ExhibitΒ 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
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$810,000,000
among
EXPLORER INVESTOR CORPORATION
EXPLORER MERGER SUB CORPORATION
as the Initial Borrower,
BOOZ XXXXX XXXXXXXX INC.
as the Surviving Borrower
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
CREDIT SUISSE,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
as Syndication Agent,
XXXXXX BROTHERS COMMERCIAL BANK,
C.I.T. LEASING CORPORATION,
and
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Documentation Agents,
CREDIT SUISSE,
as Issuing Lender
and
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA)Β LLC,
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
and
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
Dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 Defined Terms |
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1.2 Other Definitional Provisions |
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1.3 Pro Forma Calculations |
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SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS |
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2.1 Term Commitments |
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2.2 Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing |
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2.3 Repayment of Term Loans |
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2.4 Revolving Commitments |
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2.5 Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing |
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2.6 Swingline Commitment |
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2.7 Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans |
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2.8 Repayment of Loans |
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2.9 Commitment Fees, etc. |
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2.10 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments |
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2.11 Optional Prepayments |
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2.12 Mandatory Prepayments |
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2.13 Conversion and Continuation Options |
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2.14 Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurocurrency Tranches |
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2.15 Interest Rates and Payment Dates |
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2.16 Computation of Interest and Fees |
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2.17 Inability to Determine Interest Rate |
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2.18 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments |
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2.19 Requirements of Law |
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2.20 Taxes |
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2.21 Indemnity |
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2.22 Illegality |
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2.23 Change of Lending Office |
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2.24 Replacement of Lenders |
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2.25 Incremental Loans |
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SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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3.1 L/C Commitment |
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3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit |
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3.3 Fees and Other Charges |
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3.4 L/C Participations |
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3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower |
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3.6 Obligations Absolute |
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3.7 Letter of Credit Payments |
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3.8 Applications |
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SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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4.1 Financial Condition |
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4.2 No Change |
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4.3 Existence; Compliance with Law |
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4.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations |
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4.5 No Legal Bar |
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4.6 No Material Litigation |
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4.7 No Default |
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4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens |
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4.9 Intellectual Property |
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4.10 Taxes |
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4.11 Federal Regulations |
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4.12 ERISA |
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4.13 Investment Company Act |
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4.14 Subsidiaries |
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4.15 Environmental Matters |
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4.16 Accuracy of Information, etc. |
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4.17 Security Documents |
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4.18 Solvency |
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SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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5.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit |
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5.2 Conditions to Each Revolving Loan Extension of Credit After Closing Date |
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SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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6.1 Financial Statements |
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6.2 Certificates; Other Information |
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6.3 Payment of Taxes |
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6.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc.; Compliance |
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6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance |
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6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions |
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6.7 Notices |
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6.8 Additional Collateral, etc. |
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6.9 Use of Proceeds |
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6.10 Post-Closing Undertakings |
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SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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7.1 Financial Covenants |
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7.2 Indebtedness |
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7.3 Liens |
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7.4 Fundamental Changes |
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7.5 Dispositions of Property |
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7.6 Restricted Payments |
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7.7 Investments |
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7.8 Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments |
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7.9 Transactions with Affiliates |
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7.10 Sales and Leasebacks |
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7.11 Changes in Fiscal Periods |
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7.12 Negative Pledge Clauses |
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7.13 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions |
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7.14 Lines of Business |
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7.15 Limitation on Hedge Agreements |
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7.16 Changes in Jurisdictions of Organization; Name |
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7.17 Limitation on Activities of Holdings |
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SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT |
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8.1 Events of Default |
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8.2 Specified Equity Contributions |
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SECTION 9. THE AGENTS |
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9.1 Appointment |
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9.2 Delegation of Duties |
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9.3 Exculpatory Provisions |
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9.4 Reliance by the Agents |
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9.5 Notice of Default |
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9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders |
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9.7 Indemnification |
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9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity |
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9.9 Successor Agents |
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9.10 Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees |
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9.11 Documentation Agents and Syndication Agent |
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS |
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10.1 Amendments and Waivers |
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10.2 Notices |
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10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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10.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification |
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10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments |
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10.7 Adjustments; Set-off |
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10.8 Counterparts |
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10.9 Severability |
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10.10 Integration |
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10.11 GOVERNING LAW |
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10.12 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers |
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10.13 Acknowledgments |
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10.14 Confidentiality |
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10.15 Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens |
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10.16 Accounting Changes |
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10.17 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL |
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10.18 USA PATRIOT ACT |
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10.19 Effect of Certain Inaccuracies |
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SCHEDULES: |
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1.1 Excluded Subsidiaries |
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2.1 Commitments |
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4.3 Existence; Compliance with Law |
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4.4 Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices |
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4.6 Litigation |
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4.8A Excepted Property |
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4.8B Owned Real Property |
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4.14 Subsidiaries |
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4.17 UCC Filing Jurisdictions |
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6.10 Post-Closing Undertakings |
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7.2(d) Existing Indebtedness |
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7.3(f) Existing Liens |
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7.7 Existing Investments |
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7.12 Existing Negative Pledge Clauses |
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EXHIBITS: |
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A Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement |
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B Form of Compliance Certificate |
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C Form of Closing Certificate |
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D Form of Assignment and Assumption |
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E-1 Form of Legal Opinion of Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP |
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E-2 Form of Legal Opinion of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Xxxxxxx LLP |
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F Form of Exemption Certificate |
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G Form of Solvency Certificate |
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H Form of Joinder Agreement |
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I Form of Prepayment Option Notice |
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J-1 Form of Tranche A Term Loan Note |
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J-2 Form of Tranche B Term Loan Note |
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J-3 Form of Revolving Note |
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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008, among EXPLORER INVESTOR CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (β
Holdingsβ), EXPLORER MERGER SUB CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the
β
Initial Borrowerβ), BOOZ XXXXX XXXXXXXX INC., a Delaware corporation into which the
Initial Borrower shall be merged (the β
Companyβ or the β
Surviving Borrowerβ), the
several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this
Agreement (the β
Lendersβ), CREDIT SUISSE, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as syndication agent (in such capacity, the β
Syndication Agentβ),
XXXXXX BROTHERS COMMERCIAL BANK, C.I.T. LEASING CORPORATION and SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING
CORPORATION, as documentation agents (in such capacity, collectively, the β
Documentation
Agentsβ), CREDIT SUISSE, as Issuing Lender and BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, CREDIT SUISSE
SECURITIES (USA)Β LLC, XXXXXX BROTHERS INC. and SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION, as joint lead
arrangers and joint bookrunners.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this SectionΒ 1.1
shall have the respective meanings set forth in this SectionΒ 1.1.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βABRβ: for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a)Β the Prime Rate in
effect on such day and (b)Β the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of
1%. For purposes hereof: βPrime Rateβ means the prime commercial lending rate of the
Administrative Agent as established from time to time in its principal U.S. office, as in effect
from time to time. 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βABR Loansβ: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAccounting Changesβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.16.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAcquisitionβ: as defined in the definition of βPermitted Acquisitionβ.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βActβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.18.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAdministrative Agentβ: Credit Suisse, as the administrative agent for the Lenders
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with any of its successors and
permitted assigns in such capacity in accordance with SectionΒ 9.9.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAffiliateβ: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in
control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this
definition, βcontrolβ of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of such Person, in either case whether by contract or
otherwise.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAgentsβ: the collective reference to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative
Agent, and for purposes of SectionsΒ 10.13 and 10.14, the Lead Arrangers.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAggregate Exposureβ: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to
(a)Β until the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lenderβs Commitments at such time and
(b)Β thereafter, the sum of (i)Β the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such Lenderβs Term
Loans, (ii)Β the aggregate amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the
Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lenderβs Revolving Extensions of
Credit then outstanding and (iii)Β the aggregate amount of such Lenderβs New Loan Commitments then
in effect, or if such New Loan Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lenderβs New
Loans.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAggregate Exposure Percentageβ: with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio
(expressed as a percentage) of such Lenderβs Aggregate Exposure at such time to the total Aggregate
Exposures of all Lenders at such time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAgreed Purposesβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.14.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β β
Agreementβ: this
Credit Agreement, as amended, restated, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAHYDO Paymentsβ: βapplicable high yield discount obligationsβ (within the meaning of
SectionΒ 163(i)(1) of the Code) βcatch-upβ payments in respect of any Indebtedness (including the
Mezzanine Loans, any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness and any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to
SectionΒ 7.2(v)) the incurrence of which is not otherwise prohibited hereunder to the extent such
Indebtedness provides for the payment of interest on all or any portion of the principal amount of
such Indebtedness by adding such interest to the principal amount thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAnnual Operating Budgetβ: as defined in SectionΒ 6.2(c).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βApplicable Marginβ or βApplicable Commitment Fee Rateβ: for any day, with
respect to (i)Β the Loans (including any Swingline Loan) under the Revolving Facility and the
Tranche A Term Loan Facility, and the commitment fee payable hereunder, the applicable rate per
annum determined pursuant to the Pricing Grid and (ii)Β the Loans under the Tranche B Term Loan
Facility, in the case of the Applicable Margin, 3.50% with respect to Tranche B Term Loans that are
ABR Loans and 4.50% with respect to Tranche B Term Loans that are Eurocurrency Loans;
provided that from the Closing Date until the next change in the Applicable Margin or
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate in accordance with the Pricing Grid (a)Β the Applicable Margin shall
be 3.00% with respect to Tranche A Term Loans, Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans and Swingline
Loans and 4.00% with respect to Tranche A Term Loans and Revolving Loans that are Eurocurrency
Loans and (b)Β the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall be 0.50%.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βApplicationβ: an application, in such form as the relevant Issuing Lender may
specify from time to time, requesting such Issuing Lender to open a Letter of Credit.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βApproved Fundβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.6(b).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAsset Saleβ: any Disposition of Property or series of related Dispositions of
Property by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not in the ordinary course of
business (a)Β under SectionΒ 7.5(e) or (p)Β or (b)Β not otherwise permitted under SectionΒ 7.5, in each
case, which yields Net Cash Proceeds (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of
non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in
the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of $1,000,000.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAssigneeβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.6(b).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAssignment and Assumptionβ: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form
of ExhibitΒ D.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAvailable Amountβ: as at any date, the sum of, without duplication:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) $10,000,000;
Β Β Β Β Β (b) the aggregate cumulative amount, not less than zero, of 50% of Excess Cash Flow for
each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending MarchΒ 31, 2010;
Β Β Β Β Β (c) the Net Cash Proceeds received after the Closing Date and on or prior to such date
from any Equity Issuance by, or capital contribution to, Holdings or the Borrower (which in
the case of any such Equity Issuance by the Borrower, is not Disqualified Capital Stock)
which, in the case of any such Equity Issuance by, or capital contribution to, Holdings,
have been contributed in cash as common equity to the Borrower, in each case to the extent
it is not a Specified Equity Contribution;
Β Β Β Β Β (d) the aggregate amount of proceeds received after the Closing Date and on or prior to
such date that (i)Β would have constituted Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to clause (a)Β of the
definition of βNet Cash Proceedsβ except for the operation of any of (A)Β the Dollar
threshold set forth in the definition of βAsset Saleβ and (B)Β the Dollar threshold set forth
in the definition of βRecovery Eventβ or (ii)Β constitutes Declined Proceeds;
Β Β Β Β Β (e) the aggregate principal amount of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary issued after the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness issued to a
Restricted Subsidiary), which has been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock in
Holdings or any Parent Company;
Β Β Β Β Β (f) the amount received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash (and the
fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) of Property other than cash
received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) after the Closing Date from any
dividend or other distribution by an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (g) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted
Subsidiary and becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor or has been merged, consolidated or
amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the fair market value (as determined in good faith by
the Borrower) of the Investments of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such
Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of
the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable);
Β Β Β Β Β (h) an amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions,
returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually
received in cash, Cash Equivalents and Permitted Liquid Investments by the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Investments made pursuant to SectionΒ 7.7(f)(ii)(B),
(h)(B), or (v)(ii); and
Β Β Β Β Β (i) the aggregate amount actually received in cash, Cash Equivalents or Permitted
Liquid Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale,
transfer or
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other disposition of its ownership interest in any joint venture that is not a
Subsidiary or in any Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, to the extent of the Investment
in such joint venture or Unrestricted Subsidiary;
in each case, that has not been previously applied pursuant to SectionΒ 7.6(b), SectionΒ 7.7(f)(ii),
(h)(B) or (v)(ii) or SectionsΒ 7.8(a)(ii)(A) and 7.8(a)(ii)(B).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAvailable Revolving Commitmentβ: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount
equal to the excess, if any, of (a)Β such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment then in effect (including
any New Loan Commitments which are Revolving Commitments) over (b)Β such Lenderβs Revolving
Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided that in calculating any Revolving Lenderβs
Revolving Extensions of Credit under its Revolving Commitment for the purpose of determining such
Revolving Lenderβs Available Revolving Commitments pursuant to SectionΒ 2.9(a), the aggregate
principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding shall be deemed to be zero.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBenefited Lenderβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.7(a).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBoardβ: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States
(or any successor).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBoard of Directorsβ: (a)Β with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the
corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board; (b)Β with
respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership, or any
committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or the board or committee of any
Person serving a similar function; (c)Β with respect to a limited liability company, the managing
member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof or any Person or Persons
serving a similar function; and (d)Β with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of
such Person serving a similar function.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBorrowerβ: (a)Β at any time prior to the consummation of the Merger Transactions, the
Initial Borrower and (b)Β upon and at any time after the consummation of the Merger Transactions,
the Surviving Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBorrowing Dateβ: any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the
Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBusinessβ: the business activities and operations of the Company and/or its
Affiliates on the Closing Date immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by
the Spin Off Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β β
Business Dayβ: a day (a)Β other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in
New York City are authorized or required by law to close and (b)Β with respect
to notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on,
Eurocurrency Loans, such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in
the London interbank eurocurrency market.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCapital Expendituresβ: for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of
all cash expenditures by such Person for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease
but excluding any amount representing capitalized interest) of fixed or capital assets, computer
software or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements
during such period) which are
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required to be capitalized under GAAP on a balance sheet of such Person; provided that
in any event the term βCapital Expendituresβ shall exclude: (i)Β any Permitted Acquisition and any
other Investment permitted hereunder; (ii)Β any expenditures to the extent financed with any
Reinvestment Deferred Amount; (iii)Β expenditures for leasehold improvements for which such Person
is reimbursed in cash or receives a credit; and (iv)Β capital expenditures to the extent they are
made with the proceeds of equity contributions (other than in respect of Disqualified Capital
Stock) made to the Borrower after the Closing Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCapital Lease Obligationsβ: 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; provided that for purposes of this
definition, βGAAPβ shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in
effect on the date hereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCapital Stockβ: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, and any and all equivalent ownership
interests in a Person (other than a corporation).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCarlyle Fundβ: Carlyle Partners US V, L.P., and no other Person or entity.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCash Equivalentsβ: (a)Β direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and
interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency
thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States
of America), in each case maturing within eighteen months from the date of acquisition thereof;
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β investments in commercial paper maturing within 270Β days from the date of issuance thereof
and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from
Xxxxxβx;
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β investments in certificates of deposit, bankerβs acceptances and time deposits maturing
within one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and
money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, the Administrative Agent or any domestic office
of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State
thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000
and that issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated at least βPrime-1β (or the
then equivalent grade) by Xxxxxβx or βA-1β (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P;
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30Β days for
securities described in clause (a)Β above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying
the criteria of clause (c)Β above;
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (e)Β investments in βmoney market fundsβ within the meaning of RuleΒ 2a-7 of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, substantially all of whose assets are invested in investments of
the type described in clauses (a)Β through (d)Β above; and
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (f)Β other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with normal
investment practices for cash management in investments of a type analogous to the foregoing.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCash Management Obligationsβ: obligations owed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender in respect of any overdraft and related
liabilities arising from treasury, depository and cash management services, credit or debit card,
or any automated clearing house transfers of funds.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCertificated Securityβ: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βChange in Lawβ: (a)Β the adoption of any law, rule or regulation, or (b)Β any change
in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental
Authority.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βChange of Controlβ: as defined in SectionΒ 8.1(j).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βChattel Paperβ: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βClosing Dateβ: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in SectionΒ 5.1
shall have been satisfied or waived and the Term Loans hereunder shall have been funded, which date
is JulyΒ 31, 2008.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βClosing Date Material Adverse Effectβ: a βCompany Material Adverse Effectβ as
defined in the Merger Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βClosing Date Stock Certificatesβ: Collateral consisting of stock certificates
representing the Capital Stock of the Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (and
not Immaterial Subsidiaries) of the Borrower for which a security interest can be perfected by
delivering such stock certificates.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βClosing Date UCC Filing Collateralβ: Collateral for which a security interest can be
perfected by filing a UCC financing statement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCodeβ: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCollateralβ: the meaning assigned to such term in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCollateral Agentβ: Credit Suisse, in its capacity as collateral agent for the
Secured Parties under the Security Documents and any of its successors and permitted assigns in
such capacity in accordance with SectionΒ 9.9.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCommitmentβ: as to any Lender, the sum of the Term Commitments, the Revolving
Commitments and the New Loan Commitments (in each case, if any) of such Lender.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCommitted Reinvestment Amountβ: as defined in the definition of βReinvestment
Prepayment Amountβ.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCommonly Controlled Entityβ: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under
common control with Holdings within the meaning of SectionΒ 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that
includes Holdings and that is treated as a single employer under SectionΒ 414(b), (c), (m)Β or (o)Β of
the Code.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCommonly Controlled Planβ: as defined in SectionΒ 4.12(b).
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCompanyβ: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCompany Reorganizationβ: the series of transactions described in the βProject
Explorer Summarized Transaction Stepsβ, dated MayΒ 12, 2008, attached as ExhibitΒ D to the Spin-Off
Agreement dated as of MayΒ 15, 2008 among the Company, Booz & Company Holdings, LLC, Booz & Company
Inc., Booz & Company Intermediate I Inc. and Booz & Company Intermediate II Inc., as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, provided that any such amendments,
supplements or modifications that are, when taken as a whole, materially adverse to the Lenders,
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCompliance Certificateβ: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ B.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConfidential Informationβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.14.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConsolidated Current Assetsβ: at any date, all amounts (other than (a)Β cash, Cash
Equivalents and Permitted Liquid Investments, (b)Β deferred financing fees and (c)Β payments for
deferred taxes so long as such items described in clauses (b)Β and (c)Β are not cash items) that
would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption βtotal current assetsβ (or any
like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at
such date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConsolidated Current Liabilitiesβ: at any date, all amounts that would, in
conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption βtotal current liabilitiesβ (or any like
caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such
date, but excluding (a)Β the current portion of any Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, (b)Β without duplication, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Loans, L/C
Obligations or Swingline Loans, to the extent otherwise included therein, (c)Β amounts for deferred
taxes and non-cash tax reserves accounted for pursuant to FASB Interpretation No.Β 48 and (d)Β any
equity compensation related liability.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConsolidated EBITDAβ: of any Person for any period, Consolidated Net Income of such
Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period plus, without duplication and, if
applicable, to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income
(regardless of classification) for such period, the sum of:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) provisions for taxes based on income (or similar taxes in lieu of income taxes),
profits, capital (or equivalents), including federal, foreign, state, local, franchise,
excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued
during such period;
Β Β Β Β Β (b) Consolidated Net Interest Expense and, to the extent not reflected in such
Consolidated Net Interest Expense, any net losses on hedging obligations or other
derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk,
amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness (including commitment,
letter of credit and administrative fees and charges with respect to the Facilities and the
Mezzanine Loan Facility);
Β Β Β Β Β (c) depreciation and amortization expense and impairment charges (including deferred
financing fees, capitalized software expenditures, intangibles (including goodwill),
organization costs and amortization of unrecognized prior service costs and actuarial gains
and losses related to pensions and other post-employment benefits);
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Β Β Β Β Β (d) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring expenses or losses (including losses
on sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business and restructuring and
integration costs or reserves, including any severance costs, costs associated with office
and facility openings, closings and consolidations, relocation costs and other
non-recurring business optimization expenses);
Β Β Β Β Β (e) any other non-cash charges, expenses or losses (except to the extent such charges,
expenses or losses represent an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future
period or an amortization of a prepaid cash expense paid in a prior period);
Β Β Β Β Β (f) stock-option based and other equity-based compensation expenses;
Β Β Β Β Β (g) transaction costs, fees, losses and expenses (whether or not any transaction is
actually consummated) (including those relating to the Merger Transactions, the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the Mezzanine Loan Documents (including any
amendments or waivers of the Loan Documents or the Mezzanine Loan Documents), and those
payable in connection with the sale of Capital Stock, the incurrence of Indebtedness
permitted by SectionΒ 7.2, transactions permitted by SectionΒ 7.4, Dispositions permitted by
SectionΒ 7.5, or any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted by SectionΒ 7.7 (in
each case whether or not successful));
Β Β Β Β Β (h) all fees and expenses paid pursuant to the Management Agreement;
Β Β Β Β Β (i) proceeds from any business interruption insurance (to the extent not reflected as
revenue or income in such statement of such Consolidated Net Income);
Β Β Β Β Β (j) the amount of cost savings and other operating improvements and synergies
projected by the Borrower in good faith and certified in writing to the Administrative
Agent to be realized as a result of any acquisition (including the Merger Transactions) or
Disposition (including the termination or discontinuance of activities constituting such
business) of business entities or properties or assets, constituting a division or line of
business of any business entity, division or line of business that is the subject of any
such acquisition or Disposition, or from any operational change taken or committed to be
taken during such period (in each case calculated on a pro forma basis as
though such cost savings and other operating improvements and synergies had been realized
on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such
period from such actions to the extent already included in the Consolidated Net Income for
such period, provided that (i)Β the Borrower shall have certified to the
Administrative Agent that (A)Β such cost savings, operating improvements and synergies are
reasonably anticipated to result from such actions, (B)Β such actions have been taken, or
have been committed to be taken and the benefits resulting therefrom are anticipated by the
Borrower to be realized within 12Β months and (ii)Β no cost savings shall be added pursuant
to this clause (j)Β to the extent already included in clause (d)Β above with respect to such
period;
Β Β Β Β Β (k) cash expenses relating to earn-outs and similar obligations;
Β Β Β Β Β (l) charges, losses, lost profits, expenses or write-offs to the extent indemnified or
insured by a third party, including expenses covered by indemnification provisions in any
agreement in connection with the Merger Transactions, a Permitted Acquisition or any other
acquisition permitted by SectionΒ 7.7;
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Β Β Β Β Β (m) losses recognized and expenses incurred in connection with the effect of currency
and exchange rate fluctuations on intercompany balances and other balance sheet items;
Β Β Β Β Β (n) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities of such Person and
its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
Β Β Β Β Β (o) costs associated with, or in anticipation of, or preparation for, compliance with
the requirements of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
promulgated in connection therewith and Public Company Costs;
Β Β Β Β Β minus, to the extent reflected as income or a gain in the statement of such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains (including gains on
the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business);
Β Β Β Β Β (b) any other non-cash income or gains (other than the accrual of revenue in the
ordinary course), but excluding any such items (i)Β in respect of which cash was received in
a prior period or will be received in a future period or (ii)Β which represent the reversal
in such period of any accrual of, or reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior
period where such accrual or reserve is no longer required, all as determined on a
consolidated basis; and
Β Β Β Β Β (c) gains realized and income accrued in connection with the effect of currency and
exchange rate fluctuations on intercompany balances and other balance sheet items;
provided that for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, (A)Β the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person or Properties
constituting a division or line of business of any business entity, division or line of business,
in each case, acquired by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period and
assuming any synergies, cost savings and other operating improvements to the extent certified by
the Borrower as having been determined in good faith to be reasonably anticipated to be realizable
within 12Β months following such acquisition, or of any Subsidiary designated as a Restricted
Subsidiary during such period, shall be included on a pro forma basis for such
period (but assuming the consummation of such acquisition or such designation, as the case may be,
occurred on the first day of such period) and (B)Β the Consolidated EBITDA of any Person or
Properties constituting a division or line of business of any business entity, division or line of
business, in each case, Disposed of by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during
such period, or of any Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period,
shall be excluded for such period (assuming the consummation of such Disposition or such
designation, as the case may be, occurred on the first day of such period). With respect to each
Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary or any joint venture, for purposes of calculating
Consolidated EBITDA, the amount of income attributable to such Subsidiary or joint venture, as
applicable, that shall be counted for such purposes shall equal the product of (x)Β the Borrowerβs
direct and/or indirect percentage ownership of such Subsidiary or joint venture and (y)Β the
aggregate amount of the applicable item of such Subsidiary or joint venture, as applicable, except
to the extent the application of GAAP already takes into account the non-wholly owned subsidiary
relationship. Notwithstanding the forgoing, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated without giving
effect to the effects of purchase accounting or similar adjustments required or permitted by GAAP
in connection with the Transactions, any Investment (including any Permitted Acquisition) and any
other acquisition or Investment. For purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA under this
Agreement, Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ended MarchΒ 31, 2008 shall be deemed to be
$64,635,000. Unless otherwise qualified, all
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references to βConsolidated EBITDAβ in this Agreement shall refer to Consolidated EBITDA of the
Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConsolidated Net Incomeβ: of any Person for any period, the consolidated net income
(or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that in calculating Consolidated Net
Income of the Borrower and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for any period, there shall be
excluded (a)Β the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and
(b)Β the income (or loss) of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) in which Holdings, the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has an ownership interest (including any joint
venture), except to the extent that any such income is actually received by Holdings, the Borrower
or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions (which dividends
and distributions shall be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income).
Notwithstanding the forgoing, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, Consolidated Net Income
shall not include: (i)Β extraordinary gains for such period, (ii)Β the cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principles during such period, (iii)Β any fees and expenses incurred during such
period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition,
investment, recapitalization, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity
securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument (in
each case, including any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or
non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction and (iv)
any income (loss)Β for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedge
Agreements. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to βConsolidated Net Incomeβ in this
Agreement shall refer to Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower. There shall be excluded from
Consolidated Net Income for any period the purchase accounting effects of adjustments to inventory,
Property and equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue required or
permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such
adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of the
Transactions, any consummated acquisition whether consummated before or after the Closing Date, or
the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConsolidated Net Interest Coverage Ratioβ: as of any date of determination, the
ratio of (a)Β Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most
recently ended Test Period to (b)Β Consolidated Net Interest Expense of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConsolidated Net Interest Expenseβ: of any Person for any period, (a)Β total cash
interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations) of such Person and its
Restricted Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, minus (b)Β the sum of (i)Β total cash interest income of
such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (excluding any interest income earned
on receivables due from clients), in each case determined in accordance with GAAP plus
(ii)Β any one time financing fees (to the extent included in such Personβs consolidated interest
expense for such period), including, with respect to the Borrower, those paid in connection with
the Transaction Documents or in connection with any amendment thereof. Unless otherwise qualified,
all references to βConsolidated Net Interest Expenseβ in this Agreement shall refer to
Consolidated Net Interest Expense of the Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConsolidated Total Assetsβ: the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower for the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which
financial statements have been delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1(a) or (b).
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConsolidated Total Leverageβ: at any date, (a)Β the aggregate principal amount of all
Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, minus (b)Β cash, Cash
Equivalents and, to the extent they are subject to a perfected Lien pursuant to the Security
Documents, Permitted Liquid Investments held by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on
such date, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConsolidated Total Leverage Ratioβ: as of any date of determination, the ratio of
(a)Β Consolidated Total Leverage on such day to (b)Β Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and the
Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βConsolidated Working Capitalβ: at any date, the difference of (a)Β Consolidated
Current Assets on such date minus (b)Β Consolidated Current Liabilities on such date,
provided that, for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow, increases or decreases in
Consolidated Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to changes in the working capital
balance as a result of non-cash increases or decreases thereof that will not result in future cash
payments or receipts or cash payments or receipts in any previous period, in each case, including,
without limitation, any changes in Consolidated Current Assets or Consolidated Current Liabilities
as a result of (i)Β any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as
applicable, between current and noncurrent, (ii)Β the effects of purchase accounting and (iii)Β the
effect of fluctuations in the amount of accrued or contingent obligations, assets or liabilities
under Hedge Agreements.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βContinuing Directorsβ: the directors of Holdings on the Closing Date and each other
director of Holdings, if, in each case, such other directorβs nomination for election to the Board
of Directors of Holdings is recommended by at least 51% of the then Continuing Directors or such
other director receives the vote of the Sponsor and/or its Affiliates (excluding any operating
portfolio companies of the Sponsor) or any other Permitted Investor in his or her nomination or
election by the shareholders of Holdings.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βContractual Obligationβ: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by
such Person or of any written or recorded agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such
Person is a party or by which it or any of its Property is bound.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDeclined Proceedsβ: the amount of any prepayment declined by the Required Prepayment
Lenders or any Tranche B Term Lender, as applicable, in accordance with SectionsΒ 2.12(a), 2.12(b),
2.12(c) or 2.12(e), as the case may be, to the extent, in the case of amounts declined in
accordance with SectionΒ 2.12(e), such declined amounts have not been used to prepay Tranche A Term
Loans.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDefaultβ: any of the events specified in SectionΒ 8.1, whether or not any requirement
for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDefaulting Lenderβ: any Lender that (a)Β has failed to fund any portion of the Loans,
participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swingline Loans required to be funded by it
hereunder within one Business Day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder unless such
failure has been cured, (b)Β has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any
other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one Business Day of the
date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute or unless such failure has been cured, or
(c)Β has been deemed insolvent or become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or
otherwise has taken any action or become the subject of any action or proceeding of the type
described in SectionΒ 8.1(f).
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDisinterested Directorβ : as defined in SectionΒ 7.9.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDerivatives Counterpartyβ: as defined in SectionΒ 7.6.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDispositionβ: with respect to any Property, any sale, sale and leaseback,
assignment, conveyance, transfer or other effectively complete disposition thereof. The terms
βDisposeβ and βDisposed ofβ shall have correlative meanings.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDisqualified Capital Stockβ: Capital Stock that (a)Β requires the payment of any
dividends (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock), (b)Β matures
or is mandatorily redeemable or subject to mandatory repurchase or redemption or repurchase at the
option of the holders thereof (other than solely for Qualified Capital Stock), in each case in
whole or in part and whether upon the occurrence of any event, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation on a fixed date or otherwise (including as the result of a failure to maintain or
achieve any financial performance standards) or (c)Β are convertible or exchangeable, automatically
or at the option of any holder thereof, into any Indebtedness, Capital Stock or other assets other
than Qualified Capital Stock, in the case of clauses (a), (b)Β and (c), prior to the date that is 91
days after the final scheduled maturity date of the Loans (other than (i)Β upon payment in full of
the Obligations (other than indemnification and other contingent obligations not yet due and owing)
or (ii)Β upon a βchange in controlβ; provided that any payment required pursuant to this
clause (ii)Β is subject to the prior repayment in full of the Obligations (other than
indemnification and other contingent obligations not yet due and owing) that are accrued and
payable and the termination of the Commitments); provided further, however, that if
such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the
Borrower or the Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not
constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the
Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such
employeeβs termination, death or disability.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDisqualified Institutionβ: (i)Β those institutions identified by the Borrower in
writing to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date or, with the consent of the
Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld; consent of the Administrative Agent shall be
deemed to have been given if the Administrative Agent does not object within 5 Business Days after
identification of an institution) from time to time thereafter, and their known Affiliates and (ii)
business competitors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or the Company identified by Borrower in
writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time and their known Affiliates.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDocumentation Agentsβ: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDollarsβ and β$β: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDomestic Subsidiaryβ: any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary organized under
the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βEnvironmental Lawsβ: any and all applicable laws, rules, orders, regulations,
statutes, ordinances, codes or decrees (including, without limitation, common law) of any
international authority, foreign government, the United States, or any state, provincial, local,
municipal or other governmental authority, regulating, relating to or imposing liability or
standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment, natural resources or human health
and safety as it relates to Releases of Materials of Environmental Concern, as has been, is now, or
at any time hereafter is, in effect.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βEnvironmental Liabilityβ: any liability, claim, action, suit, judgment or order
under or relating to any Environmental Law for any damages, injunctive relief, losses, fines,
penalties, fees, expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and consultants) or
costs, whether contingent or otherwise, including those arising from or relating to: (a)
compliance or non-compliance with any Environmental Law, (b)Β the generation, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Materials of Environmental Concern, (c)
exposure to any Materials of Environmental Concern, (d)Β the Release of any Materials of
Environmental Concern or (e)Β any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to
which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βEquity Issuanceβ: any issuance by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary of its Capital Stock in a public or private offering.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βERISAβ: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to
time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βEurocurrency Base Rateβ: with respect to each day during each Interest Period, the
rate per annum determined by reference to the British Bankersβ Association Interest Settlement
Rates for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first
day of such Interest Period appearing on the Screen as of 11:00Β A.M., London time, two Business
Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period, as the Eurocurrency Rate for deposits
denominated with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does
not appear on the Screen at such time for any reason, then the βEurocurrency Base Rateβ
shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying
eurocurrency 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 deposits at or
about 11:00Β A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in
the interbank eurocurrency market where its eurodollar and exchange operations are then being
conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised
therein.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βEurocurrency Loansβ: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon
the Eurocurrency Rate.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βEurocurrency Rateβ: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining
to a Eurocurrency Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following
formula:
Eurocurrency Base Rate
1.00 β Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βEurocurrency Reserve Requirementsβ: for any day as applied to a Eurocurrency Loan,
the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of
reserve requirements in effect on such day (including 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 βEurocurrency Liabilitiesβ in RegulationΒ D of the Board) maintained by a
member bank of the Federal Reserve System.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βEurocurrency Trancheβ: the collective reference to Eurocurrency Loans under a
particular 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).
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βEvent of Defaultβ: any of the events specified in SectionΒ 8.1; provided that
any requirement set forth therein for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been
satisfied.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βExcess Cash Flowβ: for any fiscal year of the Borrower, the difference, if any, of
(a)Β the sum, without duplication, of (i)Β Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower for such fiscal
year, (ii)Β the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation, amortization and deferred
tax expense) deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash receipts included in
clause (i)Β of the definition of βConsolidated Net Incomeβ and excluded in arriving at such
Consolidated Net Income, (iii)Β the amount of the decrease, if any, in Consolidated Working Capital
for such fiscal year (excluding any decrease in Consolidated Working Capital relating to leasehold
improvements for which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is reimbursed in cash or receives a
credit) and (iv)Β the aggregate net amount of non-cash loss on the Disposition of Property by the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other than sales of inventory in
the ordinary course of business), to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net
Income; minus (b)Β the sum, without duplication (including, in the case of clauses (ii)Β and
(viii)Β below, duplication across periods (provided that all or any portion of the amounts
referred to in clauses (ii)Β and (viii)Β below with respect to a period may be applied in the
determination of Excess Cash Flow for any subsequent period to the extent such amounts did not
previously result in a reduction of Excess Cash Flow in any prior period)) of:
Β Β Β Β Β (i) the amount of all non-cash gains or credits included in arriving at such
Consolidated Net Income (including, without limitation, credits included in the calculation
of deferred tax assets and liabilities) and cash charges excluded in clauses (i)Β through
(iv)Β of the definition of βConsolidated Net Incomeβ and included in arriving at such
Consolidated Net Income;
Β Β Β Β Β (ii) the aggregate amount (A)Β actually paid by the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries in cash during such fiscal year on account of Capital Expenditures and
Permitted Acquisitions and (B)Β committed during such fiscal year to be used to make Capital
Expenditures or Permitted Acquisitions which in either case have been actually made or
consummated or for which a binding agreement exists as of the time of determination of
Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year (in each case under this clause (ii)Β other than to the
extent any such Capital Expenditure or Permitted Acquisition is made (or, in the case of the
preceding clause (B), is expected to be made) with the proceeds of new long-term
Indebtedness or an Equity Issuance or with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred
Amount);
Β Β Β Β Β (iii) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments and all
prepayments of Indebtedness (including, without limitation, the Term Loans and, if
applicable, the Mezzanine Loans) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries made during
such fiscal year (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility to the extent there
is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder and other than to the
extent any such prepayments are the result of the incurrence of additional indebtedness and
other than optional prepayments of the Term Loans and optional prepayments of Revolving
Loans and Swingline Loans to the extent accompanied by permanent optional reductions of the
Revolving Commitments);
Β Β Β Β Β (iv) the amount of the increase, if any, in Consolidated Working Capital for such
fiscal year (excluding any increase in Consolidated Working Capital relating to leasehold
improvements for which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is reimbursed in cash or
receives a credit);
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Β Β Β Β Β (v) the aggregate net amount of non-cash gain on the Disposition of Property by the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such fiscal year (other than sales of
inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent included in arriving at such
Consolidated Net Income;
Β Β Β Β Β (vi) fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions or any Permitted
Acquisition (whether or not consummated);
Β Β Β Β Β (vii) purchase price adjustments paid or received in connection with the Merger
Transactions, any Permitted Acquisition or any other acquisition permitted under Section
7.7(h) or (v);
Β Β Β Β Β (viii) (A)Β the net amount of Investments made during such period pursuant to paragraphs
(d), (f), (h), (l), (v)Β and (y)Β of SectionΒ 7.7 (to the extent, in the case of clause (y),
such Investment relates to Restricted Payments permitted under SectionΒ 7.6(c), (e), (h)Β or
(i)) or committed during such period to be used to make Investments pursuant to such
paragraphs of SectionΒ 7.7 which have been actually made or for which a binding agreement
exists as of the time of determination of Excess Cash Flow for such period (but excluding
Investments among the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) and (B)Β permitted Restricted
Payments made in each case by the Borrower during such period and permitted Restricted
Payments made by any Restricted Subsidiary to any Person other than Holdings, the Borrower
or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, in each case, to the extent
permitted by SectionΒ 7.6(c), (e), (h)Β or (i); provided that the amount of Restricted
Payments made pursuant to SectionΒ 7.6(e) and deducted pursuant to this clause (viii)Β shall
not exceed $10,000,000 in any fiscal year;
Β Β Β Β Β (ix) the amount (determined by the Borrower) of such Consolidated Net Income which is
mandatorily prepaid or reinvested pursuant to SectionΒ 2.12(b) (or as to which a waiver of
the requirements of such Section applicable thereto has been granted under SectionΒ 10.1)
prior to the date of determination of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year as a result of
any Asset Sale or Recovery Event;
Β Β Β Β Β (x) the aggregate amount of any premium or penalty actually paid in cash that is
required to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness;
Β Β Β Β Β (xi) cash payments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period
in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries other than
Indebtedness;
Β Β Β Β Β (xii) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment
of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period
and are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income;
Β Β Β Β Β (xiii) cash expenditures in respect of Hedge Agreements during such period to the
extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;
Β Β Β Β Β (xiv) the amount of taxes (including penalties and interest) paid in cash in such
period or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the
extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income
for such period;
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Β Β Β Β Β (xv) the amount of cash payments made in respect of pensions and other post-employment
benefits in such period;
Β Β Β Β Β (xvi) payments made in respect of the minority equity interests of third parties in any
non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary in such period, including pursuant to dividends
declared or paid on Capital Stock held by third parties in respect of such non-wholly-owned
Restricted Subsidiary; and
Β Β Β Β Β (xvii) the amount representing accrued expenses for cash payments (including with
respect to retirement plan obligations) that are not paid in cash in such fiscal year,
provided that such amounts will be added to Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for the
following fiscal year to the extent not paid in cash during such following fiscal year.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βExcess Cash Flow Application Dateβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.12(c).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βExcess Cash Flow Percentageβ: 50%; provided that the Excess Cash Flow
Percentage shall be reduced to (a)Β 25% if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day
of the relevant fiscal year is not greater than 3.75 to 1.00 and (b)Β to 0% if the Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the relevant fiscal year is not greater than 2.25 to
1.00.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βExcluded Capital Stockβ: (a)Β any Capital Stock with respect to which, in the
reasonable judgment of Administrative Agent (confirmed by notice to the Borrower), (i)Β the cost of
pledging such Capital Stock in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents shall be
excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom or (ii)Β would result in
adverse tax consequences, (b)Β solely in the case of any pledge of Capital Stock of any Foreign
Subsidiary or any Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company to secure the Obligations, any Capital Stock
of any class of such Foreign Subsidiary or such Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company in excess of 65%
of the outstanding Capital Stock of such class (such percentage to be adjusted by mutual agreement
(not to be unreasonably withheld) upon any change in law as may be required to avoid adverse U.S.
