CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of October 15, 2012 among R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY, as the Borrower, THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, as Guarantors, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and an L/C Issuer, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. THE BANK OF...
Exhibit 99.1
Published CUSIP Number: 00000XXX0
Dated as of October 15, 2012
among
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY,
as the Borrower,
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
as Guarantors,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and an L/C Issuer,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, X.X.
X.X. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Co-Syndication Agents
and
THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO
Arranged By:
XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED,
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES LLC
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
XXXXX FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Book Runners
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS |
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SECTION 1.01 |
Defined Terms |
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SECTION 1.02 |
Other Interpretive Provisions |
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SECTION 1.03 |
Accounting Terms |
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SECTION 1.04 |
Rounding |
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SECTION 1.05 |
Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents |
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SECTION 1.06 |
Additional Alternative Currencies |
23 | ||||
SECTION 1.07 |
Change of Currency |
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SECTION 1.08 |
Times of Day |
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SECTION 1.09 |
Letter of Credit Amounts |
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ARTICLE II THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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SECTION 2.01 |
Revolving Loans |
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SECTION 2.02 |
Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans |
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SECTION 2.03 |
Letters of Credit |
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SECTION 2.04 |
Reserved |
33 | ||||
SECTION 2.05 |
Prepayments |
33 | ||||
SECTION 2.06 |
Termination or Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Commitments |
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SECTION 2.07 |
Repayment on Maturity Date |
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SECTION 2.08 |
Interest |
36 | ||||
SECTION 2.09 |
Fees |
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SECTION 2.10 |
Computation of Interest and Fees |
37 | ||||
SECTION 2.11 |
Evidence of Debt |
37 | ||||
SECTION 2.12 |
Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback |
37 | ||||
SECTION 2.13 |
Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
39 | ||||
SECTION 2.14 |
Designated Borrowers |
39 | ||||
SECTION 2.15 |
Cash Collateral |
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SECTION 2.16 |
Defaulting Lenders |
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SECTION 2.17 |
Extension of Maturity Date |
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ARTICLE III TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY |
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SECTION 3.01 |
Taxes |
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SECTION 3.02 |
Illegality |
46 | ||||
SECTION 3.03 |
Inability to Determine Rates |
47 | ||||
SECTION 3.04 |
Increased Costs |
47 | ||||
SECTION 3.05 |
Compensation for Losses |
48 | ||||
SECTION 3.06 |
Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders |
49 | ||||
SECTION 3.07 |
Survival |
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ARTICLE IV GUARANTY |
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SECTION 4.01 |
The Guarantees |
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SECTION 4.02 |
Obligations Unconditional |
50 | ||||
SECTION 4.03 |
Reinstatement |
51 | ||||
SECTION 4.04 |
Certain Additional Waivers |
51 | ||||
SECTION 4.05 |
Remedies |
52 | ||||
SECTION 4.06 |
Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee |
52 | ||||
SECTION 4.07 |
Limitation of Guarantors Obligations; Contribution |
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ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS |
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SECTION 5.01 |
Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness |
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SECTION 5.02 |
Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension |
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SECTION 5.03 |
Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance to Each Designated Borrower |
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ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
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SECTION 6.01 |
Representations and Warranties of the Company |
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ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 7.01 |
Compliance with Laws, Etc. |
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SECTION 7.02 |
Reporting Requirements |
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SECTION 7.03 |
Use of Proceeds |
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SECTION 7.04 |
Books and Records; Inspection |
62 | ||||
SECTION 7.05 |
Corporate Existence |
62 | ||||
SECTION 7.06 |
Payment of Taxes |
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SECTION 7.07 |
Maintenance of Property; Insurance |
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SECTION 7.08 |
Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors |
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SECTION 7.09 |
Information Regarding Collateral and Loan Documents |
63 | ||||
SECTION 7.10 |
Further Assurances |
64 | ||||
SECTION 7.11 |
Post-Closing Requirements |
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ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS |
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SECTION 8.01 |
Debt |
64 | ||||
SECTION 8.02 |
Investments |
65 | ||||
SECTION 8.03 |
Restricted Payments |
67 | ||||
SECTION 8.04 |
Burdensome Agreements |
68 | ||||
SECTION 8.05 |
Financial Ratios |
68 | ||||
SECTION 8.06 |
Limitation on Liens, Etc. |
68 | ||||
SECTION 8.07 |
Merger; Sale of Assets |
71 | ||||
SECTION 8.08 |
Conduct of Business |
71 | ||||
SECTION 8.09 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
71 | ||||
SECTION 8.10 |
Dispositions |
71 | ||||
SECTION 8.11 |
No Liens in Reliance on Indenture Threshold Amount |
72 | ||||
ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES |
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SECTION 9.01 |
Events of Default |
73 | ||||
SECTION 9.02 |
Remedies Upon Event of Default |
75 | ||||
SECTION 9.03 |
Application of Funds |
75 | ||||
ARTICLE X ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
76 | |||||
SECTION 10.01 |
Appointment and Authority |
76 | ||||
SECTION 10.02 |
Rights as a Lender |
76 | ||||
SECTION 10.03 |
Exculpatory Provisions |
77 | ||||
SECTION 10.04 |
Reliance by Administrative Agent |
77 | ||||
SECTION 10.05 |
Delegation of Duties |
78 | ||||
SECTION 10.06 |
Resignation of Administrative Agent |
78 | ||||
SECTION 10.07 |
Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
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SECTION 10.08 |
No Other Duties; Etc. |
79 | ||||
SECTION 10.09 |
Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim |
79 | ||||
SECTION 10.10 |
Collateral and Guaranty Matters |
79 | ||||
SECTION 10.11 |
Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements |
80 | ||||
SECTION 10.12 |
Withholding Tax |
80 | ||||
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS |
81 | |||||
SECTION 11.01 |
Amendments, Etc. |
81 | ||||
SECTION 11.02 |
Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications |
82 | ||||
SECTION 11.03 |
No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement |
84 | ||||
SECTION 11.04 |
Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver |
84 | ||||
SECTION 11.05 |
Payments Set Aside |
86 | ||||
SECTION 11.06 |
Successors and Assigns |
86 | ||||
SECTION 11.07 |
Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality |
89 | ||||
SECTION 11.08 |
Set-off |
90 | ||||
SECTION 11.09 |
Interest Rate Limitation |
90 | ||||
SECTION 11.10 |
Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
90 | ||||
SECTION 11.11 |
Survival of Representations and Warranties |
91 | ||||
SECTION 11.12 |
Severability |
91 | ||||
SECTION 11.13 |
Replacement of Lenders |
91 | ||||
SECTION 11.14 |
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc. |
92 | ||||
SECTION 11.15 |
Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury |
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SECTION 11.16 |
No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility |
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SECTION 11.17 |
Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents |
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SECTION 11.18 |
USA PATRIOT Act Notice |
93 | ||||
SECTION 11.19 |
California Judicial Reference |
93 | ||||
SECTION 11.20 |
Judgment Currency |
94 |
EXHIBITS
2.02 | Form of Loan Notice | |
2.11(a) | Form of Note | |
2.14(a) | Form of Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement | |
2.14(b) | Form of Designated Borrower Notice | |
3.01(e) | Form of Non-Bank Certificate | |
5.01(a)(iii) | Form of Security Agreement | |
5.01(a)(iii)(D) | Form of Perfection Certificate | |
5.01(a)(vi) | Form of Closing Opinion | |
5.01(a)(vii) | Form of Nevada Opinion | |
5.01(a)(viii) | Form of Wisconsin Opinion | |
7.02(c) | Form of Compliance Certificate | |
7.02(g) | Form of Perfection Certificate Supplement | |
7.11A | Form of Mortgage | |
11.06(b) | Form of Assignment and Assumption |
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This CREDIT AGREEMENT is entered into as of October 15, 2012 among X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors (defined herein) party hereto from time to time, the Lenders (defined herein) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent and an L/C Issuer.
The Company has requested that the Lenders provide $1,150,000,000 in credit facilities for the purposes set forth herein, and the Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“Acquisition” by any Person, means the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions that is accounted for in the financial statements as an acquisition, of either (a) property or assets from another Person or (b) at least a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person, in each case whether or not involving a merger or consolidation with such other Person, in each case with a fair market value in excess of $10,000,000.
“Additional Commitment Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(d).
“Administrative Agent” means Bank of America, in its capacity as the contractual representative for all of the Lenders for purposes of this Agreement, as designated and appointed in accordance with Article X, and any successor thereto as provided herein.
“Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 11.02 or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Company and the Lenders.
“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, Controls, is controlled by or is under common Control with such Person.
“Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(c).
“Aggregate Revolving Commitments” means the Revolving Commitments of all the Lenders. The initial amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments in effect on the Closing Date is $1,150,000,000.
“Agreement” shall mean this Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to time.
“Alternative Currency” means each of Euro, Sterling, Yen, Canadian dollars and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.06.
“Alternative Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the Equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative Currency as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative Currency with Dollars.
“Alternative Currency Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and $500,000,000. The Alternative Currency Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws” means the USA PATRIOT Act, the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act (also known as the “Bank Secrecy Act”, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5330 and 12 U.S.C. §§ 1818(s), 1820(b) and 1951-1959), the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., as amended) and Executive Order 13224 (effective September 24, 2001).
“Applicable Margin” means, from time to time, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Debt Rating as set forth below:
Pricing Level |
Debt Ratings S&P/Xxxxx’x |
Facility Fee | Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans |
Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Loans and Letter of Credit Fees |
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1 |
BBB/Baa2 or better |
0.25 | % | 0.50 | % | 1.50 | % | |||||||
2 |
BBB-/Baa3 |
0.30 | % | 0.70 | % | 1.70 | % | |||||||
3 |
BB+/Ba1 |
0.40 | % | 0.85 | % | 1.85 | % | |||||||
4 |
BB/Ba2 |
0.50 | % | 1.00 | % | 2.00 | % | |||||||
5 |
Debt Ratings below Level 4 |
0.50 | % | 1.50 | % | 2.50 | % |
“Debt Rating” means, (i) until April 15, 2013, BB+ by S&P and Ba1 by Xxxxx’x (Debt Level 3), and (ii) thereafter, as of any date of determination, the rating as determined by either S&P or Xxxxx’x (collectively, the “Debt Ratings”) of the facility evidenced by this Agreement; provided that (a) if the respective Debt Ratings issued by the foregoing rating agencies differ, then the Pricing Level for the lower of such Debt Ratings shall apply (with the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 1 being the highest and the Debt Rating for Pricing Level 5 being the lowest); (b) if the Company has only one Debt Rating, the Pricing Level that is one level lower than that of such Debt Rating shall apply, and (c) if the Company does not have any Debt Rating, Pricing Level 5 shall apply.
Initially, the Applicable Margin shall be determined based upon the Debt Rating specified in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(v). Thereafter, each change in the Applicable Margin shall be effective on the effective date of the respective change in Debt Rating.
“Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time; provided that if the commitment of each Lender to make Revolving Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 9.02 or if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Lender shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable. The Applicable Percentages shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16.
“Applicable Time” means, with respect to any borrowings and payments in any Alternative Currency, the local time in the place of settlement for such Alternative Currency as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be necessary for timely settlement on the relevant date in accordance with normal banking procedures in the place of payment.
“Applicant Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
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“Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that 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 that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
“Arrangers” means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx Incorporated, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., X.X. Xxxxxx Securities LLC, U.S. Bank National Association and Xxxxx Fargo Securities, LLC, in each case solely in the capacity as a joint lead arranger and joint book runner of the credit facilities provided under this Agreement.
“Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.
“Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.06(b)), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit 11.06(b) or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(iii).
“Availability Period” means, with respect to the Revolving Commitments, the period from and including the Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date of termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 2.06, and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 9.02.
“Bank of America” means Bank of America, N.A., a national banking association, and its successors.
“Bank of America Engagement Letter” means that certain engagement letter dated as of September 18, 2012 among Bank of America and the Company.
“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.50%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate” and (c) the one-month Eurocurrency Rate plus 1.0%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such “prime rate” announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.
“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate. All Base Rate Loans shall be denominated in Dollars.
“Borrower” means the Company and “Borrowers” means the Company and the Designated Borrowers, if any.
“Borrower Materials” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02.
“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Loans of the same Type, in the same currency and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York, New York and: (a) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Dollars or any Base Rate Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Dollars in respect of any such Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Loan, means any such day that is a London Banking Day; (b) if such day relates to any interest rate settings
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as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in Euro, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in Euro in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, means a TARGET Day; (c) if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, means any day on which dealings in deposits in the relevant currency are conducted by and between banks in the London or other applicable offshore interbank market for such currency; and (d) if such day relates to any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in a currency other than Dollars or Euro in respect of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Euro, or any other dealings in any currency other than Dollars or Euro to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan (other than any interest rate settings), means any such day on which banks are open for foreign exchange business in the principal financial center of the country of such currency.
“Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the L/C Issuer benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its reasonable discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the L/C Issuer (as applicable). “Cash Collateral” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.
“Cash Management Agreement” means (w) any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements, (x) any arrangements relating to letters of credit existing on the Closing Date and listed by the Borrower on Schedule 8.01(b) that are with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender on the Closing Date and any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part thereof permitted by Section 8.01(b) (it being understood that if the amount of any letter of credit is increased in connection with any extension, renewal or replacement, the amount permitted by Section 8.01(b) shall be permitted to be a Cash Management Agreement and the amount above the amount permitted under Section 8.01(b) shall be permitted to be a Cash Management Agreement if permitted under Section 8.01(i)(x)), in each case to the extent issued by a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate thereof at the time of issuance, (y) any arrangements relating to bilateral lines incurred by Foreign Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and listed by the Borrower on Schedule 8.01(b) that are with a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender on the Closing Date and any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part thereof permitted by Section 8.01(b) (it being understood that if the amount of any bilateral line is increased in connection with any extension, renewal or replacement, the amount permitted by Section 8.01(b) shall be permitted to be a Cash Management Agreement and the amount above the amount permitted under Section 8.01(b) shall be permitted to be a Cash Management Agreement if permitted under Section 8.01(i)(x)), in each case to the extent loaned by a Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate thereof at the time of commitment or incurrence, and (z) any arrangements relating to other Debt created after the date hereof pursuant to Section 8.01(i)(x) that is listed by the Borrower in a certificate for the Administrative Agent at the earlier of commitment or incurrence.
“Cash Management Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement or, with respect to a Cash Management Agreement existing on the Closing Date, on the Closing Date, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.
“CFC” means Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code or a subsidiary of a controlled foreign corporation.
“Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III ((x) and (y) collectively referred to as “Xxxx-Xxxxx and Basel III”), shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.
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“Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.
“Collateral” means all of the “Pledged Collateral”, “Collateral” and “Mortgaged Property” referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property that is subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, each of the Mortgages delivered pursuant to Section 2.05 or 7.11, each of the collateral assignments, joinder agreements to the security agreement, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(iii) and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any federal body succeeding to its principal functions.
“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, the Revolving Commitment of such Lender.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Consolidated Debt” means the total Debt of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, on a Pro Forma Basis,
(a) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus
(b) to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum (without duplication) of
(i) all income taxes of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP,
(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense,
(iii) depreciation and amortization in accordance with GAAP,
(iv) any non-cash charges, accruals or reserves for extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring items,
(v) any non-cash compensation expense,
(vi) loss or gain on extinguishment of debt, and
(vii) restructuring and impairment charges, minus
(c) (i) to the extent added in computing Consolidated Net Income for such period, total interest income, as determined in accordance with GAAP and (ii) the payment of cash, if any, when actually paid, with respect to any charge, accrual or reserve that was deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income in such period, but added back in any prior period pursuant to clause (b)(iv);
(the sum of clauses (a) and (b) minus clause (c) being referred to as “Consolidated Unadjusted EBITDA”); minus
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(d) cash restructuring payments (without duplication of any Pro Forma Basis adjustments) in excess of the lesser of either (i) 5% of Consolidated Unadjusted EBITDA for any measurement period or (ii) $250,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement.
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any period, on a Pro Forma Basis (a) total interest expense of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) without duplication, the consolidated interest, fees, yield or discount accrued during such period on the aggregate outstanding investment or claim held by purchasers, assignees or other transferees of (or of interests in) receivables of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries in connection with securitization transactions (regardless of the accounting treatment of such securitization transactions).
“Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net earnings (or loss) after taxes of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Subsidiary” means, at any date, any subsidiary the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Company in its consolidated financial statements at such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date, the amount that would appear opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Unadjusted EBITDA” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA.
“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is legally bound.
“Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.
“Debt” means (but without duplication of any item) (i) indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services other than (x) trade accounts payable on customary terms in the ordinary course of business and (y) financial obligations under management consulting contracts or noncompete agreements with unaffiliated Persons entered into in connection with the acquisition of the businesses of such Persons, (ii) obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) obligations as lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, (iv) the maximum amount available to be drawn under letters of credit (including standby and commercial); provided that letters of credit that are cash collateralized, up to a maximum aggregate amount of $50,000,000 at any one time, shall not be deemed Debt and (v) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above.
“Debt Rating” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Applicable Margin.
“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default” means any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
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“Default Rate” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Margin applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Margin for Letter of Credit Fees plus 2% per annum to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
“Defaulting Lender” means, subject to Section 2.16(b), any Lender that, as determined by the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed to perform any of its funding obligations hereunder (other than due to a good faith dispute regarding conditions precedent being met), including in respect of its Loans or participations in respect of Letters of Credit, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, (b) has notified the Company or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations (other than due to a good faith dispute regarding conditions precedent being met) or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other similar agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed (but only for so long as it has failed), within three Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder (other than due to a good faith dispute regarding conditions precedent being met), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority.
“Designated Borrower” means the Subsidiaries of the Company party hereto pursuant to Section 2.14.
“Designated Borrower Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
“Designated Borrower Obligations” means all Obligations under the Loan Documents of Designated Borrowers.
“Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14.
“Designated Non-Cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition; provided that with respect to any Disposition involving non-cash consideration in excess of $5,000,000, the designation of non-cash consideration shall be evidenced pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, less the amount of cash received in connection with a subsequent disposition of or collection on such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
“Disposition” or “Dispose” by any Person, means the disposition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of property or assets of such Person or a Subsidiary with fair market value in excess of $10,000,000, including by way of issuing Equity Interests in a Subsidiary, but excluding any Involuntary Disposition.
“Xxxx-Xxxxx and Basel III” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Change in Law”.
“Dollars” and the sign “$” each mean the lawful currency of the United States.
“Dollar Equivalent” means, at any time, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, such amount, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in any Alternative Currency, the Equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.
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“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Eligible Assignee” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Sections 11.06(b)(iii), (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii)).
“Embargoed Person” means any Person that (i) is publicly identified on the most current list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” published by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or principally resides, is organized or chartered, or has a principal place of business in a country or territory subject to OFAC sanctions or embargo programs or (ii) is publicly identified as prohibited from doing business with the United States under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Trading With the Enemy Act, or any other requirement of law.
“EMU” means the economic and monetary union in accordance with the Treaty of Rome 1957, as amended by the Single Xxxxxxxx Xxx 0000, the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and the Amsterdam Treaty of 1998.
“EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.
“Environmental Action” means any administrative, regulatory or judicial action, suit, demand, demand letter, claim, notice of noncompliance or violation, notice of liability or potential liability, investigation, proceeding, consent order or consent agreement relating in any way to any Environmental Law, Environmental Permit or Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to the environment, including (a) by any governmental or regulatory authority for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages and (b) by any governmental or regulatory authority or any third party for damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief.
“Environmental Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, judgment, decree or judicial interpretation relating to the environment or Hazardous Materials.
“Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.
“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting.
“Equivalent” in Dollars of any Alternative Currency on any date means the equivalent in Dollars of such Alternative Currency determined by using the quoted spot rate at which Bank of America’s principal office in London offers to exchange Dollars for such Alternative Currency in London prior to 4:00 P.M. (London time) on such date as is required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and the “Equivalent” in any Alternative Currency of Dollars means the equivalent in such Alternative Currency of Dollars determined using the quoted spot rate at which Bank of America’s principal office in London offers to exchange such foreign currency for Dollars in London prior to 4:00 P.M. (London time) on such date as is required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).
“ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) the withdrawal of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in
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which such entity was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, or the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination, under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan; (f) receipt of notice from the PBGC of its intent to take action under Section 4042 of ERISA to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA or (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
“Euro” means the lawful currency of the Participating Member States introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.
“Eurocurrency Base Rate” means:
(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to (i) the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate or the successor thereto if the British Bankers Association is no longer making a LIBOR Rate available (“LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or such other commercially available source providing quotations of LIBOR as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 12:00 noon, London time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for deposits in the relevant currency (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in the relevant currency for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank eurodollar market at their request at approximately 12:00 noon, London time, two London Banking Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; and
(b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR, at approximately 12:00 noon, London time, two London Banking Days prior to such date for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Base Rate Loan being made or maintained and with a term equal to one month would be offered by Bank of America’s London Branch to major banks in the London interbank Eurocurrency market at their request at the date and time of determination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall LIBOR be less than zero.
“Eurocurrency Rate” means (a) for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Eurocurrency Base Rate for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan for such Interest Period by (ii) one minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan for such Interest Period and (b) for any day with respect to any Base Rate Loan the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate, a rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Eurocurrency Base Rate for such Base Rate Loan for such day by (ii) one minus the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage for such Base Rate Loan for such day.
“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a) of definition of “Eurocurrency Rate.”
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“Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage” means, for any day, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The Eurocurrency Rate for each outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loan and for each outstanding Base Rate Loan the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Rate shall be adjusted automatically as of the effective date of any change in the Eurocurrency Reserve Percentage.
“Events of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01.
“Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by such recipient’s net income (however denominated), and franchise Taxes imposed in lieu of net income Taxes, by a jurisdiction as a result of such recipient being organized, having its principal office in or, in the case of any Lender, having its applicable Lending Office in such jurisdiction or as a result of any other present or former connection between such recipient and such jurisdiction (including such recipient carrying on a trade or business, having a permanent establishment or being a resident for tax purposes in such jurisdiction), other than any connection arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to and/or enforced, any Loan Documents (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any backup withholding in respect of such Taxes), (b) any branch profits Taxes under Section 884(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or any similar Tax, imposed by any jurisdiction described in (a), (c) any withholding Tax attributable to a Lender’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(e), (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender to the Company (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Company under Section 11.13), any United States federal withholding Tax that is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Company with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 3.01 and (e) any United States federal withholding Tax imposed pursuant to FATCA.
“Existing Letters of Credit” means the Letters of Credit on Schedule 2.03.
“Existing Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(a).
“ExpressMap” means an aerial map issued by a survey provider that has been selected by the Borrower and is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with respect to any Mortgaged Property, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, together with a written certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that the material improvements utilized in connection with such Mortgaged Property (i) are located within such Mortgaged Property and (ii) are depicted on the aerial map relating to such Mortgaged Property.
“Extending Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(e).
“Extension Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(a).
“Extraordinary Receipt” means any cash received by or paid to or for the account of any Person related to proceeds of an Involuntary Disposition (other than proceeds of business interruption insurance); provided, however, that an Extraordinary Receipt shall not include cash receipts from proceeds of insurance or casualty and condemnation awards (or payments in lieu thereof) to the extent that such proceeds, awards or payments (a) in respect of loss or damage to equipment or fixed assets are applied (or in respect of which expenditures were previously incurred) to replace or repair the equipment or fixed assets in respect of which such proceeds were received in accordance with the terms of Section 2.05(b)(iii) or (b) are received by any Person in respect of any third party claim against such Person and applied to pay (or to reimburse such Person for its prior payment of) such claim and the costs and expenses of such Person with respect thereto.
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“Facility Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.09.
“FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code as of the date hereof (and any amended or successor version thereof that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), and any current or future Treasury regulations or other official administrative interpretations thereof.
“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
“Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.
“Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to the L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and other sources as described in FASB ASC 105, “Generally Accepted Accounting Principles”, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting regulatory capital rules or standards (including the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
“Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Debt or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person, whether or
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not such Debt or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Debt to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Guarantors” means the Guarantors on the signature pages hereto and any other Domestic Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor after the date hereof (whether required to by this Agreement or otherwise); it being understood that the Company is a Guarantor of the Designated Borrower Obligations as described in Article IV.
“Guaranty” means, collectively, the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to Article IV or any applicable joinder agreement.
“Hazardous Materials” means petroleum and petroleum products, byproducts or breakdown products, radioactive materials, asbestos-containing materials, radon gas and any other chemicals, materials or substances designated, classified or regulated as being “hazardous” or “toxic,” or words of similar import, under any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order, judgment, decree or judicial interpretation.
“Hedge Bank” means any Person that, at the time it enters into an interest rate or foreign currency Swap Contract permitted hereunder, or in the case of such a Swap Contract existing on the Closing Date, on the Closing Date, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract.
“Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(d)(i).
“Indemnified Taxes” means all Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
“Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04(b).
“Indentures” shall mean (1) the Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1990, between the Borrower The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee, as amended or supplemented, (2) the Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2004, between the Borrower and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association, as amended or supplemented, (3) the Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2005, between the Borrower and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association, as amended or supplemented, and (4) the Indenture, dated as of January 3, 2007, between the Borrower and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association, as amended or supplemented.
“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 11.07.
“Information Documents” means the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, including those incorporated therein by reference, as filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Insurance Policy Debt” means Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under policies of life insurance now or hereafter owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under which policies the sole recourse for such borrowing is against such policies.
“Intellectual Property” means the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, trade secrets, trade secret licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.
“Interest Coverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four-quarter period then ended to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for the most recent four-quarter period then ended, in each case for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a) or (b).
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“Interest Payment Date” means (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one week (with respect to Loans denominated in Dollars only), two weeks or one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Company in its Loan Notice (or such other period that is twelve months or less requested by the Company and consented to by the Lenders); provided that:
(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and
(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.
“Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect Acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person, or (c) an Acquisition, less any amount paid, repaid, returned, distributed or otherwise received in cash in respect of any Investment. The amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in value.
“Involuntary Disposition” means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any property of any Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).
“Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by an L/C Issuer and the Company (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of the applicable L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.
“L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. All L/C Advances shall be denominated in Dollars.
“L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Borrowing of Revolving Loans.
“L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.
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“L/C Issuer” means, with respect to a particular Letter of Credit, (a) Bank of America in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or (b) such other Lender selected by the Borrower (upon notice to the Administrative Agent) from time to time to issue such Letter of Credit (provided that no Lender shall be required to become an L/C Issuer pursuant to this subclause (b) without such Lender’s consent), or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.
“L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.
“Lenders” means each of the Persons identified as a “Lender” on the signature pages hereto and each other Person that becomes a “Lender” in accordance with this Agreement and their successors and assigns. Each Lender may, at its option, make any Loan available to any Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary by causing any foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of such Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
“Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Company and the Administrative Agent.
“Letter of Credit” means any standby letter of credit issued hereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit.
“Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the L/C Issuer.
“Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is thirty days prior to the Maturity Date then in effect (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).
“Letter of Credit Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(i).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (b) $125,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
“Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Debt on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four-quarter period then ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a) or (b).
“LIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurocurrency Base Rate”
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, claim, charge or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset.
“Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower under Article II in the form of a Revolving Loan, or, if applicable, an L/C Borrowing.
“Loan Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, the Guaranty, the Collateral Documents, each Issuer Document, each Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement and the Bank of America Engagement Letter.
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“Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, in each case pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.02.
“Loan Parties” means each of the Borrowers and each Guarantor.
“London Banking Day” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.
“Margin Stock” has the meaning specified in Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, financial condition, results of operations or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the Notes or any Collateral Document, or (c) the ability of the Company to perform its material obligations under this Agreement or any Collateral Document.
“Material Subsidiary” means (a) any Designated Borrower and (b) any other Subsidiary of the Company which, at the time of determination, (i) shall own assets comprising in excess of 2% of all of the assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or (ii) has net sales for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended in excess of 2% of the net sales of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Maturity Date” means October 15, 2017 unless such date is extended pursuant to Section 2.17; provided, however, that if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.
“Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 11.09.
“Moody’s” means Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.
“Mortgage” means deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds to secure debt and mortgages, in each case, substantially in the form to be reasonably agreed upon by the Borrower and Administrative Agent with such changes as may be appropriate to comply with applicable state and local laws and such other changes as are reasonably agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
“Mortgage Policy” means a fully paid lender’s title insurance policy from a title insurance provider that has been selected by the Borrower and is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with customary endorsements and in amounts equal to the amounts set forth on Schedule 7.11, issued, (and if coinsurance or reinsurance is reasonably required by the Administrative Agent) coinsured and reinsured by a title insurer that has been selected by the Borrower and is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, insuring the applicable Mortgage to be a valid first and subsisting Lien on the property described therein, free and clear of all defects (including, but not limited to, mechanics’ and materialmen’s Liens) and encumbrances, excepting only Permitted Encumbrances and other Liens permitted under the Loan Documents; provided, however, that there shall be no requirement for endorsements for survey-related matters except to the extent that the same can be issued by the title insurer at commercially reasonable rates on the basis of the ExpressMap or Survey delivered pursuant to this Agreement.
“Mortgaged Property” means, collectively, each Real Property, if any, encumbered by a Mortgage delivered after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 2.05 or 7.11.
“Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.
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“Multiple Employer Plan” means a Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means:
(a) with respect to any Disposition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Extraordinary Receipt received or paid to the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Permitted Investments received in connection with such transaction (including any cash or Permitted Investments received by way of deferred payment pursuant to a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Debt that is secured by the applicable asset and that is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction (other than Debt under the Loan Documents), (B) out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Company or such Subsidiary in connection with such transaction and (C) taxes reasonably estimated to be payable as a result of such transaction; provided that, if the amount of any estimated taxes pursuant to subclause (C) exceeds the amount of taxes actually required to be paid in cash in respect of such Disposition by more than $2,500,000, the aggregate amount of such excess shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds; and
(b) with respect to the sale or issuance of any Equity Interests by the Company of any of its Subsidiaries or the incurrence or issuance of any Debt of by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the excess of (i) the sum of the cash and Permitted Investments received in connection with such transaction over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount of any Debt that is required to be repaid in connection with such transaction (other than Debt under the Loan Documents), (B) the out-of-pocket expenses (including underwriting discounts and commissions) incurred by the Company in connection with such transaction and (C) taxes reasonably estimated to be payable as a result of such transaction.
“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 11.13.
“Non-Extending Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(b).
“Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(iii).
“Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11(a).
“Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(b).
“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Borrower or Guarantor arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Borrower, any Guarantor or any Affiliate of any thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.
“Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other excise or property Taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to any Loans on any date, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of any Loans occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Company of Unreimbursed Amounts.
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“Overnight Rate” means, for any day, (a) with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Rate and (ii) an overnight rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, and (b) with respect to any amount denominated in an Alternative Currency, the rate of interest per annum at which overnight deposits in the applicable Alternative Currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day by a branch or Affiliate of Bank of America in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency to major banks in such interbank market.
“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d).
“Participating Member State” means each state so described in any EMU Legislation.
“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and its successors and assigns.
“Pension Act” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.
“Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Internal Revenue Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.
“Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Company and any ERISA Affiliate and is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code.
“Perfection Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.01(a)(iii)(D) hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent, as the same shall be supplemented from time to time by a Perfection Certificate Supplement or otherwise.
“Perfection Certificate Supplement” means a certificate supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit 7.02(g) hereto or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.
“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02(e).
“Permitted Encumbrances” means Permitted Liens pursuant to Xxxxxxx 0.00(x), (x), (x), (x), (x), (x), (x), (x), (x) or (w).
“Permitted Liens” has the meaning specified in Section 8.06.
“Permitted Investments” means: (a) direct obligations of the United States of America, or of any agency of either thereof, or obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States of America or by any agency of either thereof, in either case maturing not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof; (b) certificates of deposit issued or bankers’ acceptances issued by any Lender or any other bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof and having capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least U.S.$500,000,000 (or equivalent amount in other currencies); (c) commercial paper rated A-1 or better or P-1, R-1 low or A-1 or better by S&P, Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited, respectively, or other recognized international rating agency approved by the Administrative Agent, maturing not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof; (d) commercial paper rated A-2 or better (but less than A-1) or P-2 or better (but less than P-1) by S&P or Xxxxx’x Investors Services, Inc. respectively or a recognized international rating agency approved by the Administrative Agent, maturing not more than 30 days from the date of acquisition thereof; (e) money market funds which have a rating of “R 1 (low)” by Dominion Bond Rating Service Limited or “AAA m” or “AAA mg” by S&P or have otherwise been approved in writing by the Administrative Agent; (f) time deposits held at a bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
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state thereof and having capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least U.S.$500,000,000 (or equivalent amount in other currencies); (g) in the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary made in a country outside the United States of America, other customarily utilized high-quality Investments in the country where such Foreign Subsidiary is located that are comparable to the Investments listed above; and (h) any other investments approved in writing by the Administrative Agent.
“Permitted Refinancing” shall mean, with respect to any Debt, any refinancing thereof; provided, however, that: (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would arise therefrom; (b) any such refinancing Indebtedness shall (i) not have a stated maturity or weighted average life that is shorter than that of the Indebtedness being refinanced (provided that the stated maturity or weighted average life may be shorter if the stated maturity of any principal payment (including any amortization payments) is not earlier than the earlier of (1) the stated maturity in effect prior to such refinancing or (2) 181 days after the Maturity Date then in effect at the time of issuance), (ii) if the Debt being refinanced is subordinated by its terms or by the terms of any agreement or instrument relating to such Debt, be at least as subordinate to the Obligations as the Debt being refinanced (and unsecured if the refinanced Debt is unsecured) and (iii) be in a principal amount that does not exceed the principal amount so refinanced, plus accrued interest, plus any premium or other payment required to be paid in connection with such refinancing, plus, in either case, the amount of fees and reasonable expenses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurred in connection with such refinancing; and (c) the sole obligor on such refinancing Debt shall be the Company or the original obligor on such Debt being refinanced; provided, however, that (i) any guarantor of the Debt being refinanced shall be permitted to guarantee the refinancing Debt and (ii) any Loan Party shall be permitted to guarantee any such refinancing Debt of any other Loan Party.
“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a company or business trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
“Plan” means any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA (including a Pension Plan), maintained for employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate or any such Plan to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees.
“Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02.
“Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any transaction, that for purposes of calculating the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.05, such transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the most recent four fiscal quarter period preceding the date of such transaction for which financial statements were required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a) or (b). In connection with the foregoing, (a) with respect to any Disposition (i) income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property disposed of shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period occurring prior to the date of such transaction and (ii) Debt which is retired shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period and (b) with respect to any Acquisition, (i) income statement and cash flow statement items attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement and cash flow statement items for the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP and (B) such items are supported by financial statements or other information (it being agreed that with respect to any Acquisition, such pro forma calculations may include a reasonable estimate of savings resulting from such Acquisition that have been realized or for which the steps necessary for realization have been taken and are expected to be realized in an amount not to exceed 5% of Consolidated Unadjusted EBITDA before giving effect to such synergies for any measurement period) and (ii) any Debt incurred or assumed by the Company or any Subsidiary (including the Person or property acquired) in connection with such transaction and any Debt of the Person or property acquired which is not retired in connection with such transaction (A) shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period and (B) if such Debt has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Debt as at the relevant date of determination.
“Public Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.02.
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“Real Property” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned, leased or operated by any Person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto and all improvements located thereon and appurtenant fixtures and equipment.
“Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.06(c).
“Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisers of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.
“Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders holding in the aggregate more than 50% of (a) the unfunded Commitments and the outstanding Loans, L/C Obligations and participations therein or (b) if the Commitments have been terminated, the outstanding Loans, L/C Obligations and participations therein. The unfunded Commitments of, and the outstanding Loans, L/C Obligations and participations therein held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.
“Responsible Officer” means the Chief Financial Officer of a Borrower, the Treasurer of a Borrower, or any other officer of a Borrower responsible for overseeing or reviewing compliance with the Loan Documents.
“Revolving Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01 and (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the Dollar amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto or in any documentation executed by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b), as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a).
“Revaluation Date” means (a) each date of a Borrowing of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency, (b) each date of a continuation of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan denominated in an Alternative Currency pursuant to Section 2.02, and (c) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“Same Day Funds” means (a) with respect to disbursements and payments in Dollars, immediately available funds, and (b) with respect to disbursements and payments in an Alternative Currency, same day or other funds as may be determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to be customary in the place of disbursement or payment for the settlement of international banking transactions in the relevant Alternative Currency.
“Secured Cash Management Agreement” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Cash Management Bank.
“Secured Hedge Agreement” means any interest rate or foreign currency Swap Contract permitted hereunder that is entered into by and between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Hedge Bank.
“Secured Obligations” means (a) the Obligations, (b) the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under each Secured Hedge Agreement, and (c) the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including overdrafts and related liabilities) under each Secured Cash Management Agreement.
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“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 10.05, and the other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.
“Security Agreement” means, in each case as amended and together with each other security agreement and joinder agreement to the security agreement delivered hereunder, the security agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit 5.01(a)(iii) hereto.
“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, 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 such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
“Special Notice Currency” means at any time an Alternative Currency, other than the currency of a country that is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development at such time located in North America or Europe.
“Spot Rate” for a currency means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 12:00 noon on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided further that such L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.
“Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other business entity (a) of which a majority of the shares of Voting Stock is at the time beneficially owned by such Person, (b) over which such Person has the ability to direct the management, or (c) whose financial results are consolidated into the financial statements of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.
“Survey” means, at Borrower’s sole discretion, either (a) an American Land Title Association/American Congress on Surveying and Mapping form survey, for any Mortgaged Property, for which all necessary fees (where applicable) have been paid, and dated no more than 90 days before the date of the applicable Mortgage Policy (or, if said survey is dated more than 90 days prior to the date of the applicable Mortgage Policy, such survey together with an “affidavit of no change” with respect thereto from the Borrower to the title insurer sufficient to allow the issuance of the endorsements referred to below), certified to the Administrative Agent and the issuer of the applicable Mortgage Policy in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent by a land surveyor duly registered and licensed in the state in which the property described in such survey is located and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, sufficient to allow the issuance of the Mortgage Policy with respect to such Mortgage Property without any exception (other than customary exceptions) for such matters as would be shown on an accurate survey of the Mortgaged Property and with a standard “land same as survey” and such other customary survey-related endorsements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, or (b) an Express Map.
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“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.
“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, the termination value thereof.
“TARGET Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) payment system (or, if such payment system ceases to be operative, such other payment system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.
“Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Total Revolving Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans and all L/C Obligations.
“Type” means, with respect to any Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.
“United States” means the United States of America.
“Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(d)(i).
“USA PATRIOT Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).
“Voting Stock” means capital stock issued by a corporation, or equivalent interests in any other Person, the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even if the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, (a) any corporation 100% of whose common stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares or similar nominal shares to the extent required under applicable legal requirements) is at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person and (b) any partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity in which such Person and/or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person have 100% of the common equity interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares or similar nominal shares to the extent required under applicable legal requirements) at such time.
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“Yen” means the lawful currency of Japan.
SECTION 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions.
With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any organization document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto,” “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” (except when used as accounting terms, in which case GAAP shall apply) shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.”
(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
SECTION 1.03 Accounting Terms.
(a) Generally. Except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein, all accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the statements referenced in Section 6.01(e). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.
(b) Changes in GAAP. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Company or the Administrative Agent shall so request, the Administrative Agent and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP. Upon any agreement between the Company and the Administrative Agent as to any such amendment, the Administrative Agent shall provide the Lenders with prompt written notice of such amendment. Unless the Required Lenders shall have objected
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to such amendment within ten Business Days after the Lenders shall have been notified thereof by the Administrative Agent, such amendment shall become effective and shall be binding on all parties hereto; provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Company shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.
SECTION 1.04 Rounding.
Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Company pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).
SECTION 1.05 Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Alternative Currencies. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by the Company hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent.
(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing or Eurocurrency Rate Loan, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of such Alternative Currency, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 1.06 Additional Alternative Currencies.
(a) The Company may from time to time request that Eurocurrency Rate Loans be made and/or Letters of Credit be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative Currency”; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. In the case of any such request with respect to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that would be obligated to make Credit Extensions denominated in such requested currency.
(b) Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon, ten Business Days prior to the date of the desired Credit Extension (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent). In the case of any such request pertaining to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 12:00 noon, two Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its reasonable discretion, to the making of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency.
(c) Any failure by a Lender to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Lender to permit Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and all the Lenders that would be obligated to make Credit Extensions denominated in such requested currency consent to making Eurocurrency Rate Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Company and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative Currency hereunder for purposes of any Borrowings of Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.06, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Company.
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SECTION 1.07 Change of Currency.
(a) Each obligation of the Borrowers to make a payment denominated in the national currency unit of any member state of the European Union that adopts the Euro as its lawful currency after the date hereof shall be redenominated into Euro at the time of such adoption (in accordance with the EMU Legislation). If, in relation to the currency of any such member state, the basis of accrual of interest expressed in this Agreement in respect of that currency shall be inconsistent with any convention or practice in the London interbank market for the basis of accrual of interest in respect of the Euro, such expressed basis shall be replaced by such convention or practice with effect from the date on which such member state adopts the Euro as its lawful currency; provided that if any Borrowing in the currency of such member state is outstanding immediately prior to such date, such replacement shall take effect, with respect to such Borrowing, at the end of the then current Interest Period.
(b) Each provision of this Agreement shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect the adoption of the Euro by any member state of the European Union and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the Euro.
(c) In connection with Alternative Currency, each provision of this Agreement also shall be subject to such reasonable changes of construction as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify to be appropriate to reflect a change in currency of any other country and any relevant market conventions or practices relating to the change in currency.
SECTION 1.08 Times of Day.
Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).
SECTION 1.09 Letter of Credit Amounts.
Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.
ARTICLE II
THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS
SECTION 2.01 Revolving Loans.
(a) Revolving Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “Revolving Loan”) to the Company or if applicable a Designated Borrower in Dollars or in one or more Alternative Currencies from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment; provided, however, that after giving effect to any Borrowing of Revolving Loans, (i) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and (iii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall not exceed the Alternative Currency Sublimit. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01. Revolving Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein; provided, however, that all Borrowings made on the Closing Date shall be made as Base Rate Loans unless
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the Company has provided a funding indemnity letter to the Administrative Agent on a timely basis in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent. Each Lender may, at its option, make any Loan available to any Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary by causing any foreign or domestic branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of such Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Increases of the Aggregate Commitments. The Company shall have the right, upon at least five Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, to increase the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and/or to add “term loans” hereunder in one or more increases, at any time prior to the date that is six months prior to the Maturity Date, subject, however, in any such case, to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(i) the aggregate Aggregate Revolving Commitment increases and term loan additions ever made hereunder shall not exceed $100,000,000;
(ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date on which such increase is to become effective and after giving effect to such increase on a Pro Forma Basis assuming it were fully drawn, the Company is in compliance with Section 8.05;
(iii) the representations and warranties set forth in Article VI shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date on which such increase is to become effective, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date;
(iv) such increase shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000 and in integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof;
(v) such requested increase shall only be effective upon receipt of (A) additional Revolving Commitments or term loan commitments in a corresponding amount of such requested increase from either existing Lenders and/or one or more other institutions that qualify as Eligible Assignees (it being understood and agreed that no existing Lender shall be required to provide an additional Revolving Commitment or term loan commitment) and (B) documentation from each institution providing an additional Revolving Commitment or term loan commitment evidencing its additional Revolving Commitment or term loan commitment and its obligations under this Agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;
(vi) the Administrative Agent shall have received all documents (including resolutions of the board of directors of the Company and any Designated Borrower) it may reasonably request relating to the corporate or other necessary authority for such increase and the validity of such increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or term loan commitments, and any other matters relevant thereto, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(vii) the Borrower shall have paid such arrangement and upfront fees as agreed by such Borrower that are due and payable on or prior to the dated of such requested increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments or term loan commitments;
(viii) if any Revolving Loans are outstanding at the time of the increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Borrowers shall, if applicable, prepay one or more existing Revolving Loans (such prepayment to be subject to Section 3.05) in an amount necessary such that after giving effect to the increase in the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, each Lender will hold its pro rata share (based on its Applicable Percentage of the increased Aggregate Revolving Commitments) of outstanding Revolving Loans; and
(ix) any term loans (i) shall have a weighted average life to maturity and final maturity date of no less than one-half year after the then current final maturity date of the Revolving Loans, (ii) shall benefit
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from the same security interests as the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (iii) other than with respect to prepayments, pricing and fees, amortization and maturity, the terms of any such loan, taken as a whole, shall be no less favorable to the Borrower than the terms hereunder, (iv) may come ahead of Revolving Loans and Aggregate Revolving Commitments and related Obligations with respect to optional and mandatory prepayments and (iv) may be affected through amendments to this Agreement made by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the term loan lenders and without the consent of any other person.
