THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of June 1, 2005 among NAVARRE CORPORATION, as Borrower, THE OTHER PERSONS PARTY HERETO THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS CREDIT PARTIES, THE LENDERS SIGNATORY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME, as Lenders, and GENERAL...
Exhibit 10.1
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 1, 2005
among
NAVARRE CORPORATION,
as Borrower,
THE OTHER PERSONS PARTY HERETO
THAT ARE DESIGNATED AS CREDIT PARTIES,
THE LENDERS SIGNATORY HERETO
FROM TIME TO TIME,
as Lenders,
and
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Administrative Agent, Agent and Lender
GECC CAPITAL MARKETS GROUP, INC.
as Lead Arranger
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. | AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT | 2 | ||||||||
1.1 | Credit Facilities. | 2 | ||||||||
1.2 | Letters of Credit | 6 | ||||||||
1.3 | Prepayments. | 6 | ||||||||
1.4 | Use of Proceeds | 9 | ||||||||
1.5 | Interest and Applicable Margins | 9 | ||||||||
1.6 | [Intentionally Deleted] | 12 | ||||||||
1.7 | [Intentionally Deleted] | 12 | ||||||||
1.8 | Cash Management Systems | 12 | ||||||||
1.9 | Fees | 12 | ||||||||
1.10 | Receipt of Payments | 12 | ||||||||
1.11 | Application and Allocation of Payments | 12 | ||||||||
1.12 | Loan Account and Accounting | 13 | ||||||||
1.13 | Indemnity | 14 | ||||||||
1.14 | Access | 15 | ||||||||
1.15 | Taxes | 15 | ||||||||
1.16 | Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality | 16 | ||||||||
1.17 | Single Loan | 17 | ||||||||
1.18 | Addition of Second Lien Loan | 17 | ||||||||
2. | CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 18 | ||||||||
2.1 | Conditions to the Initial Loans | 18 | ||||||||
2.2 | Further Conditions to Each Loan | 19 | ||||||||
3. | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 20 | ||||||||
3.1 | Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law | 20 | ||||||||
3.2 | Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN | 20 | ||||||||
3.3 | Corporate Power, Authorization, Enforceable Obligations | 20 | ||||||||
3.4 | Financial Statements and Projections | 21 | ||||||||
3.5 | Material Adverse Effect | 22 | ||||||||
3.6 | Ownership of Property; Liens | 22 | ||||||||
3.7 | Labor Matters | 22 | ||||||||
3.8 | Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness | 23 | ||||||||
3.9 | Government Regulation | 23 | ||||||||
3.10 | Margin Regulations | 23 | ||||||||
3.11 | Taxes | 24 | ||||||||
3.12 | ERISA | 24 | ||||||||
3.13 | No Litigation | 25 | ||||||||
3.14 | Brokers | 25 | ||||||||
3.15 | Intellectual Property | 25 | ||||||||
3.16 | Full Disclosure | 26 | ||||||||
3.17 | Environmental Matters | 26 | ||||||||
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3.18 | Insurance | 27 | ||||||||
3.19 | Deposit and Disbursement Accounts | 27 | ||||||||
3.20 | Government Contracts | 27 | ||||||||
3.21 | Customer and Trade Relations | 27 | ||||||||
3.22 | Agreements and Other Documents | 27 | ||||||||
3.23 | Solvency | 27 | ||||||||
3.24 | [Intentionally Deleted] | 28 | ||||||||
3.25 | Status of Xxxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx CLP and Xxxxxxx XX | 28 | ||||||||
3.26 | FUNimation Acquisition Agreement | 28 | ||||||||
3.27 | Vendor Advances | 28 | ||||||||
4. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION | 28 | ||||||||
4.1 | Reports and Notices | 28 | ||||||||
4.2 | Communication with Accountants | 29 | ||||||||
5. | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 29 | ||||||||
5.1 | Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business | 29 | ||||||||
5.2 | Payment of Charges | 29 | ||||||||
5.3 | Books and Records | 30 | ||||||||
5.4 | Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral | 30 | ||||||||
5.5 | Compliance with Laws | 31 | ||||||||
5.6 | Supplemental Disclosure | 32 | ||||||||
5.7 | Intellectual Property | 32 | ||||||||
5.8 | Environmental Matters | 32 | ||||||||
5.9 | Landlords’ Agreements | 33 | ||||||||
5.10 | Clean Down | 33 | ||||||||
5.11 | Interest Rate Agreements | 33 | ||||||||
5.12 | Further Assurances | 34 | ||||||||
5.13 | Second Lien Loan | 34 | ||||||||
6. | NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 34 | ||||||||
6.1 | Mergers, Subsidiaries, Etc | 34 | ||||||||
6.2 | Investments; Loans and Advances | 34 | ||||||||
6.3 | Indebtedness | 36 | ||||||||
6.4 | Employee Loans and Affiliate Transactions | 37 | ||||||||
6.5 | Capital Structure and Business | 37 | ||||||||
6.6 | Guaranteed Indebtedness | 38 | ||||||||
6.7 | Liens and Related Matters | 38 | ||||||||
6.8 | Sale of Stock and Assets | 39 | ||||||||
6.9 | ERISA | 39 | ||||||||
6.10 | Financial Covenants | 39 | ||||||||
6.11 | Hazardous Materials | 39 | ||||||||
6.12 | Sale-Leasebacks | 39 | ||||||||
6.13 | Cancellation of Indebtedness | 39 | ||||||||
6.14 | Restricted Payments | 39 | ||||||||
6.15 | Change of Corporate Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year | 40 | ||||||||
6.16 | No Impairment of Intercompany Transfers | 40 | ||||||||
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6.17 | No Speculative Transactions | 40 | ||||||||
6.18 | Leases; Real Estate Purchases | 41 | ||||||||
6.19 | Amendments | 41 | ||||||||
6.20 | Xxxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx CLP and Xxxxxxx XX | 41 | ||||||||
6.21 | Second Lien Credit Agreement | 41 | ||||||||
7. | TERM | 41 | ||||||||
7.1 | Termination | 41 | ||||||||
7.2 | Survival of Obligations Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements | 41 | ||||||||
8. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES | 41 | ||||||||
8.1 | Events of Default | 41 | ||||||||
8.2 | Remedies | 43 | ||||||||
8.3 | Waivers by Credit Parties | 44 | ||||||||
9. | ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT | 44 | ||||||||
9.1 | Assignment and Participations | 44 | ||||||||
9.2 | Appointment of Agent | 47 | ||||||||
9.3 | Agent’s Reliance, Etc. | 47 | ||||||||
9.4 | GE Capital and Affiliates | 48 | ||||||||
9.5 | Lender Credit Decision | 48 | ||||||||
9.6 | Indemnification | 48 | ||||||||
9.7 | Successor Agent | 49 | ||||||||
9.8 | Setoff and Sharing of Payments | 49 | ||||||||
9.9 | Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert | 50 | ||||||||
9.10 | Intercreditor Agreement | 52 | ||||||||
10. | SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS | 52 | ||||||||
10.1 | Successors and Assigns | 52 | ||||||||
11. | MISCELLANEOUS | 53 | ||||||||
11.1 | Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement | 53 | ||||||||
11.2 | Amendments and Waivers | 53 | ||||||||
11.3 | Fees and Expenses | 54 | ||||||||
11.4 | No Waiver | 56 | ||||||||
11.5 | Remedies | 56 | ||||||||
11.6 | Severability | 56 | ||||||||
11.7 | Conflict of Terms | 56 | ||||||||
11.8 | Confidentiality | 56 | ||||||||
11.9 | GOVERNING LAW | 57 | ||||||||
11.10 | Notices | 58 | ||||||||
11.11 | Section Titles | 58 | ||||||||
11.12 | Counterparts | 58 | ||||||||
11.13 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 58 | ||||||||
11.14 | Press Releases and Related Matters | 59 | ||||||||
11.15 | Reinstatement | 59 | ||||||||
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11.16 | Advice of Counsel | 59 | ||||||||
11.17 | No Strict Construction | 59 | ||||||||
11.18 | Compliance with Federal Law | 59 | ||||||||
11.19 | Customer Identification – USA Patriot Act Notice | 60 | ||||||||
12. | AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT | 60 | ||||||||
12.1 | Interrelationship with the Existing Credit Agreement | 60 | ||||||||
12.2 | Confirmation of Existing Obligations | 60 |
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INDEX OF APPENDICES
Annex A (Recitals)
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- | Definitions | ||
Annex B (Section 1.2)
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- | Letters of Credit | ||
Annex C (Section 1.8)
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- | Cash Management System | ||
Annex D (Section 2.1(a))
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- | Closing Checklist | ||
Annex E (Section 4.1(a))
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- | Financial Statements and Projections – Reporting | ||
Annex F (Section 4.1(b))
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- | Collateral Reports | ||
Annex G (Section 6.10)
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- | Financial Covenants | ||
Annex H (Section 9.9(a))
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- | Lenders’ Wire Transfer Information | ||
Annex I (Section 11.10)
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- | Notice Addresses | ||
Annex J (from Annex A- Commitments definition) |
- | Commitments as of Closing Date | ||
Exhibit 1.1(a)(i)
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- | Form of Notice of Revolving Credit Advance | ||
Exhibit 1.1(a)(ii)
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- | Form of Revolving Note | ||
Exhibit 1.1(b)(ii)
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- | Form of Swing Line Note | ||
Exhibit 1.1(c)(i)
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- | Form of Term B Note | ||
Exhibit 1.1(d)(i)
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- | Form of Term C Note | ||
Exhibit 1.5(e)
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- | Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation | ||
Exhibit 9.1(a)
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- | Form of Assignment Agreement | ||
Exhibit B-1
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- | Application for Standby Letter of Credit | ||
Schedule 1.1
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- | Agent’s Representatives | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.1
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- | Type of Entity; State of Organization | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.2
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- | Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.4
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- | Financial Statement Exceptions | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.4(a)
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- | Financial Statements | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.4(b)
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- | Projections | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.4(c)
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- | Pro Forma | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.6
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- | Real Estate and Leases | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.7
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- | Labor Matters | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.8
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- | Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.11
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- | Tax Matters | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.12
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- | ERISA Plans | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.13
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- | Litigation | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.15
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- | Intellectual Property | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.17
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- | Hazardous Materials | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.18
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- | Insurance | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.19
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- | Deposit and Disbursement Accounts | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.20
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- | Government Contracts | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.22
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- | Material Agreements | ||
Disclosure Schedule 3.27
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- | Vendor Advances | ||
Disclosure Schedule 5.1
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- | Trade Names | ||
Disclosure Schedule 6.3
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- | Indebtedness | ||
Disclosure Schedule 6.4(a)
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- | Transactions with Affiliates | ||
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Disclosure Schedule 6.7
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- | Existing Liens | ||
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This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of June 1, 2005, by and among NAVARRE CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation (“Borrower”), the Credit Parties signatory hereto, GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (in its individual capacity, “GE Capital”), for itself, as Lender, and as Agent for Lenders, and the other Lenders signatory hereto from time to time.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Borrower, the other Credit Parties signatory thereto, Agent and the Lenders signatory thereto are parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 11, 2005 (as amended or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lenders extend a revolving credit facility and a term credit facility to Borrower of up to One Hundred Sixty Five Million Dollars ($165,000,000) in the aggregate for the purposes of (a) funding the FUNimation Acquisition pursuant to Section 2.1(g) hereof, (b) providing working capital financing for Borrower and Capital Expenditures for Borrower as permitted hereunder, (c) providing funds for other general corporate purposes of Borrower and (d) providing funds for other purposes permitted hereunder; and for these purposes, Lenders are willing to make certain loans and other extensions of credit to Borrower of up to such amount upon the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, Borrower has agreed to secure all of its obligations under the Loan Documents by granting to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, a security interest in and lien upon all of its existing and after-acquired personal and real property;
WHEREAS, the Credit Parties signatory hereto (other than Borrower) have agreed to guarantee the Obligations and to grant to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, a security interest in and lien upon all of their existing and after-acquired personal and real property to secure the Obligations; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Annex A and, for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the rules of construction set forth in Annex A shall govern. All Annexes, Disclosure Schedules, Exhibits and other attachments (collectively, “Appendices”) hereto, or expressly identified to this Agreement, are incorporated herein by reference, and taken together with this Agreement, shall constitute but a single agreement. These Recitals shall be construed as part of the Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein:
1. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT
1.1 Credit Facilities.
(a) Revolving Credit Facility.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender agrees to make available to Borrower from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date its Pro Rata Share of advances (each, a “Revolving Credit Advance”). The Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan of any Revolving Lender shall not at any time exceed its separate Revolving Loan Commitment. The obligations of each Revolving Lender hereunder shall be several and not joint. Until the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower may from time to time borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.1(a); provided, that the amount of any Revolving Credit Advance to be made at any time shall not exceed Borrowing Availability at such time. Borrowing Availability may be further reduced by Reserves imposed by Agent in its reasonable credit judgment for reasons relating to any Credit Party, any Credit Party’s business or industry and/or the Agent’s ability to collect or realize the full value of any Collateral. Each Revolving Credit Advance shall be made on notice by Borrower to one of the representatives of Agent identified in Schedule 1.1 at the address specified therein. Any such notice must be given no later than (1) 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the Business Day of the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the case of an Index Rate Loan, or (2) 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the date which is 3 Business Days prior to the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the case of a LIBOR Loan. Each such notice (a “Notice of Revolving Credit Advance”) must be given in writing (by telecopy or overnight courier) substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(i), and shall include the information required in such Exhibit and such other information as may be required by Agent. If Borrower desires to have the Revolving Credit Advances bear interest by reference to a LIBOR Rate, it must comply with Section 1.5(e).
(ii) Except as provided in Section 1.12, Borrower shall execute and deliver to each Revolving Lender a note to evidence the Revolving Loan Commitment of that Revolving Lender. Each note shall be in the principal amount of the Revolving Loan Commitment of the applicable Revolving Lender, dated the Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(ii) (each a “Revolving Note” and, collectively, the “Revolving Notes”). Each Revolving Note shall represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment or, if less, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances to Borrower together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5. The entire unpaid balance of the Revolving Loan and all other non-contingent Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination Date.
(b) Swing Line Facility.
(i) Agent shall notify the Swing Line Lender upon Agent’s receipt of any Notice of Revolving Credit Advance. Subject to the terms and conditions
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hereof, the Swing Line Lender may, in its discretion, make available from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date advances (each, a “Swing Line Advance”) in accordance with any such notice. The provisions of this Section 1.1(b) shall not relieve Revolving Lenders of their obligations to make Revolving Credit Advances under Section 1.1(a); provided that if the Swing Line Lender makes a Swing Line Advance pursuant to any such notice, such Swing Line Advance shall be in lieu of any Revolving Credit Advance that otherwise may be made by Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to such notice. The aggregate amount of Swing Line Advances outstanding shall not exceed at any time the lesser of (A) the Swing Line Commitment and (B) Borrowing Availability (“Swing Line Availability”). Until the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower may from time to time borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.1(b). Each Swing Line Advance shall be made pursuant to a Notice of Revolving Credit advance delivered by Borrower to Agent in accordance with Section 1.1(a). Any such notice must be given no later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the Business Day of the proposed Swing Line Advance. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received at least one Business Day’s prior written notice from Requisite Lenders instructing it not to make a Swing Line Advance, the Swing Line Lender shall, notwithstanding the failure of any condition precedent set forth in Sections 2.2, be entitled to fund that Swing Line Advance, and to have such Revolving Lender make Revolving Credit Advances in accordance with Section 1.1(b)(iii) or purchase participating interests in accordance with Section 1.1(b)(iv). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the Swing Line Loan shall constitute an Index Rate Loan. Borrower shall repay the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loan upon demand therefor by Agent.
(ii) Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Swing Line Lender a promissory note to evidence the Swing Line Commitment. Such note shall be in the principal amount of the Swing Line Commitment of the Swing Line Lender, dated the Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(b)(ii) (the “Swing Line Note”). The Swing Line Note shall represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of the Swing Line Commitment or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Line Advances made to Borrower together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5. The entire unpaid balance of the Swing Line Loan and all other noncontingent Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination Date if not sooner paid in full.
(iii) The Swing Line Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion but at least once per week, may on behalf of Borrower (and Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so act on its behalf) request each Revolving Lender (including the Swing Line Lender) to make a Revolving Credit Advance to Borrower (which shall be an Index Rate Loan) in an amount equal to that Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the principal amount of the Swing Line Loan (the “Refunded Swing Line Loan”) outstanding on the date such notice is given. Unless any of the events described in Sections 8.1(h) or 8.1(i) has occurred (in which event the procedures of Section 1.1(b)(iv) shall apply) and regardless of whether the conditions precedent set forth in this Agreement to the making of a Revolving Credit
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Advance are then satisfied, each Revolving Lender shall disburse directly to Agent, its Pro Rata Share of a Revolving Credit Advance on behalf of the Swing Line Lender, prior to 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time), in immediately available funds on the Business Day next succeeding the date that notice is given. The proceeds of those Revolving Credit Advances shall be immediately paid to the Swing Line Lender and applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loan.
(iv) If, prior to refunding a Swing Line Loan with a Revolving Credit Advance pursuant to Section 1.1(b)(iii), one of the events described in Sections 8.1(h) or 8.1(i) has occurred, then, subject to the provisions of Section 1.1(b)(v) below, each Revolving Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Credit Advance was to have been made for the benefit of Borrower, purchase from the Swing Line Lender an undivided participation interest in the Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of such Swing Line Loan. Upon request, each Revolving Lender shall, prior to 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) in immediately available funds on the Business Day next succeeding the date such request is made, promptly transfer to the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation interest.
(v) Each Revolving Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Advances in accordance with Section 1.1(b)(iii) and to purchase participation interests in accordance with Section 1.1(b)(iv) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Revolving Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of any Default or Event of Default; (C) any inability of Borrower to satisfy the conditions precedent to borrowing set forth in this Agreement at any time or (D) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. If any Revolving Lender does not make available to Agent or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, the amount required pursuant to Sections 1.1(b)(iii) or 1.1(b)(iv), as the case may be, the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender, together with interest thereon for each day from the date of non-payment until such amount is paid in full at the Federal Funds Rate for the first two Business Days and at the Index Rate thereafter.
(c) Term Loan B.
(i) Each Term B Lender previously made a term loan (collectively, the “Term Loan B”) on the Prior Closing Date to Borrower in the amount of such Term B Lender’s Term Loan B Commitment at such time. On the Closing Date, all the proceeds of the Term Loan C shall be used to repay a portion of the Term Loan B then outstanding (to be applied against amounts otherwise required to be repaid on May 11, 2011). Each Term Loan B then remaining outstanding is evidenced by a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(c)(i) (each a “Term B Note” and collectively the “Term B Notes”), and, except as provided in Section 1.12, Borrower shall execute and deliver a Term B Note to each applicable Term B Lender. Each Term B Note shall represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount loaned by each Term B Lender pursuant to such Term B Lender’s Term Loan B Commitment, together
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with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5. Amounts repaid on Term Loan B may not be reborrowed.
(ii) Borrower shall repay the Term Loan B in twenty four (24) consecutive quarterly installments on the first day of each Fiscal Quarter set forth below:
Payment | Installment | |||
Dates | Amounts | |||
July 1, 2005 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
October 1, 2005 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
January 1, 2006 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
April 1, 2006 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
July 1, 2006 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
October 1, 2006 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
January 1, 2007 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
April 1, 2007 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
July 1, 2007 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
October 1, 2007 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
January 1, 2008 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
April 1, 2008 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
July 1, 2008 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
October 1, 2008 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
January 1, 2009 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
April 1, 2009 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
July 1, 2009 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
October 1, 2009 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
January 1, 2010 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
April 1, 2010 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
July 1, 2010 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
October 1, 2010 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
January 1, 2011 |
$ | 1,250,000 | ||
April 1, 2011 |
$ | 1,250,000 |
The then remaining unpaid principal balance of Term Loan B shall be due on May 11, 2011.
(iii) Notwithstanding Section 1.1(c)(ii), the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan B shall be due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination Date, if not sooner paid in full.
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(iv) Each payment of principal with respect to the Term Loan B shall be paid to Agent for the ratable benefit of each Term B Lender making a Term Loan B, ratably in proportion to each such Term B Lender’s respective Term Loan B Commitment.
(d) Term Loan C.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Term C Lender agrees to make a term loan (collectively, the “Term Loan C” and together with the Term Loan B, the “Term Loans”) on the Closing Date to Borrower in the amount of such Term C Lender’s Term Loan C Commitment. The obligations of each Term C Lender hereunder shall be several and not joint. Each such Term Loan C shall be evidenced by a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(d)(i) (each a “Term C Note” and collectively the “Term C Notes”), and, except as provided in Section 1.12, Borrower shall execute and deliver a Term C Note to each applicable Term C Lender. Each Term C Note shall represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount loaned by each Term C Lender pursuant to such Term C Lender’s Term Loan C Commitment, together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5. Amounts repaid on Term Loan C may not be reborrowed.
(ii) Borrower shall repay the principal amount of the Term Loan in a single installment on November 11, 2011, if not sooner paid in full.
(iii) Notwithstanding Section 1.1(c)(ii), the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan C shall be due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination Date, if not sooner paid in full.
(iv) Each payment of principal with respect to the Term Loan C shall be paid to Agent for the ratable benefit of each Term C Lender making a Term Loan C, ratably in proportion to each such Term C Lender’s respective Term Loan C Commitment.
(e) Reliance on Notices. Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any Notice of Revolving Credit Advance, Notice of Conversion/Continuation or similar notice believed by Agent to be genuine. Agent may assume that each Person executing and delivering any notice in accordance herewith was duly authorized, unless the responsible individual acting thereon for Agent has actual knowledge to the contrary.
1.2 Letters of Credit. Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein and in Annex B, Borrower shall have the right to request, and Revolving Lenders agree to incur, or purchase participations in, Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of Borrower.
1.3 Prepayments.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments; Reductions in Revolving Loan Commitments. Borrower may at any time on at least five (5) days’ prior written notice to Agent voluntarily prepay all or part of the Term Loan B; provided that any such prepayments shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $250,000 in excess of such amount. Borrower shall not voluntarily prepay the Term Loan C until the Revolving Loans and the Term
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Loan B have been repaid in full, all commitments to make Revolving Loans hereunder have terminated and all then outstanding Letters of Credit have been cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied in accordance with Annex B hereunder. In addition, Borrower may at any time on at least 5 days’ prior written notice to Agent permanently reduce (but not terminate) the Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that (A) any such reductions shall be in a minimum amount of $3,000,000 and integral multiples of $250,000 in excess of such amount, (B) the Revolving Loan Commitment shall not be reduced to an amount less than the amount of the Revolving Loan outstanding, and (C) after giving effect to such reductions, Borrower shall comply with Section 1.3(b)(i). Borrower may at any time on at least ten 10 days’ prior written notice to Agent terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that upon such termination all Loans and other Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full and all Letter of Credit Obligations shall be cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied in accordance with Annex B hereto. Any voluntary prepayment of any Term Loan and voluntary prepayment and any reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment must be accompanied by the payment of any LIBOR funding breakage costs in accordance with Section 1.13(b). Upon any such reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment, Borrower’s right to request Revolving Credit Advances, or request that Letter of Credit Obligations be incurred on its behalf, or request Swing Line Advances, shall simultaneously be permanently reduced or terminated, as the case may be; provided that a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment shall require a corresponding pro rata reduction in the L/C Sublimit. Each notice of partial prepayment shall designate the Loan or other Obligations to which such prepayment is to be applied; provided that any partial prepayments of any Term Loan made by Borrower shall be applied to prepay the scheduled installments of the applicable Term Loans in inverse order of maturity.
(b) Mandatory Prepayments.
(i) If at any time the outstanding balances of the Revolving Loan and the Swing Line Loan exceed the Maximum Amount, Borrower shall immediately repay the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Advances to the extent required to eliminate such excess. If any such excess remains after repayment in full of the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Advances, Borrower shall provide cash collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations in the manner set forth in Annex B to the extent required to eliminate such excess.
(ii) Immediately upon receipt by any Credit Party of any proceeds of any asset disposition (excluding proceeds of asset dispositions permitted by Section 6.8(a), but including any sale of Stock of any Subsidiary of any Credit Party, Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to all such proceeds, net of (A) commissions and other reasonable and customary transaction costs, fees and expenses properly attributable to such transaction and payable by Borrower in connection therewith (in each case, paid to non-Affiliates), (B) transfer taxes, (C) amounts payable to holders of senior Liens (to the extent such Liens constitute Permitted Encumbrances hereunder (but excluding, in any event, Liens securing obligations under the Second Lien Credit Agreement)), if any, and (D) an appropriate reserve for income taxes in accordance with GAAP in connection therewith. Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c).
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(iii) If Borrower issues or incurs any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.3 hereof), no later than the Business Day following the date of receipt of the proceeds thereof, Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to all such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs paid to non-Affiliates in connection therewith. If Borrower issues Stock, no later than the Business Day following the date of receipt of the proceeds thereof, Borrower shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal fifty percent (50%) of such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs paid to non-Affiliates in connection therewith. Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c).
(iv) Borrower shall prepay the Obligations on the date that is ten (10) days after the earlier of (A) the date on which Borrower’s annual audited Financial Statements for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year (commencing with the Fiscal Year ending on or about March 31, 2006) are delivered pursuant to Annex E or (B) the date on which such annual audited Financial Statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Annex E, in an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of Excess Cash Flow for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year; provided, however, that if the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Year is less than 2.00:1, the percentage set forth above shall be reduced to fifty percent (50%) of the Excess Cash Flow from such Fiscal Year. Any prepayments from Excess Cash Flow paid pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c). Each such prepayment shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by Borrower’s chief financial officer certifying the manner in which Excess Cash Flow and the resulting prepayment were calculated, which certificate shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
(v) Any and all proceeds of “key man” life insurance (whether such proceeds arise by reason of death benefit, at maturity, surrendering the policy and receiving the surrender value thereof or otherwise) shall be immediately used to prepay the Obligations in an amount equal to such proceeds (which shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c)).
(vi) If Borrower incurs any Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.3(a)(xii) hereof, the Borrower shall cause the lenders thereof to send the proceeds thereof directly to the Agent and, notwithstanding anything contained herein or otherwise that would require (i) an application of such proceeds to any other amounts owing or outstanding hereunder or under any other Loan Document or (ii) a pro rata application of such proceeds to any amounts outstanding hereunder, such proceeds shall be used to prepay the Term Loan C.
(c) Application of Certain Mandatory Prepayments. Any prepayments made by Borrower pursuant to Sections 1.3(b)(ii), (b)(iii), (b)(iv) or (b)(v) above shall be applied as follows: first, to Fees and reimbursable expenses of Agent then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan Documents; second, to interest then due and payable on the Term Loan B; third, to prepay the scheduled principal installments of the Term Loan B in inverse order of maturity, until the Term Loan B has been prepaid in full; fourth, to interest then due and payable on the Swing Line Loan; fifth, to the principal balance of the Swing Line Loan until the same has been
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repaid in full; sixth, to interest then due and payable on the Revolving Credit Advances; seventh, to the outstanding principal balance of Revolving Credit Advances until the same has been paid in full; eighth, to any Letter of Credit Obligations, to provide cash collateral therefor in the manner set forth in Annex B, until all such Letter of Credit Obligations have been fully cash collateralized in the manner set forth in Annex B; ninth, to Obligations under Interest Rate Agreements which the Agent has agreed in writing relate to Term Loan B (pro rata, based upon the amount thereof); tenth, to accrued and unpaid interest with respect to Term Loan C; eleventh, to the principal amount of Term Loan C until the Term Loan C has been prepaid in full; twelfth, to Obligations under Interest Rate Agreements (pro rata, based upon the amount thereof); and thirteenth, pro rata to all other Obligations then due and owing. None of the Revolving Loan Commitment or the Swing Line Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of any such prepayments.