federal income tax consequences to the Borrower or any Subsidiary), (c)Β any Capital Stock to the
extent the pledge thereof would violate any applicable Requirement of Law, (d)Β the Capital Stock of
any Special Purpose Entity, any Immaterial Subsidiary (for so long as such Subsidiary remains an
Immaterial Subsidiary) or any Unrestricted Subsidiary and (e)Β in the case of any Capital Stock of
any Subsidiary that is subject of a Lien permitted under SectionΒ 7.3(g) securing Indebtedness
permitted under SectionΒ 7.2(t) or (u)Β any Capital Stock of each such Subsidiary to the extent that
(i)Β a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by any applicable Contractual
Obligations (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform
Commercial Code) or (ii)Β any Contractual Obligation prohibits such a pledge without the consent of
the other party; provided that this clause (ii)Β shall not apply if (A)Β such other party is
a Loan Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary or (B)Β consent has been obtained to consummate such
pledge and for so long as such Contractual Obligation or replacement or renewal thereof is in
effect or (iii)Β a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party to a
Contractual Obligation the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than customary
non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code or other
applicable law); provided that this clause (iii)Β shall not apply if such other party is a
Loan Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βExcluded Collateralβ: as defined in SectionΒ 4.17(a).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βExcluded Real Propertyβ: (a)Β any Real Property that is subject to a Lien expressly
permitted by SectionΒ 7.3(g) or 7.3(z), (b)Β any Real Property with respect to which, in the
reasonable judgment of Administrative Agent (confirmed by notice to the Borrower) the cost of
providing a
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mortgage on such Real Property in favor of the Secured Parties under the Security Documents
shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom and (c)Β any Real
Property to the extent providing a mortgage on such Real Property would (i)Β result in adverse tax
consequences as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, (ii)Β violate any applicable
Requirement of Law, (iii)Β be prohibited by any applicable Contractual Obligations (other than
customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code) or
(iv)Β give any other party (other than a Loan Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary) to any contract,
agreement, instrument or indenture governing such Real Property the right to terminate its
obligations thereunder (other than customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under
the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βExcluded Subsidiaryβ: (a)Β each Domestic Subsidiary which is an Immaterial Subsidiary
as of the Closing Date and listed on ScheduleΒ 1.1 and each future Domestic Subsidiary which is an
Immaterial Subsidiary, in each case, for so long as such Subsidiary remains an Immaterial
Subsidiary, (b)Β each Domestic Subsidiary that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary on any date such
Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of
SectionΒ 6.8(c) (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary),
(c)Β any Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company, (d)Β each Domestic Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary of a
Foreign Subsidiary, (e)Β each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (f)Β each Domestic Subsidiary to the extent
that (i)Β such Domestic Subsidiary is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Obligation or
Requirement of Law from guaranteeing the Obligations, (ii)Β any Contractual Obligation prohibits
such guarantee without the consent of the other party or (iii)Β a guarantee of the Obligations would
give any other party to a Contractual Obligation the right to terminate its obligation thereunder;
provided that clauses (ii)Β and (iii)Β shall not be applicable if (A)Β such other party is a
Loan Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary or (B)Β consent has been obtained to provide such pledge and
for so long as such Contractual Obligation or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, (g)Β any
Subsidiary that is a Special Purpose Entity or (h)Β any other Domestic Subsidiary with respect to
which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed by notice to the Borrower)
the cost of providing a guarantee is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the
Lenders.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βFacilityβ: each of (a)Β the Tranche A Term Commitments and the Tranche A Term Loans
made thereunder (the βTranche A Term Facilityβ), (b)Β the Tranche B Term Commitments and the
Tranche B Term Loans made thereunder (the βTranche B Term Facilityβ), (c)Β any New Loan
Commitments and the New Loans made thereunder (a βNew Facilityβ) and (d)Β the Revolving
Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the βRevolving Facilityβ).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β β
Federal Funds Effective Rateβ: 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 that 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βFee Payment Dateβ: commencing on SeptemberΒ 30, 2008, (a)Β the last Business Day of
each March, June, September and December and (b)Β the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βForeign Subsidiaryβ: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a
Domestic Subsidiary.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βForeign Subsidiary Holding Companyβ: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower which
is a Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist of the Capital Stock of
one or more Foreign Subsidiaries.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βFunded Debtβ: with respect to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person of the
types described in clauses (a), (b), (e), (g)(ii) or, to the extent related to Indebtedness of the
types described in the preceding clauses, (d)Β of the definition of βIndebtednessβ.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βFunding Officeβ: the office of the Administrative Agent specified in SectionΒ 10.2 or
such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding
office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGAAPβ: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect
from time to time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGovernmental Authorityβ: any nation or government, any state, province or other
political subdivision thereof and any governmental entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and, as to any
Lender, any securities exchange and any self regulatory organization (including the National
Association of Insurance Commissioners).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGovernment Contractsβ: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGuarantee and Collateral Agreementβ: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be
executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in
the form of ExhibitΒ A, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGuarantee Obligationβ: as to any Person (the βguaranteeing personβ), any
obligation of (a)Β the guaranteeing person or (b)Β another Person (including, without limitation, any
bank under any letter of credit) pursuant to which the guaranteeing person has issued a guarantee,
reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or by which such
Person becomes contingently liable for any Indebtedness (the βprimary obligationsβ) of any
other third Person (the βprimary obligorβ) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly,
including, without limitation, any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not
contingent, (i)Β to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor, (ii)Β to advance or supply funds (1)Β for the purchase or payment of any
such primary obligation or (2)Β to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial
statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or
solvency of the primary obligor, (iii)Β 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)Β 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 and reasonable indemnity obligations
in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of
assets or any Investment permitted under this Agreement. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of
any guaranteeing Person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a)Β an amount equal to the stated or
determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made
and (b)Β 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
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such guaranteeing personβs maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof
(assuming such person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good
faith.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGuarantorsβ: the collective reference to Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βHedge Agreementsβ: all agreements with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic,
financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any
similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case, entered into by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βHoldingsβ: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βHoldings IPOβ: the issuance by Holdings or any Parent Company of its common Capital
Stock in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a
registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the
SEC in accordance with the Securities Act whether alone or in connection with a secondary public
offering.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βImmaterial Subsidiaryβ: on any date, any Subsidiary of the Borrower that has had
less than 5% of Consolidated Total Assets and 5% of annual consolidated revenues of the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries as reflected on the most recent financial statements delivered
pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1 prior to such date; provided that at no time shall all Immaterial
Subsidiaries have in the aggregate Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues (as
reflected on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1 prior to such
time) in excess of 7.5% of Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues, respectively,
of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βIncreased Amount Dateβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.25.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β β
Indebtednessβ of any Person: without duplication, (a)Β all indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money, (b)Β all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes
or similar instruments, (c)Β all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of
Property or services already received, (d)Β all Guarantee Obligations by such Person of Indebtedness
of others, (e)Β all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f)Β all payments that such Person
would have to make in the event of an early termination, on the date Indebtedness of such Person is
being determined in respect of outstanding Hedge Agreements (such payments in respect of any Hedge
Agreement with a counterparty being calculated subject to and in accordance with any netting
provisions in such Hedge Agreement), (g)Β the principal component of all obligations, contingent or
otherwise, of such Person (i)Β as an account party in respect of letters of credit (other than any
letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instrument in respect of which a back-to-back letter
of credit has been issued under or permitted by this
Credit Agreement) and (ii)Β in respect of
bankersβ acceptances;
provided that Indebtedness shall not include (A)Β trade and other
ordinary course payables, accrued expenses and intercompany liabilities arising in the ordinary
course of business, (B)Β prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (C)
purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the
purchase price of an asset to satisfy unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset or (D)
earn-out and other contingent obligations until such obligations become a liability on the balance
sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the
Indebtedness of any partnership in which such Person is a general Partner, other than to the extent
that the instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness expressly limits the liability of
such Person in respect thereof.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βIndebtedness for Borrowed Moneyβ: (a)Β to the extent the following would be reflected
on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared in
accordance with GAAP, the principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries with respect to (i)Β borrowed money, evidenced by debt securities, debentures,
acceptances, notes or other similar instruments and (ii)Β Capital Lease Obligations, (b)
reimbursement obligations for letters of credit and financial guarantees (without duplication)
(other than ordinary course of business contingent reimbursement obligations) and (c)Β Hedge
Agreements; provided that the Obligations shall not constitute Indebtedness for Borrowed
Money.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βIndemnified Liabilitiesβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.5.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βIndemniteeβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.5.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βInitial Borrowerβ: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βInsolvencyβ: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is
insolvent within the meaning of SectionΒ 4245 of ERISA.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βInsolventβ: pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βInstrumentβ: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βIntellectual Propertyβ: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and
privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or
foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, copyrights, copyright licenses, domain
names, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, trade names, technology, know-how
and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment
thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βInterest Payment Dateβ: (a)Β commencing on SeptemberΒ 30, 2008, as to any ABR Loan,
the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is
outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b)Β as to any Eurocurrency Loan having an
Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c)Β as to any
Eurocurrency Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that 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)Β as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan
and any Swingline Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β β
Interest Periodβ: as to any Eurocurrency Loan, (a)Β initially, the period commencing
on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurocurrency Loan and
ending one, two, three or six or (if available from all Lenders under the relevant Facility) nine
or twelve months (or such other period acceptable to all such Lenders) thereafter, as selected by
the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of continuation or conversion, as the case may
be, given with respect thereto; and (b)Β thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the
next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurocurrency Loan and ending one, two, three or
six or (with the consent of each affected Lender under the relevant Facility) nine or twelve months
(or such other period acceptable to all such Lenders) thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by
irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the
date that is 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:
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Β Β Β Β Β (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;
Β Β Β Β Β (ii) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the scheduled Revolving
Termination Date or beyond the date final payment is due on the Term Loans shall end on the
Revolving Termination Date or such due date, as applicable; and
Β Β Β Β Β (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 a calendar month.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βInvestmentsβ: as defined in SectionΒ 7.7.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βIssuing Lendersβ: (a)Β Credit Suisse and (b)Β any other Revolving Lender from time to
time designated by the Borrower, in its sole discretion, as an Issuing Lender with the consent of
such other Revolving Lender.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βJoinder Agreementβ: an agreement substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ H.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βL/C Commitmentβ: $30,000,000.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βL/C Obligationsβ: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a)Β the aggregate then
undrawn and unexpired face amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b)Β the aggregate
amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed. The L/C Obligations
of any Lender at any time shall be its Revolving Percentage of the total L/C Obligations at such
time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βL/C Participantsβ: the collective reference to all the Revolving Lenders other than
the applicable Issuing Lender.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βLead Arrangersβ: Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC
and Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. in their capacity as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βLendersβ: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βLetters of Creditβ: as defined in SectionΒ 3.1(a).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βLienβ: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any other security agreement of any kind
or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any
capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing). For the
avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary
may, as part of its business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual Property owned or
developed by, or licensed to, such entity. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, such licensing activity, and licenses granted pursuant to the Merger Documents, shall
not constitute a βLienβ on such Intellectual Property. Each of the Administrative Agent and each
Lender understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the applicable licensees, and such
exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of the Administrative Agent to utilize, sell, lease,
license or transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize value from such
Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βLoanβ: any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βLoan Documentsβ: the collective reference to this Agreement, the Security Documents
and the Notes (if any) and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the
foregoing.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βLoan Partiesβ: Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMajority Facility Lendersβ: with respect to any Facility, the holders of more than
50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans, New
Loans or the Revolving Extensions of Credit, as the case may be, outstanding under such Facility
(or (i)Β in the case of the Revolving Facility, prior to any termination of the Revolving
Commitments under such Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the Revolving Commitments under
such Facility or (ii)Β in the case of any New Facility that is a revolving credit facility, prior to
any termination of the New Loan Commitments under such Facility, the holders of more than 50% of
the New Loan Commitments under such Facility); provided, however, that
determinations of the βMajority Facility Lendersβ shall exclude any Commitments or Loans held by
the Carlyle Fund.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMajority Revolving Facility Lendersβ: the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of
the Revolving Facility.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMajority Tranche A Term Facility Lendersβ: the Majority Facility Lenders in respect
of the Tranche A Term Facility.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMajority Tranche B Term Facility Lendersβ: the Majority Facility Lenders in respect
of the Tranche B Term Facility.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βManagement Agreementβ: the Management Agreement, by and between Explorer Holding
Corporation, the Borrower and TC Group V, L.L.C., as in effect on the Closing Date and as modified
from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMandatory Prepayment Dateβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.12(e).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMaterial Adverse Effectβ: a material adverse effect on (a)Β the business, operations,
assets, financial condition or results of operations of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b)Β the material rights and remedies available to the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders, taken as a whole, under the Loan Documents.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMaterial Real Propertyβ: any Real Property located in the United States and owned in
fee by a Loan Party on the Closing Date having an estimated fair market value (in the good faith
judgment of such Loan Party) exceeding $2,000,000 and any after-acquired Real Property located in
the United States owned by a Loan Party having a gross purchase price exceeding $2,000,000 at the
time of acquisition.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMaterial Subsidiaryβ: any Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMaterials of Environmental Concernβ: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil
or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde
insulation,
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asbestos, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity and any other substances that are defined as
hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law, that are regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMerger Agreementβ: the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of MayΒ 15, 2008, by
and among, Holdings, the Company, Explorer Holding Corporation, the Initial Borrower and Booz &
Company Inc.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMerger Documentsβ: collectively, the Merger Agreement, the Spin Off Agreement, and
all schedules, exhibits, annexes and amendments thereto (including the execution versions of any
agreements that are exhibits or annexes thereto), in each case, as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMerger Transactionsβ: the transactions contemplated by the Merger Documents.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMezzanine Facility Indebtednessβ: Indebtedness incurred under the Mezzanine Loan
Facility.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β β
Mezzanine Loan Agreementβ: the Mezzanine
Credit Agreement, dated as of JulyΒ 31,
2008, among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, Credit Suisse, as
administrative agent, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, as such agreement may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced,
restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time to the extent not
prohibited by this Agreement (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original administrative
agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original
Mezzanine Loan Agreement or other
credit agreements, indentures or otherwise, unless such agreement
or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Mezzanine Loan
Agreement hereunder).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMezzanine Loan Documentsβ: the Loan Documents as defined in the Mezzanine Loan
Agreement or any other documentation evidencing any Mezzanine Loan Facility, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, extended, renewed, refinanced or replaced from time to
time to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β β
Mezzanine Loan Facilityβ: the collective reference to the Mezzanine Loan Agreement,
any Mezzanine Loan Documents, any notes issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee agreement, and
other instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the
foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from
time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original agent and lenders or other
agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Mezzanine Loan Agreement
or other
credit agreements, indentures or otherwise, unless such agreement expressly provides that
it is not intended to be and is not a Mezzanine Loan Facility hereunder).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMezzanine Loansβ: the loans made pursuant to the Mezzanine Loan Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMoodyβsβ: Xxxxxβx Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency
business thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMortgaged Propertiesβ: all Real Property that shall be subject to a Mortgage that is
delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMortgageβ: any mortgage, deed of trust, hypothec, assignment of leases and rents or
other similar document delivered on or after the Closing Date by any Loan Party in favor of, or for
the benefit of, the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, with respect to
Mortgaged Properties, each substantially in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower (taking into account the law of the jurisdiction in which
such mortgage, deed of trust, hypothec or similar document is to be recorded), as the same may be
amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMultiemployer Planβ: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNet Cash Proceedsβ: (a)Β in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the
proceeds thereof in the form of cash, Cash Equivalents and Permitted Liquid Investments (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) received by any Loan Party, net of (i)Β attorneysβ fees, accountantsβ fees, investment
banking fees, consulting fees, amounts required 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 by any Loan Party in connection therewith; (ii)Β taxes paid or
reasonably estimated to be payable by any Loan Party as a result thereof (after taking into account
any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements); (iii)Β the amount of any
reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any
taxes deducted pursuant to clause (ii)Β above) (A)Β associated with the assets that are the subject
of such event and (B)Β retained by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries,
provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in
connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds
of such event occurring on the date of such reduction and (iv)Β the pro rata portion of the Net Cash
Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (iv)) attributable to minority interests
and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary
as a result thereof and (b)Β in connection with any Equity Issuance or other issuance or sale of
debt securities or instruments or the incurrence of Funded Debt, the cash proceeds received from
such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneysβ fees, investment banking fees, accountantsβ fees,
consulting fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses
actually incurred in connection therewith.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNew Facilityβ: as defined in the definition of βFacilityβ.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNew Lenderβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.25.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNew Loan Commitmentsβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.25.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNew Loansβ: any loan made by any New Lender pursuant to this Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNew Revolving Loansβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.25.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNew Subsidiaryβ: as defined in SectionΒ 7.2(t).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNew Term Lenderβ: a Lender that has a New Term Loan.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNew Term Loansβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.25.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNon-Excluded Subsidiaryβ: any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not an Excluded
Subsidiary.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNon-Excluded Taxesβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.20(a).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNon-Guarantor Subsidiaryβ: any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNon-Recourse Debtβ: Indebtedness (a)Β with respect to which no default would permit
(upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the
payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity and (b)Β as to which the
lenders or holders thereof will not have any recourse to the capital stock or assets of Holdings,
the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNon-US Lenderβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.20(d).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNoteβ: any promissory note evidencing any Loan, which promissory note shall be in
the form of ExhibitΒ J-1, ExhibitΒ J-2 or ExhibitΒ J-3, as applicable, or such other form as agreed
upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βObligationsβ: 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, whether or not a claim for
post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) the Loans, the
Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or to any Lender (or, in the case of Specified Hedge
Agreements or Cash Management Obligations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any affiliate of any Lender), whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter
incurred, in each case, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any
other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash Management
Obligations 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 or any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or
otherwise; provided that (a)Β obligations of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiary
Guarantors under any Specified Hedge Agreement or any Cash Management Obligations shall be secured
and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the
other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed and (b)Β any release of Collateral or Guarantors
effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall not require the consent of holders of
obligations under Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Obligations.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βOfferβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.11(c)(i).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βOffer Loansβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.11(c)(i).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βOther Taxesβ: any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from
the
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execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βParent Companyβ: any direct or indirect parent of Holdings.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βParticipantβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.6(c).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPayment Amountβ: as defined in SectionΒ 3.5.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPBGCβ: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A
of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPermitted Acquisitionβ: (a)Β any acquisition (including, if applicable, in the case
of any Intellectual Property, by way of license) approved by the Required Lenders, (b)Β any
acquisition made solely with the Net Cash Proceeds of any substantially concurrent Equity Issuance
or capital contribution (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) or (c)Β any acquisition of a
majority controlling interest in the Capital Stock, or all or substantially all of the assets, of
any Person, or of all or substantially all of the assets constituting a division, product line or
business line of any Person (each, an βAcquisitionβ), if such Acquisition described in this
clause (c)Β complies with the following criteria:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) no Event of Default shall be in effect immediately prior or after giving effect to
such Acquisition; and
Β Β Β Β Β (b) if the total consideration (other than any equity consideration) in respect of such
Acquisition exceeds $10,000,000, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative
Agent a certificate of the Borrower signed by a Responsible Officer to such effect, together
with all relevant financial information for such Subsidiary or asset to be acquired
reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent prior to such acquisition to the extent
available.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPermitted Businessβ: the Business and any services, activities or businesses
incidental or directly related or similar to any line of business engaged in by the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date or any business activity that is a reasonable extension,
development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPermitted Investorsβ: the collective reference to the Sponsor and its Affiliates
(but excluding any operating portfolio companies of the foregoing), the members of management of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries that have ownership interests in Holdings as of the Closing Date, and
the directors of Holdings and its Subsidiaries or any Parent Company on, or as of no later than 60
days following, the Closing Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPermitted Liquid Investmentsβ: (a)Β securities issued or directly and fully and
unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24Β months or less from the date of
acquisition, (b)Β certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with
maturities of 24Β months or less from the date of acquisition, bankersβ acceptances with maturities
not exceeding 24Β months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial
bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000, (c)Β repurchase obligations with a term
of not more than 30Β days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (a)Β and (b)
above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(b)Β above, (d)Β commercial paper having a rating of at least A-1 from S&P or P-1 from
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Moodyβs (or, if at any time neither Moodyβs nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an
equivalent rating from another rating agency) and maturing within 24Β months after the date of
acquisition and Indebtedness and Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of βAβ or higher
from S&P or βA2β or higher from Moodyβs with maturities of 24Β months or less from the date of
acquisition, (e)Β readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States or
any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from
either Moodyβs or S&P with maturities of 24Β months or less from the date of acquisition, (f)
marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-1 or A-1
from Moodyβs or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moodyβs nor S&P shall be rating such
obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency) and in each case maturing within 24
months after the date of creation or acquisition thereof, (g)Β Investments with average maturities
of 12Β months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AA- (or the
equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moodyβs, (h)
instruments equivalent to those referred to in clauses (a)Β through (g)Β above denominated in euro or
pound sterling or any other foreign currency comparable in credit quality and tenor to those
referred to above and customarily used by corporations for cash management purposes in any
jurisdiction outside the United States to the extent reasonably required in connection with any
business conducted by any Restricted Subsidiary organized in such jurisdiction including, without
limitation, certificates of deposit or bankersβ acceptances of, and bank deposits with, any bank
organized under the laws of any country that is a member of the European Economic Community or
Canada or any subdivision thereof, whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least
A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Xxxxxβx is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof, in each
case with maturities of not more than 24Β months from the date of acquisition and (i)Β investment in
funds which invest substantially all of their assets in Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in
clauses (a)Β through (h)Β of this definition.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPermitted Refinancingsβ: with respect to any Person, refinancings, replacements,
modifications, refundings, renewals or extensions of Indebtedness provided that (a)Β there
is no increase in the principal amount (or accrued value) thereof (excluding accrued interest,
fees, discounts, premiums and expenses), (b)Β the weighted average life to maturity of such
Indebtedness is greater than or equal to the shorter of (i)Β the weighted average life to maturity
of the Indebtedness being refinanced and (ii)Β the weighted average life to maturity that would
result if all payments of principal on the Indebtedness being refinanced that were due on or after
the date that is one year following the Tranche B Term Maturity Date were instead due one year
following the Tranche B Term Maturity Date, (c)Β if the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded,
modified, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such
refinancing, refunding, modification, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to
the Obligations (A)Β on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the
documentation governing the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded, modified, renewed or extended,
(B)Β on terms consistent with the then-prevailing market terms for subordination of comparable
Indebtedness or (C)Β on terms to which the Administrative Agent shall agree, (d)Β the terms and
conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral) of any such refinanced, refunded, modified,
renewed or extended Indebtedness are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the terms
and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (e)
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time thereof or no
Default or Event of Default would result from any such refinancing, refunding, modification,
renewal or extension and (f)Β with respect to any such Indebtedness that is secured, neither the
Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be an obligor or guarantor of any such refinancings,
replacements, refundings, renewals or extensions except to the extent that such Person was such an
obligor or guarantor in respect of the applicable Indebtedness being modified, refinanced,
refunded, renewed or extended.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPermitted Subordinated Indebtednessβ: unsecured, senior subordinated or subordinated
Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including guarantees thereof by the
Borrower
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or any Guarantor, as applicable), provided that (a)Β no scheduled principal payments,
mandatory prepayments, redemptions or sinking fund payments of any Permitted Subordinated
Indebtedness shall be required prior to the date at least 180Β days following the Tranche B Term
Maturity Date (or, such later date that is the latest final maturity date of any incremental
extensions of credit hereunder) (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control,
asset sale, customary acceleration rights upon an event of default and AHYDO Payments), (b)Β the
covenants and events of default of such Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (i)Β shall be, taken as
a whole, customary for Indebtedness of a similar nature as such Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness
or (ii)Β shall otherwise not have been objected to by the Administrative Agent, after the
Administrative Agent shall have been afforded a period of five Business Days to review such terms
of such Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness, (c)Β the terms of subordination applicable to any
Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness shall be (i)Β taken as a whole, customary for unsecured
subordinated high yield debt securities issued by any Affiliates of the Sponsor or (ii)Β shall
otherwise not have been objected to by the Administrative Agent, after the Administrative Agent
shall have been afforded a period of five Business Days to review such terms of such Permitted
Subordinated Indebtedness and (d)Β no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness or would result therefrom.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPersonβ: 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPlanβ: at a particular time, any employee benefit plan as defined in SectionΒ 3(3) of
ERISA and in respect of which Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is (or,
if such plan were terminated at such time, would under SectionΒ 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an
βemployerβ as defined in SectionΒ 3(5) of ERISA, including a Multiemployer Plan.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPledged Securitiesβ: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPledged Stockβ: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPrepayment Option Noticeβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.12(e).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPricing Gridβ: the table set forth below:
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Applicable |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Applicable |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Margin for |
Β |
Applicable |
Β |
Applicable |
Β |
Margin for |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Tranche A |
Β |
Margin for |
Β |
Margin for |
Β |
Revolving |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Term Loans |
Β |
Tranche A |
Β |
Revolving Loans |
Β |
Loans that are |
Β |
Β |
Consolidated |
Β |
that are |
Β |
Term Loans |
Β |
that are |
Β |
ABR Loans |
Β |
Applicable |
Total Leverage |
Β |
Eurocurrency |
Β |
that are |
Β |
Eurocurrency |
Β |
and Swingline |
Β |
Commitment |
Ratio |
Β |
Loans |
Β |
ABR Loans |
Β |
Loans |
Β |
Loans |
Β |
Fee Rate |
Β³ 4.00:1.00
|
Β |
4.00%
|
Β |
3.00%
|
Β |
4.00%
|
Β |
3.00% |
Β |
Β |
< 4.00:1.00
|
Β |
3.75%
|
Β |
2.75%
|
Β |
3.75%
|
Β |
2.75% |
Β |
Β |
Β³ 3.50:1.00
|
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
0.500% |
< 3.50:1.00
|
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
0.375% |
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Changes in the Applicable Margin with respect to Loans or the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate
resulting from changes in the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective on the date
on which financial statements are delivered to the Lenders pursuant to SectionΒ 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 in SectionΒ 6.1,
then, at the option of (and upon the delivery of notice (telephonic or otherwise) by) the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders, until such financial statements are delivered, the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as at the end of the fiscal period that would have been covered
thereby shall for the purposes of this definition be deemed to be greater than 4.00 to 1.00. In
addition, at all times while an Event of Default set forth in SectionΒ 8.1(a) or 8.1(f) shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall for the purposes of the
Pricing Grid be deemed to be greater than 4.00 to 1.00.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPrime Rateβ: as defined in the definition of βABRβ.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPropertyβ: 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPublic Company Costsβ: costs relating to compliance with the provisions of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable to companies with equity or debt securities held
by the public, the rules of national securities exchange companies with listed equity or debt
securities, directorsβ compensation, fees and expense reimbursement, costs relating to investor
relations, shareholder meetings and reports to shareholders or debtholders, directors and officersβ
insurance and other executive costs, legal and other professional fees, and listing fees.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βQualified Capital Stockβ: any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRate Determination Noticeβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.22.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRatio Calculation Dateβ: as defined in SectionΒ 1.3(a).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReal Propertyβ: collectively, all right, title and interest of the Borrower or any
other Subsidiary in and to any and all parcels of real property owned or operated by the Borrower
or any other Subsidiary together with all improvements and appurtenant fixtures, easements and
other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRecovery Eventβ: any settlement of or payment in respect of any Property or casualty
insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of the Borrower or any
Domestic Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, in an amount for each such event exceeding
$1,000,000.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReference Periodβ: the period of four fiscal quarters most recently ended
immediately prior to the date of any specified event for which financial statements have been
delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRefinanced Term Loansβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.1.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRefinancingβ: the repayment of certain existing Indebtedness of the Company on the
Closing Date.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRefunded Swingline Loansβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.7(b).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRegisterβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.6(b)(iv).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRegulationΒ Uβ: RegulationΒ U of the Board as in effect from time to time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReimbursement Obligationβ: the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse an Issuing
Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing
Lender.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReinvestment Deferred Amountβ: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate
Net Cash Proceeds received by any Loan Party for its own account in connection therewith that are
not applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.12 as a result of the delivery of a
Reinvestment Notice.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReinvestment Eventβ: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which a Loan
Party has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReinvestment Noticeβ: a written notice signed on behalf of any Loan Party by a
Responsible Officer stating that such Loan Party (directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary)
intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale or
Recovery Event to acquire assets or make investments useful in the Business.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReinvestment Prepayment Amountβ: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the
Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount contractually committed by
the applicable Loan Party (directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary) to be expended prior to the
relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date (a βCommitted Reinvestment Amountβ), or actually
expended prior to such date, in each case to acquire assets or make investments useful in the
Business.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReinvestment Prepayment Dateβ: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier
of (i)Β the date occurring 12Β months after such Reinvestment Event and (ii)Β with respect to any
portion of a Reinvestment Deferred Amount, the date on which any Loan Party shall have determined
not to acquire assets or make investments useful in the Business with such portion of such
Reinvestment Deferred Amount.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRelated Business Assetsβ: assets (other than cash, Cash Equivalents or Permitted
Liquid Investments) used or useful in a Permitted Business; provided that any assets
received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the
Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they
consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such
Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReleaseβ: any release, spill, emission, leaking, dumping, injection, pouring,
deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into or through the environment or
within or upon any building, structure or facility.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReorganizationβ: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such
plan is in reorganization within the meaning of SectionΒ 4241 of ERISA.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReplacement Term Loansβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.1.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReportable Eventβ: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other
than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived by the PBGC in accordance with
the regulations thereunder.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRepresentativesβ: as defined in SectionΒ 10.14.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRepricing Transactionβ: any prepayment of the Tranche B Term Loans using proceeds of
Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or one or more Subsidiaries from a substantially concurrent
issuance or incurrence of secured, syndicated term loans, including, without limitation, by way of
Replacement Loans incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 10.1(d), provided by one or more banks, financial
institutions or other Persons for which the interest rate payable thereon (disregarding any
performance or ratings based pricing grid that could result in a lower interest rate based on
future performance) is lower than the Eurocurrency Rate on the date of such optional prepayment
plus the Applicable Margin with respect to the Tranche B Term Loans on the date of such optional
prepayment, provided that the primary purpose of such prepayment is to refinance Tranche B
Term Loans at a lower interest rate.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRequired Lendersβ: at any time, the holders of more than 50% of (a)Β until the
Closing Date, the Commitments then in effect and (b)Β thereafter, the sum of (i)Β the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding, (ii)Β the Revolving Commitments then in
effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Revolving Extensions of Credit
then outstanding and (iii)Β the New Loan Commitments then in effect in respect of any New Facility
that is a revolving credit facility or, if such New Loan Commitments have been terminated, the New
Revolving Loans then outstanding; provided, however, that determinations of the
βRequired Lendersβ shall exclude any Commitments or Loans held by the Carlyle Fund.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRequired Prepayment Lendersβ: the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans and the Tranche B Term Loans.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRequirement of Lawβ: 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 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βResponsible Officerβ: the chief executive officer, president, chief financial
officer (or similar title) controller or treasurer (or similar title) of Holdings or the Borrower,
as applicable, or (with respect to SectionΒ 6.7) any Restricted Subsidiary and, with respect to
financial matters, the chief financial officer (or similar title), controller or treasurer (or
similar title) of Holdings or the Borrower, as applicable.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRestricted Paymentsβ: as defined in SectionΒ 7.6.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRestricted Subsidiaryβ: any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRevolving Commitment Periodβ: the period from and including the Closing Date to the
Revolving Termination Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRevolving Commitmentsβ: as to any Revolving Lender, the obligation of such Lender,
if any, to make Revolving Loans and 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
βRevolving
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Commitmentβ opposite such Lenderβs name on ScheduleΒ 2.1, or, as the case may be, in the
Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be
changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The original aggregate amount of the
Revolving Commitments is $100,000,000.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRevolving Extensions of Creditβ: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount
equal to the sum of, without duplication (a)Β the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans
held by such Lender then outstanding, (b)Β such Lenderβs Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations
then outstanding and (c)Β such Lenderβs Revolving Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of
Swingline Loans then outstanding.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRevolving Facilityβ: as defined in the definition of βFacilityβ.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRevolving Lenderβ: each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that holds
Revolving Loans.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRevolving Loansβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.4(a).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRevolving Percentageβ as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which
such Lenderβs Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Revolving Commitments or, at
any time after the Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which
such Revolving Lenderβs Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding constitutes of the
aggregate Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βRevolving Termination Dateβ: the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βS&Pβ: Standard & Poorβs Ratings Group, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency
business thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βScreenβ: the relevant display page for the Eurocurrency Base Rate (as reasonably
determined by the Administrative Agent) on the Bloomberg Information Service or any successor
thereto; provided that if the Administrative Agent determines that there is no such
relevant display page or otherwise in Bloomberg for the Eurocurrency Base Rate, βScreenβ means such
other comparable publicly available service for displaying the Eurocurrency Base Rate (as
reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSECβ: the Securities and Exchange Commission (or successors thereto or an analogous
Governmental Authority).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSecured Partiesβ: collectively, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, any Issuing Lender, any other holder from time to time of
any of the Obligations and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSecurities Actβ: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSecurityβ: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSecurity Documentsβ: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement and all other security documents (including any Mortgages) hereafter delivered to the
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Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent purporting to xxxxx x Xxxx on any Property of any
Loan Party to secure the Obligations.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSingle Employer Planβ: any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the
provisions of Title IV of ERISA or SectionΒ 412 of the Code or SectionΒ 302 of ERISA and in respect
of which any Loan Party or any Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated,
would under SectionΒ 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an βemployerβ as defined in SectionΒ 3(5) of
ERISA.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSolventβ: with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, (a)Β the
amount of the βpresent fair saleable valueβ of the assets of such Person will, as of such date,
exceed the amount of all βliabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwiseβ, as of such date, as
such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing
determinations of the solvency of debtors, (b)Β the present fair saleable value of the assets of
such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the
liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c)Β such Person
will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its
business and (d)Β such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this
definition, (i) βdebtβ means liability on a βclaimβ, (ii) βclaimβ means any (x)Β right to payment,
whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent,
matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y)Β right to an
equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether
or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or
unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured and (iii)Β except as otherwise provided by
applicable law, the amount of βcontingent liabilitiesβ at any time shall be the amount thereof
which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, can reasonably be
expected to become actual or matured liabilities.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSpecial Purpose Entityβ: Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC or
any other Person formed or organized primarily for the purpose of holding trademarks, service
marks, trade names, logos, slogans and/or internet domain names containing the xxxx βBoozβ without
the names βXxxxxβ or βXxxxxxxxβ and licensing such marks to Booz & Company Inc. and its affiliates.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSpecified Equity Contributionβ: as defined in SectionΒ 8.2.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSpecified Hedge Agreementβ: any Hedge Agreement (a)Β entered into by (i)Β the Borrower
or any Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii)Β any Lender or any affiliate thereof at the time such Hedge
Agreement was entered into, as counterparty and (b)Β that has been designated by such Lender and the
Borrower, by notice to the Administrative Agent, as a Specified Hedge Agreement. The designation
of any Hedge Agreement as a Specified Hedge Agreement shall not create in favor of the Lender or
affiliate thereof that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release
of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, all Hedge Agreements in existence on the Closing Date
between the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and any Lender shall constitute Specified Hedge
Agreements.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSpecified Representationsβ: (a)Β the representations made by the Company in the
Merger Agreement as are material to the interests of the Lenders, but only to the extent that the
Borrower has the right to terminate its obligations under the Merger Agreement as a result of the
breach of such representations and (b)Β the representations and warranties set forth in Sections
4.2(a), 4.4(a), 4.4(c), 4.11 and 4.13.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSpin Off Agreementβ: the Spin Off Agreement, dated as of MayΒ 15, 2008, by and among
the Company, Booz & Company Holdings, LLC, Booz & Company Inc., Booz & Company Intermediate I Inc.
and Booz & Company Intermediate II Inc.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSponsorβ: The Carlyle Group and any Affiliates thereof (but excluding any operating
portfolio companies of the foregoing).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSubsidiaryβ: 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 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;
provided that any joint venture that is not required to be consolidated with the Borrower
and its consolidated Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP shall not be deemed to be a βSubsidiaryβ
for purposes hereof. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a βSubsidiaryβ or to
βSubsidiariesβ in this Agreement shall refer to a direct or indirect Subsidiary or
Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSubsidiary Guarantorsβ: (a)Β each Subsidiary other than any Excluded Subsidiary and
(b)Β any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSurviving Borrowerβ: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSwingline Commitmentβ: the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline
Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.6 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to
exceed $40,000,000.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSwingline Lenderβ: (a)Β Credit Suisse, in its capacity as the lender of Swingline
Loans or (b)Β upon the resignation of Credit Suisse as a Swingline Lender, any Revolving Lender from
time to time designated by the Borrower, in its sole discretion, as the Swingline Lender (with the
consent of such other Revolving Lender).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSwingline Loansβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.6(a).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSwingline Participation Amountβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.7(c).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSyndication Agentβ: as defined in the preamble hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTaxesβ: all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or
penalties applicable thereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTerm Lendersβ: the collective reference to the Tranche A Term Lenders and the
Tranche B Term Lenders.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTerm Loansβ: the collective reference to the Tranche A Term Loans, the Tranche B
Term Loans and the New Term Loans, if any.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTest Periodβ: on any date of determination, the period of four consecutive fiscal
quarters of the Borrower (in each case taken as one accounting period) most recently ended on or
prior to such date for which financial statements have been or are required to be delivered
pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTrancheβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.25.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche A Term Commitmentβ: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any,
to make a Tranche A Term Loan to the Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set
forth under the heading βTranche A Term Commitmentβ opposite such Lenderβs name on ScheduleΒ 2.1,
or, as the case may be, in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a
party hereto. The original aggregate amount of the Tranche A Term Commitments is $125,000,000.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche A Term Facilityβ: as defined in the definition of βFacilityβ.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche A Term Lenderβ: each Lender that has a Tranche A Term Commitment or that
holds a Tranche A Term Loan.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche A Term Loanβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.1.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche A Term Maturity Dateβ: the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche A Term Percentageβ: as to any Tranche A Term Lender at any time on the
Closing Date (but prior to the initial funding of the Tranche A Term Loans), the percentage which
the sum of such Lenderβs Tranche A Term Commitments then constitutes of the aggregate Tranche A
Term Commitments (or, at any time after the Closing Date, the percentage which the aggregate
principal amount of such Lenderβs Tranche A Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the
aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans then outstanding).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche B Prepayment Amountβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.12(e).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche B Term Commitmentβ: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any,
to make a Tranche B Term Loan to the Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set
forth under the heading βTranche B Term Commitmentβ opposite such Lenderβs name on ScheduleΒ 2.1,
or, as the case may be, in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a
party hereto. The original aggregate amount of the Tranche B Term Commitments is $585,000,000.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche B Term Facilityβ: as defined in the definition of βFacilityβ.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche B Term Lenderβ: each Lender that has a Tranche B Term Commitment or that
holds a Tranche B Term Loan.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche B Term Loanβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.1.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche B Term Maturity Dateβ: the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTranche B Term Percentageβ: as to any Tranche B Term Lender at any time on the
Closing Date (but prior to the initial funding of the Tranche B Term Loans), the percentage which
the sum of such Lenderβs Tranche B Term Commitments then constitutes of the aggregate Tranche B
Term Commitments (or, at any time after the Closing Date, the percentage which the aggregate
principal
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amount of such Lenderβs Tranche B Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate
principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans then outstanding).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTransaction Documentsβ: the Merger Documents, the Loan Documents and the Mezzanine
Loan Documents.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTransactionsβ: (a)Β the transactions to occur pursuant to the Transaction Documents,
(b)Β the Refinancing and (c)Β the Company Reorganization.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTransfereeβ: any Assignee or Participant.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTrigger Dateβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.12(b).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTypeβ: as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βUnited Statesβ: the United States of America.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βUnrestricted Subsidiaryβ: (i)Β any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated as such and
listed on ScheduleΒ 4.14 on the Closing Date and (ii)Β any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is
designated by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
but only to the extent that, in the case of each of clauses (i)Β and (ii), such Subsidiary: (a)Β has
no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt; (b)Β is not party to any agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding with Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary unless the
terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to
Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time
from Persons who are not Affiliates of Holdings or the Borrower; (c)Β is a Person with respect to
which neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect obligation (x)Β to subscribe for additional Capital Stock or warrants, options or other
rights to acquire Capital Stock or (y)Β to maintain or preserve such Personβs financial condition or
to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and (d)Β does not
guarantee or otherwise provide credit support after the time of such designation for any
Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the case of
clauses (a), (b)Β and (c), except to the extent not otherwise prohibited by SectionΒ 7. If, at any
time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes hereof.
Subject to the foregoing, the Borrower may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be
a Restricted Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary;
provided that (i)Β such designation shall only be permitted if no Default or Event of
Default would be in existence following such designation and after giving effect to such
designation the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial
covenants set forth in SectionΒ 7.1, (ii)Β any designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted
Subsidiary of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and (iii)Β any
designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an
Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary and shall reduce amounts available for Investments in
Unrestricted Subsidiaries permitted by SectionΒ 7.7 in an amount equal to the fair market value of
the Subsidiary so designated; provided that the Borrower may subsequently redesignate any
such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary so long as the Borrower does not
subsequently re-designate such Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary for a period of
the succeeding four fiscal quarters.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βUS Lenderβ: as defined in SectionΒ 2.20(e).
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a)Β 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i)Β accounting terms relating to the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries not defined in SectionΒ 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in SectionΒ 1.1, to the
extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii)Β the words
βincludeβ, βincludesβ and βincludingβ shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase βwithout
limitationβ, and (iii)Β references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless
otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β The words βhereofβ, βhereinβ and βhereunderβ 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 Annex, Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β The term βlicenseβ shall include sub-license. The term βdocumentsβ includes any and all
documents whether in physical or electronic form.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular
and plural forms of such terms.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1.3 Pro Forma Calculations. Solely for purposes of determining whether any action is
otherwise permitted to be taken hereunder, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio and Consolidated
Net Interest Coverage Ratio shall be calculated as follows:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) In the event that the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs, assumes,
guarantees, redeems, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement
of the period for which such ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with
the event for which the calculation of such ratio is made (a βRatio Calculation
Dateβ), then such ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to
such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement or extinguishment of
Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter
period.
Β Β Β Β Β (b) For purposes of making the computation referred to above, if any acquisitions,
Dispositions or designations of Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Restricted Subsidiaries are
made (or committed to be made pursuant to a definitive agreement) during the four-quarter
reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously
with the relevant Ratio Calculation Date, Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a
pro forma basis, assuming that all such acquisitions, Dispositions and
designations had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period in a manner
consistent, where applicable, with the pro forma adjustments set forth in
clause (j)Β of and the last proviso of the first sentence of the definition of βConsolidated
EBITDAβ. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a
Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made any acquisition or
Disposition, in each case with respect to a business or an operating unit of a business,
that would have required adjustment pursuant to this provision, then such ratio shall be
calculated giving pro forma effect
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thereto for such period as if such acquisition or Disposition had occurred at the
beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.
SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.1 Term Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, (a)Β each Tranche A Term
Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (a βTranche A Term Loanβ) in Dollars to the
Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount which will not exceed the amount of the Tranche A Term
Commitment of such Lender and (b)Β each Tranche B Term Lender severally agrees to make a term loan
(a βTranche B Term Loanβ) in Dollars to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount which
will not exceed the amount of the Tranche B Term Commitment of such Lender. The Borrower and the
Lenders acknowledge that the Term Loans funded on the Closing Date will be funded with original
issue discount of 2%. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
the Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be the stated
principal amount thereof outstanding from time to time. The Term Loans may from time to time be
Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative
Agent in accordance with SectionsΒ 2.2 and 2.13.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.2
Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent
irrevocable written notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to
12:00 Noon,
New York City time, one Business Day prior to the anticipated Closing Date) requesting
that the Term Lenders make the Term Loans on the Closing Date and specifying the amount to be
borrowed and the requested Interest Period, if applicable. Upon receipt of such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Lender thereof. Not later than 11:00Β A.M.,
New York City time, on the Closing Date each Term Lender shall make available to the Administrative
Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Term Loan or Term
Loans to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall credit the account designated in
writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made
available to the Administrative Agent by the Term Lenders in immediately available funds.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.3 Repayment of Term Loans. (a)Β The Tranche A Term Loan of each Tranche A Term Lender
shall be payable on each date set forth below in an amount set forth opposite such date (expressed
as a percentage of the stated principal amount of the Tranche A Term Loans funded on the Closing
Date) (as adjusted to reflect any prepayments thereof), with the remaining balance thereof payable
on the Tranche A Term Maturity Date.