For the avoidance of doubt, increases pursuant to this Section 2.01(b) are solely at Lender discretion and any Lender who does not respond to an increase request shall be deemed to have rejected it.
SECTION 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.
(a) Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the Company’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than (i) 12:00 noon three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of, Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars or of any conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars to Base Rate Loans, (ii) 12:00 noon four Business Days (or five Business Days in the case of a Special Notice Currency) prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies, and (iii) 1:00 p.m. on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Company pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the applicable Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(d) and 2.04(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Company is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto, (vi) the currency of the Loans to be borrowed, and (vii) if applicable, the Designated Borrower. If the Company fails to specify a currency in a Loan Notice requesting a Borrowing, then the Loans so requested shall be made in Dollars. If the Company fails to specify a Type of a Loan in a Loan Notice or if the Company fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans; provided, however, that in the case of a failure to timely request a continuation of Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, such Loans shall be continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans in their original currency with an Interest Period of one month. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Company requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. No Loan may be converted into or continued as a Loan denominated in a different currency, but instead must be prepaid in the original currency of such Loan and reborrowed in the other currency.
(b) Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount (and currency) of its Applicable Percentage of the applicable Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Company, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation of Loans denominated in a currency other than Dollars, in each case as described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Borrowing, each Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for the applicable currency not later than 1:00 p.m., in the case of any Loan denominated in Dollars, and not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of any Loan in an Alternative Currency, in each case on the Business Day specified in the applicable Loan Notice; provided that a Base Rate Loan requested after noon on the same day funding is requested shall be available no later than 2:00 p.m. on that Business Day. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 5.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the
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Company or the other applicable Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Company; provided, however, that if, on the date of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing, first, shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings and second, shall be made available to such Borrower as provided above.
(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan. During the existence of an Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether in Dollars or any Alternative Currency) without the consent of the Required Lenders, and the Required Lenders may demand that any or all of the then outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency be prepaid, or redenominated into Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto.
(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Company and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.
(e) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than twenty Interest Periods in effect.
SECTION 2.03 Letters of Credit.
(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars for the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b) below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Company or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, (y) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Company for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Company that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Company may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Closing Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.
(ii) An L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) subject to Section 2.03(c)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Lenders have approved such expiry date; or
(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless all the Lenders have approved such expiry date.
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(iii) An L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:
(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to the L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that the L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the L/C Issuer in good xxxxx xxxxx material to it;
(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;
(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000;
(D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;
(E) such Letter of Credit contains any provisions for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or
(F) any Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.
(iv) An L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.
(v) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
(b) An L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article X with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article X included the L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to the L/C Issuer.
(c) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit.
(i) Each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of the Company delivered to the applicable L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their reasonable discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit
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Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to such L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (A) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (B) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (C) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (D) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, the Company shall furnish to the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.
(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Company and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the applicable L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Borrower, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article V shall not be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, such L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Company or the applicable Subsidiary or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.
(iii) If the Company so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its reasonable discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by the applicable L/C Issuer, the Company shall not be required to make a specific request to the L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) such L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, however, that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is ten Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Company that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 5.02 is not then satisfied, and in each case directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.
(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
(d) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations.
(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Company and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 12:00 noon on the date of any payment by such L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Company shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. If the Company fails to so reimburse the applicable L/C
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Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount”), and the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage thereof. In such event, the Company shall be deemed to have requested a Borrowing of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than the delivery of a Loan Notice) and provided that, after giving effect to such Borrowing, the Total Revolving Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. Any notice given by the applicable L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(d)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
(ii) Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(d)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in an amount equal to its Applicable Percentage of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(d)(iii), each Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Company in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer in Dollars.
(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Borrowing of Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Company shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(d)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.
(iv) Until each Lender funds its Revolving Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(d) to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.
(v) Each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(d), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Company or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that each Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(d) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 (other than delivery by the Company of a Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Company to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.
(vi) If any Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(d) by the time specified in Section 2.03(d)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by such L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the applicable L/C Issuer submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
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(vii) If the L/C Issuer shall make any payment or disbursement pursuant to a drawing under a Letter of Credit, then, (x) the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such payment or disbursement is made to but excluding the Honor Date, at the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, and (y) unless the Borrowers shall reimburse such payment or disbursement in full on the Honor Date, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest payable on demand, for each day from and including the Honor Date to but excluding the date that the Borrowers reimburse such payment or disbursement, at the rate per annum determined pursuant to Section 2.08(b). Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the L/C Issuer, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to this Section 2.03(d) to reimburse the L/C Issuer shall be for the account of such Lender to the extent of such payment.
(e) Repayment of Participations.
(i) At any time after the applicable L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(d), if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Company or otherwise, including proceeds of cash collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Percentage thereof in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.
(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(d)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 11.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the applicable L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Applicable Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
(f) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Company to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Company or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), such L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;
(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such 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; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;
(iv) any payment by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;
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(v) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any Subsidiary.
The Company shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Company’s instructions or other irregularity, the Company will immediately notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Company shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the applicable L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.
(g) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender and the Company agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by such Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuers shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Company hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Company’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuers shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(f); provided, however, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may have a claim against the applicable L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Company, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Company which the Company proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the L/C Issuers may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and the L/C Issuers shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.
(h) Applicability of ISP. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Company when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit.
(i) Letter of Credit Fees. The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, in Dollars, a Letter of Credit fee (the “Letter of Credit Fee”) for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Margin for Letter of Credit Fees times the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided, however, any Letter of Credit Fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall be payable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Applicable Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iv) with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) due and payable on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand and (ii) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears. If there is any change in the Applicable Margin for Letter of Credit Fees during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by such Applicable Margin separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Margin was
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in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.01(a) or 9.01(b) exists, all Letter of Credit Fees shall accrue at the Default Rate.
(j) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers. The Company shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum agreed to between the Company and the applicable L/C Issuer, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. In addition, the Company shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.
(k) Conflict with Issuer Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.
(l) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Company shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Company hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Company, and that the Company’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.
SECTION 2.04 Reserved.
SECTION 2.05 Prepayments.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments of Loans. Each Borrower may, upon notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (1) two Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars, (2) three Business Days (or five, in the case of prepayment of Loans denominated in Special Notice Currencies) prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies and (3) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (B) any such prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Dollars shall be in a principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding); (C) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies shall be in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 (or its Alternative Currency Equivalent) or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 (or its Alternative Currency Equivalent) in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding) and (D) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding). Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurocurrency Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Applicable Percentage of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Company, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Loans of the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages.
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(b) Mandatory Prepayments of Loans.
(i) If any Loan Party Disposes of any property pursuant to Section 8.10(a) other than property recorded as current assets on the Company’s consolidated financial statements which results in the realization by such Person of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $10 million, the Company shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of L/C Borrowings or Revolving Loans (without any reduction of the Revolving Commitments hereunder) equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds (including amounts below $10 million) within 10 Business Days following receipt thereof by such Person (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below); provided, that, if on any date that a mandatory prepayment is due hereunder, the amount of the mandatory prepayment due exceeds the aggregate principal amount of L/C Borrowings and Revolving Loans outstanding, the Company’s obligations under this Section 2.05(b)(i) shall be satisfied by prepaying such aggregate principal amount of L/C Borrowings or Revolving Loans (without any reduction of the Revolving Commitments hereunder); and provided, further, that, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized under a Disposition described in this Section 2.05(b)(i) that would trigger a prepayment hereunder, at the election of the Company (as notified by the Company to the Administrative Agent on or prior to tenth Business Day after such Disposition), and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company or such Subsidiary may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets (including capital expenditures) or a Permitted Acquisition so long as within the later of (x) 360 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds and (y) 180 days after the entry into a contract to reinvest such proceeds within 360 days after the receipt thereof, such purchase shall have been consummated (as certified by the Company in writing to the Administrative Agent); and provided further that any Net Cash Proceeds not subject to such definitive agreement or so reinvested shall be promptly applied to the repayment of the L/C Borrowings or Revolving Loans (without any reduction of the Revolving Commitments hereunder) to the extent set forth in this Section 2.05(b)(i). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the property disposed of is Real Property subject to a Mortgage either (1) the Net Cash Proceeds must within the later of (x) 360 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds and (y) 180 days after the entry into a contract to reinvest such proceeds within 360 days after the receipt thereof, be used to reinvest in a new Real Property of equal or greater fair market value subject to a Mortgage or (2) within such later date after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, the Company or a Subsidiary must grant a Mortgage on existing owned Real Property of equal or greater fair market value; provided that the Company shall have no obligation under this sentence if all of its U.S. domestic properties with a fair market value in excess of $10 million are subject to a Mortgage.
(ii) Within seven Business Days following the incurrence or issuance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Debt (other than Debt permitted to be created, incurred, suffered to exist or issued pursuant to Section 8.01), the Company shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom immediately upon receipt thereof by the Company or such Subsidiary (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (vi) below).
(iii) Upon any Extraordinary Receipt in excess of $10 million received by or paid to or for the account of any Loan Party, and not otherwise included in this Section 2.05(b), the Company shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of L/C Borrowings or Revolving Loans (without any reduction of the Revolving Commitments hereunder) equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom (including amounts below $10 million) within ten Business Days following receipt thereof by such Person (such prepayments to be applied as set forth in clause (v) below); provided, that, if on any date that a mandatory prepayment is due hereunder, the amount of the mandatory prepayment due exceeds the aggregate principal amount of L/C Borrowings and Revolving Loans outstanding, the Company’s obligations under this Section 2.05(b)(iii) shall be satisfied by prepaying such aggregate principal amount of L/C Borrowings or Revolving Loans (without any reduction of the Revolving Commitments hereunder); and provided, further, that with respect to any proceeds of insurance or casualty or condemnation awards (or payments in lieu thereof), at the election of the Company (as notified by the Company to the Administrative Agent on or prior to ten Business Days after receipt of such insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or indemnity payments), and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company or such Subsidiary may apply within 360 days after such Extraordinary Receipt such Net Cash Proceeds to replace or repair equipment or fixed assets of the Company or such Subsidiary or make capital expenditures; and provided, further, however, that any cash proceeds not so applied shall within five Business Days after such 360th day be promptly applied to the prepayment of L/C Borrowings or Revolving
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Loans as set forth in this Section 2.05(b)(iii) and that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary if the property subject to the Extraordinary Receipt is Real Property subject to a Mortgage either (1) the Net Cash Proceeds must either within 360 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds be used to reinvest in a new Real Property of equal or greater fair market value subject to a Mortgage or (2) within 360 days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds the Company and its Subsidiaries must grant a Mortgage on existing owned Real Property of equal or greater fair market value; provided that the Company shall have no obligation under this sentence if all of its U.S. domestic properties with a fair market value in excess of $10 million are subject to a Mortgage.
(iv) Alternative Currency Sublimit. If the Administrative Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Outstanding Amount of all Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies at such time exceeds an amount equal to 105% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect, then, within two Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall prepay Loans in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such Outstanding Amount as of such date of payment to an amount not to exceed 100% of the Alternative Currency Sublimit then in effect.
(v) Aggregate Revolving Commitments. If the Administrative Agent notifies the Company at any time that the Total Revolving Outstandings exceeds an amount equal to 105% of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, then, within three Business Days after receipt of such notice, the Borrowers shall prepay Loans, and, if necessary, Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount sufficient to reduce such excess exposure.
(vi) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. All amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied, first, ratably to the L/C Borrowings, second, to the outstanding Revolving Loans, and, third, in the case of clauses (iv) and (v), to Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit.
Within the parameters of the applications set forth above, prepayments shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans and then to Eurocurrency Rate Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities. All prepayments under this Section 2.05(b) shall be subject to Section 3.05, but otherwise without premium or penalty, and shall be accompanied by interest on the principal amount prepaid through the date of prepayment.
SECTION 2.06 Termination or Reduction of Aggregate Revolving Commitments.
The Company may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments to an amount not less than the Total Revolving Outstandings; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon two Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Company shall not terminate or reduce the Aggregate Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Outstandings would exceed the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and (iv) if, after giving effect to any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, the Alternative Currency Sublimit or the Letter of Credit Sublimit exceeds the amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments, such sublimit shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such notice of termination or reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments. The amount of any such Aggregate Revolving Commitment reduction shall not be applied to the Alternative Currency Sublimit or the Letter of Credit Sublimit unless otherwise specified by the Company. Any reduction of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall be applied to the Revolving Commitment of each Lender according to its Applicable Percentage. All fees accrued with respect thereto until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.
SECTION 2.07 Repayment on Maturity Date.
Each Borrower shall repay to the Lenders on the Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of all Loans made to such Borrower outstanding on such date and all other Obligations then outstanding, including all accrued but unpaid interest and fees.
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SECTION 2.08 Interest.
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Loans; and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans.
(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.
(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by any Borrower under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.
(iii) Upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any Event of Default under Section 9.01(a) or 9.01(b) exists, the Borrowers shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws.
(iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.
(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.
(d) For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), (i) whenever a rate of interest or fee rate hereunder is calculated on the basis of a year (the “deemed year”) that contains fewer days than the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation, such rate of interest or fee rate shall be expressed as a yearly rate by multiplying such rate of interest or fee rate by the actual number of days in the calendar year of calculation and dividing it by the number of days in the deemed year, (ii) the principle of deemed reinvestment of interest shall not apply to any interest calculation hereunder and (iii) the rates of interest stipulated herein are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields.
SECTION 2.09 Fees.
In addition to certain fees described in subsections (i) and (j) of Section 2.03:
(a) Facility Fee. The Company shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender in accordance with its Applicable Percentage, a facility fee equal to the product of (i) the Facility Fee set forth in the table under the definition of Applicable Margin times (ii) the actual daily amount of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments regardless of usage (or, if the Aggregate Revolving Commitments have been terminated, on the Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16 (the “Facility Fees”). The Facility Fees shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period (and thereafter so long as Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations remain outstanding), including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article V is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period (and, if applicable, thereafter on demand). The Facility Fees shall be calculated
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quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Facility Fee set forth in the table under the definition of Applicable Margin during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by such Facility Fee rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Facility Fee rate was in effect.
(b) Bank of America Engagement Letter. The Company shall pay fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the Bank of America Engagement Letter. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
SECTION 2.10 Computation of Interest and Fees.
All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurodollar Base Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year), or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Alternative Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
SECTION 2.11 Evidence of Debt.
(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrowers and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender to a Borrower made through the Administrative Agent, such Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a promissory note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each such promissory note shall be in the form of Exhibit 2.11(a) (a “Note”). Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount, currency and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.
SECTION 2.12 Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.
(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein and except with respect to principal of and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder with respect to principal and interest on Loans denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in such Alternative Currency and in Same Day Funds not later than the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent on the dates specified herein. Without limiting the generality
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of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may require that any payments due under this Agreement be made in the United States. If, for any reason, any Borrower is prohibited by any law from making any required payment hereunder in an Alternative Currency, such Borrower shall make such payment in Dollars in the Dollar Equivalent of the Alternative Currency payment amount. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent (i) after 2:00 p.m., in the case of payments in Dollars, or (ii) after the Applicable Time specified by the Administrative Agent in the case of payments in an Alternative Currency, shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by any Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.
(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing of Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of such Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the applicable Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to such Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by such Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If such Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to such Borrower the amount of such interest paid by such Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by such Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
(ii) Payments by Borrowers; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Borrower prior to the time at which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or applicable L/C Issuer hereunder that such Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if such Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in Same Day Funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Overnight Rate.
A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or any Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender to any Borrower as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to such Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article V are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall promptly return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.
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(d) Obligations of Lenders Several. The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and to make payments pursuant to Section 11.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 11.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 11.04(c).
(e) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.
(f) Insufficient Funds. If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.
SECTION 2.13 Sharing of Payments by Lenders.
If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:
(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of a Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.15, or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).
Each Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Borrower in the amount of such participation.
SECTION 2.14 Designated Borrowers.
(a) The Company may at any time, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), designate any additional Subsidiary of the Company (an “Applicant Borrower”) as a Designated Borrower to receive Loans hereunder by delivering to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly deliver counterparts thereof to each Lender) a duly executed notice and agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit 2.14(a) (a “Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement”). The parties hereto acknowledge and agree
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that prior to any Applicant Borrower becoming entitled to utilize the credit facilities provided for herein the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received the information required by Section 5.03 and shall have consented to such designation. If the Administrative Agent and all the Lenders agree in writing that an Applicant Borrower shall be entitled to receive Loans hereunder, then promptly following receipt of all information required by Section 5.03, the Administrative Agent shall send a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit 2.14(b) (a “Designated Borrower Notice”) to the Company and the Lenders specifying the effective date upon which the Applicant Borrower shall constitute a Designated Borrower for purposes hereof, whereupon each of the Lenders agrees to permit such Designated Borrower to receive Loans hereunder, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, and each of the parties agrees that such Designated Borrower otherwise shall be a Borrower for all purposes of this Agreement; provided that (i) no Loan Notice or Letter of Credit Application may be submitted by or on behalf of such Designated Borrower until the date two Business Days after such effective date, and (ii) no Lender shall be obligated to make Loans to any Designated Borrower that is a Foreign Subsidiary if such Lender is unauthorized to lend in such Foreign Subsidiary’s jurisdiction.
(b) The Obligations of all Designated Borrowers shall be several in nature, subject to Article IV.
(c) Each Subsidiary of the Company that becomes a “Designated Borrower” pursuant to this Section 2.14 hereby irrevocably appoints the Company as its agent for all purposes relevant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including (i) the giving and receipt of notices, (ii) the execution and delivery of all documents, instruments and certificates contemplated herein and all modifications hereto, and (iii) the receipt of the proceeds of any Loans made by the Lenders, to any such Designated Borrower hereunder. Any acknowledgment, consent, direction, certification or other action which might otherwise be valid or effective only if given or taken by all Borrowers, or by each Borrower acting singly, shall be valid and effective if given or taken only by the Company, whether or not any such other Borrower joins therein. Any notice, demand, consent, acknowledgement, direction, certification or other communication delivered to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been delivered to each Designated Borrower.
(d) The Company may from time to time, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice from the Company to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), terminate a Designated Borrower’s status as such, provided that there are no outstanding Loans payable by such Designated Borrower, or other amounts payable by such Designated Borrower on account of any Loans made to it, as of the effective date of such termination. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such termination of a Designated Borrower’s status.
SECTION 2.15 Cash Collateral.
(a) Certain Credit Support Events. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer (i) if such L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, or (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, the Company shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).
(b) Grant of Security Interest. All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. The Company, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.15(c). If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, the Company or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.
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(c) Application. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.15 or Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.16 or 9.03 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.
(d) Release. Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 11.06(b)(vi))) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided, however, (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of the Company shall not be released during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.15 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 9.03), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.
SECTION 2.16 Defaulting Lenders.
(a) Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:
(i) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 11.01.
(ii) Reallocation of Payments. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article IX or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.08), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second, to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuers hereunder; third, if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the L/C Issuers, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Letter of Credit; fourth, as the Company may request (so long as no Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Company, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the L/C Issuers as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lenders or the L/C Issuers against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Company as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Company against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C
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Borrowings owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Borrowings owed to, that Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.
(iii) Certain Fees. That Defaulting Lender (x) shall be entitled to receive any Facility Fee pursuant to Section 2.09(a) for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to extent allocable to the sum of (1) the Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans funded by it and (2) its Applicable Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Sections 2.03, 2.05, 2.15, or 2.16(a)(ii), as applicable (and the Company shall (A) be required to pay to each of the L/C Issuers the amount of such fee allocable to its Fronting Exposure arising from that Defaulting Lender to the extent that the Company has not posted Cash Collateral for such exposure and (B) not be required to pay the remaining amount of such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.03(i).
(iv) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure. During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.04, the “Applicable Percentage” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Revolving Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided, that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Revolving Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender.
(b) Defaulting Lender Cure. If the Company, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv)), whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Company while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.
SECTION 2.17 Extension of Maturity Date.
(a) Requests for Extension. The Company may, by notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Lenders) once during the term of this Agreement and not later than 30 days prior to October 15, 2017 (the “Existing Maturity Date”), request that each Lender extend such Lender’s Maturity Date for an additional one year from the Existing Maturity Date (the “Extension Request”).
(b) Lender Elections to Extend. Each Lender, acting in its sole and individual discretion, shall, by notice to the Administrative Agent given not more than 20 days after it has been notified of the Extension Request (the “Notice Date”), advise the Administrative Agent whether or not such Lender agrees to extend the Maturity Date in accordance with the Extension Request. A Lender that determines not to extend its Maturity Date in response to the Extension Request will hereinafter be referred to as a “Non-Extending Lender.” Any Lender that does not so advise the Administrative Agent of its decision with respect to the Extension Request on or before the Notice Date shall be deemed to be a Non-Extending Lender. The election of any Lender to agree to such extension shall not obligate any other Lender to so agree.
