunder which shall,
notwithstanding any such payment, remain liable for the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations up to the
maximum liability of the Borrower hereunder until the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations are paid in
full.
11.2 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by the Borrower under
subsection 11.1 or any set-off or application of funds of the Borrower by the Administrative Agent
or any Lender, the Borrower shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Permitted Borrower or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the
Permitted Borrower’s Obligations, nor shall the Borrower seek or be entitled to seek any
contribution or reimbursement from the Permitted Borrower in respect of payments made by the
Borrower under subsection 11.1, until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders
by the Permitted Borrower on account of the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations are paid in full. If
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amount shall be paid to the Borrower on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all
of the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held
by the Borrower in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds
of the Borrower, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by the Borrower, be turned over to the
Administrative Agent in the exact form received by the Borrower (duly indorsed by the Borrower to
the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations,
whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine.
11.3 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations. The Borrower shall
remain obligated under Section 11 notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against
the Borrower and without notice to or further assent by the Borrower, any demand for payment of any
of the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be
rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Permitted Borrower’s
Obligations continued, and the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations, or the liability of any other
Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of
offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended,
amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative
Agent or any Lender, and any provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other
documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative
Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to
time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations may be
sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender
shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as
security for the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 11
or any property subject thereto.
11.4 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. The Borrower waives any and all notice
of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations,
notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee
contained in this Section 11 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 11, notice of
any change in the corporate existence or structure of the Permitted Borrower and notice of any law,
regulation, decree or order of any jurisdiction or any event affecting any term of a guaranteed
Obligation; the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to
have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance
upon the guarantee contained in this Section 11; and all dealings between the Permitted Borrower
and the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand,
likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the
guarantee contained in this Section 11. The Borrower waives diligence, presentment, protest,
demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Permitted Borrower with
respect to the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations. The Borrower understands and agrees that the
guarantee contained in this Section 11 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and
unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations or any other
collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or
from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or
counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to
or be asserted by the Permitted Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or
any Lender, or (c) any
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other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the
Permitted Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an
equitable or legal discharge of the Permitted Borrower for the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations, or
of the Borrower under the guarantee contained in this Section 11, in bankruptcy or in any other
instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder
against the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation
to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against
the Permitted Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security
or guarantee for the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto,
and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such
other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Permitted Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to
exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Permitted Borrower, any other Guarantor or
any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve
the Borrower of any obligation or liability under this Section 11, and shall not impair or affect
the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the
Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall
include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.
11.5 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 11 shall continue to be
effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of
any of the Permitted Borrower’s Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation
or reorganization of the Permitted Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the
appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the
Permitted Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as
though such payments had not been made.
11.6 Payments. The Borrower hereby guarantees that payments under this Section 11
will be paid to the Administrative Agent in Dollars without set-off or counterclaim.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and
delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
TELEVICENTRO OF PUERTO RICO, LLC | ||||
BY: | LIN TELEVISION OF SAN XXXX, INC., its | |||
managing member |
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
[Signature Page to LIN TV
Credit Agreement]
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., individually and | ||||
as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and | ||||
Issuing Lender | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
[Signature Page to LIN TV
Credit Agreement]
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, | ||||
individually and as Syndication Agent and an | ||||
Issuing Lender | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
[Signature Page to LIN TV
Credit Agreement]
XXXXXXX XXXXX CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P., | ||||
individually and as Documentation Agent | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
[Signature Page to LIN TV
Credit Agreement]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., individually and as | ||||
Documentation Agent | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
[Signature Page to LIN TV
Credit Agreement]
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, | ||||
individually and as Documentation Agent | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
[Signature Page to LIN TV
Credit Agreement]
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, individually and as | ||||
Co-Documentation Agent | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
[Signature Page to LIN TV
Credit Agreement]
SUNTRUST BANK, individually and as | ||||
Co-Documentation Agent | ||||
By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: |
[Signature Page to LIN TV
Credit Agreement]