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Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Date |
Β |
Amount |
Β |
DecemberΒ 31, 2008 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
1.25 |
% |
Β |
MarchΒ 31, 2009 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
1.25 |
% |
Β |
JuneΒ 30, 2009 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
1.25 |
% |
Β |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2009 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
1.25 |
% |
Β |
DecemberΒ 31, 2009 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
2.50 |
% |
Β |
MarchΒ 31, 2010 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
2.50 |
% |
Β |
JuneΒ 30, 2010 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
2.50 |
% |
Β |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2010 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
2.50 |
% |
Β |
DecemberΒ 31, 2010 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
2.50 |
% |
Β |
MarchΒ 31, 2011 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
2.50 |
% |
Β |
JuneΒ 30, 2011 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
2.50 |
% |
Β |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2011 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
2.50 |
% |
Β |
DecemberΒ 31, 2011 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
3.75 |
% |
Β |
MarchΒ 31, 2012 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
3.75 |
% |
Β |
JuneΒ 30, 2012 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
3.75 |
% |
Β |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2012 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
3.75 |
% |
Β |
DecemberΒ 31, 2012 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
5.00 |
% |
Β |
MarchΒ 31, 2013 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
5.00 |
% |
Β |
JuneΒ 30, 2013 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
5.00 |
% |
Β |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2013 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
5.00 |
% |
Β |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β The Tranche B Term Loan of each Tranche B Term Lender shall be payable in equal
consecutive quarterly installments, commencing on DecemberΒ 31, 2008, on the last Business Day of
each March, June, September and December following the Closing Date in an amount equal to one
quarter of one percent (0.25%) of the stated principal amount of the Tranche B Term Loans funded on
the Closing Date (as adjusted to reflect any prepayments thereof), with the remaining balance
thereof payable on the Tranche B Term Maturity Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.4 Revolving Commitments. (a)Β Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each
Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (βRevolving Loansβ) in
Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate
principal amount at any one time outstanding which when added to such Lenderβs Revolving Percentage
of the sum of (i)Β the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (ii)Β the aggregate principal amount of
the Swingline Loans then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lenderβs Revolving
Commitment. During the Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the Revolving Commitments
by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance
with the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving Loans may from time to time be Eurocurrency
Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in
accordance with SectionsΒ 2.5 and 2.13.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans made to it on the Revolving
Termination Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.5
Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing. The Borrower may borrow under the Revolving
Commitments during the Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day;
provided that the
Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable written notice (which notice must be
received by the Administrative Agent (i)Β in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, prior to 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date or (ii)Β in the case
of ABR
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Loans, prior to 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, one Business Day prior to the proposed
Borrowing Date), specifying (x)Β the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (y)Β the
requested Borrowing Date and (z)Β in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, the respective amounts of each
such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. The
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans made on the Closing Date shall not exceed
$25,000,000 (which amount, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not include the face amount of any
outstanding Letters of Credit). Each borrowing by the Borrower under the Revolving Commitments
shall be in an amount equal to (x)Β 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 Commitments are less than
$1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y)Β in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole
multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof;
provided that the Swingline Lender may request, on
behalf of the Borrower, borrowings under the Revolving Commitments that are ABR Loans in other
amounts pursuant to SectionΒ 2.7(a). Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof. Each Revolving 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 Funding Office prior to 11:00Β A.M.,
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 designated in writing by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent
by such Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent. If no
election as to the Type of a Revolving Loan is specified, then the requested Loan shall be an ABR
Loan. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurocurrency Loan, the
Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one monthβs duration.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.6 Swingline Commitment. (a)Β Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline
Lender agrees to make a portion of the credit otherwise available to the Borrower under the
Revolving Commitments from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period by making swing line
loans (βSwingline Loansβ) in Dollars to the Borrower; provided that (i)Β the
aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the
Swingline Commitment then in effect (provided that the Swingline Loans outstanding at any
time, when aggregated with the Swingline Lendersβ other outstanding Revolving Loans, may exceed the
Swingline Commitment then in effect) and (ii)Β the Borrower shall not request, and the Swingline
Lender shall not make, any Swingline Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swingline
Loan, the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments under the Revolving Commitments
would be less than zero. During the Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the
Swingline Commitment by borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof. Swingline Loans shall be ABR Loans only.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β The Borrower shall repay to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each
Swingline Loan on the Revolving Termination Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.7
Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans. (a)Β Whenever the
Borrower desires that the Swingline Lender make Swingline Loans it shall give the Swingline Lender
and the Administrative Agent irrevocable written notice (which notice must be received by the
Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon,
New York City time, on the
proposed Borrowing Date, specifying (i)Β the amount to be borrowed and (ii)Β the requested Borrowing
Date (which shall be a Business Day during the Revolving Commitment Period). Each borrowing under
the Swingline Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in
excess thereof. Not later than 3:00 P.M.,
New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in a
notice in respect of Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender shall make available to the
Administrative Agent at the Funding
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Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the Swingline Loan to
be made by the Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such
Swingline Loan available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date by depositing such proceeds in the
account of the Borrower with the Administrative Agent or as otherwise directed by the Borrower on
such Borrowing Date in immediately available funds.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β The Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute
discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs such Swingline Lender
to act on its behalf), request each Revolving Lender to make, and each such Revolving Lender hereby
agrees to make, a Revolving Loan, in an amount equal to such Revolving Lenderβs Revolving
Percentage of the aggregate amount of the Swingline Loans (the βRefunded Swingline Loansβ)
outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay such Swingline Lender. Each Revolving Lender
shall make the amount of Revolving Loans available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding
Office in immediately available funds on the date of such request or, if such request is made after
10:00Β A.M., New York City time on any Business Day, not later than 10:00Β A.M., New York City time,
on the next Business Day. The proceeds of such Revolving Loans shall be immediately made available
by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender for application by the Swingline Lender to the
repayment of the Refunded Swingline Loans.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β If prior to the time a Revolving Loan would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section
2.7(b), one of the events described in SectionΒ 8.1(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with
respect to the Borrower or if for any other reason, as determined by the Swingline Lender in its
sole discretion, Revolving Loans may not be made as contemplated by SectionΒ 2.7(b), each Revolving
Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice referred
to in SectionΒ 2.7(b), purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in the then outstanding
Swingline Loans by paying to the Swingline Lender an amount (the βSwingline Participation
Amountβ) equal to (A)Β such Revolving Lenderβs Revolving Percentage times (B)Β the sum of the
aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding that were to have been repaid with
such Revolving Loans.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any Revolving Lender
such Lenderβs Swingline Participation Amount with respect to any Swingline Loans, the Swingline
Lender receives any payment on account of such Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender will
distribute to such Lender its Swingline Participation Amount with respect thereto (appropriately
adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such
Lenderβs participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and
interest payments, to reflect such Lenderβs pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not
sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all such Swingline Loans then due);
provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline
Lender is required to be returned, such Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion
thereof previously distributed to it by the Swingline Lender.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (e)Β Each Revolving Lenderβs obligation to make the Loans referred to in SectionΒ 2.7(b) and to
purchase participating interests pursuant to SectionΒ 2.7(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i)Β any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment,
defense or other right that such Revolving Lender or the Borrower may have against the Swingline
Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii)Β the occurrence or
continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other
conditions specified in SectionΒ 5, (iii)Β any adverse change in the condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, (iv)Β any breach of this Agreement or any other
Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Lender or (v)Β any other
circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.8 Repayment of Loans. (a)Β The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the appropriate Revolving Lender or Term Lender, as the
case may be, (i)Β the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Revolving Lender
made to the Borrower outstanding on the Revolving Termination Date (or on such earlier date on
which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to SectionΒ 8.1) and (ii)Β the principal amount of
each outstanding Term Loan of such Term Lender made to the Borrower in installments according to
the amortization schedule set forth in SectionΒ 2.3 (or on such earlier date on which the Loans
become due and payable pursuant to SectionΒ 8.1). The Borrower hereby further agrees to pay
interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans made to the Borrower from time to time
outstanding from the date made until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the
dates, set forth in SectionΒ 2.15.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts
evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from
time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from
time to time under this Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant
to SectionΒ 10.6(b)(iv), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i)
the amount of each Loan made hereunder and any Note evidencing such Loan, the Type of such Loan and
each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii)Β the amount of any principal, interest and fees, as
applicable, due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder
and (iii)Β the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower
and each Lenderβs share thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to
SectionΒ 2.8(c) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be presumptively correct absent
demonstrable error of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein
recorded; provided, however, that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any
Lender to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner
affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the
Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.9 Commitment Fees, etc. (a)Β The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for
the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee for the period from and including the Closing
Date to the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period, computed at the Applicable Commitment Fee
Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the
period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date;
provided that (i)Β for purposes of calculating any fees owing in accordance with this
SectionΒ 2.9(a), the Available Revolving Commitment for the Swingline Lender shall exclude any
outstanding Swingline Loans and (ii)Β the Swingline Lender shall not be entitled to any commitment
fee with respect to its Swingline Commitment separate from that to which it is entitled with
respect to its Available Revolving Commitment; provided, further, that (i)Β any
commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the Revolving Commitments of a Defaulting Lender
during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time
shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to
the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior
to such time and (ii)Β no commitment fee shall accrue on any of the Revolving Commitments of a
Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the
dates as set forth in any fee agreements with the Administrative Agent.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.10 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments. The Borrower shall have the right,
upon not less than two Business Daysβ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the
Revolving Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitments;
provided that no such termination or reduction of Revolving Commitments shall be permitted
if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans made on the effective
date thereof, the total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the total Revolving
Commitments. Any such partial reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole
multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Commitments then
in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may
rescind any notice of termination under this SectionΒ 2.10 if such termination would have resulted
from a refinancing of all of the Loans, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall
otherwise be delayed.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.11 Optional Prepayments. (a)Β The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay
the Revolving Loans, the Swingline Loans or the Term Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or
penalty except as specifically provided in SectionΒ 2.11(b), upon irrevocable written notice
delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business
Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, and no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City
time, (i)Β one Business Day prior thereto, in the case of ABR Loans that are Revolving Loans and
(ii)Β on the prepayment date, in the case of ABR Loans that are Swingline Loans, which notice shall
specify (x)Β the date and amount of prepayment, (y)Β whether the prepayment is of Swingline Loans,
Revolving Loans, Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans or New Loans and (z)Β whether the
prepayment is of Eurocurrency Loans or ABR Loans; provided that if a Eurocurrency Loan is
prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower
shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to SectionΒ 2.21. Upon receipt of any such notice the
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is
given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein
(provided that such notice may be conditioned on receiving the proceeds of any
refinancing), together with (except in the case of Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans and Swingline
Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Term Loans and
of Revolving Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of (i) $1,000,000 or a whole multiple
of $100,000 in excess thereof (in the case of prepayments of ABR Loans) or (ii) $1,000,000 or a
whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (in the case of prepayments of Eurocurrency Loans),
and in each case shall be subject to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.18. Partial prepayments of
Swingline Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Any optional prepayment in full of the Tranche B Term Loans as a result of a Repricing
Transaction shall be accompanied by a prepayment fee, which shall initially be 2% of the aggregate
principal amount prepaid, shall decline to 1% on and after the first anniversary of the Closing
Date and shall decline to 0% on and after the second anniversary of the Closing Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this SectionΒ 2.11 or any other
provision of this Agreement and without otherwise limiting the rights in respect of prepayments of
the Loans of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, so long as no Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower may repurchase outstanding Term Loans
pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.11(c) on the following basis:
Β Β Β Β Β (i) Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower may make one or more
offers (each, an βOfferβ) to repurchase all or any portion of the Term Loans (such
Term Loans, the βOffer Loansβ) of Term Lenders; provided that, (A)Β Holdings,
the Borrower or such Subsidiary delivers a notice of such Offer to the Administrative Agent
and all Term Lenders no later than noon (New York City time) at least five Business Days in
advance of a proposed
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consummation date of such Offer indicating (1)Β the last date on which such Offer may be
accepted, (2)Β the maximum dollar amount of such Offer, (3)Β the repurchase price per dollar
of principal amount of such Offer Loans at which Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary
is willing to repurchase such Offer Loans and (4)Β the instructions, consistent with this
SectionΒ 2.11(c) with respect to the Offer, that a Term Lender must follow in order to have
its Offer Loans repurchased; (B)Β the maximum dollar amount of each Offer shall be no less
than $10,000,000; (C)Β Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall hold such Offer open
for a minimum period of two Business Days; (D)Β a Term Lender who elects to participate in
the Offer may choose to sell all or part of such Term Lenderβs Offer Loans; and (E)Β such
Offer shall be made to Term Lenders holding the Offer Loans on a pro rata basis in
accordance with the respective principal amount then due and owing to the Term Lenders;
provided, further that, if any Term Lender elects not to participate in the
Offer, either in whole or in part, the amount of such Term Lenderβs Offer Loans not being
tendered shall be excluded in calculating the pro rata amount applicable to the balance of
such Offer Loans;
Β Β Β Β Β (ii) With respect to all repurchases made by Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary of
the Borrower, such repurchases shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments pursuant to this
SectionΒ 2.11 in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Term Loans,
provided that such repurchases shall not be subject to the provisions of paragraphs
(a)Β and (b)Β of this SectionΒ 2.11, SectionΒ 2.18 and SectionΒ 2.21;
Β Β Β Β Β (iii) Following repurchase by Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower,
(A)Β all principal and accrued and unpaid interest on the Term Loans so repurchased shall be
deemed to have been paid for all purposes and no longer outstanding (and may not be resold
by Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary), for all purposes of this Agreement and all
other Loan Documents and (B)Β Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, as
the case may be, will promptly advise the Administrative Agent of the total amount of Offer
Loans that were repurchased from each Lender who elected to participate in the Offer; and
Β Β Β Β Β (iv) Failure by Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower to make any
payment to a Lender required by an agreement permitted by this SectionΒ 2.11(c) shall not
constitute an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.1(a).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β In connection with any optional prepayments by the Borrower of the Term Loans pursuant to
this SectionΒ 2.11, such prepayments shall be applied on a pro rata basis to the then outstanding
Term Loans being prepaid irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are ABR Loans or
Eurocurrency Loans; provided that if all Lenders elect to participate in the Offer on a pro rata
basis in accordance with their respective principal amounts then due and owing, such prepayments
shall be applied first to ABR Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Eurocurrency
Loans.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.12 Mandatory Prepayments. (a)Β Unless the Required Prepayment Lenders shall otherwise
agree, if any Indebtedness (excluding any Indebtedness incurred in accordance with SectionΒ 7.2)
shall be incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, an amount equal to 100% of the Net
Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied not later than one Business Day after the date of receipt of
such Net Cash Proceeds toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in SectionΒ 2.12(d).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Unless the Required Prepayment Lenders shall otherwise agree, if on any date the Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary shall for its own account receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset
Sale or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered to the Administrative
Agent in respect thereof, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied not later than five Business Days
after
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such date toward the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in SectionΒ 2.12(d);
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i)Β on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, the
Term Loans shall be prepaid as set forth in SectionΒ 2.12(d) by an amount equal to the Reinvestment
Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event and (ii)Β on the date (the
βTrigger Dateβ) that is six months after any such Reinvestment Prepayment Date, the Term
Loans shall be prepaid as set forth in SectionΒ 2.12(d) by an amount equal to the portion of any
Committed Reinvestment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event not actually expended
by such Trigger Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Unless the Required Prepayment Lenders shall otherwise agree, if, for any fiscal year of
the Borrower commencing with the fiscal year ending MarchΒ 31, 2010, there shall be Excess Cash
Flow, the Borrower shall, on the relevant Excess Cash Flow Application Date, apply an amount equal
to (i)Β the Excess Cash Flow Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow minus (ii)Β the aggregate
amount of all prepayments of Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans during such fiscal year to the
extent accompanied by permanent optional reductions of the Revolving Commitments, and all optional
prepayments of Term Loans during such fiscal year (other than optional prepayments pursuant to
SectionΒ 2.11(c)), in each case other than to the extent any such prepayment is funded with the
proceeds of long-term Indebtedness, toward the prepayment of Term Loans as set forth in Section
2.12(d). Each such prepayment shall be made on a date (an βExcess Cash Flow Application
Dateβ) no later than ten days after the date on which the financial statements referred to in
SectionΒ 6.1(a), for the fiscal year with respect to which such prepayment is made, are required to
be delivered to the Lenders.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.12 shall
be applied to the prepayment of the Term Loans in accordance with SectionΒ 2.18(b) until paid in
full. In connection with any mandatory prepayments by the Borrower of the Term Loans pursuant to
SectionΒ 2.12, such prepayments shall be applied on a pro rata basis to the then outstanding Term
Loans being prepaid irrespective of whether such outstanding Term Loans are ABR Loans or
Eurocurrency Loans; provided that if no Lender exercises the right to waive a given mandatory
prepayment of the Term Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.12(e), then, with respect to such mandatory
prepayment, the amount of such mandatory prepayment shall be applied first to Term Loans that are
ABR Loans to the full extent thereof before application to Term Loans that are Eurocurrency Loans
in a manner that minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by the Borrower pursuant
to SectionΒ 2.21. Each prepayment of the Term Loans under this SectionΒ 2.12 shall be accompanied by
accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (e)Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in SectionΒ 2.12(d) or 2.18, with respect to the
amount of any mandatory prepayment pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.12 that is allocated to Tranche B
Term Loans (such amount, the βTranche B Prepayment Amountβ), at any time when Tranche A
Term Loans remain outstanding, the Borrower will, in lieu of applying such amount to the prepayment
of Tranche B Term Loans as provided in paragraph (d)Β above, on the date specified in this Section
2.12 for such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (promptly confirmed in
writing) requesting that the Administrative Agent prepare and provide to each Tranche B Term Lender
(which, for avoidance of doubt, includes each New Term Lender) a notice (each, a βPrepayment
Option Noticeβ) as described below. As promptly as practicable after receiving such notice
from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent will send to each Tranche B Term Lender a Prepayment
Option Notice, which shall be in the form of ExhibitΒ I (or such other form approved by the
Administrative Agent), and shall include an offer by the Borrower to prepay, on the date (each a
βMandatory Prepayment Dateβ) that is ten Business Days after the date of the Prepayment
Option Notice, the relevant Term Loans of such Lender by an amount equal to the portion of the
Tranche B Prepayment Amount indicated in such Lenderβs Prepayment Option Notice as being applicable
to such Lenderβs Tranche B Term Loans. Each Tranche B Term Lender may reject all or a portion of
its Tranche B Prepayment Amount by providing written notice
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to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) one
Business Day after such Tranche B Term Lenderβs receipt of the Prepayment Option Notice (which
notice shall specify the principal amount of the Tranche B Prepayment Amount to be rejected by such
Lender); provided that any Tranche B Term Lenderβs failure to so reject such Tranche B
Prepayment Amount shall be deemed an acceptance by such Tranche B Term Lender of such Prepayment
Option Notice and the amount to be prepaid in respect of Term Loans held by such Tranche B Term
Lender. On the Mandatory Prepayment Date, the Borrower shall (i)Β pay to the relevant Tranche B
Term Lenders the aggregate amount necessary to prepay that portion of the outstanding relevant Term
Loans in respect of which such Lenders have (or are deemed to have) accepted prepayment as
described above and (ii)Β prepay outstanding Tranche A Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to
the amounts declined by Tranche B Term Lenders as described above; provided that, upon the
making of such prepayments, any amount remaining unapplied (i.e., after the payment in full of the
Tranche A Term Loans) shall be returned to the Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.13 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a)Β The Borrower may elect from time to time to
convert Eurocurrency Loans made to the Borrower to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent
prior irrevocable written notice of such election no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on
the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date; provided that if any
Eurocurrency Loan is so converted on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period
applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to SectionΒ 2.21. The
Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans made to the Borrower to Eurocurrency
Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable written notice of such election no later
than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion
date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor);
provided that no ABR Loan under a particular Facility may be converted into a Eurocurrency
Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the
Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole
discretion not to permit such conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Any Eurocurrency Loan may be continued as such by the Borrower giving irrevocable written
notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term
βInterest Periodβ set forth in SectionΒ 1.1 and no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the
third Business Day preceding the proposed continuation date, of the length of the next Interest
Period to be applicable to such Loans; provided that if any Eurocurrency Loan is so
continued on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the
Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to SectionΒ 2.21; provided,
further, that no Eurocurrency Loan under a particular Facility may be continued as such
when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the
Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole
discretion not to permit such continuations; and provided, further, that (i)Β if the
Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph such
Eurocurrency Loans shall be automatically continued as Eurocurrency Loans having an Interest Period
of one monthβs duration on the last day of such then-expiring Interest Period and (ii)Β if such
continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, such Eurocurrency 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.14 Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurocurrency Tranches. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions, continuations and optional
prepayments of Eurocurrency Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts
and be made pursuant to such elections so that (a)Β after giving effect thereto, the aggregate
principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loans comprising each Eurocurrency Tranche shall be equal to a
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minimum of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (b)Β no more than twelve
Eurocurrency Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.15 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) (i)Β Each Eurocurrency Loan other than a
Eurocurrency Loan that is a Tranche B Term Loan shall bear interest for each day during each
Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate determined
for such day plus the Applicable Margin, and (ii)Β each Eurocurrency Loan that is a Tranche
B Term Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a
rate per annum equal to (A) (1)Β prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, the greater of
(x)Β the Eurocurrency Rate determined for such day and (y)Β 3.00% and (2)Β thereafter, the
Eurocurrency Rate determined for such day plus (B)Β the Applicable Margin.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b) (i)Β Each ABR Loan other than an ABR Loan that is a Tranche B Term Loan shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to ABR plus the Applicable Margin, and (ii)Β each ABR Loan that is
a Tranche B Term Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (A) (1)Β prior to the third
anniversary of the Closing Date, the greater of (x)Β ABR and (y)Β 4.00% and (2)Β thereafter, ABR
plus (B)Β the Applicable Margin.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c) (i)Β If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation
shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such
overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (x)Β in the case of the Loans, the
rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
SectionΒ 2.15 plus 2% or (y)Β in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable
to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%, and (ii)Β if all or a portion of any
interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee or other amount
payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then
applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility plus 2% (or, in the case of any such
other amounts that do not relate to a particular Facility, the rate then applicable to ABR Loans
under the Revolving Facility plus 2%), in each case, with respect to clauses (i)Β and (ii)
above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (after as well as before
judgment); provided that no amount shall be payable pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.15(c) to a
Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender; provided
further no amounts shall accrue pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.15(c) on any overdue Loan,
Reimbursement Obligation, commitment fee or other amount payable to a Defaulting Lender so long as
such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β Interest shall be payable by the Borrower in arrears on each Interest Payment Date;
provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c)Β of this SectionΒ 2.15 shall be
payable from time to time on demand.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.16 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a)Β Interest and fees 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 and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurocurrency 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 and the
relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement shall be presumptively correct in the absence of demonstrable 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 SectionΒ 2.15(a) and SectionΒ 2.15(b).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.17 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any Interest
Period for any Eurocurrency Loan:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be
presumptively correct absent demonstrable error) that, by reason of circumstances affecting
the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the
Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period, or
Β Β Β Β Β (b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Majority Facility
Lenders in respect of the relevant Facility that by reason of any changes arising after the
date of this Agreement the Eurocurrency Rate determined or to be determined for such
Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as
certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such
Interest Period,
the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy notice thereof to the Borrower and the relevant
Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (x)Β any Eurocurrency Loans
under the relevant Facility requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be
made as ABR Loans, (y)Β any Loans under the relevant Facility that were to have been converted on
the first day of such Interest Period to Eurocurrency Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (z)
any outstanding Eurocurrency Loans under the relevant Facility shall be converted, on the last day
of the then-current Interest Period with respect thereto, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been
withdrawn by the Administrative Agent (which action the Administrative Agent will take promptly
after the conditions giving rise to such notice no longer exist), no further Eurocurrency Loans
under the relevant Facility shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the
right to convert Loans under the relevant Facility to Eurocurrency Loans.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.18 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a)Β Each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders
hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment fee and any reduction of the
Revolving Commitments shall be made pro rata according to the respective Tranche A Term
Percentages, Tranche B Term Percentages or Revolving Percentages, as the case may be, of the
relevant Lenders. Each payment (other than prepayments) in respect of principal or interest in
respect of the Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans or New Term Loans and each payment in
respect of fees payable hereunder shall be applied to the amounts of such obligations owing to the
Tranche A Term Lenders, Tranche B Term Lenders or New Term Lenders, as applicable, pro rata
according to the respective amounts then due and owing to such Lenders, other than payments
pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(c) or 2.24.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Each mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans shall be allocated between the Tranche A Term
Facility, the Tranche B Term Facility and any New Facility comprising Term Loans, if any, pro rata
except as affected by the opt-out provision under SectionΒ 2.12(e). Each optional prepayment and
mandatory prepayment of the Tranche A Term Loans, Tranche B Term Loans or New Term Loans shall be
applied to the remaining installments thereof as specified by the Borrower. Amounts repaid or
prepaid on account of the Term Loans may not be reborrowed.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Each payment (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower on account of principal of
and interest on the Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding
principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the Revolving Lenders. Each payment
(including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the
New Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal
amounts of the New Revolving Loans then held by the New Lenders. Each payment in respect of
Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit shall be made to the Issuing Lender
that issued such Letter of Credit.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on
account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff, deduction 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 relevant Lenders, at the Funding Office, in
immediately available funds. Any payment received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 P.M., New
York City time may be considered received on the next Business Day in the Administrative Agentβs
sole discretion. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the relevant Lenders
promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on
the Eurocurrency Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment
shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurocurrency Loan
becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such
payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the
preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such
extension.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (e)Β Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to
a borrowing 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 (i)Β the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii)Β 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 paragraph shall be presumptively correct in the absence of
demonstrable error. If such Lenderβs share of such borrowing is not made available to the
Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the
Administrative Agent shall give notice of such fact to the Borrower and 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. Nothing herein
shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower against any
Defaulting Lender.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (f)Β Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior
to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make
such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is
making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance
upon such assumption, make available to the relevant Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a
corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower
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three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to
recover, on demand, from each relevant Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant
to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the
daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.19 Requirements of Law. (a)Β Except with respect to Taxes, which are addressed in
SectionΒ 2.20, 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 first made, in each
case, subsequent to the date hereof:
Β Β Β Β Β (i) 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 that is not otherwise included in the determination
of the Eurocurrency Rate hereunder; or
Β Β Β Β Β (ii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition not otherwise contemplated
hereunder;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount which
such Lender reasonably deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining
Eurocurrency Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit (in each case hereunder), or to
reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower
shall promptly pay such Lender, in Dollars, within thirty Business Days after the Borrowerβs
receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice therefor (showing with reasonable detail the calculations
thereof), any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or
reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant
to this SectionΒ 2.19, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β If any Lender shall have reasonably determined that the adoption of or any change in any
Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or
compliance by such Lender or any entity controlling such Lender with any request or directive
regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority
first made, in each case, subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate
of return on such Lenderβs or such entityβs 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
entity could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration
such Lenderβs or such entityβs 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
(with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a reasonably detailed written request therefor
(consistent with the detail provided by such Lender to similarly situated borrowers), the Borrower
shall pay to such Lender, in Dollars, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such
Lender or such entity for such reduction.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β A certificate prepared in good faith as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this
SectionΒ 2.19 submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent)
shall be presumptively correct in the absence of demonstrable error. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this SectionΒ 2.19, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender
pursuant to this
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SectionΒ 2.19 for any amounts incurred more than 180Β days prior to the date that such Lender
notifies the Borrower of such Lenderβs intention to claim compensation therefor; provided
that if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such 180-day
period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the
Borrower pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.19 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the
payment of the Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall not be obligated to
make payment to any of the Administrative Agent or a Lender with respect to penalties, interest and
expenses if written demand therefore was not made by the Administrative Agent or such Lender within
180Β days from the date on which such party makes payment for such penalties, interest and expenses.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.20 Taxes. (a)Β Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or as required by law, all
payments made by the Borrower or any Loan Party under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents
to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and
without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Taxes, excluding (i)Β net income Taxes,
net profits Taxes and franchise Taxes (and net worth Taxes and capital Taxes imposed in lieu of net
income Taxes) imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender (A)Β by the jurisdiction (or any
political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or,
in the case of a pass-through entity, any of its beneficial owners) is organized or in which its
applicable lending office is located or (B)Β as a result of a present or former connection between
the Administrative Agent or such Lender or beneficial owner 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) and (ii)Β any branch profits or backup
withholding Taxes imposed by the United States or any similar Tax imposed by any other jurisdiction
in which the applicable Borrower or any Loan Party under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents is located or is deemed to be doing business. If any such non-excluded Taxes
(βNon-Excluded Taxesβ) or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable
by the Borrower or any Loan Party under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents 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 deduction or withholding of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes including
Non-Excluded Taxes attributable to amounts payable under this SectionΒ 2.20(a)) 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 any Loan Party under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to or in respect of
any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i)Β that are attributable to such Lenderβs (or,
in the case of a pass-through entity, any of its beneficial ownersβ) failure to comply with the
requirements of paragraph (d)Β or (e), as applicable, of this SectionΒ 2.20 or (ii)Β that are
withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
unless such Taxes are imposed as a result of a Change in Law occurring after such Lender becomes a
party hereto or as a result of any change in facts, occurring after such Lender becomes a party
hereto, that is not attributable to the Lender, except (in the case of an assignment) to the extent
that such Lenderβs assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of such assignment, to receive
additional amounts from the Borrower or any Loan Party under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents with respect to such Taxes pursuant to this paragraph.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β In addition, the Borrower or any Loan Party under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower and any Loan
Party under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as promptly as possible thereafter the
Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Administrative Agent or
Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the
Borrower showing payment thereof if such receipt is obtainable, or, if not, such other evidence of
payment as may reasonably be required by the Administrative Agent or such Lender. If the Borrower
or any Loan Party under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents fails to pay any Non-Excluded
Taxes or Other Taxes that the Borrower or any Loan Party under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents is required to pay pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.20 (or in respect of which the Borrower or
any Loan Party under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents would be required to pay increased
amounts pursuant to SectionΒ 2.20(a) if such Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes were withheld) when
due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required
receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower or any Loan Party under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for
any payments by them of such Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes and for any incremental taxes,
interest or penalties that become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of
any such failure within thirty days after the Lender or the Administrative Agent delivers to the
Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) either (a)Β a copy of the receipt issued by a
Governmental Authority evidencing payment of such Taxes or (b)Β certificates as to the amount of
such payment or liability prepared in good faith.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β Each Lender (and, in the case of a pass-through entity, each of its beneficial owners)
that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in SectionΒ 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a
βNon-US Lenderβ) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the
case of a Participant, to the Borrower and to the Lender from which the related participation shall
have been purchased) (i)Β two accurate and complete copies of IRS Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN, or, (ii)Β in
the case of a Non-US Lender claiming exemption from United States federal withholding tax under
Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of βportfolio interestβ, a statement
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ F and two accurate and complete copies of IRS Form W-8BEN, or
any subsequent versions or successors to such forms, in each case properly completed and duly
executed by such Non-US Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United
States federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower or any Loan Party under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-US 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-US
Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously
delivered by such Non-US Lender. Each Non-US Lender shall (i)Β promptly notify the Borrower at any
time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered
certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the United States taxing
authorities for such purpose) and (ii)Β take such steps as shall not be disadvantageous to it, in
its reasonable judgment, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its
lending office pursuant to SectionΒ 2.23) to avoid any requirement of applicable laws of any such
jurisdiction that the Borrower or any Loan Party make any deduction or withholding for taxes from
amounts payable to such Lender. Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Non-US
Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-US Lender
is not legally able to deliver.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (e)Β Each Lender (and, in the case of a Lender that is a non-United States pass-through entity,
each of its beneficial owners) that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a βUS Lenderβ) shall deliver to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent two accurate and complete copies of IRS Form W-9, or any subsequent versions
or successors to such form and certify that such lender is not subject to backup withholding. Such
forms shall be delivered by each
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US Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement. In addition, each US
Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously
delivered by such US Lender. Each US Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it
determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certifications to
the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the United States taxing authorities
for such purpose).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (f)Β If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in good faith, that it has received
a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the
Borrower or any Loan Party or with respect to which the Borrower or any Loan Party has paid
additional amounts pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.20, it shall promptly pay over such refund to the
Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the
Borrower or any Loan Party under this SectionΒ 2.20 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other
Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or
such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental
Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the
Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the
Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is
required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority; provided, further, that the Borrower
shall not be required to repay to the Administrative Agent or the Lender an amount in excess of the
amount paid over by such party to the Borrower pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.20. This paragraph shall
not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax
returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the
Borrower or any other Person. In no event will the Administrative Agent or any Lender be required
to pay any amount to the Borrower the payment of which would place the Administrative Agent or such
Lender in a less favorable net after-tax position than the Administrative Agent or such Lender
would have been in if the additional amounts giving rise to such refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes
or Other Taxes had never been paid. The agreements in this SectionΒ 2.20 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.21 Indemnity. Other than with respect to Taxes, which shall be governed solely by
SectionΒ 2.20, the Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each Lender harmless
from, any loss or expense (other than lost profits, including the loss of Applicable Margin) that
such Lender may actually sustain or incur as a consequence of (a)Β any failure by the Borrower in
making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans after the Borrower has
given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b)Β any
failure by the Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion from Eurocurrency Loans after the
Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c)Β the
making of a prepayment, conversion or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans on a day that is not the
last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. A reasonably detailed certificate as to
(showing in reasonable detail the calculation of) any amounts payable pursuant to this SectionΒ 2.21
submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be presumptively correct in the absence of
demonstrable error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment
of the Obligations.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.22 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any
change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof, in each case,
first made after the date hereof, shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain
Eurocurrency Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, such Lender shall promptly give notice
thereof (a βRate Determination Noticeβ) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, and
(a)Β the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurocurrency Loans, continue Eurocurrency Loans
as such and convert ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans shall be suspended during the period of such
illegality and (b)Β such Lenderβs Loans
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then outstanding as Eurocurrency Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to ABR Loans
on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or
within such earlier period as required by law. If any such conversion of a Eurocurrency Loan
occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto,
the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section
2.21.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.23 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event
giving rise to the operation of SectionΒ 2.19, 2.20(a) or 2.22 with respect to such Lender, it will,
if requested by the 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 good faith judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its lending
office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage and; provided,
further, that nothing in this SectionΒ 2.23 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations
of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 2.19, 2.20(a) or 2.22.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.24 Replacement of Lenders. The Borrower shall be permitted to (a)Β replace with a
financial institution or financial institutions, or (b)Β prepay, without premium or penalty (but
subject to SectionΒ 2.21), the Loans of, any Lender that (i)Β requests reimbursement for amounts
owing or otherwise results in increased costs imposed on the Borrower or on account of which the
Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to any Governmental Authority pursuant to Section
2.19, 2.20 or 2.21 (to the extent a request made by a Lender pursuant to the operation of Section
2.21 is materially greater than requests made by other Lenders) or gives a notice of illegality
pursuant to SectionΒ 2.22, (ii)Β defaults in its obligation to make Loans hereunder or to comply with
its obligations under SectionΒ 3.4, (iii)Β has refused to consent to any waiver or amendment with
respect to any Loan Document that requires such Lenderβs consent and has been consented to by the
Required Lenders; or (iv)Β becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;
provided that, in the case of a replacement pursuant to clause (a)Β above, (A)Β such
replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (B)Β the replacement financial
institution or financial institutions shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to
such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (C)Β the Borrower shall be liable to
such replaced Lender under SectionΒ 2.21 (as though SectionΒ 2.21 were applicable) if any
Eurocurrency Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of
the Interest Period relating thereto, (D)Β the replacement financial institution or financial
institutions, (x)Β if not already a Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent to the extent that an assignment to such replacement financial institution of the rights and
obligations being acquired by it would otherwise require the consent of the Administrative Agent
pursuant to SectionΒ 10.6(b)(i)(B) and (y)Β shall pay (unless otherwise paid by the Borrower) any
processing and recordation fee required under SectionΒ 10.6(b)(ii)(B), (E)Β the replaced Lender shall
be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of SectionΒ 10.6, (F)Β the
Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to SectionΒ 2.19 or 2.20, as
the case may be, in respect of any period prior to the date on which such replacement shall be
consummated, (G)Β if applicable, the replacement financial institution or financial institutions
shall consent to such amendment or waiver and (H)Β any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a
waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have
against the replaced Lender. Prepayments pursuant to clause (b)Β above (i)Β shall be accompanied by
accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount so prepaid up to the date of such prepayment
and (ii)Β shall not be subject to the provisions of SectionΒ 2.18.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2.25 Incremental Loans. (a)Β The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative
Agent elect to request the establishment of one or more new term loan or revolving commitments (the
βNew Loan Commitmentsβ) hereunder, in an aggregate amount for all such New Loan
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Commitments not in excess of $100,000,000. Each such notice shall specify the date (each, an βIncreased
Amount Dateβ) on which the Borrower proposes that the New Loan Commitments shall be effective,
which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days after the date on which such notice is
delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that any Lender offered or approached to
provide all or a portion of any New Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion,
to provide such New Loan Commitments.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Such New Loan Commitments shall become effective as of such Increased Amount Date;
provided that (i)Β no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date
before or after giving effect to such New Loan Commitments and to the making of any Tranche of New
Loans pursuant thereto and after giving effect to any Permitted Acquisition consummated in
connection therewith; (ii)Β the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the
financial covenants set forth in SectionΒ 7.1; (iii)Β the proceeds of any New Loans shall be used for
general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including Permitted Acquisitions
and Investments permitted under SectionΒ 7.7); (iv)Β the New Loans shall share ratably in the
Collateral; (v)Β the New Loans that are term loans (βNew Term Loansβ) shall share ratably in
any mandatory prepayments of the existing Term Loans; (vi)Β in the case of any New Term Loans, the
maturity date thereof shall not be earlier than the Tranche B Term Maturity Date and the weighted
average life to maturity shall be equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of
the Tranche B Term Loans; (vii)Β in the case of any New Loans that are revolving loans or
commitments (βNew Revolving Loansβ) the maturity date or commitment termination date
thereof shall not be earlier than the Revolving Termination Date and such New Revolving Loans shall
not require any scheduled commitment reductions prior to the Revolving Termination Date; (viii)Β the
New Revolving Loans shall share ratably in any mandatory prepayments of the existing Revolving
Loans; (ix)Β all terms and documentation with respect to any New Loans which differ from those with
respect to the Loans under the applicable Facility shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent (except to the extent permitted by clauses (vi)Β and (vii)Β above and the last
sentence of this paragraph); (x)Β such New Loans or New Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant
to one or more Joinder Agreements executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent
and one or more New Lenders; (xi)Β the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any customary
legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection with
any such transaction, including any supplements or amendments to the Security Documents providing
for such New Loans to be secured thereby; and (xii)Β if the initial βspreadβ (for purposes of this
SectionΒ 2.25 the βspreadβ with respect to any Loan shall be calculated as the sum of the Eurodollar
Loan margin on the relevant Loan plus any original issue discount or upfront fees in lieu of
original issue discount (other than any arranging fees, underwriting fees and commitment fees)
(based on an assumed four-year average life for the applicable Facilities (e.g., 100 basis points
in original issue discount or upfront fees equals 25 basis points of interest rate margin)))
relating to the New Term Loans exceeds the spread then in effect with respect to the Tranche B Term
Loans by more than 0.25%, the Applicable Margin relating to the existing Tranche B Term Loans shall
be adjusted so that the spread relating to such New Term Loans does not exceed the spread
applicable to the existing Tranche B Term Loans by more than 0.25%. Any New Loans made on an
Increased Amount Date that have terms and provisions that differ from those of the Term Loans or
Revolving Loans, as applicable, outstanding on the date on which such New Loans are made shall be
designated as a separate tranche (a βTrancheβ) of Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as
applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement, except as the relevant Joinder Agreement otherwise
provides. For the avoidance of doubt, the rate of interest and the amortization
schedule (if
applicable) of any New Loan Commitments shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable New
Lenders and shall be set forth in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β On any Increased Amount Date on which any New Loan Commitment become effective, subject to
the foregoing terms and conditions, each lender with a New Loan Commitment (each, a βNew
Lenderβ) shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to such New Loan Commitment.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β The terms and provisions of the New Loan Commitments of any Tranche shall be, except as
otherwise set forth in the relevant Joinder Agreement, identical to those of the applicable Loans
and for purposes of this Agreement, any New Loans or New Loan Commitments shall be deemed to be
Term Loans, Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments, as applicable. Each Joinder Agreement may,
without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to
effect the provisions of this SectionΒ 2.25.
SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3.1 L/C Commitment. (a)Β Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender,
in reliance on the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in SectionΒ 3.4(a), agrees to
issue letters of credit (βLetters of Creditβ) under the Revolving Commitment for the
account of the Borrower or any Guarantor on any Business Day during the Revolving Commitment Period
in such form as may be approved from time to time by such Issuing Lender; provided that no
Issuing Lender shall have any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to
such issuance, (i)Β the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment or (ii)Β the aggregate amount
of the Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall (i)Β be
denominated in Dollars and (ii)Β expire no later than the earlier of (x)Β the first anniversary of
its date of issuance and (y)Β the date that is three Business Days prior to the Revolving
Termination Date (unless cash collateralized or backstopped, in each case in a manner agreed to by
the Borrower and the Issuing Lender); 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)Β above).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β No Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if such
issuance would conflict with, or cause such Issuing Lender to exceed any limits imposed by, any
applicable Requirement of Law.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit. The Borrower may from time to time
request that the relevant Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit (or amend, renew or extend an
outstanding Letter of Credit) by delivering to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices
specified to the Borrower by such Issuing Lender an Application therefor, with a copy to the
Administrative Agent, completed to the reasonable satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and such
other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Lender may
reasonably request. Upon receipt of any Application, the relevant 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 (or
amend, renew or extend, as the case may be) the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event
without the consent of the applicable Issuing Lender shall any Issuing Lender be required to issue
(or amend, renew or extend, as the case may be) 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 (or
such amendment, renewal or extension, as the case may be) to the beneficiary thereof or as
otherwise may be agreed to by such Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Such Issuing Lender shall
furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower promptly following the issuance (or such
amendment, renewal or extension, as the case may be) thereof. Each Issuing Lender shall promptly
furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish to the relevant Revolving
Lenders, notice of
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the issuance (or such amendment, renewal or extension, as the case may be) of
each Letter of Credit issued by it (including the amount thereof).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3.3 Fees and Other Charges. (a)Β The Borrower will pay a fee on each outstanding Letter
of Credit requested by it, at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with
respect to Eurocurrency Loans under the Revolving Facility (minus the fronting fee referred to
below), on the face amount of such Letter of Credit, which fee shall be shared ratably among the
Revolving Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance
date; provided that, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, such Lenderβs ratable share of
any letter of credit fee accrued on the aggregate amount available to be drawn on any outstanding
Letters of Credit during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and
unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a
Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such Lenderβs ratable share of any letter of credit fee
shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; provided
further that any Defaulting Lenderβs ratable share of any letter of credit fee accrued on
the aggregate amount available to be drawn on any outstanding Letters of Credit shall accrue for
the account of the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. In addition, the
Borrower shall pay to each Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee on the aggregate face
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by it to the Borrower separately agreed to by
the Borrower and such Issuing Lender (but in any event not to exceed 0.25% per annum), payable
quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse each Issuing Lender
for costs and expenses agreed by the Borrower and such Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating,
effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit requested by the
Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3.4 L/C Participations. (a)Β Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby
grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce such Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, each
L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from
such Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participantβs own
account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participantβs Revolving Percentage in such
Issuing Lenderβs obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it
and the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant agrees
with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit issued by it for which
such 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 such
Issuing Lender upon demand an amount equal to such L/C Participantβs Revolving Percentage of the
amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed; provided that,
nothing in this paragraph shall relieve the Issuing Lender of any liability resulting from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender. Each L/C Participantβs obligation to
pay such amount shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance,
including (i)Β any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such L/C
Participant may have against any Issuing Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever, (ii)Β the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure
to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in SectionΒ 5, (iii)Β any adverse change in the
financial condition of the Borrower, (iv)Β any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document
by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other L/C Participant or (v)Β any other circumstance,
happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent for
the account of any Issuing Lender pursuant to SectionΒ 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion
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any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Administrative
Agent for the account of such 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 such Issuing
Lender on
demand an amount equal to the product of (i)Β such amount, times (ii)Β the daily average Federal
Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the
date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Lender, times (iii)Β 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 Section
3.4(a) is not made available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Issuing
Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such
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 Facility. A certificate of the relevant Issuing Lender submitted to any relevant L/C
Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this SectionΒ 3.4 shall be presumptively correct
in the absence of demonstrable error.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Whenever, at any time after any 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 SectionΒ 3.4(a) such Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of
Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied
thereto by such Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, such Issuing Lender
will distribute to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Participant its pro
rata share thereof; provided, however, that in the event that any such
payment received by such Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender,
such L/C Participant shall return to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing
Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to reimburse each
Issuing Lender on the Business Day following the date on which such Issuing Lender notifies the
Borrower of the date and amount of a draft presented under any Letter of Credit issued by such
Issuing Lending at the Borrowerβs request and paid by such Issuing Lender for the amount of (a)
such draft so paid and (b)Β any Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes, fees, charges or other costs or
expenses reasonably incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment (the amounts
described in the foregoing clauses (a)Β and (b)Β in respect of any drawing, collectively, the
βPayment Amountβ). Each such payment shall be made to such Issuing Lender at its address
for notices specified to the Borrower and in immediately available funds. Interest shall be
payable on any such amounts from the date on which the relevant draft is paid until payment in full
at a rate equal to (i)Β until the second Business Day next succeeding the date of the relevant
notice, the rate applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility and (ii)Β thereafter, the rate
set forth in SectionΒ 2.15(c).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3.6 Obligations Absolute. The Borrowerβs obligations under this SectionΒ 3 shall be
absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff,
counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against any Issuing
Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with
each Issuing Lender that such Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrowerβs
Reimbursement Obligations under SectionΒ 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, or any other events or circumstances that, pursuant to
applicable law or the applicable customs and practices promulgated by the International Chamber of
Commerce, are not within the responsibility of such Issuing Lender, except for
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errors, omissions, interruptions or delays resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing
Lender or its employees or agents. No Issuing Lender shall 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, interruptions or delays
resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender or its employees
or agents. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by any 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 such Issuing Lender to the Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3.7 Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for payment under any
Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the date and
amount thereof. The responsibility of such Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any
draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 Agreement or any other Loan Document,
the provisions of this Agreement or such other Loan Document shall apply.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and
issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, Holdings (to the extent applicable) and the Borrower
hereby jointly represent and warrant (as to itself and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries) to the
Agents and each Lender, which representations and warranties shall be deemed made on the Closing
Date (to the extent relating to Holdings or the Initial Borrower, immediately before giving effect
to the Merger Transactions and to the extent relating to Holdings, the Surviving Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary, immediately after giving effect to the Merger Transactions) and on the date
of each borrowing of Loans or issuance, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit hereunder that:
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.1 Financial Condition. (a)Β The audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as at MarchΒ 31, 2006, MarchΒ 31, 2007 and MarchΒ 31, 2008, and the related
statements of income and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, in each case with
consolidating schedules for the U.S. government business of the Company and the other businesses of
the Company, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from Ernst & Young LLP,
present fairly in all material respects the financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries
as at such date, and the results of, their operations, their cash flows and their changes in
stockholdersβ equity for the respective fiscal years then ended. All such financial statements,
including the related schedules and notes thereto and year end adjustments, have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP (except as otherwise noted therein).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β The pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as of JuneΒ 30, 2008 (i)Β has been prepared in good faith based on assumptions that are
believed by the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made (it being understood that such
assumptions are based on good faith estimates with respect to certain items and that the actual
amounts of such items on the Closing Date is subject to variation)), (ii)Β accurately reflects all
adjustments necessary to give effect to the Transactions
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and (iii)Β presents fairly, in all material
respects, the pro forma financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
of JuneΒ 30, 2008, as if the Transactions had occurred on such date; provided that such
pro
forma balance sheet has been prepared without giving effect to all purchase accounting
or similar adjustments.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.2 No Change. (a)Β As of the Closing Date, there has been no event, circumstance,
development, change or effect that has had a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect since the date of
the Merger Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β At any time after the Closing Date as of which this representation and warranty is made or
deemed made, there has been no event, development or circumstance since MarchΒ 31, 2008 that has had
or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.3 Existence; Compliance with Law. Except as set forth in ScheduleΒ 4.3, each of
Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) (a)
(i)Β is duly organized (or incorporated), validly existing and in good standing (or, only where if
applicable, the equivalent status in any foreign jurisdiction) under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its organization or incorporation, (ii)Β has the corporate or organizational power and authority,
and the legal right, 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, except where the failure to do so
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii)Β is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation or limited liability company and in good standing (where such concept is
relevant) under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of Property
or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except, in each case, to the extent that
the failure to be so qualified or in good standing (where such concept is relevant) would not have
a Material Adverse Effect and (b)Β is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the
extent that any such failure to comply therewith would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. (a)Β Each Loan Party has the
corporate power and authority to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a
party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow or have Letters of Credit issued 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, to
authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β 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 extensions of credit hereunder or the
execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents, except (i)Β consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in ScheduleΒ 4.4,
which consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full
force and effect or the failure to obtain which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect and (ii)Β the filings referred to in SectionΒ 4.17.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party that
is a party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is a party thereto,
enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms (provided that, with
respect to the creation and perfection of security interests with respect to the Capital Stock of
Foreign Subsidiaries, only to the extent enforceability of such obligation with respect to which
Capital Stock is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code), except as enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditorsβ rights generally and by
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general equitable principles (whether enforcement
is sought by proceedings in equity or at law) and the implied covenants of good faith and fair
dealing.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.5 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents by the Loan Parties thereto, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings
hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not (a)Β violate the organizational or governing
documents of the Loan Parties, (b)Β except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, violate any Requirement of Law binding on the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any Contractual Obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or (c)Β except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, 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 Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens permitted by
SectionΒ 7.3).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.6 No Material Litigation. Except as set forth in ScheduleΒ 4.6, no litigation,
investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to
the knowledge of the Borrower, likely to be commenced within a reasonable time period against the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their Properties which, taken as a
whole, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.7 No Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (other
than, on the Closing Date, as a result of a breach of any representation or warranty other than any
Specified Representation).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens. Except as set forth in ScheduleΒ 4.8A, each of the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has good title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold
interest in, all its Real Property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its
other Property (other than Intellectual Property), in each case, except where the failure to do so
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such Property is
subject to any Lien except as permitted by the Loan Documents. ScheduleΒ 4.8B lists all Real
Property which is owned or leased by any Loan Party as of the Closing Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.9 Intellectual Property. Each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or
has a valid license to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as
currently conducted free and clear of all Liens except as permitted by the Loan Documents, other
than Intellectual Property owned by a Special Purpose Entity, except where the failure to do so
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the Borrowerβs knowledge,
no holding, injunction, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority
against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and neither the Borrower nor any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries has entered into any settlement stipulation or other agreement (except
license agreements in the ordinary course of business) which would limit, cancel or question the
validity of the Borrowerβs or any Restricted Subsidiaryβs rights in, any Intellectual Property in
any respect that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To Borrowerβs
knowledge, no claim has been asserted or threatened or is pending by any Person challenging or
questioning the use by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Intellectual Property
owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the validity or effectiveness of any
Intellectual Property, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. To the Borrowerβs knowledge, the use of Intellectual Property by the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person in a manner that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries take all reasonable actions that in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment
should be taken to protect their
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Intellectual Property, including Intellectual Property that is
confidential in nature, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.10 Taxes. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i)Β has filed
or caused to be filed all federal, state, provincial and other tax returns that are required to be
filed and (ii)Β has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns and all other taxes,
fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its Property by any Governmental Authority (other
than any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which any reserves required in conformity with GAAP have been
provided on the books of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be), except in
each case where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.11 Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of
credit hereunder, will be used for any purpose that violates the provisions of the regulations of
the Board. If requested by any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) 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 FormΒ G-3 or FR FormΒ U-1 referred to in
RegulationΒ U.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.12 ERISA. (a)Β Except as would not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i)Β neither a Reportable Event nor a failure to meet
the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412(a) of the Code or Section
302(a)(2) of ERISA) with respect to periods beginning on or after JanuaryΒ 1, 2008 or an
βaccumulated funding deficiencyβ (within the meaning of Section 412(a) of the Code or Section
302(a)(2) of ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this
representation is made with respect to any Single Employer Plan, and each Single Employer Plan has
complied with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code; (ii)Β no termination of a Single
Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen on the assets of
Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, during such five-year period; 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 Single Employer
Plan allocable to such accrued benefits; (iii)Β none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that
has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a liability under ERISA; (iv)Β none of
Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries would become subject to any liability
under ERISA if the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary were to withdraw completely from all
Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this
representation is made; and (v)Β no Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or Insolvent.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have not incurred, and do not
reasonably expect to incur, any liability under ERISA or the Code with respect to any plan within
the meaning of SectionΒ 3(3) of ERISA which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or SectionΒ 412 of the
Code or SectionΒ 302 of ERISA that is maintained by a Commonly Controlled Entity (other than
Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) (a βCommonly Controlled Planβ)
merely by virtue of being treated as a single employer under Title IV of ERISA with the sponsor of
such plan that would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and result in a direct
obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay money.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.13 Investment Company Act. No Loan Party is an βinvestment companyβ, or a company
βcontrolledβ by an βinvestment companyβ, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.14 Subsidiaries. (a)Β The Subsidiaries listed on ScheduleΒ 4.14 constitute all the
Subsidiaries of the Borrower at the date of this Agreement (and after giving effect to the Merger
Transactions and, to
the extent applicable, the Company Reorganization). ScheduleΒ 4.14 sets forth as of the
Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary and, as to each
Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party and the
designation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β As of the Closing Date (and after giving effect to the Merger Transactions and, to the
extent applicable, the Company Reorganization), except as set forth on ScheduleΒ 4.14 or as
otherwise contemplated by the Merger Agreement, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options,
warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to
officers, employees or directors and directorsβ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any
Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.15 Environmental Matters. Other than exceptions to any of the following that would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries (i)Β 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 for the
operation of the Business; or (ii)Β has become subject to any Environmental Liability.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.16 Accuracy of Information, etc. As of the Closing Date, no statement or information
(excluding the projections and pro forma financial information referred to below)
contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any certificate furnished to the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders or any of them, by or on behalf of any Loan Party for use in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents when
taken as a whole, contained as of the date such statement, information, 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, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not materially misleading. As of the Closing Date, the projections and pro
forma financial information 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, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, it being recognized by the Agents
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 financial information
may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.17 Security Documents. (a)Β The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to
create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and
enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein of a type in which a security
interest can be created under ArticleΒ 9 of the UCC (including any proceeds of any such item of
Collateral); provided that for purposes of this SectionΒ 4.17(a), Collateral shall be deemed
to exclude any Property expressly excluded from the definition of βCollateralβ as set forth in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (the βExcluded Collateralβ). In the case of (i)Β the
Pledged Securities described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (other than Excluded Capital
Stock) when any stock certificates or notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Securities
are delivered to the Collateral Agent, (ii)Β the Material Deposit Accounts and Material Securities
Accounts described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when control agreements with respect
to such Material Deposit Accounts and Material Securities Accounts are
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executed granting βcontrolβ
(as defined in the UCC) of such accounts to the Collateral Agent and (iii)Β the other Collateral
described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (other than Excluded Collateral and deposit
accounts and securities accounts that do not constitute Material Deposit Accounts and Material
Securities Accounts), when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices
specified on ScheduleΒ 4.17 (which financing statements have been duly completed and executed (as
applicable) and delivered to the Collateral Agent) and such other filings as are specified on
ScheduleΒ 3 to the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement are made, the Collateral Agent shall have a fully perfected first
priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in
such Collateral (including any proceeds of any item of Collateral) (to the extent a security
interest in such Collateral can be perfected through the filing of financing statements in the
offices specified on ScheduleΒ 4.17 and the filings specified on ScheduleΒ 3 to the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, and through the delivery of the Pledged Securities required to be delivered
on the Closing Date), as security for the Obligations, in each case prior in right to the Lien of
any other Person (except (i)Β in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Securities, Liens
permitted by SectionΒ 7.3 and (ii)Β Liens having priority by operation of law) to the extent required
by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Upon the execution and delivery of any Mortgage to be executed and delivered pursuant to
SectionΒ 6.8(b), such Mortgage shall be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and enforceable Lien on the Mortgaged Property
described therein and proceeds thereof, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditorsβ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by
proceedings in equity or at law) and the implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing; and when
such Mortgage is filed in the recording office designated by the Borrower, such Mortgage shall
constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of
the Loan Parties in such Mortgaged Property 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 (other than Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3 or other encumbrances or rights permitted
by the relevant Mortgage).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4.18 Solvency. As of the Closing Date, the Loan Parties are (on a consolidated basis), and
after giving effect to the Transactions will be, Solvent.
SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 5.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make the
initial extension of credit requested to be made by it is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver),
prior to or concurrently with the making of such extension of credit on the Closing Date, of the
following conditions precedent:
Β Β Β Β Β (a)
Credit Agreement; Mezzanine Loan Facility. The Administrative Agent shall
have received (i)Β this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, Holdings, the Borrower, the Lead Arrangers, the Lenders party hereto and
the Issuing Bank, (ii)Β the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by
Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) (subject to the last
paragraph of this SectionΒ 5.1) with respect to each Material Real Property owned by a Loan
Party as of the Closing Date, a Mortgage executed and delivery by such Loan Party in favor
of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, covering such Real Property
(together with such other documents relating thereto consistent with the requirements of
SectionΒ 6.8(b)). The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that the Mezzanine
Loan Agreement has been executed and
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delivered by all Persons stated to be a party thereto
in the form then most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent, and the Mezzanine
Loans shall have been made.
(b) Transaction, etc. The following transactions shall be consummated:
Β Β Β Β Β (i) Merger. The Merger Transactions shall be consummated substantially
concurrently with the initial funding of the Loans on the Closing Date (A)Β in
accordance
with the Merger Agreement and the related disclosure schedules and exhibits
thereto, without waiver or amendment of any material provision thereof (other than
any such waivers or amendments (including, without limitation, with respect to any
representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement) as are not materially
adverse to the Lenders or the Lead Arrangers (including, without limitation, the
definition of βCompany Material Adverse Effectβ therein and the representation and
warranty set forth in SectionΒ 4.8(c) thereof)) unless consented to by the Lead
Arrangers (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (B)Β on
such other terms and conditions as are reasonably satisfactory to the Lead
Arrangers.
Β Β Β Β Β (ii) Equity Financing. The Permitted Investors shall have made equity
contributions to, or purchased for cash equity of, Holdings in an aggregate amount
that, together with all roll-over equity, constitutes not less than 40% of the
pro forma capitalization of Holdings and its subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis (after giving effect to the Transactions but excluding any Loans
made or Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Facility).
Β Β Β Β Β (iii) The representation and warranty of the Company contained in Section
4.8(c) of the Merger Agreement shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date as
if made on and as of the Closing Date, except where the failure of such
representation and warranty to be so true and correct has not had and would not be
reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Closing Date Material
Adverse Effect.
Β Β Β Β Β (c) Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
solvency certificate signed by the chief financial officer on behalf of Holdings,
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ G.
Β Β Β Β Β (d) Lien Searches. The Collateral Agent shall have received the results of a
recent lien search in each of the jurisdictions in which Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements or other filings or recordations should be made to evidence or perfect security
interests in all assets of the Loan Parties, and such search shall reveal no liens on any of
the assets of the Loan Party, except for Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3 or liens to be
discharged on or prior to the Closing Date.
Β Β Β Β Β (e) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a
certificate of each Loan Party, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form of
ExhibitΒ C, with appropriate insertions and attachments.
Β Β Β Β Β (f) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed
legal opinion of (i)Β Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP, special New York counsel to the Loan Parties,
substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ E-1 and (ii)Β Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Xxxxxxx LLP,
special Delaware counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of ExhibitΒ E-2.
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Β Β Β Β Β (g) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers. The Collateral Agent shall have received the
certificates, if any, representing the shares of Capital Stock held by a Loan Party pledged
pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for
each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β (h) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including, without
limitation, any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security
Documents to be
filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for
the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority perfected Lien on the Collateral
described therein, shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in proper form for
filing, registration or recordation.
Β Β Β Β Β (i) Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received insurance
certificates satisfying the requirements of SectionΒ 6.5(c).
Β Β Β Β Β (j) USA Patriot Act. The Lenders shall have received from each of the Loan
Parties documentation and other information requested by any Lender no less than 10 calendar
days prior to the Closing Date that is required by regulatory authorities under applicable
βknow your customerβ and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without
limitation, the USA Patriot Act.
Β Β Β Β Β (k) Specified Representations. The Specified Representations shall be true and
correct in all material respects.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to the contrary, (i)Β other than with respect to
any Closing Date UCC Filing Collateral or Closing Date Stock Certificates, to the extent any
collateral is not provided on the Closing Date after the Borrowerβs use of commercially reasonable
efforts to do so, the delivery of such collateral shall not constitute a condition precedent to the
availability of the Loans on the Closing Date, (ii)Β with respect to perfection of security
interests in the Closing Date UCC Filing Collateral, the Borrowerβs sole obligation shall be to
deliver, or cause to be delivered, necessary UCC financing statements to the Administrative Agent
or to irrevocably authorize or cause the applicable Guarantor to irrevocably authorize the
Administrative Agent to file necessary UCC financing statements and (iii)Β with respect to
perfection of security interests in Closing Date Stock Certificates, the Borrowerβs sole obligation
shall be to deliver to the Administrative Agent the Closing Date Stock Certificates as and to the
extent they are delivered to the Borrower by the Company pursuant to the Merger Agreement, in each
case, duly endorsed in blank.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 5.2 Conditions to Each Revolving Loan Extension of Credit After Closing Date. The
agreement of each Lender to make any Revolving Loan or to issue or participate in any Letter of
Credit hereunder on any date after the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
Β Β Β Β Β (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, in each case on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date
except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in
which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date.
Β Β Β Β Β (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.
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Each borrowing of a Revolving Loan by and issuance, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit on
behalf of the Borrower hereunder after the Closing Date shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained
in this SectionΒ 5.2 have been satisfied.
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrower (on behalf of itself and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries) hereby agrees that,
so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding (that has not
been cash collateralized or backstopped, in each case on terms agreed to by the Borrower and the
applicable Issuing Lender) or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent
hereunder (other than (i)Β contingent or indemnification obligations not then due and (ii)
obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Obligations), the Borrower
shall, and shall cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to:
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.1
Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent for delivery to each Lender
(which may be delivered via posting on IntraLinks or another similar electronic platform):
Β Β Β Β Β (a) within 120Β days (or 135Β days with respect to the fiscal year ending MarchΒ 31, 2009)
after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending
MarchΒ 31, 2009, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related audited consolidated
statements of income and of cash flows for such year, setting forth, commencing with the
financial statements with respect to the fiscal year ending MarchΒ 31, 2010, in comparative
form the figures as of the end of and for the previous year, reported on without
qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by Ernst & Young LLP or other
independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing; and
Β Β Β Β Β (b) within 45Β days (or 60Β days with respect to the fiscal quarters ending prior to
MarchΒ 31, 2009) after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending SeptemberΒ 30, 2008, the
unaudited consolidated balance sheet 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, setting forth, commencing after the first full fiscal year after the Closing Date,
in comparative form the figures as of the end of and 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 lack of notes);
all such financial statements to be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP
applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as
disclosed therein and except in the case of the financial statements referred to in clause (b), for
customary year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes). The Borrower may satisfy its
obligations under this SectionΒ 6.1 with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries by delivering information relating to Holdings, the Borrower and its
consolidated Subsidiaries.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.1 may be delivered by posting
such documents electronically with notice of such posting to the Administrative Agent and if so
posted, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which such documents are posted on
the Borrowerβs behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each
Lender
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and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or
whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.2
Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent for delivery to
each Lender, or, in the case of clause (g), to the relevant Lender:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) to the extent permitted by the internal policies of such independent certified
public accountants, concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to
in SectionΒ 6.1(a), a certificate of the independent certified public accountants in
customary form reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the examination
necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of Default arising
under SectionΒ 7.1, except as specified in such certificate;
Β Β Β Β Β (b) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1,
(i)Β a Compliance Certificate of a Responsible Officer on behalf of the Borrower stating that
such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default that
has occurred and is continuing except as specified in such certificate and (ii)Β to the
extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, (x)Β a description of any
Default or Event of Default that occurred and (y)Β a description of any new Subsidiary and of
any change in the name or jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party and a listing of
any material registrations of or applications for United States Intellectual Property by any
Loan Party since the date of the most recent list delivered pursuant to this clause (or, in
the case of the first such list so delivered, since the Closing Date);
Β Β Β Β Β (c) not later than 120Β days (or 135Β days with respect to the fiscal year ending March
31, 2009) after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget
for the following fiscal year (including a projected consolidated balance sheet of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year and the related
consolidated statements of projected cash flow and projected income (collectively, the
βAnnual Operating Budgetβ)); provided that at any time the Borrower,
Holdings or any Parent Company is subject to the reporting requirements set forth in Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Administrative Agent shall
deliver the Annual Operating Budget only to βprivate-sideβ Lenders (i.e., Lenders that wish
to receive material non-public information with respect to any Loan Party or its securities
for purposes of United States federal or state securities laws).
Β Β Β Β Β (d) promptly after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements and material
reports that the Borrower sends to the holders of any class of its debt securities or public
equity securities (except for Permitted Investors) and, promptly after the same are filed,
copies of all financial statements and reports that the Borrower may make to, or file with,
the SEC, in each case to the extent not already provided pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1 or any
other clause of this SectionΒ 6.2;
Β Β Β Β Β (e) promptly upon delivery thereof to the Borrower and to the extent permitted, copies
of any accountantsβ letters addressed to its Board of Directors (or any committee thereof);
Β Β Β Β Β (f) promptly upon delivery thereof under the relevant agreement, notice of any default
or event of default under the Mezzanine Loan Facility, and, prior to the effectiveness
thereof, copies of substantially final drafts of any proposed material amendment,
supplement, waiver or other modification with respect to the Mezzanine Loan Facility; and
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Β Β Β Β Β (g) promptly, such additional financial and other information as the Administrative
Agent (for its own account or upon the request from any Lender) may from time to time
reasonably request.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this SectionΒ 6.2, none of Holdings, the Borrower
or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose any document, information or
other matter that (i)Β constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary
information, (ii)Β in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or
their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding agreement,
(iii)Β is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product or
(iv)Β constitutes classified information.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.2 may be delivered by posting such
documents electronically with notice of such posting to the Administrative Agent and each Lender
and if so posted, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i)Β on which the Borrower
posts such documents, or to provide a link thereto on the Borrowerβs website or (ii)Β on which such
documents are posted on the Borrowerβs 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).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.3 Payment of Taxes. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before
they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material Taxes, governmental assessments and
governmental charges (other than Indebtedness), except (a)Β where the amount or validity thereof is
currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves required in
conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Borrower or its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, or (b)Β to the extent that failure to pay or satisfy
such obligations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc.; Compliance. (a)Β Preserve,
renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate or other existence and take all reasonable
action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal
conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by SectionΒ 7.4 or except to
the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and (b)Β comply with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply
therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a)Β Keep all Property useful and necessary in
its business in reasonably good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted,
except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without limitation, in any proceeding
before the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, to
maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each
registration of the material United States Intellectual Property owned by the Borrower or its
Restricted Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal,
affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability, except where the failure to do so would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Maintain insurance with financially sound and reputable insurance companies on all its
material Property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks as are usually insured
against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business. All such
insurance
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shall, to the extent customary (but in any event, not including business interruption
insurance and personal injury insurance) (i)Β provide that no cancellation thereof shall be
effective until at least 10Β days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice
thereof and (ii)Β name the Administrative Agent as insured party or loss payee.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β With respect to any Mortgaged Properties, if at any time the area in which the Premises
(as defined in the Mortgages, if any) are located is designated a βflood hazard areaβ in any Flood
Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency),
obtain flood insurance in such reasonable total amount as the Collateral Agent may from time to
time reasonably require, and otherwise to ensure compliance with the National Flood Insurance
Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as it may be amended from time
to time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a)Β Keep proper books of
records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all
Requirements of Law shall be made of all material financial dealings and transactions in relation
to its business and activities, (b)Β permit representatives of any Lender to visit and inspect any
of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records upon reasonable
notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours (provided that (i)Β such
visits shall be coordinated by the Administrative Agent, (ii)Β such visits shall be limited to no more
than one such visit per calendar year, and (iii)Β such visits by any Lender shall be at the Lenderβs
expense, except in the case of clauses (ii)Β and (iii)Β during the continuance of an Event of
Default), (c)Β permit representatives of any Lender to have reasonable discussions regarding the
business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries with officers and employees of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries
(provided that (i)Β a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall be afforded the opportunity
to be present during such discussions, (ii)Β such discussions shall be coordinated by the
Administrative Agent, and (iii)Β such discussions shall be limited to no more than once per calendar
quarter except during the continuance of an Event of Default) and (d)Β permit representatives of the
Administrative Agent to have reasonable discussions regarding the business, operations, properties
and financial and other condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with its
independent certified public accountants to the extent permitted by the internal policies of such
independent certified public accountants (provided that (i)Β a Responsible Officer of the
Borrower shall be afforded the opportunity to be present during such discussions and (ii)Β such
discussions shall be limited to no more than once per calendar year except during the continuance
of an Event of Default). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this SectionΒ 6.6, none of
Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries will be required to disclose, permit
the inspection, examination or making copies or abstracts of, or discussion of, any document,
information or other matter that (i)Β constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial
proprietary information, (ii)Β in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding
agreement, (iii)Β is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work
product or (iv)Β constitutes classified information.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.7 Notices. Promptly upon a Responsible Officer of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor obtaining knowledge thereof, give notice to the Administrative Agent of:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;
Β Β Β Β Β (b) any litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any other Person, that in either case,
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
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Β Β Β Β Β (c) the following events, that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, as soon as possible and in any event within 30Β days after the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor knows thereof: (i)Β the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect
to any Single Employer Plan, a failure to make any required contribution to a Plan, the
creation of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan on the assets of Holdings, the Borrower
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any withdrawal from, or the termination,
Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan, (ii)Β the institution of proceedings
or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or Holdings or any Commonly Controlled Entity
or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination,
Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or (iii)Β the occurrence of any
similar events with respect to a Commonly Controlled Plan, that would reasonably be likely
to result in a direct obligation of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
pay money;
Β Β Β Β Β (d) any development or event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and
Β Β Β Β Β (e) the acquisition of any Property after the Closing Date in which the Collateral
Agent does not already have a perfected security interest and in which a security interest
is required to be created or perfected pursuant to SectionΒ 6.8.
Each notice pursuant to this SectionΒ 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 Restricted Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.8 Additional Collateral, etc. (a)Β With respect to any Property (other than Excluded
Collateral) located in the United States having a value, individually or in the aggregate, of at
least $2,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (other than (w)Β any interests in
Real Property and any Property described in paragraph (c)Β or paragraph (d)Β of this SectionΒ 6.8,
(x)Β any Property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by SectionΒ 7.3(g) or 7.3(z),
(y)Β Instruments, Certificated Securities, Securities and Chattel Paper, which are referred to in
the last sentence of this paragraph (a)Β and (z)Β Government Contracts, deposit accounts and
securities accounts (the Loan Partiesβ obligations with respect to which are contained in the
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement)) as to which the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Secured Parties does not have a perfected Lien, promptly (i)Β give notice of such Property to the
Collateral Agent and execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Collateral Agent reasonably requests to
grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in such
Property and (ii)Β take all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected security interest (to the
extent required by the Security Documents and with the priority required by SectionΒ 4.17) in such
Property (with respect to Property of a type owned by a Loan Party as of the Closing Date to the
extent the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has a perfected security
interest in such Property as of the Closing Date), 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 by law or as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral
Agent. If any amount in excess of $5,000,000 payable under or in connection with any of the
Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument, Certificated Security, Security or
Chattel Paper (or, if more than $5,000,000 in the aggregate payable under or in connection with the
Collateral shall become evidenced by Instruments, Certificated Securities, Securities or Chattel
Paper), such Instrument, Certificated Security, Security or Chattel Paper shall be promptly
delivered to the Collateral Agent indorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β With respect to any fee interest in any Material Real Property acquired after the Closing
Date by any Loan Party (other than Excluded Real Property), (i)Β give notice of such acquisition to
the Collateral Agent and, if requested by the Collateral Agent execute and deliver a first priority
Mortgage (subject to liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, covering such Real Property (provided that no Mortgage nor survey
shall be obtained if the Administrative Agent determines in consultation with the Borrower that the
costs of obtaining such Mortgage or survey are excessive in relation to the value of the security
to be afforded thereby), (ii)Β if reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (A)Β provide the
Lenders with a lendersβ title insurance policy with extended coverage covering such Real Property
in an amount at least equal to the purchase price of such Real Property (or such other amount as
shall be reasonably specified by the Collateral Agent) as well as a current ALTA survey thereof,
together with a surveyorβs certificate unless the title insurance policy referred to above shall
not contain an exception for any matter shown by a survey (except to the extent an existing survey
has been provided and specifically incorporated into such title insurance policy), each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent,
(B)Β use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any consents or estoppels reasonably deemed
necessary by the Collateral Agent, in connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and (C)Β provide to the Administrative
Agent evidence of flood hazard insurance if any portion of the improvements on the owned Property
is currently or at any time in the future identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as
an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (and any amendment or successor act thereto) or otherwise
being designated as a βspecial flood hazard area or part of a 100Β year flood zoneβ, in an amount
equal to 100% of the full replacement cost of the improvements; provided, however, that a portion
of such flood hazard insurance may be obtained under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the
Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 or the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, as each
may be amended and (iii)Β if requested by the Collateral Agent deliver to the Collateral Agent legal
opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance,
and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Except as otherwise contemplated by SectionΒ 7.7(p), with respect to any new Subsidiary
that is a Non-Excluded Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date (which, for the
purposes of this paragraph, shall include any Subsidiary that was previously an Excluded Subsidiary
that becomes a Non-Excluded Subsidiary) by any Loan Party, promptly (i)Β give notice of such
acquisition or creation to the Collateral Agent and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, execute
and deliver to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or
such other documents as the Collateral Agent reasonably deems necessary to grant to the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected security interest (to the extent required
by the Security Documents and with the priority required by SectionΒ 4.17) in the Capital Stock of
such new Subsidiary that is owned by such Loan Party, (ii)Β deliver to the Collateral Agent the
certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in
blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Loan Party, and (iii)Β cause such
new Subsidiary (A)Β to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (B)Β to take such
actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties a perfected security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents and with
the priority required by SectionΒ 4.17) in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement with respect to such new Subsidiary (to the extent the Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of the Secured Parties, has a perfected security interest in the same type of Collateral as of the
Closing Date), 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 by
law or as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent. Without limiting the foregoing, if
(i)Β the aggregate Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues of all Subsidiaries
designated as βImmaterial
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Subsidiariesβ hereunder shall at any time exceed 7.5% of Consolidated
Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues, respectively, of the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries (as reflected on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section
6.1 prior to such time) or (ii)Β if any Subsidiary shall at any time cease to constitute an
Immaterial Subsidiary under clause (i)Β of the definition of βImmaterial Subsidiaryβ (as reflected
on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1 prior to such time), the
Borrower shall promptly, (x)Β in the case of clause (i)Β above, rescind the designation as
βImmaterial Subsidiariesβ of one or more of such Subsidiaries so that, after giving effect thereto,
the aggregate Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues, as applicable, of all
Subsidiaries so designated (and which designations have not been rescinded) shall not exceed 7.5%
of Consolidated Total Assets or annual consolidated revenues, respectively, of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries (as reflected on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to
SectionΒ 6.1 prior to such time), as applicable, and (y)Β in the case of clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β above,
to the extent not already effected, (A)Β cause each affected Subsidiary to take such actions to
become a βSubsidiary Guarantorβ hereunder and under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and execute and deliver
the documents and other instruments referred to in this paragraph (c)Β to the extent such affected
Subsidiary is not otherwise an Excluded Subsidiary and (B)Β cause the owner of the Capital Stock of
such affected Subsidiary to take such actions to pledge such Capital Stock to the extent required
by, and otherwise in accordance with, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and execute and
deliver the documents and other instruments required hereby and thereby unless such Capital Stock
otherwise constitutes Excluded Capital Stock.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β Except as otherwise contemplated by SectionΒ 7.7(p), with respect to any new first tier
Foreign Subsidiary that is a Non-Excluded Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date by
any Loan Party, promptly (i)Β give notice of such acquisition or creation to the Collateral Agent
and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such
amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Collateral Agent deems necessary or
reasonably advisable in order to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured
Parties, a perfected security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents and with
the priority required by SectionΒ 4.17) in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary (other than any
Excluded Capital Stock) that is owned by such Loan Party and (ii)Β deliver to the Collateral Agent
the certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock (other than any Excluded Capital Stock),
together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer
of such Loan Party, and take such other action as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of
the Collateral Agent, desirable to perfect or ensure appropriate priority the Lien of the
Collateral Agent thereon.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (e)Β Notwithstanding anything in this SectionΒ 6.8 to the contrary, neither the Borrower nor any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to take any actions in order to perfect the
security interest in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (f)Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent any new Restricted Subsidiary is created
solely for the purpose of consummating a merger transaction pursuant to an acquisition permitted by
SectionΒ 7.7, and such new Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any
merger consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such merger
transaction, such new Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Section
6.8(c) or 6.8(d), as applicable, until the respective acquisition is consummated (at which time the
surviving entity of the respective merger transaction shall be required to so comply within ten
Business Days).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (g)Β From time to time the Loan Parties shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and
delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take all such actions, as the
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Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purposes implementing or effectuating the
provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of renewing the rights of the Secured
Parties with respect to the Collateral as to which the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the Secured Parties, has a perfected Lien pursuant hereto or thereto, including, without
limitation, filing any financing or continuation statements or financing change statements under
the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to
the security interests created thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this
SectionΒ 6.8 shall not apply to assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall
reasonably determine that the costs and burdens of obtaining a security interest therein or
perfection thereof outweigh the value of the security afforded thereby.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.9 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Tranche A Term Loans and Tranche B Term Loans shall be used solely to
effect the Merger Transactions, the Refinancing and to pay related fees and expenses. The proceeds
of the Revolving Loans, the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit shall be used to finance a
portion of the Merger Transactions (including purchase price adjustments), to finance the
Refinancing, to finance Permitted Acquisitions and Investments permitted hereunder and for other
general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 6.10 Post-Closing Undertakings. Within the time period specified on ScheduleΒ 6.10 (or such
later date to which the Administrative Agent consents), comply with the provisions set forth in
ScheduleΒ 6.10.
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Borrower (on behalf of itself and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries) hereby agrees that,
so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding (that has not
been cash collateralized or backstopped, in each case on terms agreed to by the Borrower and the
applicable Issuing Lender) or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent
hereunder (other than (i)Β contingent or indemnification obligations not then due and (ii)
obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Obligations), the Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to:
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.1 Financial Covenants. (a) Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio. Commencing with
the Test Period ending DecemberΒ 31, 2008, permit the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as at the
last day of any Test Period ending in any period set forth below to be in excess of the ratio set
forth below for such period:
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Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Period |
Β |
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio |
DecemberΒ 31, 2008
|
Β |
Β |
6.25:1.00 |
MarchΒ 31, 2009
|
Β |
Β |
6.25:1.00 |
JuneΒ 30, 2009
|
Β |
Β |
6.00:1.00 |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2009
|
Β |
Β |
5.75:1.00 |
DecemberΒ 31, 2009
|
Β |
Β |
5.50:1.00 |
MarchΒ 31, 2010
|
Β |
Β |
5.25:1.00 |
JuneΒ 30, 2010
|
Β |
Β |
5.00:1.00 |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2010
|
Β |
Β |
4.75:1.00 |
DecemberΒ 31, 2010
|
Β |
Β |
4.75:1.00 |
MarchΒ 31, 2011
|
Β |
Β |
4.50:1.00 |
JuneΒ 30, 2011
|
Β |
Β |
4.25:1.00 |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2011
|
Β |
Β |
4.00:1.00 |
DecemberΒ 31, 2011
|
Β |
Β |
3.75:1.00 |
MarchΒ 31, 2012
and thereafter
|
Β |
Β |
3.50:1.00 |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b) Consolidated Net Interest Coverage Ratio. Commencing with the Test Period ending
DecemberΒ 31, 2008, permit the Consolidated Net Interest Coverage Ratio as at the last day of any
Test Period ending in any period set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth below for such
period:
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
|
Consolidated Net |
Period |
|
Interest Coverage Ratio |
DecemberΒ 31, 2008
|
Β |
|
1.60:1.00 |
MarchΒ 31, 2009
|
Β |
|
1.60:1.00 |
JuneΒ 30, 2009
|
Β |
|
1.70:1.00 |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2009
|
Β |
|
1.75:1.00 |
DecemberΒ 31, 2009
|
Β |
|
1.80:1.00 |
MarchΒ 31, 2010
|
Β |
|
1.90:1.00 |
JuneΒ 30, 2010
|
Β |
|
2.00:1.00 |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2010
|
Β |
|
2.00:1.00 |
DecemberΒ 31, 2010
|
Β |
|
2.10:1.00 |
MarchΒ 31, 2011
|
Β |
|
2.10:1.00 |
JuneΒ 30, 2011
|
Β |
|
2.20:1.00 |
SeptemberΒ 30, 2011
|
Β |
|
2.20:1.00 |
DecemberΒ 31, 2011
|
Β |
|
2.30:1.00 |
MarchΒ 31, 2012
|
Β |
|
2.40:1.00 |
JuneΒ 30, 2012
and thereafter
|
Β |
|
2.50:1.00 |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.2 Indebtedness. Create, issue, incur, assume, or permit to exist any Indebtedness,
except:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) Indebtedness of the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any Loan
Document or Hedge Agreement or in respect of any Cash Management Obligations;
Β Β Β Β Β (b) Indebtedness (i)Β of the Borrower to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Holdings
or of any Subsidiary Guarantor to Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary,
provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Subsidiary Guarantor is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations
pursuant to the Guarantee and
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Collateral Agreement or otherwise and (ii)Β of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (c) Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) secured by
Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3(g) in an aggregate principal amount, when combined with the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under clauses (t)Β and (u)Β of this
SectionΒ 7.2, not to exceed $75,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
Β Β Β Β Β (d) (i)Β Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on ScheduleΒ 7.2(d) and
any Permitted Refinancing thereof and (ii)Β Indebtedness otherwise permitted under Section
7.10;
Β Β Β Β Β (e) Guarantee Obligations (i)Β by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor not prohibited by this Agreement to
be incurred and (ii)Β by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary of obligations of any other
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (f) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising from the
honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument
inadvertently drawn by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary
course of business against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is promptly
repaid;
Β Β Β Β Β (g) (A)Β Indebtedness of any joint venture or Non-Guarantor Subsidiary owing to any Loan
Party and (B)Β Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor of
Indebtedness of any joint venture or Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, to the extent such
Indebtedness and Guarantee Obligations are permitted as Investments by SectionΒ 7.7(h), (k),
(m)Β or (v);
Β Β Β Β Β (h) Indebtedness in the form of earn-outs, indemnification, incentive, non-compete,
consulting or other similar arrangements and other contingent obligations in respect of
acquisitions or Investments permitted by SectionΒ 7.7 (both before or after any liability
associated therewith becomes fixed);
Β Β Β Β Β (i) (i)Β Indebtedness of the Borrower in respect of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $550,000,000, plus any accrued pay-in-kind
interest, capitalized interest, accrued interest, fees, discounts, premiums and expenses, in
each case, in respect thereof, (ii)Β Guarantee Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor in
respect of such Indebtedness, interest, fees, discounts, premiums and expenses;
provided that, in each case, in the case of any guarantee of Indebtedness in respect
of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor, such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Agreement at
or prior to the time of such guarantee, and (iii)Β any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
Β Β Β Β Β (j) additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an
aggregate principal amount (for the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries), not to exceed
$75,000,000 at any time outstanding;
Β Β Β Β Β (k) Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries in respect of local lines of credit,
letters of credit, bank guarantees, factoring arrangements, sale/leaseback transactions and
similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business, in an aggregate principal
amount, when combined with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under
clause (s)(iii) of this SectionΒ 7.2, not to exceed $35,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
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Β Β Β Β Β (l) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of
workersβ compensation claims, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar facilities,
property casualty or liability insurance, take-or-pay obligations in supply arrangements,
self-insurance obligations, performance, bid, customs, government, appeal and surety bonds,
completion guaranties and other obligations of a similar nature, in each case in the
ordinary course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (m) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising
from agreements providing for indemnification related to sales of goods or adjustment of
purchase price or similar obligations in any case incurred in connection with the
acquisition or Disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (n) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit, in a principal amount not in excess
of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit;
Β Β Β Β Β (o) Indebtedness issued in lieu of cash payments of Restricted Payments permitted by
SectionΒ 7.6; provided that such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on
terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
Β Β Β Β Β (p) Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$50,000,000 at any one time outstanding and any guarantees incurred in respect thereof;
Β Β Β Β Β (q) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor as an account party in
respect of trade letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (r) Indebtedness owing to any insurance company in connection with the financing of any
insurance premiums permitted by such insurance company in the ordinary course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (s) (i)Β Guarantee Obligations made in the ordinary course of business; provided
that such Guarantees are not of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money, (ii)Β Guarantee Obligations
in respect of lease obligations of Booz & Company Inc. and its Affiliates and (iii)
Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of joint ventures; provided that
the aggregate principal amount of any such Guarantee Obligations under this sub-clause
(iii), when combined with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under
clause (k)Β of this SectionΒ 7.2, shall not exceed $35,000,000 at any time outstanding;
Β Β Β Β Β (t) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into
the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date as part of an acquisition,
merger or consolidation or amalgamation or other Investment not prohibited hereunder (a
βNew Subsidiaryβ), which Indebtedness exists at the time of such acquisition, merger
or consolidation or amalgamation or other Investment, and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
provided that (A)Β such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and is not
created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary or with such merger (except to the extent such Indebtedness refinanced other
Indebtedness to facilitate such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary), (B)Β the aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by this clause (t)Β and SectionsΒ 7.2(c) and 7.2(u)
shall not at any one time outstanding exceed $75,000,000 and (C)Β neither the Borrower nor
any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the applicable New Subsidiary) shall provide security
therefor;
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Β Β Β Β Β (u) Indebtedness incurred to finance any acquisition or other Investment permitted
under SectionΒ 7.7 in an aggregate amount for all such Indebtedness together with the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness permitted by SectionsΒ 7.2(c) and 7.2(t) not to
exceed $75,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
Β Β Β Β Β (v) other unsecured Indebtedness so long as, at the time of incurrence thereof, (i)
after giving effect to the incurrence of such unsecured Indebtedness (as if such unsecured
Indebtedness had been incurred on the first day of the most recently completed period of
four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending on or prior to such date), the
Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 4.25 to 1.00, (ii)Β no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of incurrence
of such unsecured Indebtedness or would result therefrom; and (iii)Β the terms of such
unsecured Indebtedness do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption or
sinking fund obligation prior to the date at least 180Β days following the Term Maturity Date
(or such later date that is the latest final maturity date of any incremental extension of
credit hereunder);
Β Β Β Β Β (w) (i)Β Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or stock-based compensation to
employees of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of
business and (ii)Β Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred in connection
with the Merger Transactions and any Investment permitted hereunder;
Β Β Β Β Β (x) Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the officers,
directors and employees of Holdings, any Parent Company, the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary, in lieu of or combined with cash payments to finance the purchase of Capital
Stock of Holdings, any Parent Company or the Borrower, in each case, to the extent such
purchase is permitted by SectionΒ 7.6(e);
Β Β Β Β Β (y) Indebtedness in respect of overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs,
netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other cash management and similar
arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (z) (i)Β Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken
in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or
joint venture in the ordinary course of business and (ii)Β Indebtedness of the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary to any joint venture (regardless of the form of legal entity) that
is not a Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash
management operations (including in respect of intercompany self-insurance arrangements) of
the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
Β Β Β Β Β (aa) all premium (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses,
charges, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, accretion of interest paid in
kind and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a)Β through
(z)Β above.