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(c) Notification by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Company of each Lender’s determination under this Section no later than three Business Days after the Notice Date.
(d) Additional Commitment Lenders. The Company shall have the right to replace each Non-Extending Lender with, and add as “Lenders” under this Agreement in place thereof, one or more Eligible Assignees (each, an “Additional Commitment Lender”) as provided in Section 11.13; provided that (i) each of such Additional Commitment Lenders that is not already a Lender shall enter into an Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Additional Commitment Lender shall, effective as of the Assignment and Assumption, undertake a Commitment in an amount specified in such Assignment and Assumption and (ii) each such Additional Commitment Lender that is already a Lender shall agree to have its existing Commitment increased in an amount specified by the Company.
(e) Minimum Extension Requirement. If (and only if) the total of (i) the Commitments of the Lenders that have agreed so to extend their Maturity Date in accordance with this Section (each, an “Extending Lender”) and (ii) the additional Commitments of the Additional Commitment Lenders shall be more than 50% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments in effect immediately prior to the Existing Maturity Date, then, effective as of the effective date of the Assignment and Assumption, the Maturity Date of each Extending Lender and of each Additional Commitment Lender shall be extended to the date falling one year after the Existing Maturity Date (except that, if such date is not a Business Day, such Maturity Date as so extended shall be the next preceding Business Day) and each Additional Commitment Lender that is not already a Lender shall thereupon become a “Lender” for all purposes of this Agreement.
(f) Conditions to Effectiveness of Extensions. As a condition precedent to such extension, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Borrower dated as of the Existing Maturity Date signed by a Responsible Officer of such Borrower certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Borrower authorizing and empowering certain officers of the Company to effect such extension and, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such extension, (i) the representations and warranties contained in Article VI and the other Loan Documents are true and correct on and as of the Existing Maturity Date, except (a) to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and (b) the representations and warranties contained in subsections (i) and (ii) of Section 6.01(e) shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 7.02, and (ii) no Default exists. In addition, on the Existing Maturity Date, the Company shall prepay any Revolving Loans outstanding on such date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05) to the extent necessary to pay the Non-Extending Lenders in full and to keep outstanding Revolving Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Percentages of the respective Lenders effective as of such date.
(g) Conflicting Provisions. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 11.01 to the contrary and the Administrative Agent and the Company may enter into any amendments necessary to effect the extensions allowed by this Section without any other consents.
ARTICLE III
TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY
SECTION 3.01 Taxes.
(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.
(i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable laws require any Loan Party or any other applicable withholding agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such laws as determined by the applicable withholding agent.
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(ii) If any Loan Party or any other applicable withholding agent shall be required by any applicable laws to withhold or deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any payment made by any Loan Party under any Loan Document, then (A) the applicable Loan Party or other applicable withholding agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by such withholding agent to be required, (B) the applicable Loan Party or other applicable withholding agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01) the Administrative Agent, Lender or any L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes been made.
(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers. Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) above, the applicable Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable laws.
(c) Tax Indemnification.
(i) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) above, each applicable Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) paid or payable by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to a Borrower by a Lender or an L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(ii) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a), (b) or (c)(i) above, each Lender and each L/C Issuer shall indemnify each applicable Borrower, and shall make payment in respect thereof within ten days after demand therefor, against any and all Excluded Taxes imposed in respect of such Lender or L/C Issuer, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, that are incurred by or asserted against such Borrower by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to such Borrower pursuant to subsection (e).
(d) Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Borrowers or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01, the applicable Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the applicable Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to such Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.
(i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Company and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Company or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made by the respective Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender
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by the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdictions. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the completion, execution and submission of any documentation with respect to any Tax other than United States federal withholding tax shall not be required if in a Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
(A) any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Company or the Administrative Agent) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form) or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable laws or reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Company or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and
(B) each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Internal Revenue Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to any payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Company or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally eligible to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:
(I) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form) claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,
(II) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or any successor form),
(III) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 3.01(e) (a “Non-Bank Certificate”) to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of such Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code, and that no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with such Foreign Lender’s conduct of a United States trade or business and (y) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or any successor form),
(IV) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY (or any successor form), accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, a Non-Bank Certificate, Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, and/or other certification documents (or successor forms) from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, a Non-Bank Certificate may be provided by such Foreign Lender on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner, or
(V) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States federal withholding Tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable laws to permit the Company or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.
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(C) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Sections 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company and the Administrative Agent to comply with their FATCA obligations, to determine whether such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s FATCA obligations and, if necessary, to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.
(iii) Each Lender agrees that if any documentation it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall promptly update such documentation or promptly notify the Company and the Administrative Agent in writing of its inability to do so.
(iv) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 3.01(e), a Lender shall not be required to deliver any documentation that such Lender is not legally eligible to deliver.
(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or any L/C Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by a Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall pay to the Company an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by any Loan Party under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses and net of any loss or gain realized in the conversion of such funds from or to another currency incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Company, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Company (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (f), in no event will the Administrative Agent or any Lender be required to pay any amount to the Company pursuant to this paragraph (f) the payment of which would place the Administrative Agent or such Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the Administrative Agent or such Lender would have been if the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund had never been imposed.
SECTION 3.02 Illegality.
If any Lender determines that any law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurocurrency Rate Loans (whether denominated in Dollars or an Alternative Currency), or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars or any Alternative Currency in the applicable interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Company through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in Dollars, to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate shall be suspended and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Base Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Base Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case, until
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such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Company that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable and such Loans are denominated in Dollars, convert all of such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary, to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurocurrency Base Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Base Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurocurrency Base Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Base Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.
SECTION 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates.
If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason in connection with any request for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) deposits (whether in Dollars or an Alternative Currency) are not being offered to banks in the applicable offshore interbank market for such currency for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or (c) the Eurocurrency Base Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan or in connection with a Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Company and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies shall be suspended and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurocurrency Base Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurocurrency Base Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case, until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the applicable Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in the affected currency or currencies or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.
SECTION 3.04 Increased Costs.
(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Eurocurrency Rate) or any L/C Issuer;
(ii) subject any Lender or any L/C Issuer to any Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of Taxation of payments to such Lender or such L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes indemnifiable under Section 3.01 and any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender or such L/C Issuer); or
(iii) impose on any Lender or any L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or Eurocurrency Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making, continuing, converting into or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurocurrency Base Rate (or, in the case of paragraph (ii), any Loan), or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost
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to such Lender or such L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, the Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender shall be entitled to request compensation for increased costs or expenses described in this Section 3.04(a) caused by a Change in Law due to Xxxx-Xxxxx and Basel III only to the extent it is the general practice or policy of such Lender to request such compensation from other borrowers under comparable facilities under similar circumstances.
(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitment of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.
(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to the Company shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Company will pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.
(d) Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation, provided that no Borrower shall be required to compensate a Lender or an L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to the date that such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Company of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
SECTION 3.05 Compensation for Losses.
Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Company shall promptly compensate (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to compensate) such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:
(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);
(b) any failure by any Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Eurocurrency Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Company; or
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(c) any failure by any Borrower to make payment of any Loan or drawing under any Letter of Credit (or interest due thereon) denominated in an Alternative Currency on its scheduled due date or any payment thereof in a different currency; or
(d) any assignment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Company pursuant to Section 11.13; or
including any loss of anticipated profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan, from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract. The Company shall also pay (or cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.
For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Company (or the applicable Designated Borrower) to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it at the Eurocurrency Base Rate used in determining the Eurocurrency Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the offshore interbank eurodollar market for such currency for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Rate Loan was in fact so funded.
SECTION 3.06 Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders.
(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender, the L/C Issuer, or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be. The Company hereby agrees to pay (or to cause the applicable Designated Borrower to pay) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.
(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, the Company may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 11.13.
SECTION 3.07 Survival.
All of the Borrowers’ obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, and resignation of the Administrative Agent.
ARTICLE IV
GUARANTY
SECTION 4.01 The Guarantees.
The Company hereby irrevocably guarantees to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers the prompt payment of the Designated Borrower Obligations in full when due and hereby agrees that if any of the Designated Borrower Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise), the Company will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
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any of the Designated Borrower Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration, as a mandatory cash collateralization or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.
The Guarantors hereby absolutely and unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee, as a guaranty of payment and performance and not merely as a guaranty of collection, prompt payment when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, upon acceleration, demand or otherwise, and at all times thereafter, of any and all of the Secured Obligations, whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, damages, costs, expenses or otherwise, of the Guarantors to the Secured Parties, and whether arising hereunder or under any other Loan Document, any Secured Cash Management Agreement or any Secured Hedge Agreement (including all renewals, extensions, amendments, refinancings and other modifications thereof and all reasonable and documented costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses of one outside counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction and one regulatory counsel incurred by the Secured Parties in connection with the collection or enforcement thereof). The Administrative Agent’s books and records showing the amount of the Secured Obligations shall be admissible in evidence in any action or proceeding, and shall be binding upon the Company, and conclusive (absent manifest error) for the purpose of establishing the amount of the Secured Obligations. This Guaranty shall not be affected by the genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Secured Obligations or any instrument or agreement evidencing any Secured Obligations, or by the existence, validity, enforceability, perfection, non-perfection or extent of any collateral therefor, or by any fact or circumstance relating to the Secured Obligations which might otherwise constitute a defense to the obligations of the Guarantors under this Guaranty, and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably waive any defenses (other than the defense of payment and the benefit of any statute of limitations) they may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to any or all of the foregoing.
SECTION 4.02 Obligations Unconditional.
The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.01 are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Secured Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. The Guarantors agrees that they shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against any Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article IV until such time as the Secured Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have expired or terminated.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:
(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to a Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Secured Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;
(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Loan Documents shall be done or omitted;
(c) the maturity of any of the Secured Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Secured Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Loan Documents shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Secured Obligations or any security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;
(d) any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Administrative Agent or any other holder of the Secured Obligations as security for any of the Secured Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or
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(e) any of the Secured Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including for the benefit of any creditor of the Company) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including any creditor of the Company).
With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Administrative Agent or any other holder of the Secured Obligations exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Loan Documents or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Secured Obligations. To the extent permitted by law, each Guarantor expressly waives any law or regulation of any jurisdiction or any other event which affects any term of such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder. Each Guarantor waives any rights and defenses that are or may become available to it by reason of §§ 2787 to 2855, inclusive, and §§ 2899 and 3433 of the California Civil Code. As provided below, this Guaranty shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The foregoing waivers and the provisions hereinafter set forth in this Guaranty which pertain to California law are included solely out of an abundance of caution, and shall not be construed to mean that any of the above-referenced provisions of California law are in any way applicable to this Guaranty or the Secured Obligations.
SECTION 4.03 Reinstatement.
The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Secured Obligations, whether as a result of any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify the Administrative Agent and each other holder of the Secured Obligations on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or such holder of the Secured Obligations in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any Debtor Relief Law.
SECTION 4.04 Certain Additional Waivers.
(a) Each Guarantor agrees that it shall have no right of recourse to security for the Secured Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation as limited by Section 4.02 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.07. Each Guarantor understands and acknowledges that if the Secured Parties foreclose judicially or nonjudicially against any real property security for the Secured Obligations, that foreclosure could impair or destroy any ability that it may have to seek reimbursement, contribution, or indemnification from the Borrower or others based on any right it may have of subrogation, reimbursement, contribution, or indemnification for any amounts paid by Holdings under this Guaranty. Each Guarantor further understands and acknowledges that in the absence of this paragraph, such potential impairment or destruction of its rights, if any, may entitle it to assert a defense to this Guaranty based on Section 580d of the California Code of Civil Procedure as interpreted in Union Bank x. Xxxxxxx, 265 Cal. App. 2d 40 (1968). By executing this Guaranty, each Guarantor freely, irrevocably, and unconditionally: (i) waives and relinquishes that defense and agrees that it will be fully liable under this Guaranty even though the Secured Parties may foreclose, either by judicial foreclosure or by exercise of power of sale, any deed of trust securing the Secured Obligations; (ii) agrees that it will not assert that defense in any action or proceeding which the Secured Parties may commence to enforce this Guaranty; (iii) acknowledges and agrees that the rights and defenses waived by each Guarantor in this Guaranty include any right or defense that it may have or be entitled to assert based upon or arising out of any one or more of §§ 580a, 580b, 580d, or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure or § 2848 of the California Civil Code; and (iv) acknowledges and agrees that the Secured Parties are relying on this waiver in creating the Secured Obligations, and that this waiver is a material part of the consideration which the Secured Parties are receiving for creating the Secured Obligations.
(b) Each Guarantor waives all rights and defenses that it may have because any of the Secured Obligations is secured by real property. This means, among other things: (i) the Secured Parties may collect from it without first foreclosing on any real or personal property collateral pledged by the other Loan Parties; and (ii) if the Secured Parties foreclose on any real property collateral pledged by the other Loan Parties: (A) the amount of the Secured Obligations may be reduced only by the price for which that collateral is sold at the foreclosure sale, even if
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the collateral is worth more than the sale price, and (B) the Secured Parties may collect from it even if the Secured Parties, by foreclosing on the real property collateral, have destroyed any right it may have to collect from the Borrower. This is an unconditional and irrevocable waiver of any rights and defenses each Guarantor may have because any of the Secured Obligations is secured by real property. These rights and defenses include, but are not limited to, any rights or defenses based upon § 580a, 580b, 580d, or 726 of the California Code of Civil Procedure.
Each Guarantor waives any right or defense it may have at law or equity, including California Code of Civil Procedure § 580a, to a fair market value hearing or action to determine a deficiency judgment after a foreclosure.
SECTION 4.05 Remedies.
Each Guarantor agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the such Guarantor, on the one hand, and holders of the Secured Obligations, on the other hand, the Secured Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances specified in Section 9.02) for purposes of Section 4.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Secured Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Secured Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Secured Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Company for purposes of Section 4.01.
SECTION 4.06 Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.
The guarantee given by the Company and the Guarantors in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Secured Obligations whenever arising, and consents and agrees that any Lender or the Administrative Agent, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to bring a motion-action under New York CPLR Section 3213.
SECTION 4.07 Limitation of Guarantors Obligations; Contribution.
Notwithstanding any other provision herein or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, the amount of the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be limited to the highest amount (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in this Section 4.07) that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors in accordance with applicable law. Each Guarantor hereby agrees to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder (including by way of set off rights being exercised against it), such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder who has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 4.02 hereof.
ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS
SECTION 5.01 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness.
This Agreement shall become effective upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent (the “Closing Date”):
(a) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(i) an executed counterpart of this Agreement and the Guaranty signed on behalf of the Company, the Administrative Agent and each Lender;
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(ii) To the extent requested pursuant to Section 2.11(a), a duly executed Note of the Company, for the account of each requesting Lender;
(iii) A security agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit 5.01(a)(iii), duly executed by each Loan Party, together with:
(A) certificates and instruments representing the Collateral referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers or instruments of transfer executed in blank (including a global intercompany note); provided that certificates of Equity Interests of Foreign Subsidiaries need not be delivered on the date hereof but the Company covenants to deliver them within 90 days hereafter (subject to extension by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion),
(B) proper financing statements in form appropriate for filing under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement, covering the Collateral described in the Security Agreement,
(C) certified copies of UCC, tax and judgment lien searches, or equivalent reports or searches, each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents (together with copies of such financing statements and documents) that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in those state and county jurisdictions in which any Loan Party is organized or maintains its principal place of business, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Collateral Documents (other than Permitted Liens),
(D) a Perfection Certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit 5.01(a)(iii)(D), duly executed by each of the Loan Parties, and
(F) evidence that all other actions, recordings and filings that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement has been taken (including receipt of duly executed payoff letters, UCC-3 termination statements);
(iv) A certificate of the Secretary of the Company certifying (A) copies attached thereto of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing and empowering certain officers of the Company to effect such borrowings as such officers may deem necessary or desirable for proper corporate purposes, subject to the limitations set forth in such resolutions, (B) copies attached thereto of the Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws of the Company and (C) the names and true signatures of the officers of the Company authorized to sign this Agreement and the Notes and other documents to be executed and delivered by the Company hereunder;
(iv) A certificate from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware dated a date reasonably close to the date hereof as to the good standing of and organizational documents filed by the Company;
(v) A certificate of a duly authorized officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, certifying that as of such date, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.01 are correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, (B) no Default or Event of Default as of the date thereof has occurred and is continuing , (C) the current Debt Ratings and (D) from the Chief Financial Officer, the Solvency of the Company on a consolidated basis both before and after giving effect to the transactions occurring on such date;
(vi) An opinion of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP, substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.01(a)(vi) hereto;
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(vii) An opinion of Xxxxxxxxxx Hyatt Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, LLP, Nevada local counsel to the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.01(a)(vii); and
(viii) An opinion of Xxxxxxx Xxxx & Friedrich LLP, Wisconsin local counsel to the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.01(a)(viii).
(b) The Company shall have paid all reasonable accrued fees and expenses of the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders which are due and payable on the Closing Date to the extent invoiced (including fees set forth in the Bank of America Engagement Letter and the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP, counsel for the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent);
(c) There shall have occurred no material adverse change in the business, financial condition, results of operations or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, since December 31, 2011;
(d) There shall exist no action, suit or proceeding (investigative, judicial or otherwise) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending before any court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official, or to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of the Company, threatened, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence (reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Arrangers) of the termination of the commitments under, and the payment of all amounts owing under, the Company’s existing credit agreement dated as of December 17, 2010 among the Company, the banks party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent; and
(f) Receipt of such documentation as may be required by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent in order to comply with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act or necessary for any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to verify the identity of any Borrower as required by Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, as requested through the Administrative Agent at least 5 days in advance of the Closing Date.
Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 10.04, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified above in this Section 5.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved and accepted, and to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lenders unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date, as notified by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders, specifying its objection thereto. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders of the occurrence of the Closing Date.
SECTION 5.02 Conditions Precedent to Each Credit Extension.
The obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension and the obligation to issue, amend, extend or renew a Letter of Credit shall be subject to the further conditions precedent on the date of such request for Credit Extension or the date of issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit, that the following statements shall be true (and the giving of the applicable Loan Notice and the acceptance by the applicable Borrower of the proceeds of such Borrowing and/or the receipt of a letter of credit application requesting the issuance of such Letter of Credit as required by Section 2.03 shall constitute a representation and warranty by the applicable Borrower that on the date of such Request for Credit Extension such statements are true):
(a) The representations and warranties contained in Section 6.01 (other than Section 6.01(e)(iii)) are correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension (other than those representations and warranties that expressly relate solely to a specific earlier date, which shall remain correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), before and after giving effect to such Credit Extension and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date; and
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(b) No event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds therefrom or from such amendment, extension or renewal of such Letter of Credit, which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
(c) In the case of Credit Extension to be denominated in an Alternative Currency, there shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders would make it impracticable for such Credit Extension to be denominated in the relevant Alternative Currency.
SECTION 5.03 Conditions Precedent to Initial Advance to Each Designated Borrower.
The obligation of each Lender to make its initial Advance hereunder to any Applicant Borrower and the obligation to issue, amend, extend or renew a Letter of Credit is subject to the conditions precedent that the Closing Date shall have occurred and the Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the day of the initial Borrowing by such Applicant Borrower or the date of issuance, amendment, extension or renewal of a Letter of Credit the following, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
(a) The Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement executed and delivered by such Applicant Borrower (and containing the written consent of the Company), in accordance with Section 2.14 hereof;
(b) To the extent requested pursuant to Section 2.11(a), a Note executed by such Applicant Borrower, payable for the account of each requesting Lender;
(c) Copies of any and all governmental approvals, if any, required with respect to the Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement;
(d) A certificate of the Secretary of such Applicant Borrower certifying (A) copies attached thereto of the resolutions of the Board of Directors or similar body of such Applicant Borrower authorizing and empowering certain officers of such Applicant Borrower to enter into and perform the Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement, (B) copies attached thereto of the organizational documents of such Applicant Borrower, and (C) the names and true signatures of the officers of such Applicant Borrower authorized to sign the Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement and, to the extent requested pursuant to Section 2.11, any Notes;
(e) An opinion of counsel to such Applicant Borrower, in form and substance as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(f) A certificate from the jurisdiction of organization of such Applicant Borrower dated a date reasonably close to the date hereof as to the good standing of and organizational documents filed by such Applicant Borrower, in each case to the extent available;
(g) Such documentation as may be required by any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent in order to comply with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act or necessary for any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to verify the identity of such Applicant Borrower as required by Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, as requested through the Administrative Agent; and
(h) Such other approvals, opinions and documents relating to the Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
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ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 6.01 Representations and Warranties of the Company.
The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender and each L/C Issuer that:
(a) Each Loan Party is a corporation or limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation.
(b) (i) The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party are within the Loan Party’s powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official, and do not contravene or constitute a default under, (A) the Loan Party’s certificate or articles of incorporation or organization or by-laws, each as amended or (B) any provision of applicable law or regulation or any contractual restriction, judgment, order, injunction, decree or other instrument binding on or affecting the Loan Party.
(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by a Designated Borrower of a Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement and any Notes are within such Designated Borrower’s powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official, and do not conflict with or contravene or constitute a default under, (A) such Designated Borrower’s organizational documents or (B) any provision of applicable law or regulation or any contractual restriction, judgment, order, injunction, decree or other instrument binding on or affecting such Designated Borrower.
(c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by any Loan Party of any Loan Document or a Designated Borrower of any Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement.
(d) Each Loan Document has been, and each of the Notes when delivered hereunder will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party party thereto. Each Loan Document is, and each of the Notes when delivered hereunder will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with their respective terms, subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity.
(e) (i) The consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flow and shareholders’ equity of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, copies of which have been furnished to each Lender, fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date and the consolidated results of the operations of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby.
(ii) The consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries most recently delivered pursuant to Sections 7.02 (a) and (b), and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flow and shareholders’ equity of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the applicable fiscal period then ended fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as at each such date and the consolidated results of the operations of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein (subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments).