(d) Application of Prepayments from Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds. Prepayments from insurance or condemnation proceeds in accordance with Section 5.4(c), shall be applied as follows: insurance proceeds from casualties or losses to cash or Inventory shall be applied first, to the Swing Line Loans and second, to the Revolving Credit Advances and insurance or condemnation proceeds from casualties or losses to Equipment, Fixtures and Real Estate shall be applied as set forth in Section 1.3(c). Neither the Revolving Loan Commitment nor the Swing Line Loan Commitment shall be permanently reduced by the amount of any such prepayments.
(e) No Implied Consent. Nothing in this Section 1.3 shall be construed to constitute Agent’s or any Lender’s consent to any transaction that is not permitted by other provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
1.4 Use of Proceeds.
Under the Existing Credit Agreement, Borrower was permitted to use proceeds of the Term Loan B on the Prior Closing Date to fund the FUNimation Acquisition and to pay fees, costs and expenses associated with the Related Transactions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,500,000. On and after the Closing Date, Borrower shall utilize the proceeds of the Term Loan B solely for the financing of Borrower’s ordinary working capital, Capital Expenditures as permitted hereunder, and for other general corporate purposes. Borrower shall utilize the proceeds of the (i) Term Loan C solely to repay a portion of Term Loan B and (ii) Revolving Loan and the Swing Line Loan solely for the financing of Borrower’s ordinary working capital, Capital Expenditures as permitted hereunder, and for other general corporate purposes.
1.5 Interest and Applicable Margins.
(a) Borrower shall pay interest to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders in accordance with the various Loans being made by each Lender, in arrears on each applicable Interest Payment Date, at the following rates: (i) with respect to the Revolving Credit Advances, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum or, at the election of Borrower, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin per annum, based on the aggregate Revolving Credit Advances outstanding from time to time; (ii) with
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respect to the Term Loan B, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Term Loan B Index Margin per annum or, at the election of Borrower, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Term Loan B LIBOR Margin per annum, (iii) with respect to the Term Loan C, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Term Loan C Index Margin per annum or, at the election of Borrower, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Term Loan C LIBOR Margin per annum and (iv) with respect to the Swing Line Loan, the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum.
The Applicable Margins are as follows:
Applicable Revolver Index Margin |
2.25 | % | ||
Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin |
3.50 | % | ||
Applicable Term Loan B Index Margin |
2.50 | % | ||
Applicable Term Loan B LIBOR Margin |
3.75 | % | ||
Applicable Term Loan C Index Margin |
4.50 | % | ||
Applicable Term Loan C LIBOR Margin |
5.75 | % | ||
Applicable L/C Margin |
3.50 | % |
(b) If any payment on any Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (except as set forth in the definition of LIBOR Period) and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.
(c) All computations of Fees calculated on a per annum basis and interest shall be made by Agent on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days occurring in the period for which such interest and Fees are payable. The Index Rate is a floating rate determined for each day. Each determination by Agent of an interest rate and Fees hereunder shall be final, binding and conclusive on Borrower, absent manifest error.
(d) So long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Section 8.1(a), (h) or (i), or so long as any other Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and at the election of Agent (or upon the written request of Requisite Lenders) confirmed by written notice from Agent to Borrower, the interest rates applicable to the Loans and the Letter of Credit Fees shall be increased by two percentage points (2%) per annum above the rates of interest or the rate of such Fees otherwise applicable hereunder (“Default Rate”), and all outstanding Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate applicable to such Obligations. Interest and Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate shall accrue from the initial date of such Default or Event of Default until that Default or Event of Default is cured or waived and shall be payable upon demand.
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(e) Subject to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2, Borrower shall have the option to (i) request that any Revolving Credit Advance be made as a LIBOR Loan, (ii) convert at any time all or any part of outstanding Loans (other than the Swing Line Loan) from Index Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans, (iii) convert any LIBOR Loan to an Index Rate Loan, subject to payment of LIBOR breakage costs in accordance with Section 1.13(b) if such conversion is made prior to the expiration of the LIBOR Period applicable thereto, or (iv) continue all or any portion of any Loan (other than the Swing Line Loan) as a LIBOR Loan upon the expiration of the applicable LIBOR Period and the succeeding LIBOR Period of that continued Loan shall commence on the first day after the last day of the LIBOR Period of the Loan to be continued. Any Loan or group of Loans having the same proposed LIBOR Period to be made or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan must be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of such amount. Any such election must be made by 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the 3rd Business Day prior to (1) the date of any proposed Advance which is to bear interest at the LIBOR Rate, (2) the end of each LIBOR Period with respect to any LIBOR Loans to be continued as such, or (3) the date on which Borrower wishes to convert any Index Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan for a LIBOR Period designated by Borrower in such election. If no election is received with respect to a LIBOR Loan by 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the 3rd Business Day prior to the end of the LIBOR Period with respect thereto (or if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or the additional conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2 shall not have been satisfied), that LIBOR Loan shall be converted to an Index Rate Loan at the end of its LIBOR Period. Borrower must make such election by notice to Agent in writing, by telecopy or overnight courier. In the case of any conversion or continuation, such election must be made pursuant to a written notice (a “Notice of Conversion/Continuation”) in the form of Exhibit 1.5(e). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or otherwise, unless otherwise agreed by the Agent, until the earlier of (i) such time as (a) the primary syndication relating to the Credit Agreement has been completed (as determined by the Agent) and (b) the Borrower has entered into the Interest Rate Agreements required, pursuant to Section 5.11, to be entered into on or prior to the date which is 90 days after the Prior Closing Date or (ii) June 30, 2005, no Loan may be made as, or converted to, a LIBOR Loan.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 1.5, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final order that the rate of interest payable hereunder exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under law (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable hereunder shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate. Thereafter, interest hereunder shall be paid at the rate(s) of interest and in the manner provided in Sections 1.5(a) through (e), unless and until the rate of interest again exceeds the Maximum Lawful Rate, and at that time this paragraph shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender pursuant to the terms hereof exceed the amount that such Lender could lawfully have received had the interest due hereunder been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate. If the Maximum Lawful Rate is calculated pursuant to this paragraph, such interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such calculation is made. If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1.5(f), a court of competent jurisdiction shall finally determine that a Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, Agent shall, to the extent permitted by
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applicable law, promptly apply such excess in the order specified in Section 1.11 and thereafter shall refund any excess to Borrower or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise order.
1.6 [Intentionally Deleted]
1.7 [Intentionally Deleted]
1.8 Cash Management Systems. On or prior to the Closing Date, Borrower will establish and will maintain until the Termination Date, the cash management systems described in Annex C (the “Cash Management Systems”).
1.9 Fees.
(a) Borrower shall pay to GE Capital, individually, the Fees specified in the GE Capital Fee Letter, at the times specified for payment therein.
(b) As additional compensation for the Revolving Lenders, Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of such Lenders, in arrears, on the first Business Day of each month prior to the Commitment Termination Date and on the Commitment Termination Date, a Fee for Borrower’s non-use of available funds in an amount equal to one half of one percent (0.5%) per annum (calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for actual days elapsed) multiplied by the difference between (x) the Maximum Amount (as it may be reduced from time to time) and (y) the average for the period of the daily closing balances of the Revolving Loan and the Swing Line Loan outstanding during the period for which the such Fee is due.
(c) Borrower shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Revolving Lenders, the Letter of Credit Fee as provided in Annex B.
1.10 Receipt of Payments. Borrower shall make each payment under this Agreement not later than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the day when due in immediately available funds in Dollars to the Collection Account. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by Borrower on account of principal, interest and fees shall be made without defense, set-off or counterclaim (except as provided in Section 1.15). For purposes of computing interest and Fees and determining Borrowing Availability as of any date, all payments shall be deemed received on the first Business Day following the Business Day on which immediately available funds therefor are received in the Collection Account prior to 2:00 p.m. Chicago time. Payments received after 2:00 p.m. Chicago time on any Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business Day.
1.11 Application and Allocation of Payments.
(a) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (i) payments consisting of proceeds of Accounts received in the ordinary course of business shall be applied, first, to the Swing Line Loan and, second, to the Revolving Loan; (ii) payments matching specific scheduled payments then due shall be applied to those scheduled payments; (iii) voluntary prepayments shall be applied as determined by Borrower, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3(a); and (iv) mandatory prepayments shall be applied as set forth in Sections 1.3(c) and 1.3(d). All payments and prepayments applied to a particular Loan shall be applied ratably
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to the portion thereof held by each Lender as determined by its Pro Rata Share. As to any other payment, and as to all payments made when an Event or Default has occurred and is continuing or following the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments received from or on behalf of Borrower, and Borrower hereby irrevocably agrees that Agent shall have the continuing exclusive right to apply any and all such payments against the Obligations as Agent may deem advisable notwithstanding any previous entry by Agent in the Loan Account or any other books and records (and Agent and each Lender agrees with the Agent and each other Lender that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or otherwise, each payment made (i) when an Event or Default has occurred and is continuing and the maturity of all or any portion of the Obligations has been accelerated or (ii) following the Commitment Termination Date, shall be applied as follows: first, to Fees and reimbursable expenses of Agent then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan Documents; second, to accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the Loans (other than Term Loan C) (pro rata, based upon the amount thereof); third, to the principal amount of the Obligations outstanding (other than Term Loan C or Obligations under one or more Interest Rate Agreements) and to cash collateralize outstanding Letters of Credit (pro rata among all such Obligations, based upon the principal amount thereof or the outstanding face amount of such Letters of Credit, as applicable) (and with respect to amounts applied to Term Loan B, to the scheduled installments thereof in inverse order of maturity), fourth, to Obligations under Interest Rate Agreements which the Agent has agreed in writing relate to Term Loan B (pro rata, based upon the amount thereof); fifth, to accrued and unpaid interest with respect to Term Loan C; sixth, to the principal amount of Term Loan C; seventh, to Obligations under Interest Rate Agreements (pro rata, based upon the amount thereof); and eighth, to any other Obligations then due and owing (pro rata, based upon the amount thereof).
(b) Agent is authorized to, and at its sole election may, charge to the Revolving Loan balance on behalf of Borrower and cause to be paid all Fees, expenses, Charges, costs (including insurance premiums in accordance with Section 5.4(a)) and interest and principal, other than principal of the Revolving Loan, owing by Borrower under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents if and to the extent Borrower fails to pay promptly any such amounts as and when due, even if the amount of such charges would exceed Borrowing Availability at such time. At Agent’s option and to the extent permitted by law, any charges so made shall constitute part of the Revolving Loan hereunder.
1.12 Loan Account and Accounting. Agent shall maintain a loan account (the “Loan Account”) on its books to record: all Advances and the Term Loans, all payments made by Borrower, and all other debits and credits as provided in this Agreement with respect to the Loans or any other Obligations. All entries in the Loan Account shall be made in accordance with Agent’s customary accounting practices as in effect from time to time. The balance in the Loan Account, as recorded on Agent’s most recent printout or other written statement, shall, absent manifest error, be presumptive evidence of the amounts due and owing to Agent and Lenders by Borrower; provided that any failure to so record or any error in so recording shall not limit or otherwise affect Borrower’s duty to pay the Obligations. Agent shall render to Borrower a monthly accounting of transactions with respect to the Loans setting forth the balance of the Loan Account for the immediately preceding month. Unless Borrower notifies Agent in writing of any objection to any such accounting (specifically describing the basis for such objection), within 90 days after the date thereof, each and every such accounting shall,
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absent manifest error, be deemed final, binding and conclusive on Borrower in all respects as to all matters reflected therein. Only those items expressly objected to in such notice shall be deemed to be disputed by Borrower. Notwithstanding any provision herein contained to the contrary, any Lender may elect (which election may be revoked) to dispense with the issuance of Notes to that Lender and may rely on the Loan Account as evidence of the amount of Obligations from time to time owing to it.
1.13 Indemnity.
(a) Each Credit Party that is a signatory hereto shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each of Agent, Lenders and their respective Affiliates, and each such Person’s respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives (each, an “Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all suits, actions, proceedings, claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other costs of investigation or defense, including those incurred upon any appeal) that may be instituted or asserted against or incurred by any such Indemnified Person as the result of credit having been extended, suspended or terminated under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the administration of such credit, and in connection with or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder and any actions or failures to act in connection therewith, including any and all Environmental Liabilities and legal costs and expenses arising out of or incurred in connection with disputes between or among any parties to any of the Loan Documents (collectively, “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided, that no such Credit Party shall be liable for any indemnification to an Indemnified Person to the extent that any such suit, action, proceeding, claim, damage, loss, liability or expense results from that Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. NO INDEMNIFIED PERSON SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR AS A RESULT OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.
(b) To induce Lenders to provide the LIBOR Rate option on the terms provided herein, if (i) any LIBOR Loans are repaid in whole or in part prior to the last day of any applicable LIBOR Period (whether that repayment is made pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or occurs as a result of acceleration, by operation of law or otherwise); (ii) Borrower shall default in payment when due of the principal amount of or interest on any LIBOR Loan; (iii) Borrower shall refuse to accept any borrowing of, or shall request a termination of any borrowing, conversion into or continuation of LIBOR Loans after Borrower has given notice requesting the same in accordance herewith; or (iv) Borrower shall fail to make any prepayment of a LIBOR Loan after Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance herewith, then Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Lender from and against all losses, costs and expenses resulting from or arising from any of the foregoing. Such indemnification shall include any loss (including loss of margin) or expense arising from the reemployment of funds obtained by it or from fees payable to terminate deposits from which
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such funds were obtained. For the purpose of calculating amounts payable to a Lender under this subsection, each Lender shall be deemed to have actually funded its relevant LIBOR Loan through the purchase of a deposit bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to the amount of that LIBOR Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant LIBOR Period; provided, that each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit, and the foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for the calculation of amounts payable under this subsection. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder. As promptly as practicable under the circumstances, each Lender shall provide Borrower with its written calculation of all amounts payable pursuant to this Section 1.13(b), and such calculation shall be binding on the parties hereto unless Borrower shall object in writing within 10 Business Days of receipt thereof, specifying the basis for such objection in detail.
1.14 Access. Each Credit Party that is a party hereto shall, during normal business hours, from time to time upon 5 Business Day’s prior notice as frequently as Agent determines to be appropriate: (a) provide Agent and any of its officers, employees and agents access to its properties, facilities, advisors and employees (including officers) of each Credit Party and to the Collateral, (b) permit Agent, and any of its officers, employees and agents, to inspect, audit and make extracts from any Credit Party’s books and records, and (c) permit Agent, and its officers, employees and agents, to inspect, review, evaluate and make test verifications and counts of the Accounts, Inventory and other Collateral of any Credit Party. If a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or if access is necessary to preserve or protect the Collateral as determined by the Agent, each such Credit Party shall provide such access to Agent and to each Lender at all times and without advance notice. Furthermore, so long as any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall provide Agent and each Lender with access to its suppliers and customers. Each Credit Party shall make available to Agent and its counsel, as quickly as is possible under the circumstances, originals or copies of all books and records that Agent may reasonably request. Each Credit Party shall deliver any document or instrument necessary for Agent, as it may from time to time request, to obtain records from any service bureau or other Person that maintains records for such Credit Party, and shall maintain duplicate records or supporting documentation on media, including computer tapes and discs owned by such Credit Party. Agent will give Lenders at least 5 days’ prior notice (10 days’ prior notice for any audit to be commenced during the period from and including October 1 through and including January 15) of regularly scheduled audits. Representatives of other Lenders may accompany Agent’s representatives on regularly scheduled audits at no charge to Borrower.
1.15 Taxes.
(a) Any and all payments by Borrower hereunder or under the Notes shall be made, in accordance with this Section 1.15, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future Taxes. If Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under the Notes, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as much as shall be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 1.15) Agent or Lenders, as applicable, receive an amount equal to the sum they would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) Borrower shall make such deductions, and (iii) Borrower shall pay the full amount
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deducted to the relevant taxing or other authority in accordance with applicable law. Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes, Borrower shall furnish to Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof. Agent and Lenders shall not be obligated to return or refund any amounts received pursuant to this Section.
(b) Each Credit Party that is a signatory hereto shall indemnify and, within 10 days of demand therefor, pay Agent and each Lender for the full amount of Taxes (including any Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 1.15) paid by Agent or such Lender, as appropriate, and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.
(c) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States (a “Foreign Lender”) as to which payments to be made under this Agreement or under the Notes are exempt from United States withholding tax under an applicable statute or tax treaty shall provide to Borrower and Agent a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN or other applicable form, certificate or document prescribed by the IRS or the United States certifying as to such Foreign Lender’s entitlement to such exemption (a “Certificate of Exemption”). Any foreign Person that seeks to become a Lender under this Agreement shall provide a Certificate of Exemption to Borrower and Agent prior to becoming a Lender hereunder. No foreign Person may become a Lender hereunder if such Person fails to deliver a Certificate of Exemption in advance of becoming a Lender.
1.16 Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality.
(a) If any Lender shall have determined that any law, treaty, governmental (or quasi-governmental) rule, regulation, guideline or order regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar requirements or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar requirements (whether or not having the force of law), in each case, adopted after the Closing Date, from any central bank or other Governmental Authority increases or would have the effect of increasing the amount of capital, reserves or other funds required to be maintained by such Lender and thereby reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder, then Borrower shall from time to time upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent) pay to Agent, for the account of such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction. A certificate as to the amount of that reduction and showing the basis of the computation thereof submitted by such Lender to Borrower and to Agent shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding for all purposes.
(b) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation thereof) or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), in each case adopted after the Closing Date, there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan, then Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent), pay to Agent for the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to Borrower and to Agent by such Lender, shall be conclusive and binding on Borrower for all
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purposes, absent manifest error. Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances referred to above which would result in any such increased cost, the affected Lender shall, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender’s internal policies of general application, use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize costs and expenses incurred by it and payable to it by Borrower pursuant to this Section 1.16(b).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation thereof) shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain any LIBOR Loan, then, unless that Lender is able to make or to continue to fund or to maintain such LIBOR Loan at another branch or office of that Lender without, in that Lender’s opinion, adversely affecting it or its Loans or the income obtained therefrom, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to Borrower through Agent, (i) the obligation of such Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain LIBOR Loans shall terminate and (ii) Borrower shall forthwith prepay in full all outstanding LIBOR Loans owing to such Lender, together with interest accrued thereon, unless Borrower, within 5 Business Days after the delivery of such notice and demand, converts all LIBOR Loans into Index Rate Loans.
(d) Within 15 days after receipt by Borrower of written notice and demand from any Lender (an “Affected Lender”) for payment of additional amounts or increased costs as provided in Sections 1.15(a), 1.16(a) or 1.16(b), Borrower may, at its option, notify Agent and such Affected Lender of its intention to replace the Affected Lender. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower, with the consent of Agent, may obtain, at Borrower’s expense, a replacement Lender (“Replacement Lender”) for the Affected Lender, which Replacement Lender must be reasonably satisfactory to Agent. If Borrower obtains a Replacement Lender within 90 days following notice of its intention to do so, the Affected Lender must sell and assign its Loans and Commitments to such Replacement Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by the Affected Lender and all accrued interest and Fees with respect thereto through the date of such sale; provided, that Borrower shall have reimbursed such Affected Lender for the additional amounts or increased costs that it is entitled to receive under this Agreement through the date of such sale and assignment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not have the right to obtain a Replacement Lender if the Affected Lender rescinds its demand for increased costs or additional amounts within 15 days following its receipt of Borrower’s notice of intention to replace such Affected Lender. Furthermore, if Borrower gives a notice of intention to replace and does not so replace such Affected Lender within 90 days thereafter, Borrower’s rights under this Section 1.16(d) shall terminate and Borrower shall promptly pay all increased costs or additional amounts demanded by such Affected Lender pursuant to Sections 1.15(a), 1.16(a) and 1.16(b).
1.17 Single Loan. All Loans to Borrower and all of the other Obligations of Borrower arising under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall constitute one general obligation of Borrower secured, until the Termination Date, by all of the Collateral.
1.18 Addition of Second Lien Loan. Borrower shall, if requested by Agent, and to the extent consistent with that certain letter agreement dated as of the Closing Date
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between Borrower and GE Capital, enter into the Second Lien Credit Agreement (and such other documents as are requested with respect thereto) and utilize commercially reasonable efforts with respect thereto.
2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
2.1 Conditions to the Initial Loans. No Lender shall be obligated to make any Loan or incur any Letter of Credit Obligations on the Closing Date, or to take, fulfill, or perform any other action hereunder, until the following conditions have been satisfied or provided for in a manner satisfactory to Agent, or waived in writing by Agent and Requisite Lenders:
(a) Credit Agreement; Loan Documents. This Agreement or counterparts hereof shall have been duly executed by, and delivered to, Borrower, Agent and Lenders; and Agent shall have received such documents, instruments, agreements and legal opinions as Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including all those listed in the Closing Checklist attached hereto as Annex D, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
(b) Approvals. Agent shall have received (i) satisfactory evidence that the Credit Parties have obtained all required consents and approvals of all Persons including all requisite Governmental Authorities, to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the consummation of the Related Transactions or (ii) an officer’s certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent affirming that no such consents or approvals are required.
(c) Payment of Fees. Borrower shall have paid the Fees required to be paid on the Closing Date in the respective amounts specified in Section 1.9 (including the Fees specified in the GE Capital Fee Letter), and shall have reimbursed Agent for all fees, costs and expenses of closing presented as of the Closing Date.
(d) Capital Structure: Other Indebtedness. The capital structure of each Credit Party and the terms and conditions of all Indebtedness of each Credit Party shall be acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion.
(e) Due Diligence. Agent shall have completed its business and legal due diligence with results reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
(f) Consummation of Related Transactions. Agent shall have received fully executed copies of the FUNimation Acquisition Documents and final and complete copies of each of the other Related Transactions Documents, each of which shall be in full force and effect in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. The FUNimation Acquisition and the other Related Transactions shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of the FUNimation Acquisition Documents and the other Related Transactions Documents, the purchase price for the FUNimation Acquisition shall not exceed (i) $100,400,000 cash, (ii) shares of Borrower common Stock not to be less than 1,495,216 or greater than 1,827,486 and (iii) $17,000,000 earnout payments (subject to post-closing purchase price adjustments in
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accordance with the terms of Section 1.4 of the FUNimation Purchase Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000).
(g) Total Indebtedness. After giving effect to the Loans and the Related Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses in connection therewith, the aggregate Indebtedness (other than deferred obligations owing in respect of the FUNimation Acquisition) of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall not exceed $140,505,000.
(h) Cash and/or Cash Equivalents. After giving effect to the Loans and the Related Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses in connection therewith (on a pro forma basis, with no Revolving Advances outstanding, trade payables being paid currently, expenses and liabilities being paid in the ordinary course of business, without acceleration of sales and without deterioration of working capital), Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall have unrestricted cash and/or Cash Equivalents on hand or on deposit at a bank or financial institution acceptable to Agent of at least $35,000,000 in the aggregate.
2.2 Further Conditions to Each Loan. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no Lender shall be obligated to fund any Advance, convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur any Letter of Credit Obligation, if, as of the date thereof:
(a) any representation or warranty by any Credit Party contained herein or in any other Loan Document is untrue or incorrect as of such date, except to the extent that such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date and except for changes therein expressly permitted or expressly contemplated by this Agreement, and Agent or Requisite Lenders have determined not to make such Advance, convert or continue any Loan as LIBOR Loan or incur such Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of the fact that such warranty or representation is untrue or incorrect;
(b) any event or circumstance having a Material Adverse Effect has occurred since the date hereof as determined by the Requisite Lenders, and Agent or Requisite Lenders have determined not to make such Advance, convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur such Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of the fact that such event or circumstance has occurred;
(c) any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation), and Agent or Requisite Lenders shall have determined not to make any Advance, convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur any Letter of Credit Obligation as a result of that Default or Event of Default;
(d) after giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations), the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loan would exceed the Maximum Amount less the then outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loan; or
(e) Borrower shall have paid all Fees owing and payable to GE Capital, Agent and Lenders as of such date under this Agreement and the GE Capital Fee Letter.
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The request and acceptance by Borrower of the proceeds of any Advance, the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations or the conversion or continuation of any Loan into, or as, a LIBOR Loan shall be deemed to constitute, as of the date thereof, (i) a representation and warranty by Borrower that the conditions in this Section 2.2 have been satisfied and (ii) a reaffirmation by Borrower of the granting and continuance of Agent’s Liens, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To induce Lenders to make the Loans and to incur Letter of Credit Obligations, the Credit Parties executing this Agreement, jointly and severally, make the following representations and warranties to Agent and each Lender with respect to all Credit Parties, each and all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
3.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Credit Party (a) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation or organization set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.1); (b) is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not result in exposure to losses, damages or liabilities in excess of $50,000; (c) has the requisite power and authority and the legal right to own, pledge, mortgage or otherwise encumber and operate its properties, to lease the property it operates under lease and to conduct its business as now, heretofore and proposed to be conducted; (d) subject to specific representations regarding Environmental Laws, has all material licenses, permits, consents or approvals from or by, and has made all material filings with, and has given all material notices to, all Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership, operation and conduct; (e) is in compliance with its charter and bylaws or partnership or operating agreement, as applicable; and (f) subject to specific representations set forth herein regarding ERISA, Environmental Laws, tax and other laws, is in compliance with all applicable provisions of law, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.2 Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN. As of the Closing Date, each Credit Party’s name as it appears in official filings in its state of incorporation or organization, state of incorporation or organization, organization type, organization number, if any, issued by its state incorporation or organization, and the current location of each Credit Party’s chief executive office and the warehouses and premises at which any Collateral is located are set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.2), and none of such locations has changed within 12 months preceding the Closing Date. In addition, Disclosure Schedule (3.2) lists the federal employer identification number of each Credit Party.
3.3 Corporate Power, Authorization, Enforceable Obligations. The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the creation of all Liens provided for therein: (a) are within such Person’s power; (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership action; (c) do not contravene any provision of such Person’s charter, bylaws or
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partnership or operating agreement as applicable; (d) do not violate any law or regulation, or any order or decree of any court or Governmental Authority; (e) do not conflict with or result in the breach or termination of, constitute a default under or accelerate or permit the acceleration of any performance required by, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its property is bound; (f) do not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the property of such Person other than those in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Loan Documents; and (g) do not require the consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or any other Person, except those referred to in Section 2.1(c), all of which will have been duly obtained, made or complied with prior to the Closing Date. Each of the Loan Documents shall be duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is a party thereto and each such Loan Document shall constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
3.4 Financial Statements and Projections. Except for the Projections and except as described in Disclosure Schedule 3.4, all Financial Statements concerning Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are referred to below have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered (except as disclosed therein and except, with respect to unaudited Financial Statements, for the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Persons covered thereby as at the dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.
(a) Financial Statements. The following Financial Statements attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(a)) have been delivered on the date hereof:
(i) The audited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets at March 31, 2004 and the related statements of income and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal 2004 then ended, certified by Ernst & Young, LLP.
(ii) The unaudited balance sheet(s) at March 31, 2005 and the related statement(s) of income and cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the twelve month period then ended.
(b) Projections. The Projections delivered on the date hereof and attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(b)) have been prepared by Borrower in light of the past operations of its businesses, and reflect projections for the five year period beginning on April 1, 2005 on a month-by-month basis for the first year and on a year-by-year basis thereafter. The Projections are based upon estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which Borrower believes to be reasonable and fair in light of current conditions and current facts known to Borrower and, as of the Closing Date, reflect Borrower’s good faith and reasonable estimates of the future financial performance of Borrower and of the other information projected therein for the period set forth therein.
(c) Pro Forma. The Pro Forma delivered on the date hereof and attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(c)) was prepared by Borrower giving pro forma effect to the Related Transactions, was based on the unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets
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of Borrower and its Subsidiaries dated March 31, 2005 and of the unaudited balance sheets of the FUNimation Companies dated December 31, 2004, and was prepared in accordance with GAAP, with only such adjustments thereto as would be required in accordance with GAAP.