Β Β Β Β Β For purposes of determining compliance with this SectionΒ 7.2, in the event that an item
of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness
described in clauses (c), (j), (k), (p), (s)(iii), (t), (u)Β or (v)Β above, the Borrower
shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or
reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and may include the amount and
type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the
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the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness reclassified under SectionΒ 7.2(v) must be unsecured.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.3 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are
maintained on the books of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
to the extent required by GAAP;
Β Β Β Β Β (b) landlordsβ, carriersβ, warehousemenβs, mechanicsβ, materialmenβs, repairmenβs or
other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a
period of more than 60Β days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings;
Β Β Β Β Β (c) pledges, deposits or statutory trusts in connection with workersβ compensation,
unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;
Β Β Β Β Β (d) deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, government, trade and
other similar contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, subleases, statutory
obligations, surety, judgment and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a
like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (e) encumbrances shown as exceptions in the title insurance policies insuring the
Mortgages, easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar
encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, do not
materially detract from the value of the Property subject thereto or materially interfere
with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries;
Β Β Β Β Β (f) Liens (i)Β in existence on the date hereof listed on ScheduleΒ 7.3(f) (or to the
extent not listed on such ScheduleΒ 7.3(f), where the fair market value of the Property to
which such Lien is attached is less than $5,000,000), (ii)Β securing Indebtedness permitted
by SectionΒ 7.2(d) and (iii)Β created after the date hereof in connection with any
refinancing, refundings, or renewals or extensions thereof permitted by SectionΒ 7.2(d);
provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional Property of the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date and that the amount of
Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;
Β Β Β Β Β (g) (i)Β Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary
incurred pursuant to SectionsΒ 7.2(c), 7.2(g), 7.2(j), 7.2(k), 7.2(r), 7.2(s), 7.2(t), 7.2(u)
and 7.2(w); provided that (A)Β in the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness
incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.2(u) to the extent incurred to finance Acquisitions or
Investments permitted under SectionΒ 7.7, (x)Β such Liens shall be created substantially
concurrently with, or within 90Β days after, the acquisition of the assets financed by such
Indebtedness and (y)Β such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property of the Borrower or
any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness and the
proceeds thereof, (B)Β in the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness pursuant to
SectionsΒ 7.2(g) or 7.2(k), such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (C)Β in the case of any such Liens securing
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to SectionΒ 7.2(s), such Liens do not encumber any Property
other than cash paid to any such insurance company in respect of such insurance and (D)Β in
the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness pursuant to SectionΒ 7.2(t), such Liens
exist at the time that the relevant Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and are not
created in
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contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted
Subsidiary and (ii)Β any extension, refinancing, renewal or replacement of the Liens
described in clause (i)Β of this SectionΒ 7.2(g) in whole or in part; provided that
such extension, renewal or replacement shall be limited to all or a part of the property
which secured the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property,
if any);
Β Β Β Β Β (h) Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents;
Β Β Β Β Β (i) Liens arising from judgments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default
under SectionΒ 8.1(h);
Β Β Β Β Β (j) Liens on Property or assets acquired pursuant to an acquisition permitted under
SectionΒ 7.7 (and the proceeds thereof) or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary in existence at
the time such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired pursuant to an acquisition permitted under
SectionΒ 7.7 and not created in contemplation thereof and Liens created after the Closing Date in
connection with any refinancing, refundings, or renewals or extensions of the obligations
secured thereby permitted hereunder, provided that no such Lien is spread to cover
any additional Property after the Closing Date and that the amount of Indebtedness secured
thereby is not increased;
Β Β Β Β Β (k) (i)Β Liens on Property of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness or other
obligations not prohibited by this Agreement to be incurred by such Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries and (ii)Β Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary in favor of any Loan Party;
Β Β Β Β Β (l) receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of
business to the extent same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof;
Β Β Β Β Β (m) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to
secure the payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
Β Β Β Β Β (n) Liens arising out of consignment or similar arrangements for the sale by the
Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of goods through third parties in the ordinary
course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (o) Liens solely on any xxxx xxxxxxx money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Investment permitted by SectionΒ 7.7;
Β Β Β Β Β (p) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments permitted by SectionΒ 7.7(b)
that constitute repurchase obligations;
Β Β Β Β Β (q) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of the Borrower
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries arising in the ordinary course of business securing
such Personβs obligations in respect of bankersβ acceptances and letters of credit issued or
created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of
such inventory or other goods;
Β Β Β Β Β (r) Liens on cash deposits securing any Hedge Agreement permitted hereunder;
Β Β Β Β Β (s) any interest or title of a lessor under any leases or subleases entered into by the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and any financing
statement filed in connection with any such lease;
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Β Β Β Β Β (t) Liens on cash or cash equivalents used to defease or to satisfy and discharge
Indebtedness, provided that such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is not
prohibited hereunder;
Β Β Β Β Β (u) (i)Β Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (A)Β relating to the establishment
of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of
Indebtedness, (B)Β relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in
the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, (C)Β relating to
purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or (D)Β relating to the Mezzanine
Loan Documents and (ii)Β other Liens securing cash management obligations (that do not
constitute Indebtedness) in the ordinary course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (v) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to
bankerβs liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;
Β Β Β Β Β (w) Liens on Capital Stock in joint ventures securing obligations of such joint
venture;
Β Β Β Β Β (x) Liens on securities that are the subject of repurchase agreements constituting Cash
Equivalents or Permitted Liquid Investments;
Β Β Β Β Β (y) Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit permitted
under SectionΒ 7.2 and covering the goods (or the documents of title in respect of such
goods) financed by such letters of credit and the proceeds and products thereof;
Β Β Β Β Β (z) other Liens with respect to obligations that do not exceed $35,000,000 at any one
time outstanding.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.4 Fundamental Changes. Consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or
liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all
or substantially all of its Property or business, except that:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) (i)Β any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or
into the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving
corporation) or (ii)Β any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated
with or into any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that (x)Β a Subsidiary Guarantor
shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (y)Β simultaneously with such
transaction, the continuing or surviving corporation shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor and
the Borrower shall comply with SectionΒ 6.8 in connection therewith);
Β Β Β Β Β (b) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with or into, or be
liquidated into, any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (c) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets
upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
Β Β Β Β Β (d) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets
(upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or otherwise) to any other
Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary;
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Β Β Β Β Β (e) Dispositions permitted by SectionΒ 7.5 and any merger, dissolution, liquidation,
consolidation, investment or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition
permitted by SectionΒ 7.5 may be consummated;
Β Β Β Β Β (f) any Investment expressly permitted by SectionΒ 7.7 may be structured as a merger,
consolidation or amalgamation;
Β Β Β Β Β (g) the transactions contemplated under the Transaction Documents; and
Β Β Β Β Β (h) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if (i)Β the Borrower determines
in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interest of the Borrower
and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (ii)Β to the extent such Restricted
Subsidiary is a Loan Party, any assets or business of such Restricted Subsidiary not
otherwise disposed of or transferred in accordance with SectionΒ 7.4 or 7.5 or, in the case
of any such business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted
by, a Loan Party after giving effect to such liquidation or dissolution.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.5 Dispositions of Property. Dispose of any of its owned Property (including, without
limitation, receivables) whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Restricted
Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Restricted Subsidiaryβs Capital Stock to any Person,
except:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) (i)Β the Disposition of surplus, obsolete or worn out Property in the ordinary
course of business, (ii)Β the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of
business, (iii)Β abandonment, cancellation or disposition of any Intellectual Property in the
ordinary course of business and (iv)Β sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory
determined by the management of the Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the
operation of the Business;
Β Β Β Β Β (b) (i)Β the sale of inventory or other property in the ordinary course of business,
(ii)Β the cross-licensing or licensing of Intellectual Property, in the ordinary course of
business and (iii)Β the contemporaneous exchange, in the ordinary course of business, of
Property for Property of a like kind, to the extent that the Property received in such
exchange is of a value equivalent to the value of the Property exchanged (provided
that after giving effect to such exchange, the value of the Property of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor subject to Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Security
Documents is not materially reduced);
Β Β Β Β Β (c) Dispositions permitted by SectionΒ 7.4;
Β Β Β Β Β (d) the sale or issuance of (i)Β any Subsidiaryβs Capital Stock to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that the sale or issuance of Capital Stock of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is otherwise permitted
by SectionΒ 7.7, (ii)Β the Capital Stock of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted
Subsidiary to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary and (iii)
the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary to any other
Subsidiary that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, including, without limitation,
in connection with any tax restructuring activities not otherwise prohibited hereunder;
Β Β Β Β Β (e) the Disposition of other assets for fair market value not to exceed $200,000,000 in
the aggregate; provided that (i)Β at least 75% of the total consideration for any
such Disposition received by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is in the form of
cash, Cash Equivalents
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or Permitted Liquid Investments and (ii)Β the requirements of Section
2.12(b), to the extent applicable, are complied with in connection therewith;
Β Β Β Β Β (f) (i)Β any Recovery Event; provided that the requirements of SectionΒ 2.12(b)
are complied with in connection therewith and (ii)Β any event that would constitute a
Recovery Event but for the Dollar threshold set forth in the definition thereof;
Β Β Β Β Β (g) the leasing, occupancy agreements or sub-leasing of Property pursuant to the Merger
Documents or that would not materially interfere with the required use of such Property by
the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
Β Β Β Β Β (h) the transfer for fair value of Property (including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries)
to another Person in connection with a joint venture arrangement with respect to the
transferred Property; provided that such transfer is permitted under SectionΒ 7.7(h)
or (v);
Β Β Β Β Β (i) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of
business, of overdue accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but
only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary
industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables);
Β Β Β Β Β (j) transfers of condemned Property as a result of the exercise of βeminent domainβ or
other similar policies to the respective Governmental Authority or agency that has condemned
the same (whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and transfers of properties
that have been subject to a casualty to the respective insurer of such Property as part of
an insurance settlement;
Β Β Β Β Β (k) the Disposition of any Immaterial Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (l) the transfer of Property (including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) of the Borrower
or any Guarantor to any Restricted Subsidiary for fair market value;
Β Β Β Β Β (m) the transfer of Property (i)Β by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the
Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii)Β from a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to
(A)Β the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor for no more than fair market value or (B)Β any
other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (n) the sale of cash, Cash Equivalents or Permitted Liquid Investments in the ordinary
course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (o) (i)Β Liens permitted by SectionΒ 7.3, (ii)Β Restricted Payments permitted by
SectionΒ 7.6, (iii)Β Investments permitted by SectionΒ 7.7, (iv)Β payments permitted by Section
7.8 and (v)Β sale and leaseback transactions permitted by SectionΒ 7.10;
Β Β Β Β Β (p) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made
pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in
joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements; provided that the
requirements of SectionΒ 2.12(b), to the extent applicable, are complied with in connection
therewith; and
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Β Β Β Β Β (q) Dispositions of Property between or among the Borrower and/or its Restricted
Subsidiaries as a substantially concurrent interim Disposition in connection with a
Disposition otherwise permitted pursuant to clauses (a)Β through (p)Β above.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.6 Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend 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 Capital Stock of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary, 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 Restricted Subsidiary, or enter into any derivatives or other transaction with any
financial institution, commodities or stock exchange or clearinghouse (a βDerivatives
Counterpartyβ) obligating the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make payments to
such Derivatives Counterparty as a result of any change in market value of any such Capital
Stock (collectively, βRestricted Paymentsβ), except that:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) (i)Β any Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor and (ii)Β Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to
other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries;
Β Β Β Β Β (b) provided that (x)Β no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would
result therefrom and (y)Β the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower shall not exceed 4.50 to 1.00 for
such period immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Restricted
Payment, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the
Available Amount; provided no Restricted Payments under this clause (b)Β may be made
for the purpose of making a dividend or other distribution in respect of, or repurchasing or
redeeming, Capital Stock held by the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (other than Holdings
or any Parent Company) in Holdings or any Parent Company; it being understood that such
Restricted Payments may be used for such purposes with respect to Capital Stock held by any
other Person in Holdings or any Parent Company;
Β Β Β Β Β (c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or any Parent Company to
permit Holdings or any Parent Company to pay (i)Β any taxes which are due and payable by
Holdings or any Parent Company, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries as part of a
consolidated group (or shareholders of Holdings, to the extent such taxes are attributable
to Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries), (ii)Β customary fees, salary,
bonus, severance and other benefits payable to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, their
current and former officers and employees and members of their Board of Directors, (iii)
ordinary course corporate operating expenses and other fees and expenses required to
maintain its corporate existence, (iv)Β fees and expenses to the extent permitted under
clause (i)Β of the second sentence of SectionΒ 7.9, (v)Β reasonable fees and expenses incurred
in connection with any debt or equity offering by Holdings or any Parent Company, to the
extent the proceeds thereof are (or, in the case of an unsuccessful offering, were intended
to be) used for the benefit of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not
completed, (vi)Β reasonable fees and expenses in connection with compliance with reporting
obligations under, or in connection with compliance with, federal or state laws or under
this Agreement or any other Loan Document and the Mezzanine Agreement and any other
Mezzanine Loan Document and (vii)Β amounts due in respect of the Deferred Obligation Amount
under the Merger Agreement with the Net Cash Proceeds of any Equity Issuance by, or capital
contribution to, the Borrower;
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Β Β Β Β Β (d) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in the form of Capital Stock of the
Borrower;
Β Β Β Β Β (e) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to, directly or
indirectly, purchase the Capital Stock of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Company from
present or former officers, directors, consultants, agents or employees (or their estates,
trusts, family members or former spouses) of Holdings, the Borrower, any Parent Company or
any Subsidiary upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of the applicable
officer, director, consultant, agent or employee or pursuant to any equity subscription
agreement, stock option or equity incentive award agreement, shareholdersβ or membersβ
agreement or similar agreement, plan or arrangement; provided that the aggregate
amount of payments under this clause (e)Β in any fiscal year of the Borrower shall not exceed
the sum of (i) $20,000,000 in any fiscal year (but not exceeding $50,000,000 in the aggregate since the Closing Date), plus (ii)Β any
proceeds received from key man life insurance policies, plus (iii)Β any proceeds
received by the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Company during such fiscal year from sales
of the Capital Stock of Holdings, the Borrower or any Parent Company to directors,
consultants, officers or employees of Holdings, such Parent Company, the Borrower or any
Subsidiary in connection with permitted employee compensation and incentive arrangements,
plus (iv)Β the amount of any bona fide cash bonuses otherwise payable to members of
management, directors or consultants of Holdings, any Parent Company, the Borrower or its
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions that are foregone in return for
the receipt of Capital Stock the fair market value of which is equal to or less than the
amount of such cash bonuses; provided that any Restricted Payments permitted (but
not made) pursuant to sub-clause (ii), (iii)Β or (iv)Β of this clause (e)Β in any prior fiscal
year may be carried forward to any subsequent calendar year, and provided,
further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary by any member of management of Holdings, any Parent Company, the Borrower or its
Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of the Capital Stock of Holdings or
any Parent Company will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of
this SectionΒ 7.6;
Β Β Β Β Β (f) noncash repurchases of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options
or similar equity incentive awards if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the
exercise price of such options or similar equity incentive awards;
Β Β Β Β Β (g) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to
consummate the Transactions (including any Restricted Payments contemplated by the Merger
Agreement);
Β Β Β Β Β (h) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to allow Holdings or any Parent Company
to make payments in cash, in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares, upon the exercise of
warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;
Β Β Β Β Β (i) so long as no Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.1(a) or 8.1(f) has occurred and is
continuing, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to
make payments provided for in the Management Agreement;
Β Β Β Β Β (j) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision
of SectionsΒ 7.4, 7.5, 7.7 and 7.9;
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Β Β Β Β Β (k) any non-wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may declare and pay cash
dividends to its equity holders generally so long as the Borrower or its respective
Subsidiary which owns the equity interests in the Restricted Subsidiary paying such dividend
receives at least its proportional share thereof (based upon its relative holding of the
equity interests in the Restricted Subsidiary paying such dividends and taking into account
the relative preferences, if any, of the various classes of equity interest of such
Restricted Subsidiary);
Β Β Β Β Β (l) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments using any amounts placed in escrow in
connection with the Transactions;
Β Β Β Β Β (m) provided that (i)Β no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would
result therefrom and (ii)Β the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended
period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower shall not exceed 2.00 to 1.00 for
such period immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, at
any time following the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to redeem or purchase the Capital Stock
of the Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Company in an amount not to exceed 10% of the
Borrowerβs Consolidated EBITDA in any fiscal year; provided no Restricted Payments
under this clause (m)Β may be made for the purpose of making a dividend or other distribution
in respect of, or repurchasing or redeeming, Capital Stock held by the Sponsor or any of its
Affiliates (other than Holdings or any Parent Company) in Holdings or any Parent Company; it
being understood that such Restricted Payments may be used for such purposes with respect to
Capital Stock held by any other Person in Holdings or any Parent Company;
Β Β Β Β Β (n) provided that no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result
therefrom, after a Holdings IPO, the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings or
any Parent Company so that Holdings or any Parent Company may make Restricted Payments to
its equity holders in an aggregate amount not exceeding 6.0% per annum of the Net Cash
Proceeds received by the Borrower from such Holdings IPO; provided that the
Available Amount shall be reduced by a corresponding amount of any such Restricted Payments;
and
Β Β Β Β Β (o) provided that no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result
therefrom, other Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000;
provided that no Restricted Payments under this clause (o)Β may be made for the
purpose of making a dividend or other distribution in respect of, or repurchasing or
redeeming, Capital Stock held by the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (other than Holdings
or any Parent Company) in Holdings or any Parent Company; it being understood that such
Restricted Payments may be used for such purposes with respect to Capital Stock held by any
other Person in Holdings or any Parent Company.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.7 Investments. Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or
otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or
other debt securities of, or all or substantially all of the assets constituting an ongoing
business from, or make any other similar investment in, any other Person (all of the foregoing,
βInvestmentsβ), except:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) (i)Β extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business and (ii)
purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of
contract rights or licenses or leases of Intellectual Property in each case in the ordinary
course of business, to the extent such purchases and acquisitions constitute Investments;
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Β Β Β Β Β (b) Investments in Cash Equivalents and Investments that were Cash Equivalents when
made;
Β Β Β Β Β (c) Investments arising in connection with (i)Β the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted
by SectionsΒ 7.2 to the extent arising as a result of Indebtedness among Holdings, the
Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and Guarantee Obligations permitted by SectionΒ 7.2 and
payments made in respect of such Guarantee Obligations, (ii)Β the forgiveness or conversion
to equity of any Indebtedness permitted by SectionΒ 7.2 and (iii)Β Guarantees by any Borrower
or any Restricted Subsidiary of operating leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations) or
of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the
ordinary course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (d) loans and advances to employees, consultants or directors of Holdings, the Borrower
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate
amount (for Holdings, the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries) not to exceed $5,000,000
(excluding (for purposes of such cap) tuition advances, travel and entertainment expenses,
but including relocation expenses) at any one time outstanding;
Β Β Β Β Β (e) Investments (other than those relating to the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted
by SectionΒ 7.7(c)) by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Borrower or
any Person that, prior to such Investment, is a Subsidiary Guarantor or is a Domestic
Subsidiary that becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor at the time of such Investment;
Β Β Β Β Β (f) (i)Β Permitted Acquisitions to the extent that any Person or Property acquired in
such acquisition becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor or a part of the Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor or becomes (whether or not such Person is a wholly owned Subsidiary) a Subsidiary
Guarantor in the manner contemplated by SectionΒ 6.8(c) and (ii)Β other Permitted Acquisitions
in an aggregate purchase price in the case of this clause (ii) (other than purchase price
paid through the issuance of equity by Holdings or any Parent Company with the proceeds
thereof, including (A) (x)Β whether or not any equity is issued, capital contributions (other
than relating to Disqualified Capital Stock) and (y)Β equity issued to the seller) in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $75,000,000 plus (B)Β an amount equal to the Available
Amount; provided that after giving effect to any such Permitted Acquisition the
Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set
forth in SectionΒ 7.1;
Β Β Β Β Β (g) loans by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the employees,
officers or directors of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
connection with management incentive plans; provided that such loans represent
cashless transactions pursuant to which such employees, officers or directors directly
invest the proceeds of such loans in the Capital Stock of Holdings;
Β Β Β Β Β (h) Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in joint ventures or
similar arrangements and Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount at any one time
outstanding (for the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries), not to exceed the sum of
(A) $50,000,000 plus (B)Β an amount equal to the Available Amount; provided,
that any Investment made for the purpose of funding a Permitted Acquisition permitted under
SectionΒ 7.7(f) shall not be deemed a separate Investment for the purposes of this clause
(h); provided, further, that no Investment may be made pursuant to this
clause (h)Β in any Unrestricted Subsidiary for the purpose of making a Restricted Payment
prohibited pursuant to SectionΒ 7.6;
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Β Β Β Β Β (i) Investments (including debt obligations) received in the ordinary course of
business by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the bankruptcy or
reorganization of suppliers, customers and other Persons and in settlement of delinquent
obligations of, and other disputes with, suppliers, customers and other Persons arising out
of the ordinary course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (j) Investments by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary in any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (k) Investments in existence on, or pursuant to legally binding written commitments in
existence on, the Closing Date and listed on ScheduleΒ 7.7 and, in each case, any extensions
or renewals thereof, so long as the amount of any Investment made pursuant to this clause
(k)Β is not increased at any time above the amount of such Investment set forth on Schedule
7.7;
Β Β Β Β Β (l) Investments of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under Hedge Agreements
permitted hereunder;
Β Β Β Β Β (m) Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary; provided that such Investment was not made in connection with or in
anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (n) Investments arising as a result of payments permitted by SectionΒ 7.8(a);
Β Β Β Β Β (o) consummation of the Merger Transactions pursuant to the Merger Documents and the
Company Reorganization;
Β Β Β Β Β (p) Subsidiaries of the Borrower may be established or created, if (i)Β to the extent
such new Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, the Borrower and such Subsidiary comply with
the provisions of SectionΒ 6.8(c) and (ii)Β to the extent such new Subsidiary is a Foreign
Subsidiary, the Borrower complies with the provisions of SectionΒ 6.8(d); provided
that, in each case, to the extent such new Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of
consummating a merger transaction pursuant to an acquisition permitted by this SectionΒ 7.7,
and such new Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger
consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such merger
transactions, such new Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in
SectionΒ 6.8(c) or 6.8(d), as applicable, until the respective acquisition is consummated (at
which time the surviving entity of the respective merger transaction shall be required to so
comply within ten Business Days or such longer period as the Administrative Agent shall
agree);
Β Β Β Β Β (q) Investments arising directly out of the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted
Subsidiary of non-cash consideration for any sale of assets permitted under SectionΒ 7.5;
provided that such non-cash consideration shall in no event exceed 25% of the total
consideration received for such sale;
Β Β Β Β Β (r) Investments resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in SectionsΒ 7.3(c)
and (d);
Β Β Β Β Β (s) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of Intellectual Property
pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other persons;
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Β Β Β Β Β (t) any Investment in a Foreign Subsidiary to the extent such Investment is
substantially contemporaneously repaid in full with a dividend or other distribution from
such Foreign Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (u) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of UCC ArticleΒ 3
endorsements for collection or deposit and UCC ArticleΒ 4 customary trade arrangements with
customers consistent with past practices;
Β Β Β Β Β (v) additional Investments so long as the aggregate amount thereof outstanding at no
time exceeds the sum of (i) $25,000,000 plus (ii)Β an amount equal to the Available
Amount; provided that no Investment may be made pursuant to this clause (v)Β in any
Unrestricted Subsidiary for the purpose of making a Restricted Payment prohibited pursuant
to SectionΒ 7.6;
Β Β Β Β Β (w) advances of payroll payments to employees, or fee payments to directors or
consultants, in the ordinary course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (x) Investments in Permitted Liquid Investments and Investments that were Permitted
Liquid Investments when made in an amount not to exceed $40,000,000 at any one time
outstanding; and
Β Β Β Β Β (y) Investments constituting loans or advances by the Borrower to Holdings or a Parent
Company in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted pursuant to SectionΒ 7.6.
It is further understood and agreed that for purposes of determining the value of any Investment
outstanding for purposes of this SectionΒ 7.7, such amount shall deemed to be the amount of such
Investment when made, purchased or acquired less any returns on such Investment (not to exceed the
original amount invested). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Investment in an Unrestricted
Subsidiary is permitted under this SectionΒ 7.7 unless such Investment is permitted pursuant to
clause (h)Β or (v)Β above.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.8 Optional Payments and Modifications of Certain Debt Instruments. (a)Β Make any
optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of, or otherwise voluntarily or
optionally defease (i)Β any Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness then outstanding or (ii)Β the principal
of or interest on, or any other amount owing in respect of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness;
provided that (A)Β the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may prepay any Mezzanine
Facility Indebtedness (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) with amounts constituting the
Available Amount at any time if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 4.50
to 1.00 as of the end of the most recently ended Reference Period, (B)Β the Borrower or any
Restricted Subsidiary may prepay any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (or any Permitted
Refinancing thereof) with amounts constituting the Available Amount at any time if the Consolidated
Total Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 4.50 to 1.00 as of the end of the most recently ended
Reference Period, (C)Β the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may refinance, replace or extend
any Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness or Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness to the extent permitted
by SectionΒ 7.2 and (D)Β the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may convert any Mezzanine Facility
Indebtedness or any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) to
the Capital Stock of Holdings or any Parent Company and (E)Β the Borrower may prepay the Mezzanine
Facility Indebtedness (or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) in an aggregate principal amount not
to exceed $75,000,000 at any time if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than
4.00 to 1.00 as of the end of the most recently ended Reference Period. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing in this SectionΒ 7.8 shall prohibit any AHYDO Payments in respect of the
Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness or any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness or, in each case, any
Permitted Refinancing thereof.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Amend, modify or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification,
waiver or other change to, any of the terms of any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness or Mezzanine
Loan Document, in any manner that is materially adverse to the Lenders without the prior consent of
the Administrative Agent (with the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that nothing
in this SectionΒ 7.8(b) shall prohibit the refinancing, replacement, extension or other similar
modification of the Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness or the Mezzanine Facility Indebtedness to
the extent otherwise permitted by SectionΒ 7.2.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.9 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or
exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or
similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary)
unless such transaction is (a)Β otherwise not prohibited under this Agreement and (b)Β upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, than it would obtain in a comparable armβs length transaction with a Person that is not an
Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may (i)Β pay
to the Sponsor and its Affiliates fees, indemnities and expenses pursuant to the Management
Agreement and/or fees and expenses in connection with the Merger and disclosed to the
Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date; (ii)Β enter into any transaction with an Affiliate
that is not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement to be entered into by the Borrower or such
Restricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate; (iii)Β make any Restricted Payments contemplated by the
Merger Agreement, and otherwise perform their obligations under the Transaction Documents and
(iv)Β without being subject to the terms of this SectionΒ 7.9, enter into any transaction with any
Person which is an Affiliate of Holdings only by reason of such Person and Holdings having common
directors. For the avoidance of doubt, this SectionΒ 7.9 shall not apply to employment, bonus,
retention and severance arrangements with, and payments of compensation or benefits to or for the
benefit of, current or former employees, consultants, officers or directors of the Borrower or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business. For purposes of this Section
7.9, any transaction with any Affiliate shall be deemed to have satisfied the standard set forth in
clause (b)Β of the first sentence hereof if such transaction is approved by a majority of the
Disinterested Directors of the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
applicable. βDisinterested Directorβ shall mean, with respect to any Person and
transaction, a member of the Board of Directors of such Person who does not have any material
direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.10 Sales and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the
leasing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of real or personal Property which is to be
sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (a)Β to such Person or (b)Β 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 Restricted Subsidiary, except for (i)Β any
such arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, (ii)Β sales or transfers by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower
or any other Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii)Β sales or transfers by any Non Guarantor Subsidiary to any
other Non Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary and (iv)Β any such arrangement to the
extent that the fair market value of such Property does not exceed $35,000,000 in the aggregate for
all such arrangements.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.11 Changes in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a day
other than MarchΒ 31.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.12 Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into any agreement that prohibits or limits the
ability of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to
exist any Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the
Obligations or, in
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the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor, its obligations under the Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement, other than:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the Mezzanine Loan Documents;
Β Β Β Β Β (b) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations
otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be
effective against the assets financed thereby and the proceeds thereof);
Β Β Β Β Β (c) software and other Intellectual Property licenses pursuant to which the Borrower or
such Restricted Subsidiary is the licensee of the relevant software or Intellectual
Property, as the case may be, (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall relate
only to the assets subject of the applicable license);
Β Β Β Β Β (d) Contractual Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and on
customary terms which limit Liens on the assets subject of the applicable Contractual
Obligation;
Β Β Β Β Β (e) any agreements regarding Indebtedness or other obligations of any Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary not prohibited under SectionΒ 7.2 (in which case, any prohibition or limitation
shall only be effective against the assets of such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and its
Subsidiaries);
Β Β Β Β Β (f) prohibitions and limitations in effect on the date hereof and listed on
ScheduleΒ 7.12;
Β Β Β Β Β (g) customary provisions contained in joint venture agreements and other similar
agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business;
Β Β Β Β Β (h) customary provisions restricting the subletting or assignment of any lease
governing a leasehold interest;
Β Β Β Β Β (i) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to any
Disposition of Property not prohibited hereunder;
Β Β Β Β Β (j) any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a Subsidiary, so long as
such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
Β Β Β Β Β (k) restrictions imposed by applicable law;
Β Β Β Β Β (l) restrictions imposed by any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness (i)Β that are
consistent with the definition thereof or otherwise consistent with prevailing market
practice for similar types of Indebtedness at the time such restrictions are incurred or
(ii)Β to which the Administrative Agent has not objected after having been afforded a period
of at least five Business Days to review such restrictions;
Β Β Β Β Β (m) restrictions in respect of Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Sections
7.3(g) and 7.3(z) relating solely to the assets or proceeds thereof secured by such
Indebtedness to the extent required to be so limited by such Sections; and
Β Β Β Β Β (n) customary provisions restricting assignment of any agreement entered into in the
ordinary course of business.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.13 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into any consensual encumbrance
or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a)Β make Restricted Payments in
respect of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed
to, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (b)Β make Investments in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or
restrictions existing under or by reason of (i)Β any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents
and the Mezzanine Loan Documents, (ii)Β any restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary
imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of
all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary,
(iii)Β customary net worth provisions contained in Real Property leases entered into by the Borrower
and its Restricted Subsidiaries, so long as the Borrower has determined in good faith that such net
worth provisions would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries to meet their ongoing obligations, (iv)Β any restrictions contained in
agreements related to Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary not prohibited under SectionΒ 7.2
(in which case such restriction shall relate only to such Indebtedness and/or such Non-Guarantor
Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries) or Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Sections
7.3(g) and 7.3(z), (v)Β any restrictions regarding licenses or sublicenses by the Borrower and its
Restricted Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business (in which case
such restriction shall relate only to such Intellectual Property), (vi)Β Contractual Obligations
incurred in the ordinary course of business which include customary provisions restricting the
assignment of any agreement relating thereto, (vii)Β customary provisions contained in joint venture
agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary
course of business, (viii)Β customary provisions restricting the subletting or assignment of any
lease governing a leasehold interest, (ix)Β customary restrictions and conditions contained in any
agreement relating to any Disposition of Property not prohibited hereunder, (x)Β any agreement in
effect at the time any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not
entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and (xi)Β restrictions
on cash or other deposits imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course
of business.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.14 Lines of Business. Enter into any business, either directly or through any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, except for the Business or a business reasonably related thereto or that
are reasonable extensions thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.15 Limitation on Hedge Agreements. Enter into any Hedge Agreement other than Hedge
Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, and not for speculative purposes.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.16 Changes in Jurisdictions of Organization; Name. Other than pursuant to the
Transactions, in the case of any Loan Party, change its name or change its jurisdiction of
organization, in either case except upon prompt written notice to the Collateral Agent and delivery
to the Collateral Agent, of all additional executed financing statements, financing change
statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to maintain the
validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for in the Security Documents.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7.17 Limitation on Activities of Holdings. In the case of Holdings only, notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Holdings shall not, so long
as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding (that has not been
cash collateralized or backstopped, in each case on terms agreed to by the Borrower and the
applicable Issuing Lender) or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent
hereunder (other than (i)Β contingent or indemnification obligations not then due and (ii)Β obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements and
Cash Management Obligations): conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct,
transact or otherwise engage in, any business or operations other than (i)Β those
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incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and those
incidental to Investments by or in Holdings permitted hereunder, (ii)Β activities incidental to the
maintenance of its existence and compliance with applicable laws and legal, tax and accounting
matters related thereto and activities relating to its employees, (iii)Β activities relating to the
performance of obligations under the Loan Documents and the Mezzanine Loan Documents to which it is
a party or expressly permitted thereunder, (iv)Β the making of Restricted Payments to the extent of
Restricted Payments permitted to be made to Holdings pursuant to SectionΒ 7.6, (v)Β the receipt and
payment of Restricted Payments permitted under SectionΒ 7.6, (vi)Β those related to the Transactions
and in connection with the Merger Documents and other agreements contemplated thereby or hereby,
(vii)Β to the extent that SectionΒ 7 expressly permits the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to
enter into a transaction with Holdings, (viii)Β activities in connection with or in preparation for
an initial public offering and (ix)Β activities incidental to the foregoing activities.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Β Β Β Β Β 8.1 Events of Default. If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) The Borrower shall fail to pay (i)Β any principal of any Loan when due in accordance
with the terms hereof, (ii)Β any principal of any Reimbursement Obligation within three
Business Days after any such Reimbursement Obligation becomes due in accordance with the
terms hereof or (iii)Β any interest owed by it on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or
any other amount payable by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within five
Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the
terms hereof; or
Β Β Β Β Β (b) (i)Β On the Closing Date, any Specified Representation, and (ii)Β at any time after
the Closing Date, any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party
herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or
financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this
Agreement or any such other Loan Document, shall in either case prove to have been
inaccurate in any material respect and such inaccuracy is adverse to the Lenders on or as of
the date made or deemed made or furnished; or
Β Β Β Β Β (c) Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement
contained in SectionΒ 6.7(a) or SectionΒ 7; provided that, any Event of Default under
SectionΒ 7.1 is subject to cure as contemplated by SectionΒ 8.2; or
Β Β Β Β Β (d) Any Loan Party 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)Β through (c)Β of this SectionΒ 8.1), and such default shall continue unremedied
for a period of 30Β days after the earlier of the date that (x)Β such Loan Party receives from
the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notice of the existence of such default or
(y)Β a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party has knowledge thereof; or
Β Β Β Β Β (e) Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall (i)Β default in
making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness for Borrowed Money (excluding the
Loans and Reimbursement Obligations) on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto;
or (ii)Β default in making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness for Borrowed
Money beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under
which such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money was created; or (iii)Β default in the observance
or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness for
Borrowed Money or
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contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating
thereto, or any other event of default shall occur, the effect of which payment or other
default or other event of default 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,
with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money to become due
prior to its stated maturity or to become subject to a mandatory offer to purchase by the
obligor thereunder or to become payable; provided that (A)Β a default, event or
condition described in this paragraph shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default
unless, at such time, one or more defaults or events of default of the type described in
this paragraph shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness for
Borrowed Money the outstanding principal amount of which individually exceeds $25,000,000,
and in the case of Indebtedness for Borrowed Money of the types described in clauses (i)Β and
(ii)Β of the definition thereof, with respect to such Indebtedness which exceeds such amount
either individually or in the aggregate and (B)Β this paragraph (e)Β shall not apply to (i)
secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the sale, transfer, destruction or
other disposition of the Property or assets securing such Indebtedness for Borrowed Money if
such sale, transfer, destruction or other disposition is not prohibited hereunder and under
the documents providing for such Indebtedness or (ii)Β any Guarantee Obligations except to
the extent such Guarantee Obligations shall become due and payable by any Loan Party and
remain unpaid after any applicable grace period or period permitted following demand for the
payment thereof; or
Β Β Β Β Β (f) (i)Β Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any
Immaterial Subsidiary) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A)Β 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, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition
or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B)Β seeking appointment of a receiver,
trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any
substantial part of its assets, or Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall make a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors; or (ii)Β there shall be commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) any case,
proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i)Β above that (A)Β results in
the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B)Β remains
undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60Β days; or (iii)Β there shall be
commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than
any Immaterial Subsidiary) any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a
warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against substantially all of
its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have
been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60Β days from the entry
thereof; or (iv)Β Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than
any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall consent to or approve of, or acquiescence in, any of the
acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii)Β above; or (v)Β Holdings, the Borrower or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall generally not, or
shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become
due; or
Β Β Β Β Β (g) (i)Β Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall incur any
liability in connection with any βprohibited transactionβ (as defined in SectionΒ 406 of
ERISA or SectionΒ 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii)Β a failure to meet the minimum
funding standards (as defined in Section 302(a) of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall
exist with respect to any Single Employer Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan
shall arise on the assets
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of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
(iii)Β 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 reasonably likely to result in the termination of such Single Employer Plan
for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv)Β any Single Employer Plan shall terminate in a
distress termination under Section 4041(c) of ERISA or in an involuntary termination by the
PBGC under SectionΒ 4042 of ERISA, (v)Β Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries shall, or is reasonably likely to, incur any liability as a result of a
withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan or (vi)Β any
other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan or a Commonly
Controlled Plan; and in each case in clauses (i)Β through (vi)Β above, such event or
condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be
expected to result in a direct obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to pay money that could have a Material Adverse Effect; or
Β Β Β Β Β (h) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against Holdings, the Borrower or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) involving for
Holdings, the Borrower and any such Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole a liability
(not paid or fully covered by third-party insurance or effective indemnity) of $25,000,000
(net of any amounts which are covered by insurance or an effective indemnity) or more, and
all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded
pending appeal within 30Β days from the entry thereof; or
Β Β Β Β Β (i) (i)Β Any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason (other than by reason
of the express release thereof in accordance with the terms thereof) to be in full force and
effect or shall be asserted in writing by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor not to be
a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii)Β any security interest
purported to be created by any Security Document and to extend to Collateral that is not
immaterial to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall
cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and
perfected security interest (having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant
Security Document) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the
extent that (x)Β any such loss of perfection or priority results from limitations of foreign
laws, rules and regulations as they apply to pledges of Capital Stock in Foreign
Subsidiaries or the application thereof, or from the failure of the Collateral Agent to
maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged
under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or to file UCC continuation statements, (y)
such loss is covered by a lenderβs title insurance policy and the Administrative Agent shall
be reasonably satisfied with the credit of such insurer or (z)Β any such loss of validity,
perfection or priority is the result of any failure by the Collateral Agent to take any
action necessary to secure the validity, perfection or priority of the liens or (iii)Β the
Guarantees pursuant to the Security Documents by any Loan Party of any of the Obligations
shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms
thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be
legal, valid and binding obligations; or
Β Β Β Β Β (j) (i)Β Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Capital Stock
of the Borrower; or (ii)Β at any time before Holdingsβ or any Parent Companyβs Capital Stock
is traded on a nationally-recognized stock exchange, the Permitted Investors shall cease to
own, directly or indirectly, at least 51% of the Capital Stock of Holdings; or (iii)Β at any
time after Holdingsβ or any Parent Companyβs Capital Stock is traded on a
nationally-recognized stock exchange and for any reason whatsoever, (x)Β a majority of the
Board of Directors of Holdings shall not be
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Continuing Directors or (y)Β the Permitted
Investors shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, at least 35% of the Capital Stock of
Holdings and any other βpersonβ or βgroupβ (within the meaning of RuleΒ 13d-5 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect on the date hereof) shall own a greater amount
(it being understood that if any such person or group includes one or more Permitted
Investors, the shares of Capital Stock of Holdings directly or indirectly owned by the
Permitted Investors that are part of such person or group shall not be treated as being
owned by such person or group for purposes of determining whether this clause (y)Β is
triggered) (any of the foregoing, a βChange of Controlβ);
then, and in any such event, (A)Β if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i)Β or
(ii)Β of paragraph (f)Β above with respect to the 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 shall immediately become due and payable,
and (B)Β if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be
taken: (i)Β 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 Revolving Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Commitments shall
immediately terminate; and (ii)Β 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 to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the
same shall immediately become due and payable. In the case of 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 backstopped 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 then due and owing 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 expressly provided above in this
SectionΒ 8.1 or otherwise in any Loan Document, presentment, demand and protest of any kind are
hereby expressly waived by Holdings and the Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 8.2 Specified Equity Contributions. For purposes of determining compliance with
SectionΒ 7.1 only (and not any other provision of this Agreement, including any such other provision
that utilizes a calculation of Consolidated EBITDA), any equity contribution (other than
Disqualified Capital Stock) made by Holdings or any of the other direct or indirect equityholders
of the Borrower to the Borrower, on or after the Closing Date and on or prior to the day that is 10
Business Days after the day on which financial statements are required to be delivered for such
fiscal quarter pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1 shall, at the request of the
Borrower, be deemed to increase, dollar for dollar, Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal
quarter for the purposes of determining compliance with SectionΒ 7.1 at the end of such fiscal
quarter and applicable subsequent periods (it being understood that each such contribution shall be
effective as to such fiscal quarter for all periods in which such fiscal quarter is included) (any
such equity contribution so included in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA, a βSpecified
Equity Contributionβ); provided that (a)Β in each four fiscal quarter period there shall
be a period of at least three fiscal quarters in which no Specified Equity Contribution is made,
(b)Β the amount of any Specified Equity Contribution shall be no greater than the amount required to
cause the Borrower to be in compliance with SectionΒ 7.1,
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(c)Β no more than four Specified Equity
Contributions may be made in the aggregate prior to the Tranche B Term Loan Maturity Date, (d)
Specified Equity Contributions shall not be included in cash, Cash Equivalents and Permitted Liquid
Investments for purposes of calculating Consolidated Total Leverage and (e)Β all Specified Equity
Contributions shall be disregarded for any purpose under this Agreement other than determining
compliance with SectionΒ 7.1.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If, after the making of the Specified Equity Contribution and the recalculations of
Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Borrower shall then be in compliance
with the requirements of SectionΒ 7.1, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the
requirements of such covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as
though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable Event of
Default that had occurred shall be deemed cured.
SECTION 9. THE AGENTS
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each Agent as
the agent of such Lender under the Loan Documents and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes each
Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the applicable
Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to
such Agent by the terms of the applicable Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this
Agreement, the Agents 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 Agents.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.2 Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may execute any of its duties under the
applicable Loan Documents by or through any of its branches, agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall
be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Neither Agent
shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys in-fact selected
by it with reasonable care.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i)Β 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 Personβs own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii)Β 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 Agents 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 Agents 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.4 Reliance by the Agents. The Agents 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
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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 counsel to
Holdings), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agents. The Agents 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 Agents shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under the applicable
Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or,
if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of any
Facility) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the
Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take any such action. The Agents shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or
in refraining from acting, under the applicable Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the
Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or the Majority Facility
Lenders in respect of any Facility), 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.5 Notice of Default. Neither Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of
the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless such Agent has received written notice
from a Lender, Holdings or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or
Event of Default and stating that such notice is a βnotice of defaultβ. In the event that an Agent
receives such a notice, such Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Agents 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 or the Majority Facility
Lenders in respect of any Facility); provided that unless and until such Agent shall have
received such directions, such 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that
neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act
by any 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 any Agent to any
Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon
any 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 any 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 the applicable 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 Agents hereunder, the Agents 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 that may come into the
possession of either Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact
or affiliates.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent and any Issuing Lender
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 respective Aggregate Exposure
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Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this SectionΒ 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 Aggregate Exposure Percentages
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 that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against such Agent or any Issuing Lender 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 such Agent or any Issuing Lender 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 that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agentβs or any Issuing Lenderβs gross negligence
or willful misconduct. The agreements in this SectionΒ 9.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans
and all other amounts payable hereunder.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each 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
such 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, each Agent shall have the same rights and
powers under the applicable Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it
were not an Agent, and the terms βLenderβ and βLendersβ shall include each Agent in its individual
capacity.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.9 Successor Agents. Any Agent may resign upon 30Β daysβ notice to the Lenders, the
Borrower and the other Agent effective upon appointment of a successor Agent. Upon receipt of any
such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor
agent for the Lenders, which
successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.1(a) or SectionΒ 8.1(f) with
respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval 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 such retiring Agent, and the retiring
Agentβs rights, powers and duties as Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or
deed on the part of such retiring Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of
the Loans. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders with such
consent of the Borrower and shall have accepted such appointment within 30Β days after the retiring
Agentβs giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and
with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint
a successor Agent, that shall be a bank that has an office in New York, New York with a combined
capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000. After any retiring Agentβs resignation as Agent, the
provisions of this SectionΒ 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.10 Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees. The Agents are hereby irrevocably
authorized by each of the Lenders to effect any release or subordination of Liens or Guarantee
Obligations contemplated by SectionΒ 10.15.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 9.11 Documentation Agents and Syndication Agent. Neither the Documentation Agents nor
the Syndication Agents shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in their respective
capacities as such.
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SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.1 Amendments and Waivers. (a)Β Subject to SectionΒ 2.25, 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 SectionΒ 10.1. The Required Lenders and each Loan
Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required
Lenders, the Agents and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time,
(a)Β 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 or obligations of the Agents, the Swingline Lender, the Issuing
Lenders, the Lenders or of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries hereunder or thereunder or (b)
waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Agents 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)Β forgive or reduce the principal amount or
extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, extend the scheduled date or reduce the
amount of any amortization payment in respect of any Term Loan, reduce the stated rate of any
interest, fee or premium payable hereunder (except (A)Β in connection with the waiver of
applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall be effective with
the consent of the Required Lenders) and (B)Β that any amendment or modification of defined terms
used in the financial ratios in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of
interest or fees for purposes of this clause (i)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment
thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lenderβs Commitment, in each
case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; (ii)
amend, modify or waive any provision of paragraph (a)Β of this
SectionΒ 10.1 without the written consent of all Lenders; (iii)Β 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 Guarantors from
their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case without the written
consent of all Lenders (other than to the extent permitted by SectionΒ 7.4); (iv)Β amend, modify or
waive any provision of paragraph (a)Β or (c)Β of SectionΒ 2.18 without the written consent of all
Lenders adversely affected thereby; (v)Β amend, modify or waive any provision of paragraph (b)Β of
SectionΒ 2.18 without the written consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of each
Facility adversely affected thereby; (vi)Β reduce the percentage specified in the definition of
Majority Facility Lenders with respect to any Facility without the written consent of all Lenders
under such Facility; (vii)Β amend, modify or waive any provision of SectionΒ 9 without the written
consent of the Agents; (viii)Β amend, modify or waive any provision of SectionΒ 2.6 or 2.7 with
respect to Swingline Loans without the written consent of the Swingline Lender; (ix)Β amend, modify
or waive any provision of SectionΒ 3 without the written consent of the Issuing Lenders; or (x)
amend the definition of βChange of Controlβ or amend, modify or waive the provisions of Section
8.1(j) without the written consent of Lenders holding more than 66-2/3% of the sum of (x)Β the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and (y)Β the Revolving
Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Revolving
Extensions of Credit then outstanding. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or
modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties,
the Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan
Parties, the Lenders and the Agents 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 unless limited by the terms of such waiver; but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent
thereon.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated)
with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Agents, Holdings and the Borrower (a)Β to add
one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement (it being understood that no Lender
shall have any obligation to provide or to commit to provide all or any portion of any such
additional credit facility) and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding
thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and Revolving Extensions of Credit
and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b)Β to include appropriately, after the
effectiveness of any such amendment (or amendment and restatement), the Lenders holding such credit
facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and Majority Facility Lenders, as
applicable.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the
written consent of the Agents, Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant
Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Term Loans
of any Tranche (βRefinanced Term Loansβ) with a replacement term loan tranche hereunder
(βReplacement Term Loansβ); provided that (a)Β the aggregate principal amount of
such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term
Loans, (b)Β the Applicable Margin for such Replacement Term Loans shall not be higher than the
Applicable Margin for such Refinanced Term Loans, (c)Β the weighted average life to maturity of such
Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of such
Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing and (d)Β all other terms applicable to such
Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders
providing such Replacement Term Loans than, those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except
to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms
applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of the Term Loans in effect
immediately prior to such refinancing.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β Furthermore, notwithstanding the foregoing, if following the Closing Date, the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error
or omission of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to
amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or
consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Loan Document if the same is not objected
to in writing by the Required Lenders within five Business Days following receipt of notice
thereof; it being understood that posting such amendment electronically on IntraLinks/IntraAgency
or another relevant website with notice of such posting by the Administrative Agent to the Required
Lenders shall be deemed adequate receipt of notice of such amendment.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.2 Notices. (a)Β All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective
parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise
expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three
Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy
notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of Holdings, the Borrower, the Agents, and
as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent 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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Holdings:
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Explorer Investor Corporation |
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0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX |
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Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
Β
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Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxxx |
Β
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Telecopy: (000)Β 000-0000 |
Β
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Telephone: (000)Β 000-0000 |
Β |
Β |
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Β
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in each case with a copy to: |
Β |
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Β
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The Carlyle Group |
Β
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0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX |
Β
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Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
Β
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Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxxx |
Β
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Telecopy: (000)Β 000-0000 |
Β
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Telephone: (000)Β 000-0000 |
Β |
Β |
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With a copy to:
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Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP |
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000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 |
Β
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Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx III |
Β
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Telecopy: (000)Β 000-0000 |
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Telephone: (000)Β 000-0000 |
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The Borrower:
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Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
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0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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XxXxxx XX 00000 |
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Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx |
Β
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Telecopy: (000)Β 000-0000 |
Β
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Telephone: (000)Β 000-0000 |
Β |
Β |
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in each case with a copy to: |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β
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The Carlyle Group |
Β
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0000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, XX |
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Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
Β
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Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxxx |
Β
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Telecopy: (000)Β 000-0000 |
Β
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Telephone: (000)Β 000-0000 |
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With a copy to:
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Debevoise & Xxxxxxxx LLP |
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000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 |
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Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx III |
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Telecopy: (000)Β 000-0000 |
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Telephone: (000)Β 000-0000 |
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Agents:
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Credit Suisse |
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Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 |
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Attention: Agency Manager |
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Telecopy: (000)Β 000-0000 |
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Email: xxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxx-xxxxxx.xxx |
provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Agents, the Lenders, Holdings or
the Borrower shall not be effective until received.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by
electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to SectionΒ 2 unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Agents, Holdings or
the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it
hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that
approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in
exercising, on the part of any Agent or any Lender, 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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 and other extensions
of credit hereunder.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification. Except with respect to Taxes which are
addressed in SectionΒ 2.20, the Borrower agrees (a)Β to pay or reimburse each Agent for all of its
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
syndication of the Facilities (other than fees payable to syndicate members) and the development,
preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other
documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith and any amendment, supplement or
modification thereto, and, as to the Agents only, the administration of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
disbursements and other charges of a single firm of counsel to the Agents (plus one firm of special
regulatory counsel and one firm of local counsel per material jurisdiction as may reasonably be
necessary in connection with collateral matters) in connection with all of the foregoing, (b)Β to
pay or reimburse each Lender and each Agent for all their reasonable and documented out-of-pocket
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
documented fees and disbursements of a single firm of counsel and, if necessary, a single firm of
special regulatory counsel and a single firm of local counsel per material jurisdiction as may
reasonably be necessary, for the Agents and the Lenders, taken as a whole, and (c)Β to pay,
indemnify or reimburse each Lender, each Agent, the Documentation Agents, each Issuing Lender, each
Lead Arranger and their respective affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees,
trustees, advisors, agents and controlling Persons (each, an βIndemniteeβ) for, and hold
each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, costs, expenses or disbursements arising out of any actions, judgments or suits
of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of or in connection
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with any claim, action or
proceeding relating to or otherwise 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 Properties and
the fees and disbursements and other charges of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or
proceedings by any Indemnitee against Holdings or the Borrower hereunder (all the foregoing in this
clause (c), collectively, the βIndemnified Liabilitiesβ); provided that, neither
Holdings nor the Borrower shall have any obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to
Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from (i)Β the gross negligence, bad faith or willful
misconduct of such Indemnitee or its Related Persons, (ii)Β a material breach of the Loan Documents
by such Indemnitee or its Related Persons or (iii)Β disputes solely among Indemnitees or their
Related Persons (it being understood that this clause (iii)Β shall not apply to the indemnification
of an Agent or Lead Arranger in a suit involving an Agent or Lead Arranger in its capacity as
such). For purposes hereof, a βRelated Personβ of an Indemnitee means (i)Β if the Indemnitee is any
Agent or any of its affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and
controlling Persons, any of such Agent and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors,
employees, agents and controlling Persons, and (ii)Β if the Indemnitee is any Lender or any of its
affiliates or their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and controlling Persons, any
of such Lender and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and
controlling Persons. All amounts due under this SectionΒ 10.5 shall be payable promptly after
receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to
this SectionΒ 10.5 shall be submitted to the Borrower at the address thereof set forth in Section
10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a
written notice to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this SectionΒ 10.5 shall survive
repayment of the Obligations.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (a)Β 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)Β the Borrower may not 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 without such consent shall be null
and void) and (ii)Β no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder
except in accordance with this SectionΒ 10.6.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b) (i)Β Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may, in
compliance with applicable law, assign (other than to any Disqualified Institution or a natural
person) to one or more assignees (each, an βAssigneeβ), 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
or delayed) of:
Β Β Β Β Β (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 SectionΒ 8.1(a) or 8.1(f) has occurred and is
continuing, any other Person; and
Β Β Β Β Β (B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative
Agent shall be required for an assignment to (x)Β a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an
Approved Fund or (y)Β Holdings, the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection
with a purchase of Term Loans pursuant to SectionΒ 2.11(c); and
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Β Β Β Β Β (C) in the case of an assignment under the Revolving Facility, each Issuing Lender and
the Swingline Lender.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (ii)Β Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:
Β Β Β Β Β (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 Lenderβs
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 (I)Β the date the
Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative
Agent or (II)Β if earlier, the βtrade dateβ (if any) specified in such Assignment and
Assumption) shall not be less than (x) $5,000,000, in the case of the Revolving Facility or
(y) $1,000,000, in the case of the Tranche A Term Facility or the Tranche B Term Facility,
unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that
(1)Β no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section
8.1(a) or 8.1(f) has occurred and is continuing and (2)Β such amounts shall be aggregated in
respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;
Β Β Β Β Β (B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative
Agent an Assignment and Assumption via an electronic settlement system acceptable to the
Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, at the Borrowerβs request, manually) together
with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which fee may be waived or reduced in the
sole discretion of the Administrative Agent); provided that only one such fee shall
be payable in the case of contemporaneous assignments to or by two or more related Approved
Funds; and
Β Β Β Β Β (C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative
Agent an administrative questionnaire and all applicable tax forms; provided that
the provisions of this clause (ii)Β shall not apply to an assignment to Holdings or a
Subsidiary of the Borrower in connection with a purchase of Term Loans pursuant to Section
2.11(c).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β For the purposes of this SectionΒ 10.6, βApproved Fundβ 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 and that is administered or managed by (a)Β a
Lender, (b)Β an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) (i)Β an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that
administers or manages a Lender or (ii)Β an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that is the
investment advisor to a Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be permitted to
make assignments under this Agreement to any Disqualified Institutions.