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(iii) Since December 31, 2011, there has been no material adverse change in the business, financial condition, results of operations or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(f) There are no actions, suits or proceedings (investigative, judicial or otherwise) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending before any court or arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official, or, to the knowledge of any Responsible Officer of the Company, threatened, that could reasonably be expected (i) to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) to materially and adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Note.
(g) Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has title in fee simple to each Mortgaged Property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other material U.S. domestic real property, and none of such real property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by Section 8.06.
(h) Following application of the proceeds of each Loan to the Company, no more than 5% of the assets of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries will be Margin Stock.
(i) The Company is not principally engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock.
(j) The Loans to each Borrower, and all related obligations of such Borrower under this Agreement, rank pari passu with all other indebtedness for money borrowed or raised by such Borrower that is not, by its terms, expressly subordinated to other such indebtedness of such Borrower.
(k) Neither the Company nor any Loan Party is required to register as an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(l) (i) All necessary Environmental Permits have been obtained and are in effect for the operations and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all such Environmental Permits, except to the extent that the failure to so obtain or comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (ii) no circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to (A) form the basis of an Environmental Action against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) cause any such property to be subject to any restrictions on ownership, occupancy, use or transferability under any Environmental Law that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(m) None of the properties owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is the subject of any investigation or cleanup, whether voluntary or required pursuant to any Environmental Law or ordered by any governmental authority, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Except to the extent that it could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state laws and each Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the form of such Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the Internal Revenue Service. To the best knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred that would prevent or cause the loss of such tax-qualified status, except to the extent that it could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(o) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Except to the extent that it could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (i) no ERISA Event has occurred, and neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan; (ii) the Company and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained; (iii) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code) is 60% or higher and neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop below 60% as of the most recent valuation date; (iv) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid; (v) neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA; and (vi) no Pension Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC, and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan.
(q) All of the Company’s Subsidiaries that are corporations are duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation, and have all corporate powers and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on their respective businesses as now conducted. All of the Company’s Subsidiaries that are a limited partnership or limited liability company are duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, and have all powers and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on their respective businesses as now conducted.
(r) The information set forth in the Information Documents was true and accurate in all material respects on the date thereof and on the Closing Date, except that the Company makes no representation whatsoever (express or implied) with respect to any statements, information, estimates or projections with respect to the future trends or performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries. All written information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries furnished by, or on behalf of, the Company at any meeting to which all the Lenders were invited and any written information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries furnished by, or on behalf of, the Company to the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement was true and accurate in all material respects on the date as of which such information was furnished, subject to the exception set forth in the preceding sentence for statements, information, estimates or projections with respect to the future trends or performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(s) The Company and its Material Subsidiaries maintain, with financially sound and responsible insurance companies (which may include so-called captive insurance companies), such insurance against such risks as are customarily insured against by Persons engaged in similar businesses; provided, the Company and its Material Subsidiaries may self-insure to the same extent as such other Persons.
(t) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each of its Material Subsidiaries have filed all Tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Taxes levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP and (ii) there is no proposed Tax assessment, deficiency or other claim against any the Company or any Subsidiary.
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(u) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the requirements of all laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) (a) Schedule 6.01(v) sets forth the name and jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary that is a Loan Party and each of its direct Domestic Subsidiaries and, as to each such Domestic Subsidiary, the number of each class of its Equity Interests authorized, and the number outstanding, in each case, on the Closing Date, the number of shares covered by all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and similar rights at the Closing Date and the percentage of each class of Equity Interests owned by any Loan Party on the Closing Date, (b) all Equity Interests of the Company and its Subsidiaries are duly and validly issued and are fully paid and, in the case of common stock of a corporation that is a Domestic Subsidiary, non-assessable, and, except as set forth in Schedule 6.01(v) on the Closing Date, other than the Equity Interests of the Company, are owned by the Company, directly or indirectly through Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, (c) each Loan Party is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Equity Interests pledged by it under the Security Agreement, free of any and all Liens, except the security interest created by the Security Agreement and Permitted Liens and (d) no party other than the Company or its Subsidiaries owns any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than directors and directors’ qualifying shares or similar nominal shares to the extent required under applicable legal requirements) of any nature relating to any Equity Interest of any of the Domestic Subsidiaries, except as created by the Loan Documents. No consent of any Person, including any other general or limited partner any other member of a limited liability company, any shareholder or any trust beneficiary, that has not been received is necessary in connection with the creation, perfection or first priority status of the security interest of the Administrative Agent in any Equity Interests pledged to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties under the Security Agreement or the exercise by the Administrative Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in the Security Agreement or the exercise of remedies in respect thereof.
(w) The provisions of the Collateral Documents are effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal, valid and enforceable first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on all right, title and interest of the respective Loan Parties in the Collateral described therein. Except for filings completed prior to or on the Closing Date and as contemplated hereby and by the Collateral Documents, no filing or other action will be necessary to perfect or protect such Liens to the extent perfection can be effected via filing.
(x) The Loan Parties on a consolidated basis are Solvent.
(y) Anti-Terrorism Laws:
(A) No Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries and, to the actual knowledge of each Loan Party, none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary (i) is in violation of Anti-Terrorism Laws or (ii) is engaged in any transaction, investment, undertaking or activity that conceals the identity, source or destination of the proceeds from any category of offenses designated in the “Forty Recommendations” and “Nine Special Recommendations” published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering.
(B) No Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries and, to the actual knowledge of each Loan Party, none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary that is acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans is an Embargoed Person.
(C) No Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries and, to the actual knowledge of each Loan Party, none of the respective officers, directors, brokers or agents of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary acting or benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans (i) conducts any
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business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any Embargoed Person, (ii) deals in, or otherwise engages in any transaction related to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to any Anti-Terrorism Law or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
ARTICLE VII
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Loan or Obligation shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:
SECTION 7.01 Compliance with Laws, Etc.
The Company shall comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, except for laws, rules, regulations and orders the violation of which, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 7.02 Reporting Requirements.
The Company shall furnish to the Agent (for delivery to the Lenders):
(a) within 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, but in no case earlier than when such report shall be required to be filed with the Commission, a copy of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission for such quarter, or any similar quarterly report required to be filed by the Company with the Commission; provided that if the Company shall no longer be required to so file with the Commission, the Company shall nonetheless thereafter continue to furnish to the Lenders such financial statements and related materials as would have comprised such filings, at such times as the Company would have otherwise delivered the same to the Commission;
(b) within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, but in no case earlier than when such report shall be required to be filed with the Commission, a copy of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Commission for such year, or any similar annual report required to be filed by the Company with the Commission; provided that if the Company shall no longer be required to so file with the Commission, the Company will nonetheless thereafter continue to furnish to the Lenders such financial statements and related materials as would have comprised such filings, at such times as the Company would have otherwise delivered the same to the Commission;
(c) simultaneously with the delivery of the reports referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company (i) setting forth in reasonable detail the calculations required to establish whether the Company was in compliance with the requirements of Section 8.05 on the date of such financial statements and (ii) stating whether there exists on the date of such certificate any Default or Event of Default and setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Company is taking with respect thereto;
(d) promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all reports which the Company sends to any of its security holders, and copies of all reports and registration statements (other than Form S-8 or any similar form) which any Borrower files with the Commission or any national securities exchange;
(e) promptly following any Responsible Officer’s knowledge thereof, notice in writing of (i) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default and setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Company is taking with respect thereto, (ii) the institution of, or any adverse final judgment in, any litigation,
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arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding which, in the Company’s judgment, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(f) within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a certificate of insurance of the Company’s primary insurance company or insurance broker(s) summarizing the general liability and property insurance coverage (specifying type, amount and carrier) in effect for the Borrower and the Loan Parties, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(g) concurrently with the delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 7.02(a), a Perfection Certificate Supplement (or a certificate confirming that there has been no change in information since the date of the Perfection Certificate or latest Perfection Certificate Supplement), signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company;
(h) not later than 30 days after such amendment, copies of each amendment to any organization document (i.e. charter, bylaw or the equivalent of either) of any Loan Party;
(i) in each case in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05, notice of the (i) occurrence of any Disposition with respect to which the Company is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i), (ii) incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness for which the Company is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii), and (iii) receipt of any Extraordinary Receipt for which the Company is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii); and
(j) such other information as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(a), (b) or (d) (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the Commission) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Company posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Company’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 11.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Company’s behalf on Venue (or such other Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) the Company shall deliver (including by electronic mail) paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon its request to the Company to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Company with any such request by a Lender for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.
The Company hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Company hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on Venue (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Company or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Company hereby agrees that (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Company shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Company or its securities for purposes of United States federal securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.09); (y) all Borrower Materials marked
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“PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated as “Public Side Information”; and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform that is not marked as “Public Side Information.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be under no obligation to xxxx any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC.”
SECTION 7.03 Use of Proceeds.
A Borrower shall use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions made under this Agreement for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions; provided, that none of such proceeds will be used in violation of any applicable law or regulation.
SECTION 7.04 Books and Records; Inspection.
The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) maintain complete and accurate books and records, in which full and correct entries shall be made of all financial transactions of the Company and each such Subsidiary in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and (b) permit any Lender, the Administrative Agent and their respective employees and agents, at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably requested, to inspect any of the properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and to inspect and make copies of the material books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries and to discuss the affairs and finances of the Company and its Subsidiaries with their officers; provided that such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall have delivered a written request for such inspection to the Company prior to the date of any such inspection and that any information provided to the Lenders pursuant to this Section 7.04 shall be subject to the provisions of Section 11.07 hereof.
SECTION 7.05 Corporate Existence.
Subject to the Company’s rights under Sections 8.07 and 8.10, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to, at all times maintain its corporate existence and preserve and keep, or cause to be preserved and kept, in full force and effect its rights and franchises material to its businesses.
SECTION 7.06 Payment of Taxes.
Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company shall pay and discharge, and cause each of its Material Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, before the same shall become delinquent, all Taxes (whether or not shown on a Tax return) imposed upon it or its property; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any of its Material Subsidiaries shall be required to pay or discharge any such Tax that is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and as to which appropriate reserves are being maintained in accordance with GAAP, as long as no action has been commenced to enforce any Lien securing any such Tax.
SECTION 7.07 Maintenance of Property; Insurance.
(a) The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, keep all property useful and necessary in their respective businesses in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where the failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company and its Material Subsidiaries shall maintain, with financially sound and responsible insurance companies (which may include so-called captive insurance companies), such insurance against such risks as are customarily insured against by companies engaged in similar businesses; provided, the Company and its Material Subsidiaries may self-insure to the same extent as such other Persons. The general and umbrella liability and property insurance (including business interruption) of the Borrower and the Loan Parties shall name the Administrative Agent as additional insured or loss payee, as applicable.
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(c) With respect to each Real Property which becomes a Mortgaged Property pursuant to Section 2.05 or 7.11, on or prior to the date such Real Property becomes a Mortgaged Property, if any portion of such Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a special flood hazard area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (as now or hereafter in effect or successor act thereto), then the Borrower shall, or shall cause the applicable Loan Party to (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 7.08 Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors.
(a) With respect to any property acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party that is intended to be subject to the Lien created by any of the Collateral Documents but is not so subject, promptly (and in any event within 90 days after the acquisition thereof, or such longer period as may be agreed to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments or supplements to the relevant Collateral Documents or such other documents as the Administrative Agent shall deem necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, a Lien on such property subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens and (ii) take all actions necessary to cause such Lien to be duly perfected to the extent required by such Collateral Document in accordance with all applicable requirements of law, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. The Company shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall require to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of the Collateral Documents on such after-acquired properties.
(b) With respect to any Person that is or becomes a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary after the Closing Date (i) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates, if any, representing all of the Equity Interests of such Domestic Subsidiary, together with undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of the holder(s) of such Equity Interests, and all intercompany notes owing from such Domestic Subsidiary to any Loan Party together with instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of such Loan Party and (ii) cause such new Domestic Subsidiary, promptly (and in any event within 90 days after such Person becomes a Subsidiary, or such longer period as may be agreed to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) (A) to execute a Joinder Agreement or such comparable documentation to become a Guarantor and a joinder agreement to the Security Agreement, substantially in the form annexed thereto and (B) to take all actions necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Administrative Agent to cause the Lien created by the Security Agreement to be duly perfected to the extent required by such agreement in accordance with all applicable requirements of law, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the Loan Documents, in no event shall any (i) non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary or (ii) newly-formed Subsidiary that is intended to be and becomes a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary within 90 days of its formation, be required to become a Guarantor or party to the Security Agreement.
SECTION 7.09 Information Regarding Collateral and Loan Documents.
The Company shall not and shall not permit any other Loan Party to effect any change in (i) such Loan Party’s legal name, (ii) in the location of such Loan Party’s chief executive office, (iii) in such Loan Party’s identity or organizational structure, (iv) in such Loan Party’s Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or organizational identification number, if any, or (v) in such Loan Party’s jurisdiction of organization (in each case, including by merging with or into any other entity, reorganizing, dissolving, liquidating, reorganizing or organizing in any other jurisdiction), until (A) it shall have given the Administrative Agent not less than 10 days’ prior written notice (in a form bearing the signature of a Responsible Officer), or such lesser notice period agreed to by the Administrative Agent, of its intention so to do, clearly describing such change and providing such other information in connection therewith as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (B) it shall have taken all action reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to maintain the perfection and priority of the security interest of the Administrative
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Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral, if applicable. Each Loan Party agrees to promptly provide the Administrative Agent with certified organization documents reflecting any of the changes described in the preceding sentence.
SECTION 7.10 Further Assurances. Promptly, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, at the Borrowers’ expense, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause the execution, acknowledgment and delivery of, and thereafter register, file or record, or cause to be registered, filed or recorded, in an appropriate governmental office, any document or instrument supplemental to or confirmatory of the Collateral Documents or otherwise deemed by the Administrative Agent reasonably necessary or desirable for the continued validity, perfection and priority of the Liens on the Collateral covered thereby subject to no other Liens except Permitted Liens, or obtain any consents or waivers as may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to any Loan Document which requires any consent, approval, registration, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, execute and deliver all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent may reasonably require. The Administrative Agent shall, at the Borrowers’ expense and upon receipt of any certifications reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release a Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. With respect to all Real Property which is designated as a Mortgaged Property after the date hereof pursuant to Section 2.05 hereof, upon request of the Administrative Agent, the Company shall within 120 days of such request provide to the Administrative Agent an appraisal that satisfies the applicable requirements of the Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of the Financial Institutions Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as the same may be amended from time to time, and any successor legislation thereto.
SECTION 7.11 Post-Closing Requirements. Within 120 days following the Closing Date (or such longer period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), the Company shall, or shall cause the applicable Loan Party to, grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in and Mortgage on each Real Property listed on Schedule 7.11 hereto in each case, in the amount set forth with respect to such Real Property on Schedule 7.11 hereto, as security for the Secured Obligations, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances. Such Mortgages shall be granted substantially in the form to be reasonably agreed to by the Borrower and Administrative Agent. Such Mortgages shall be submitted to be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent, and all taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of each such Mortgage on such Real Property (including delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Mortgage Policy, a Survey or ExpressMap, and a local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) in respect of such Mortgage). With respect to each Mortgaged Property, the Borrower shall, or shall cause the applicable Loan Party to, deliver to the Administrative Agent not less than 15 days prior to the delivery of the applicable Mortgage a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination with respect to such Mortgaged Property and, for any Mortgaged Property on which improvements are located in a special flood hazard area, a notice duly executed by the Loan Party that owns such Mortgaged Property acknowledging the special flood hazard area status together with evidence of flood insurance in compliance with Section 7.07 hereof.
ARTICLE VIII
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
So long as any Loan or Obligation shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:
SECTION 8.01 Debt.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to create or suffer to exist any Debt other than:
(a) Debt under the Loan Documents; provided that any Debt under Section 2.01(b) shall be incurred under clause (i) below;
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(b) Debt issued and outstanding or available under existing lines of credit or other facilities on the Closing Date so long as such Debt is listed on Schedule 8.01(b) hereto, and any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part thereof that meets the definition of Permitted Refinancing (it being understood that if the amount of any Debt is increased in connection with any extension, renewal or replacement, the amount permitted as a Permitted Refinancing shall be permitted under this clause (b) and the amount above the amount permitted as a Permitted Refinancing shall be permitted if permitted under another clause of this Section 8.01);
(c) Debt (i) among Loan Parties, (ii) from a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party owing to a Loan Party to the extent permitted by Section 8.02, or (iii) among Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;
(d) cash management obligations and Debt incurred in respect of netting services, overdraft protection and similar arrangements;
(e) so long as the Company is in compliance with Section 8.05 on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such transaction, Debt of a Person that existed at the time such Person is acquired and becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or Debt of a Person that existed at the time such Person is merged or consolidated with a Subsidiary or Debt acquired by a Subsidiary in connection with an Acquisition, in each case, to the extent such Debt was not created in contemplation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation and is not secured by any assets other than those acquired so long as all such Debt outstanding pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
(f) any earn-out obligation that comprises a portion of the consideration for an acquisition or Debt consisting of obligations under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred in connection with an acquisition;
(g) so long as the Company is in compliance with Section 8.05 on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such transaction, capital lease obligations and purchase money obligations for the purchase of goods on ordinary trade terms, fixed assets or capital assets so long as all such Debt outstanding pursuant to this clause (g) shall not exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate at any time;
(h) Guarantees with respect to Debt of Loan Parties permitted under this Section 8.01;
(i) (x) Debt under Section 2.01(b) and other pari passu secured Debt in the aggregate not to exceed $100,000,000 or (y) Debt (secured or unsecured) at Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, so long as all Debt outstanding pursuant to this clause (i) shall not exceed $500,000,000 in the aggregate at any time; provided that any such pari passu secured Debt shall have both a final maturity date and a weighted average life to maturity no shorter than the date that is one-half year after the then current final maturity date of the Revolving Loans and shall be subject to intercreditor provisions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent unless such pari passu Debt is pursuant to a Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement; and
(j) unsecured Debt of a Loan Party so long as the Company is in compliance with Section 8.05 on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such transaction.
SECTION 8.02 Investments.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to make or hold any Investments, except:
(a) Permitted Investments;
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(b) (i) Investments by the Company and its Subsidiaries outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.02 hereto and any modification or replacement thereof not involving an increase in the aggregate amount of such Investments as of the date hereof (it being understood that if the amount of any Investment is increased in connection with any modification or replacement, the amount outstanding on the date hereof shall be permitted under this clause (b)(i) and the increased amount shall be permitted if permitted under another clause or sub-clause of this Section 8.02), (ii) additional Investments by the Company and its Subsidiaries to the extent a Restricted Payment in the same amount would be permitted pursuant to Section 8.03 and, if permitted under clause (vii) of Section 8.03, the available amount is reduced by the unreturned amount of such Investment and (iii) Investments by Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;
(c) Investments in current assets, including extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Guarantees permitted by Section 8.01;
(e) the purchase or other acquisition of all of the Equity Interests in any Person or a business unit or all or a substantial part of the business of any Person if upon the consummation thereof such Person or assets will be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; provided that, with respect to each purchase or other acquisition made pursuant to this Section 8.02(e) (each a “Permitted Acquisition”):
(i) any such newly-created or acquired Subsidiary shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 7.08;
(ii) the lines of business of the Person to be (or the property of which is to be) so purchased or otherwise acquired shall be (A) the businesses engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof, (B) the businesses of media, business services or business outsourcing and (C) any business or activities substantially similar or related thereto (which shall include other businesses related to the handling and/or distribution of data used or processed in the businesses engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof);
(iii) (A) immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (B) immediately after giving effect to such purchase or other acquisition, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with all of the covenants set forth in Section 8.05;
(iv) the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, no later than the Business Day prior to the date on which any such purchase or other acquisition is to be consummated, a certificate of a Responsible Officer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, certifying that all of the requirements set forth in this clause (e) have been satisfied or will be satisfied on or prior to the consummation of such purchase or other acquisition; provided that such certificate shall not be required for any purchase or other acquisition involving cash consideration of less than $50,000,000; and
(v) the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, within 60 days following the date on which any such purchase or other acquisition is consummated, annual projections through 2017 for the business acquired in the Permitted Acquisition for the period through the Maturity Date; provided that such annual projections shall only be required for any purchase or other acquisition involving cash consideration of more than $350,000,000.
(f) Investments (i) by the Company in any Guarantor, (ii) by any Guarantor in the Company, (iii) by a Guarantor in another Guarantor, (iv) by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in another Subsidiary
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(including a Loan Party) to the extent any Debt of a Loan Party is subordinated to the Secured Obligations pursuant to a global intercompany note, and (v) not exceeding $250,000,000 in the aggregate at any time consisting of intercompany loans from the Company or a Guarantor to a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor; provided, however, that any intercompany loans under this clause (f) shall be evidenced by promissory notes and any promissory note held by a Loan Party shall be pledged (and delivered) by such Loan Party as Collateral pursuant to the Security Agreement;
(g) other Investments so long as the Borrower shall have, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Investments and the use of proceeds thereof, a Leverage Ratio of 3.00 to 1.00 or less; and
(h) other Investments not to exceed $200 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
SECTION 8.03 Restricted Payments.