3.5 Material Adverse Effect. Between March 31, 2004 and the Closing Date, (a) no Credit Party has incurred any obligations, contingent or noncontingent liabilities, liabilities for Charges, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments that, alone or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) no contract, lease or other agreement or instrument has been entered into by any Credit Party or has become binding upon any Credit Party’s assets and no law or regulation applicable to any Credit Party has been adopted that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) no Credit Party is in default and to the best of Borrower’s knowledge no third party is in default under any material contract, lease or other agreement or instrument, that alone or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Between March 31, 2004 and the Closing Date no event has occurred, that alone or together with other events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.6 Ownership of Property; Liens. As of the Closing Date, the real estate (“Real Estate”) listed in Disclosure Schedule (3.6) constitutes all of the real property owned, leased, subleased, or used by any Credit Party. Each Credit Party owns good and marketable fee simple title to all of its owned Real Estate, and valid and marketable leasehold interests in all of its leased Real Estate, all as described on Disclosure Schedule (3.6), and copies of all such leases or a summary of terms thereof reasonably satisfactory to Agent have been delivered to Agent. Disclosure Schedule (3.6) further describes any Real Estate with respect to which any Credit Party is a lessor, sublessor or assignor as of the Closing Date. Each Credit Party also has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of its personal property and assets. As of the Closing Date, none of the properties and assets of any Credit Party are subject to any Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances, and there are no facts, circumstances or conditions known to any Credit Party that may result in any Liens (including Liens arising under Environmental Laws) other than Permitted Encumbrances. Each Credit Party has received all deeds, assignments, waivers, consents, nondisturbance and attornment or similar agreements, bills of sale and other documents, and has duly effected all recordings, filings and other actions necessary to establish, protect and perfect such Credit Party’s right, title and interest in and to all such Real Estate and other properties and assets. Disclosure Schedule (3.6) also describes any purchase options, rights of first refusal or other similar contractual rights pertaining to any Real Estate. As of the Closing Date, no portion of any Credit Party’s Real Estate has suffered any material damage by fire or other casualty loss that has not heretofore been repaired and restored in all material respects to its original condition or otherwise remedied. As of the Closing Date, all material permits required to have been issued or appropriate to enable the Real Estate to be lawfully occupied and used for all of the purposes for which it is currently occupied and used have been lawfully issued and are in full force and effect.
3.7 Labor Matters. As of the Closing Date (a) no strikes or other material labor disputes against any Credit Party are pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each Credit Party comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and each other federal, state, local or foreign law applicable to such matters; (c) all payments due from any Credit Party for employee health and welfare
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insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Credit Party; (d) except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.7), no Credit Party is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, management agreement, consulting agreement, employment agreement, bonus, restricted stock, stock option, or stock appreciation plan or agreement or any similar plan, agreement or arrangement (and true and complete copies of any agreements described on Disclosure Schedule (3.7) have been delivered to Agent); (e) there is no organizing activity involving any Credit Party pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened by any labor union or group of employees; (f) there are no representation proceedings pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened with the National Labor Relations Board, and no labor organization or group of employees of any Credit Party has made a pending demand for recognition; and (g) except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.7), there are no material complaints or charges against any Credit Party pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened to be filed with any Governmental Authority or arbitrator based on, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the employment or termination of employment by any Credit Party of any individual.
3.8 Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness. Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.8), as of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has any Subsidiaries, is engaged in any joint venture or partnership with any other Person, or is an Affiliate of any other Person. All of the issued and outstanding Stock of each Credit Party is owned by each of the Stockholders and in the amounts set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.8). Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.8), there are no outstanding rights to purchase, options, warrants or similar rights or agreements pursuant to which any Credit Party may be required to issue, sell, repurchase or redeem any of its Stock or other equity securities or any Stock or other equity securities of its Subsidiaries. All outstanding Indebtedness and Guaranteed Indebtedness of each Credit Party as of the Closing Date (except for the Obligations) is described in Section 6.3 (including Disclosure Schedule (6.3)).
3.9 Government Regulation. No Credit Party is an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. No Credit Party is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, or any other federal or state statute that restricts or limits its ability to incur Indebtedness or to perform its obligations hereunder. The making of the Loans by Lenders to Borrower, the incurrence of the Letter of Credit Obligations on behalf of Borrower, the application of the proceeds thereof and repayment thereof and the consummation of the Related Transactions will not violate any provision of any such statute or any rule, regulation or order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
3.10 Margin Regulations. No Credit Party is engaged, nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” as such terms are defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board as now and from time to time hereafter in effect (such securities being referred to herein as “Margin Stock”). No Credit Party owns any Margin Stock, and none of the proceeds of the Loans or other extensions of credit under this Agreement will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any Indebtedness that was originally incurred to purchase
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or carry any Margin Stock or for any other purpose that might cause any of the Loans or other extensions of credit under this Agreement to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board. No Credit Party will take or permit to be taken any action that might cause any Loan Document to violate any regulation of the Federal Reserve Board.
3.11 Taxes. All tax returns, reports and statements, including information returns, required by any Governmental Authority to be filed by any Credit Party have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authority and all Charges have been paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest or late charge may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof (or any such fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss has been paid), excluding Charges or other amounts being contested in accordance with Section 5.2(b). Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by each Credit Party from its respective employees for all periods in full and complete compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities. Disclosure Schedule (3.11) sets forth as of the Closing Date those taxable years for which any Credit Party’s tax returns are currently being audited by the IRS or any other applicable Governmental Authority and any assessments or threatened assessments in connection with such audit, or otherwise currently outstanding. Except as described in Disclosure Schedule (3.11), no Credit Party has executed or filed with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority any agreement or other document extending, or having the effect of extending, the period for assessment or collection of any Charges. None of the Credit Parties and their respective predecessors are liable for any Charges: (a) under any agreement (including any tax sharing agreements) or (b) to each Credit Party’s knowledge, as a transferee. As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has agreed or been requested to make any adjustment under IRC Section 481(a), by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.12 ERISA.
(a) Disclosure Schedule (3.12) lists all Plans and separately identifies all Pension Plans, including Title IV Plans, Multiemployer Plans, ESOPs and Welfare Plans, including all Retiree Welfare Plans. Copies of all such listed Plans, together with a copy of the latest form. IRS/DOL 5500-series for each such Plan have been delivered to Agent. Except with respect to Multiemployer Plans, each Qualified Plan has been determined by the IRS to qualify under Section 401 of the IRC, the trusts created thereunder have been determined to be exempt from tax under the provisions of Section 501 of the IRC, and nothing has occurred that would cause the loss of such qualification or tax-exempt status. Each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the IRC, including the timely filing of all reports required under the IRC or ERISA, including the statement required by 29 CFR Section 2520.104-23. Neither any Credit Party nor ERISA Affiliate has failed to make any contribution or pay any amount due as required by either Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any such Plan. Neither any Credit Party nor ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a “prohibited transaction,” as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the IRC, in connection with any Plan, that would subject any Credit Party to a material tax on prohibited transactions imposed by Section 502(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the IRC.
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(b) Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.12): (i) no Title IV Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (ii) no ERISA Event or event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA with respect to any Title IV Plan has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iii) there are no pending, or to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened claims (other than claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Plan or any Person as fiduciary or sponsor of any Plan; (iv) no Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan; (v) within the last five years no Title IV Plan of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate has been terminated, whether or not in a “standard termination” as that term is used in Section 404(b)(1) of ERISA, nor has any Title IV Plan of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate (determined at any time within the past five years) with Unfunded Pension Liabilities been transferred outside of the “controlled group” (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA) of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate; (vi) except in the case of any ESOP, Stock of all Credit Parties and their ERISA Affiliates makes up, in the aggregate, no more than 10% of fair market value of the assets of any Plan measured on the basis of fair market value as of the latest valuation date of any Plan; and (vii) no liability under any Title IV Plan has been satisfied with the purchase of a contract from an insurance company that is not rated AAA by the Standard & Poor’s Corporation or an equivalent rating by another nationally recognized rating agency.
3.13 No Litigation. No action, claim, lawsuit, demand, investigation or proceeding is now pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened against any Credit Party, before any Governmental Authority or before any arbitrator or panel of arbitrators (collectively, “Litigation”), (a) that challenges any Credit Party’s right or power to enter into or perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, or the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any action taken thereunder, or (b) that has a reasonable risk of being determined adversely to any Credit Party and that, if so determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (other than the litigation between Borrower and ValueVision Media, Inc. that has been previously publicly disclosed by Borrower (“ValueVision Litigation”). Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule (3.13), as of the Closing Date there is no Litigation pending or threatened that seeks damages in excess of $100,000 or injunctive relief against, or alleges criminal misconduct of, any Credit Party.
3.14 Brokers. No broker or finder acting on behalf of any Credit Party or Affiliate thereof brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the Loans or the Related Transactions, and no Credit Party or Affiliate thereof has any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees in connection therewith.
3.15 Intellectual Property. As of the Closing Date, each Credit Party owns or has rights to use all Intellectual Property necessary to continue to conduct its business as now or heretofore conducted by it or proposed to be conducted by it, and each Patent, Trademark, Copyright and License is listed, together with application or registration numbers, as applicable, in Disclosure Schedule (3.15). Each Credit Party conducts its business and affairs without infringement of or interference with any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any material respect. Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.15), no Credit Party is aware of any infringement claim by any other Person with respect to any Intellectual Property.
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3.16 Full Disclosure. No information contained in this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, any Projections, Financial Statements, Pro Forma or Collateral Reports or other written reports from time to time delivered hereunder or any written statement furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party to Agent or any Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. Projections from time to time delivered hereunder are or will be based upon the estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which Borrower believed at the time of delivery to be reasonable and fair in light of current conditions and current facts known to Borrower as of such delivery date, and reflect Borrower’s good faith and reasonable estimates of the future financial performance of Borrower and of the other information projected therein for the period set forth therein. The Liens granted to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Collateral Documents will at all times be fully perfected first priority Liens in and to the Collateral described therein, subject, as to priority, only to Permitted Encumbrances. After giving effect to the Related Transactions, no default or event of default under or with respect to any of the Related Transactions Documents has occurred and is continuing.
3.17 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.17), as of the Closing Date: (i) the Credit Parties are and have been in compliance with all Environmental Laws, except for such noncompliance that would not result in Environmental Liabilities which could reasonably be expected to exceed $100,000; (ii) the Credit Parties have obtained, and are in compliance with, all Environmental Permits required by Environmental Laws for the operations of their respective businesses as presently conducted or as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to so obtain or comply with such Environmental Permits would not result in Environmental Liabilities that could reasonably be expected to exceed $100,000, and all such Environmental Permits are valid, uncontested and in good standing; (iii) no Credit Party is involved in operations or knows of any facts, circumstances or conditions, including any Releases of Hazardous Materials, that are likely to result in any Environmental Liabilities of such Credit Party which could reasonably be expected to exceed $100,000, and no Credit Party has permitted any current or former tenant or occupant of the Real Estate to engage in any such operations; (iv) there is no Litigation arising under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits or Hazardous Material that seeks damages, penalties, fines, costs or expenses in excess of $25,000 or injunctive relief against, or that alleges criminal misconduct by, any Credit Party; (v) no notice has been received by any Credit Party identifying it as a “potentially responsible party” or requesting information under CERCLA or analogous state statutes, and to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions that may result in any Credit Party being identified as a “potentially responsible party” under CERCLA or analogous state statutes; and (vi) the Credit Parties have provided to Agent copies of all existing environmental reports, reviews and audits and all written information pertaining to actual or potential Environmental Liabilities, in each case relating to any Credit Party.
(b) Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that Agent (i) is not now, and has not ever been, in control of any of the Real Estate or any Credit Party’s affairs, and
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(ii) does not have the capacity through the provisions of the Loan Documents or otherwise to influence any Credit Party’s conduct with respect to the ownership, operation or management of any of its Real Estate or compliance with Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits.
3.18 Insurance. Disclosure Schedule (3.18) lists all insurance policies of any nature maintained, as of the Closing Date, for current occurrences by each Credit Party, as well as a summary of the terms of each such policy.
3.19 Deposit and Disbursement Accounts. Disclosure Schedule (3.19) lists all banks and other financial institutions at which any Credit Party maintains deposit or other accounts as of the Closing Date, including any Disbursement Accounts, and such Schedule correctly identifies the name, address and telephone number of each depository, the name in which the account is held, a description of the purpose of the account, and the complete account number therefor.
3.20 Government Contracts. Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.20), as of the Closing Date, no Credit Party is a party to any contract or agreement with any Governmental Authority and no Credit Party’s Accounts are subject to the Federal Assignment of Claims Act (31 U.S.C. Section 3727) or any similar state or local law.
3.21 Customer and Trade Relations. As of the Closing Date, there exists no actual or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened termination or cancellation of, or any material adverse modification or change in: the business relationship of any Credit Party with any customer or group of customers whose purchases during the preceding 12 months caused them to be ranked among the ten largest customers of such Credit Party; or the business relationship of any Credit Party with any supplier material to its operations.
3.22 Agreements and Other Documents. As of the Closing Date, each Credit Party has provided to Agent or its counsel, on behalf of Lenders, accurate and complete copies (or summaries) of all of the following agreements or documents to which it is subject and each of which is listed in Disclosure Schedule (3.22): supply agreements and purchase agreements involving transactions in excess of $2,000,000 per annum; agreements relating to Vendor Advances in excess of $2,000,000; leases of Equipment having a remaining term of one year or longer and requiring aggregate rental and other payments in excess of $1,000,000 per annum; licenses and permits held by the Credit Parties, the absence of which could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; instruments and documents evidencing any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness of such Credit Party and any Lien granted by such Credit Party with respect thereto; and instruments and agreements evidencing the issuance of any equity securities, warrants, rights or options to purchase equity securities of such Credit Party.
3.23 Solvency. Both before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations to be made or incurred on the Closing Date or such other date as Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations requested hereunder are made or incurred, (b) the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans pursuant to the instructions of Borrower, (c) the FUNimation Acquisition and the consummation of the other Related Transactions, and (d) the
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payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, each Credit Party is and will be Solvent.
3.24 [Intentionally Deleted].
3.25 Status of Xxxxxxx XX, Navarre CLP and Xxxxxxx XX. None of Xxxxxxx XX, Navarre CLP and Xxxxxxx XX has engaged in any business or incurred any Indebtedness or any other liabilities (except in connection with its corporate formation, the Related Transactions Documents and this Agreement).
3.26 FUNimation Acquisition Agreement. As of the Closing Date, Borrower has delivered to Agent a complete and correct copy of the FUNimation Purchase Agreement and all other FUNimation Acquisition Documents. No Credit Party and no other Person party thereto is in default in the performance or compliance with any provisions thereof. The FUNimation Acquisition Documents comply with, and the FUNimation Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with, all applicable laws. The FUNimation Acquisition Documents are in full force and effect as of the Closing Date and has not been terminated, rescinded or withdrawn. All requisite approvals by Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over Sellers (as defined in the FUNimation Purchase Agreement), any Credit Party and other Persons referenced therein, with respect to the transactions contemplated by the FUNimation Purchase Agreement, have been obtained, and no such approvals impose any conditions to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the FUNimation Purchase Agreement or to the conduct by any Credit Party of its business thereafter. To the best of each Credit Party’s knowledge, none of the Seller’s representations or warranties in the FUNimation Acquisition Documents contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Each of the representations and warranties given by each applicable Credit Party in the FUNimation Acquisition Documents is true and correct in all material respects. Notwithstanding anything contained in the FUNimation Acquisition Documents to the contrary, such representations and warranties of the Credit Parties are incorporated into this Agreement by this Section 3.26 and shall, solely for purposes of this Agreement and the benefit of Agent and Lenders, survive the consummation of the FUNimation Acquisition.
3.27 Vendor Advances. As of the Closing Date, Disclosure Schedule 3.27 sets forth an accurate listing of all outstanding Vendor Advances.
4. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION
4.1 Reports and Notices.
(a) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement hereby agrees that from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it shall deliver to Agent or to Agent and Lenders, as required, the Financial Statements, notices, Projections and other information at the times, to the Persons and in the manner set forth in Annex E.
(b) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement hereby agrees that from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it shall deliver to Agent or to Agent and
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Lenders, as required, the various Collateral Reports at the times, to the Persons and in the manner set forth in Annex F.
4.2 Communication with Accountants. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement authorizes (a) Agent and (b) so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Lender, to communicate directly with the partner in charge of such Credit Party’s audit at such Credit Party’s independent certified public accountants, and authorizes and shall instruct those accountants and advisors to communicate to Agent and each Lender information relating to any Credit Party with respect to the business, results of operations and financial condition of any Credit Party.
5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees as to all Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof and until the Termination Date:
5.1 Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business. Each Credit Party shall: do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and its rights and franchises; continue to conduct its business substantially as now conducted or as otherwise permitted hereunder; at all times maintain, preserve and protect all of its assets and properties used or useful in the conduct of its business, and keep the same in good repair, working order and condition in all material respects (taking into consideration ordinary wear and tear) and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all necessary or appropriate repairs, replacements and improvements thereto consistent with industry practices; and transact business only in such corporate and trade names as are set forth in Disclosure Schedule (5.1).
5.2 Payment of Charges.
(a) Subject to Section 5.2(b), each Credit Party shall pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged promptly all Charges payable by it, including (i) Charges imposed upon it, its income and profits, or any of its property (real, personal or mixed) and all Charges with respect to tax, social security and unemployment withholding with respect to its employees, (ii) lawful claims for labor, materials, supplies and services or otherwise, and (iii) all storage or rental charges payable to warehousemen and bailees, in each case, before any thereof shall become past due.
(b) Each Credit Party may in good faith contest, by appropriate proceedings, the validity or amount of any Charges, Taxes or claims described in Section 5.2(a); provided, that (i) adequate reserves with respect to such contest are maintained on the books of such Credit Party, in accordance with GAAP; (ii) no Lien shall be imposed to secure payment of such Charges (other than payments to warehousemen and/or bailees) that is superior to any of the Liens securing payment of the Obligations and such contest is maintained and prosecuted continuously and with diligence and operates to suspend collection or enforcement of such Charges, (iii) none of the Collateral becomes subject to forfeiture or loss as a result of such contest, (iv) such Credit Party shall promptly pay or discharge such contested Charges, Taxes or claims and all additional charges, interest, penalties and expenses, if any, and shall deliver to
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Agent evidence reasonably acceptable to Agent of such compliance, payment or discharge, if such contest is terminated or discontinued adversely to such Credit Party or the conditions set forth in this Section 5.2(b) are no longer met, and (v) Agent has not advised Borrower in writing that Agent reasonably believes that nonpayment or nondischarge thereof could have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.
5.3 Books and Records. Each Credit Party shall keep adequate books and records with respect to its business activities in which proper entries, reflecting all financial transactions, are made in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the Financial Statements attached as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(a)).
5.4 Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral.
(a) The Credit Parties shall, at their sole cost and expense, maintain the policies of insurance described on Disclosure Schedule (3.18) as in effect on the date hereof or otherwise in form and amounts and with insurers reasonably acceptable to Agent. Such policies of insurance (or the loss payable and additional insured endorsements delivered to Agent) shall contain provisions pursuant to which the insurer agrees to provide 30 days prior written notice to Agent in the event of any non-renewal, cancellation or amendment of any such insurance policy. If any Credit Party at any time or times hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required above or to pay all premiums relating thereto, Agent may at any time or times thereafter obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premiums and take any other action with respect thereto that Agent deems advisable. Agent shall have no obligation to obtain insurance for any Credit Party or pay any premiums therefor. By doing so, Agent shall not be deemed to have waived any Default or Event of Default arising from any Credit Party’s failure to maintain such insurance or pay any premiums therefor. All sums so disbursed, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs and other charges related thereto, shall be payable on demand by Borrower to Agent and shall be additional Obligations hereunder secured by the Collateral.
(b) Agent reserves the right at any time upon any change in any Credit Party’s risk profile (including any change in the product mix maintained by any Credit Party or any laws affecting the potential liability of such Credit Party) to require additional forms and limits of insurance to, in Agent’s reasonable opinion, adequately protect both Agent’s and Lender’s interests in all or any portion of the Collateral and to ensure that each Credit Party is protected by insurance in amounts and with coverage customary for its industry. If reasonably requested by Agent, each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent from time to time a report of a reputable insurance broker, reasonably satisfactory to Agent, with respect to its insurance policies.
(c) Borrower shall deliver to Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, endorsements to (i) all “All Risk” and business interruption insurance naming Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, as loss payee, and (ii) all general liability and other liability policies naming Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, as additional insured. Borrower irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Agent), so long as any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or the anticipated insurance proceeds exceed $1,000,000, as Borrower’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of making, settling and adjusting claims under
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such “All Risk” policies of insurance, endorsing the name of Borrower on any check or other item of payment for the proceeds of such “All Risk” policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect to such “All Risk” policies of insurance. Agent shall have no duty to exercise any rights or powers granted to it pursuant to the foregoing power-of-attorney. Borrower shall promptly notify Agent of any loss, damage, or destruction to the Collateral in the amount of $250,000 or more, whether or not covered by insurance. After deducting from such proceeds the expenses, if any, incurred by Agent in the collection or handling thereof, Agent may, at its option, apply such proceeds to the reduction of the Obligations in accordance with Section 1.3(d), or permit or require Borrower to use such money, or any part thereof, to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral in a diligent and expeditious manner with materials and workmanship of substantially the same quality as existed before the loss, damage or destruction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the casualty giving rise to such insurance proceeds could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such insurance proceeds do not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate, Agent shall permit Borrower to replace, restore, repair or rebuild the property; provided that if Borrower has not completed or entered into binding agreements to complete such replacement, restoration, repair or rebuilding within 180 days of such casualty, Agent may apply such insurance proceeds to the Obligations in accordance with Section 1.3(d). All insurance proceeds that are to be made available to Borrower to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral shall be applied by Agent to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan (which application shall not result in a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment) and upon such application, Agent shall establish a Reserve against the Borrowing Availability in an amount equal to the amount of such proceeds so applied. All insurance proceeds made available to any Credit Party that is not a Borrower to replace, repair, restore or rebuild Collateral shall be deposited in a cash collateral account. Thereafter, such funds shall be made available to Borrower to provide funds to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral as follows: (i) Borrower shall request a Revolving Credit Advance be made to Borrower in the amount requested to be released; (ii) so long as the conditions set forth in Section 2.2 have been met, Revolving Lenders shall make such Revolving Credit Advance or Agent shall release funds from the cash collateral account; and (iii) in the case of insurance proceeds applied against the Revolving Loan, the Reserve established with respect to such insurance proceeds shall be reduced by the amount of such Revolving Credit Advance. To the extent not used to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral, such insurance proceeds shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(d).
(d) On or prior to the date which is 90 days after the Closing Date, the Borrower shall obtain a “key man” life insurance policy on Xxx Xxxxxxxx in an amount of not less than $5,000,000. The Borrower shall cause “key man” insurance on Xxxx Xxxxxxx in an amount not less than $1,000,000 and the “key man” policy on Xxx Xxxxxxxx required pursuant to the preceding sentence to (i) be maintained at all times until the Termination Date, (ii) be in form and substance, and issued by an insurance company, satisfactory to the Agent, (iii) name the Agent as the beneficiary thereof and (iv) be collaterally assigned to the Agent pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Agent.
5.5 Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party shall comply with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations applicable to it (including, without limitation, rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring the filing
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of certain financial and other information or materials), including those relating to ERISA and labor matters and Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, except to the extent that the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.6 Supplemental Disclosure. From time to time as may be reasonably requested by Agent (which request will not be made more frequently than once each year absent the occurrence and continuance of a Default or an Event of Default), the Credit Parties shall supplement each Disclosure Schedule hereto, or any representation herein or in any other Loan Document, with respect to any matter hereafter arising that, if existing or occurring at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in such Disclosure Schedule or as an exception to such representation or that is necessary to correct any information in such Disclosure Schedule or representation which has been rendered inaccurate thereby (and, in the case of any supplements to any Disclosure Schedule, such Disclosure Schedule shall be appropriately marked to show the changes made therein); provided that (a) no such supplement to any such Disclosure Schedule or representation shall amend, supplement or otherwise modify any Disclosure Schedule or representation, or be or be deemed a waiver of any Default or Event of Default resulting from the matters disclosed therein, except as consented to by Agent and Requisite Lenders in writing, and (b) no supplement shall be required or permitted as to representations and warranties that relate solely to the Closing Date.
5.7 Intellectual Property. Each Credit Party will conduct its business and affairs without infringement of or interference with any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any material respect.
5.8 Environmental Matters. Each Credit Party shall and shall cause each Person within its control to: (a) conduct its operations and keep and maintain its Real Estate in compliance with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits other than noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) implement any and all investigation, remediation, removal and response actions that are appropriate or necessary to maintain the value and marketability of the Real Estate or to otherwise comply with Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits pertaining to the presence, generation, treatment, storage, use, disposal, transportation or Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate; (c) notify Agent promptly after such Credit Party becomes aware of any violation of Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or any Release on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any Real Estate that is reasonably likely to result in Environmental Liabilities in excess of $25,000; and (d) promptly forward to Agent a copy of any order, notice, request for information or any communication or report received by such Credit Party in connection with any such violation or Release or any other matter relating to any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits that could reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities in excess of $50,000, in each case whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency or any Governmental Authority has taken or threatened any action in connection with any such violation, Release or other matter. If Agent at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there may be a violation of any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits by any Credit Party or any Environmental Liability arising thereunder, or a Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate, that, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a
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Material Adverse Effect, then each Credit Party shall, upon Agent’s written request (i) cause the performance of such environmental audits including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater, and preparation of such environmental reports, at Borrower’s expense, as Agent may from time to time reasonably request, which shall be conducted by reputable environmental consulting firms reasonably acceptable to Agent and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent, and (ii) permit Agent or its representatives to have access to all Real Estate for the purpose of conducting such environmental audits and testing as Agent deems appropriate, including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater. Borrower shall reimburse Agent for the costs of such audits and tests and the same will constitute a part of the Obligations secured hereunder.
5.9 Landlords’ Agreements. Each Credit Party shall obtain a landlord’s agreement, mortgagee agreement and bailee letter as applicable, from the lessor of each leased property, mortgagee of owned property or bailee with respect to any warehouse, processor or converter facility or other location where Collateral is stored or located, which agreement or letter shall contain a waiver or subordination of all Liens or claims that the landlord, mortgagee or bailee may assert against the Collateral at that location, and shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Agent. After the Closing Date, no real property or warehouse space shall be leased by any Credit Party and no Inventory shall be shipped to a processor or converter under arrangements established after the Closing Date without the prior written consent of Agent or, unless and until a satisfactory landlord agreement or bailee letter, as appropriate, shall first have been obtained with respect to such location. Each Credit Party shall timely and fully pay and perform its obligations under all leases and other agreements with respect to each leased location or public warehouse where any Collateral is or may be located. To the extent permitted hereunder, if any Credit Party proposes to acquire a fee ownership interest in Real Estate after the Closing Date, it shall first provide to Agent a mortgage or deed of trust granting Agent a first priority Lien on such Real Estate, together with environmental audits, mortgage title insurance commitment, real property survey, local counsel opinion(s), and, if required by Agent, supplemental casualty insurance and flood insurance, and such other documents, instruments or agreements reasonably requested by Agent, in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
5.10 Clean Down The Borrower shall cause the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit Advances to be zero at all times for at least one consecutive thirty day period from and including April 1 until and including June 30 of each year.
5.11 Interest Rate Agreements. On or prior to the date which is 90 days after the Prior Closing Date, Borrower shall enter into, and shall at all times thereafter until the Termination Date maintain, Interest Rate Agreements providing for interest rate protection (1) for an aggregate amount of 50% of the principal amount of the outstanding Term Loans (and if the Second Lien Credit Agreement has been executed and delivered at the time Interest Rate Agreements we entered into, the principal amount owing thereunder), (2) for a maximum interest rate reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, (3) for a term expiring no earlier than two (2) years after the Prior Closing Date and (4) with other terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
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5.12 Further Assurances. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement agrees that it shall and shall cause each other Credit Party to, at such Credit Party’s expense and upon request of Agent, duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to Agent such further instruments and do and cause to be done such further acts as may be necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of Agent to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
5.13 Second Lien Loan. Promptly upon execution thereof, Borrower shall deliver to Agent a complete and correct copy of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and all related documents (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other documents delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith).