Β Β Β Β Β (iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below,
from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee
thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement,
and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such
Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in
the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lenderβs rights and
obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall
continue to be subject to the obligations under and entitled to the benefits of Sections
2.19, 2.20, 2.21 and 10.5). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations
under this Agreement that does not comply with this SectionΒ 10.6 shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such
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Lender of a participation in such rights and
obligations in accordance with paragraph (c)Β of this SectionΒ 10.6 (and will be required to
comply therewith).
Β Β Β Β Β (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 Assumption 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 βRegisterβ). Holdings, the
Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the
Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms
hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement (and the entries in the
Register shall be conclusive absent demonstrable error for such purposes), notwithstanding
notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by Holdings, the
Borrower, the Issuing Lenders, the Swingline Lender and any Lender, at any reasonable time
and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
Β Β Β Β Β (v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an
assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assigneeβs completed administrative questionnaire
(unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder) and all applicable tax forms, the
processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b)Β of this SectionΒ 10.6 and any
written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b)Β of this Section, the
Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and promptly 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β (i)Β Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, in
compliance with applicable law, sell participations (other than to any Disqualified Institution) to
one or more banks or other entities (a βParticipantβ), in all or a portion of such
Lenderβs rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments
and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A)Β such Lenderβs obligations under this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B)Β such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other
parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C)Β the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent, the Issuing Lenders, the Swingline Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to deal
solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenderβs 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)Β requires the consent of each Lender directly and
adversely affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of SectionΒ 10.1 and (2)
directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this SectionΒ 10.6, the Borrower
agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of SectionsΒ 2.19, 2.20 and 2.21 (if
such Participant agrees to have related obligations thereunder) to the same extent as if it were a
Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b)Β of this SectionΒ 10.6.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be permitted to sell participations under this
Agreement to any Disqualified Institutions.
Β Β Β Β Β (ii) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section
2.19 or 2.20 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to
the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such
Participant is made with the Borrowerβs prior written consent to such greater amounts. No
Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of SectionΒ 2.20 unless such Participant
complies with SectionΒ 2.20(d) or (e), as (and to the extent) applicable, as if such
Participant were a Lender.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β Any Lender may, without the consent of or notice to the Administrative Agent or the
Borrower, 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 SectionΒ 10.6 shall not apply to any such
pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of
a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any
such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (e)Β The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue
Notes to any Lender requiring the same (in the case of an assignment, following surrender by the
assigning Lender of all Notes representing its assigned interests).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (f)Β The Borrower may prohibit any assignment if it would require the Borrower to make any
filing with any Governmental Authority or qualify any Loan or Note under the laws of any
jurisdiction and the Borrower shall be entitled to request and receive such information and
assurances as it may reasonably request from any Lender or any Assignee to determine whether any
such filing or qualification is required or whether any assignment is otherwise in accordance with
applicable law.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (g)Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, other than pursuant to Section
2.11(c), none of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may acquire by assignment,
participation or otherwise any right to or interest in any of the Commitments or Loans hereunder
(and any such attempted acquisition shall be null and void).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.7 Adjustments; Set-off. (a)Β Except to the extent that this Agreement provides for payments to be allocated to a
particular Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a βBenefited
Lenderβ) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it,
or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by setoff,
pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in SectionΒ 8.1(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 Lenderβs Obligations, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the
other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lenderβs Obligations, or
shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to
cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall
have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the
Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the
Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) after the
expiration of any cure or grace periods, to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount
any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but excluding trust
accounts), 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 affiliate, branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account
of the Borrower. 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.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to
this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page
of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic (i.e., βpdfβ) transmission shall be effective as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed
by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.9 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire
agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter
hereof and thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 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
WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY
APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.12 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally:
Β Β Β Β Β (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 for the Southern
District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;
Β Β Β Β Β (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;
Β Β Β Β Β (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 it at its address set forth in SectionΒ 10.2 or at such other
address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
Β Β Β Β Β (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
Β Β Β Β Β (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 SectionΒ 10.12 any special,
exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.13 Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
Β Β Β Β Β (b) neither the Agents nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to
either of Holdings or the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or
any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Agents and Lenders, on one
hand, and Holdings and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith
is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
Β Β Β Β Β (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
Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.14 Confidentiality. The Agents and the Lenders agree to treat any and all
information, regardless of the medium or form of communication, that is disclosed, provided or
furnished, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of Holdings or any of its affiliates in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby whether furnished before or
after the Closing Date (βConfidential Informationβ), strictly confidential and not to use
Confidential Information for any purpose other than evaluating the Merger Transactions and
negotiating, making available, syndicating and administering this Agreement (the βAgreed
Purposesβ). Without limiting the foregoing, each Agent and each Lender agrees to treat any and
all Confidential Information with adequate means to preserve its confidentiality, and each Agent
and each Lender agrees not to disclose Confidential Information, at any time, in any manner
whatsoever, directly or indirectly, to any other Person whomsoever, except (1)Β to its directors,
officers, employees, counsel, advisors, trustees, affiliates and other representatives
(collectively, the βRepresentativesβ), to the extent necessary to permit such
Representatives to assist in connection with the Agreed Purposes (it being understood that the
Representatives to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such
Confidential Information and instructed to keep such Confidential Information confidential), (2)Β to
any pledgee referred to in SectionΒ 10.6(d) and prospective Lenders and participants in connection
with the syndication (including secondary trading) of the Facilities and Commitments and Loans
hereunder, in each case who are informed of the confidential nature of the information and agree to
observe and be bound by standard confidentiality terms, (3)Β upon the request or demand of any
Governmental Authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over it, (4)Β in response to any
order of any Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of
Law, (5)Β to the extent reasonably required or necessary, in connection with any litigation or
similar proceeding relating to the Facilities, (6)Β that has been publicly disclosed other than in
breach of this SectionΒ 10.14, (7)Β to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any
similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information
about a Lenderβs investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender
or in connection with examinations or audits of such Lender or (8)Β to the extent reasonably
required or necessary, in connection with the exercise of any remedy under the Loan Documents.
Each Agent and each Lender acknowledges that (i)Β Confidential Information includes information that
is not otherwise publicly available and that such non-public information may constitute
confidential business information which is proprietary to the Borrower and (ii)Β the Borrower has
advised the Agents and the Lenders that it is relying on the Confidential Information for its
success and would not disclose the Confidential Information to the Agents and the Lenders without
the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement. All information, including requests for waivers
and amendments, furnished by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course
of administering, this Agreement will be syndicate-
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level information, which may contain material
non-public information about the Borrower and its Affiliates and their related parties or their
respective securities. Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Borrower and the Administrative
Agent that it has identified in its administrative questionnaire a credit contact who may receive
information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance
procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.15 Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens. (a)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, upon
request of the Borrower in connection with any Disposition of Property permitted by the
Loan Documents, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any
Lender, or any affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash
Management Obligations or contingent or indemnification obligations not then due) take such actions
as shall be required to release its security interest in any Collateral being Disposed of in such
Disposition, and to release any Guarantee Obligations under any Loan Document of any Person being
Disposed of in such Disposition, to the extent necessary to permit consummation of such Disposition
in accordance with the Loan Documents. Any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any
Loan Document relating to any such Property so Disposed of (other than Property Disposed of to the
Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall no longer be deemed to be repeated once such
Property is so Disposed of.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Loan Document, when
all Obligations (other than (x)Β obligations in respect of any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash
Management Obligations and (y)Β any contingent or indemnification obligations not then due) have
been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be
outstanding that is not cash collateralized or backstopped, upon request of Holdings or the
Borrower, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any
affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement or documentation in
respect of Cash Management Obligations) take such actions as shall be required to release its
security interest in all Collateral, and to release all Guarantee Obligations under any Loan
Document, whether or not on the date of such release there may be outstanding Obligations in
respect of Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Obligations or contingent or
indemnification obligations not then due. Any such release of Guarantee Obligations shall be
deemed subject to the provision that such Guarantee Obligations shall be reinstated if after such
release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be
rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution,
liquidation or reorganization of the 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
Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its Property, or otherwise, all as though such
payment had not been made.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document,
upon request of Holdings or the Borrower in connection with any Liens permitted by the Loan
Documents, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender) take
such actions as shall be required to subordinate the Lien on any Collateral to any Lien permitted
under SectionΒ 7.3.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.16 Accounting Changes. In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined below)
shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial ratios,
standards or terms in this Agreement, 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 Borrowerβs
financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes
had not been
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made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by
the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial ratios, standards
and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting
Changes had not occurred. βAccounting Changesβ refers to changes in accounting principles
required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial
Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if
applicable, the SEC.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.17 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE AGENTS 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.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.18 USA PATRIOT ACT. Each Lender hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to
the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Publ. 107-56 (signed into law OctoberΒ 26,
2001)) (the βActβ), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies
the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other
information that will allow such Lender to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the Act.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 10.19 Effect of Certain Inaccuracies. In the event that any financial statement
delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1(a) or (b)Β or any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to
SectionΒ 6.2(b) is inaccurate, and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application
of a higher Applicable Margin or Applicable Commitment Fee Rate for any period (an βApplicable
Periodβ) than the Applicable Margin or Applicable Commitment Fee Rate for such Applicable Period,
then (i)Β promptly following the correction of such financial statement by the Borrower, the
Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected financial statement and a corrected
Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period, (ii)Β the Applicable Margin and Applicable
Commitment Fee Rate for the twelve month period preceding the delivery of such corrected financial
statement and Compliance Certificate shall be determined based on the corrected Compliance
Certificate for such Applicable Period and (iii)Β the Borrower shall promptly pay to the
Administrative Agent the accrued additional interest or commitment fees owing as a result of such
increased Applicable Margin or Applicable Commitment Fee Rate for such twelve month period. This
SectionΒ 10.19 shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder,
including under SectionΒ 8.1.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Agreement to
be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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EXPLORER INVESTOR CORPORATION,
as Holdings
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By:Β Β |
/s/
Xxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Name:Β Β |
Xxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Title:Β Β |
Vice President |
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EXPLORER MERGER SUB CORPORATION,
as Initial Borrower
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By:Β Β |
/s/
Xxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Name:Β Β |
Xxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Title:Β Β |
Vice President |
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BOOZ XXXXX XXXXXXXX INC.,
as Surviving Borrower
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By:Β Β |
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Title:Β Β |
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
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By:Β Β |
/s/
XX Xxxxxxx |
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Name:Β Β |
XX Xxxxxxx |
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Title:Β Β |
Secretary |
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CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Issuing
Lender, Swingline Lender and a Lender
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By:Β Β |
/s/
Xxxx X. Toronto |
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxx X. Toronto |
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Title:Β Β |
Director |
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By:Β Β |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title:Β Β |
Associate |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent and a Lender
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By:Β Β |
/s/
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Title:Β Β |
Managing Director |
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XXXXXX BROTHERS COMMERCIAL BANK,
as a Lender and Documentation Agent
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By:Β Β |
/s/
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx |
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxx |
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Title:Β Β |
Operations Officer |
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C.I.T. LEASING CORPORATION,
as Documentation Agent
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By:Β Β |
/s/
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx |
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Title:Β Β |
Director |
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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Lender and Documentation Agent
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By:Β Β |
/s/
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Title:Β Β |
General Manager |
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION,
as Lender
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By:Β Β |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxxx X. XxxxxxxΒ |
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Title:Β Β |
Duly Authorized SignatoryΒ |
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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as Lender
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By:Β Β |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxx
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxxx X. XxxxΒ |
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Title:Β Β |
Managing DirectorΒ |
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BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ
TRUST COMPANY,
as Lender
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By:Β Β |
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxxxx XxxxxxxΒ |
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Title:Β Β |
Vice PresidentΒ |
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NATIXIS,
as Lender
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By:Β Β |
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XXΒ |
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Title:Β Β |
DirectorΒ |
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By:Β Β |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxxx XxxxΒ |
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Title:Β Β |
Managing DirectorΒ |
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CIT BANK,
as Lender
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By:Β Β |
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxxx XxxxxxxΒ |
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Title:Β Β |
Authorized SignatoryΒ |
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CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Lender
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By:Β Β |
/s/ X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name:Β Β |
X. XxxxxxxxΒ |
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Title:Β Β |
Managing DirectorΒ |
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By:Β Β |
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:Β Β |
Xxxxx XxxxxxxxxΒ |
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Title:Β Β |
DirectorΒ |
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SCHEDULES
to
among
EXPLORER INVESTOR CORPORATION,
EXPLORER MERGER SUB CORPORATION,
as the Initial Borrower,
BOOZ XXXXX XXXXXXXX INC.,
as the Surviving Borrower,
The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,
CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Syndication Agent,
XXXXXX BROTHERS COMMERICAL BANK,
C.I.T. LEASING CORPORATION and
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Documentation Agents.
and
CREDIT SUISSE,
as Issuing Lender
Dated as of JulyΒ 31, 0000
Β
XXXX XX XXXXXXX SECURITIES, LLC,
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA)Β LLC,
XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.
and
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners
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1Β Β Β Capitalized terms used but not defined in
this Disclosure Schedule shall have the meanings assigned in the Credit
Agreement |
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ScheduleΒ 1.1
to Credit Agreement
Excluded Subsidiaries
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
Β
ScheduleΒ 2.1
to Credit Agreement
Commitments
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Revolving |
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Tranche A Term |
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Tranche B Term |
Lender |
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Commitment |
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Commitment |
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Commitment |
Credit Suisse
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$ |
21,250,000.00 |
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Β |
$ |
6,666,666.67 |
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$ |
355,333,333.34 |
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Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank
|
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$ |
21,250,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
3,333,333.33 |
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Β |
$ |
177,666,666.66 |
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Bank of America, N.A.
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$ |
21,250,000.00 |
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β |
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β |
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
|
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$ |
21,250,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
20,000,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
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β |
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CIT Bank
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$ |
15,000,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
20,000,000.00 |
Β |
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β |
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Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Trust Company
|
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β |
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$ |
20,000,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
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β |
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Calyon New York Branch
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β |
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$ |
35,000,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
5,000,000.00 |
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General Electric Capital Corporation
|
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Β |
β |
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Β |
$ |
5,000,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
25,000,000.00 |
Β |
Natixis
|
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Β |
β |
Β |
Β |
$ |
3,000,000.00 |
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Β |
$ |
12,000,000.00 |
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The Bank of Nova Scotia
|
Β |
Β |
β |
Β |
Β |
$ |
12,000,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
10,000,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
Total
|
Β |
$ |
100,000,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
125,000,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
585,000,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
Β
ScheduleΒ 4.3
to Credit Agreement
Existence; Compliance with Law
Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation Inc. is not in good standing due to New York State franchise tax
returns missing and franchise tax payments past due for the following periods: 9/30/1989 and
10/31/2002 including 9/30/2002, 9/30/2003 and 3/31/2006 MTA Surcharge Reports.
Β
ScheduleΒ 4.4
to Credit Agreement
Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
Government Approvals:
None.
Consents:
None.
Β
ScheduleΒ 4.6
to Credit Agreement
Litigation
None.
Β
ScheduleΒ 4.8A
to Credit Agreement
Excepted Property
None.
Β
ScheduleΒ 4.8B
to Credit Agreement
Owned Real Property
None.
Leased Real Property
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ZIP |
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Commencement/ |
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Expiry |
OFFICE |
Β |
ADDRESS |
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LOCATION |
Β |
CODE |
Β |
Renewal Date |
Β |
Date |
EXEC XXXXX 0 |
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0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, 215 β 218 |
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Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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12/1/2006, 10/1/2007 |
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9/30/2008 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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3/6/2007 |
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7/31/2012 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, 200 & 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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5/19/1999 |
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9/30/2009 |
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XXXXXX |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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1/1/2006 |
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12/31/2015 |
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XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
Β |
6/1/1994, 4/1/2007 |
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3/31/2011 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
10/10/2003 |
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10/31/2008 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx (00xx Xx) |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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11/14/2002 |
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11/30/2009 |
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XXXXXX |
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0000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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10/1/1995 |
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12/31/2010 |
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XXXXXX |
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0000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 (0xx Xx) |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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11/14/2001, 2/20/2007 |
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11/30/2011 |
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XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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2/1/1994, 1/1/2007 |
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12/31/2011 |
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DUPLICATE |
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0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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9/1/1998, 1/1/2007 |
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12/31/2011 |
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XXXXXX |
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00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
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Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx |
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Β |
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1/1/2007 |
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12/31/2008 |
Β |
XXXXXX 0 |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
7/1/1999, 7/1/2004 |
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6/30/2012 |
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ZIP |
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Commencement/ |
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Expiry |
OFFICE |
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ADDRESS |
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LOCATION |
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CODE |
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Renewal Date |
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Date |
APARTMENT 3, 1 |
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J. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00 |
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Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx |
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Β |
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9/1/2006 |
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11/30/2008 |
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DIRECT CHARGE β Storage |
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000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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6/18/1997, 5/25/2005 |
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M-T-M |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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6/1/1996, 6/6/2007 |
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9/30/2010 |
Β |
XXXXXX 0 |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxx, XX |
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Β |
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4/1/2006 |
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3/31/2013 |
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EXPANSION SPACE |
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0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Belcamp, MD |
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Β |
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4/1/2008 |
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3/31/2013 |
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XXXXX XXXXXX |
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00, Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx |
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9/1/2006 |
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1st floor: 9/30/2010; 2nd floor: 9/30/2008 |
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USAID OFFICE |
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00, Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx |
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3/1/2008 |
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2/28/2011 |
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OFFICE |
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00 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx and 0xx Xxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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3/1/2000 |
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2/28/2010 |
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STORAGE |
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00 Xxxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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6/15/2000 |
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2/28/2010 |
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EXEC XXXXX |
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00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx xxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
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0000 |
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8/1/2006, 1/1/2008 |
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12/31/2008 |
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XXXXXX |
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00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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4/1/2001, 4/1/2008 |
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3/31/2013 |
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OFFICE |
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Ashley Center, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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9/1/2002, 9/1/2007 |
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8/31/2012 |
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XXXXXX |
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0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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2/12/2007 |
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2/28/2012 |
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DIRECT CHARGE 1 |
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0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, 0xx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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12/15/2004, 10/1/2007 |
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8/31/2008 |
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OFFICE |
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000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx (Plaza of the Rockies) (9th fl) |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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10/28/2002, 5/1/2004 |
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4/30/2009 |
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DUPLICATE |
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000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx (Plaza of the Rockies) 11th Fl |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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12/18/2006 |
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12/31/2011 |
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DUPLICATE |
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000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx (Plaza of the Rockies) (10th fl) |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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10/1/2003 |
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5/31/2014 |
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DIRECT CHARGE / License
Agreement |
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0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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9/1/2007 |
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M-T-M |
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ZIP |
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Commencement/ |
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Expiry |
OFFICE |
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ADDRESS |
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LOCATION |
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CODE |
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Renewal Date |
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Date |
OFFICE 1 |
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0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxx, XX (Kettering) |
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45420 |
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12/1/2002, 2/1/2008 |
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11/30/2012 |
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Direct Charge |
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00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
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Xxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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9/1/2006 |
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M-T-M |
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EXECUTIVE XXXXX |
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0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
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Xxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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5/13/2008 |
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9/30/2008 |
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XXXXXX |
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000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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7/9/1993, 5/1/2004 |
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4/30/2009 |
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DUPLICATE |
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000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx X |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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10/20/2006 |
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4/30/2009 |
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DIRECT CHARGE / License
Agreement 5 |
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0000 X. Xx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
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Xx Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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10/1/2004, 10/1/2007 |
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9/30/2010 |
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XXXXXX 0 |
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0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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4/1/1998, 4/1/2002, 4/1/2007 |
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6/30/2009 |
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DIRECT CHARGE β Storage |
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Skyline 3, 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx |
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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9/1/2001 |
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6/14/2009 |
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DIRECT CHARGE β Storage |
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Skyline 5, 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, X000 |
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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9/1/2001 |
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6/14/2009 |
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XXXXXX |
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0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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1/1/2001 |
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12/31/2010 |
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EXECUTIVE SUITE |
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0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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7/14/2008 |
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7/31/2009 |
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OFFICE |
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0000 XXX Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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9/22/1997, 10/1/2007 |
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9/30/2010 |
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XXXXXX 0 |
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0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx X&X |
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Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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10/15/1998, 10/1/2007 |
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9/30/2008 |
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XXXXXX |
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00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx |
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Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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7/19/2004 |
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12/31/2015 |
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DUPLICATE 1, 2 |
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000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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8/7/2000, 4/22/2003, 6/6/2008 |
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8/31/2009 |
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XXXXXX |
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000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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3/1/2005 |
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8/31/2009 |
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XXXXXX |
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0000 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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4/1/1992, 4/1/2008 |
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8/31/2008 (negotiating 1-yr. extension) |
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ZIP |
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Commencement/ |
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Expiry |
OFFICE |
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ADDRESS |
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LOCATION |
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CODE |
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Renewal Date |
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Date |
OFFICE9 |
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0000 Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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4/1/2007, 4/1/2008 |
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0/00/0000 |
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XXXXXX |
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Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, 0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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10/24/2003, 2/1/2007 |
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1/31/2012 |
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EXEC XXXXX |
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0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
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Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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9/1/2006, 6/14/2007 |
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7/31/2009 |
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OFFICE |
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7th Floor, Menara BDN, JI. X.X. Xxxxxxx Xx. 0, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx |
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00000 |
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12/1/2006 |
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9/30/2009 |
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XXXXXX |
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0 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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10/15/2005 |
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10/31/2010 |
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EXEC SUITE |
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0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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2/1/2007, 2/1/2008 |
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1/31/2009 |
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OFFICE |
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00X/X Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx |
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Xxxx, Xxxxxxx |
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4/1/2007 |
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12/9/2008 |
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OFFICE |
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0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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4/13/2004, 5/1/2007 |
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4/30/2010 |
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OFFICE 7 |
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The Xxxxxxxxx Bldg., 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xx. |
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Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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7/1/2001, 7/22/2005, 9/1/2007 |
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7/31/2010 |
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XXXXXX |
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00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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10/1/1991 |
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9/30/2008 |
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DUPLICATE |
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00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx #0 |
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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12/1/1998 |
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9/30/2008 |
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TEMP XXXXXX |
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00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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9/15/2006 |
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9/30/2008 |
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Sublease 1 office |
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00000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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1/1/2007 |
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M-T-M |
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DUPLICATE |
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000 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx II |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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8/26/1996 |
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9/30/2008 |
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XXXXXX |
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000 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx XX |
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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9/1/2003 |
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9/30/2008 |
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OFFICE |
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000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx (XXXXX) |
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Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
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4/15/08 |
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4/30/2009 |
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DUPLICATE |
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0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
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Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
9/28/92, 10/1/07 |
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7/31/2009 |
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XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx |
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Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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7/13/04 |
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7/31/2009 |
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XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
Β |
XxXxxx, XX |
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00000 |
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1/1/1992 |
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12/31/2010 |
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XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
Β |
XxXxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
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6/4/1993 |
Β |
12/31/2010 |
Β |
DUPLICATE |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
Β |
XxXxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
5/1/2004 |
Β |
12/31/2010 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
Β |
XxXxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
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1/21/1996 |
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1/31/2011 |
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ZIP |
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Commencement/ |
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Expiry |
OFFICE |
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ADDRESS |
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LOCATION |
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CODE |
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Renewal Date |
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Date |
XXXXXX |
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0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
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XxXxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
1/2/2000 |
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1/31/2012 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
Β |
XxXxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
4/2/2002 |
Β |
6/30/2014 |
Β |
EXEC XXXXX |
Β |
0000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx X-000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
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07/12/05 |
Β |
12/31/2008 |
Β |
EXEC XXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
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7/1/2006 |
Β |
6/30/2009 |
Β |
EXEC XXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
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8/1/2007 |
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7/31/2009 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
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3/1/2005 |
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5/31/2010 |
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OFFICE |
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Xxxxxx 00, Xxxxxxxx 0, Xxxxxxxx 0 Xxxxx 0/0, Xxxβshaya Dmitrovka Street |
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Moscow, Russia |
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12 |
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4/1/2004 |
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3/31/2009 |
Β |
OFFICE1, 2 |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
3/31/2002, 3/21/2007 |
Β |
3/31/2009 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
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6/20/1996, 7/1/2006 |
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6/30/2009 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxβs Xxxx Xxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
11/1/1998, 11/1/2007 |
Β |
10/31/2010 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
Xxxx Xxxx XX, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx β 1st, 3rd, 4th floors |
Β |
Xxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
4/1/2002 |
Β |
4/30/2010 |
Β |
DIRECT CHARGE1 or 6 |
Β |
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
10/1/2007 |
Β |
7/31/2008 |
Β |
XXXXXX 0 |
Β |
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx X |
Β |
XβXxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
12/6/2007 |
Β |
12/5/2012 |
Β |
XXXXXX 0 |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
Β |
Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
4/1/2003, 4/15/2008 |
Β |
6/30/2010 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
8/29/07 |
Β |
8/28/2012 |
Β |
EXEC SUITE |
Β |
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx β 00xx Xxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
10/1/2005, 4/1/2007 |
Β |
6/30/2008 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
00000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
12/1/1999, 6/1/2004 |
Β |
11/30/2009 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx |
Β |
Xxxx Xxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
5/7/2008 |
Β |
5/6/2013 |
Β |
OFFICE |
Β |
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
3/28/2005 |
Β |
1/31/2011 |
Β
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
ZIP |
Β |
Commencement/ |
Β |
Expiry |
OFFICE |
Β |
ADDRESS |
Β |
LOCATION |
Β |
CODE |
Β |
Renewal Date |
Β |
Date |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
11/8/1999, 11/1/2004 |
Β |
3/31/2010 |
Β |
DIRECT CHARGE |
Β |
Pueblo Union Depot, 000 Xxxx X Xxxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
11/7/2005, 1/1/2008 |
Β |
12/31/2008 |
Β |
LICENSE AGREEMENT (for one
person in ACWA Public
Outreach Office) |
Β |
000 Xxxx X Xxxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
11/7/2005 |
Β |
M-T-M |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000-X X. Xxxxxx Xxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
12/1/2006 |
Β |
11/30/2009 |
Β |
DIRECT CHARGE |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx #0 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
1/5/2006 |
Β |
12/31/2008 |
Β |
License Agreement |
Β |
000 X Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
12/1/2006 |
Β |
2/29/2009 |
Β |
OFFICE |
Β |
Rock Island Arsenal, Building 62, Ground Floor, West Wing |
Β |
Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
4/27/2007 |
Β |
7/31/2008 |
Β |
XXXXXX 0 |
Β |
00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
10/2/1998, 8/1/2006 |
Β |
7/31/2008 |
Β |
XXXXXX 0 |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
5/14/1999, 6/1/2001, 8/1/2006 |
Β |
7/31/2008 |
Β |
XXXXXX 0, 0 |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxx. |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
2/15/08 |
Β |
10/31/2015 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
3/15/2003 |
Β |
3/31/2013 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
000 Xxxxx Xxxx |
Β |
Xxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
7/1/2008 |
Β |
6/30/2013 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
5/10/2005 |
Β |
6/30/2010 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
9/1/2001, 1/13/2005 |
Β |
1/12/2010 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
000 X. Xx. Xxxxβx Xx., Xxxxx 000 (Riverwalk Plaza) |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
10/28/2002 |
Β |
7/31/2011 |
Β |
DUPLICATE |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
2/17/2004 |
Β |
5/31/2009 |
Β |
DUPLICATE |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 & 000 |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
7/20/2006 |
Β |
7/31/2011 |
Β |
DUPLICATE |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 (w/1010 &300) |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
9/1/1996, 1/12/2006 |
Β |
5/31/2012 |
Β |
DUPLICATE |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 (w/800 & 000 |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
12/16/98, 1/12/2006 |
Β |
5/31/2012 |
Β
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
ZIP |
Β |
Commencement/ |
Β |
Expiry |
OFFICE |
Β |
ADDRESS |
Β |
LOCATION |
Β |
CODE |
Β |
Renewal Date |
Β |
Date |
DUPLICATE |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 (w/800 & 1010) |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
6/10/2000, 1/12/2006 |
Β |
5/31/2012 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxx Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
3/1/2002, 5/12/2007 |
Β |
5/11/2010 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000-0000 |
Β |
12/15/1994 |
Β |
1/21/2014 |
Β |
EXEC XXXXX |
Β |
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, 739, 741 & 748 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
2/1/2008 |
Β |
1/31/2009 |
Β |
EXEC SUITE 4 |
Β |
000 Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
9/1/2007 |
Β |
8/31/2012 |
Β |
License Agreement |
Β |
000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0X |
Β |
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
11/1/2007 |
Β |
10/31/2008 |
Β |
XXXXXX 0 |
Β |
0/0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xx |
Β |
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx |
Β |
Β |
Β |
11/20/2006 |
Β |
9/28/2011 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
7/16/2001, 8/1/2006 |
Β |
7/31/2011 |
Β |
DIRECT CHARGE |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
6/1/2005 |
Β |
5/31/2010 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, 000 |
Β |
Xxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
12/1/1992, 10/1/2006 |
Β |
9/30/2009 |
Β |
EXEC XXXXX |
Β |
0 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xx. |
Β |
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx |
Β |
0000 |
Β |
4/20/2006 |
Β |
1/20/2009 |
Β |
XXXXXX 0 |
Β |
0000 000 Xxxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
3/26/2007 |
Β |
3/31/2012 |
Β |
EXEC SUITE1 |
Β |
000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
5/1/2007, 10/31/2007, [To be fully executed] |
Β |
4/30/2009 |
Β |
SUBLEASE |
Β |
East Columbia Square, 000 00xx Xxxxxx X.X., Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
5/1/1998, 1/1/2006 |
Β |
2/28/2009 |
Β |
SUBLEASE |
Β |
000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X. |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
8/22/2003 |
Β |
1/31/2012 (lease) 1/30/2012 (sublease) |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
0000 X Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
11/12/2001, 12/1/2006 |
Β |
11/30/2009 |
Β |
XXXXXX |
Β |
000 XβXxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, X.X. Xxxxx 0000 |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
11/19/2004 |
Β |
11/30/2009 |
Β |
DIRECT CHARGE |
Β |
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx |
Β |
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX |
Β |
00000 |
Β |
4/19/2007 |
Β |
4/27/2010 |
Β
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
ZIP |
Β |
Commencement/ |
Β |
Expiry |
OFFICE |
Β |
ADDRESS |
Β |
LOCATION |
Β |
CODE |
Β |
Renewal Date |
Β |
Date |
OFFICE |
Β |
Dragon Hill Lodge, Bldg 40508, South Post, Yongson |
Β |
Seoul, South Korea |
Β |
Β |
Β |
4/1/08 |
Β |
3/31/09 |
Note: 1: Lease Renewal/Extension; 2: Waiting for signed Lease; 3: Mail Drop or Apartment; 4:
New Office; 5: Temp Office; 6: Closing Office; 7: Expansion; 8: Renovation; 9: Relocating
Β
ScheduleΒ 4.14
to Credit Agreement
Subsidiaries
(a)Β Subsidiaries β All Subsidiaries, other than Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Intellectual Property Holdings,
LLC, are restricted on the Closing Date.
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Jurisdiction of |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Class of Equity |
Β |
Percent |
Entity |
Β |
Incorporation |
Β |
Parent |
Β |
Interest |
Β |
Held |
Aestix, Inc. |
Β |
Delaware |
Β |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
Β |
Common Stock |
Β |
100% |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Preferred Stock |
Β |
100% |
ASE, Inc. |
Β |
Delaware |
Β |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
Β |
Common Stock |
Β |
100% |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC |
Β |
Delaware |
Β |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
Β |
Class A Member Interest |
Β |
100% of Class A Member Interests |
Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation Inc. |
Β |
New York |
Β |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
Β |
Common Stock |
Β |
100% |
Aestix (UK)Β Ltd. |
Β |
United Kingdom |
Β |
Aestix, Inc. |
Β |
Ordinary Shares |
Β |
100% |
(b)Β Outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or
commitments (other than stock options granted to officers, employees or directors and directorsβ
qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock the Borrower or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries:
None.
Β
Β
ScheduleΒ 4.17
to Credit Agreement
U.C.C. Filing Jurisdictions
Β |
Β |
Β |
Entity Name |
Β |
Office |
ASE, Inc. |
Β |
Delaware Secretary of State |
Β |
Β |
Department of Corporations |
Β |
Β |
Uniform Commercial Code Division |
Β |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Β |
Β |
Xxxxx, XX 00000 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Aestix, Inc. |
Β |
Delaware Secretary of State |
Β |
Β |
Department of Corporations |
Β |
Β |
Uniform Commercial Code Division |
Β |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Β |
Β |
Xxxxx, XX 00000 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
Β |
Delaware Secretary of State |
Β |
Β |
Department of Corporations |
Β |
Β |
Uniform Commercial Code Division |
Β |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Β |
Β |
Xxxxx, XX 00000 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation Inc. |
Β |
The Division of Corporations, State |
Β |
Β |
Records and Uniform Commercial Code |
Β |
Β |
One Commerce Plaza |
Β |
Β |
00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 |
Β |
Β |
Xxxxxx, XX 00000 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Explorer Investor Corporation |
Β |
Delaware Secretary of State |
Β |
Β |
Department of Corporations |
Β |
Β |
Uniform Commercial Code Division |
Β |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Β |
Β |
Xxxxx, XX 00000 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Explorer Merger Sub Corporation |
Β |
Delaware Secretary of State |
Β |
Β |
Department of Corporations |
Β |
Β |
Uniform Commercial Code Division |
Β |
Β |
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
Β |
Β |
Xxxxx, XX 00000 |
Β
Β
ScheduleΒ 6.10
to Credit Agreement
Post-Closing Undertakings
Evidence that Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation Inc. is in good standing with the New York State Department
of Taxation and Finance to be delivered to Administrative Agent no later than 60Β days following the
Closing Date.
Β
Β
ScheduleΒ 7.2(d)
To Credit Agreement
Existing Indebtedness
Β |
Β |
Outstanding Letters of Credit |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Issuing Lender |
Β |
Reference # |
Β |
Beneficiary |
Β |
Issue Date |
Β |
Expiry Date |
Β |
Currency |
Β |
USD Amount |
Citibank |
Β |
NY-00000000 Lease |
Β |
Citibank International (London)βMoscow Lease |
Β |
04/19/05 |
Β |
10/31/09 |
Β |
USD |
Β |
$ |
62,675.00 |
Β |
Citibank |
Β |
NY-00000000 Bid Bond |
Β |
Citibank, RomaniaβMinistry fro Small and Medium Size Enterprises |
Β |
04/23/08 |
Β |
Expires Citibank Romania 12/30/08; Expires Citibank New York 01/31/09 |
Β |
LEI |
Β |
$ |
7,094.23 |
Β |
Citibank |
Β |
NY-00000000 Performance |
Β |
Citibank UAEβGHQ Armed Forces |
Β |
07/05/07 |
Β |
Expires Citibank UAE 07/31/17; Expires Citibank New York 08/31/17 |
Β |
AED |
Β |
$ |
82,719.00 |
Β |
Citibank |
Β |
NY-00000000 Performance |
Β |
Citibank EgyptβFast Missile Craft |
Β |
12/11/07 |
Β |
10/01/08 |
Β |
USD |
Β |
$ |
150,000.00 |
Β |
XX Xxxxxx Xxxxx Manhattan Bank |
Β |
T-247850 Financial |
Β |
ACEβWorkersβ Comp Guarantee |
Β |
04/28/04 |
Β |
Open-Ended |
Β |
USD |
Β |
$ |
845,585.00 |
Β |
Β
Β
ScheduleΒ 7.3(f)
to Credit Agreement
Existing Liens
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Secured |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Original |
Β |
Original |
Debtor |
Β |
Jurisdiction |
Β |
Filing |
Β |
Party |
Β |
Collateral |
Β |
File Date |
Β |
File No. |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
Β |
Delaware Secretary of State |
Β |
UCC Continuation |
Β |
BLC Corporation |
Β |
Leased equipment |
Β |
02/09/06 |
Β |
60494369 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
Β |
Delaware Secretary of State |
Β |
UCC Continuation |
Β |
BLC Corporation |
Β |
Leased equipment |
Β |
01/03/07 |
Β |
70024322 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
Β |
Delaware Secretary of State |
Β |
UCC Continuation |
Β |
Financial Leasing Corporation |
Β |
Leased equipment |
Β |
01/03/07 |
Β |
70024199 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
Β |
Delaware Secretary of State |
Β |
UCC Continuation |
Β |
BLC Corporation |
Β |
Leased equipment |
Β |
09/18/07 |
Β |
73516696 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. |
Β |
Delaware Secretary of State |
Β |
UCC-1 |
Β |
XxXxxxx Rentcorp and TRS-Rentelco |
Β |
Leased equipment |
Β |
07/11/08 |
Β |
20082384954 |
Liens of Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation Inc. arising from New York State franchise tax returns
missing and franchise tax payments past due for the following periods: 9/30/1989 and 10/31/2002
including 9/30/2002, 9/30/2003 and 3/31/2006 MTA Surcharge Reports.
The patent application for βApparatus, method and computer readable medium for evaluating a network
of entities and assetsβ has not yet been assigned to Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. An assignment to
Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. will be filed within 30Β days after the date hereof.
Β
Β
ScheduleΒ 7.7
to Credit Agreement
Existing Investments
Wholly-Owned Unrestricted Subsidiaries: Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
Fee for Equity:
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Net |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Asset |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Number of |
Company Name |
Β |
Cost Basis |
Β |
Reserve |
Β |
Value |
Β |
Class of Equity Interests |
Β |
Interests |
Vocatus |
Β |
$ |
152,722.80 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(152,722.80 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Undetermined |
Β |
Β |
5,916.00 |
Β |
Dotphone Company |
Β |
$ |
66,960.60 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(66,960.60 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
B Ordinary |
Β |
Β |
26,100.00 |
Β |
Sharemax I (1) |
Β |
$ |
629,615.10 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(629,615.10 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Common Stock 5/22/00 |
Β |
Β |
251,776.80 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Series C Preferred 1/29/01 |
Β |
Β |
2,037,598.20 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Common Stock 1/31/01 |
Β |
Β |
283,248.90 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Common Stock 1/31/01 |
Β |
Β |
509,399.40 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Series C Preferred 1/31/01 |
Β |
Β |
5,784,061.80 |
Β |
Sharemax II |
Β |
$ |
161,040.00 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(161,040.00 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
See above |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Sharemax PH II |
Β |
$ |
270,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(270,000.00 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
See above |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Greyhound |
Β |
$ |
300,523.20 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(300,523.20 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Preferred Stock |
Β |
Β |
226,752.60 |
Β |
Transportmax (2) |
Β |
$ |
1,500,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(1,500,000.00 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
N.A. |
Β |
Β |
N.A. |
Β |
Clearforest |
Β |
$ |
59,441.40 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(59,441.40 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Series B3 Preferred |
Β |
Β |
56,341.80 |
Β |
Xxxxxx |
Β |
$ |
8,949.60 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(8,949.60 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Options on Common Stock Expires 2/9/2010 |
Β |
Β |
1,800.00 |
Β |
Schema |
Β |
$ |
36,405.00 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(36,405.00 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Ordinary Shares |
Β |
Β |
10,638.00 |
Β |
Quentra |
Β |
$ |
75,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(75,000.00 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Common Stock |
Β |
Β |
11,242.50 |
Β |
Oceanconnect |
Β |
$ |
180,661.50 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(180,661.50 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Common Stock |
Β |
Β |
60,000.00 |
Β |
Cci (Convergence Communications, Inc.) |
Β |
$ |
36,000.00 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(36,000.00 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Eutex |
Β |
$ |
409,257.60 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(409,257.60 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Common Stock |
Β |
Β |
5,638.50 |
Β |
Eyematic PH I and II |
Β |
$ |
142,070.40 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
(142,070.40 |
) |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
Series C Preferred |
Β |
Β |
70,406.70 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Warrants (Expiry 5/20/2012 or five years after IPO) |
Β |
Β |
34,265.70 |
Β |
Β
Β
Minority Equity:
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Net Asset |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Number of |
Company Name |
Β |
Cost Basis |
Β |
Reserve |
Β |
Value |
Β |
Class of Equity Interests |
Β |
Interests |
Panthea |
Β |
$ |
1,205,920 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
(1,080,000 |
) |
Β |
$ |
125,920 |
Β |
Β |
Series A |
Β |
Β |
228,021.00 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
|
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Series B |
Β |
Β |
443,979.00 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Logispring |
Β |
$ |
851,281 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
0 |
Β |
Β |
$ |
851,281 |
Β |
Β |
Preferred B Shares |
Β |
Β |
7.50 |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Β |
Common B Shares |
Β |
Β |
1,500.00 |
Β |
|
|
|
(1) |
Β |
Shares represent amounts for all Sharemax tranches |
Β |
(2) |
Β |
Not Applicable β Not a Minority Equity Stake |
Β
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ScheduleΒ 7.12
to Credit Agreement
Existing Negative Pledge Clauses
None.