The Company shall not (a) declare, or permit any Subsidiary to declare, dividend or distribution in respect of its Equity Interests or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests (whether in cash, securities or other property) or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so or (b) make, or permit a Subsidiary to make, any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests or on account of any return of capital to the Company or a Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof), or any setting apart of funds or property for any of the foregoing other than, in each case:
(i) a Subsidiary may make a dividend or distribution (A) to the Company or another Subsidiary or (B) to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or order, any other Person;
(ii) the Company or a Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends and other payments solely in common shares of the Company;
(iii) the Company may declare and pay dividends of $200 million annually in the aggregate; provided that to the extent the amount of dividends under this clause (iii) is less than $200 million in a given year, the balance may be used to repurchase of Equity Interests if the Company on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any such repurchase is 0.25x below the required maximum Leverage Ratio under Section 8.05 applicable at such time;
(iv) the Company or any Subsidiary may, in the ordinary course of business, (x) repurchase its equity interests owned by retiring directors, officers or employees of the Company and (y) make payments to directors, officers or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries upon termination of employment in connection with the exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights or similar equity or equity-based incentives pursuant to management or other incentive plans or in connection with the death or disability of such employees;
(v) the Company or any Subsidiary may, in the ordinary course of business, repurchase restricted equity interests of the Company issued as compensation to officers, directors and employees upon the vesting of such restricted equity interests if the fair market value of such repurchased equity interests represent an amount equal to the tax withholding obligations of such officers, directors and employees that result from the vesting of such restricted equity interests;
(vi) the Company or any Subsidiary may make other payments so long as on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such to such payments, the Leverage Ratio is 2.50 to 1.00 or less; and
(vii) the Company or any Subsidiary may make other payments not to exceed $100,000,000 in the aggregate.
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SECTION 8.04 Burdensome Agreements.
The Company shall not, nor shall it permit its Material Subsidiaries to, enter into, or permit to exist, any consensual Contractual Obligation that (a) encumbers or restricts the ability of such Material Subsidiary to (i) make dividends or distributions to the Company, (ii) pay any Debt or other obligation owed to the Company, (iii) make loans or advances to the Company, (iv) transfer any of its property to the Company or (b) encumbers or restricts the ability of the Company or such Material Subsidiary to pledge its property pursuant to the Loan Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except, in each case, those (1) existing under the Loan Documents and any other agreement in effect on the Closing Date and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that the encumbrances and restrictions in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in such existing agreement, (2) existing under, by reason of, or with respect to, applicable law, rule, regulation or order, (3) with respect to any Person or the property or assets of a Person acquired by the Company or any Material Subsidiary existing at the time of such acquisition and not incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that the encumbrances or restrictions in any such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, extensions, supplements, refundings, replacements, or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those in effect at the time of the acquisition, (4) that restrict in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is a lease, license, conveyance or contract or similar property or asset, (5) existing by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by the Loan Documents, (6) arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Debt, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of any property or assets of the Company or any Material Subsidiary, (7) existing under, by reason of or with respect to any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the capital stock of, or property and assets of, a Material Subsidiary that restrict distributions by that Material Subsidiary pending such sale or other disposition, (8) existing under, by reason of, or with respect to, customary supermajority voting provisions and customary provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property, in each case contained in joint venture, partnership or limited liability company agreements, and (9) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers or lessors or required by insurance, surety or bonding companies, in each case, under contracts, leases or other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, and (10) those with respect to any Lien that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 8.06.
SECTION 8.05 Financial Ratios.
(a) Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company shall not permit the Interest Coverage Ratio, as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company, to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.
(b) Leverage Ratio. The Company shall not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company (i) from the Closing Date through and including December 31, 2014, to be greater than 3.75 to 1.00 and (ii) thereafter, to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that all calculations of, or compliance with, the financial covenants set forth above shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.
SECTION 8.06 Limitation on Liens, Etc.
The Company shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist, any Lien, upon or with respect to any of its properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to assign, any right to receive income, in each case to secure any Debt of any Person or entity, other than the following (“Permitted Liens”):
(a) Liens existing on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.06 hereto;
(b) Liens arising in connection with the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary under industrial revenue bonds;
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(c) Liens on assets of a Subsidiary of a Loan Party to secure Debt of such Subsidiary to any Loan Party;
(d) Purchase money Liens claimed by sellers of goods on ordinary trade terms provided that no financing statement has been filed to perfect such Liens, and provided that no such Lien shall extend to assets of any character other than the goods being acquired;
(e) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business not prohibited by this Agreement;
(f) Liens securing Debt on property of a corporation or firm (or division thereof) that becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof in accordance with Section 8.02 and existing at the time such corporation is merged or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary, at the time such corporation or firm (or division thereof) becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or at the time of a sale, lease or other disposition of the properties of a corporation or a firm (or division thereof) as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or a Subsidiary, provided that such Liens were not created in contemplation of such merger, consolidation, acquisition, sale, lease or disposition and do not extend to assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or such Subsidiary or acquired by the Company or such Subsidiary and such Debt was permitted by Section 8.01(e);
(g) Liens on life insurance policies owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, securing Insurance Policy Debt;
(h) (i) pledges or deposits by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or other social security legislation, and deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under related insurance or self-insurance arrangements, (ii) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business securing insurance premiums or reimbursement obligations under insurance policies related to the items specified in the foregoing clause (i), or (iii) obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees that have been posted by such Person to support the payment of the items set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (h);
(i) (i) deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for borrowed money) or Leases to which such Person is a party, (ii) deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, (iii) deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, and (iv) obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees that have been posted by such Person to support the payment of items set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of this clause (i);
(j) Liens consisting of pledges or deposits of cash or securities made by such Person as a condition to obtaining or maintaining any licenses issued to it by, or to satisfy other similar requirements of, any applicable Governmental Authority;
(k) Liens imposed by law, such as (i) carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ materialmen’s, landlords’, or repairmen’s Liens, or (ii) other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business securing obligations which are not overdue by more than 60 days or which if more than 60 days overdue, the period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(l) Liens arising out of judgments or awards not constituting an Event of Default;
(m) Liens for property taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings (and as to which all foreclosures and other enforcement proceedings shall have been fully bonded or otherwise effectively stayed);
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(n) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for rights of way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or other restrictions or encumbrances as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which do not in the aggregate materially impair their use in the ordinary operation of the business of such Person;
(o) Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by virtue of any contractual, statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies covering deposit or securities accounts (including funds or other assets credited thereto and pooling and netting arrangements) or other funds maintained with a depository institution or securities intermediary;
(p) any zoning, building or similar laws or rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority;
(q) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings under applicable law) regarding Leases entered into by such Person;
(r) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;
(s) Purchase money Liens constituting the interest of a lessor under a lease that would be capitalized on the lessee’s balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, or under a sale-leaseback transaction, in each case relating to equipment, provided that after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis, no Event of Default under Section 8.05 shall exist and the related Debt was permitted under Section 8.01(g);
(t) Any extension, renewal or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals or replacements) in whole or in part of any Liens referred to in the foregoing clause (a); provided that the principal amount of Debt secured thereby shall not exceed the principal amount of Debt so secured at the time of such extension, renewal or replacement, plus accrued interest, plus any premium or other payment required to be paid in connection with such refinancing, plus, in either case, the amount of fees and reasonable expenses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries incurred in connection with such refinancing, and that such extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or a part of the property which is subject to the Lien so extended, renewed or replaced (plus improvements on such property);
(u) Liens securing the Secured Obligations and pari passu Liens securing Debt incurred pursuant to Section 8.01(i) so long as if such Debt is not under the Loan Documents or a Secured Cash Management Agreement or a Secured Hedge Agreement such Liens are subject to an Intercreditor Agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and Liens securing Debt at Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors that is incurred pursuant to Section 8.01(i) if such Liens are solely on non-Guarantor assets;
(v) Liens consisting of licenses of Intellectual Property to third parties; and
(w) additional Liens so long as the aggregate principal outstanding amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $10,000,000 at any time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Liens securing Debt pursuant to clause (i) of the definition thereof may be incurred on Intellectual Property, Equity Interests, Real Property, or Equipment or Fixtures (each of such two terms as defined under the UCC) in each case owned by the Company or its Domestic Subsidiaries, other than Liens (x) pursuant to clause (u) above and (y) pursuant to clauses (a), (b), (d), (f), (s), and (t) above on Equipment or Fixtures.
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SECTION 8.07 Merger; Sale of Assets.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, merge or consolidate with or into any other Person, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter required), except:
(a) the Company or a Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into any other Person; provided that, if the Company or a Designated Borrower is a party to such merger or consolidation, the Company or such Designated Borrower is the surviving entity and if a Guarantor is a party to such merger or consolidation a Guarantor is the surviving entity;
(b) any Subsidiary that is a Designated Borrower may sell or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets to, the Company or a Guarantor, and any Subsidiary that is not a Designated Borrower may sell or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets to any other Person;
provided that (i) after giving effect to such merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist, and (ii) in the case of a transaction involving a Subsidiary, the assets to be sold or conveyed do not constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and
(c) the Company or a Subsidiary may consummate Permitted Acquisitions not involving a merger of the Company.
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 8.07 shall prohibit the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to make Investments not prohibited by Section 8.02, to make Restricted Payment not prohibited by Section 8.03 or to consummate Dispositions not prohibited by Section 8.10.
SECTION 8.08 Conduct of Business.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, engage in any line of business other than (A) the businesses engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof, (B) the businesses of media, business services or business outsourcing and (C) any business or activities substantially similar or related thereto (which shall include other businesses related to the handling and/or distribution of data used or processed in the businesses engaged in by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the date hereof).
SECTION 8.09 Transactions with Affiliates.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Company, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Company or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to (a) transactions for fair market value of less than $25,000,000, (b) transactions between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries, (c) entering into employment and severance arrangements with directors, officers and employees and (d) Restricted Payments not prohibited under Section 8.03.
For purposes of this Section 8.09, any transaction with any Affiliate shall be deemed to have satisfied the standard set forth in the language preceding the proviso in this Section 8.09 if such transaction has been approved by the board of directors of the Company or Subsidiary of the Company, as applicable.
SECTION 8.10 Dispositions.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:
(a) Dispositions by the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Section 8.10; provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
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or would result from such Disposition, and (ii) the aggregate book value of all property Disposed of in reliance on this clause (a) (x) in any fiscal year shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (y) shall not exceed 35% of Consolidated Total Assets (as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year, but tested only at incurrence) in the aggregate over the life of this Agreement and (iii) if on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Disposition, the Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.50 to 1.00, at least 75% of the purchase price for such asset shall be paid to the Borrower or its Subsidiary in cash, provided, that (1) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) during the term of this Agreement, not in excess of $250 million, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value, shall be deemed cash and (2) any liabilities or obligations that are assumed by the transferee in connection with such Disposition shall be deemed cash and any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from the transferee or Affiliates in connection with such Disposition shall be deemed cash if the Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary intends at the time of receipt to convert such securities, notes or other obligations to cash within one year of receipt thereof (with the proceeds thereof being Net Cash Proceeds upon any such conversion); provided, further that any such Disposition shall be for fair market value;
(b) Dispositions of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired;
(c) Dispositions of current assets in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of Permitted Investments;
(d) Dispositions of property by any Subsidiary to a Borrower or to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Guarantor, the transferee thereof must either be a Borrower or a Guarantor;
(e) Dispositions of property that is no longer to be used in Borrowers’ or their Subsidiaries’ business;
(f) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 8.03;
(g) Dispositions of Intellectual Property or other intangible assets, including through licensing or cross-licensing of Intellectual Property or the abandonment, cancellation or disposition of Intellectual Property;
(h) the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Equity Interest to the Borrowers or any Guarantor;
(i) the leasing, occupancy agreements or sub-leasing of property that would not materially interfere with the required use of such property by the Borrowers or their Subsidiaries;
(j) the sale or discount of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof (and not as part of any financing of receivables);
(k) Involuntary Dispositions to the extent Section 2.05(b)(iii) is complied with;
(l) Dispositions of Investments to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the holders of Equity Interests pursuant to shareholders’ or joint venture agreements or similar arrangements; and
(m) Dispositions over the life of this Agreement constituting no more than 5% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the prior fiscal year at the time of any such Disposition may be disposed of through an exchange or swap for similar property (including assumption of liabilities or obligations in connection therewith) useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of comparable fair market value.
SECTION 8.11 No Liens in Reliance on Indenture Threshold Amount. The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, grant or create any mortgage or enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction (as defined in each Indenture) that is permitted by reliance on the Indenture Threshold Amount (as defined in
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the Security Agreement) or that reduces the Indenture Threshold Amount except for mortgages in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties; provided, that the foregoing covenant shall cease to apply on the date on which Section 406 or 1006, as applicable, and 407 or 1007, as applicable, in all of the Indentures shall cease to be in effect with respect to any Indebtedness thereunder in accordance with the terms of each Indenture, including as a result of covenant defeasance. The Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, (i) take any action that would require the Loan Parties or any Subsidiary to grant or create any Lien securing any Indebtedness under each Indenture (which for the avoidance of doubt shall not include Indebtedness under other indentures refinancing any such Indebtedness) or (ii) voluntarily grant or create any such Lien.
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 9.01 Events of Default.
If one or more of the following events (“Events of Default”) shall have occurred and be continuing:
(a) A Borrower or other Loan Party shall fail to pay when due any installment of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation or deposit any funds as cash collateral in respect of L/C Obligations required to be made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; or
(b) A Borrower or other Loan Party shall fail to pay any fee under this Agreement, or any installment of interest on any Loan, within five (5) days after the due date thereof; or
(c) Any written representation or warranty, certification or statement made or deemed made by a Borrower or other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or
(d) The Company or other Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe (i) any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 7.02(a), (b) or (e), 7.03, 7.04, 7.05, or 7.06 or Article VIII (ii) any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, other than as otherwise provided in this Section 9.01, on its part to be performed or observed if such failure in the case of this clause (ii) shall remain unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Company by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or
(e) The Company or any Material Subsidiary shall fail to pay any principal of or premium or interest on any Debt, any obligations in respect of acceptances, letters of credit or other similar instruments, of the Company or such Material Subsidiary which is outstanding in a principal amount of at least $100,000,000 in the aggregate (but excluding Debt arising under this Agreement), when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt or other obligation; or any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt or other obligation and shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Debt or other obligation; or any Debt or other such obligation in which the outstanding principal exceeds $100,000,000 shall be otherwise declared to be due and payable (by acceleration or otherwise) or required to be prepaid, redeemed, defeased or otherwise repurchased by the Company or any Material Subsidiary (other than by a regularly-scheduled required prepayment), or any offer to prepay, redeem, defease or purchase such Debt shall be required to be made, prior to the stated maturity thereof; or there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which Company or any Material Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) and, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Company or such Material Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $100,000,000; or
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(f) (i) The Company or any Material Subsidiary (A) shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or (B) shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or (C) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Company or any Material Subsidiary seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property, and in the event of any such proceeding instituted against the Company or any Material Subsidiary (but not instituted by it), such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days or shall result in the entry of an order for relief, the appointment of a trustee or receiver, or other action in such proceeding or result adverse to the Company or such Material Subsidiary, as applicable; (iii) the Company or any Material Subsidiary shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this subsection (f)(i)(B), (i)(C) or (ii); or
(g) Any Person, or a group of Persons acting in concert, shall at any time acquire beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock of the Company representing 35% or more of the combined voting power of all Voting Stock of the Company; or
(h) (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or the PBGC that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any payment or payments, in an aggregate amount in excess of $100,000,000, with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan; or
(i) One or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money, in an aggregate amount exceeding $100,000,000 at any one time outstanding (exclusive of judgment amounts fully covered by insurance, to the extent the insurer has admitted liability in respect thereof), shall be rendered against the Company or any Material Subsidiary and either (i) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order, or (ii) such judgments or orders shall not be discharged (or provision shall not have been made for such discharge), a stay of execution thereof shall not be obtained, or such judgments or orders shall not be paid or bonded, within 60 days from the date of entry thereof, and the Company or such Material Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall not, within such 60-day period, appeal therefrom and cause the execution thereof to be stayed pending such appeal; or
(j) Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or the Company or any Loan Party contests the validity or enforceability of any material provision of any Loan Document; or the Company or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any material provision of any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any material provision of any Loan Document; or
(k) Any Collateral Document after delivery thereof pursuant to Section 2.05 or 7.11 shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof) cease to create a valid and perfected first priority Lien (in the case of Mortgaged Property, subject to Permitted Encumbrances and in the case of all other Collateral, subject to Permitted Liens) on the Collateral purported to be covered thereby; provided that it shall not be an Event of Default under this clause (k) if the Administrative Agent shall not have, or shall cease to have, a valid and perfected first priority Lien on Collateral purported to be covered thereby that has a fair market value, individually or in the aggregate, of less than $50,000,000.
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SECTION 9.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default.
If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders, take any or all of the following actions:
(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of any L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;
(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Company;
(c) require that the Company cash collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and
(d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers under the Loan Documents or applicable law or equity;
provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Company or any Material Subsidiary under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Advances and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Company to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
SECTION 9.03 Application of Funds.
After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02),
(a) any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:
First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuers and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;
Third, to payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings (and similar amounts with respect to Secured Cash Management Agreements under clause (x) of the definition of Cash Management Agreement), ratably among the applicable Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them;
Fourth, to (a) payment of that portion of the Secured Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, L/C Borrowings and Secured Obligations then owing under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements and (b) Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit (and similar amounts with respect to Secured Cash Management Agreements under clause (x) of the definition of Cash Management Agreement), ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts held by them; and
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Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Company or as otherwise required by law.
Subject to Section 2.03(d), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fourth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Secured Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Secured Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be. Each Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article X hereof for itself and its Affiliates as if a “Lender” party hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, amount received on account of the Secured Obligations from a given Loan Party or its assets may only be used to satisfy the Secured Obligations that such Loan Party has obligated itself for (pursuant to pledge, guaranty or otherwise) pursuant to the Loan Documents.
ARTICLE X
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
SECTION 10.01 Appointment and Authority.
Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, and no Borrower or other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Hedge Bank and a potential Cash Management Bank) and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Secured Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto (including, for the avoidance of doubt, exercising any discretion under Section 7.11 or otherwise). In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article X and Article XI (including Section 11.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.
SECTION 10.02 Rights as a Lender.
The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires,
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include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
SECTION 10.03 Exculpatory Provisions.
The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and
(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 9.02 and 11.01) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Company, a Lender or an L/C Issuer.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.04 Reliance by Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the applicable L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may
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consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
SECTION 10.05 Delegation of Duties.
The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
SECTION 10.06 Resignation of Administrative Agent.
The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Company. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Company, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Company and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and each L/C Issuer directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Company to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Company and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 10.07 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.
Each Lender and each L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each
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Lender and each L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
SECTION 10.08 No Other Duties; Etc.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the bookrunners, arrangers, syndication agents, documentation agents or co-agents shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or L/C Issuer hereunder.
SECTION 10.09 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on any Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Secured Obligations arising under the Loan Documents that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(i) and (j), 2.09 and 11.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and each L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 11.04.
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or any L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Secured Obligations or the rights of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or any L/C Issuer in any such proceeding.
SECTION 10.10 Collateral and Guaranty Matters.
Each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Cash Management Bank and a potential Hedge Bank) and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Revolving Commitments and payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than (A) contingent indemnification obligations and (B) obligations and liabilities under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the
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L/C Issuer shall have been made), (ii) that is sold or to be sold to a Person that is not a Loan Party as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 11.01;
(b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty and the Security Agreement if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder; and
(c) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted superior to the Lien of the applicable Collateral Documents by Section 8.06.
Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 10.10. In each case as specified in this Section 10.10, the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrowers’ expense and upon receipt of any certifications reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 10.10.
SECTION 10.11 Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements.
No Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 9.03, the Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty or any Collateral Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article X to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Secured Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Secured Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.
SECTION 10.12 Withholding Tax.
To the extent required by any applicable laws, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender or L/C Issuer an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 3.01, each Lender and L/C Issuer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender or L/C Issuer for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender or L/C Issuer failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender or L/C Issuer by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 10.12. The agreements in this Section 10.12 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or L/C Issuer, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01 Amendments, Etc.
No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Company or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Company or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, further, that
(a) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:
(i) extend or increase the Commitment of a Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 9.02) without the written consent of such Lender whose Commitment is being extended or increased (it being understood and agreed that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 5.02 or of any Default or a mandatory reduction in Commitments is not considered an extension or increase in Commitments of any Lender);
(ii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment (excluding mandatory prepayments) of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) or any scheduled reduction of the Commitments hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such payment or whose Commitments are to be reduced;
(iii) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (i) of the final proviso to this Section 11.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender entitled to receive such amount; provided, however, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or waive any obligation of any Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate;
(iv) change Section 9.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(v) change any provision of this Section 11.01(a) or the definition of “Required Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(vi) amend Section 1.06 or the definition of “Alternative Currency” without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(vii) release the Company from its Obligations hereunder, including those Obligations under Article IV, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(viii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions (it being understood that a transaction or series of related transactions that is not prohibited by Section 8.10 shall not constitute the release of all or substantially all of the Collateral) without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(ix) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty, without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 10.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or
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(x) subordinate the Obligations or, except as expressly permitted hereunder, the Liens securing them without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
(b) unless also signed by the applicable L/C Issuer, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of such L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it;
(c) unless also signed by the Administrative Agent, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document;
provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (i) the Bank of America Engagement Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto, (ii) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein and (iii) the Required Lenders shall determine whether or not to allow a Borrower to use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding and such determination shall be binding on all of the Lenders. In addition, in the event term loans are added to this Agreement a majority in interest of the revolving Lenders shall be required to consent to any waiver or change affecting borrowing conditions for Revolving Loans or affecting the revolving Lenders adversely with respect to payments in a manner differently than that affecting term loan lenders.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, any Loan Document may be waived, amended, supplemented or modified pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Company and the Administrative Agent (without the consent of any Lender) solely to cure a defect or error, or to grant a new Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties or extend an existing Lien over additional property.
SECTION 11.02 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.
(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:
(i) if to the Company or any other Borrower, the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 11.02; and
(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Company).
Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).
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(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Company may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.
Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of any Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to any Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).
(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuers may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Company, the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable law, including United States Federal and state securities laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.
(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuers and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of any Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified
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herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of any Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.
SECTION 11.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.
No failure by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including the imposition of the Default Rate) preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Borrowers or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 9.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the L/C Issuers; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the applicable L/C Issuer from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 11.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.