6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees as to all Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof until the Termination Date:
6.1 Mergers, Subsidiaries, Etc. Without the prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders (which consent may be provided or withheld in the Requisite Lender’s sole discretion), no Credit Party shall directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, (a) form or acquire any Subsidiary, (b) merge with, consolidate with, acquire all or substantially all of the assets or Stock of, or otherwise combine with or acquire, any Person, or (c) other than purchases of Inventory and licenses of Intellectual Property, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with practices as in effect on the date hereof, purchase assets from any Person if (i) such purchase is not a Capital Expenditure or (ii) the amount paid for such purchase does not reduce the EBITDA, during the period such purchase is made and by the amount paid for such purchase, of the Credit Party which makes such purchase.
6.2 Investments; Loans and Advances. No Credit Party shall make or permit to exist any investment in, or make, accrue or permit to exist loans or advances of money to, any Person, through the direct or indirect lending of money, holding of securities or otherwise, except that: (a) Borrower, Encore Software, BCI Eclipse, FUNimation Productions and FUNimation Store may hold investments comprised of notes payable, or stock or other securities issued by Account Debtors to Borrower, Encore Software, BCI Eclipse, FUNimation Productions and FUNimation Store, as applicable pursuant to negotiated agreements with respect to settlement of such Account Debtor’s Accounts in the ordinary course of business, so long as the aggregate amount of such Accounts so settled by Borrower, Encore Software, BCI Eclipse, FUNimation Productions and FUNimation Store does not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time (in the aggregate for Borrower, Encore Software, BCI Eclipse, FUNimation Productions and FUNimation Store combined); (b) each Credit Party may maintain its existing equity investments in its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date; (c) Borrower may maintain Eligible Certificate of Deposits; (d) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and there is no outstanding Revolving Loan balance, Borrower may make investments, subject to Control Letters in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders or otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders, in (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof,
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(ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and currently having the highest rating obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc., (iii) certificates of deposit maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof issued by (A) the Business Bank, a Minnesota corporation, or (B) commercial banks incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, each having combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $300,000,000 and having a senior unsecured rating of “A” or better by a nationally recognized rating agency (an “A Rated Bank”), (iv) time deposits maturing no more than 30 days from the date of creation thereof with A Rated Banks and (v) mutual funds that invest solely in one or more of the investments described in clauses (i) through (iv) above; (e) Credit Parties may make Vendor Advances as long as the aggregate amount of Net Vendor Advances made during any Fiscal Year does not at any time during such Fiscal Year exceed (i) for each Fiscal Year ending on or prior to March 31, 2007, $15,000,000, (ii) for each Fiscal Year ending after March 31, 2007 but on or prior to March 31, 2009, $16,500,000 and (iii) for each Fiscal Year thereafter, $17,500,000 (provided, that the amount set forth for any Fiscal Year shall be increased by the lesser of (x) $3,000,000 or (y) the maximum Net Vendor Advances which were, pursuant to this Section, permitted to be made during the then immediately preceding Fiscal Year less the actual amount of Net Vendor Advances made during such immediately preceding Fiscal Year; (f) advances by a Credit Party to its employees expressly permitted by Section 6.4(b) hereof; (g) (1) loans from the Borrower to Encore outstanding on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $7,900,000 may exist and (2) the Borrower may make additional loans to Encore Software in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed, at any time, $15,000,000; (h) (1) loans from the Borrower to BCI Eclipse outstanding on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $12,330,000 may exist and (2) the Borrower may make additional loans to BCI Eclipse in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed, at any time, $10,000,000; (i) the Borrower may (i) make one or more loans (each a “Mix & Burn Loan”) to Mix & Burn, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Mix & Burn”) pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Discretionary Revolving Loan Agreement and that certain Second Discretionary Revolving Loan Agreement, each dated as of June 29, 2004, between the Borrower and Mix & Burn and those certain Amended and Restated Promissory Note, Promissory Note, each dated as of June 29, 2004, Promissory Note, dated on or about October 18, 2004, by Mix & Burn in favor of Borrower, and any additional promissory notes executed from time to time by Mix & Burn in favor of Borrower (each a “Mix & Burn Promissory Note”), as long as (a) the aggregate principal amount of all such Mix & Burn Loans does not exceed $3,500,000, (b) the Mix & Burn Loans are fully secured by fully perfected first priority Liens in and to all or substantially all of the assets of Mix & Burn pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of June 29, 2004 between the Borrower and Mix & Burn (the “Mix & Burn Security Agreement”), and (c) Borrower has granted to Agent, for itself and the benefit of Lenders, fully perfected first priority Liens, pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, in and to the Mix & Burn Promissory Notes, the Liens granted to Borrower under the Mix & Burn Security Agreement, all of the Stock owned by Borrower from time to time in Mix & Burn whether (1) Borrower has acquired such Stock as a result of the conversion of the Mix & Burn Promissory Notes into equity, (2) consisting of warrants issued by Mix & Burn in favor of the Borrower in connection with the Mix & Burn Loans or (3) Borrower has acquired such Stock in any other manner, (ii) own Stock in Mix & Burn issued to Borrower for no additional consideration in connection with the Mix & Burn Loans, (iii) convert the obligations relating to
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the Mix & Burn Loans into Stock of Mix & Burn and own such Stock on terms and subject to conditions satisfactory to Agent; (j) the Borrower may make loans or advances to FUNimation Productions in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed, at any time, $15,000,000; (k) the Borrower may make loans or advances to FUNimation Store in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed, at any time, $1,500,000; (l) the Borrower may make (and permit to exist) capital contributions to Xxxxxxx XX, Navarre CLP and Xxxxxxx XX (i) on the Prior Closing Date, as long as each of such Persons used all of the proceeds thereof on the Prior Closing Date to pay the cash portion of the Purchase Price (as defined in the FUNimation Purchase Agreement) due on the Prior Closing Date and (ii) thereafter, as long as each of such Persons uses all of the proceeds thereof on the date received to either make a payment due pursuant to Section 1.4 of the FUNimation Purchase Agreement or make a Performance Payment (as defined in the FUNimation Purchase Agreement); (m) a Subsidiary of the Borrower may make loans to the Borrower pursuant to cash management procedures consistent with the Borrower’s cash management procedures in existence on the Closing Date; (n) a loan by the Borrower to Xxxx Xxxxxxx pursuant to Xxxx Xxxxxxx’x employment agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $400,000 may exist and (o) the Credit Parties may make other investments not exceeding $100,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
6.3 Indebtedness.
(a) No Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except (without duplication) (i) Indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests and Capital Leases permitted in Section 6.7(c), (ii) the Loans and the other Obligations, (iii) unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities to the extent they are permitted to remain unfunded under applicable law, (iv) existing Indebtedness described in Disclosure Schedule (6.3) and refinancings thereof or amendments or modifications thereof that do not have the effect of increasing the principal amount thereof or changing the amortization thereof (other than to extend the same) and that are otherwise on terms and conditions no less favorable to any Credit Party, Agent or any Lender, as determined by Agent, than the terms of the Indebtedness being refinanced, amended or modified, (v) Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(i) hereof, (vi) Indebtedness of Encore Software to the Borrower, as long as (a) the related loans to Encore from the Borrower are permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(g) and (b) such Indebtedness is evidenced by an intercompany note, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, and such intercompany note has been delivered and endorsed to Agent, (vii) Indebtedness of BCI Eclipse to the Borrower, as long as (a) the related loans to BCI Eclipse from the Borrower are permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(h), and (b) such Indebtedness is evidenced by an intercompany note, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, and such intercompany note has been delivered and endorsed to Agent, (viii) Indebtedness of FUNimation Productions to the Borrower, as long as (a) the related loans to FUNimation Productions from the Borrower are permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(j), and (b) such Indebtedness is evidenced by an intercompany note, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, and such intercompany note has been delivered and endorsed to Agent, (ix) Indebtedness of FUNimation Store to the Borrower, as long as (a) the related loans to FUNimation Store from the Borrower are permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(k), and (b) such Indebtedness is evidenced by an intercompany note, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, and such intercompany note has been delivered and endorsed to Agent, (x) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower as long as (a) the related loans are permitted pursuant to Section 6.2(m) and (b) such Indebtedness is evidenced by
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an intercompany note, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, and such intercompany note has been delivered and endorsed to Agent, (xi) obligations for Performance Payments (as defined in the FUNimation Purchase Agreement) or similar payment obligations incurred by the Borrower, Xxxxxxx XX, Navarre CLP and/or Xxxxxxx XX in connection with the FUNimation Acquisition in an aggregate amount not to exceed $17,000,000 and (xii) Indebtedness under the Second Lien Credit Agreement in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000, as long as the proceeds thereof are used to prepay the Term Loan C in accordance with Section 1.3(b)(vi) hereof.
(b) No Credit Party shall, directly or indirectly, voluntarily purchase, redeem, defease or prepay any principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Indebtedness, other than (i) the Obligations; (ii) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Second Lien Credit Agreement) secured by a Permitted Encumbrance if the asset securing such Indebtedness has been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Sections 6.8(b) or (c); (iii) Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.3(a)(iv) upon any refinancing thereof in accordance with Section 6.3(a)(iv); (iv) other Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under the Second Lien Credit Agreement) not in excess of $250,000; and (v) as otherwise permitted in Section 6.14.
6.4 Employee Loans and Affiliate Transactions.
(a) No Credit Party shall enter into or be a party to any transaction with any other Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of such Credit Party’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to such Credit Party than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of such Credit Party. In addition, if any such transaction or series of related transactions involves payments in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate, the terms of these transactions must be disclosed in advance to Agent and Lenders. All such transactions existing as of the date hereof are described in Disclosure Schedule (6.4(a)).
(b) No Credit Party shall enter into any lending or borrowing transaction with any employees of any Credit Party, except loans to its respective employees on an arm’s-length basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices for travel and entertainment expenses, relocation costs and similar purposes and stock option financing up to a maximum of $100,000 to any employee and up to a maximum of $500,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding.
6.5 Capital Structure and Business. No Credit Party shall (a) make any changes in any of its business objectives, purposes or operations that could in any way adversely affect the repayment of the Loans or any of the other Obligations or could reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) make any change in its capital structure as described in Disclosure Schedule (3.8), including the issuance or sale of any shares of Stock, warrants or other securities convertible into Stock or any revision of the terms of its outstanding Stock; provided, that the Borrower may issue or sell its Stock for cash so long as (i) the proceeds thereof are applied in prepayment of the Obligations as required by Section 1.3(b)(iii), and (ii) no Change of Control occurs after giving effect thereto, or (c) amend its charter or bylaws in a manner that would adversely affect Agent or Lenders or such Credit
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Party’s duty or ability to repay the Obligations. No Credit Party shall engage in any business other than the businesses currently engaged in by it or businesses reasonably related thereto.
6.6 Guaranteed Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Guaranteed Indebtedness except (a) by endorsement of instruments or items of payment for deposit to the general account of any Credit Party, (b) for Guaranteed Indebtedness incurred for the benefit of any other Credit Party if the primary obligation is expressly permitted by this Agreement, (c) for Guaranteed Indebtedness incurred by Borrower pursuant to that certain Limited Guaranty, dated as of July 22, 2004, by Borrower in favor of BMG Music, a New York general partnership guaranteeing certain Indebtedness of Mix & Burn as set forth is such Limited Guaranty as in effect as of the date thereof.
6.7 Liens and Related Matters. (a) No Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to its Accounts or any of its other properties or assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) except for (a) Permitted Encumbrances; (b) Liens in existence on the date hereof and summarized on Disclosure Schedule (6.7) securing Indebtedness described on Disclosure Schedule (6.3) and permitted refinancings, extensions and renewals thereof, including extensions or renewals of any such Liens; provided that the principal amount so secured is not increased and the Lien does not attach to any other property; (c) Liens created after the date hereof by conditional sale or other title retention agreements (including Capital Leases) or in connection with purchase money Indebtedness with respect to Equipment and Fixtures acquired by any Credit Party in the ordinary course of business, involving the incurrence of an aggregate amount of purchase money Indebtedness and Capital Lease Obligations of not more than $250,000 outstanding at any one time for all such Liens (provided that such Liens attach only to the assets subject to such purchase money debt and such Indebtedness is incurred within 20 days following such purchase and does not exceed 100% of the purchase price of the subject assets); and (d) Liens securing obligations under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as long as the principal amount thereof is Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(xii) and such Liens do not attach to any assets that are not subject to Liens securing the Obligations. In addition, no Credit Party shall become a party to any agreement, note, indenture or instrument, or take any other action, that would prohibit the creation of a Lien on any of its properties or other assets in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, as additional collateral for the Obligations, except operating leases, Capital Leases or Licenses which prohibit Liens upon the assets that are subject thereto.
(b) The Credit Parties shall not, and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly enter into or assume any agreement (other than the Loan Documents or the Second Lien Credit Agreement and related documents) prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and other than (i) provisions restricting subletting or assignment under any lease governing a leasehold interest or lease of personal property and (ii) restrictions on assignments or sublicensing of licensed Intellectual Property.
(c) Except as provided herein or in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and related documents, the Credit Parties shall not, and shall not cause or permit their Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any such Subsidiary to (1)
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pay dividends or make any other distribution on any of such Subsidiary’s Stock owned by a Credit Party, (2) pay any Indebtedness owed to any Credit Party, (3) make loans or advances to any Credit Party, or (4) transfer any of its property or assets to any Credit Party.
6.8 Sale of Stock and Assets. No Credit Party shall sell, transfer, convey, assign or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or other assets, including the Stock of any of its Subsidiaries (whether in a public or a private offering or otherwise) or any of its Accounts, other than (a) the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, and (b) the sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition by a Credit Party of Equipment, Fixtures or Real Estate that are obsolete or no longer used or useful in such Credit Party’s business and having an appraised value not exceeding $100,000 in any single transaction or $500,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year. With respect to any disposition of assets or other properties permitted pursuant to clause (b) above, subject to Section 1.3(b), Agent agrees on reasonable prior written notice to release its Lien on such assets or other properties in order to permit the applicable Credit Party to effect such disposition and shall execute and deliver to Borrower, at Borrower’s expense, appropriate UCC-3 termination statements and other releases as reasonably requested by Borrower.
6.9 ERISA No Credit Party shall, or shall cause or permit any ERISA Affiliate to, cause or permit to occur an event that could result in the imposition of a Lien under Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 or 4068 of ERISA or cause or permit to occur an ERISA Event to the extent such ERISA Event could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.10 Financial Covenants. Borrower shall not breach or fail to comply with any of the Financial Covenants.
6.11 Hazardous Materials. No Credit Party shall cause or permit a Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of the Real Estate where such Release would (a) violate in any respect, or form the basis for any Environmental Liabilities under, any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or (b) otherwise adversely impact the value or marketability of any of the Real Estate or any of the Collateral, other than such violations or Environmental Liabilities that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.12 Sale-Leasebacks. No Credit Party shall engage in any sale-leaseback, synthetic lease or similar transaction involving any of its assets.
6.13 Cancellation of Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall cancel any claim or debt owing to it, except for reasonable consideration negotiated on an arm’s-length basis and in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practices.
6.14 Restricted Payments. No Credit Party shall make any Restricted Payment, except (a) dividends and distributions by Subsidiaries of Borrower paid to Borrower, (b) employee loans permitted under Section 6.4(b),(c) on any day, the Borrower may repurchase the Borrower’s own shares of common stock, as long as (i) at the time of such repurchase and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii)
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after giving effect to such repurchase, the Borrowing Availability shall be at least $15,000,000 and (iii) the aggregate consideration paid for all such repurchases during any consecutive twelve month period does not exceed $250,000, (d) payment of Earnout Amounts (under and as defined in the BCI Eclipse Purchase Agreement as in effect on November 5, 2003) as long as (i) at the time of such payment and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) after giving effect to such payment, the Borrowing Availability shall be at least $20,000,000, (iii) the Borrower has demonstrated to the Agent’s reasonable satisfaction that the average daily Borrowing Availability for the 30-day period preceding such payment was at least $20,000,000 and (iv) prior to such payment the Borrower has delivered evidence satisfactory to the Agent demonstrating that, had such payment been made on the last day of the then most recently completed Fiscal Quarter, Borrower would have been in compliance with the financial covenants set forth on Annex G to the Credit Agreement as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter, and (e) payment of Performance Payments (under, as defined in and in accordance with the FUNimation Purchase Agreement) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $17,000,000.
6.15 Change of Corporate Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year. No Credit Party shall (a) change its name as it appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation or other organization, (b) change its chief executive office, principal place of business, corporate offices or warehouses or locations at which Collateral is held or stored, or the location of its records concerning the Collateral, (c) change the type of entity that it is, (d) change its organization identification number, if any, issued by its state of incorporation or other organization, or (e) change its state of incorporation or organization, in each case without at least 30 days prior written notice to Agent and after Agent’s written acknowledgment that any reasonable action requested by Agent in connection therewith, including to continue the perfection of any Liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders, in any Collateral, has been completed or taken, and provided that any such new location shall be in the continental United States. Without limiting the foregoing, no Credit Party shall change its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner that might make any financing or continuation statement filed in connection herewith seriously misleading as such term is defined in and/or used in the Code or any other then applicable provision of the Code except upon prior written notice to Agent and Lenders and after Agent’s written acknowledgment that any reasonable action requested by Agent in connection therewith, including to continue the perfection of any Liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders, in any Collateral, has been completed or taken. No Credit Party shall change its Fiscal Year.
6.16 No Impairment of Intercompany Transfers. No Credit Party shall directly or indirectly enter into or become bound by any agreement, instrument, indenture or other obligation (other than this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) that could directly or indirectly restrict, prohibit or require the consent of any Person with respect to the payment of dividends or distributions or the making or repayment of intercompany loans by a Subsidiary of Borrower to Borrower.
6.17 No Speculative Transactions. No Credit Party shall engage in any transaction involving commodity options, futures contracts or similar transactions, except solely to hedge against fluctuations in the prices of commodities owned or purchased by it and the values of foreign currencies receivable or payable by it and interest swaps, caps or collars.
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6.18 Leases; Real Estate Purchases. No Credit Party shall enter into any operating lease for Equipment or Real Estate, if the aggregate of all such operating lease payments payable in any year for Borrower on a consolidated basis would exceed $250,000. No Credit Party shall purchase a fee simple ownership interest in Real Estate.
6.19 Amendments. Without the prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders, the Borrower shall not enter into any amendment, supplement, restatement, other modification or waiver with respect to any of the Minnesota Sale-Leaseback Documents or the FUNimation Acquisition Documents.
6.20 Xxxxxxx XX, Navarre CLP and Xxxxxxx XX. Each of Xxxxxxx XX, Navarre CLP and Xxxxxxx XX shall not engage in any trade or business, own any assets (other than Stock of FUNimation Productions and FUNimation Store) or incur any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than the Obligations).
6.21 Second Lien Credit Agreement. The Borrower shall not enter into the Second Lien Credit Agreement unless the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is simultaneously executed and delivered. The Borrower shall not amend, supplement or otherwise modify the Second Lien Credit Agreement or the related documents in a manner which would violate the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.
7. TERM
7.1 Termination. The financing arrangements contemplated hereby shall be in effect until the Commitment Termination Date, and the Loans and all other Obligations shall be automatically due and payable in full on such date.
7.2 Survival of Obligations Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Loan Documents, no termination or cancellation (regardless of cause or procedure) of any financing arrangement under this Agreement shall in any way affect or impair the obligations, duties and liabilities of the Credit Parties or the rights of Agent and Lenders relating to any unpaid portion of the Loans or any other Obligations, due or not due, liquidated, contingent or unliquidated or any transaction or event occurring prior to such termination, or any transaction or event, the performance of which is required after the Commitment Termination Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any other Loan Document, all undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations of or binding upon the Credit Parties, and all rights of Agent and each Lender, all as contained in the Loan Documents, shall not terminate or expire, but rather shall survive any such termination or cancellation and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date; provided, that the provisions of Section 11, the payment obligations under Sections 1.15 and 1.16, and the indemnities contained in the Loan Documents shall survive the Termination Date.
8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
8.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events (regardless of the reason therefor) shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:
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(a) Borrower (i) fails to make any payment of principal of, or interest on, or Fees owing in respect of, the Loans or any of the other Obligations when due and payable, or (ii) fails to pay or reimburse Agent or Lenders for any expense reimbursable hereunder or under any other Loan Document within 10 days following Agent’s demand for such reimbursement or payment of expenses.
(b) Any Credit Party fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of Sections 1.4, 1.8, 5.4(a) or 6, or any of the provisions set forth in Annexes C or G, respectively.
(c) Borrower fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of Section 4 or any provisions set forth in Annexes E or F, respectively, and the same shall remain unremedied for 5 days or more.
(d) Any Credit Party fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any other provision of this Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents (other than any provision embodied in or covered by any other clause of this Section 8.1) and the same shall remain unremedied for 45 days or more.
(e) A default or breach occurs under any other agreement, document or instrument to which any Credit Party is a party that is not cured within any applicable grace period therefor, and such default or breach (i) involves the failure to make any payment when due in respect of any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any Credit Party in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate (including (x) undrawn committed or available amounts and (y) amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangements), or (ii) causes, or permits any holder of such Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness or a trustee to cause, Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness or a portion thereof in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate to become due prior to its stated maturity or prior to its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or cash collateral to be demanded in respect thereof, in each case, regardless of whether such default is waived, or such right is exercised, by such holder or trustee;
(f) The liabilities arising from the ValueVision Litigation (excluding interest payable with respect thereto and litigation costs relating to the ValueVision Litigation (but including attorney’s fees)) exceed $3,000,000 in the aggregate.
(g) Assets of any Credit Party with a fair market value of $100,000 or more are attached, seized, levied upon or subjected to a writ or distress warrant, or come within the possession of any receiver, trustee, custodian or assignee for the benefit of creditors of any Credit Party and such condition continues for 30 days or more.
(h) A case or proceeding is commenced against any Credit Party seeking a decree or order in respect of such Credit Party (i) under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, (ii) appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) for such Credit Party or for any substantial part of any such Credit Party’s assets, or (iii) ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of such Credit Party, and such case or proceeding shall remain
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undismissed or unstayed for 60 days or more or a decree or order granting the relief sought in such case or proceeding by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(i) Any Credit Party (i) files a petition seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, (ii) consents to or fails to contest in a timely and appropriate manner to the institution of proceedings thereunder or to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) for such Credit Party or for any substantial part of any such Credit Party’s assets, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) takes any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or (v) admits in writing its inability to, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as such debts become due.
(j) A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate at any time are outstanding against one or more of the Credit Parties and the same are not, within 30 days after the entry thereof, discharged or execution thereof stayed or bonded pending appeal, or such judgments are not discharged prior to the expiration of any such stay.
(k) Any material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or any Credit Party shall challenge the enforceability of any Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms), or any Lien created under any Loan Document ceases to be a valid and perfected first priority Lien (except as otherwise permitted herein or therein) in any of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby.
(l) Any Change of Control occurs.
(m) Any event occurs, whether or not insured or insurable, as a result of which revenue-producing activities cease or are substantially curtailed at any facility of Borrower generating more than 10% of Borrower’s revenues for the Fiscal Year preceding such event and such cessation or curtailment continues for more than 30 days.
8.2 Remedies.
(a) If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (and at the written request of the Requisite Lenders shall), without notice, suspend the Revolving Loan facility with respect to additional Advances and/or the incurrence of additional Letter of Credit Obligations, whereupon any additional Advances and additional Letter of Credit Obligations shall be made or incurred in Agent’s sole discretion (or in the sole discretion of the Requisite Lenders, if such suspension occurred at their direction) so long as such Default or Event of Default is continuing. If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (and at the written request of Requisite Lenders shall), without notice except as otherwise expressly provided herein, increase the rate of interest applicable to the Loans and the Letter of Credit Fees to the Default Rate.
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(b) If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (and at the written request of the Requisite Lenders shall), without notice: (i) terminate the Revolving Loan facility with respect to further Advances or the incurrence of further Letter of Credit Obligations; (ii) declare all or any portion of the Obligations, including all or any portion of any Loan to be forthwith due and payable, and require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be cash collateralized as provided in Annex B, all without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by Borrower and each other Credit Party; or (iii) exercise any rights and remedies provided to Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the Code; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 8.1(h) or (i), the Commitments shall be immediately terminated and all of the Obligations, including the Revolving Loan, shall become immediately due and payable without declaration, notice or demand by any Person.
8.3 Waivers by Credit Parties. Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement or by applicable law, each Credit Party waives: (a) presentment, demand and protest and notice of presentment, dishonor, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, protest, default, nonpayment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any or all commercial paper, accounts, contract rights, documents, instruments, chattel paper and guaranties at any time held by Agent on which any Credit Party may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Agent may do in this regard, (b) all rights to notice and a hearing prior to Agent’s taking possession or control of, or to Agent’s replevy, attachment or levy upon, the Collateral or any bond or security that might be required by any court prior to allowing Agent to exercise any of its remedies, and (c) the benefit of all valuation, appraisal, marshaling and exemption laws.
9. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT
9.1 Assignment and Participations.
(a) Subject to the terms of this Section 9.1, any Lender may make an assignment to a Qualified Assignee of, or sale of participations in, at any time or times, the Loan Documents, Loans, Letter of Credit Obligations and any Commitment or any portion thereof or interest therein, including any Lender’s rights, title, interests, remedies, powers or duties thereunder. Any assignment by a Lender shall: (i) require the consent of Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed with respect to a Qualified Assignee) and the execution of an assignment agreement (an “Assignment Agreement” substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 9.1(a) and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and acknowledged by, Agent; (ii) be conditioned on such assignee Lender representing to the assigning Lender and Agent that it is purchasing the applicable Loans to be assigned to it for its own account, for investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution thereof; (iii) after giving effect to any such partial assignment, the assignee Lender shall have Commitments in an amount at least equal to $1,000,000 and the assigning Lender shall have retained Commitments in an amount at least equal to $1,000,000; (iv) include a payment to Agent of an assignment fee of $3,500. In the case of an assignment by a Lender under this Section 9.1, the assignee shall have, to the extent of such assignment, the same rights, benefits and obligations as all other Lenders hereunder. The assigning Lender shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments or assigned portion thereof from and after the date of such
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assignment. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that any assignment shall give rise to a direct obligation of Borrower to the assignee and that the assignee shall be considered to be a “Lender”. In all instances, each Lender’s liability to make Loans hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the applicable Commitment. In the event Agent or any Lender assigns or otherwise transfers all or any part of the Obligations, Agent or any such Lender shall so notify Borrower and Borrower shall, upon the request of Agent or such Lender, execute new Notes in exchange for the Notes, if any, being assigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.1(a), any Lender may at any time pledge the Obligations held by it and such Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to a Federal Reserve Bank, and any lender that is an investment fund may assign the Obligations held by it and such Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to another investment fund managed by the same investment advisor; provided, that no such pledge to a Federal Reserve Bank shall release such Lender from such Lender’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document.