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EXECUTION COPY
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
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made by
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EXPLORER INVESTOR CORPORATION,
EXPLORER MERGER SUB CORPORATION,
as the Initial Borrower,
BOOZ XXXXX XXXXXXXX INC.,
as the Surviving Borrower,
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and the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto
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in favor of
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CREDIT SUISSE,
as Collateral Agent
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Dated as of ____ __, 20__
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1.
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DEFINED TERMS
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1.1Β Β
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Definitions
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1.2Β Β
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Other Definitional Provisions
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SECTION 2.
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GUARANTEE
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2.1Β Β
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Guarantee
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2.2Β Β
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Right of Contribution
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A-11 |
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2.3Β Β
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No Subrogation
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2.4Β Β
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Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations
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A-11 |
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2.5Β Β
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Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional
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A-12 |
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2.6Β Β
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Reinstatement
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A-12 |
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2.7Β Β
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Payments
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SECTION 3.
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GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
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3.1
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Grant of First Priority Security Interests
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SECTION 4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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4.1Β Β
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Representations in Credit Agreement
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4.2Β Β
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Title; No Other Liens
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4.3Β Β
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Names; Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office
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4.4Β Β
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Pledged Securities
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4.5Β Β
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Intellectual Property
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A-15 |
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4.6Β Β
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Material Deposit Accounts and Material Securities Accounts
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A-15 |
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4.7Β Β
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Material Government Contracts
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SECTION 5.
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COVENANTS
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5.1Β Β
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Covenants in Credit Agreement
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A-15 |
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5.2Β Β
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Investment Property
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A-16 |
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5.3Β Β
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Material Government Contracts
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5.4Β Β
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Account Control Agreements
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5.5Β Β
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Foreign Law Pledges
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SECTION 6.
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REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
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6.1Β Β
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Certain Matters Relating to Receivables
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6.2Β Β
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Material Deposit Accounts, Material Securities Accounts.
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6.3Β Β
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Communications with Grantors; Grantors Remain Liable
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6.4Β Β
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Pledged Securities
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6.5Β Β
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Intellectual Property
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6.6Β Β
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Proceeds to be Turned Over To Collateral Agent
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6.7Β Β
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Application of Proceeds
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6.8Β Β
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Code and Other Remedies
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A-20 |
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6.9Β Β
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Private Sales
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A-21 |
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6.10
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Deficiency
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SECTION 7.
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THE COLLATERAL AGENT
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7.1Β Β
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Collateral Agentβs Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc
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X-00 |
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X-0
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7.2Β Β
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Duty of Collateral Agent
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7.3Β Β
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Execution of Financing Statements
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A-23 |
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7.4Β Β
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Authority of Collateral Agent
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SECTION 8.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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8.1Β Β
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Amendments in Writing
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8.2Β Β
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Notices
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8.3Β Β
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No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies
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8.4Β Β
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Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification
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8.5Β Β
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Successors and Assigns
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8.6Β Β
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Set-Off
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8.7Β Β
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Counterparts
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8.8Β Β
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Severability
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8.9Β Β
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SectionΒ Headings
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8.10
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Integration
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8.11
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GOVERNING LAW
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8.12
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Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers
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8.13
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Acknowledgements
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8.14
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Additional Guarantors and Grantors
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8.15
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Releases
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8.16
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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SCHEDULES |
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ScheduleΒ 1
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Notice Addresses |
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ScheduleΒ 2
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Investment Property |
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ScheduleΒ 3
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Legal Name, Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive Offices |
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ScheduleΒ 4
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Intellectual Property |
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ScheduleΒ 5(a)
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Material Deposit Accounts |
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ScheduleΒ 5(b)
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Material Securities Accounts |
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ScheduleΒ 6
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Material Government Contracts |
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Annex I
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Assumption Agreement |
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Annex II
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Acknowledgement and Consent |
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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of ___, 20___, made by each of the signatories
hereto, in favor of Credit Suisse, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the βCollateral
Agentβ) for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the βLendersβ) from
time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008 (as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among Explorer Investor
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), Explorer Merger Sub Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the βInitial Borrowerβ), Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., a Delaware
corporation into which the Initial Borrower shall be merged (βXxxx Xxxxxβ or the
βSurviving Borrowerβ), the Lenders, Credit Suisse, as Collateral Agent and Administrative
Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank, C.I.T. Leasing
Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agents, Credit Suisse, as
Issuing Lender and Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners.
W I T N E S S E T H:
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make
extensions of credit to the Borrower (as defined below) upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth therein;
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other
Grantor (as defined below);
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in
part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in
connection with the operation of their respective businesses;
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each
Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of
credit under the Credit Agreement; and
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective
extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have
executed and delivered this Agreement to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties;
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to
make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees
with the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS
Β Β Β Β Β 1.1 Definitions. (a)Β Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as
defined in the New York UCC: βAccessionβ, βAccountβ, βAs-Extracted
Collateralβ,
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βCertificated Securitiesβ, βChattel Paperβ, βCommercial Tort Claimβ,
βCommodity Accountβ, βDocumentβ, βEquipmentβ, βFarm Productsβ,
βFixtureβ, βGeneral Intangibleβ, βGoodsβ, βInstrumentβ,
βInventoryβ, βLetter-of-Credit Rightβ, βSecurities Accountβ,
βSecurities Intermediaryβ, βSecurityβ and βUncertificated Securitiesβ.
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β The following terms shall have the following meanings:
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βAgreementβ: this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBorrowerβ: (a)Β at any time prior to the consummation of the Merger Transactions, the
Initial Borrower and (b)Β upon and at any time after the consummation of the Merger Transactions,
the Surviving Borrower.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBorrower Cash Management Obligationsβ: to the extent that the Borrower so agrees in
the applicable agreements therefor, the collective reference to all obligations and liabilities of
the Borrower and the other Loan Parties (including, to the extent that such agreements so provide
and without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Specified
Cash Management Arrangement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of
any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim
for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) to any Lender
or any Affiliate of any Lender (or any Lender or any Affiliate thereof at the time such Specified
Cash Management Arrangement was entered into) (each, a βCash Management Providerβ), 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, any Specified Cash Management
Arrangement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, in each case
whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs,
expenses or otherwise (including, to the extent that such agreements so provide and without
limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the relevant Lender or Affiliate thereof that
are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any Specified Cash Management
Arrangement) so long as the relevant Cash Management Provider executes and delivers to the
Administrative Agent a letter agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative
Agent pursuant to which, unless the Collateral Agent agrees otherwise, the relevant Cash Management
Provider (i)Β appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent under the applicable Specified Cash
Management Arrangement and (ii)Β agrees to be bound by the provisions of SectionsΒ 9.3, 9.7, 10.11
and 10.12 of the Credit Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBorrower Credit Agreement Obligationsβ: the collective reference to the unpaid
principal of and interest on the Loans (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any New Loans), the
Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including,
without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement
after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing at the then
applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or
the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower,
whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such
proceeding) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter
incurred, in each case, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, the Credit Agreement,
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, any Letter of Credit or any other document made,
delivered or given in connection therewith, in each case whether on account of principal, interest,
reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without
limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, to the
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Collateral Agent or to the other Secured Parties that are required to be paid by the Borrower
pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBorrower Hedge Agreement Obligationsβ: the collective reference to all obligations
and liabilities of the Borrower and any other Loan Party (including, without limitation, interest
accruing at the then applicable rate provided in any Specified Hedge Agreement after the filing of
any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like
proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding) to any Lender or any Affiliate of any Lender
(or any Lender or any Affiliate thereof at the time such Specified Hedge Agreement was entered
into), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or
hereafter incurred, in each case, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, any
Specified Hedge Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith,
in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the relevant Lender or Affiliate thereof that are required to be paid
by the Borrower and/or such other Loan Party, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of any
Specified Hedge Agreement) so long as, unless the Collateral Agent agrees otherwise, the relevant
Hedge Provider executes and delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter agreement in form and
substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent pursuant to which the relevant Hedge Provider (i)
appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent under the applicable Specified Hedge Agreement and
(ii)Β agrees to be bound by the provisions of SectionΒ 9.3, 9.7, 10.11 and 10.12 of the Credit
Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βBorrower Obligationsβ: the collective reference to (i)Β the Borrower Credit Agreement
Obligations, (ii)Β the Borrower Hedge Agreement Obligations and (iii)Β the Borrower Cash Management
Obligations, but, as to clauses (ii)Β and (iii)Β hereof, only to the extent that, and only so long
as, the Borrower Credit Agreement Obligations are secured and guaranteed pursuant hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCLINβ: a JAMIS contract line item number with respect to a Government Contract.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCollateralβ: as defined in SectionΒ 3.1.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCollateral Accountβ: any collateral account established by the Collateral Agent as
provided in SectionΒ 6.1 or 6.6.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCopyright Licensesβ: with respect to any Grantor, all United States written license
agreements naming such Grantor as licensor or licensee (including, without limitation, those listed
in ScheduleΒ 4), granting any right under any Copyright, subject, in each case, to the terms
of such license agreements, and the right to prepare for sale, sell, and advertise for sale, all
Inventory now or hereafter covered by such licenses.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βCopyrightsβ: (i)Β with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantorβs copyrights
arising under the laws of the United States, whether registered or unregistered and whether
published or unpublished (including, without limitation, those listed in ScheduleΒ 4), all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, in each case,
owned by such Grantor in its own name, including, without limitation, all registrations,
recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications in the United States Copyright
Office, and (ii)Β the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βDeposit Accountβ: as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable
jurisdiction and, in any event, including, without limitation, any demand, time, savings, passbook
or like account maintained with a depositary institution.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βForeign Subsidiary Voting Stockβ: the voting Capital Stock of (i)Β any Foreign
Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii)Β any Domestic Subsidiary, substantially all of
the assets of which consist of the Capital Stock of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGovernment Contractβ: any contract to which a Loan Party is a party and a
counterparty is a Governmental Authority to the extent such contract involves the performance of
services or delivery of goods by or on behalf of such Loan Party to such Governmental Authority.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGovernmental Authorityβ shall mean the government of the United States of America and
any agency thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGrantorsβ: the collective reference to each signatory hereto (other than the
Collateral Agent) together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGuarantor Obligationsβ: with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and
liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with this Agreement
(including, without limitation, SectionΒ 2) or any other Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a
party, in each case whether on account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, to the Collateral Agent or to the other
Secured Parties that are required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or any other Loan Document).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βGuarantorsβ: the collective reference to Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors that
may become a party hereto as provided herein.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βIntellectual Propertyβ: with respect to any Grantor, the collective reference to
such Grantorβs rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, arising under
the laws of the United States, including, without limitation, such Grantorβs Copyrights, Copyright
Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses, and all rights to xxx at law
or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all
proceeds and damages therefrom.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βIntercompany Noteβ: any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to
Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βInvestment Propertyβ: the collective reference to (i)Β all βinvestment propertyβ as
such term is defined in SectionΒ 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC (other than any Excluded Capital
Stock excluded from the definition of βPledged Stockβ) and (ii)Β whether or not constituting
βinvestment propertyβ as so defined, all Pledged Securities.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βIssuersβ: the collective reference to each issuer of a Pledged Security.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βLiensβ: as defined in SectionΒ 3.1.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMaterial Deposit Accountsβ: Deposit Accounts maintained by any Grantor within the
United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia with an outstanding balance of greater
than $1,000,000, excluding Deposit Accounts established solely for the purpose of funding payroll,
payroll taxes and other compensation and benefits to employees. Material Deposit Accounts as of
the date hereof are listed on ScheduleΒ 5(a).
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMaterial Government Contractsβ: all Government Contracts listed on Schedule
6, and each Government Contract entered into after the date hereof:
(i)Β having a duration of one year or greater,
(ii)Β having one or more CLINs, which CLIN involves aggregate consideration payable
(or expected gross revenue) by the applicable governmental entity to the applicable
Loan Party of $2,500,000 or more over the term of the contract, including base
period plus priced options (a βMaterial CLINβ); and
(iii)Β which are not subject to the provisions of Federal Acquisition Regulation
52.232-24 or any successor provision;
provided that βMaterial Government Contractsβ shall not include any contract the existence
of which may not be disclosed to the Secured Parties under applicable law, rule or regulations.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βMaterial Securities Accountsβ: Securities Accounts maintained by any Grantor within
the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia with an outstanding balance of
greater than $1,000,000. Material Securities Accounts as of the date hereof are listed on
ScheduleΒ 5(b).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βNew York UCCβ: the Uniform Commercial Code from time to time in effect in the State
of New York.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βObligationsβ: (i)Β in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower Obligations and (ii)Β in
the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPatent Licenseβ: with respect to any Grantor, all United States written license
agreements providing for the grant by or to such Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell
any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, including, without limitation, any of the
foregoing referred to in ScheduleΒ 4, subject, in each case, to the terms of such license
agreements, and the right to prepare for sale, sell and advertise for sale, all Inventory now or
hereafter covered by such licenses.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPatentsβ: with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantorβs (i)Β letters patent of
the United States, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule
4, (ii)Β applications for letters patent of the United States and all continuations and
continuations in part thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in
ScheduleΒ 4, and (iii)Β rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing, in each
case, owned by such Grantor in its own name.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPledged Notesβ: all promissory notes listed on ScheduleΒ 2, all Intercompany
Notes at any time issued to any Grantor in excess of $2,000,000 (or Intercompany Notes which, in
the aggregate, are in excess of $2,000,000) and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any
Grantor in excess of $2,000,000 (other than promissory notes issued in connection with extensions
of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPledged Securitiesβ: the collective reference to the Pledged Notes and the Pledged
Stock.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βPledged Stockβ: the collective reference to (i)Β the shares of Capital Stock listed
on ScheduleΒ 2 and (ii)Β any other shares, stock certificates, options, interests or rights
of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Capital Stock of any Person that may be issued or
granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect other than Excluded Capital
Stock; provided that in no event
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shall more than 65% of the total outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign
Subsidiary be required to be pledged hereunder.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βProceedsβ: all βproceedsβ as such term is defined in SectionΒ 9-102(a)(64) of the New
York UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from
the Investment Property, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βReceivableβ: any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered,
whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has
been earned by performance (including, without limitation, any Account).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSecurities Actβ: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βSpecified Cash Management Arrangementβ: any cash management arrangement (a)Β entered
into by (i)Β the Borrower or any other Loan Party and (ii)Β any Lender or any Affiliate thereof at
the time such cash management arrangement was entered into, as counterparty, and (b)Β which has been
designated by such Lender and the Borrower, by notice to the Collateral Agent not later than 90
days after the execution and delivery by the Borrower or such other Loan Party, as a Specified Cash
Management Arrangement. The designation of any cash management arrangement as a Specified Cash
Management Arrangement shall not create in favor of the Lender or Affiliate thereof that is a party
thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or any Guarantor
Obligations.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTrademark Licenseβ: with respect to any Grantor, all United States written license
agreements providing for the grant by or to such Grantor of any right to use any Trademark,
including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in ScheduleΒ 4, subject, in
each case, to the terms of such license agreements, and the right to prepare for sale, sell and
advertise for sale, all Inventory now or hereafter covered by such licenses.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βTrademarksβ: with respect to any Grantor, all of such Grantorβs (i)Β trademarks,
trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, domain names, fictitious business
names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all
goodwill associated therewith, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith (except for βintent to useβ applications for trademark or service xxxx
registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Xxxxxx Act, 15 U.S.C. Β§ 1051, unless and until
an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Section 1(c) or 1(d) of said Act has been
filed), whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency
of the United States or any State thereof, and all United States common-law rights related thereto
owned by such Grantor in its own name, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred
to in ScheduleΒ 4, and (ii)Β the right to obtain all renewals thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βUnfunded Advances/Participationsβ : (a)Β with respect to the Administrative Agent, the
aggregate amount, if any (i)Β made available to the Borrower on the assumption that each Lender has
made its portion of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent as contemplated
by SectionΒ 2.2 of the Credit Agreement and (ii)Β with respect to which a corresponding amount shall
not in fact have been returned to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or made available to the
Administrative Agent by any such Lender, (b)Β with respect to the Swingline Lender, the aggregate
amount, if any, of participations in respect of any outstanding Swingline Loan that shall not have
been funded by any Revolving Lender in accordance with SectionΒ 2.6(b) of the Credit Agreement and
(c)Β with respect to any Issuing Lender, the aggregate amount, if any, of any participations in
respect of Reimbursement Obligations that shall not have been funded by any L/C Participant in
accordance with SectionΒ 3.4 of the Credit Agreement.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β βVehiclesβ: aircraft and all cars, trucks, trailers, construction and earth moving
equipment and other vehicles covered by a certificate of title law of any state.
Β Β Β Β Β 1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a)The words βhereof,β βhereinβ, βheretoβ and βhereunderβ 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 and Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when
used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantorβs Collateral or the relevant part
thereof.
SECTION 2. GUARANTEE
Β Β Β Β Β 2.1 Guarantee.
Β Β Β Β Β (a)Β Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably,
guarantees to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and their respective permitted successors, indorsees,
transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due
(whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the
maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event
exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws
relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established
in SectionΒ 2.2).
Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any time and from time to
time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee
contained in this SectionΒ 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.
Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β The guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2 shall remain in full force and effect until
all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in
this SectionΒ 2 shall have been satisfied by payment in full (other than Borrower Hedge Agreement
Obligations, Borrower Cash Management Obligations and contingent or indemnification obligations not
then due), no Letter of Credit (that is not cash collateralized or back-stopped to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or purchasing Lender, as applicable, in respect thereof) shall
be outstanding and the Commitments shall have been terminated, notwithstanding that from time to
time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower
Obligations, provided that any Guarantor shall be released from its guarantee contained in
this SectionΒ 2 as provided in SectionΒ 8.15.
Β Β Β Β Β (e)Β No payment (other than payment in full) made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any
other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party from the 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 Borrower
Obligations shall be deemed to
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modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which
shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect
of the Borrower Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of
the Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum liability
of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than
Borrower Hedge Agreement Obligations, Borrower Cash Management Obligations and other than
contingent or indemnification obligations not then due), no Letter of Credit (that is not cash
collateralized or back-stopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or purchasing
Lender, as applicable, in respect thereof) shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have been
terminated, provided that any Guarantor shall be released from its guarantee contained in
this SectionΒ 2 as provided in SectionΒ 8.15.
Β Β Β Β Β 2.2 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than
its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and
receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its
proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantorβs right of contribution shall be subject to
the terms and conditions of SectionΒ 2.3. The provisions of this SectionΒ 2.2 shall in no respect
limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the other Secured Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties for the full amount guaranteed by such
Guarantor hereunder.
Β Β Β Β Β 2.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application
of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against the Borrower or any other Guarantor
or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall
any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or
any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts
owing to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties by the
Borrower on account of the Borrower Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than Borrower
Hedge Agreement Obligations, Borrower Cash Management Obligations and contingent or indemnification
obligations not then due), no Letter of Credit (that is not cash collateralized or back-stopped to
the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or purchasing Lender, as applicable, in respect
thereof) shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have been terminated. If any amount shall
be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of such
Borrower Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor
in trust for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties,
segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor,
be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed
by such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent, if required), to be applied against the Borrower
Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Collateral Agent may determine.
Β Β Β Β Β 2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any
Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower Obligations made by the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent or such other Secured Party and any of the Borrower Obligations
continued, and the Borrower 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, the Collateral
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Agent or any other Secured Party, and the Credit 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 the Supermajority Lenders, or all Lenders, or all Lenders directly affected thereby, as
the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or
right of set-off at any time held by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other
Secured Party for the payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any other
Secured Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time
held by it as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section
2 or any property subject thereto.
Β Β Β Β Β 2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any
of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2 or
acceptance of the guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2; the Borrower 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 SectionΒ 2; and all dealings
between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, with respect to the Loan Documents
and the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the other
hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the
guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2. Each Guarantor waives diligence, presentment, protest,
demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the
Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that
the guarantee of such Guarantor contained in this SectionΒ 2 shall be construed as a continuing,
absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a)Β the validity or
enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the Borrower 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)Β 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 Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, or (c)Β any other circumstance whatsoever (other
than a defense of payment or performance) (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower
or any Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal
discharge of the Borrower from the Borrower Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee
of such Guarantor contained in this SectionΒ 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making
any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor,
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party 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 Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral
security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and
any failure by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to make
any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the
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 Borrower, any other
Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall
not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect
the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against any Guarantor. For
the purposes hereof βdemandβ shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal
proceedings.
Β Β Β Β Β 2.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this SectionΒ 2 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 Borrower
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Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy,
dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the 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 Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though
such payments had not been made.
Β Β Β Β Β 2.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative
Agent without set-off or counterclaim at the Funding Office.
SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
Β Β Β Β Β 3.1 Grant of First Priority Security Interests. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured
Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantorβs right, title and interest in and to the
following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such
Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest
(collectively, the βCollateralβ), as collateral security for the prompt and complete
payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of
such Grantorβs Obligations:
Β Β Β Β Β (a)Β all Accounts;
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β all Chattel Paper;
Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β all Deposit Accounts;
Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β all Documents;
Β Β Β Β Β (e)Β all Equipment;
Β Β Β Β Β (f)Β all Fixtures;
Β Β Β Β Β (g)Β all General Intangibles;
Β Β Β Β Β (h)Β all Instruments, including the Pledged Notes;
Β Β Β Β Β (i)Β all Intellectual Property;
Β Β Β Β Β (j)Β all Inventory;
Β Β Β Β Β (k)Β all Investment Property;
Β Β Β Β Β (l)Β all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and
Β Β Β Β Β (m)Β to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any of the Collateral
and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by
any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;
provided, however, that notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in
this SectionΒ 3.1, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (i)Β any
leasehold interest in real property (and any Fixtures relating thereto) and any Fixtures relating
to any owned real property to the extent that
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the Collateral Agent is not entitled to a security interest with respect to such owned real
property under the terms of the Credit Agreement, (ii)Β any Vehicles and all Proceeds thereof, (iii)
any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is (A)Β prohibited by any
Requirements of Law of a Governmental Authority, (B)Β requires a consent not obtained of any
Governmental Authority pursuant to such Requirement of Law or (C)Β prohibited by, or constitutes a
breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained
under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument, (including any permitted liens, leases and
licenses) or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property in each case with any third
party, joint venture or non wholly-owned Subsidiary and any organizational, shareholder or similar
agreements of any non-wholly owned Subsidiary or joint venture; except in the case of clauses (A),
(B)Β or (C), to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license,
agreement, instrument or other document or organizational, shareholder or similar agreement
providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is
ineffective under applicable law, (iv)Β any Collateral that constitutes Equipment subject to a
certificate of title statute, Farm Products, Accessions, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Commercial Tort
Claims and As-Extracted Collateral, (v)Β any Collateral to the extent the granting of such security
interest would result in adverse tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Administrative
Agent, or as to which the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that the burden or cost of
obtaining a security interest or perfection thereof is excessive when compared to the benefit to
the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby (in each case as confirmed by written
notice to the Borrower), and (vi)Β equity interests in and assets of Unrestricted Subsidiaries and
Immaterial Subsidiaries. It is hereby understood and agreed that any Property described in the
preceding proviso, and any Property that is otherwise expressly excluded from clauses (a)Β through
(m)Β above, shall be excluded from the definition of βCollateralβ.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Β Β Β Β Β To induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties to enter into
the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the
Borrower, each Guarantor and each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to each of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party that:
Β Β Β Β Β 4.1 Representations in Credit Agreement. In the case of each Guarantor, the representations and warranties set forth in SectionΒ 4 of
the Credit Agreement to the extent they refer to such Guarantor or to the Loan Documents to which
such Guarantor is a party, each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and
correct in all material respects, and each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
each other Secured Party shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully set forth
herein; provided that each reference in each such representation and warranty to the
Borrowerβs knowledge shall, for the purposes of this SectionΒ 4.1, be deemed to be a reference to
such Guarantorβs knowledge.
Β Β Β Β Β 4.2 Title; No Other Liens. Except as otherwise permitted under SectionΒ 7.3 of the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns
or has rights in each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens. Except as
otherwise permitted under SectionΒ 7.3 of the Credit Agreement, no financing statement or other
public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any
public office except financing statements that have been filed without the consent of the Grantor.
For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that any Grantor may, as part of its
business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual Property owned, licensed or developed
by a Grantor. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, such licensing activity
shall not constitute a βLienβ on such Intellectual Property. Each of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party understands that any such licenses may be exclusive
to the applicable licensees, and
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such exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of the Administrative Agent to utilize,
sell, lease, license or transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize value from
such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β 4.3 Names; Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, such Grantorβs full and correct legal name, jurisdiction of
organization and identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any) are specified
on ScheduleΒ 3.
Β Β Β Β Β 4.4 Pledged Securities. On the date hereof, the shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder:
Β Β Β Β Β (a)Β with respect to the shares of Pledged Stock issued by the Borrower and any other
Restricted Subsidiary, have been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable, to the extent such concepts are applicable; and
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the Capital Stock of
each Issuer owned by such Grantor or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, 65% of the
outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of each relevant Issuer.
Β Β Β Β Β 4.5 Intellectual Property.
Β Β Β Β Β (a)Β ScheduleΒ 4 lists all material Copyright registrations, Copyright Licenses,
Trademark applications and registrations, Trademark Licenses, Patent applications and Patents and
Patent Licenses owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof.
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Except as set forth in ScheduleΒ 4, on the date hereof, none of the Copyrights,
Patents or Trademarks is the subject of any material licensing or franchise agreement pursuant to
which such Grantor is the licensor or franchisor, which is not in the ordinary course of such
Grantorβs business.
Β Β Β Β Β 4.6 Material Deposit Accounts and Material Securities Accounts. ScheduleΒ 5(a) lists all Material Deposit Accounts and ScheduleΒ 5(b) lists
all Material Securities Accounts, in each case, on the date hereof.
Β Β Β Β Β 4.7 Material Government Contracts. ScheduleΒ 6 lists all Material Government Contracts to which the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party on the date hereof.
SECTION 5. COVENANTS
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Guarantor and each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that, from and after the date of this Agreement
until the Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than Borrower Hedge Agreement
Obligations, Borrower Cash Management Obligations and contingent and indemnification obligations
not yet due and owing), no Letter of Credit (that is not cash collateralized or back-stopped to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or purchasing Lender, as applicable, in respect
thereof) shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have been terminated:
Β Β Β Β Β 5.1 Covenants in Credit Agreement. In the case of each Guarantor, to the extent applicable, such Guarantor shall take, or
shall refrain from taking, as the case may be, each action that is necessary to be taken or not
taken, as the case may be, so that no Default or Event of Default is caused by the failure to take
such action or to refrain from taking such action by such Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
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Β Β Β Β Β 5.2 Investment Property. (a)Β In the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees that (i)Β it will be
bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Pledged Securities issued by it and will
comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it and (ii)Β the terms of Sections
6.4(c) and 6.9 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be
required of it pursuant to SectionΒ 6.4(c) or 6.9 with respect to the Pledged Securities issued by
it.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β To the extent that any Pledged Security that is an Uncertificated Security becomes a
Certificated Security, the applicable Grantor shall promptly deliver such certificates evidencing
such Pledged Securities to the Collateral Agent together with stock powers or indorsements thereof
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
Β Β Β Β Β 5.3 Material Government Contracts. In the case of each Grantor, such Grantor shall, on each date that the Borrower is required
to deliver financial statements pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1(a) or (b)Β of the Credit Agreement, provide
the Collateral Agent with written notice of any Material Government Contracts entered into since
the last date financial statements were delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1(a) or (b)Β of the Credit
Agreement (or, with respect to the first such date financial statements are delivered pursuant to
such Sections, since the date hereof), such notice to include the identification of any Material
CLINs, and within fifteen days of such notice, deliver to the Collateral Agent such documentation
reasonably necessary to comply with the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 with respect to the
assignment of the right of payment in respect of such Material Government Contracts (or, in the
case of any Material Government Contract that is an indefinite delivery contract, task or delivery
order contract, multiple award schedule contract, blanket purchase agreement, or basic ordering
agreement, in respect of any specific individual order for the performance of services or delivery
of goods placed under such Material Government Contract to the extent such specific individual
order for the performance of services or delivery of goods has a Material CLIN), where applicable,
designating a Material Deposit Account as the account in respect of which payment thereof is to be
made. Pending receipt of any consent of a Governmental Authority as contemplated by this Section
5.3, each Grantor shall request that the relevant Governmental Authority pay all cash payments made
by it in respect of Material Government Contracts to which it is a party into a Material Deposit
Account subject to an account control agreement (if any such accounts are then subject to an
account control agreement). The relevant Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain the consent of the applicable Governmental Authority party to each such Material Government
Contract in respect of the assignment of such claims in respect of any Material CLIN, but any
failure to receive such consent shall not constitute a Default.
Β Β Β Β Β 5.4 Account Control Agreements. In the case of each Grantor, such Grantor shall, on each date that the Borrower is required
to deliver financial statements pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1(a) or (b)Β of the Credit Agreement, provide
the Collateral Agent with written notice of any additional Material Deposit Accounts and/or
Material Securities Accounts since the last date financial statements were delivered pursuant to
SectionΒ 6.1(a) or (b)Β of the Credit Agreement (or, with respect to the first such date financial
statements are delivered pursuant to such Sections, since the date hereof), and shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to cause each depositary bank (other than the Collateral Agent)
holding a Material Deposit Account and each Securities Intermediary holding a Material Securities
Account owned by such Grantor to execute and deliver a control agreement with respect to such
Material Deposit Account and/or Material Securities Account, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and such Grantor.
Β Β Β Β Β 5.5 Foreign Law Pledges. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Grantor shall be required to
take any actions in order to perfect the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent for the
ratable benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders (i)Β under the
laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States or (ii)Β by the execution of account control
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or similar agreements (other than with respect to Material Deposit Accounts and Material
Securities Accounts pursuant to SectionΒ 5.4).
SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS
Β Β Β Β Β 6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables.
Β Β Β Β Β (a)Β At any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon the Collateral Agentβs
reasonable request at the expense of the relevant Grantor, such Grantor shall cause independent
public accountants or others reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to furnish to the
Collateral Agent reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial
balances for, the Receivables.
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β If required by the Collateral Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.1(a) or 8.1(f) of the Credit Agreement, any
payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i)Β shall be forthwith (and, in any event,
within two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by
such Grantor to the Collateral Agent if required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole
dominion and control of the Collateral Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Collateral Agent for the
account of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties only as
provided in SectionΒ 6.7, and (ii)Β until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other
funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a
report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the
deposit.
Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and at the Collateral Agentβs
request, each Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral Agent all documents evidencing, and relating
to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without
limitation, all agreements, orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
Β Β Β Β Β 6.2 Material Deposit Accounts, Material Securities Accounts. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Collateral Agent shall not
exercise its rights under account control agreements associated with Material Deposit Accounts or
Material Securities Accounts unless an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.1(a) or 8.1(f) of the
Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing.
Β Β Β Β Β 6.3 Communications with Grantors; Grantors Remain Liable.
Β Β Β Β Β (a)Β Upon the request of the Collateral Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.1(a) or 8.1(f) of the Credit Agreement, each
Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables that the Receivables have been assigned to the
Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
other Secured Parties and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Collateral
Agent.
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under
the Receivables to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and
performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto.
Neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any
obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) by reason of or
arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or
any other Secured Party of
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any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any
other Secured Party be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor
under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto), to make any payment, to
make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the
sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any
action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been
assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
Β Β Β Β Β 6.4 Pledged Securities. (a)Β Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral
Agent shall have given notice to the relevant Grantor of the Collateral Agentβs intent to exercise
its corresponding rights pursuant to SectionΒ 6.4(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all
cash dividends and other distributions paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all payments made
in respect of the Pledged Notes to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement, and to exercise
all voting and corporate rights with respect to the Pledged Securities.
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall give
notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor or Grantors (which notice
shall not be required if an Event of Default under SectionΒ 8.1(f) of the Credit Agreement shall
have occurred and be continuing), (i)Β the Collateral Agent shall have the right to receive any and
all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Pledged Securities and make
application thereof to the Obligations in the order set forth in SectionΒ 6.7, and (ii)Β any or all
of the Pledged Securities shall be registered in the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee,
and the Collateral Agent or its nominee may thereafter exercise (x)Β all voting, corporate and other
rights pertaining to such Pledged Securities at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer
or Issuers or otherwise and (y)Β any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any
other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Pledged Securities as if it were the
absolute owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any
and all of the Pledged Securities upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization
or other fundamental change in the corporate structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any
Grantor or the Collateral Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Pledged
Securities, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the
Pledged Securities with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated
agency upon such terms and conditions as the Collateral Agent may reasonably determine), all
without liability (except liabilities resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the Collateral Agent) except to account for property actually received by it, but the Collateral
Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall
not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing unless the Collateral Agent has
given notice of its intent to exercise as set forth above.
Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Pledged Securities
pledged by such Grantor hereunder to comply with any instruction received by it from the
Administrative Agent in writing that (x)Β states that an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing and (y)Β is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other
or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully
protected in so complying.
Β Β Β Β Β 6.5 Intellectual Property.
Β Β Β Β Β (i) Solely for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise its rights and
remedies under SectionΒ 6.8 at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled
to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Grantor hereby grants
to the Collateral Agent, to the extent such Grantor has the right to do so, subject to
pre-existing rights and licenses, a non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of
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compensation to such Grantor), subject in the case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights
to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor to avoid the risk of invalidation
of said Trademarks, to use, license or sublicense any of the Intellectual Property
constituting Collateral now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, wherever the same
may be located.
Β Β Β Β Β (ii) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, but subject to the
provisions of SectionΒ 7.5 of the Credit Agreement that limit the rights of the Grantors to
dispose of their property, notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to the Collateral
Agentβs exercise of its rights and remedies under SectionΒ 6, the Grantors will be permitted
to exploit, use, enjoy, protect, license, sublicense, assign, sell, dispose of or take other
actions with respect to the Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of the business of
the Grantors. In furtherance of the foregoing, so long as no Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall from time to time, upon the request
of the respective Grantor (through the Borrower), execute and deliver any instruments,
certificates or other documents, in the form so requested, that such Grantor (through the
Borrower) shall have certified are appropriate in its judgment to allow it to take any
action permitted above (including relinquishment of the license provided pursuant to clause
(i)Β immediately above as to any specific Intellectual Property). Further, upon the payment
in full in cash of all of the Obligations (other than Borrower Hedge Agreement Obligations,
Borrower Cash Management Obligations and contingent or indemnification obligations not then
due) and cancellation or termination of all Commitments and Letters of Credit (that are not
cash collateralized or back-stopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or
purchasing Lender, as applicable, in respect thereof) or earlier expiration of this
Agreement or release of the Collateral, the Collateral Agent shall grant back to the
Grantors the license granted pursuant to clause (i)Β immediately above. The exercise of
rights and remedies under SectionΒ 6 by the Collateral Agent shall not terminate the rights
of the holders of any licenses or sublicenses theretofore granted by the Grantors in
accordance with the first sentence of this clause (ii).
Β Β Β Β Β 6.6 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Collateral Agent. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Loans shall have been
accelerated pursuant to SectionΒ 8 of the Credit Agreement, all Proceeds received by any Grantor
consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other
funds of such Grantor, and shall, promptly upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the
Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the
Collateral Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be
held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and
control. All Proceeds while held by the Collateral Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such
Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties)
shall continue to be held as collateral security for all of the Obligations and shall not
constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in SectionΒ 6.7.
Β Β Β Β Β 6.7 Application of Proceeds. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Loans shall have been
accelerated pursuant to SectionΒ 8 of the Credit Agreement, at any time at the Collateral Agentβs
election, the Collateral Agent may apply all or any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral and
any proceeds of the guarantee set forth in SectionΒ 2, in payment of the Obligations, and shall make
any such application in the following order:
Β Β Β Β Β First, to pay incurred and unpaid reasonable, out-of-pocket fees and expenses
of the Agents under the Loan Documents;
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Β Β Β Β Β Second, to the Collateral Agent, for application by it towards payment in full
of all Unfunded Advances/Participations (the amounts so applied to be distributed between or
among the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and any Issuing Lender pro rata in
accordance with the amounts of Unfunded Advances/Participations owed to them on the date of
any such distribution);
Β Β Β Β Β Third, to the Collateral Agent, for application by it towards payment of
amounts then due and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Obligations, pro
rata among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then due
and owing and remaining unpaid to each of them; and
Β Β Β Β Β Fourth, any balance of such Proceeds remaining after the Obligations shall have
been paid in full (other than contingent or indemnification obligations not then due), no
Letter of Credit (that is not cash collateralized to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Issuing Lender or purchasing Lender, as applicable, in respect thereof) shall be outstanding
and the Commitments shall have been terminated, shall be paid over to the Borrower or to
whomsoever shall be lawfully entitled to receive the same.
Β Β Β Β Β 6.8
Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of
itself, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, may exercise, in addition to all
other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or
agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured
party under the New York UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Collateral Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment,
protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below
or notices otherwise provided in the Loan Documents) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person
(all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived unless
otherwise provided in the Loan Documents), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive,
appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith, subject to
pre-existing rights and licenses, sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or
otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the
foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, brokerβs
board or office of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party or
elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem
best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party shall have the right upon any
such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or
sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of
redemption, stay or appraisal in any Grantor, which rights or equities are hereby waived and
released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Collateral Agentβs request, to assemble the
Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent at places which the Collateral Agent shall
reasonably select, whether at such Grantorβs premises or elsewhere. The Collateral Agent shall
apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this SectionΒ 6.8, after deducting all
reasonable costs and expenses of every kind actually incurred in connection therewith or incidental
to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the
rights of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder,
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneysβ fees and disbursements, to the payment in
whole or in part of the Obligations, in such order as the Collateral Agent may elect, and only
after such application and after the payment by the Collateral Agent of any other amount required
by any provision of law, including, without limitation, SectionΒ 9-615(a)(3) of the New York UCC,
need the Collateral Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. If any notice of a
proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be
deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10Β days before such sale or other disposition.
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Β Β Β Β Β 6.9 Private Sales. Each Grantor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of
any or all the Pledged Stock, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more
private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among
other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view
to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private
sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and,
notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been
made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to
delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer
thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable
state securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.
Β Β Β Β Β 6.10 Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other
disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations and the reasonable fees and
disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent to collect such deficiency.
SECTION 7. THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Β Β Β Β Β 7.1 Collateral Agentβs Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.
Β Β Β Β Β (a)Β Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent and any
officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact
with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of
such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, to
take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may
be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Collateral Agent the power and right, on
behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, to do any or all of the
following (provided that anything in this SectionΒ 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Collateral Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney
provided for in this SectionΒ 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing):
Β Β Β Β Β (i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and
indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the
payment of moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral and file
any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise
deemed appropriate by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such
moneys due under any Receivable or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;
Β Β Β Β Β (ii) in the case of any United States Copyrights, Patents or Trademarks owned by such
Grantor in its own name, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements,
instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request to evidence
the Administrative Agentβs, the Collateral Agentβs and the other Secured Partiesβ security
interest in such Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks and the goodwill and general intangibles
of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;
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Β Β Β Β Β (iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the
Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement
and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;
Β Β Β Β Β (iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in SectionΒ 6.8 or 6.9, any
indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the
Collateral; and
Β Β Β Β Β (v) (1)Β direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make
payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Collateral
Agent or as the Collateral Agent shall direct; (2)Β ask or demand for, collect, and receive
payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become
due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3)Β sign and indorse any
invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts
against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with
any of the Collateral; (4)Β commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law
or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion
thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5)Β defend any suit,
action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6)
settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection
therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate;
(7)Β subject to pre-existing rights and licenses, assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark
of such Grantor (along with the goodwill of the business to which any such Copyright, Patent
or Trademark pertains), for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as
the Collateral Agent shall in its reasonable discretion determine; and (8)Β subject to
pre-existing rights and licenses, generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement
with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as
though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the
Collateral Agentβs option and such Grantorβs expense, at any time, or from time to time, all
acts and things which the Collateral Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize
upon the Collateral and the Administrative Agentβs, the Collateral Agentβs and the other
Secured Partiesβ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all
as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein,
the Collateral Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may give such Grantor
written notice of such failure to perform or comply and if such Grantor fails to perform or comply
within three (3)Β Business Days of receiving such notice (or if the Collateral Agent reasonably
determines that irreparable harm to the Collateral or to the security interest of the Collateral
Agent hereunder could result prior to the end of such three-Business Day period), then the
Collateral Agent may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such
agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are
coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security
interests created hereby are released.
Β Β Β Β Β 7.2 Duty of Collateral Agent. To the extent permitted by law, the Collateral Agentβs sole duty with respect to the
custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section
9-207 of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the
Collateral Agent deals with similar property for its own account. None of the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, any other Secured Party or any of their respective officers,
directors, employees or
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agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or
for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any
Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action
whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder are solely to
protect the Administrative Agentβs, the Collateral Agentβs and the other Secured Partiesβ interests
in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually
receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act
hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct or that of their directors,
officers, employees or agents.
Β Β Β Β Β 7.3 Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Collateral Agent at any time
and from time to time to file or record financing statements (including fixture filings, if any,
and amendments) and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the
Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in such form and in such offices as the Collateral
Agent reasonably determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the Collateral Agent
under this Agreement. Each Grantor authorizes the Collateral Agent to use the collateral
description βall personal propertyβ, βall assetsβ or any similar phrase in any such financing
statements. Each Grantor agrees to provide such information as the Collateral Agent may reasonably
request necessary to enable the Collateral Agent to make any such filings promptly following any
such request. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the
delivery of control agreements with respect to any Deposit Accounts (other than those relating to
Material Deposit Accounts pursuant to SectionΒ 5.4), Securities Accounts (other than those relating
to Material Securities Accounts pursuant to SectionΒ 5.4) and Commodities Accounts shall not be
required.
Β Β Β Β Β 7.4 Authority of Collateral Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent
under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Collateral Agent or the exercise or
non-exercise by the Collateral Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right
or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as among the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, be governed by the Credit
Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among
them, but, as between the Collateral Agent and the Grantors, the Collateral Agent shall be
conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
the other Secured Parties with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no
Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such
authority.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS
Β Β Β Β Β 8.1 Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified except in accordance with SectionΒ 10.1 of the Credit Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Collateral Agent or any Grantor hereunder
shall be effected in the manner provided for in SectionΒ 10.2 of the Credit Agreement;
provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be
addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on ScheduleΒ 1 or at such other
address pursuant to notice given in accordance with SectionΒ 10.2 of the Credit Agreement.
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Β Β Β Β Β 8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall by
any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to SectionΒ 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or
otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any
Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of
the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any right, power or
privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right,
power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
or any other Secured Party of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be
construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or
such other Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies
herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of
any other rights or remedies provided by law.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the other Secured Parties harmless from, any and all out-of-pocket 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 to the extent the Borrower would be
required to do so pursuant to SectionΒ 10.5 of the Credit Agreement. The agreements in this Section
8.4 shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall
inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured
Parties and their successors and assigns; provided, that no Grantor may assign, transfer or
delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of
the Collateral Agent (it being understood that Dispositions permitted under the Credit Agreement
shall not be subject to this proviso).
Β Β Β Β Β 8.6 Set-Off. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
and each other Secured Party at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, without notice to such Grantor or any other Grantor, any such notice
being expressly waived by each Grantor, to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount
becoming due and payable by each Grantor (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise after the expiration of any applicable grace periods) to set-off and appropriate and
apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or
final but excluding trust accounts), 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 the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or such
other Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor. Each of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each other Secured Party shall notify such Grantor
promptly of any such set-off made by it and the application made by it of the proceeds thereof,
provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.7 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 or electronic (i.e., βpdfβ) transmission),
and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.
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Β Β Β Β Β 8.8 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.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.9 SectionΒ Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are
not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the agreement of the Grantors, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.11 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
WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY
APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED
THEREBY.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
Β Β Β Β Β (a)Β 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;
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β 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;
Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β 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 Grantor at its address referred to in SectionΒ 8.2 or at such other address
of which the Collateral Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;
Β Β Β Β Β (d)Β 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
Β Β Β Β Β (e)Β 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 Section any special, exemplary,
punitive or consequential damages.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.13 Acknowledgements. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:
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Β Β Β Β Β (a)Β it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party;
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β neither the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party has
any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one
hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the
other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and
Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by
virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent
and the Lenders or among the Grantors and the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Lenders.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.14 Additional Guarantors and Grantors. Each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party to this
Agreement pursuant to SectionΒ 6.8 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Guarantor and a Grantor
for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Restricted Subsidiary of an
Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex I hereto.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.15 Releases.