SECTION 11.04 Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver.
(a) Costs and Expenses. The Company shall pay (i) all reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, restatements, modifications or waivers (or any proposed amendments, restatements, modifications or waivers) of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the L/C Issuers in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer) in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.
(b) Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and
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all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket related expenses (including the reasonable, documented fees, charges and disbursements (A) one primary counsel for all Indemnitees in any one action and (B) one local counsel in each applicable jurisdiction unless, in each case, in the reasonable opinion of such counsel representation of all Indemnitees would be inappropriate due to the existence of an actual or potential conflict of interest owed to any unaffiliated third party) that may be incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by any Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 3.01), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the applicable L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Action related in any way to a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by any Borrower or any other Loan Party or by any such persons directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by any Borrower against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith or a material breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if such Borrower has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Company for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by them to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), an L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or an L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d).
(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no Borrower shall assert, and each Borrower hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten Business Days after demand therefor.
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(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent and any L/C Issuer, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.
SECTION 11.05 Payments Set Aside.
To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect, in the applicable currency of such recovery or payment. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b) of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.06 Successors and Assigns.
(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b), participations in L/C Obligations) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts.
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the related Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B) in any case not described in subsection (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $10,000,000 (and in increments of not less than $1,000,000 in excess thereof) unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably
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withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single assignee (or to an assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.
(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s Loans and Commitments, and rights and obligations with respect thereto, assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations in respect of its Revolving Commitment (and the related Revolving Loans thereunder) on a non-pro rata basis;
(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by subsection (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:
(A) the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;
(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of the Commitment subject to such assignment, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender; and
(C) the consent of the L/C Issuers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding).
(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.
(v) No Assignment to Company. No such assignment shall be made to (A) the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing persons described in this clause (B) or (C) a natural person.
(vi) In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Company and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.
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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 11.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, each Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive (absent manifest error), and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers and any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, any Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the other Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (i) through (vii) of Section 11.01(a) that affects such Participant. Subject to subsection (e) of this Section, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections and Section 3.06). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.08 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.
Each Lender that sells participations, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of all of such Lender’s Participants and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents. The entries in the participant register shall be conclusive (absent manifest error), and the Borrower and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the participant register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Participant for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary; provided that no Lender shall have the obligation to disclose all or a portion of the participant register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Loans or other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person expect to the extent that such disclosure is necessary in connection with a Tax audit or other proceeding to establish that any loans are in registered form for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
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(e) Limitation on Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, except to the extent that the Participant’s right to a greater payment results from a Change in Law after the Participant became a Participant.
(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment (or any foreclosure with respect thereto) shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
(g) Resignation as L/C Issuer after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Revolving Commitment and Revolving Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon thirty days’ notice to the Company and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer or, the Company shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by the Company to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer, as the case may be. If Bank of America resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(d)). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer, (1) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer, and (2) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.
SECTION 11.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.
Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to become a Lender pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or 2.17(d) or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Company and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Company, (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Company, or (i) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to any Person to whom or for whose benefit that such Lender pledges or assigns a security interest pursuant to Section 11.06(f).
For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from a Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by such Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from a Borrower or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
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Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Company or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.
SECTION 11.08 Set-off.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, after obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, such L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of such Borrower or such Loan Party (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the obligations of the Company in its capacity as Guarantor) now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of such Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or such L/C Issuer different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided, that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, the L/C Issuers and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the L/C Issuers or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and the L/C Issuers agree to notify the Company and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.
SECTION 11.09 Interest Rate Limitation.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable law (the “Maximum Rate”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Company. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.
SECTION 11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
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SECTION 11.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties.
All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.
SECTION 11.12 Severability.
If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 11.12, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Issuers, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.
SECTION 11.13 Replacement of Lenders.
If (i) any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, (ii) any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, (iii) a Lender (a “Non-Consenting Lender”) does not consent to a proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination with respect to any Loan Document that has been approved by the Required Lenders as provided in Section 11.01 but requires unanimous consent of all Lenders or all Lenders directly affected thereby (as applicable), (iv) a Lender does not consent to a proposed Designated Borrower pursuant to Section 2.14, (v) a Lender does not approve another Alternative Currency requested by the Company, or (vi) any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:
(a) the Company shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 11.06(b);
(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;
(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable laws; and
(e) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Non-Consenting Lender’s failure to consent to a proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination with respect to any Loan Document under subclause (iii) above, the applicable replacement bank, financial institution or Fund consents to the proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination;
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provided, further, that the failure by such Lender to execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption shall not impair the validity of the removal of such Lender and the mandatory assignment of such Non-Consenting Lender’s Commitments and outstanding Loans and participations in L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 11.13 shall nevertheless be effective without the execution by such Lender of an Assignment and Assumption.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
SECTION 11.14 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.
(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT (OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED IN ANY MORTGAGE WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF), OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING WITH RESPECT TO COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS (INCLUDING FINANCING STATEMENTS) GOVERNED BY LAWS OTHER THAN THOSE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY FILE ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS RELATED TO SUCH COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS IN ANY COURT IN THE STATE WHOSE LAWS GOVERN SUCH COLLATERAL DOCUMENT AND ALL PARTIES HERETO CONSENT TO EACH SUCH COURT’S JURISDICTION.
(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
SECTION 11.15 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS
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REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 11.16 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.
In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each of the Loan Parties acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers, are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers, on the other hand, (B) each of the Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) each of the Loan Parties is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger or Lender has any obligation to any Loan Party or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger or Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Loan Parties hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.
SECTION 11.17 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.
The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
SECTION 11.18 USA PATRIOT Act Notice.
Each Lender that is subject to the USA PATRIOT Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of each Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Loan Party in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act. Each Loan Party shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act.
SECTION 11.19 California Judicial Reference.
If any action or proceeding is filed in a court of the State of California by or against any party hereto in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (a) the court
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shall, and is hereby directed to, make a general reference pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure Section 638 to a referee (who shall be a single active or retired judge) to hear and determine all of the issues in such action or proceeding (whether of fact or of law) and to report a statement of decision, provided that at the option of any party to such proceeding, any such issues pertaining to a “provisional remedy” as defined in California Code of Civil Procedure Section 1281.8 shall be heard and determined by the court, and (b) without limiting the generality of Section 11.04, the Borrower shall be solely responsible to pay all fees and expenses of any referee appointed in such action or proceeding.
SECTION 11.20 Judgment Currency.
If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of each Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from any Borrower in the Agreement Currency, such Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to such Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable law).
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
BORROWER: | X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, | |||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Vice President and Treasurer | ||||||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY |
GUARANTORS: | XXXXX CORPORATION, | |||||
a Wisconsin corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
XXXXX XXXXXXX NORTH AMERICA, INC., | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
OFFICETIGER HOLDINGS INC., | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
XX XXXXXXXXX FINANCIAL, INC., | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX RECEIVABLES, INC., | ||||||
a Nevada corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
RRD DUTCH HOLDCO, INC., | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
RRD SECAUCUS FINANCIAL, INC, | ||||||
a New York corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer |
XXX XXXXXXXX CORPORATION, | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
XXX XXXXXXXX HOLDINGS INC., | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Treasurer | ||||||
X. X . XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY |
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT: | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | |||||
as Administrative Agent | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx | ||||||
Title: Vice President | ||||||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY |
LENDERS: | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | |||||
as a Lender and L/C Issuer | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxx | |||||
Name: Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxx | ||||||
Title: Director | ||||||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY |
CITIBANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx | ||
Title: Director | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
XX XXXXXX XXXXX BANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
XXXXX FARGO BANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
ING BANK, N.V., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Diederik Sluijs | |
Name: Diederik Sluijs | ||
Title: Director | ||
By: | /s/ Caja Oudemans | |
Name: Caja Oudemans | ||
Title: Director | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
FIFTH THIRD BANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | |
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xx. | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
TD BANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Second Vice President | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK, N.A., as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
THE GOVERNOR AND COMPANY OF THE BANK OF IRELAND, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title: Authorised Signatory | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||
Title: Authorised Signatory | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
COMERICA BANK, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
ASSOCIATED BANK, as a Lender | ||
By: | /s/ J. Xxxx Xxxxxxx | |
Name: J. Xxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: Senior Vice President | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY CREDIT AGREEMENT |
Exhibit 2.02
FORM OF LOAN NOTICE
Date: ,
To: | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The undersigned hereby requests on behalf of itself or, if applicable, the Borrowing Subsidiary in item 6 below (the “Borrowing Subsidiary”) (select one):
¨ | A Borrowing of Revolving Loans |
¨ | A conversion or continuation of Revolving Loans |
1. | On (a Business Day). |
2. | In the amount of $ 1 |
3. | Comprised of 2 |
[Type of Loan requested]
4. | For Eurocurrency Rate Loans: with an Interest Period of . |
5. | Applicable Currency: 3 |
6. | On behalf of [if applicable, insert name of Designated Borrower]. |
[With respect to such Borrowing, the Company hereby represents and warrants that such request complies with the requirements of Section 2.01 of the Credit Agreement. Upon the acceptance by the Borrower of the proceeds of such Borrowing, the Company shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that the conditions to lending specified in Section 5.02 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied or waived.]
1 | Minimum amounts of (a) $5,000,000 and a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (b) $1,000,000 and a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, in the case of Base Rate Loans. |
2 | Select Eurocurrency Rate or Base Rate, as appropriate. |
3 | Select Dollars, Euros, Sterling, Yen or Canadian Dollars (or such other currency that has been approved pursuant to Section 1.06 of the Credit Agreement), as appropriate. |
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title |
Exhibit 2.11(a)
FORM OF NOTE
, 20
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns (the “Lender”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of each Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in the applicable currency in Same Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office for such currency. If any amount is not paid in full when due hereunder, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid upon demand, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note shall become, or may be declared to be, immediately due and payable all as provided in the Agreement. Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach schedules to this Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.
The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
[X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, | ||
a Delaware corporation]/ | ||
[APPLICABLE DESIGNATED BORROWER] | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Exhibit 2.14(a)
FORM OF DESIGNATED BORROWER
REQUEST AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
Date: ,
To: | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement is made and delivered pursuant to Section 2.14 of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, and reference is made thereto for full particulars of the matters described therein. All capitalized terms used in this Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Each of (the “Additional Designated Borrower”) and the Company hereby confirms, represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that the Additional Designated Borrower is a Subsidiary of the Company.
The documents required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent under Section 2.14 of the Credit Agreement have been or will be furnished to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement.
The parties hereto hereby confirm that with effect from the Effective Date (as defined below), the Additional Designated Borrower shall have the rights, obligations, duties and liabilities toward each of the other parties to the Credit Agreement identical to those which the Additional Designated Borrower would have had if the Additional Designated Borrower had been an original party to the Credit Agreement as a Borrower. The Additional Designated Borrower confirms its acceptance of, and consents to, all representations and warranties, covenants, and other terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement.
The Company acknowledges and confirms its obligations as a Guarantor of the Designated Borrower Obligations incurred by the Additional Designated Borrower under the Credit Agreement.
The parties hereto hereby request that the Additional Designated Borrower be entitled to receive Loans under the Credit Agreement, and understand, acknowledge and agree that neither the Additional Designated Borrower nor the Company on its behalf shall have any right to request any Loans for the Additional Designated Borrower’s account until the date two Business Days after the effective date designated by the Administrative Agent in a Designated Borrower Notice delivered to the Company and the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.14(a) of the Credit Agreement (the “Effective Date”).
[The Additional Designated Borrower irrevocably designates and appoints the Company, as its authorized agent, to accept and acknowledge on its behalf, service of any and all process which may be served in any suit, action or proceeding in connection with its capacity as an Additional Designated Borrower. The Company hereby represents, warrants and confirms that the Company has agreed to accept such appointment. Said designation and appointment shall be irrevocable by the Additional
Designated Borrower until all Obligations payable by the Additional Designated Borrower shall have been paid in full in accordance with the provisions hereof and the Additional Designated Borrower shall have been terminated as a Borrower hereunder. The Additional Designated Borrower hereby consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by service of process upon the Company as provided in Section 11.14(d) of the Credit Agreement. The Additional Designated Borrower irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all claim of error by reason of any such service in such manner and agrees that such service shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Additional Designated Borrower in any suit, action or proceeding and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be taken and held to be valid and personal service upon personal delivery to the Additional Designated Borrower.]1
This Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.
THIS DESIGNATED BORROWER REQUEST AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
1 | Such language to be included only in the case of a foreign Additional Designated Borrower. |
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Designated Borrower Request and Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
[ADDITIONAL DESIGNATED BORROWER] | ||
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
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X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation | ||
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
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Exhibit 2.14(b)
FORM OF DESIGNATED BORROWER NOTICE
Date: ,
To: | X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY and |
[applicable Designated Borrower]
The Lenders party to the Credit Agreement referred to below
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This Designated Borrower Notice is made and delivered pursuant to Section 2.14 of that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer, and reference is made thereto for full particulars of the matters described therein. All capitalized terms used in this Designated Borrower Notice and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
The Administrative Agent hereby notifies the Company and the Lenders that (i) effective as of the date hereof (the “Effective Date”) [ ] (the “Subsidiary”) shall be a Designated Borrower and all the Lenders have previously consented to such designation and (ii) that after two Business Days from the Effective Date the Subsidiary, or the Company on its behalf, may receive Loans for its account on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement.
This Designated Borrower Notice shall constitute a Loan Document under the Credit Agreement.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | ||
as Administrative Agent | ||
By: |
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Name: |
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Title: |
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Exhibit 3.01(e)-1
FORM OF NON-BANK CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 12, 2012 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) (the “Credit Agreement”), among X. X. Xxxxxxxxx & Sons Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto, as guarantors, each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall furnish the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which payment is to be made by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
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[Foreign Lender] | ||||
By: |
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Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
[Address] |
Dated: , 20[ ]
Exhibit 3.01(e)-2
FORM OF NON-BANK CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 12, 2012 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) (the “Credit Agreement”), among X. X. Xxxxxxxxx & Sons Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto, as guarantors, each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of 3.01(e) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its direct or indirect partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) and IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
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[Foreign Lender] | ||||
By: |
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Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
[Address] |
Dated: , 20[ ]
Exhibit 3.01(e)-3
FORM OF NON-BANK CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 12, 2012 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) (the “Credit Agreement”), among X. X. Xxxxxxxxx & Sons Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto, as guarantors, each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) and Section 11.06(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (iv) it is not a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (v) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
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[Foreign Participant] | ||||
By: |
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Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
[Address] |
Dated: , 20[ ]
Exhibit 3.01(e)-4
FORM OF NON-BANK CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Treated As Partnerships For
U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 12, 2012 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time) (the “Credit Agreement”), among X. X. Xxxxxxxxx & Sons Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the subsidiaries of the Borrower party thereto, as guarantors, each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01(e) and Section 11.06(d) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code, and (vi) no payments in connection with any Loan Document are effectively connected with the undersigned’s or its direct or indirect partners/members’ conduct of a U.S. trade or business.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) and IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding each such payment.
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[Foreign Participant] | ||
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[Address] |
Dated: , 20[ ]
Exhibit 5.01(a)(iii)
SECURITY AGREEMENT
By
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY,
as Borrower
and
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of October 15, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
PREAMBLE |
1 | |||||
RECITALS |
1 | |||||
AGREEMENT |
2 | |||||
ARTICLE I | ||||||
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | ||||||
SECTION 1.1. |
DEFINITIONS |
2 | ||||
SECTION 1.2. |
INTERPRETATION |
6 | ||||
SECTION 1.3. |
RESOLUTION OF DRAFTING AMBIGUITIES |
6 | ||||
SECTION 1.4. |
PERFECTION CERTIFICATE |
6 | ||||
ARTICLE II | ||||||
GRANT OF SECURITY AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS | ||||||
SECTION 2.1. |
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST |
7 | ||||
SECTION 2.2. |
FILINGS |
8 | ||||
ARTICLE III | ||||||
PERFECTION; SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES; USE OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
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SECTION 3.1. |
DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATED SECURITIES COLLATERAL |
9 | ||||
SECTION 3.2. |
PERFECTION OF UNCERTIFICATED SECURITIES COLLATERAL |
10 | ||||
SECTION 3.3. |
FINANCING STATEMENTS AND OTHER FILINGS; MAINTENANCE OF PERFECTED SECURITY INTEREST |
10 | ||||
SECTION 3.4. |
OTHER ACTIONS |
11 | ||||
SECTION 3.5. |
JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS |
13 | ||||
SECTION 3.6. |
SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES |
13 | ||||
ARTICLE IV | ||||||
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS | ||||||
SECTION 4.1. |
TITLE |
14 |
SECTION 4.2. | VALIDITY OF SECURITY INTEREST |
14 | ||||
SECTION 4.3. |
DEFENSE OF CLAIMS; TRANSFERABILITY OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
15 | ||||
SECTION 4.4. |
OTHER FINANCING STATEMENTS |
15 | ||||
SECTION 4.5. |
DUE AUTHORIZATION AND ISSUANCE |
15 | ||||
SECTION 4.6. |
CONSENTS, ETC. |
15 | ||||
SECTION 4.7. |
PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
16 | ||||
SECTION 4.8. |
INSURANCE |
16 | ||||
ARTICLE V | ||||||
CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING SECURITIES COLLATERAL | ||||||
SECTION 5.1. |
PLEDGE OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES COLLATERAL |
16 | ||||
SECTION 5.2. |
VOTING RIGHTS; DISTRIBUTIONS; ETC. |
16 | ||||
SECTION 5.3. |
DEFAULTS, ETC. |
18 | ||||
SECTION 5.4. |
CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF PLEDGORS AS ISSUERS AND HOLDERS OF EQUITY INTERESTS |
18 | ||||
ARTICLE VI | ||||||
CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING RECEIVABLES | ||||||
SECTION 6.1. |
MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS |
18 | ||||
SECTION 6.2. |
MODIFICATION OF TERMS, ETC. |
19 | ||||
SECTION 6.3. |
COLLECTION |
19 | ||||
ARTICLE VII | ||||||
TRANSFERS | ||||||
SECTION 7.1. |
TRANSFERS OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
19 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII | ||||||
REMEDIES | ||||||
SECTION 8.1. |
REMEDIES |
20 | ||||
SECTION 8.2. |
NOTICE OF SALE |
21 | ||||
SECTION 8.3. |
WAIVER OF NOTICE AND CLAIMS |
22 | ||||
SECTION 8.4. |
CERTAIN SALES OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL |
22 | ||||
SECTION 8.5. |
NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES |
24 |
ARTICLE IX | ||||||
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS | ||||||
SECTION 9.1. |
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS |
24 | ||||
ARTICLE X | ||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
SECTION 10.1. |
CONCERNING ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
24 | ||||
SECTION 10.2. |
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT MAY PERFORM; ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT |
26 | ||||
SECTION 10.3. |
CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST; ASSIGNMENT |
26 | ||||
SECTION 10.4. |
TERMINATION; RELEASE |
27 | ||||
SECTION 10.5. |
MODIFICATION IN WRITING |
27 | ||||
SECTION 10.6. |
NOTICES |
27 | ||||
SECTION 10.7. |
GOVERNING LAW, CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
28 | ||||
SECTION 10.8. |
SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS |
28 | ||||
SECTION 10.9. |
EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS |
28 | ||||
SECTION 10.10. |
BUSINESS DAYS |
28 | ||||
SECTION 10.11. |
NO CREDIT FOR PAYMENT OF TAXES OR IMPOSITION |
28 | ||||
SECTION 10.12. |
NO CLAIMS AGAINST ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
28 | ||||
SECTION 10.13. |
NO RELEASE |
28 | ||||
SECTION 10.14. |
OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE |
29 | ||||
SIGNATURES |
S-1 |
EXHIBIT 1 |
Form of Issuer’s Acknowledgment |
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EXHIBIT 2 |
Form of Securities Pledge Amendment |
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EXHIBIT 3 |
Form of Joinder Agreement |
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of October 15, 2012 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof, this “Agreement”) made by X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), and each of the other entities (other than the Administrative Agent) listed on the signature pages hereof or that becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 3.5 or otherwise (the “Guarantors”), as pledgors, assignors and debtors (the Borrower, together with the Guarantors, in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, the “Pledgors,” and each, a “Pledgor”), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), as pledgee, assignee and secured party (in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”).
R E C I T A L S :
A. The Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the lending institutions listed therein have, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, entered into that certain credit agreement, dated as of October 15, 2012 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; which term shall also include and refer to any increase in the amount of indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and any refinancing or replacement of the Credit Agreement (whether under a bank facility, securities offering or otherwise) or one or more successor or replacement facilities whether or not with a different group of agents or lenders (whether under a bank facility, securities offering or otherwise) and whether or not with different obligors upon the Administrative Agent’s acknowledgment of the termination of the predecessor Credit Agreement).
B. Each Guarantor has, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, unconditionally guaranteed the Secured Obligations.
C. The Borrower and each Guarantor will receive substantial benefits from the execution, delivery and performance of the obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each is, therefore, willing to enter into this Agreement.
D. This Agreement is given by each Pledgor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure the payment and performance of all of the Secured Obligations.
F. It is a condition to (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans under the Credit Agreement, (ii) the obligations of the L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit and (iii) the performance of the obligations of the Secured Parties under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements that each Pledgor execute and deliver the applicable Loan Documents, including this Agreement.
A G R E E M E N T :
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Pledgor and the Administrative Agent hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
(a) Unless otherwise defined herein or in the Credit Agreement, capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the UCC shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC; provided that in any event, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC:
“Accounts”; “Account Debtor”; “Bank”; “Chattel Paper”; “Commercial Tort Claim”; “Deposit Account”; “Documents”; “Electronic Chattel Paper”; “General Intangibles”; “Goods”, “Inventory”; “Investment Property”; “Letter-of-Credit Rights”; “Letters of Credit”; “Money”; “Payment Intangibles”; “Proceeds”; “Records”; “Securities Account”; “Supporting Obligations”; and “Tangible Chattel Paper.”