(b) In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 9.1, each Lender may, (x) with notice to the Agent, grant to an SPV the option to make all or any part of any Loan that such Lender would otherwise be required to make hereunder (and the exercise of such option by such SPV and the making of Loans pursuant thereto shall satisfy the obligation of such Lender to make such Loans hereunder) and such SPV may assign to such Lender the right to receive payment with respect to any Obligation and (y) without notice to or consent from the Agent or the Borrower, (i) sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit) and (ii) transfer its rights to receive payments hereunder to one or more Affiliates (a “Transferee”); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Loan Document or of such grant, participation or transfer, (i) no such SPV, participant or Transferee shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to make Loans hereunder, and, except as provided in the applicable option agreement, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Loan Parties and the secured parties towards such Lender under any Loan Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the registered holder of the Obligations, except that (A) each such participant and SPV shall be entitled to the benefit of Sections 1.15 and 1.16, but only to the extent such participant or SPV delivers the tax forms such Lender is required to collect pursuant hereto and then only to the extent of any amount to which such Lender would be entitled in the absence of any such grant or participation and (B) each such SPV may receive other payments that would otherwise be made to such Lender with respect to Loans funded by such SPV to the extent provided in the applicable option agreement and set forth in a notice provided to the Agent by such SPV and such Lender, provided, however, that in no case (including pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above) shall an SPV, participant or Transferee have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Loan Document, and (iii) the consent of such SPV, participant or Transferee shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Loan Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Loan Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations), except with respect to an SPV or a participant for those described in clauses 11.2(c)(ii) or (iii) with respect to amounts, or dates fixed for payment
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of amounts, to which such participant or SPV would otherwise be entitled and, in the case of participants, except for those described in Section 11.2(c)(ii) or (iii) (or amendments, consents and waivers with respect to Section 11.2(c)(ii) or (iii) the release of all or substantially all of the Collateral). No party hereto shall institute against any SPV grantee of an option pursuant to this clause (b) any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation or similar proceeding, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper of such SPV; provided, however, that each Lender having designated an SPV as such agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee against any liability that may be incurred by, or asserted against, such Indemnitee as a result of failing to institute such proceeding (including a failure to get reimbursed by such SPV for any such liability). The agreement in the preceding sentence shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of the Obligations.
(c) Except as expressly provided in this Section 9.1, no Lender shall, as between Borrower and that Lender, or Agent and that Lender, be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation of, or granting of participation in, all or any part of the Loans, the Notes or other Obligations owed to such Lender.
(d) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement shall assist any Lender permitted to sell assignments or participations under this Section 9.1 as reasonably required to enable the assigning or selling Lender to effect any such assignment or participation, including the execution and delivery of any and all agreements, notes and other documents and instruments as shall be requested and the preparation of informational materials for, and the participation of management in meetings with, potential assignees or participants. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement shall certify the correctness, completeness and accuracy of all descriptions of the Credit Parties and their respective affairs contained in any selling materials provided by it and all other information provided by it and included in such materials, except that any Projections delivered by Borrower shall only be certified by Borrower as having been prepared by Borrower in compliance with the representations contained in Section 3.4(c).
(e) A Lender may furnish any information concerning Credit Parties in the possession of such Lender from time to time to assignees and participants (including prospective assignees and participants); provided that such Lender shall obtain from assignees or participants confidentiality covenants substantially equivalent to those contained in Section 11.8.
(f) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Lender shall assign or sell participations in any portion of its Loans or Commitments to a potential Lender or participant, if, as of the date of the proposed assignment or sale, the assignee Lender or participant would be subject to capital adequacy or similar requirements under Section 1.16(a), increased costs under Section 1.16(b), an inability to fund LIBOR Loans under Section 1.16(c), or withholding taxes in accordance with Section 1.15(a).
(g) In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 9.1, each Lender may grant a security interest in, or otherwise assign as collateral, any of its rights under this Agreement, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including rights to payments of principal or interest on the Loans), to (A) any federal reserve bank (pursuant to Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board), without notice to the Agent or (B) any holder of, or trustee for the benefit of the holders of, such Lender’s securities by notice to the Agent; provided, however, that
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no such holder or trustee, whether because of such grant or assignment or any foreclosure thereon (unless such foreclosure is made through an assignment in accordance with clause (a) above), shall be entitled to any rights of such Lender hereunder and no such Lender shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder.
9.2 Appointment of Agent. GE Capital is hereby appointed to act on behalf of all Lenders as Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section 9.2 are solely for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and no Credit Party nor any other Person shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for any Credit Party or any other Person. Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except for those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature and Agent shall not have, or be deemed to have, by reason of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for failure to disclose, any information relating to any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any Account Debtor that is communicated to or obtained by GE Capital or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives shall be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or in connection herewith or therewith, except for damages caused by its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
If Agent shall request instructions from Requisite Lenders, or all affected Lenders with respect to any act or action (including failure to act) in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until Agent shall have received instructions from Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders, as the case may be, and Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (a) if such action would, in the opinion of Agent, be contrary to law or the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) if such action would, in the opinion of Agent, expose Agent to Environmental Liabilities or (c) if Agent shall not first be indemnified to its satisfaction against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder or under any other Loan Document in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable.
9.3 Agent’s Reliance, Etc. Neither Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except for damages caused by its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent: (a) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer
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thereof signed by such payee and in form reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (b) may consult with legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (c) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (d) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents on the part of any Credit Party or to inspect the Collateral (including the books and records) of any Credit Party; (e) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (f) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopy, telegram, cable or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.
9.4 GE Capital and Affiliates. With respect to its Commitments and Loans hereunder, GE Capital shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Agent; and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include GE Capital in its individual capacity. GE Capital and its Affiliates may lend money to, invest in, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Credit Party, any of their Affiliates and any Person who may do business with or own securities of any Credit Party or any such Affiliate, all as if GE Capital were not Agent and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. GE Capital and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from any Credit Party for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders. GE Capital and its affiliates may also make Loans under the Second Lien Credit Agreement and/or act as agent thereunder. Each Lender acknowledges and waives the potential conflict of interest between GE Capital as a Lender holding interests in the Loans and GE Capital as Agent and GE Capital as lender and/or agent under the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
9.5 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender and based on the Financial Statements referred to in Section 3.4(a) and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit and financial analysis of the Credit Parties and its own decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon 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 decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to, and waives any claim based upon, such conflict of interest.
9.6 Indemnification. Lenders agree to indemnify Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by Credit Parties and without limiting the obligations of Borrower hereunder), ratably according to their respective Aggregate Pro Rata Shares, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or
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disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or omitted to be taken by Agent in connection therewith; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement and each other Loan Document, to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by Credit Parties.
9.7 Successor Agent. Agent may resign at any time by giving not less than 30 days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the resigning Agent’s giving notice of resignation, then the resigning Agent may, on behalf of Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a Lender, if a Lender is willing to accept such appointment, or otherwise shall be a commercial bank or financial institution or a subsidiary of a commercial bank or financial institution if such commercial bank or financial institution is organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $300,000,000. If no successor Agent has been appointed pursuant to the foregoing, within 30 days after the date such notice of resignation was given by the resigning Agent, such resignation shall become effective and the Requisite Lenders shall thereafter perform all the duties of Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Requisite Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided above. Any successor Agent appointed by Requisite Lenders hereunder shall be subject to the approval of Borrower, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that such approval shall not be required if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Agent. Upon the earlier of the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent or the effective date of the resigning Agent’s resignation, the resigning Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, except that any indemnity rights or other rights in favor of such resigning Agent shall continue. After any resigning Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
9.8 Setoff and Sharing of Payments. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and subject to Section 9.9(f), each Lender is hereby authorized at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Credit Party or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to offset and to appropriate and to apply any and all balances held by it at any of its offices for the account of Borrower or any Guarantor (regardless of whether such balances are then due to Borrower or any
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Guarantor) and any other properties or assets at any time held or owing by that Lender or that holder to or for the credit or for the account of Borrower or any Guarantor against and on account of any of the Obligations that are not paid when due. Any Lender exercising a right of setoff or otherwise receiving any payment on account of the Obligations in excess of its Aggregate Pro Rata Share thereof shall purchase for cash (and the other Lenders or holders shall sell) such participations in each such other Lender’s or holder’s Aggregate Pro Rata Share of the Obligations as would be necessary to cause such Lender to share the amount so offset or otherwise received with each other Lender or holder in accordance with their respective Aggregate Pro Rata Shares, (other than offset rights exercised by any Lender with respect to Sections 1.13, 1.15 or 1.16). Each Lender’s obligation under this Section 9.8 shall be in addition to and not in limitation of its obligations to purchase a participation in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Swing Line Loans under Section 1.1. Borrower and each Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that (a) any Lender may exercise its right to offset with respect to amounts in excess of its Aggregate Pro Rata Share of the Obligations and may sell participations in such amounts so offset to other Lenders and holders and (b) any Lender so purchasing a participation in the Loans made or other Obligations held by other Lenders or holders may exercise all rights of offset, bankers’ lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender or holder were a direct holder of the Loans and the other Obligations in the amount of such participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if all or any portion of the offset amount or payment otherwise received is thereafter recovered from the Lender that has exercised the right of offset, the purchase of participations by that Lender shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored without interest.
9.9 Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert.
(a) Advances; Payments.
(i) Revolving Lenders shall refund or participate in the Swing Line Loan in accordance with clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 1.1(b). If the Swing Line Lender declines to make a Swing Line Loan or if Swing Line Availability is zero, Agent shall notify Revolving Lenders, promptly after receipt of a Notice of Revolving Advance and in any event prior to 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the date such Notice of Revolving Advance is received, by telecopy, telephone or other similar form of transmission. Each Revolving Lender shall make the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Revolving Credit Advance available to Agent in same day funds by wire transfer to Agent’s account as set forth in Annex H not later than 3:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the requested funding date, in the case of an Index Rate Loan and not later than 11:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on the requested funding date in the case of a LIBOR Loan. After receipt of such wire transfers (or, in the Agent’s sole discretion, before receipt of such wire transfers), subject to the terms hereof, Agent shall make the requested Revolving Credit Advance to Borrower. All payments by each Revolving Lender shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
(ii) On the 2nd Business Day of each calendar week or more frequently at Agent’s election (each, a “Settlement Date”), Agent shall advise each Lender by telephone, or telecopy of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid for the benefit of Lenders with respect to each applicable Loan. Provided that each
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Lender has funded all payments and Advances required to be made by it and purchased all participations required to be purchased by it under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of such Settlement Date, Agent shall pay to each Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid by Borrower since the previous Settlement Date for the benefit of such Lender on the Loans held by it. To the extent that any Lender (a “Non-Funding Lender”) has failed to fund all such payments and Advances or failed to fund the purchase of all such participations, Agent shall be entitled to set off the funding short-fall against that Non-Funding Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments received from Borrower. Such payments shall be made by wire transfer to such Lender’s account (as specified by such Lender in Annex H or the applicable Assignment Agreement) not later than 1:00 p.m. (Chicago time) on the next Business Day following each Settlement Date.
(b) Availability of Lender‘s Pro Rata Share. Agent may assume that each Revolving Lender will make its Pro Rata Share of each Revolving Credit Advance available to Agent on each funding date. If such Pro Rata Share is not, in fact, paid to Agent by such Revolving Lender when due, Agent will be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. If any Revolving Lender fails to pay the amount of its Pro Rata Share forthwith upon Agent’s demand, Agent shall promptly notify Borrower and Borrower shall immediately repay such amount to Agent. Nothing in this Section 9.9(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to require Agent to advance funds on behalf of any Revolving Lender to relieve any Revolving Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrower may have against any Revolving Lender as a result of any default by such Revolving Lender hereunder. To the extent that Agent advances funds to Borrower on behalf of any Revolving Lender and is not reimbursed therefor on the same Business Day as such Advance is made, Agent shall be entitled to retain for its account all interest accrued on such Advance until reimbursed by the applicable Revolving Lender.
(c) Return of Payments.
(i) If Agent pays an amount to a Lender under this Agreement in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been or will be received by Agent from Borrower and such related payment is not received by Agent, then Agent will be entitled to recover such amount from such Lender on demand without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
(ii) If Agent determines at any time that any amount received by Agent under this Agreement must be returned to Borrower or paid to any other Person pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Agent will not be required to distribute any portion thereof to any Lender. In addition, each Lender will repay to Agent on demand any portion of such amount that Agent has distributed to such Lender, together with interest at such rate, if any, as Agent is required to pay to Borrower or such other Person, without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.
(d) Non-Funding Lenders. The failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make any Revolving Credit Advance or any payment required by it hereunder, or to purchase any participation in any Swing Line Loan to be made or purchased by it on the date specified therefor
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shall not relieve any other Lender (each such other Revolving Lender, an “Other Lender”) of its obligations to make such Advance or purchase such participation on such date, but neither any Other Lender nor Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make an Advance, purchase a participation or make any other payment required hereunder. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document or constitute a “Lender”, or a “Revolving Lender” (or be included in the calculation of “Requisite Lenders” hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document. At Borrower’s request, Agent or a Person acceptable to Agent shall have the right with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from any Non-Funding Lender, and each Non-Funding Lender agrees that it shall, at Agent’s request, sell and assign to Agent or such Person, all of the Commitments of that Non-Funding Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by such Non-Funding Lender and all accrued interest and fees with respect thereto through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment Agreement.
(e) Dissemination of Information. Agent shall use reasonable efforts to provide Lenders with any notice of Default or Event of Default received by Agent from, or delivered by Agent to, any Credit Party, with notice of any Event of Default of which Agent has actually become aware and with notice of any action taken by Agent following any Event of Default; provided, that Agent shall not be liable to any Lender for any failure to do so, except to the extent that such failure is attributable to Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Lenders acknowledge that Borrower is required to provide Financial Statements and Collateral Reports to Lenders in accordance with Annexes E and F hereto and agree that Agent shall have no duty to provide the same to Lenders.
(f) Actions in Concert. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or the Notes (including exercising any rights of setoff) without first obtaining the prior written consent of Agent and Requisite Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and the Notes shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of Agent or Requisite Lenders.
9.10 Intercreditor Agreement. Agent is authorized to execute and deliver the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the initial lenders and/or agent under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, and each Lender by making or purchasing an interest in any Commitment or Loan at any time shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by such agreement.
10. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
10.1 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of each Credit Party, Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns (including, in the case of any Credit Party, a debtor-in-possession on behalf of such Credit Party), except as otherwise provided herein or therein. No Credit Party may assign, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise convey its rights,
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benefits, obligations or duties hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents without the prior express written consent of Agent and Lenders. Any such purported assignment, transfer, hypothecation or other conveyance by any Credit Party without the prior express written consent of Agent and Lenders shall be void. The terms and provisions of this Agreement are for the purpose of defining the relative rights and obligations of each Credit Party, Agent and Lenders with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and no Person shall be a third party beneficiary of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement. The Loan Documents constitute the complete agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and may not be modified, altered or amended except as set forth in Section 11.2. Any letter of interest, commitment letter or fee letter (other than the GE Capital Fee Letter) or confidentiality agreement, if any, between any Credit Party and Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, predating this Agreement and relating to a financing of substantially similar form, purpose or effect shall be superseded by this Agreement.
11.2 Amendments and Waivers.
(a) Except for actions expressly permitted to be taken by Agent, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent and Borrower, and by Requisite Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable. Except as set forth in clauses (b) and (c) below, all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers requiring the consent of any Lenders shall require the written consent of Requisite Lenders.
(b) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement that waives compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2 to the making of any Loan or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Requisite Lenders and Borrower. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no waiver or consent with respect to any Default or any Event of Default shall be effective for purposes of the conditions precedent to the making of Loans or the incurrence of Letter of Credit Obligations set forth in Section 2.2 unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Requisite Lenders and Borrower.
(c) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent and each Lender directly affected thereby: (i) increase the principal amount of any Lender’s Commitment (which action shall be deemed to directly affect all Lenders); (ii) reduce the principal of, rate of interest on or Fees payable with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit Obligations of any affected Lender; (iii) extend any scheduled payment date (other than payment dates of mandatory prepayments under Section 1.3(b)(ii)-(iv) or final maturity date of the principal amount of any Loan of any affected Lender; (iv) waive, forgive, defer, extend or postpone any payment of interest or Fees as to any affected Lender; (v) release
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any Guaranty or, except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents, release, or permit any Credit Party to sell or otherwise dispose of, any Collateral with a value exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate (which action shall be deemed to directly affect all Lenders); (vi) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans that shall be required for Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder; and (vii) amend or waive this Section 11.2 or the definitions of the term “Requisite Lenders” insofar as such definitions affect the substance of this Section 11.2. Furthermore, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver affecting the rights or duties of Agent or L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be effective unless in writing and signed by Agent or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in addition to Lenders required hereinabove to take such action. Each amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be required for Agent to take additional Collateral pursuant to any Loan Document. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of any Note shall be effective without the written concurrence of the holder of that Note. No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle such Credit Party or any other Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 11.2 shall be binding upon each holder of the Notes at the time outstanding and each future holder of the Notes.
(d) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination (a “Proposed Change”) requiring the consent of all affected Lenders, the consent of more than 50% of the affected Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this sentence below being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then, so long as Agent is not a Non-Consenting Lender, at Borrower’s request Agent, or a Person reasonably acceptable to Agent, shall have the right with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from such Non-Consenting Lenders, and such Non-Consenting Lenders agree that they shall, upon Agent’s request, sell and assign to Agent or such Person, all of the Commitments of such Non-Consenting Lenders for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by the Non-Consenting Lenders and all accrued interest and Fees with respect thereto through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment Agreement.
(e) Upon payment in full in cash and performance of all of the Obligations (other than indemnification Obligations), termination of the Commitments and a release of all claims against Agent and Lenders, and so long as no suits, actions proceedings, or claims are pending or threatened against any Indemnified Person asserting any damages, losses or liabilities that are Indemnified Liabilities, Agent shall deliver to Borrower termination statements, mortgage releases and other documents necessary or appropriate to evidence the termination of the Liens securing payment of the Obligations.
11.3 Fees and Expenses. Borrower shall reimburse (i) Agent for all fees, costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of all of its counsel, advisors, consultants and auditors) and (ii) Agent (and, with respect to clauses (c) and (d) below, all Lenders) for all fees, costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of
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counsel or other advisors (including environmental and management consultants and appraisers) incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and filing and/or recordation of the Loan Documents and incurred in connection with:
(a) the forwarding to Borrower or any other Person on behalf of Borrower by Agent of the proceeds of any Loan (including a wire transfer fee of $25 per wire transfer);
(b) any amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, or termination of, any of the Loan Documents or Related Transactions Documents or advice in connection with the syndication and administration of the Loans made pursuant hereto or its rights hereunder or thereunder;
(c) any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action (whether instituted by Agent, any Lender, any Credit Party or any other Person and whether as a party, witness or otherwise) in any way relating to the Collateral, any of the Loan Documents or any other agreement to be executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, including any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, case, proceeding or action, and any appeal or review thereof, in connection with a case commenced by or against any or all of the Credit Parties or any other Person that may be obligated to Agent by virtue of the Loan Documents, including any such litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action arising in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the Loans during the pendency of one or more Events of Default; provided that in the case of reimbursement of counsel for Lenders other than Agent, such reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all such Lenders; provided, further, that no Person shall be entitled to reimbursement under this clause (c) in respect of any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action to the extent any of the foregoing results from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct;
(d) any attempt to enforce any remedies of Agent or any Lender against any or all of the Credit Parties or any other Person that may be obligated to Agent or any Lender by virtue of any of the Loan Documents, including any such attempt to enforce any such remedies in the course of any work-out or restructuring of the Loans during the pendency of one or more Events of Default; provided, that in the case of reimbursement of counsel for Lenders other than Agent, such reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all such Lenders;
(e) any workout or restructuring of the Loans during the pendency of one or more Events of Default; and
(f) efforts to (i) monitor the Loans or any of the other Obligations, (ii) evaluate, observe or assess any of the Credit Parties or their respective affairs, and (iii) verify, protect, evaluate, assess, appraise, collect, sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral;
including, as to each of clauses (a) through (f) above, all reasonable attorneys’ and other professional and service providers’ fees arising from such services and other advice, assistance or other representation, including those in connection with any appellate proceedings, and all expenses, costs, charges and other fees incurred by such counsel and others in connection with or relating to any of the events or actions described in this Section 11.3, all of which shall be
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payable, on demand, by Borrower to Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such expenses, costs, charges and fees may include: fees, costs and expenses of accountants, environmental advisors, appraisers, investment bankers, management and other consultants and paralegals; court costs and expenses; photocopying and duplication expenses; court reporter fees, costs and expenses; long distance telephone charges; air express charges; telegram or telecopy charges; secretarial overtime charges; and expenses for travel, lodging and food paid or incurred in connection with the performance of such legal or other advisory services.
11.4 No Waiver. Agent’s or any Lender’s failure, at any time or times, to require strict performance by the Credit Parties of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of Agent or such Lender thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance herewith or therewith. Any suspension or waiver of an Event of Default shall not suspend, waive or affect any other Event of Default whether the same is prior or subsequent thereto and whether the same or of a different type. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.2, none of the undertakings, agreements, warranties, covenants and representations of any Credit Party contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and no Default or Event of Default by any Credit Party shall be deemed to have been suspended or waived by Agent or any Lender, unless such waiver or suspension is by an instrument in writing signed by an officer of or other authorized employee of Agent and the applicable required Lenders and directed to Borrower specifying such suspension or waiver.
11.5 Remedies Agent’s and Lenders’ rights and remedies under this Agreement shall be cumulative and nonexclusive of any other rights and remedies that Agent or any Lender may have under any other agreement, including the other Loan Documents, by operation of law or otherwise. Recourse to the Collateral shall not be required.
11.6 Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement or such other Loan Document.
11.7 Conflict of Terms. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by specific reference to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, if any provision contained in this Agreement conflicts with any provision in any of the other Loan Documents, the provision contained in this Agreement shall govern and control.
11.8 Confidentiality. Agent and each Lender agree to use commercially reasonable efforts (equivalent to the efforts Agent or such Lender applies to maintain the confidentiality of its own confidential information) to maintain as confidential all confidential information provided to them by the Credit Parties and designated as confidential following receipt thereof, except that Agent and each Lender may disclose such information (a) to Persons employed or engaged by Agent or such Lender; (b) to any bona fide assignee or participant or potential assignee or participant that has agreed to comply with the covenant contained in this Section 11.8 (and any such bona fide assignee or participant or potential assignee or participant
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may disclose such information to Persons employed or engaged by them as described in clause (a) above); (c) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or reasonably believed by Agent or such Lender to be compelled by any court decree, subpoena or legal or administrative order or process; (d) as, on the advise of Agent’s or such Lender’s counsel, is required by law; (e) in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy under the Loan Documents or in connection with any Litigation to which Agent or such Lender is a party; (f) that ceases to be confidential through no fault of Agent or any Lender; (g) to a Person that is an investor or prospective investor in a Securitization that agrees that its access to information regarding the Borrower and the Loans is solely for purposes of evaluating an investment in such Securitization; or (h) to a Person that is a trustee, collateral manager, servicer, noteholder or secured party in a Securitization in connection with the administration, servicing and reporting on the assets serving as collateral for such Securitization. For purposes of this Section, “Securitization” means a public or private offering by a Lender or any of its Affiliates or their respective successors and assigns, of securities which represent an interest in, or which are collateralized, in whole or in part, by the Loans.
11.9 GOVERNING LAW. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT STATE AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN XXXX COUNTY, CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THE CREDIT PARTIES, AGENT AND LENDERS PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; PROVIDED, THAT AGENT, LENDERS AND THE CREDIT PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF XXXX COUNTY AND; PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE AGENT FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF AGENT. EACH CREDIT PARTY EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH CREDIT PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND
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OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH CREDIT PARTY AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN ANNEX I OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH CREDIT PARTY’S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR 3 DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.
11.10 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties by any other parties, or whenever any of the parties desires to give or serve upon any other parties any communication with respect to this Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given or delivered (a) upon the earlier of actual receipt and 3 Business Days after deposit in the United States Mail, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, with proper postage prepaid, (b) upon transmission, when sent by telecopy or other similar facsimile transmission (with such telecopy or facsimile promptly confirmed by delivery of a copy by personal delivery or United States Mail as otherwise provided in this Section 11.10); (c) 1 Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier with all charges prepaid or (d) when delivered, if hand-delivered by messenger, all of which shall be addressed to the party to be notified and sent to the address or facsimile number indicated in Annex I or to such other address (or facsimile number) as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided. The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing by the party entitled to receive such notice. Failure or delay in delivering copies of any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication to any Person (other than Borrower or Agent) designated in Annex I to receive copies shall in no way adversely affect the effectiveness of such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication.
11.11 Section Titles. The Section titles and Table of Contents contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto.
11.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately constitute one agreement.
11.13 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AMONG AGENT, LENDERS
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AND ANY CREDIT PARTY ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO.
11.14 Press Releases and Related Matters Each Credit Party executing this Agreement agrees that neither it nor its Affiliates will in the future issue any press releases or other public disclosure using the name of GE Capital or its affiliates or referring to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Related Transactions Documents without at least 2 Business Days’ prior notice to GE Capital and without the prior written consent of GE Capital unless (and only to the extent that) such Credit Party or Affiliate is required to do so under law and then, in any event, such Credit Party or Affiliate will consult with GE Capital before issuing such press release or other public disclosure. Each Credit Party consents to the publication by Agent or any Lender of a tombstone or similar advertising material relating to the financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Agent or such Lender shall provide a draft of any such tombstone or similar advertising material to each Credit Party for review and comment prior to the publication thereof. Agent reserves the right to provide to industry trade organizations information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements.
11.15 Reinstatement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Credit Party for liquidation or reorganization, should any Credit Party become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any Credit Party’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or to be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
11.16 Advice of Counsel. Each of the parties represents to each other party hereto that it has discussed this Agreement and, specifically, the provisions of Sections 11.9 and 11.13, with its counsel.
11.17 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
11.18 Compliance with Federal Law. Each Credit Party shall (a) ensure, and cause each Subsidiary to ensure, that no Person who owns a controlling interest in or otherwise controls such Credit Party or such Subsidiary is or shall be listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Person List or other similar lists maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the Department of the Treasury or included in any Executive
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Orders, (b) not use or permit the use of the proceeds of the Loans to violate any of the foreign asset control regulations of OFAC or any enabling statute or Executive Order relating thereto, and (c) comply, and cause each Subsidiary to comply, with all applicable Bank Secrecy Act laws and regulations, as amended.
11.19 Customer Identification – USA Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any other party) hereby notifies the Credit Parties that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001 (the “Patriot Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Credit Parties, which information includes the name and address of the Credit Parties and other information that will allow such Lender or the Agent, as applicable, to identify the Credit Parties in accordance with the Patriot Act.
12. AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
12.1 Interrelationship with the Existing Credit Agreement. As stated in the preamble hereof, this Agreement is intended to amend and restate the provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement and, except as expressly modified herein, (x) all of the terms and provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue to apply for the period prior to the Closing Date, including any determinations of payment dates, interest rates, Events of Default or any amount that may be payable to Agent or the Lenders, (y) the Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement shall continue to be paid or prepaid on or prior to the Closing Date, and shall from and after the Closing Date continue to be owing and be subject to the terms of this Agreement and (z) this Agreement shall not be deemed to evidence or result in a novation or repayment of the Revolving Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement and reborrowing hereunder, but Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement and Liens securing payment and performance thereof shall in all respects be continuing as Obligations under this Agreement and Liens securing payment and performance thereof. All references in the other Loan Documents and the Loan Documents executed in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement to (i) the Existing Credit Agreement or the “Credit Agreement” shall be deemed to include references to this Agreement and (ii) the “Lenders” or a “Lender” or to the “Agent” shall mean such terms as defined in this Agreement. All Obligations of the Borrower under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be governed by this Agreement from and after the Closing Date. The Loan Documents delivered in connection with this Agreement shall supersede the corresponding Loan Documents delivered in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement. The Loan Documents executed in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement that are not superseded by corresponding Loan Documents executed and delivered in connection with this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. All references to the Existing Credit Agreement in the Loan Documents executed in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement that are not expressly superseded by deliveries of such new Loan Documents shall be deemed to refer to this Agreement.
12.2 Confirmation of Existing Obligations. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that as of close of business on May 31, 2005, the outstanding principal balance of (i) the Revolving Credit Advances outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement was $0 and (ii)
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the Term Loan B outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement was $140,000,000, and that in each case Borrower has no defense, counterclaim or setoff with respect to the payment thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first written above.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first written above by below Persons in their capacity as Credit Parties not as Borrower.
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ANNEX A (Recitals)
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
DEFINITIONS
Capitalized terms used in the Loan Documents shall have (unless otherwise provided elsewhere in the Loan Documents) the following respective meanings and all references to Sections, Exhibits, Schedules or Annexes in the following definitions shall refer to Sections, Exhibits, Schedules or Annexes of or to the Agreement:
“Account Debtor” means any Person who may become obligated to any Credit Party under, with respect to, or on account of, an Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangibles (including a payment intangible).