Β Β Β Β Β (a)Β At such time as the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and the other Obligations
(other than Borrower Hedge Agreement Obligations, Borrower Cash Management Obligations and
contingent or indemnification obligations not then due) shall have been paid in full in cash, the
Commitments shall have been terminated and no Letter of Credit (that is not cash collateralized or
back-stopped to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuing Lender or purchasing Lender, as
applicable, in respect thereof) shall be outstanding, the Collateral shall be automatically
released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those
expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Collateral Agent and each Grantor hereunder
shall automatically terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by
any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole
expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Collateral Agent shall deliver to such
Grantor any Collateral held by the Collateral Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such
Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
Β Β Β Β Β (b)Β If any of the Collateral shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any
Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, then the Lien granted under this
Agreement on such Collateral shall be automatically released, and the Collateral Agent, at the
request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or
other documents reasonably necessary or desirable to evidence the release of the Liens created
hereby on such Collateral. A Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations
hereunder in the event that all the Capital Stock of such Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, or upon the designation
of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary as permitted under the Credit Agreement, and the
Collateral Agent, at the request and sole expense of the Borrower, shall execute and deliver to the
Borrower all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable to evidence the release
of such obligations. All releases or other documents delivered by the Collateral Agent pursuant to
this SectionΒ 8.15(b) shall be without recourse to, or warranty by, the Collateral Agent.
Β Β Β Β Β (c)Β Liens on Collateral created hereunder shall be released and obligations of Guarantors
and Grantors hereunder shall terminate as set forth in SectionΒ 10.15 of the Credit Agreement.
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Β Β Β Β Β 8.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GRANTOR AND, BY ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF, EACH OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH OTHER SECURED PARTY, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN
DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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Β Β Β Β Β IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENT PROPERTY
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ScheduleΒ 4
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MATERIAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS
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Annex I to
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
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Annex II to
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Β Β Β Β Β The undersigned hereby certifies as follows:
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I have reviewed the terms of that certain Credit Agreement,
dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008 (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified, the βCredit Agreementβ; unless otherwise defined herein,
terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the Credit Agreement), among Explorer Investor Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, Explorer Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
the Company, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities
from time to time parties thereto, Credit Suisse, as Administrative Agent (in
such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ) and Collateral Agent, Bank
of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank, C.I.T.
Leasing Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Documentation
Agents, Credit Suisse, as Issuing Lender and Banc of America Securities LLC,
Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, and I have
made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable
detail of the transactions and condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries
during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements. A
description of all new Subsidiaries (if any) and of any change in the name or
jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party (if any) and a listing of any
material registrations of or applications for United States Intellectual
Property by any Loan Party (if any) during the period covered by this
Compliance Certificate is set forth in a separate attachment to this Compliance
Certificate. |
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The examination described in paragraph 2 above did not
disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event
which constitutes an Event of Default or Default not previously disclosed in
writing to the Administrative Agent during or at the end of the accounting
period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this
Compliance Certificate, except as set forth in a separate attachment, if any,
to this Compliance Certificate, describing in detail the nature of the
condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which
the Company has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such
condition or event. |
Β Β Β Β Β The foregoing certifications, together with the financial statements delivered with this
Compliance Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered on behalf of the Company and not
individually, on [MM/DD/YY] pursuant to SectionΒ 6.2(b) of the Credit Agreement.
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CLOSING CERTIFICATE
JulyΒ 31, 2008
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Pursuant to SectionΒ 5.1(e) of the Credit Agreement, dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008 (the βCredit
Agreementβ; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement), among Explorer Investor
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Explorer Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Booz
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., a Delaware corporation, the several banks and other financial institutions or
entities from time to time parties thereto, Credit Suisse, as Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank, C.I.T. Leasing
Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agents, Credit Suisse, as
Issuing Lender and Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners, the undersigned [β’], [insert title of officer if Borrower/Holdings]
[Secretary/Assistant Secretary] of Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (the βCompanyβ), hereby certifies
on behalf of the Company (and not individually) as follows:
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The Specified Representations of [the Company and its
Subsidiaries]1 [the Company]2 are true and correct in all
material respects. |
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No material provision of the Merger Agreement and the related
disclosure schedules and exhibits thereto has been waived or amended (other
than any such waivers or amendments (including, without limitation, with
respect to any representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement) as are
not materially adverse to the Lenders or the Lead Arrangers (including, without
limitation, the definition of βCompany Material Adverse Effectβ therein and the
representation and warranty set forth in SectionΒ 4.8(c) thereof)), other than
such waivers or amendments consented to by the Lead Arrangers. |
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The transactions described in SectionΒ 5.1(b)(ii) of the Credit
Agreement have been consummated, in accordance with the terms set forth in such
SectionΒ 5.1(b)(ii).]3 |
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of the Company and the signature set forth for such officer below is such
officerβs true and genuine signature. |
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The undersigned Secretary of the Company hereby certifies as follows:] [Borrower/Holdings
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Attached hereto as Exhibit [A] is a copy of a
certificate of good standing or the equivalent from the Companyβs jurisdiction
of organization dated as of a recent date prior to the date hereof. |
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Surviving Borrower certificate only. |
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Holdings and Merger Sub certificate only. |
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Surviving Borrower certificate only. |
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Attached hereto as Exhibit [B] is a true and complete
copy of [a unanimous written consent duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Company]4 [resolutions duly adopted at a meeting of the Board of
Directors]5, and such [unanimous written consent has][resolutions
have] not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, [has/have]
been in full force and effect since [its/their] adoption to and including the
date hereof and [is/are] now in full force and effect. |
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Attached hereto as Exhibit [C] is a true and complete
copy of the bylaws of the Company as in effect on the date hereof. |
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Attached hereto as Exhibit [D] is a true and complete
certified copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company as in effect
on the date hereof, and such Certificate of Incorporation has not been amended,
repealed, modified or restated. |
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The following persons are now duly elected and qualified
officers of the Company holding the offices indicated next to their respective
names, and the signatures appearing opposite their respective names are the
true and genuine signatures of such officers, and each of such officers is duly
authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Company each of the Loan
Documents to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be
delivered by the Company pursuant to the Loan Documents to which it is a party: |
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β [I, [NAME], [TITLE] of the Company, do hereby certify that [NAME] is the duly elected,
qualified and [TITLE] of the Company, and that [his/her] signature set forth above is [his/her]
genuine signature.
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ExhibitΒ A
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[Certificate of Good Standing]
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[Bylaws]
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[Certificate/Articles of Incorporation]
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
Β Β Β Β Β This Assignment and Assumption (the βAssignment and Assumptionβ) is dated as of the
Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [Insert name of Assignor] (the
βAssignorβ) and [Insert name of Assignee] (the βAssigneeβ). Capitalized terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified
below (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit
Agreementβ), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard
Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto (the βStandard Terms and
Conditionsβ) are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this
Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
Β Β Β Β Β For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the
Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to
and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the
Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i)Β all of the Assignorβs
rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other
documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and
percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the
Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit and
swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii)Β to the extent permitted to be assigned under
applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its
capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection
with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the
loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing,
including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims
at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i)
above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i)Β and (ii)Β above being
referred to herein collectively as the βAssigned Interestβ). Such sale and assignment is
without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and
Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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The $810,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008, among Explorer Investor
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Suisse, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Bank of
America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank,
C.I.T. Leasing Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation,
as Documentation Agents, Credit Suisse, as Issuing Lender and Banc of
America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead
Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners |
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WITH THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE
REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The Assignee agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire
in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level
information (which may contain material non-public information about the Loan Parties and their
related parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such
information in accordance with the Assigneeβs compliance procedures and applicable laws, including
Federal and state securities laws.
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
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this Assignment and Assumption (e.g. βRevolving Commitment,β βTranche A Term
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The $810,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008 (the βCredit Agreementβ),
among Explorer Investor Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Explorer Merger Sub Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ),
the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto
(the βLendersβ), Credit Suisse, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Bank of
America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank, C.I.T. Leasing Corporation
and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agents, Credit Suisse, as Issuing Lender
and Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners. Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1. Representations and Warranties.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a)Β represents and warrants that (i)Β it is the legal
and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii)Β the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any
lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii)Β it has full power and authority, and has taken
all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; and (b)Β assumes no responsibility with respect to (i)Β any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any
other Loan Document, (ii)Β the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness,
sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii)Β the financial
condition of any Borrower, any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof or any other Person obligated in
respect of any Loan Document or (iv)Β the performance or observance by any Borrower, any Subsidiary
or Affiliate thereof or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan
Document.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a)Β repeats each Lender representation set forth in
SectionΒ 9.6 of the Credit Agreement; (b)Β represents and warrants that (i)Β it has full power and
authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (ii)Β it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement
that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a
Lender, (iii)Β from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit
Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the
obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv)Β it has received and/or had the opportunity to review a
copy of the Credit Agreement to the extent it has in its sole discretion deemed necessary, together
with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to SectionΒ 6.1 thereof, as
applicable, and such other documents and information as it has in its sole discretion deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and
Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis
and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender,
and (v)Β if it is a Non-US Lender, attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation
required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and
executed by the Assignee; (c)Β agrees that (i)Β it will, independently and without reliance on the
Administrative Agent, the Assignor 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 decisions in taking or
not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii)Β it will perform in accordance with their terms
all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it
as a Lender; and (d)Β appoints and
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agent in their respective capacities on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under
the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent,
as applicable, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make
all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees
and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective
Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and
inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This
Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall
constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this
Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption and the rights and
obligations of the parties under this Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed
and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York without regard to principles
of conflicts of laws to the extent that the same are not mandatorily applicable by statute and the
application of the laws of another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
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EXHIBIT E-1
[FORM OF OPINION TO BE DELIVERED BY DEBEVOISE & XXXXXXXX LLP]
Β Β Β Β Β 1.Β Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation is validly existing under the laws of the State of New York.
Β Β Β Β Β 2.Β Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation has the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Β Β Β Β Β 3.Β Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize its
execution and delivery of and performance of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it
is a party.
Β Β Β Β Β 4.Β Each of the Loan Documents to which Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation is a party has been duly
executed and delivered on behalf of Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation.
Β Β Β Β Β 5.Β (a)Β Each of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a
party constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Borrower enforceable against the Borrower
in accordance with its terms.
Β Β Β Β Β (b) Each of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Merger Sub is a party
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Merger Sub enforceable against Merger Sub in
accordance with its terms.
Β Β Β Β Β (c) Each of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which Holdings is a party
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Holdings enforceable against Holdings in accordance
with its terms.
Β Β Β Β Β (d) Each of the Loan Documents to which any Subsidiary Party is a party constitutes a valid
and binding obligation of such Subsidiary Party enforceable against such Subsidiary Party in
accordance with its terms.
Β Β Β Β Β 6.Β (a)Β Except for (1) any consents, authorizations, approvals, notices and filings
that have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (2) filings to perfect
the security interests created by the Security Documents, (3) filings in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and in appropriate offices under
any applicable state trademark laws, (4) mortgage filings in connection with any of the
Loan Documents, (5) filings or consents required to create or perfect any Lien on
Collateral constituting mobile goods covered by a certificate of title, (6)Β consents required
pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act and (7) those consents, authorizations, filings
and other acts that, individually or in the aggregate, if not made, obtained or done would not to
our knowledge have a Material Adverse Effect, to our knowledge no consent or authorization of,
approval by, notice to, or filing with or other
act by or in respect of, any United States federal or New York State governmental authority is
required under United States federal or New York State law to be obtained or made on or prior to
the date hereof by the Borrower in connection with its execution and delivery of, or performance of
its obligations under, the Loan Documents to which it is a party or in connection with the validity
or enforceability against it of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Β Β Β Β Β (b) Except for (1) any consents, authorizations, approvals, notices and filings that
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (2) filings to perfect the
security interests created by the Security Documents, (3) filings in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and in appropriate offices
under any applicable state trademark laws, (4) mortgage filings in connection with any of
the Loan Documents, (5) filings or consents required to create or perfect any Lien on
Collateral constituting mobile goods covered by a certificate of title, (6)Β consents required
pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act and (7) those consents, authorizations, filings
and other acts that, individually or in the aggregate, if not made, obtained or done would not to
our knowledge have a Material Adverse Effect, to our knowledge no consent or authorization of,
approval by, notice to, or filing with or other act by or in respect of, any United States
federal or New York State governmental authority is required under United States federal or New
York State law to be obtained or made on or prior to the date hereof by Merger Sub in connection
with its execution and delivery of, or performance of its obligations under, the Loan Documents
to which it is a party or in connection with the validity or enforceability against it of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Β Β Β Β Β (c) Except for (1) any consents, authorizations, approvals, notices and filings that
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (2) filings to perfect the
security interests created by the Security Documents, (3) filings in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and in appropriate offices
under any applicable state trademark laws, (4) mortgage filings in connection with any of
the Loan Documents, (5) filings or consents required to create or perfect any Lien on
Collateral constituting mobile goods covered by a certificate of title, (6)Β consents required
pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act and (7) those consents, authorizations, filings
and other acts that, individually or in the aggregate, if not made, obtained or done would not to
our knowledge have a Material Adverse Effect, to our knowledge no consent or authorization of,
approval by, notice to, or filing with or other act by or in respect of, any United States
federal or New York State governmental authority is required under United States federal or New
York State law to be obtained or made on or prior to the date hereof by Holdings in connection
with its execution and delivery of, or performance of its obligations under, the Loan Documents
to which it is a party or in connection with the validity or enforceability against it of the
Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Β Β Β Β Β (d) Except for (1) any consents, authorizations, approvals, notices and filings that
have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (2) filings to perfect the
security interests created by the Security Documents, (3) filings in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office and in appropriate offices
under any applicable state trademark laws, (4) mortgage filings in connection with any of
the Loan Documents, (5) filings or consents required to create or perfect any Lien on
Collateral constituting mobile goods covered by a certificate of title, (6)Β consents required
pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act and (7) those consents, authorizations, filings
and other acts that, individually or in the aggregate, if not made, obtained or done would not to
our knowledge have a Material Adverse Effect, to our knowledge no consent or authorization of,
approval by, notice to, or filing with or other act by or in respect of, any United States
federal or New York State governmental authority is required under United States federal or New
York State law to be obtained or made on or prior to the date hereof by any Subsidiary Party in
connection with its execution and delivery of, or performance of its obligations under, the Loan
Documents to which it is a party or in connection with the validity or enforceability against it
of the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Β Β Β Β Β 7.Β (a)Β The execution and delivery by the Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a
party, and the performance by the Borrower of its obligations thereunder, (x) will not
violate (i) any existing United States federal or New York State law, rule or regulation
applicable to the Borrower (including without limitation RegulationΒ U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System) or (ii) any contract listed in ScheduleΒ III to which the
Borrower is a party, except, in the case of clauses (i)Β and (ii), for such violations that to our
knowledge would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (y) will not result in, or require,
the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than under the Loan Documents) on any of its
properties or revenues by operation of any law, rule or regulation referred to in the preceding
clause (x)Β or pursuant to any such contract.
Β Β Β Β Β (b) The execution and delivery by Merger Sub of the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
and the performance by Merger Sub of its obligations thereunder, (x) will not violate
(i) any existing United States federal or New York State law, rule or regulation
applicable to Merger Sub (including without limitation RegulationΒ U of the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System) or (ii) any contract listed in ScheduleΒ III to which Merger
Sub is a party, except, in the case of clauses (i)Β and (ii), for such violations that to our
knowledge would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (y) will not result in, or
require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than under the Loan Documents) on any of
its properties or revenues by operation of any law, rule or regulation referred to in the
preceding clause (x)Β or pursuant to any such contract.
Β Β Β Β Β (c) The execution and delivery by Holdings of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and
the performance by Holdings of its obligations thereunder, (x) will not violate
(i) any existing United States federal or New York State law, rule or regulation
applicable to Holdings or (ii) any contract listed in ScheduleΒ III to which Holdings
is a party, except, in the case of clauses (i)Β and (ii), for such violations that to our
knowledge would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (y) will not result in, or
require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than under the Loan Documents) on any of
its properties or revenues by operation of any law, rule or regulation referred to in the
preceding clause (x)Β or pursuant to any such contract.
Β Β Β Β Β (d) The execution and delivery by each Subsidiary Party of the Loan Documents to which it is
a party, and the performance by such Subsidiary Party of its obligations thereunder,
(x) will not violate (i) any existing United States federal or New York State
law, rule or regulation applicable to such Subsidiary Party or (ii) any contract listed
in ScheduleΒ III to which such Subsidiary Party is a party, except, in the case of clauses (i)Β and
(ii), for such violations that to our knowledge would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and
(y) will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than
under the Loan Documents) on any of its properties or revenues by operation of any law, rule or
regulation referred to in the preceding clause (x)Β or pursuant to any such contract.
Β Β Β Β Β (e) The execution and delivery by Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation of the Loan Documents to which
it is a party, and the performance by Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation of its obligations thereunder,
will not violate the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.Β (a)Β The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create a valid security
interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for
the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in all of the collateral
described therein that is of the type in which a security interest can be created under ArticleΒ 9
of the UCC (the βArticleΒ 9 Collateralβ), to the extent the UCC is applicable to the creation of
such security interest.
Β Β Β Β Β (b) Upon the delivery of the ArticleΒ 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be
perfected by possession pursuant to the UCC to (and provided that the same remains in the
possession of) the Collateral Agent in the State of New York, the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, will have a perfected security interest in such ArticleΒ 9
Collateral.
Β Β Β Β Β (c) Upon delivery of the Pledged Stock (in certificated form) either in bearer form or
registered form (issued or endorsed in each case in the name of the Collateral Agent or in blank)
to (and retention of control (within the meaning of SectionΒ 8-106 of the UCC) thereof by) the
Collateral Agent in the State of New York, the Collateral Agent will have a perfected security
interest therein, to the extent the UCC is applicable to the perfection of such security
interest.
Β Β Β Β Β (d) Upon the proper filing of the Financing Statement in the Filing Office, the Collateral
Agent will have a perfected security interest in all of the right, title and
interest of Xxxx Xxxxx Transportation in and to such ArticleΒ 9 Collateral, to the extent
perfection may be accomplished by the filing of financing statements in the Filing Office under
the UCC.
Β Β Β Β Β 9.Β Neither the Borrower nor Merger Sub is an βinvestment companyβ within the meaning of and
subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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EXHIBIT E-2
[FORM OF OPINION TO BE DELIVERED BY MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & XXXXXXX LLP]
Β Β Β Β Β 1.Β Each Delaware Corporation is a duly incorporated and validly existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Β Β Β Β Β 2.Β Each Delaware Corporation has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder.
Β Β Β Β Β 3.Β The
execution and delivery by each Delaware Corporation (other than the Surviving
Borrower, ASE and Aestix) of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by
such Delaware Corporation of its obligations thereunder, have been duly authorized by all
requisite corporate action on the part of such Delaware Corporation. Upon the effectiveness of the
Merger, followed on the date hereof by the due execution and delivery of the Consent, followed on
the date hereof by the due adoption of the Surviving Borrower
Resolutions by the Board of Directors
of the Surviving Borrower (collectively, the βPrecedent Stepsβ), the execution and delivery by the
Surviving Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by the
Surviving Borrower of its obligations thereunder, will have been duly authorized by all requisite
corporate action on the part of the Surviving Borrower. Upon the due adoption of the ASE
Resolutions by the Board of Directors of ASE on the date hereof following the effectiveness of the
Merger, the execution and delivery by ASE of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the
performance by ASE of its obligations thereunder, will have been duly authorized by all requisite
corporate action on the part of ASE. Upon the due adoption of the Aestix Resolutions by the Board
of Directors of Aestix on the date hereof following the effectiveness of the Merger, the execution
and delivery by Aestix of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by Aestix
of its obligations thereunder, will have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on
the part of Aestix.
Β Β Β Β Β 4.Β The execution and delivery by each Delaware Corporation (other than the Surviving Borrower,
ASE and Aestix) of the Loan Documents to which it is party do not, and the performance by such
Delaware Corporation of its obligations thereunder will not, (a)Β violate the Governing Documents of
such Delaware Corporation, (b)Β violate any applicable law, rule
or regulation of the State of
Delaware or (c)Β result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any lien (other than under the
Loan Documents) on any of its properties or revenues by operation of any law, rule or regulation
referred to in the preceding clause (b). Assuming the occurrence of the Precedent Steps, the
execution and delivery by the Surviving Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and
the performance by the Surviving Borrower of its obligations thereunder, will not violate (a)Β the
Governing Documents of the Surviving Borrower or (b)Β any
applicable law, rule or regulation of the
State of Delaware. Assuming the due adoption of the ASE Resolutions by the Board of Directors of
ASE on the date hereof following the effectiveness of the Merger, the execution and delivery by ASE
of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by ASE of its obligations
thereunder, will not violate (a)Β the Governing Documents of ASE or (b)Β any applicable law, rule or
regulation of the State of Delaware. Assuming the due adoption of the Aestix Resolutions by the
Board of Directors of Aestix on the date hereof following the effectiveness of the Merger, the
execution and delivery by Aestix of the Loan Documents to which it is
a party, and the performance
by Aestix of its obligations thereunder, will not violate, (a)Β the Governing Documents of Aestix or
(b)Β any applicable law, rule or regulation of the State of Delaware.
Β Β Β Β Β 5.Β No approval, consent or authorization of, filing with or notice to, any governmental
authority of the State of Delaware is required in connection with the execution and delivery by
any Delaware Corporation of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the performance by such
Delaware Corporation of its obligations thereunder (other than the filing of the Financing
Statements in the State Office).
Β Β Β Β Β 6.Β Each Delaware Corporation (other than the Surviving Borrower, ASE and Aestix) has duly
executed and delivered the Loan Documents to which it is a party. Upon the occurrence of the
Precedent Steps, the Loan Documents to which it is a party will have been duly executed and
delivered by the Surviving Borrower. Upon the due adoption of the ASE Resolutions and the Aestix
Resolutions by the Board of Directors of ASE and the Board of Directors of Aestix, respectively, on
the date hereof following the effectiveness of the Merger, the Loan Documents to which it is a
party will have been duly executed and delivered by each of ASE and Aestix, respectively.
Β Β Β Β Β 7.Β Solely to the extent that the Delaware UCC is applicable to the perfection of the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral owned or acquired by the Initial Borrower (the
βInitial Borrower Collateralβ), (a)Β the Initial Borrower Financing Statement is in appropriate
form for filing with the State Office under the Delaware UCC with respect to the portion of the
Initial Borrower Collateral as to which a security interest can be perfected by filing a financing
statement in the State of Delaware under the Delaware UCC (the βInitial Borrower Fifing
Collateralβ) and (b)Β upon the filing of the Initial Borrower Financing Statement in the State
Office, the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Initial Borrower Filing Collateral
will be perfected.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.Β Solely to the extent that the Delaware UCC is applicable to the perfection of the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral owned or acquired by the Surviving Borrower
(the βSurviving Borrower Collateralβ), (a)Β the Surviving Borrower Financing Statement is in
appropriate form for filing with the State Office under the Delaware UCC with respect to the
portion of the Surviving Borrower Collateral as to which a security interest can be perfected by
filing a financing statement in the State of Delaware under the Delaware UCC (the βSurviving
Borrower Filing Collateralβ) and (b)Β upon occurrence of the Precedent Steps and the filing of the
Surviving Borrower Financing Statement in the State Office, the security interest of the
Collateral Agent in the Surviving Borrower Filing Collateral will be perfected.
Β Β Β Β Β 9.Β Solely
to the extent that the Delaware UCC is applicable to the perfection of the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral owned or acquired by ASE (the βASE
Collateralβ), (a)Β the ASE Financing Statement is in appropriate form for filing with the State
Office under the Delaware UCC with respect to the portion of the ASE Collateral as to which a
security interest can be perfected by filing a financing statement in the State of Delaware under
the Delaware UCC (the βASE Filing Collateralβ) and (b)Β upon the due adoption of the
ASE Resolutions by the Board of Directors of ASE and the filing of the ASE Financing
Statement in the State Office, the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the ASE Filing
Collateral will be perfected.
Β Β Β Β Β 10.Β Solely to the extent that the Delaware UCC is applicable to the perfection of the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral owned or acquired by Aestix (the βAestix
Collateralβ), (a)Β the Aestix Financing Statement is in appropriate form for filing with the State
Office under the Delaware UCC with respect to the portion of the Aestix Collateral as to which a
security interest can be perfected by filing a financing statement in the State of Delaware under
the Delaware UCC (the βAestix Filing Collateralβ) and (b)Β upon the due adoption of the Aestix
Resolutions by the Board of Directors of Aestix and the filing of the Aestix Financing Statement in
the State Office, the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Aestix Filing Collateral will
be perfected.
Β Β Β Β Β 11.Β Solely
to the extent that the Delaware UCC is applicable to the perfection of the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral owned or acquired by Holdings (the βHoldings
Collateralβ), (a)Β the Holdings Financing Statement is in appropriate form for filing with the State
Office under the Delaware UCC with respect to the portion of the Holdings Collateral as to which a
security interest can be perfected by filing a financing statement in the State of Delaware under
the Delaware UCC (the βHoldings Filing Collateralβ) and (b)Β upon the filing of the Holdings
Financing Statement in the State Office, the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the
Holdings Filing Collateral will be perfected.
Β Β Β Β Β 12.Β Pursuant
to the provisions of SectionΒ 259 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, upon the
effectiveness of the Merger, for all purposes of the laws of the State of Delaware, the debts,
liabilities and duties of the Initial Borrower set forth in the Loan Documents shall thenceforth
attach to the Surviving Borrower, and may be enforced against the Surviving Borrower to the same
extent as if said debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by the Surviving
Borrower.
[FORM OF OPINION TO BE DELIVERED BY MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & XXXXXXX LLP]
Β Β Β Β Β 1.Β Each Delaware Corporation (other than
the Initial Borrower) is a duly incorporated
and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Β Β Β Β Β 2.Β Each Delaware Corporation (other than the Initial Borrower) has the requisite corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to perform
its obligations thereunder.
Β Β Β Β Β 3.Β The execution and delivery by each Delaware Corporation (other than the
Initial Borrower)
of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by such Delaware Corporation of
its obligations thereunder, have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action on the part
of such Delaware Corporation.
Β Β Β Β Β 4.Β The execution and delivery by each Delaware Corporation (other than
the Initial Borrower) of the Loan Documents to which it is party do not, and the performance by such Delaware Corporation
of its obligations thereunder will not, (a)Β violate the Governing Documents of such Delaware
Corporation, (b)Β violate any applicable law, rule or regulation of the State of Delaware or (c)
result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any lien (other than
under the Loan Documents) on any of its properties or revenues by operation of any law, rule or
regulation referred to in the preceding clause (b).
Β Β Β Β Β 5.Β No approval, consent or authorization of, filing with or notice to, any governmental
authority of the State of Delaware is required in connection with the execution and delivery by any
Delaware Corporation (other than the Initial Borrower) of the Loan Documents to which it is a party
and the performance by such Delaware Corporation of its obligations thereunder (other than the
filing of the Financing Statements in the State Office).
Β Β Β Β Β 6.Β Each Delaware Corporation (other than the Initial Borrower) has duly executed and delivered
the Loan Documents to which it is a party.
Β Β Β Β Β 7.Β Solely to the extent that the Delaware UCC
is applicable to the perfection of the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral owned or acquired by the Surviving Borrower (the
βSurviving Borrower Collateralβ), (a)Β the Surviving Borrower Financing Statement is in appropriate
form for filing with the State Office under the Delaware UCC with respect to the portion of the
Surviving Borrower Collateral as to which a security interest can be perfected by filing a
financing statement in the State of Delaware under the Delaware UCC (the βSurviving Borrower Filing
Collateralβ) and (b)Β upon the filing of the Surviving Borrower Financing Statement in the State
Office, the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Surviving Borrower Filing Collateral
will be perfected.
Β Β Β Β Β 8.Β Solely to the extent that the Delaware UCC
is applicable to the perfection of the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral owned or acquired by ASE (the βASE Collateralβ),
(a)Β the ASE Financing Statement is in appropriate form for
filing with the State Office under the
Delaware UCC with respect to the portion of the ASE Collateral as to which a security interest can
be perfected by filing a financing statement in the State of Delaware under the Delaware UCC (the
βASE Filing Collateralβ) and (b)Β upon the filing of the ASE Financing Statement in the State
Office, the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the ASE Filing Collateral will be
perfected.
Β Β Β Β Β 9.Β Solely to the extent that the Delaware UCC is applicable to the perfection of the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral owned or acquired by Aestix (the βAestix
Collateralβ), (a)Β the Aestix Financing Statement is in appropriate form for filing with the State
Office under the Delaware UCC with respect to the portion of the Aestix Collateral as to which a
security interest can be perfected by filing a financing statement in the State of Delaware under
the Delaware UCC (the βAestix Filing Collateralβ) and (b)Β upon the filing of the Aestix Financing
Statement in the State Office, the security interest of the Collateral Agent in the Aestix Filing
Collateral will be perfected.
Β Β Β Β Β 10.Β Solely
to the extent that the Delaware UCC is applicable to the perfection of the security
interest of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral owned or acquired
by Holdings (the βHoldings
Collateralβ), (a)Β the Holdings Financing Statement is in appropriate form for
filing with the State Office under the Delaware UCC with respect to the portion of the
Holdings Collateral as to which a security interest can be perfected by filing a financing
statement in the State of Delaware under the Delaware UCC (the βHoldings Filing Collateralβ) and
(b)Β upon the filing of the Holdings Financing Statement in the State Office, the security interest
of the Collateral Agent in the Holdings Filing Collateral will be perfected.
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EXHIBIT F
FORM OF EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among
Explorer Investor Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Explorer Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ), the several
banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto, Credit
Suisse, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ) and
Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank,
C.I.T. Leasing Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agents, Credit
Suisse, as Issuing Lender and Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC,
Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (the βNon-US Lenderβ) is providing this certificate pursuant to
SectionΒ 2.20(d) of the Credit Agreement. The Non-US Lender hereby represents and warrants that:
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 1. The Non-US Lender is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loans or the obligations
evidenced by Note(s) in respect of which it is providing this certificate.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 2. The income from the Loans held by the Non-US Lender is not effectively connected with
the conduct of a trade or business within the United States.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 3. The Non-US Lender is not a βbankβ as such term is used in SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code.
In this regard, the Non-US Lender further represents and warrants that:
Β Β Β Β Β (a) the Non-US Lender is not subject to regulatory or other legal requirements as a
bank in any jurisdiction; and
Β Β Β Β Β (b) the Non-US Lender has not been treated as a bank for purposes of any tax,
securities law or other filing or submission made to any Governmental Authority, any
application made to a rating agency or qualification for any exemption from tax, securities
law or other legal requirements.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 4. The Non-US Lender is not a β10-percent shareholderβ of the Borrower within the meaning of
SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 5. The Non-US Lender is not a controlled foreign corporation receiving interest from a related
person within the meaning of SectionΒ 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β We have furnished you with a certificate of our non-U.S. person status on Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the Non-US Lender agrees that (1)Β if the
information provided on this certificate changes, the Non-US Lender shall inform the Borrower (for
the benefit of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent) in writing within 30Β days of such change
and (2)Β the Non-US Lender shall furnish the Borrower (for the benefit of the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent) a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the
calendar year in which
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EXHIBIT G
FORM OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE
JulyΒ 31, 2008
Pursuant to SectionΒ 5.1(c) of the Credit Agreement, dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008 (the βCredit
Agreementβ; unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement), among Explorer Investor
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (βHoldingsβ), Explorer Merger Sub Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., a Delaware corporation, the several banks and other
financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto, Credit Suisse, as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx
Brothers Commercial Bank, C.I.T. Leasing Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as
Documentation Agents, Credit Suisse, as Issuing Lender and Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit
Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, the undersigned hereby certifies that he is the duly elected
and acting Chief Financial Officer of Holdings and that as such he is authorized to execute and
deliver this Solvency Certificate on behalf of Holdings (and not as an individual).
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Holdings further certifies that on the date hereof, it and each of the Loan Parties (on a
consolidated basis) is, and after giving effect to the Transactions will be, Solvent.
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , 200___] (the βJoinder Agreementβ or this
βAgreementβ), by and among [NEW LENDERS] (each, a βNew Lenderβ and, collectively,
the βNew Lendersβ), EXPLORER INVESTOR CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(βHoldingsβ), BOOZ XXXXX XXXXXXXX INC., a Delaware corporation (the βBorrowerβ),
and CREDIT SUISSE (the βAdministrative Agentβ).
RECITALS:
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β WHEREAS, reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the βCredit Agreementβ),
among Holdings, Explorer Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc.,
a Delaware corporation, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to
time parties thereto (the βLendersβ), Credit Suisse, as Administrative Agent (in such
capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ) and Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as
Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank, C.I.T. Leasing Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agents, Credit Suisse, as Issuing Lender and Banc of America
Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui
Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners (capitalized terms used but not
defined herein having the meaning provided in the Credit Agreement); and
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower may
establish New Loan Commitments by, among other things, entering into one or more Joinder Agreements
with New Lenders;
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants
herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β I. Each New Lender party hereto hereby agrees to commit to provide its New Loan Commitment, as
set forth on ScheduleΒ A annexed hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth below:
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β II. Each New Lender (i)Β confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such
other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement; (ii)Β agrees that it will, independently and without reliance
upon the Administrative Agent, or any other New Lender or any other Lender or Agent and based on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own
credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; (iii)Β appoints and
authorizes the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent, to take such action as agent on
its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as
are delegated to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, respectively, by the terms
thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (iv)Β agrees that it
will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit
Agreement are required to be performed by it as a New Lender.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β III. Each New Lender hereby agrees to make its respective Commitment on the following terms
and conditions:
Β Β Β Β Β 1.Β Applicable Margin. The Applicable Margin for each New [Term][Revolving] Loan shall mean, as
of any date of determination, a percentage per annum as set forth below:
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][Maturity Date. The Borrower shall repay the then unpaid principal amount of the New Revolving
Loans outstanding, and the New Loan Commitments in respect thereof will terminate, on [β’].]
Β Β Β Β Β 3.Β Voluntary and Mandatory Prepayments. [Scheduled installments of principal of the New Term
Loans set forth above shall be reduced in connection with any optional or mandatory prepayments of
the New Term Loans in accordance with SectionsΒ 2.11 and 2.12 of the Credit Agreement respectively.]
[The New Loan Commitments with respect to New Revolving Loans shall be reduced in accordance with
SectionΒ 2.10.]
Β Β Β Β Β 4.Β Proposed Borrowing. This Agreement represents the Borrowerβs request to [borrow New Term
Loans] [establish commitments for New Revolving Loans] from the New Lenders as follows (the
βProposed Borrowingβ):
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Β Β Β Β Β SECTION 1. Business Day of Proposed Borrowing: Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , ___
Β Β Β Β Β SECTION 2. Amount of Proposed Borrowing: $Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Β Β [SECTION 3. Interest rate option:
a. ABR Loan(s)
b. Eurocurrency Loan(s) with an initial Interest Period of ___ months]
Β Β Β Β Β 5.Β [New Lenders. Each New Lender acknowledges and agrees that upon its execution of this
Agreement and the making of New [Term][Revolving] Loans, such New Lender shall become a βLenderβ
under, and for all purposes of, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall be
subject to and bound by the terms thereof, and shall perform all the obligations of and shall have
all rights of a Lender thereunder.]13
Β Β Β Β Β 6.Β Credit Agreement Governs. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the New [Term][Revolving]
Loans shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 7. Certification. By its execution of this Agreement, the undersigned officer on behalf of
Holdings and the Borrower certifies that:
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pursuant to the Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, in
each case on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof
except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier
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Β Β Β Β Β 8.Β Notice. For purposes of the Credit Agreement, the initial notice address of each New
Lender shall be as set forth below its signature below.
Β Β Β Β Β 9.Β Non-US Lenders. For each New Lender that is a Non-US Lender, delivered herewith to the
Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States
federal income tax withholding matters as such New Lender may be required to deliver to
Administrative Agent pursuant to SectionΒ 2.20(d) of the Credit Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β 10.Β Recordation of the New Loans. Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative
Agent will record the New [Term][Revolving] Loans made by each New Lender in the Register.
Β Β Β Β Β 11.Β Amendment, Modification and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived
except as provided by SectionΒ 10.1 of the Credit Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β 12.Β Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and
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among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Β Β Β Β Β 13.Β 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 WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE
NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD
BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Β Β Β Β Β 14.Β Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity
or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms and provisions
of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of
this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be
unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as would be enforceable.
Β Β Β Β Β 15.Β Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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deliver this Joinder Agreement as of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β , ___].
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EXHIBIT I
FORM OF
PREPAYMENT OPTION NOTICE
Attention of Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The undersigned, Credit Suisse, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the
βAdministrative Agentβ) for the Lenders referred to below, refers to the Credit Agreement,
dated as of JulyΒ 31, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the βCredit Agreementβ), among Explorer Investor Corporation, a Delaware corporation,
Explorer Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., a Delaware
corporation, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time
parties thereto, Credit Suisse, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Bank of America,
N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank, C.I.T. Leasing Corporation and
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agents, Credit Suisse, as Issuing Lender and
Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx Brothers Inc. and
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in the Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent hereby gives notice of an offer of prepayment
made by the Borrower pursuant to SectionΒ 2.12(e) of the Credit Agreement of the Prepayment Amount.
Amounts applied to prepay the Tranche B Term Loans shall be applied pro rata to the
Tranche B Term Loan held by you. The portion of the prepayment amount to be allocated to the
Tranche B Term Loan held by you and the date on which such prepayment will be made to you (should
you elect to receive such prepayment) are set forth below:
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TO BE ALLOCATED TO YOU ON THE PREPAYMENT DATE INDICATED IN PARAGRAPH (C)Β ABOVE, please sign this
notice in the space provided below and indicate the percentage and the dollar amount of the
Prepayment Amount otherwise payable to you which you do not wish to receive. Please return this
notice as so completed via telecopy to the attention of [Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ] at Credit Suisse, no later than
5:00 P.M., New York City time, one Business Day after the date of this Notice, at telecopy number
[(___)___ β ___]. IF YOU DO NOT RETURN THIS NOTICE, YOU WILL RECEIVE 100% OF THE PREPAYMENT AMOUNT
ALLOCATED TO YOU ON THE PREPAYMENT DATE.
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EXHIBIT J-1
FORM OF
TRANCHE A TERM LOAN NOTE
THIS NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE AND THE
OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REGISTER MAINTAINED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF SUCH CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., a Delaware corporation
(βXxxx Xxxxxβ, and, together with any assignee of, or successor by merger to, Booz Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Inc.βs rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) as
provided therein, the βBorrowerβ), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (the βLenderβ) or its registered assigns at the Funding Office specified
in the Credit Agreement in Dollars and in immediately available funds, the principal amount of (a)
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β DOLLARS ($Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ), or, if less, (b)Β the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Term Loans owing to the Lender under the Credit Agreement. The principal amount shall be paid in
the amounts and on the dates specified in SectionΒ 2.3 of the Credit Agreement. The
Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount
hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates and on the dates specified in the Credit
Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β This Note (a)Β is one of the Notes issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July
31, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
βCredit Agreementβ), among Explorer Investor Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Explorer
Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the Borrower, the several banks and other financial
institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto, Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch,
as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ) and Collateral
Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank, C.I.T. Leasing
Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agents, Credit Suisse, as
Issuing Lender and Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners, (b)Β is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, which are hereby
incorporated by reference, (c)Β is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment in whole or in part
as provided in the Credit Agreement and (d)Β is secured and guaranteed as provided in the Loan
Documents. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement for a statement of all the terms and
conditions under which the Tranche A Term Loans evidenced hereby are made and are to be repaid. In
the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the
Credit Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the terms of the Credit
Agreement shall govern and be controlling.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon the occurrence of any one or more Events of Default, all principal and all accrued
interest then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due
and payable, all as and to the extent provided in the Credit Agreement. No failure in exercising
any rights hereunder or under the other Loan Documents on the part of the Lender shall operate as a
waiver of such rights.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker, principal,
surety, guarantor, indorser or otherwise, hereby expressly waive, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, presentment, demand, protest and all other similar notices or similar
requirements.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, THIS
NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10.6 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED,
AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER, THIS NOTE IS BEING ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.
THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE
NOTE CAN BE OBTAINED BY WRITTEN REQUEST TO BOOZ XXXXX XXXXXXXX INC., CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AT
0000 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX, XxXXXX, XX 00000.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β THIS NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER AND THE LENDER HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
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FORM OF
TRANCHE B TERM LOAN NOTE
THIS NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE AND THE
OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REGISTER MAINTAINED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF SUCH CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., a Delaware corporation
(βXxxx Xxxxxβ, and, together with any assignee of, or successor by merger to, Booz Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Inc.βs rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) as
provided therein, the βBorrowerβ), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (the βLenderβ) or its registered assigns at the Funding Office specified
in the Credit Agreement in Dollars and in immediately available funds, the principal amount of (a)
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β DOLLARS ($Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ), or, if less, (b)Β the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Term Loans owing to the Lender under the Credit Agreement. The principal amount shall be paid in
the amounts and on the dates specified in SectionΒ 2.3 of the Credit Agreement. The
Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount
hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates and on the dates specified in the Credit
Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β This Note (a)Β is one of the Notes issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July
31, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
βCredit Agreementβ), among Explorer Investor Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Explorer
Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the Borrower, the several banks and other financial
institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto, Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch,
as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ) and Collateral
Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank, C.I.T. Leasing
Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agents, Credit Suisse, as
Issuing Lender and Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners, (b)Β is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, which are hereby
incorporated by reference, (c)Β is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment in whole or in part
as provided in the Credit Agreement and (d)Β is secured and guaranteed as provided in the Loan
Documents. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement for a statement of all the terms and
conditions under which the Tranche B Term Loans evidenced hereby are made and are to be repaid. In
the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the
Credit Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the terms of the Credit
Agreement shall govern and be controlling.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon the occurrence of any one or more Events of Default, all principal and all accrued
interest then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due
and payable, all as and to the extent provided in the Credit Agreement. No failure in exercising
any rights hereunder or under the other Loan Documents on the part of the Lender shall operate as a
waiver of such rights.
J-2-1
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker, principal,
surety, guarantor, indorser or otherwise, hereby expressly waive, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, presentment, demand, protest and all other similar notices or similar
requirements.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, THIS
NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10.6 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED,
AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THEREUNDER, THIS NOTE IS BEING ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT.
THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE
NOTE CAN BE OBTAINED BY WRITTEN REQUEST BOOZ XXXXX XXXXXXXX INC., CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AT 0000
XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX, XxXXXX, XX 00000.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β THIS NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER AND THE LENDER HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
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FORM OF
REVOLVING NOTE
THIS NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE AND THE
OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REGISTER MAINTAINED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF SUCH CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Booz Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc., a Delaware corporation
(βXxxx Xxxxxβ, and, together with any assignee of, or successor by merger to, Booz Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Inc.βs rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined) as
provided therein, the βBorrowerβ), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (the βLenderβ) or its registered assigns at the Funding Office specified
in the Credit Agreement in Dollars and in immediately available funds, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender to the undersigned pursuant to Section
2.4 of the Credit Agreement, which sum shall be payable on the Revolving Termination Date. The
Borrower further agrees to pay interest in like money at such office on the unpaid principal amount
hereof from time to time outstanding at the rates and on the dates specified in the Credit
Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β This Note (a)Β is one of the Notes issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July
31, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
βCredit Agreementβ), among Explorer Investor Corporation, a Delaware corporation, Explorer
Merger Sub Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the Borrower, the several banks and other financial
institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto, Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch,
as administrative agent (in such capacity, the βAdministrative Agentβ) and Collateral
Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, Xxxxxx Brothers Commercial Bank, C.I.T. Leasing
Corporation and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Documentation Agents, Credit Suisse, as
Issuing Lender and Banc of America Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)Β LLC, Xxxxxx
Brothers Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint
Bookrunners, (b)Β is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, which are hereby
incorporated by reference, (c)Β is subject to optional and mandatory prepayment in whole or in part
as provided in the Credit Agreement and (d)Β is secured and guaranteed as provided in the Loan
Documents. Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement for a statement of all the terms and
conditions under which the Revolving Loans evidenced hereby are made and are to be repaid. In the
event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Credit
Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the terms of the Credit Agreement
shall govern and be controlling.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Upon the occurrence of any one or more Events of Default, all principal and all accrued
interest then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due
and payable, all as and to the extent provided in the Credit Agreement. No failure in exercising
any rights hereunder or under the other Loan Documents on the part of the Lender shall operate as a
waiver of such rights.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All parties now and hereafter liable with respect to this Note, whether maker, principal,
surety, guarantor, indorser or otherwise, hereby expressly waive, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, presentment, demand, protest and all other similar notices or similar
requirements.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall
have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, THIS
NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION AND OTHER
PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10.6 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
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Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β THIS NOTE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWER AND THE LENDER HEREUNDER SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
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