“Accounting Changes” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Annex G.
“Accounts” means all “accounts,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, including (a) all accounts receivable, other receivables, book debts and other forms of obligations (other than forms of obligations evidenced by Chattel Paper or Instruments), (including any such obligations that may be characterized as an account or contract right under the Code), (b) all of each Credit Party’s rights in, to and under all purchase orders or receipts for goods or services, (c) all of each Credit Party’s rights to any goods represented by any of the foregoing (including unpaid sellers’ rights of rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods), (d) all rights to payment due to any Credit Party for property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, for energy provided or to be provided, for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract, arising out of the use of a credit card or charge card, or for services rendered or to be rendered by such Credit Party or in connection with any other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of such Credit Party), (e) all healthcare insurance receivables, and (f) all collateral security of any kind, now or hereafter in existence, given by any Account Debtor or other Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Advance” means any Revolving Credit Advance or Swing Line Advance, as the context may require.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, (a) each Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, 5% or more of the Stock having ordinary voting power in the election of directors of such Person, (b) each Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, (c) each of such Person’s officers, directors, joint venturers and partners and (d) in the case of Borrower, the immediate family members, spouses and lineal descendants of individuals who are Affiliates of Borrower. For the purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of its management
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or policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, however, that the term “Affiliate” shall specifically exclude Agent and each Lender.
“Agent” means GE Capital in its capacity as Agent for Lenders or its successor appointed pursuant to Section 9.7.
“Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and among Borrower, the other Credit Parties party thereto, GE Capital, as Agent and Lender and the other Lenders from time to time party thereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Aggregate Pro Rata Share” means, as to any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate Commitments (or, with respect to any Commitment which has terminated, the outstanding principal balance of the applicable Loans) of such Lender by (ii) the aggregate Commitments (or, with respect to any Commitment which has terminated, the outstanding principal balance of the applicable Loans) of all Lenders.
“Appendices” has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals to the Agreement.
“Applicable L/C Margin” means the per annum fee, from time to time in effect, payable with respect to outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a).
“Applicable Margins” means collectively the Applicable L/C Margin, the Applicable Revolver Index Margin, the Applicable Term Loan B Index Margin, the Applicable Term Loan C Index Margin, the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin, the Applicable Term Loan B LIBOR Margin and the Applicable Term Loan C LIBOR Margin.
“Applicable Revolver Index Margin” means the per annum interest rate margin from time to time in effect and payable in addition to the Index Rate applicable to the Revolving Loan, as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a).
“Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin” means the per annum interest rate from time to time in effect and payable in addition to the LIBOR Rate applicable to the Revolving Loan, as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a).
“Applicable Term Loan B Index Margin” means the per annum interest rate from time to time in effect and payable in addition to the Index Rate applicable to the Term Loan B, as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a).
“Applicable Term Loan B LIBOR Margin” means the per annum interest rate from time to time in effect and payable in addition to the LIBOR Rate applicable to the Term Loan B, as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a).
“Applicable Term Loan C Index Margin” means the per annum interest rate from time to time in effect and payable in addition to the Index Rate applicable to the Term Loan C, as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a).
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“Applicable Term Loan C LIBOR Margin” means the per annum interest rate from time to time in effect and payable in addition to the LIBOR Rate applicable to the Term Loan C, as determined by reference to Section 1.5(a).
“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person (other than a natural Person) that (a) is or will be engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (b) is advised or managed by (i) such Lender, (ii) any Affiliate of such Lender or (iii) any Person (other than an individual) or any Affiliate of any Person (other than an individual) that administers or manages such Lender.
“Assignment Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.1(a).
“Bankruptcy Code” means the provisions of Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq.
“BCI Eclipse” means BCI Eclipse Company, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower.
“BCI Eclipse Purchase Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2003, by and among Borrower, BCI Eclipse as buyer, BCI Eclipse, LLC, a New York limited liability company as seller and the Members (as defined therein) named therein (together with any exhibits, schedules and any other annexes or supplements thereto and as in effect as of November 3, 2003 and as amended or otherwise modified in a manner not prohibited by the Credit Agreement.
“Blocked Accounts” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C.
“Borrower” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the preamble to the Agreement.
“Borrowing Availability” means as of any date of determination the Maximum Amount, less the sum of the Revolving Loan and Swing Line Loan then outstanding.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the States of Illinois and/or New York and in reference to LIBOR Loans shall mean any such day that is also a LIBOR Business Day.
“Canadian Dollars” means the lawful currency of Canada.
“Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person, all expenditures (by the expenditure of cash or the incurrence of Indebtedness) by such Person during any measuring period for any fixed assets or improvements or for replacements, substitutions or additions thereto, that have a useful life of more than one year and that are required to be capitalized under GAAP.
“Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee that, in accordance with GAAP,
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would be required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person.
“Capital Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Capital Lease of any Person, the amount of the obligation of the lessee thereunder that, in accordance with GAAP, would appear on a balance sheet of such lessee in respect of such Capital Lease.
“Cash Collateral Account” has the meaning ascribed to it Annex B.
“Cash Equivalents” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex B.
“Cash Management Systems” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.8.
“Change of Control” means any of the following: (a) other than the holders of the Borrower’s capital Stock as of the Closing Date, any person or group of persons (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 20% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of capital Stock of the Borrower having the right to vote for the election of directors of the Borrower under ordinary circumstances; (b) during any period of twelve consecutive calendar months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of the Borrower (together with any new directors whose election by the board of directors of the Borrower or whose nomination for election by the Stockholders of the Borrower was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason other than death or disability to constitute a majority of the directors then in office; or (c) Borrower ceases to own and control all of the economic and voting rights associated with all of the outstanding capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries.
“Charges” means all federal, state, county, city, municipal, local, foreign or other governmental taxes (including taxes owed to the PBGC at the time due and payable), levies, assessments, charges, liens, claims or encumbrances upon or relating to (a) the Collateral, (b) the Obligations, (c) the employees, payroll, income or gross receipts of any Credit Party, (d) any Credit Party’s ownership or use of any properties or other assets, or (e) any other aspect of any Credit Party’s business.
“Chattel Paper” means any “chattel paper,” as such term is defined in the Code, including electronic chattel paper, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located.
“Closing Checklist” means the schedule, including all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, listing certain documents and information to be delivered in connection with the Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereunder, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex D.
“Closing Date” means June 1, 2005.
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“Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of Illinois; provided, that to the extent that the Code is used to define any term herein or in any Loan Document and such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the Code, the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall govern; provided further, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Agent’s or any Lender’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of Illinois, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
“Collateral” means the property covered by the Security Agreement, the Mortgages and the other Collateral Documents and any other property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, now existing or hereafter acquired, that may at any time be or become subject to a security interest or Lien in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, to secure the Obligations.
“Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreements, the Guaranties, the Pledge Agreements, the Mortgages, the Patent Security Agreements, the Trademark Security Agreements, the Copyright Security Agreements and all similar agreements entered into guaranteeing payment of, or granting a Lien upon property as security for payment of, the Obligations.
“Collateral Reports” means the reports with respect to the Collateral referred to in Annex F.
“Collection Account” means that certain account of Agent, account number 000-000-00 in the name of Agent at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in New York, New York ABA No. 021 001 033, or such other account as may be specified in writing by Agent as the “Collection Account.”
“Commitment Termination Date” means the earliest of (a) May 11, 2010, (b) the date of termination of Lenders’ obligations to make Advances and to incur Letter of Credit Obligations or permit existing Loans to remain outstanding pursuant to Section 8.2(b), and (c) the date of indefeasible prepayment in full by Borrower of the Loans and the cancellation and return (or stand-by guarantee) of all Letters of Credit or the cash collateralization of all Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to Annex B, and the permanent reduction of the Commitments to zero dollars ($0).
“Commitments” shall collectively mean the Revolving Loan Commitment, the Term Loan B Commitment and the Term Loan C Commitment.
“Compliance Certificate” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex E.
“Concentration Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C.
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“Contingent Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability of that Person: (i) with respect to Guaranteed Indebtedness and with respect to any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation of another Person if the purpose or intent of the Person incurring such liability, or the effect thereof, is to provide assurance to the obligee of such liability that such liability will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such liability will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss with respect thereto; (ii) with respect to any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; (iii) under any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, interest rate swap agreement (including, without limitation, Interest Rate Agreements) or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of that Person arising from fluctuations in currency values or interest rates, (iv) any agreement, contract or transaction involving commodity options or future contracts, (v) to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of nonperformance by any other party or parties to an agreement, or (vi) pursuant to any agreement to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire any obligation or any property constituting security therefor, to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation or to maintain the solvency, financial condition or any balance sheet item or level of income of another. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if not a fixed and determined amount, the maximum amount so guaranteed.
“Contracts” means all “contracts,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, in any event, including all contracts, undertakings, or agreements (other than rights evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments) in or under which any Credit Party may now or hereafter have any right, title or interest, including any agreement relating to the terms of payment or the terms of performance of any Account.
“Control Letter” means a letter agreement between Agent and (i) the issuer of uncertificated securities with respect to uncertificated securities in the name of any Credit Party, (ii) a securities intermediary with respect to securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, securities entitlements and other financial assets held in a securities account in the name of any Credit Party, (iii) a futures commission merchant or clearing house, as applicable, with respect to commodity accounts and commodity contracts held by any Credit Party, whereby, among other things, the issuer, securities intermediary or futures commission merchant disclaims any security interest in the applicable financial assets, acknowledges the Lien of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, on such financial assets, and agrees to follow the instructions or entitlement orders of Agent without further consent by the affected Credit Party.
“Copyright License” means any and all rights now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party under any written agreement granting any right to use any Copyright or Copyright registration.
“Copyright Security Agreements” means the Copyright Security Agreements made in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, by each applicable Credit Party.
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“Copyrights” means all of the following now owned or hereafter adopted or acquired by any Credit Party: (a) all copyrights and General Intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and (b) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof.
“Credit Parties” means Borrower and its Subsidiaries.
“Currency Exchange Convention” shall mean a procedure as specified from time to time by Agent to value in Dollars the obligations or assets of the Borrower or its Affiliates that are originally measured in Canadian Dollars by using the spot price for Canadian Dollars as determined by Agent in its sole discretion for the preceding business day.
“Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person, all current assets of such Person as of any date of determination calculated in accordance with GAAP, but excluding cash, Cash Equivalents and debts due from Affiliates.
“Current Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person, all liabilities that should, in accordance with GAAP, be classified as current liabilities, and in any event shall include all Indebtedness payable on demand or within one year from any date of determination without any option on the part of the obligor to extend or renew beyond such year, all accruals for federal or other taxes based on or measured by income and payable within such year, but excluding the current portion of long-term debt required to be paid within one year and the aggregate outstanding principal balances of the Revolving Loan and the Swing Line Loan.
“Default” means any event that, with the passage of time or notice or both, would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Default Rate” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.5(d).
“Deposit Accounts” means all “deposit accounts” as such term in defined in the Code, now or hereafter held in the name of any Credit Party.
“Disbursement Accounts” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C.
“Disclosure Schedules” means the Schedules prepared by Borrower and denominated as Disclosure Schedules (3.1) through (6.7) in the Index to the Agreement.
“Documents” means any “documents,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located.
“Dollar Amount” means, in respect of any amount, the sum of (a) such portion, if any, of such amount denominated in Dollars; and (b) to the extent that a portion of such amount is denominated in Canadian Dollars, the amount in Dollars calculated by Lender using the Currency Exchange Convention in effect on the Business Day of determination (and calculated based upon 97% of the applicable amount of Canadian Dollars).
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“Dollars” or “$” means lawful currency of the United States of America.
“EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any fiscal period, without duplication, an amount equal to (a) consolidated net income of such Person for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP, minus (b) the sum of (i) income tax credits, (ii) interest income, (iii) gain from extraordinary items for such period, (iv) any aggregate net gain (but not any aggregate net loss) during such period arising from the sale, exchange or other disposition of capital assets by such Person (including any fixed assets, whether tangible or intangible, all inventory sold in conjunction with the disposition of fixed assets and all securities), and (v) any other non-cash gains that have been added in determining consolidated net income, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of net income of such Person for such period in accordance with GAAP, but without duplication, plus (c) the sum of (i) any provision for income taxes, (ii) Interest Expense, (iii) loss from extraordinary items for such period, (iv) depreciation and amortization for such period, (v) amortized debt discount for such period, and (vi) the amount of any deduction to consolidated net income as the result of any grant to any members of the management of such Person of any Stock, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of consolidated net income of such Person for such period in accordance with GAAP, but without duplication. For purposes of this definition, the following items shall be excluded in determining consolidated net income of a Person: (1) the income (or deficit) of any other Person accrued prior to the date it became a Subsidiary of, or was merged or consolidated into, such Person or any of such Person’s Subsidiaries; (2) the income (or deficit) of any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) in which such Person has an ownership interest, except to the extent any such income has actually been received by such Person in the form of cash dividends or distributions; (3) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of such Person to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any contractual obligation or requirement of law applicable to such Subsidiary; (4) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of income accrued during such period; (5) any write-up of any asset; (6) any net gain from the collection of the proceeds of life insurance policies; (7) any net gain arising from the acquisition of any securities, or the extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness, of such Person, (8) in the case of a successor to such Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of its assets, any earnings of such successor prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, and (9) any deferred credit representing the excess of equity in any Subsidiary of such Person at the date of acquisition of such Subsidiary over the cost to such Person of the investment in such Subsidiary.
“Eligible Certificate of Deposit” means a certificate of deposit (i) in which the Agent has a first priority perfected security interest subject to no other Liens, (ii) issued by a Person acceptable to the Agent and (iii) held in an account for which an account control agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent has been executed and delivered by all parties thereto.
“Encore Software” means Encore Software, Inc. (f/k/a Encore Software Corporation), a Minnesota corporation.
“Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules, standards and regulations, now or hereafter in effect, and any
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applicable judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any applicable judicial or administrative order, consent decree, order or judgment, imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and protection of human health, safety, the environment and natural resources (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, wetlands, land surface or subsurface strata, wildlife, aquatic species and vegetation). Environmental Laws include the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.) (“CERCLA”); the Hazardous Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994 (49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq.); the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.); the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.); the Toxic Substance Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.); the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.); the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.); the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq.); and the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et seq.), and any and all regulations promulgated thereunder, and all analogous state, local and foreign counterparts or equivalents and any transfer of ownership notification or approval statutes.
“Environmental Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person, all liabilities, obligations, responsibilities, response, remedial and removal costs, investigation and feasibility study costs, capital costs, operation and maintenance costs, losses, damages, punitive damages, property damages, natural resource damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and consultants), fines, penalties, sanctions and interest incurred as a result of or related to any claim, suit, action, investigation, proceeding or demand by any Person, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law, including any arising under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits, or in connection with any Release or threatened Release or presence of a Hazardous Material whether on, at, in, under, from or about or in the vicinity of any real or personal property.
“Environmental Permits” means all permits, licenses, authorizations, certificates, approvals or registrations required by any Governmental Authority under any Environmental Laws.
“Equipment” means all “equipment,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located and, in any event, including all such Credit Party’s machinery and equipment, including processing equipment, conveyors, machine tools, data processing and computer equipment, including embedded software and peripheral equipment and all engineering, processing and manufacturing equipment, office machinery, furniture, materials handling equipment, tools, attachments, accessories, automotive equipment, trailers, trucks, forklifts, molds, dies, stamps, motor vehicles, rolling stock and other equipment of every kind and nature, trade fixtures and fixtures not forming a part of real property, together with all additions and accessions thereto, replacements therefor, all parts therefor, all substitutes for any of the foregoing, fuel therefor, and all manuals, drawings, instructions, warranties and rights with respect thereto, and all products and proceeds thereof and condemnation awards and insurance proceeds with respect thereto.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any regulations promulgated thereunder.
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“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Credit Party, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such Credit Party, are treated as a single employer within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the IRC.
“ERISA Event” means, with respect to any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate, (a) any event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with respect to a Title IV Plan; (b) the withdrawal of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate from a Title IV Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA; (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan or the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 of ERISA; (e) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC; (f) the failure by any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate to make when due required contributions to a Multiemployer Plan or Title IV Plan unless such failure is cured within 30 days; (g) any other event or condition that might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or for the imposition of liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; (h) the termination of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4041A of ERISA or the reorganization or insolvency of a Multiemployer Plan under Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA; or (i) the loss of a Qualified Plan’s qualification or tax exempt status; or (j) the termination of a Plan described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
“ESOP” means a Plan that is intended to satisfy the requirements of Section 4975(e)(7) of the IRC.
“Event of Default” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 8.1.
“Excess Cash Flow” means, without duplication, with respect to any period of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, consolidated net income for such period plus (a) depreciation, amortization, Interest Expense and writeoffs relating to Vendor Advances, in each case to the extent deducted in determining consolidated net income for such period, minus (b) Capital Expenditures during such period (excluding the financed portion thereof) minus (c) Interest Expense paid or accrued (excluding any original issue discount, interest paid in kind or amortized debt discount, to the extent included in determining Interest Expense) and scheduled and voluntary principal payments paid in respect of Funded Debt for such period, plus or minus (as the case may be), (d) extraordinary gains or losses which are cash items not included in the calculation of net income for such period, plus (e) taxes deducted in determining consolidated net income to the extent not paid for in cash for such period, minus (f) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made during such period to the extent permitted solely pursuant to Section 6.14(c), Section 6.14(d) or Section 6.14(e), in each case to the extent not deducted in determining consolidated net income for such period plus (g) decreases in Working Capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP during such period, minus (h) increases in Working Capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP during such period minus (i) Net Vendor Advances for such period (it being agreed that for the purposes of clauses (h) and (i) of this definition for the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2006, the starting amount of Working Capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for such period shall be the
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amount of Working Capital of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of the Prior Closing Date immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the Related Transactions).
“Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in the recitals to the Agreement.
“Fair Labor Standards Act” means the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §201 et seq.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, a floating rate equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions among members of the Federal Reserve System, as determined by Agent in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final, binding and conclusive (absent manifest error).
“Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Fees” means any and all fees payable to Agent or any Lender pursuant to the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
“Financial Covenants” means the financial covenants set forth in Annex G.
“Financial Statements” means the consolidated and consolidating income statements, statements of cash flows and balance sheets of Borrower delivered in accordance with Section 3.4 and Annex E.
“Fiscal Month” means any of the monthly accounting periods of Borrower.
“Fiscal Quarter” means any of the quarterly accounting periods of Borrower, ending on March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31 of each year.
“Fiscal Year” means any of the annual accounting periods of Borrower ending on March 31 of each year.
“Fixtures” means all “fixtures” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party.
“Funded Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, all Indebtedness for borrowed money evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures, or similar evidences of Indebtedness and that by its terms matures more than one year from, or is directly or indirectly renewable or extendible at such Person’s option under a revolving credit or similar agreement obligating the lender or lenders to extend credit over a period of more than one year from the date of creation thereof, and specifically including Capital Lease Obligations, current maturities of long-term debt, revolving credit and short-term debt extendible beyond one year at the option of the debtor, and also including, in the case of Borrower, the Obligations and, without duplication, Guaranteed Indebtedness consisting of guaranties of Funded Debt of other Persons.
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“FUNimation Acquisition” means the acquisition by Xxxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx CLP and Xxxxxxx XX of all of the partnership interests in the FUNimation Companies pursuant to and in accordance with the FUNimation Acquisition Documents.
“FUNimation Acquisition Documents” means the FUNimation Purchase Agreement and all other agreements, documents, opinions, certificates and other instruments executed or delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, each as in effect on the date hereof.
“FUNimation Companies” means, collectively, FUNimation Productions and FUNimation Store.
“FUNimation Purchase Agreement” means that certain Partnership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2005, by and among the Sellers (as defined therein), the Seller Representative (as defined therein), the FUNimation Companies, Xxxxxxx XX, Xxxxxxx CLP, Xxxxxxx XX and the Borrower (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications and/or assignments delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith), as in effect on the date hereof.
“FUNimation Productions” means FUNimation Productions Ltd., a Texas limited partnership.
“FUNimation Store” means The FUNimation Store Ltd., a Texas limited partnership.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, consistently applied, as such term is further defined in Annex G to the Agreement.
“GE Capital” means General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“GE Capital Fee Letter” means that certain second amended and restated letter, dated as of the Prior Closing Date, between GE Capital and Borrower with respect to certain Fees to be paid from time to time by Borrower to GE Capital.
“General Intangibles” means “general intangibles,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, including all right, title and interest that such Credit Party may now or hereafter have in or under any Contract, all payment intangibles, customer lists, Licenses, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, and all applications therefor and reissues, extensions or renewals thereof, rights in Intellectual Property, interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other business associations, licenses, permits, copyrights, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential information, inventions (whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedures, designs, knowledge, know-how, software, data bases, data, skill, expertise, experience, processes, models, drawings, materials and records, goodwill (including the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License), all rights and claims in or under insurance policies (including insurance for fire, damage, loss and casualty, whether covering personal property, real property, tangible rights or intangible rights, all liability, life, key man and business interruption insurance, and all unearned premiums),
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uncertificated securities, chooses in action, deposit, checking and other bank accounts, rights to receive tax refunds and other payments, rights to receive dividends, distributions, cash, Instruments and other property in respect of or in exchange for pledged Stock and Investment Property, rights of indemnification, all books and records, correspondence, credit files, invoices and other papers, including without limitation all tapes, cards, computer runs and other papers and documents in the possession or under the control of such Credit Party or any computer bureau or service company from time to time acting for such Credit Party.
“Goods” means any “goods” as defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located, including embedded software to the extent included in “goods” as defined in the Code, manufactured homes, standing timber that is cut and removed for sale and unborn young of animals.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Guaranteed Indebtedness” means, as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing, providing comfort or otherwise supporting any Indebtedness, lease, dividend, or other obligation (“primary obligation”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, including any obligation or arrangement of such Person to (a) purchase or repurchase any such primary obligation, (b) advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency or any balance sheet condition of the primary obligor, (c) 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, (d) protect the beneficiary of such arrangement from loss (other than product warranties given in the ordinary course of business) or (e) indemnify the owner of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. The amount of any Guaranteed Indebtedness at any time shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the lesser at such time of (x) the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guaranteed Indebtedness is incurred and (y) the maximum amount for which such Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guaranteed Indebtedness, or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability (assuming full performance) in respect thereof.
“Guaranties” means, that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty dated as of the Prior Closing Date by and among the Credit Parties signatory thereto and Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, and each other guaranty executed by any Guarantor in favor of Agent and Lenders in respect of the Obligations.
“Guarantors” means each Subsidiary of Borrower and each other Person, if any, that executes a guaranty or other similar agreement in favor of Agent, for itself and the ratable benefit of Lenders, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
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“Hazardous Material” means any substance, material or waste that is regulated by, or forms the basis of liability now or hereafter under, any Environmental Laws, including any material or substance that is (a) defined as a “solid waste,” “hazardous waste,” “hazardous material,” “hazardous substance,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “pollutant,” “contaminant,” “hazardous constituent,” “special waste,” “toxic substance” or other similar term or phrase under any Environmental Laws, or (b) petroleum or any fraction or by-product thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s), or any radioactive substance.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property payment for which is deferred 6 months or more, but excluding obligations to trade creditors incurred in the ordinary course of business that are unsecured and not overdue by more than 6 months unless being contested in good faith, (b) all reimbursement and other obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and surety bonds, whether or not matured, (c) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations and the present value (discounted at the Index Rate as in effect on the Closing Date) of future rental payments under all synthetic leases, (f) all obligations of such Person under commodity purchase or option agreements or other commodity price hedging arrangements, in each case whether contingent or matured, (g) all obligations of such Person under any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of that Person arising from fluctuations in currency values or interest rates, in each case whether contingent or matured, (h) all Indebtedness referred to above secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property or other assets (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, (i) ”earnouts” and similar payment obligations excluding bonus, phantom stock or other similar compensation payments owed to employees, or officers and incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (j) the Obligations.
“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.13.
“Indemnified Person” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.13.
“Index Rate” means, for any day, a floating rate equal to the higher of (i) the rate publicly quoted from time to time by The Wall Street Journal as the “base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s 30 largest banks” (or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases quoting a base rate of the type described, the highest per annum rate of interest published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve statistical release H.15 (519) entitled “Selected Interest Rates” as the Bank prime loan rate or its equivalent), and (ii) the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 basis points per annum. Each change in any interest rate provided for in the Agreement based upon the Index Rate shall take effect at the time of such change in the Index Rate.
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“Index Rate Loan” means a Loan or portion thereof bearing interest by reference to the Index Rate.
“Instruments” means all “instruments,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located, and, in any event, including all certificated securities, all certificates of deposit, and all promissory notes and other evidences of indebtedness, other than instruments that constitute, or are a part of a group of writings that constitute, Chattel Paper.
“Intellectual Property” means any and all Licenses, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and the goodwill associated with such Trademarks.
“Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any fiscal period, interest expense (whether cash or non-cash) of such Person determined in accordance with GAAP for the relevant period ended on such date, including interest expense with respect to any Funded Debt of such Person and interest expense for the relevant period that has been capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person.
“Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any Index Rate Loan, the first Business Day of each month to occur while such Loan is outstanding, and (b) as to any LIBOR Loan, the last day of the applicable LIBOR Period; provided, that in the case of any LIBOR Period greater than three months in duration, interest shall be payable at three month intervals and on the last day of such LIBOR Period; and provided further that, in addition to the foregoing, each of (x) the date upon which all of the Commitments have been terminated and the Loans have been paid in full and (y) the Commitment Termination Date shall be deemed to be an “Interest Payment Date” with respect to any interest that has then accrued under the Agreement.
“Interest Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or similar agreement or arrangement (i) designed to protect Borrower against fluctuations in interest rates hereunder or under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, (ii) entered into between Borrower and one or more Lenders and (iii) which the Agent has acknowledged in writing constitutes an “Interest Rate Agreement” for the purposes of this Agreement.
“Inventory” means any “inventory,” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located, and in any event including inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held by or on behalf of any Credit Party for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under a contract of service, or that constitute raw materials, work in process, finished goods, returned goods, supplies or materials of any kind, nature or description used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such Credit Party’s business or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of the same, including all supplies and embedded software.
“Investment Property” means all “investment property” as such term is defined in the Code now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, wherever located, including (i) all securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, including stocks, bonds, interests in limited liability companies, partnership interests, treasuries, certificates of deposit, and mutual fund
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shares; (ii) all securities entitlements of any Credit Party, including the rights of such Credit Party to any securities account and the financial assets held by a securities intermediary in such securities account and any free credit balance or other money owing by any securities intermediary with respect to that account; (iii) all securities accounts of any Credit Party; (iv) all commodity contracts of any Credit Party; and (v) all commodity accounts held by any Credit Party.
“IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all regulations promulgated thereunder.
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.
“L/C Issuer” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex B.
“L/C Sublimit” has the meaning ascribed to in it Annex B.
“Lenders” means GE Capital, the other Lenders named on the signature pages of the Agreement, (and, if any such Person shall decide to assign all or any portion of the Obligations, such term shall include any assignee of such Person); provided, that for the purposes of (i) the definitions of “Interest Rate Agreement”, and “Obligations”, (ii) Sections 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 and 9.7 of this Agreement and (iii) the granting and perfection of security interests, liens, mortgages and other encumbrances under or pursuant to one or more Loan Documents, each Qualified Counterparty shall be deemed to be a Lender (it being agreed that no such Qualified Counterparty shall have the right to vote on or consent to any matter requiring a vote or consent of one or more Lenders).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex B.
“Letter of Credit Obligations” means all outstanding obligations incurred by Agent and Lenders at the request of Borrower, whether direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, due or not due, in connection with the issuance of Letters of Credit by Agent or another L/C Issuer or the purchase of a participation as set forth in Annex B with respect to any Letter of Credit. The amount of such Letter of Credit Obligations shall equal the maximum amount that may be payable by Agent or Lenders thereupon or pursuant thereto.
“Letter of Credit Rights” means “letter-of-credit rights” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, including rights to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether or not such Credit Party, as beneficiary, has demanded or is entitled to demand payment or performance.
“Letters of Credit” means documentary or standby letters of credit issued for the account of Borrower by any L/C Issuer, and bankers’ acceptances issued by Borrower, for which Agent and Lenders have incurred Letter of Credit Obligations.
“Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date, the ratio of (i) the sum of (x) the average amount of Revolving Loans for the then immediately preceding 30 day period ending on such date plus (y) the aggregate amount of all other Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
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on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of such date to (ii) EBITDA for the four Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date.
“LIBOR Business Day” means a Business Day on which banks in the City of London are generally open for interbank or foreign exchange transactions.
“LIBOR Loan” means a Loan or any portion thereof bearing interest by reference to the LIBOR Rate.
“LIBOR Period” means, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, each period commencing on a LIBOR Business Day selected by Borrower pursuant to the Agreement and ending one, two or three months thereafter, as selected by Borrower’s irrevocable notice to Agent as set forth in Section 1.5(e); provided, that the foregoing provision relating to LIBOR Periods is subject to the following:
(a) if any LIBOR Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a LIBOR Business Day, such LIBOR Period shall be extended to the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such LIBOR Period into another calendar month in which event such LIBOR Period shall end on the immediately preceding LIBOR Business Day;
(b) any LIBOR Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Commitment Termination Date shall end 2 LIBOR Business Days prior to such date;
(c) any LIBOR Period that begins on the last LIBOR 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 LIBOR Period) shall end on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month;
(d) Borrower shall select LIBOR Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of any LIBOR Loan during a LIBOR Period for such Loan; and
(e) Borrower shall select LIBOR Periods so that there shall be no more than 5 separate LIBOR Loans in existence at any one time.
“LIBOR Rate” means for each LIBOR Period, a rate of interest determined by Agent equal to:
(a) the offered rate for deposits in United States Dollars for the applicable LIBOR Period that appears on Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 a.m. (London time), on the second full LIBOR Business Day next preceding the first day of such LIBOR Period (unless such date is not a Business Day, in which event the next succeeding Business Day will be used); divided by
(b) a number equal to 1.0 minus the aggregate (but without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on the day that is 2 LIBOR Business Days prior to the beginning of such LIBOR Period (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Federal
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Reserve Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto, as now and from time to time in effect) for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board that are required to be maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.
If such interest rates shall cease to be available from Telerate News Service, the LIBOR Rate shall be determined from such financial reporting service or other information as shall be mutually acceptable to Agent and Borrower.
“License” means any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or other license of rights or interests now held or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party.
“Lien” means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security interest, easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any lease or title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a security interest under the Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction).
“Litigation” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.13.
“Loan Account” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.12.
“Loan Documents” means the Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents, the Master Standby Agreement, each Interest Rate Agreement and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates identified in the Closing Checklist executed and delivered to, or in favor of, Agent or any Lenders and including all other pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, and all other written matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Credit Party, or any employee of any Credit Party, and delivered to Agent or any Lender in connection with the Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby. Any reference in the Agreement or any other Loan Document to a Loan Document shall include all appendices, exhibits or schedules thereto, and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto, and shall refer to the Agreement or such Loan Document as the same may be in effect at any and all times such reference becomes operative.
“Loans” means the Revolving Loan, the Swing Line Loan and the Term Loans.
“Lock Boxes” has the meaning ascribed to it in Annex C.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.10.
“Master Standby Agreement” means the Master Agreement for Standby Letters of Credit dated as of October 3, 2001 between Borrower, as Applicant, and GE Capital, as Issuer.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, prospects or financial or other condition of any Credit Party, (b) Borrower’s
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ability to pay any of the Loans or any of the other Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, (c) the Collateral or Agent’s Liens, on behalf of itself and Lenders, on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens, or (d) Agent’s or any Lender’s rights and remedies under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any event or occurrence adverse to one or more Credit Parties which results or could reasonably be expected to result in costs and/or liabilities or loss of revenues, individually, or in the aggregate, to any Credit Party in any 30-day period in excess of the lesser of $ $1,000,000 and 10% of Borrowing Availability as of any date of determination or 10% of the Maximum Amount at any date of determination shall constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
“Maximum Amount” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Revolving Loan Commitment of all Lenders as of that date.
“Minnesota Real Estate” means the Real Estate owned by Borrower located in the County of Hennepin and the State of Minnesota and as further described on Exhibit A hereto.
“Minnesota Sale-Leaseback Documents” means that certain Sale, Purchase and Build to Suit Agreement, dated effective as of August 14, 2003 between Borrower, as seller and NL Ventures IV, L.P., as buyer, as further amended by the First Amendment to Sale, Purchase and Build to Suit Agreement dated as of October 9, 2003 among the parties thereto, and all other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates executed and delivered in connection therewith, as in effect as of October 9, 2003 and as amended or otherwise modified in a manner permitted hereunder.
“Mix & Burn” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.2 hereof.
“Mix & Burn Loan” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.2 hereof.
“Mix & Burn Promissory Note” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.2 hereof.
“Mix & Burn Security Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 6.2 hereof.
“Mortgages” means each of the mortgages, deeds of trust, leasehold mortgages, leasehold deeds of trust, collateral assignments of leases or other real estate security documents delivered by any Credit Party to Agent on behalf of itself and Lenders with respect to the Real Property owned by a Credit Party, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
“Multiemployer Plan” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, and to which any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate is making, is obligated to make or has made or been obligated to make, contributions on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them.
“Xxxxxxx XX” means Xxxxxxx XX, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, which is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower.
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“Navarre CLP” means Navarre CLP, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, which is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower.
“Xxxxxxx XX” means Xxxxxxx XX, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, which is a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower.
“Net Vendor Advances” for any period means the positive difference, if any, between (i) the aggregate amount of Vendor Advances made during such period minus (ii) the aggregate amount of repayments (whether made in cash or a reduction an amount otherwise payable by a Credit Party to the applicable Vendor) made by Vendors (excluding amounts that are written down or written off) in respect of Vendor Advances made to such Vendors.
“Non-Funding Lender” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 9.9(a)(ii).
“Notes” means, collectively, the Revolving Notes, the Term B Note, the Term C Note and the Swing Line Note.
“Notice of Conversion/Continuation” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.5(e).
“Notice of Revolving Credit Advance” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(a).
“Obligations” means all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations, for the performance of covenants, tasks or duties or for payment of monetary amounts (whether or not such performance is then required or contingent, or such amounts are liquidated or determinable) owing by any Credit Party to Agent or any Lender, and all covenants and duties regarding such amounts, of any kind or nature, present or future, whether or not evidenced by any note, agreement or other instrument, arising under the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. This term includes all principal, interest (including all interest that accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding by or against any Credit Party in bankruptcy, whether or not allowed in such case or proceeding), obligations under Interest Rate Agreements, Fees, Charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and any other sum chargeable to any Credit Party under the Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
“Patent License” means rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party granting any right with respect to any invention on which a Patent is in existence.
“Patent Security Agreements” means the Patent Security Agreements made in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, by each applicable Credit Party.
“Patents” means all of the following in which any Credit Party now holds or hereafter acquires any interest: (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the United States or of any other country, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State or any other country, and (b) all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof.
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“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan” means a Plan described in Section 3(2) of ERISA.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means the following encumbrances: (a) Liens for taxes or assessments or other governmental Charges not yet due and payable or which are being contested in accordance with Section 5.2(b); (b) pledges or deposits of money securing statutory obligations under workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security or public liability laws or similar legislation (excluding Liens under ERISA); (c) pledges or deposits of money securing bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money) or leases to which any Credit Party is a party as lessee made in the ordinary course of business; (d) inchoate and unperfected workers’, mechanics’ or similar liens arising in the ordinary course of business, so long as such Liens attach only to Equipment, Fixtures and/or Real Estate; (e) carriers’, warehousemen’s, suppliers’ or other similar possessory liens arising in the ordinary course of business and securing liabilities in an outstanding aggregate amount not in excess of $ $100,000 at any time, so long as such Liens attach only to Inventory; (f) deposits securing, or in lieu of, surety, appeal or customs bonds in proceedings to which any Credit Party is a party; (g) any attachment or judgment lien not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(j); (h) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, or other restrictions on the use of any Real Estate or other minor irregularities in title (including leasehold title) thereto, so long as the same do not materially impair the use, value, or marketability of such Real Estate; (i) presently existing or hereafter created Liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders; and (j) Liens expressly permitted under clauses (b) and (c) of Section 6.7 of the Agreement.
“Person” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation, other entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal, local, foreign, or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department thereof).
“Plan” means, at any time, an “employee benefit plan,” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, that any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any Credit Party.
“Pledge Agreements” means each pledge agreement entered into by any Credit Party in favor of the Agent and/or the Lenders.
“Prior Closing Date” means May 11, 2005.
“Pro Forma” means the unaudited consolidated and consolidating financial statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2005 after giving pro forma effect to the Related Transactions.
“Pro Rata Share” means with respect to all matters relating to any Lender, (a) with respect to the Revolving Loan, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Revolving Loan Commitment of that Lender by (ii) the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments of all Lenders, (b) with respect to the Term Loan B, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Term Loan B Commitment of that Lender by (ii) the aggregate Term Loan B Commitments of all Lenders, as
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any such percentages may be adjusted by assignments permitted pursuant to Section 9.1, (c) with respect to the Term Loan C, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the Term Loan C Commitment of that Lender by (ii) the aggregate Term Loan C Commitments of all Lenders, as any such percentages may be adjusted by assignments permitted pursuant to Section 9.1 (d) with respect to all Loans, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate Commitments of that Lender by (ii) the aggregate Commitments of all Lenders, and (e) with respect to all Loans on and after the Commitment Termination Date, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Loans held by that Lender, by (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the Loans held by all Lenders.
“Proceeds” means “proceeds,” as such term is defined in the Code, including (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to any Credit Party from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (b) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Credit Party from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any Person acting under color of governmental authority), (c) any claim of any Credit Party against third parties (i) for past, present or future infringement of any Patent or Patent License, or (ii) for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Copyright, Copyright License, Trademark or Trademark License, or for injury to the goodwill associated with any Trademark or Trademark License, (d) any recoveries by any Credit Party against third parties with respect to any litigation or dispute concerning any of the Collateral including claims arising out of the loss or nonconformity of, interference with the use of, defects in, or infringement of rights in, or damage to, Collateral, (e) all amounts collected on, or distributed on account of, other Collateral, including dividends, interest, distributions and Instruments with respect to Investment Property and pledged Stock, and (f) any and all other amounts, rights to payment or other property acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange or other disposition of Collateral and all rights arising out of Collateral.
“Projections” means Borrower’s forecasted consolidated and consolidating: (a) balance sheets; (b) profit and loss statements; (c) cash flow statements; and (d) capitalization statements, all prepared on a Subsidiary by Subsidiary or division-by-division basis, if applicable, and otherwise consistent with the historical Financial Statements of Borrower, together with appropriate supporting details and a statement of underlying assumptions.
“Qualified Assignee” means any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and, with respect to any Lender an Approved Fund.
“Qualified Counterparty” means a Person which (i) is an Affiliate of a Lender and (ii) has entered into an agreement, in form and substance to the Agent, pursuant to which such Person has, among other things, appointed the Agent as its agent and agreed to be bound by certain provisions of the Loan Documents.
“Qualified Plan” means a Pension Plan that is intended to be tax-qualified under Section 401(a) of the IRC.
“Real Estate” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 3.6.
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“Refunded Swing Line Loan” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(b)(iii).
“Related Transactions” means (i) the funding of the Term Loan C on the Closing Date, (ii) the borrowing under the Revolving Loan and the Term Loan B on the Prior Closing Date and (iii) the FUNimation Acquisition, and the payment of all fees, costs and expenses associated with all of the foregoing and the execution and delivery of all of the Related Transactions Documents.
“Related Transactions Documents” means the Loan Documents, the FUNimation Acquisition Documents, and all other agreements, documents, opinions, certificates and other instruments executed or delivered pursuant to, or in connection with, the Related Transactions.
“Release” means any release, threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of Hazardous Material in the indoor or outdoor environment, including the movement of Hazardous Material through or in the air, soil, surface water, ground water or property.
“Requisite Lenders” means Lenders having more than 50% of the Commitments (or, with respect to any facility for which the Commitment has been terminated, the outstanding principal amount of the applicable Loans) of all Lenders.
“Reserves” means, with respect to the Borrowing Availability of Borrower (a) reserves established pursuant to Section 5.4(c), and (b) such other reserves against Borrowing Availability of Borrower that Agent may, in its reasonable credit judgment for reasons relating to any Credit Party, any Credit Party’s business or industry and/or the Agent’s ability to collect or realize the full value of any Collateral, establish from time to time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Reserves established to ensure the payment of accrued Interest Expenses shall be deemed to be a reasonable exercise of Agent’s credit judgment.
“Restricted Payment” mean, with respect to any Credit Party (a) the declaration or payment of any dividend or the incurrence of any liability to make any other payment or distribution of cash or other property or assets in respect of Stock; (b) any payment on account of the purchase, redemption, defeasance, sinking fund or other retirement of such Credit Party’s Stock or any other payment or distribution made in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly; (c) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest, fees or other charges on or with respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance, sinking fund or similar payment and any claim for rescission with respect to, any Subordinated Debt; (d) any payment made to redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire Stock of such Credit Party now or hereafter outstanding; (e) any payment of a claim for the rescission of the purchase or sale of, or for material damages arising from the purchase or sale of, any shares of such Credit Party’s Stock or of a claim for reimbursement, indemnification or contribution arising out of or related to any such claim for damages or rescission; (f) any payment, loan, contribution, or other transfer of funds or other property to any Stockholder of such Credit Party other than payment of compensation in the ordinary course of business to Stockholders who are employees of such Credit Party; (g) any payment of management fees (or other fees of a similar nature) by such
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Credit Party to any Stockholder of such Credit Party or its Affiliates, (h) any payment of any Earnout Amount (as defined in the BCI Eclipse Purchase Agreement) or similar payment pursuant to the BCI Eclipse Purchase Agreement, and (i) any payment of any Performance Payments (as defined in the FUNimation Purchase Agreement) or similar payment pursuant to the FUNimation Purchase Agreement.
“Retiree Welfare Plan” means, at any time, a Welfare Plan that provides for continuing coverage or benefits for any participant or any beneficiary of a participant after such participant’s termination of employment, other than continuation coverage provided pursuant to Section 4980B of the IRC and at the sole expense of the participant or the beneficiary of the participant.
“Revolving Credit Advance” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(a)(i).
“Revolving Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having a Revolving Loan Commitment.
“Revolving Loan” means, at any time, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Revolving Credit Advances outstanding to Borrower plus (ii) the aggregate Letter of Credit Obligations incurred on behalf of Borrower. Unless the context otherwise requires, references to the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan shall include the outstanding balance of Letter of Credit Obligations.
“Revolving Loan Commitment” means (a) as to any Revolving Lender, the aggregate commitment of such Revolving Lender to make Revolving Credit Advances or incur Letter of Credit Obligations as set forth on Annex J to the Agreement or in the most recent Assignment Agreement executed by such Revolving Lender and (b) as to all Revolving Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Credit Advances or incur Letter of Credit Obligations, which aggregate commitment shall be Twenty Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) on the Closing Date, as such amount may be adjusted, if at all, from time to time in accordance with the Agreement.
“Revolving Note” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(a)(ii).
“Second Lien Credit Agreement” means a credit agreement entered into by the Borrower, which is, when entered into, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Requisite Lenders, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in a manner permitted hereby, the proceeds of which are used to prepay the Loans in accordance with Section 1.3(b)(vi).
“Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Requisite Lenders, among the Credit Parties, the Agent and the lenders (and/or the agent) under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, pursuant to which, among other things, the Liens securing the obligations under the Second Lien Credit Agreement are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations.
“Security Agreements” means that certain Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of the Prior Closing Date by and among the Credit Parties signatory thereto
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and Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, and each other Security Agreement to be entered into by and among Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, and any other Credit Party.
“Software” means all “software” as such term is defined in the Code, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, other than software embedded in any category of Goods, including all computer programs and all supporting information provided in connection with a transaction related to any program.
“Solvent” means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person; (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (d) such Person is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities (such as litigation, guaranties and pension plan liabilities) at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time, represents the amount that can be reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“SPV” means any special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in a writing by any Lender to the Agent.
“Stock” means all shares, options, warrants, general or limited partnership interests, membership interests or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).
“Stockholder” means, with respect to any Person, each holder of Stock of such Person.
“Subordinated Debt” means debt which is subordinated to any or all of the Obligations.”
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding Stock having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned legally or beneficially by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, or with respect to which any such Person has the right to vote or designate the vote of 50% or more of such Stock whether by proxy, agreement, operation of law or otherwise, and (b) any partnership or limited liability company in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person shall have an interest (whether in the form of voting or participation in profits or capital contribution) of more
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than 50% or of which any such Person is a general partner or may exercise the powers of a general partner. Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference to a Subsidiary shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“Supporting Obligations” means all “supporting obligations” as such term is defined in the Code, including letters of credit and guaranties issued in support of Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, General Intangibles, Instruments, or Investment Property.
“Swing Line Advance” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(b)(i).
“Swing Line Availability” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(b)(i).
“Swing Line Commitment” means, as to the Swing Line Lender, the commitment of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Advances as set forth on Annex J to the Agreement, which commitment constitutes a subfacility of the Revolving Loan Commitment of the Swing Line Lender.
“Swing Line Lender” means GE Capital.
“Swing Line Loan” means at any time, the aggregate amount of Swing Line Advances outstanding to Borrower.
“Swing Line Note” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 1.1(b)(ii).
“Taxes” means taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, Charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of Agent or a Lender by the jurisdictions under the laws of which Agent and Lenders are organized or conduct business or any political subdivision thereof.
“Term B Lenders” means those Lenders having Term Loan B Commitments.
“Term C Lenders” means those Lenders having Term Loan C Commitments.
“Term Loan B Commitment” means (a) as to any Term B Lender, the commitment of such Term B Lender to make its Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan B as set forth on Annex J to the Agreement or in the most recent Assignment Agreement executed by such Lender, and (b) as to all Term B Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Term B Lenders to make the Term Loan B, which aggregate commitment shall be One Hundred Fifteen Million Dollars ($115,000,000) on the Closing Date. After advancing the Term Loan B, each reference to a Term B Lender’s Term Loan B Commitment shall refer to that Term B Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Term Loan B.
“Term Loan C Commitment” means (a) as to any Term C Lender, the commitment of such Term C Lender to make its Pro Rata Share of the Term Loan C as set forth on Annex J to the Agreement or in the most recent Assignment Agreement executed by such Lender, and (b) as to all Term C Lenders, the aggregate commitment of all Term C Lenders to make the Term Loan C, which aggregate commitment shall be Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) on the Closing Date. After advancing the Term Loan C, each reference to a Term
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C Lender’s Term Loan C Commitment shall refer to that Term C Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the outstanding Term Loan C.
“Term B Note” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(c)(i).
“Term C Note” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(d)(i).
“Termination Date” means the date on which (a) the Loans have been indefeasibly repaid in full, (b) all other Obligations under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been completely discharged, (c) all Letter of Credit Obligations have been cash collateralized, cancelled or backed by standby letters of credit in accordance with Annex B, and (d) Borrower shall not have any further right to borrow any monies under the Agreement.
“Term Loan” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(d)(i).
“Term Loan B” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(c)(i).
“Term Loan C” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 1.1(d)(i).
“Title IV Plan” means a Pension Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan), that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, and that any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate maintains, contributes to or has an obligation to contribute to on behalf of participants who are or were employed by any of them.
“Trademark License” means rights under any written agreement now owned or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party granting any right to use any Trademark.
“Trademark Security Agreements” means the Trademark Security Agreements made in favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders, by each applicable Credit Party.
“Trademarks” means all of the following now owned or hereafter adopted or acquired by any Credit Party: (a) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of like nature (whether registered or unregistered), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any state or territory thereof, or any other country or any political subdivision thereof; (b) all reissues, extensions or renewals thereof; and (c) all goodwill associated with or symbolized by any of the foregoing.
“Unfunded Pension Liability” means, at any time, the aggregate amount, if any, of the sum of (a) the amount by which the present value of all accrued benefits under each Title IV Plan exceeds the fair market value of all assets of such Title IV Plan allocable to such benefits in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, all determined as of the most recent valuation date for each such Title IV Plan using the actuarial assumptions for funding purposes in effect under such Title IV Plan, and (b) for a period of 5 years following a transaction which might reasonably be
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expected to be covered by Section 4069 of ERISA, the liabilities (whether or not accrued) that could be avoided by any Credit Party or any ERISA Affiliate as a result of such transaction.
“ValueVision Litigation” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 3.13.
“Vendor” means a Person who (i) supplies goods to any Credit Party which become Inventory of such Credit Party or (ii) provides a license to permit a Credit Party to sell specific goods or for specified use of intellectual property.
“Vendor Advances” shall mean all prepayments, advances, licensing fees or royalties (i) paid by one or more Credit Parties to one or more Vendors in respect of goods not yet then provided to a Credit Party and (ii) which are intended to be repaid or earned in the future upon the sale by a Credit Party of the applicable goods or specified use of intellectual property.
“Welfare Plan” means a Plan described in Section 3(i) of ERISA.
“Working Capital” means, with respect to any Person, the difference of (i) the Current Assets of such Person minus (ii) the Current Liabilities of such Person.
Rules of construction with respect to accounting terms used in the Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be as set forth in Annex G. All other undefined terms contained in any of the Loan Documents shall, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the meanings provided for by the Code to the extent the same are used or defined therein; in the event that any term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the Code, the definition contained in Article or Division 9 shall control. Unless otherwise specified, references in the Agreement or any of the Appendices to a Section, subsection or clause refer to such Section, subsection or clause as contained in the Agreement. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to the Agreement as a whole, including all Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules, as the same may from time to time be amended, restated, modified or supplemented, and not to any particular section, subsection or clause contained in the Agreement or any such Annex, Exhibit or Schedule.
Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders. The words “including”, “includes” and “include” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; the word “or” is not exclusive; references to Persons include their respective successors and assigns (to the extent and only to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents) or, in the case of governmental Persons, Persons succeeding to the relevant functions of such Persons; and all references to statutes and related regulations shall include any amendments of the same and any successor statutes and regulations. Whenever any provision in any Loan Document refers to the knowledge (or an analogous phrase) of any Credit Party, such words are intended to signify that such Credit Party has actual knowledge or awareness of a particular fact or circumstance or that such Credit Party, if it had exercised reasonable diligence, would have known or been aware of such fact or circumstance.
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ANNEX B (Section 1.2)
to
CREDIT AGREEMENT
LETTERS OF CREDIT
(a) Issuance. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement, Agent and Revolving Lenders agree to incur, from time to time prior to the Commitment Termination Date, upon the request of Borrower and for Borrower’s account, Letter of Credit Obligations by causing Letters of Credit to be issued by GE Capital or a Subsidiary thereof or a bank or other legally authorized Person selected by or acceptable to Agent in its sole discretion (each, an “L/C Issuer”) for Borrower’s account and guaranteed by Agent; provided, that if the L/C Issuer is a Revolving Lender, then such Letters of Credit shall not be guaranteed by Agent but rather each Revolving Lender shall, subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, purchase (or be deemed to have purchased) risk participations in all such Letters of Credit issued with the written consent of Agent, as more fully described in paragraph (b)(ii) below. The aggregate amount of all such Letter of Credit Obligations shall not at any time exceed the least of (i) Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the “L/C Sublimit”), and (ii) the Maximum Amount less the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Advances and the Swing Line Loan. No such Letter of Credit shall have an expiry date that is more than one year following the date of issuance thereof, unless otherwise determined by Agent in its sole discretion, and neither Agent nor Revolving Lenders shall be under any obligation to incur Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of, or purchase risk participations in, any Letter of Credit having an expiry date that is later than the Commitment Termination Date.
(b)(i) Advances Automatic; Participations. In the event that Agent or any Revolving Lender shall make any payment on or pursuant to any Letter of Credit Obligation, such payment shall then be deemed automatically to constitute a Revolving Credit Advance under Section 1.1(a) of the Agreement regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and notwithstanding Borrower’s failure to satisfy the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2, and each Revolving Lender shall be obligated to pay its Pro Rata Share thereof in accordance with the Agreement. The failure of any Revolving Lender to make available to Agent for Agent’s own account its Pro Rata Share of any such Revolving Credit Advance or payment by Agent under or in respect of a Letter of Credit shall not relieve any other Revolving Lender of its obligation hereunder to make available to Agent its Pro Rata Share thereof, but no Revolving Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Revolving Lender to make available such other Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any such payment.
(ii) If it shall be illegal or unlawful for Borrower to incur Revolving Credit Advances as contemplated by paragraph (b)(i) above because of an Event of Default described in Sections 8.1(h) or (i) or otherwise or if it shall be illegal or unlawful for any Revolving Lender to be deemed to have assumed a ratable share of the reimbursement obligations owed to an L/C Issuer, or if the L/C Issuer is a Revolving Lender, then (i) immediately and without further action whatsoever, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from Agent (or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be) an undivided interest and participation equal to such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share (based on the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of all
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Letters of Credit then outstanding and (ii) thereafter, immediately upon issuance of any Letter of Credit, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased from Agent (or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be) an undivided interest and participation in such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share (based on the Revolving Loan Commitments) of the Letter of Credit Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit on the date of such issuance. Each Revolving Lender shall fund its participation in all payments or disbursements made under the Letters of Credit in the same manner as provided in the Agreement with respect to Revolving Credit Advances.
(c) Cash Collateral. (i) If Borrower is required to provide cash collateral for any Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to the Agreement prior to the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower will pay to Agent for the ratable benefit of itself and Revolving Lenders cash or cash equivalents acceptable to Agent (“Cash Equivalents”) in an amount equal to 110% of the maximum amount then available to be drawn under each applicable Letter of Credit outstanding. Such funds or Cash Equivalents shall be held by Agent in a cash collateral account (the “Cash Collateral Account”) maintained at a bank or financial institution acceptable to Agent. The Cash Collateral Account shall be in the name of Borrower and shall be pledged to, and subject to the control of, Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, in a manner satisfactory to Agent. Borrower hereby pledges and grants to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, a security interest in all such funds and Cash Equivalents held in the Cash Collateral Account from time to time and all proceeds thereof, as security for the payment of all amounts due in respect of the Letter of Credit Obligations and other Obligations, whether or not then due. The Agreement, including this Annex B, shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law.
(ii) If any Letter of Credit Obligations, whether or not then due and payable, shall for any reason be outstanding on the Commitment Termination Date, Borrower shall either (A) provide cash collateral therefor in the manner described above, or (B) cause all such Letters of Credit and guaranties thereof, if any, to be canceled and returned, or (C) deliver a stand-by letter (or letters) of credit in guarantee of such Letter of Credit Obligations, which stand-by letter (or letters) of credit shall be of like tenor and duration (plus 30 additional days) as, and in an amount equal to 110% of the aggregate maximum amount then available to be drawn under, the Letters of Credit to which such outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations relate and shall be issued by a Person, and shall be subject to such terms and conditions, as are be satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion.
(iii) From time to time after funds are deposited in the Cash Collateral Account by Borrower, whether before or after the Commitment Termination Date, Agent may apply such funds or Cash Equivalents then held in the Cash Collateral Account to the payment of any amounts, and in such order as Agent may elect, as shall be or shall become due and payable by Borrower to Agent and Lenders with respect to such Letter of Credit Obligations of Borrower and, upon the satisfaction in full of all Letter of Credit Obligations of Borrower, to any other Obligations then due and payable.
(iv) Neither Borrower nor any Person claiming on behalf of or through Borrower shall have any right to withdraw any of the funds or Cash Equivalents held in the Cash Collateral Account, except that upon the termination of all Letter of Credit Obligations and the
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payment of all amounts payable by Borrower to Agent and Lenders in respect thereof, any funds remaining in the Cash Collateral Account shall be applied to other Obligations then due and owing and upon payment in full of such Obligations, any remaining amount shall be paid to Borrower or as otherwise required by law. Interest earned on deposits in the Cash Collateral Account shall be for the account of Agent.
(d) Fees and Expenses. Borrower agrees to pay to Agent for the benefit of Revolving Lenders, as compensation to such Lenders for Letter of Credit Obligations incurred hereunder, (i) all costs and expenses incurred by Agent or any Lender on account of such Letter of Credit Obligations, and (ii) for each month during which any Letter of Credit Obligation shall remain outstanding, a fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) in an amount equal to the Applicable L/C Margin multiplied by the maximum amount available from time to time to be drawn under the applicable Letter of Credit. Such fee shall be paid to Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders in arrears, on the first day of each month and on the Commitment Termination Date. In addition, Borrower shall pay to any L/C Issuer, on demand, such fees (including all per annum fees), charges and expenses of such L/C Issuer in respect of the issuance, negotiation, acceptance, amendment, transfer and payment of such Letter of Credit or otherwise payable pursuant to the application and related documentation under which such Letter of Credit is issued.
(e) Request for Incurrence of Letter of Credit Obligations. Borrower shall give Agent at least 2 Business Days’ prior written notice requesting the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation. The notice shall be accompanied by the form of the Letter of Credit (which shall be acceptable to the L/C Issuer) and a completed Application for Standby Letter of Credit or Application for Documentary Letter of Credit as applicable in the form Exhibit B-1 or B-2 attached hereto. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Letter of Credit applications by Borrower and approvals by Agent and the L/C Issuer may be made and transmitted pursuant to electronic codes and security measures mutually agreed upon and established by and among Borrower, Agent and the L/C Issuer.
(f) Obligation Absolute. The obligation of Borrower to reimburse Agent and Revolving Lenders for payments made with respect to any Letter of Credit Obligation shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, without necessity of presentment, demand, protest or other formalities, and the obligations of each Revolving Lender to make payments to Agent with respect to Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable. Such obligations of Borrower and Revolving Lenders shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms hereof under all circumstances including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or the Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other agreement;
(ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrower or any of its Affiliates or any Lender may at any time have against a beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons or entities for whom any such transferee may be acting), Agent, any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with the Agreement, the Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or therein
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or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between Borrower or any of its Affiliates and the beneficiary for which the Letter of Credit was procured);
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(iv) payment by Agent (except as otherwise expressly provided in paragraph (g)(ii)(C) below) or any L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or such guaranty;
(v) any other circumstance or event whatsoever, that is similar to any of the foregoing; or
(vi) the fact that a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(g) Indemnification; Nature of Lenders’ Duties. (i) In addition to amounts payable as elsewhere provided in the Agreement, Borrower hereby agrees to pay and to protect, indemnify, and save harmless Agent and each Lender from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and allocated costs of internal counsel) that Agent or any Lender may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (A) the issuance of any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof, or (B) the failure of Agent or any Lender seeking indemnification or of any L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto government or Governmental Authority, in each case other than to the extent solely as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Agent or such Lender (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction).
(ii) As between Agent and any Lender and Borrower, Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of any Letter of Credit by beneficiaries of any Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, to the fullest extent permitted by law neither Agent nor any Lender shall be responsible for: (A) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document issued by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of any Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (B) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, that may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (C) failure of the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to demand payment under such Letter of Credit; provided, that in the case of any payment by Agent under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof, Agent shall be liable to the extent such payment was made solely as a result of its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) in determining that the demand for payment under such Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof complies on its face with any applicable requirements for a demand for payment under such
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Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof; (D) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they may be in cipher; (E) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (F) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a payment under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof or of the proceeds thereof; (G) the credit of the proceeds of any drawing under any Letter of Credit or guaranty thereof; and (H) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of Agent or any Lender. None of the above shall affect, impair, or prevent the vesting of any of Agent’s or any Lender’s rights or powers hereunder or under the Agreement.
(iii) Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit or to expand any waivers, covenants or indemnities made by Borrower in favor of any L/C Issuer in any letter of credit application, reimbursement agreement or similar document, instrument or agreement between Borrower and such L/C Issuer, including an Application and Agreement for Documentary Letter of Credit or a Master Documentary Agreement and a Master Standby Agreement entered into with Agent.
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ANNEX C (Section 1.8)
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CREDIT AGREEMENT
CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, establish and maintain the Cash Management Systems described below:
(a) On or before the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, Borrower shall (i) establish lock boxes (“Lock Boxes”) or, at Agent’s discretion, blocked accounts (“Blocked Accounts”) at one or more of the banks set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.19), and shall request in writing and otherwise take such reasonable steps to ensure that all Account Debtors forward payment directly to such Lock Boxes, and (ii) deposit and cause its Subsidiaries to deposit or cause to be deposited promptly, and in any event no later than the first Business Day after the date of receipt thereof, all cash, checks, drafts or other similar items of payment relating to or constituting payments made in respect of any and all Collateral (whether or not otherwise delivered to a Lock Box) into one or more Blocked Accounts in Borrower’s name or any such Subsidiary’s name and at a bank identified in Disclosure Schedule (3.19) (each, a “Relationship Bank”). On or before the Closing Date, Borrower shall have established a concentration account in its name (the “Concentration Account”) (which account may be the same as one of the Blocked Accounts) at the bank that shall be designated as the Concentration Account bank for Borrower in Disclosure Schedule (3.19) (the “Concentration Account Bank”) (which bank may be one of the Relationship Banks) which bank shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent.
(b) Borrower may maintain, in its name, an account (each a “Disbursement Account” and collectively, the “Disbursement Accounts”) at a bank acceptable to Agent into which Agent shall, from time to time, deposit proceeds of Revolving Credit Advances and Swing Line Advances made to Borrower pursuant to Section 1.1 for use by Borrower in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.4.
(c) On or before the Closing Date (or such later date as Agent shall consent to in writing), the Concentration Account Bank, each bank where a Disbursement Account is maintained and all other Relationship Banks, shall have entered into tri-party blocked account agreements with Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, and Borrower and Subsidiaries thereof, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent, which shall become operative on or prior to the Closing Date. Each such blocked account agreement shall provide, among other things, that (i) all items of payment deposited in such account and proceeds thereof deposited in the Concentration Account are held by such bank as agent or bailee-in-possession for Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, (ii) the bank executing such agreement has no rights of setoff or recoupment or any other claim against such account, as the case may be, other than for payment of its service fees and other charges directly related to the administration of such account and for returned checks or other items of payment, and (iii) from and after the Closing Date (A) with respect to banks at which a Blocked Account is maintained, if such Blocked Account is not also the Concentration Account, such bank agrees to forward
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immediately all amounts in each Blocked Account to the Concentration Account Bank and to commence the process of daily sweeps from such Blocked Account into the Concentration Account and (B) with respect to the Concentration Account Bank, such bank agrees to immediately forward all amounts received in the Concentration Account to the Collection Account through daily sweeps from such Concentration Account into the Collection Account. Borrower shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Subsidiary thereof to, accumulate or maintain cash in Disbursement Accounts or payroll accounts as of any date of determination in excess of checks outstanding against such accounts as of that date and amounts necessary to meet minimum balance requirements.
(d) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower may amend Disclosure Schedule (3.19) to add or replace a Relationship Bank, Lock Box or Blocked Account or to replace any Concentration Account or any Disbursement Account; provided, that (i) Agent shall have consented in writing in advance to the opening of such account or Lock Box with the relevant bank and (ii) prior to the time of the opening of such account or Lock Box, Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and such bank shall have executed and delivered to Agent a tri-party blocked account agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. Borrower shall close any of its accounts (and establish replacement accounts in accordance with the foregoing sentence) promptly and in any event within 30 days following notice from Agent that the creditworthiness of any bank holding an account is no longer acceptable in Agent’s reasonable judgment, or as promptly as practicable and in any event within 60 days following notice from Agent that the operating performance, funds transfer or availability procedures or performance with respect to accounts or Lock Boxes of the bank holding such accounts or Agent’s liability under any tri-party blocked account agreement with such bank is no longer acceptable in Agent’s reasonable judgment.
(e) The Lock Boxes, Blocked Accounts, Disbursement Accounts and the Concentration Account shall be cash collateral accounts, with all cash, checks and other similar items of payment in such accounts securing payment of the Loans and all other Obligations, and in which Borrower and each Subsidiary thereof shall have granted a Lien to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Security Agreement.
(f) All amounts deposited in the Collection Account shall be deemed received by Agent in accordance with Section 1.10 and shall be applied (and allocated) by Agent in accordance with Section 1.11. In no event shall any amount be so applied unless and until such amount shall have been credited in immediately available funds to the Collection Account.
(g) Borrower shall and shall cause its Affiliates, officers, employees, agents, directors or other Persons acting for or in concert with Borrower (each a “Related Person”) to (i) hold in trust for Agent, for the benefit of itself and Lenders, all checks, cash and other items of payment received by Borrower or any such Related Person, and (ii) within 1 Business Day after receipt by Borrower or any such Related Person of any checks, cash or other items of payment, deposit the same into a Blocked Account. Borrower and each Related Person thereof acknowledges and agrees that all cash, checks or other items of payment constituting proceeds of Collateral are part of the Collateral. All proceeds of the sale or other disposition of any Collateral, shall be deposited directly into Blocked Accounts.
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ANNEX D (Section 2.1(a))
to
CREDIT AGREEMENT
CLOSING CHECKLIST
[TO BE ATTACHED]
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ANNEX E (Section 4.1(a))
to
CREDIT AGREEMENT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PROJECTIONS — REPORTING
Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Agent or to Agent and Lenders, as indicated, the following:
(a) Monthly Financials. To Agent and Lenders, within 30 days after the end of each Fiscal Month (45 days after the end of each Fiscal Month ending on or about March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31; provided, however, that with respect to such Fiscal Months, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent and the Lenders drafts of the financial statements otherwise required by this sentence within 30 days after the end of each such Fiscal Month), financial information regarding Borrower and its Subsidiaries, certified by the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower, consisting of consolidated and consolidating (i) unaudited balance sheets as of the close of such Fiscal Month and the related statements of income and cash flows for that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Month and (ii) unaudited statements of income and cash flows for such Fiscal Month, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the prior year and the figures contained in the Projections for such Fiscal Year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments). Such financial information shall be accompanied by (A) if such month is the last month of a Fiscal Quarter, a statement in reasonable detail (each, a “Compliance Certificate”) showing the calculations used in determining compliance with each Financial Covenant that is tested for a period ending on the last day of such Fiscal Quarter and (B) the certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Borrower that (i) such financial information presents fairly in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments) the financial position and results of operations of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated and consolidating basis, in each case as at the end of such Fiscal Month and for that portion of the Fiscal Year then ended and (ii) any other information presented is true, correct and complete in all material respects and that there was no Default or Event of Default in existence as of such time or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, describing the nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure such Default or Event of Default.
(b) Operating Plan. To Agent and Lenders, as soon as available, but not later than 30 days before the end of each Fiscal Year, an annual operating plan for Borrower for each of the next five years, approved by the Board of Directors of Borrower, which for the following Fiscal Year, (i) includes a statement of all of the material assumptions on which such plan is based, (ii) includes monthly balance sheets and a monthly budget for the following year and (iii) integrates sales, gross profits, operating expenses, operating profit, cash flow projections and Borrowing Availability projections, all prepared on the same basis and in similar detail as that on which operating results are reported (and in the case of cash flow projections, representing management’s good faith estimates of future financial performance based on historical performance), and including plans for personnel, Capital Expenditures and facilities.
(c) Annual Audited Financials. To Agent and Lenders, within 75 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, audited Financial Statements for Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
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consolidated and (unaudited) consolidating basis, consisting of balance sheets and statements of income and retained earnings and cash flows, setting forth in comparative form in each case the figures for the previous Fiscal Year, which Financial Statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and certified without qualification, by an independent certified public accounting firm of national standing or otherwise acceptable to Agent. Such Financial Statements shall be accompanied by (i) a statement prepared in reasonable detail showing the calculations used in determining compliance with each of the Financial Covenants, (ii) a report from such accounting firm to the effect that, in connection with their audit examination, nothing has come to their attention to cause them to believe that a Default or Event of Default has occurred with respect to the Financial Covenants (or specifying those Defaults and Events of Default that they became aware of), it being understood that such audit examination extended only to accounting matters and that no special investigation was made with respect to the existence of Defaults or Events of Default, (iii) a letter addressed to Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and subject to standard qualifications required by nationally recognized accounting firms, signed by such accounting firm acknowledging that Agent and Lenders are entitled to rely upon such accounting firm’s certification of such audited Financial Statements, (iv) the annual letters to such accountants in connection with their audit examination detailing contingent liabilities and material litigation matters, and (v) the certification of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Borrower that all such Financial Statements present fairly in accordance with GAAP the financial position, results of operations and statements of cash flows of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated and consolidating basis, as at the end of such Fiscal Year and for the period then ended, and that there was no Default or Event of Default in existence as of such time or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, describing the nature thereof and all efforts undertaken to cure such Default or Event of Default.
(d) Management Letters. To Agent and Lenders, within 5 Business Days after receipt thereof by any Credit Party, copies of all management letters, exception reports or similar letters or reports received by such Credit Party from its independent certified public accountants.
(e) Default Notices. To Agent and Lenders, as soon as practicable, and in any event within 5 Business Days after an executive officer of Borrower has actual knowledge of the existence of any Default, Event of Default or other event that has had a Material Adverse Effect, telephonic or telecopied notice specifying the nature of such default or event of default or other event, including the anticipated effect thereof, which notice, if given telephonically, shall be promptly confirmed in writing on the next Business Day.
(f) SEC Filings and Press Releases. To Agent and Lenders, promptly upon their becoming available, copies of: (i) all Financial Statements, reports, notices and proxy statements made publicly available by any Credit Party to its security holders; (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by any Credit Party with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority; and (iii) all press releases and other statements made available by any Credit Party to the public concerning material changes or developments in the business of any such Person.
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(g) Equity Notices. To Agent, as soon as practicable, copies of all material written notices given or received by any Credit Party with respect to any Stock of such Person.
(h) Supplemental Schedules. To Agent, supplemental disclosures, if any, required by Section 5.6.
(i) Litigation. To Agent in writing, promptly upon learning thereof, notice of any Litigation commenced or threatened against any Credit Party that (i) seeks damages in excess of $100,000, (ii) seeks injunctive relief, (iii) is asserted or instituted against any Plan, its fiduciaries or its assets or against any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate in connection with any Plan, (iv) alleges criminal misconduct by any Credit Party, (v) alleges the violation of any law regarding, or seeks remedies in connection with, any Environmental Liabilities; or (vi) involves any product recall. In addition, within 15 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, the Borrower shall provide the Agent with a summary of all litigation set forth on Disclosure Schedule 3.13 or for which the Agent is otherwise to be notified pursuant to this clause (i).
(j) Insurance Notices. To Agent, disclosure of losses or casualties required by Section 5.4.
(k) Lease Default Notices. To Agent, within 2 Business Days after receipt thereof, copies of (i) any and all default notices received under or with respect to any leased location or public warehouse where Collateral is located, and (ii) such other notices or documents as Agent may reasonably request.
(l) Lease Amendments. To Agent, within 2 Business Days after receipt thereof, copies of all material amendments to real estate leases.
(m) Vendor Advances Disclosure Schedule. To Agent, not later than thirty (30) days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter a schedule, in form and with such detail as is acceptable to the Agent listing all outstanding Vendor Advances made by Credit Parties as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter satisfactory to Agent.
(n) Second Lien Notices. To Agent, as soon as practicable, copies of all written notices provided or received by a Credit Party under or with respect to the Second Lien Credit Agreement and related documents.
(o) Other Documents. To Agent and Lenders, such other financial and other information respecting any Credit Party’s business or financial condition as Agent or any Lender shall, from time to time, reasonably request.
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ANNEX F (Section 4.1(b))
to
CREDIT AGREEMENT
COLLATERAL REPORTS
Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered the following:
(a) To Agent, at the time of delivery of each of the annual Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Annex E, (i) a listing of government contracts of Borrower subject to the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940; and (ii) a list of any applications for the registration of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright filed by any Credit Party with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in the prior Fiscal Quarter;
(b) From time to time, if Agent or any Lender determines that obtaining appraisals is necessary in order to comply with applicable laws, rules or regulations applicable to the Agent or such Lender, Borrower, at its own expense, shall deliver to Agent such appraisals of its assets as Agent may request at any time, such appraisals to be conducted by an appraiser, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent; and
(c) Such other reports, statements and reconciliations with respect to the Collateral or Obligations of any or all Credit Parties as Agent shall from time to time request in its reasonable discretion.
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ANNEX G (Section 6.10)
to
CREDIT AGREEMENT
FINANCIAL COVENANTS
Borrower shall not breach or fail to comply with any of the following financial covenants, each of which shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP consistently applied:
(a) Maximum Capital Expenditures. Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall not make Capital Expenditures during the following periods that exceed in the aggregate the amounts set forth opposite each of such periods:
Period | Maximum Capital Expenditures per Period | |||
Fiscal Year ending on or about March 31, 2006
and each Fiscal Year ending thereafter
|
$ | 5,000,000 |
(b) [Intentionally Deleted]
(c) [Intentionally Deleted]
(d) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have on a consolidated basis, as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter ending on June 30, 2005 and as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter thereafter, for the 12 month period then ended, a ratio of (A) the sum of (i) EBITDA plus (ii) any write-offs, recoupments, amortization or similar recognition of expenses relating to Vendor Advances to the extent such amounts have reduced EBITDA for such period, plus (iii) interest income received during such period minus (iii) Capital Expenditures during such period (other than Capital Expenditures financed other than with the proceeds of Loans), minus (iv) income taxes paid in cash during such period, minus (v) if positive, the Net Vendor Advances made during such period to (B) the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate of all Interest Expense paid or accrued during such period, plus (ii) scheduled payments of principal with respect to Indebtedness during such period, plus, (iii) all Restricted Payments made by a Credit Party during such period (other than Restricted Payments (a) made to another Credit Party or (b) which have caused EBITDA to be reduced for such period) of at least the ratio set forth below opposite such Fiscal Quarter:
Fiscal Quarter Ending | Ratio | |
June 30, 2005
|
2.40:1 | |
September 30, 2005
|
2.10:1 | |
December 31, 2005
|
1.95:1 | |
March 31, 2006
|
1.50:1 | |
June 30, 2006
|
1.45:1 | |
September 30, 2006
|
1.50:1 | |
December 31, 2006
|
1.55:1 | |
March 31, 2007
|
1.60:1 |
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Fiscal Quarter Ending | Ratio | |
June 30, 2007
|
1.65:1 | |
September 30, 2007
|
1.70:1 | |
December 31, 2007
|
1.75:1 | |
March 31, 2008
|
1.80:1 | |
June 30, 2008
|
1.85:1 | |
September 30, 2008
|
1.90:1 | |
December 31, 2008
|
2.00:1 | |
March 31, 2009
|
2.05:1 | |
June 30, 2009
|
2.10:1 | |
September 30, 2009
|
2.20:1 | |
December 31, 2009 and each Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter
|
2.25:1 |
The parties hereto agree that solely for the purposes of this Section (d), for each Fiscal Quarter set forth below, the amount of clause (A) above or clause (B) above shall be deemed to be the amount set forth opposite such Fiscal Quarter below under the heading (A) or (B), respectively:
Fiscal Quarter Ending | A | B | ||||||
March 31, 2005 |
$ | 7,051,764 | $ | 2,461,198 | ||||
December 31, 2004 |
$ | 7,051,764 | $ | 2,461,198 | ||||
September 30, 2004 |
$ | 7,051,764 | $ | 2,461,198 |
In addition, solely for the purposes of this clause (d), the (i) amount of clause (A) above for April 2005 shall be deemed to be the actual amount calculated for April 2005, minus $430,706 and (ii) the amount of clause (B) above for April 2005 shall be deemed to be $820,399.
(e) Adjusted Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have on a consolidated basis, as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter ending on June 30, 2005 and as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter thereafter, for the 12 month period then ended, a ratio of (A) the sum of (i) EBITDA plus (ii) any write-offs, recoupments, amortization or similar recognition of expenses relating to Vendor Advances to the extent such amounts have reduced EBITDA for such period, plus (iii) interest income received during such period minus (iii) Capital Expenditures during such period (other than Capital Expenditures financed other than with the proceeds of Loans), minus (iv) income taxes paid in cash during such period, minus (v) if positive, the Net Vendor Advances made during such period to (B) the sum of, without duplication, (i) the aggregate of all Interest Expense paid or accrued during such period, plus (ii) scheduled payments of principal with respect to Indebtedness during such period, plus, (iii) all Restricted Payments made by a Credit Party during such period (other than Restricted Payments (a) made to another Credit Party or (b) which have caused EBITDA to be reduced for such period), plus (iv) all Performance Payments (as defined in the FUNimation Purchase Agreement) and other similar payments, of at least the ratio set forth below opposite such Fiscal Quarter:
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Fiscal Quarter Ending | Ratio | |
June 30, 2005
|
2.30:1 | |
September 30, 2005
|
2.00:1 | |
December 31, 2005
|
1.90:1 | |
March 31, 2006
|
1.45:1 | |
June 30, 2006
|
1.05:1 | |
September 30, 2006
|
1.10:1 | |
December 31, 2006
|
1.15:1 | |
March 31, 2007
|
1.15:1 | |
June 30, 2007
|
1.20:1 | |
September 30, 2007
|
1.20:1 | |
December 31, 2007
|
1.25:1 | |
March 31, 2008
|
1.25:1 | |
June 30, 2008
|
1.30:1 | |
September 30, 2008
|
1.35:1 | |
December 31, 2008
|
1.35:1 | |
March 31, 2009
|
1.40:1 | |
June 30, 2009
|
2.00:1 | |
September 30, 2009
|
2.10:1 | |
December 31, 2009
|
2.20:1 | |
March 31, 2010 and each Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter
|
2.25:1 |
The parties hereto agree that solely for the purposes of this Section (e), for each Fiscal Quarter set forth below, the amount of clause (A) above or clause (B) above shall be deemed to be the amount set forth opposite such Fiscal Quarter below under the heading (A) or (B), respectively:
Fiscal Quarter Ending | A | B | ||||||
March 31, 2005 |
$ | 7,051,764 | $ | 2,461,198 | ||||
December 31, 2004 |
$ | 7,051,764 | $ | 2,461,198 | ||||
September 30, 2004 |
$ | 7,051,764 | $ | 2,461,198 |
In addition, solely for the purposes of this clause (e), the (i) amount of clause (A) above for April 2005 shall be deemed to be the actual amount calculated for April 2005, minus $430,706 and (ii) the amount of clause (B) above for April 2005 shall be deemed to be $820,399.
(f) Indebtedness to EBITDA. Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall have on a consolidated basis, as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter a Leverage Ratio of not greater than the ratio set forth below opposite such Fiscal Quarter:
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Fiscal Quarter Ending | Ratio | |
June 30, 2005
|
3.10:1 | |
September 30, 2005
|
3.10:1 | |
December 31, 2005
|
3.10:1 | |
March 31, 2006
|
3.20:1 | |
June 30, 2006
|
2.85:1 | |
September 30, 2006
|
2.75:1 | |
December 31, 2006
|
2.70:1 | |
March 31, 2007
|
2.65:1 | |
June 30, 2007
|
2.25:1 | |
September 30, 2007
|
2.15:1 | |
December 31, 2007
|
2.10:1 | |
March 31, 2008
|
2.05:1 | |
June 30, 2008
|
1.80:1 | |
September 30, 2008
|
1.75:1 | |
December 31, 2008
|
1.70:1 | |
March 31, 2009
|
1.65:1 | |
June 30, 2009
|
1.40:1 | |
September 30, 2009
|
1.35:1 | |
December 31, 2009
|
1.30:1 | |
March 31, 2010 and each Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter
|
1.25:1 |
The parties hereto agree that solely for the purposes of this clause (f), for each Fiscal Quarter set forth below, the EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be the amount set forth opposite such Fiscal Quarter set forth below:
Fiscal Quarter Ending | EBITDA | |||
March 31, 2005 |
$ | 12,165,938 | ||
December 31, 2004 |
$ | 12,165,938 | ||
September 30, 2004 |
$ | 12,165,938 |
In addition, solely for the purposes of this clause (f) EBITDA for the month of April 2005 shall mean the actual EBITDA for the month of April 2005 plus $1,141,439.
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any accounting term used in the Agreement shall have the meaning customarily given such term in accordance with GAAP, and all financial computations hereunder shall be computed in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. That certain items or computations are explicitly modified by the phrase “in accordance with GAAP” shall in no way be construed to limit the foregoing. If any “Accounting Changes” (as defined below) occur and such changes result in a change in the calculation of the financial covenants, standards or terms used in the Agreement or any other Loan Document, then Borrower, Agent and Lenders agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions
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of the Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made; provided, however, that the agreement of Requisite Lenders to any required amendments of such provisions shall be sufficient to bind all Lenders. “Accounting Changes” means (i) 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 successor thereto or any agency with similar functions), (ii) changes in accounting principles concurred in by Borrower’s certified public accountants; (iii) purchase accounting adjustments under A.P.B. 16 or 17 and EITF 88-16, and the application of the accounting principles set forth in FASB 109, including the establishment of reserves pursuant thereto and any subsequent reversal (in whole or in part) of such reserves; and (iv) the reversal of any reserves established as a result of purchase accounting adjustments. All such adjustments resulting from expenditures made subsequent to the Prior Closing Date (including capitalization of costs and expenses or payment of pre-Prior Closing Date liabilities) shall be treated as expenses in the period the expenditures are made and deducted as part of the calculation of EBITDA in such period. If Agent, Borrower and Requisite Lenders agree upon the required amendments, then after appropriate amendments have been executed and the underlying Accounting Change with respect thereto has been implemented, any reference to GAAP contained in the Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall, only to the extent of such Accounting Change, refer to GAAP, consistently applied after giving effect to the implementation of such Accounting Change. If Agent, Borrower and Requisite Lenders cannot agree upon the required amendments within 30 days following the date of implementation of any Accounting Change, then all Financial Statements delivered and all calculations of financial covenants and other standards and terms in accordance with the Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be prepared, delivered and made without regard to the underlying Accounting Change. For purposes of Section 8.1, a breach of a Financial Covenant contained in this Annex G shall be deemed to have occurred as of any date of determination by Agent or as of the last day of any specified measurement period, regardless of when the Financial Statements reflecting such breach are delivered to Agent.
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ANNEX H (Section 9.9(a))
to
CREDIT AGREEMENT
LENDERS’ WIRE TRANSFER INFORMATION
Name: |
General Electric Capital Corporation | |
Bank: |
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas | |
New York, New York | ||
ABA #: |
000000000 | |
Account #: |
00000000 | |
Account Name: |
GECC/CAF Depository | |
Reference: |
CFN5947 |
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ANNEX I (Section 11.10)
to
CREDIT AGREEMENT
NOTICE ADDRESSES
(A) | If to Agent or GE Capital, at General Electric Capital Corporation 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx 00xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Navarre Account Manager Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 |
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with copies to: | ||||
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx Telecopier No.: 000-000-0000 Telephone No.: 000-000-0000 |
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and | ||||
General Electric Capital Corporation 000 Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000 Attention: Corporate Counsel-Commercial Finance Telecopier No.: (000) 000-0000 Telephone No.: (000) 000-0000 |
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(B) | If to Borrower or any Credit Party, at Navarre Corporation 0000 00xx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 Attention: CFO Telecopier No.: 000-000-0000 Telephone No.: 000-000-0000 |
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ANNEX J (from Annex A
– Commitments definition)
to
CREDIT AGREEMENT
Lenders:
General Electric Capital Corporation:
Revolving Loan Commitment
(including a Swing Line Commitment
of $5,000,0000)
$25,000,000
Term Loan B Commitment:
$100,000,000
Term Loan C Commitment:
$25,000,000
GMAC Commercial Finance LLC
Revolving Loan Commitment
$0
Term Loan B Commitment:
$15,000,000
Term Loan C Commitment:
$0
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