(b) Terms used but not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
(c) The following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Administrative Agent” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
“Borrower” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
“Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Recital A hereof.
“Distributions” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all dividends, cash, options, warrants, rights, instruments, distributions, returns of capital or principal, income, interest, profits and other property, interests (debt or equity) or proceeds, including as a result of a split, revision, reclassification or other like change of the Pledged Securities, from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed to such Pledgor in respect of or in exchange for any or all of the Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes.
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“Excluded Property” shall mean
(a) any permit, license or other right issued or granted by a Governmental Authority to any Pledgor or any contract, agreement, instrument, undertaking or other arrangement to which any Pledgor is a party, in each case, only to the extent and for so long as (i) the terms of such permit, license, right, contract, instrument, undertaking, agreement or arrangement or any requirement of law applicable thereto, prohibit the creation by such Pledgor of a security interest in such permit, license, right, contract, instrument, undertaking, agreement or arrangement in favor of the Administrative Agent (after giving effect to Sections 9-406(d), 9-407(a), 9-408(a) or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) or any other applicable law, or (ii) the grant of a security interest under the Loan Documents (A) would invalidate any underlying right of such Pledgor in such permit, license, right, contract, instrument, undertaking, agreement or arrangement, (B) would give any other party to such permit, license, right, contract, instrument, undertaking, agreement or arrangement the right to terminate its obligations or limit its performance thereunder or (C) is not permitted without consent of a third party (other than a Pledgor);
(b) assets owned by any Pledgor on the date hereof or hereafter acquired and any proceeds thereof that are subject to a purchase money Lien permitted to be incurred pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement to the extent and for so long as (i) the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such purchase money Lien) prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such assets and proceeds, or (ii) the grant of a security interest under the Loan Documents (A) would invalidate any underlying rights of such Pledgor in such assets, (B) would give any other party to such contract or agreement the right to terminate its obligations or limit its performance thereunder or (C) is not permitted without consent of a third party (other than a Pledgor);
(c) any property of a person existing at the time such person is acquired or merged with or into or consolidated with any Pledgor that is subject to a Lien permitted by Section 8.06(b) of the Credit Agreement to the extent and for so long as the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted validly prohibits the creation of any other Lien on such property;
(d) (i) any Equity Interests acquired after the date hereof in accordance with the Credit Agreement if, and to the extent that, and for so long as the grant of such security interest under the Loan Documents would violate applicable law or any Contractual Obligation binding on such Equity Interests at the time of such acquisition (including organization document) or would require the consent of a Governmental Authority and (ii) any property or asset held any Pledgor if, and to the extent that, and for so long as, the creation by such Pledgor of a security interest therein (A) is prohibited pursuant to the terms of any requirement of law applicable thereto, (B) requires the consent of a Governmental Authority or (C) in the case of property or assets acquired after the date hereof (either through direct purchase or
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through the acquisition of the Equity Interests of the Person that owns such property or asset) is prohibited by a Contractual Obligation binding on such property or asset at the time of the acquisition and not entered in connection with such acquisition;
(e) any Equity Interests of a Foreign Subsidiary other than the Pledged Securities;
(f) any Equity Interests of a Domestic Subsidiary to the extent such Equity Interests are owned directly or indirectly by a Foreign Subsidiary;
(g) 35% of the Equity Interests of RRD Financial of New York City, L.L.C.;
(h) the Equity Interests of Solicore, Inc. and Courtcall, LLC;
(i) motor vehicles and any other assets subject to certificates of title; and
(j) Intellectual Property and Margin Stock;
provided, however, that Excluded Property shall not include any Proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Property (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property).
“Guarantors” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
“Indentures” shall mean (1) the Indenture, dated as of November 1, 1990, between the Borrower and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee, as amended or supplemented, (2) the Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2004, between the Borrower and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association, as amended or supplemented, (3) the Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2005, between the Borrower and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association, as amended or supplemented, and (4) the Indenture, dated as of January 3, 2007, between the Borrower and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association, as amended or supplemented.
“Indenture Threshold Amount” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1.
“Instruments” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, all “instruments,” as such term is defined in Article 9, rather than Article 3, of the UCC, and shall include all promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange or acceptances.
“Intercompany Notes” shall mean, with respect to each Pledgor, all intercompany notes described in Schedule 10 to the Perfection Certificate and intercompany notes hereafter acquired by such Pledgor, to the extent representing Debt owed to such Pledgor, and all certificates, instruments or agreements evidencing such intercompany notes, and all assignments, amendments, restatements, supplements, extensions, renewals, replacements or modifications thereof to the extent permitted pursuant to the terms hereof.
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“Perfection Certificate” shall mean that certain perfection certificate dated October 15, 2012, executed and delivered by each Pledgor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and each other Perfection Certificate (which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) executed and delivered by the applicable Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of each Joinder Agreement executed in accordance with Section 3.5 hereof, in each case, as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the Credit Agreement or upon the request of the Administrative Agent.
“Pledge Amendment” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1 hereof.
“Pledged Collateral” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
“Pledged Securities” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Pledgor, in each case other than Excluded Property, (i) the Equity Interests set forth on Schedules 9(a) and 9(b) to the Perfection Certificate, (ii) all options, warrants, rights, agreements and additional Equity Interests of whatever class of any such issuer that is organized in any state of the United States acquired by such Pledgor (including by issuance), together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor relating to such Equity Interests in each such issuer or under any organizational document of each such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such Equity Interests and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary pertaining to such Equity Interests, (iii) all Equity Interests which Equity Interests are hereafter acquired by such Pledgor (including by issuance) and all options, warrants, rights, agreements and additional Equity Interests of whatever class of any such issuer that is organized in any state of the United States acquired by such Pledgor (including by issuance), together with all rights, privileges, authority and powers of such Pledgor relating to such Equity Interests or under any organizational document of any such issuer, and the certificates, instruments and agreements representing such Equity Interests and any and all interest of such Pledgor in the entries on the books of any financial intermediary pertaining to such Equity Interests, from time to time acquired by such Pledgor in any manner, and (iv) all Equity Interests issued in respect of the Equity Interests referred to in clause (ii) or (iii) upon any consolidation or merger of any issuer of such Equity Interests; provided that Pledged Securities shall not include any Equity Interests of a Subsidiary to the extent and for so long as the pledge thereof to the Administrative Agent would constitute an investment of earnings in United States property under Section 956 (or a successor provision) of the Internal Revenue Code, which investment would or could reasonably be expected to trigger an increase in the net income of a United States shareholder of such Subsidiary pursuant to Section 951 (or a successor provision) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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“Pledgor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
“Receivables” shall mean all (i) Accounts, (ii) Chattel Paper, (iii) Payment Intangibles, and (iv) all other rights to payment, whether or not earned by performance, for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered, regardless of how classified under the UCC, together with all of the Pledgors’ rights, if any, in any goods or other property giving rise to such right to payment and all collateral support and Supporting Obligations related thereto and all Records relating thereto.
“Restricted Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1.
“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Collateral” shall mean, collectively, the Pledged Securities, the Intercompany Notes and the Distributions. The actions required to be taken with respect to the Securities Collateral shall be limited by the provisions of Sections 3.1 and 3.2.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s and the Secured Parties’ security interest in any item or portion of the Pledged Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.
SECTION 1.2. Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in the Credit Agreement (including Section 1.02 thereof) shall be applicable to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.3. Resolution of Drafting Ambiguities. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that it was represented by counsel in connection with the execution and delivery hereof, that it and its counsel reviewed and participated in the preparation and negotiation hereof and that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party (i.e., the Administrative Agent) shall not be employed in the interpretation hereof.
SECTION 1.4. Perfection Certificate. The Administrative Agent and each Secured Party agree that the Perfection Certificate and all descriptions of Pledged Collateral, schedules, amendments and supplements thereto are and shall at all times remain a part of this Agreement.e
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ARTICLE II
GRANT OF SECURITY AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS
SECTION 2.1. Grant of Security Interest. As collateral security for the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations, each Pledgor hereby pledges and grants to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security interest in all of the right, title and interest of such Pledgor in, to and under the following property, to the extent any such property consisting of any tangible property, Goods, Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts is located in the United States, and with respect to any intangible property, indebtedness, Instruments, Equity Interests, General Intangibles or Accounts, to the extent owed to, payable to or held by, any Pledgor, in all cases wherever located, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to time (collectively, the “Pledged Collateral”):
(i) | all Accounts; |
(ii) | all Goods and Inventory; |
(iii) | all Documents, Instruments and Chattel Paper; |
(iv) | all Letters of Credit and Letter-of-Credit Rights; |
(v) | all Securities Collateral; |
(vi) | all Investment Property; |
(vii) | the Commercial Tort Claims described on Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate; |
(viii) | all General Intangibles; |
(ix) | all Money and all Deposit Accounts; |
(x) | all Supporting Obligations; |
(xi) | all books and records relating to the Pledged Collateral; and |
(xii) | to the extent not covered by clauses (i) through (xi) of this sentence, all other personal property of such Pledgor, whether tangible or intangible, and all Proceeds and products of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of, each of the foregoing, and any and all Proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to such Pledgor from time to time with respect to any of the foregoing. |
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in clauses (i) through (xii) above, the security interest created by this Agreement shall not extend to, and the term “Pledged Collateral” shall not include, any Excluded Property.
Notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Article II or anything else contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the aggregate amount of all Secured Obligations secured under the Collateral Documents by Principal Property (as defined in each Indenture) or any shares of capital stock or indebtedness (as defined in each Indenture) of any Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in each Indenture) and owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (as defined in each Indenture) (collectively, the “Restricted Property”) shall not, at any time, exceed the aggregate amount (such amount, the “Indenture Threshold Amount”) of indebtedness (as defined in each Indenture) that may be secured by Restricted Property under each Indenture, determined in accordance with the terms of each Indenture, without requiring holders of the Securities or Notes (as defined in and issued under each applicable Indenture) to be equally and ratably secured in accordance with the terms of such Indenture. It is understood and acknowledged by the parties hereto (including, by its acceptance of the benefit of this Agreement, each Secured Party) that (v) as of the Closing Date, the total amount of Secured Obligations is in excess of the Indenture Threshold Amount as of the Closing Date, (w) from time to time after the Closing Date, the total amount of the Secured Obligations may be in excess of the Indenture Threshold Amount then in effect, (x) as of the Closing Date, the Secured Obligations in excess of the Indenture Threshold Amount are not secured by any Restricted Property hereunder or under any other Collateral Document, (y) at any time after the Closing Date, any Secured Obligations in excess of the Indenture Threshold Amount in effect at such time shall not be secured by any Restricted Property hereunder or under any other Collateral Document and (z) in no event shall any mortgage (as defined in each Indenture) on any Restricted Property in favor of any Secured Party created hereunder or under any other Collateral Document at any time secure any Secured Obligations in excess of the Indenture Threshold Amount then in effect. For the avoidance of doubt, the calculation of the Indenture Threshold Amount at any date of determination shall take into account all outstanding Attributable Debt (as defined in each Indenture) of all Sale and Lease-Back Transactions (as defined in each Indenture) permitted pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 407 or 1007 of each Indenture, as applicable, as of such date and all indebtedness (as defined in each Indenture) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in each Indenture) secured by mortgages (as defined in each Indenture) permitted pursuant to the last paragraph of Section 406 or 1006 of each Indenture as of such date.
SECTION 2.2. Filings.
(a) Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements and amendments thereto that contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment relating to the Pledged Collateral, including (i) whether such Pledgor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Pledgor, and (ii) any financing or continuation statements or other documents without the signature of such Pledgor where permitted by law and that describe the Pledged Collateral in any manner as the Administrative
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Agent may determine, in its reasonable discretion, as is necessary to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the collateral granted to the Administrative Agent in connection herewith. Each Pledgor agrees to provide all information described in the immediately preceding sentence to the Administrative Agent promptly upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent.
(b) Each Pledgor hereby ratifies its authorization for the Administrative Agent to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements relating to the Pledged Collateral if filed prior to the date hereof.
ARTICLE III
PERFECTION; SUPPLEMENTS; FURTHER ASSURANCES;
USE OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL
SECTION 3.1. Delivery of Certificated Securities Collateral. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the Securities Collateral in existence on the date hereof have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in suitable form for transfer by delivery or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank and that the Administrative Agent has a perfected first priority security interest therein (subject only to Permitted Liens). Each Pledgor hereby agrees that all certificates or instruments representing or evidencing Securities Collateral acquired by such Pledgor after the date hereof shall promptly (but in any event within 90 days after acquisition thereof by such Pledgor or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) be delivered to and held by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto. All certificated Securities Collateral shall be in suitable form for transfer by delivery or shall be accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall have the right, at any time upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to endorse, assign or otherwise transfer to or to register in the name of the Administrative Agent or any of its nominees or endorse for negotiation any or all of the Securities Collateral, without any indication that such Securities Collateral is subject to the security interest hereunder. In addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent shall have the right at any time to exchange certificates representing or evidencing Securities Collateral for certificates of smaller or larger denominations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 5.1 hereof or anything herein to the contrary, certificated Securities Collateral shall not be required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent unless it is (a) in a principal amount (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) exceeding $5 million individually or (b) in a principal amount (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) below $5 million individually but exceeding a principal amount (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) of $20 million in the aggregate for all Pledgors for all such certificated Securities Collateral with principal amounts (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) below $5 million individually (in which event certificated Securities Collateral in a principal amount (or book
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value in the case of Equity Interests) below $5 million shall be delivered such that such aggregate amount (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) not delivered to the Administrative Agent does not exceed $20 million.
SECTION 3.2. Perfection of Uncertificated Securities Collateral. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that the Administrative Agent has a perfected first priority security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) in all uncertificated Pledged Securities pledged by it hereunder that are in existence on the date hereof. Each Pledgor hereby agrees that if any of the Pledged Securities are at any time not evidenced by certificates of ownership, then each applicable Pledgor shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) cause the issuer to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an acknowledgment of the pledge of such Pledged Securities substantially in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto or such other form that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) if necessary or desirable to perfect a security interest in such Pledged Securities, cause such pledge to be recorded on the equityholder register or the books of the issuer, execute any customary pledge forms or other documents necessary or appropriate to complete the pledge and give the Administrative Agent the right to transfer such Pledged Securities in the pursuit of remedies under the terms hereof, (iii) upon request by the Administrative Agent, provide to the Administrative Agent an opinion of counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, confirming such pledge and perfection thereof, and (iv) after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon request by the Administrative Agent, (A) cause the organizational documents of each such issuer that is a Subsidiary of the Borrower to be amended to provide that such Pledged Securities shall be treated as “securities” for purposes of the UCC and (B) cause such Pledged Securities to become certificated and delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Section 5.1 hereof or anything herein to the contrary, the actions described herein with respect to uncertificated Securities Collateral shall not be required unless it is (a) in a principal amount (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) exceeding $5 million individually or (b) in a principal amount (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) below $5 million individually but exceeding a principal amount (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) of $20 million in the aggregate for all Pledgors for all such uncertificated Securities Collateral with principal amounts (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) below $5 million individually (in which event the actions described above for uncertificated Securities Collateral in a principal amount (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) below $5 million shall be required such that the aggregate amount (or book value in the case of Equity Interests) with respect to which such actions have not been taken does not exceed $20 million.
SECTION 3.3. Financing Statements and Other Filings; Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest. Each Pledgor represents and warrants that all financing statements, agreements, instruments and other documents necessary to perfect the security interest (to the extent such security interests can be perfected by filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate) granted by it to the Administrative Agent in respect of the Pledged Collateral have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and, to the extent necessary or appropriate, duly executed in a form for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate. Each Pledgor agrees that at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, such Pledgor will maintain
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the security interest created by this Agreement in the Pledged Collateral as a perfected first priority security interest (to the extent such security interests can be perfected by filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate) subject only to Permitted Liens and file all UCC-3 continuations statements necessary to continue the perfection of the security interest created by this Agreement.
SECTION 3.4. Other Actions. In order to further ensure the attachment, perfection and priority of, and the ability of the Administrative Agent to enforce, the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Pledged Collateral, each Pledgor represents and warrants (as to itself) as follows and agrees, in each case at such Pledgor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Pledged Collateral:
(a) Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. As of the date hereof, no amounts payable under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral either (a) in excess of $5 million individually or (b) below $5 million individually but in excess of $20 million in the aggregate for all Pledged Collateral evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper for all Pledgors with an amount below $5 million individually (in which event Pledged Collateral evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper with an amount below $5 million shall be Pledged Collateral such that such aggregate amount under this clause (b) does not exceed $20 million) are evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper other than such Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper listed in Schedule 10 to the Perfection Certificate. Each Instrument and each item of Tangible Chattel Paper listed in Schedule 10 to the Perfection Certificate has been properly endorsed, assigned and delivered to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank. If any amount then payable under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral shall be evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper, and such amount, together with all amounts payable evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper not previously delivered to the Administrative Agent either (a) exceeds $5 million individually or (b) is below $5 million individually but exceeds $20 million in the aggregate for all Pledged Collateral evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper for all Pledgors with an amount below $5 million individually (in which event Pledged Collateral evidenced by any Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper with an amount below $5 million shall be Pledged Collateral such that such aggregate amount under this clause (b) does not exceed $20 million), the Pledgor acquiring such Instrument or Tangible Chattel Paper shall promptly (but in any event within 90 days after acquisition thereof by such Pledgor or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify.
(b) Letter-of-Credit Rights. If any Pledgor is at any time a beneficiary under a Letter of Credit now or hereafter issued in favor of such Pledgor for an amount either (a) in excess of $5 million individually or (b) below $5 million individually but in excess of $20 million in the aggregate for all Letters of Credit for all Pledgors with an amount below
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$5 million individually (in which event Letters of Credit with an amount below $5 million shall be notified hereunder such that such aggregate amount under this clause (b) not notified does not exceed $20 million), other than a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to the Credit Agreement, such Pledgor shall promptly (but in any event within 90 days after issuance thereof in favor of such Pledgor or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) notify the Administrative Agent thereof and such Pledgor shall, at the request of the Administrative Agent, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, either (i) arrange for the issuer and any confirmer of such Letter of Credit to consent to an assignment to the Administrative Agent of the proceeds of any drawing under the Letter of Credit or (ii) arrange for the Administrative Agent to become the transferee beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, with the Administrative Agent agreeing, in each case, that the proceeds of any drawing under the Letter of Credit are to be applied as provided in the Credit Agreement.
(c) Commercial Tort Claims. As of the date hereof, each Pledgor hereby represents and warrants that it holds no Commercial Tort Claims individually in excess of $5 million other than those listed in Schedule 11 to the Perfection Certificate. If any Pledgor shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim either (a) in excess of $5 million individually or (b) below $5 million individually but in excess of $20 million in the aggregate for all Commercial Tort Claims for all Pledgors with an amount below $5 million individually (in which event Commercial Tort Claims with an amount below $5 million shall be notified hereunder such that such aggregate amount under this clause (b) not notified does not exceed $20 million), such Pledgor shall promptly (but in any event within 90 days after acquisition thereof by such Pledgor or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) notify the Administrative Agent in writing signed by such Pledgor of the brief details thereof and grant to the Administrative Agent in such writing a security interest therein and in the Proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. As of the date hereof, no amount under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral is evidenced by any Electronic Chattel Paper or any “transferable record” (as that term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction) other than such Electronic Chattel Paper and transferable records listed in Schedule 10 to the Perfection Certificate. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Pledged Collateral shall be evidenced by any Electronic Chattel Paper or any transferable record, the Pledgor acquiring such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record shall promptly (but in any event within 90 days after acquisition thereof by such Pledgor or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) notify the Administrative Agent thereof and shall take such action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to vest in the Administrative Agent control of such Electronic Chattel Paper under Section 9-105 of the UCC or control under
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Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record. The requirement in the preceding sentence shall not apply to the extent that such amount, together with all amounts payable evidenced by Electronic Chattel Paper or any transferable record in which the Administrative Agent has not been vested control within the meaning of the statutes described in the immediately preceding sentence, either (a) does not exceed $5 million individually or (b) is below $5 million individually but exceeds $20 million in the aggregate for all amounts payable evidenced by Electronic Chattel Paper or any transferable record for all Pledgors with an amount below $5 million individually (in which event amounts payable evidenced by Electronic Chattel Paper or any transferable record with an amount below $5 million shall be pledged hereunder such that such aggregate amount under this clause (b) does not exceed $20 million). The Administrative Agent agrees with such Pledgor that the Administrative Agent will arrange, pursuant to procedures satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and so long as such procedures will not result in the Administrative Agent’s loss of control, for the Pledgor to make alterations to the Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record permitted under Section 9-105 of the UCC or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control to allow without loss of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by such Pledgor with respect to such Electronic Chattel Paper or transferable record.
SECTION 3.5. Joinder of Additional Guarantors. The Pledgors shall cause each Subsidiary of the Borrower which, from time to time, after the date hereof shall be required to pledge any assets to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, (a) to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form attached as Exhibit 3 hereto and (ii) a Perfection Certificate with respect to such Subsidiary, in each case, promptly after (but in any event within 90 days after being required to pledge any assets to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) the date on which it was acquired or created and, upon such execution and delivery, such Subsidiary shall constitute a “Guarantor” and a “Pledgor” for all purposes hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor and Pledgor herein. The execution and delivery of such Joinder Agreement shall not require the consent of any Pledgor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Guarantor and Pledgor as a party to this Agreement.
SECTION 3.6. Supplements; Further Assurances. Each Pledgor shall take such further actions, and execute and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent such additional financing statements, amendments, assignments, agreements, supplements, powers and instruments, as the Administrative Agent may in its reasonable judgment deem necessary or appropriate in order to perfect, preserve and protect the security interest in the Pledged Collateral as provided herein and the rights and interests granted to the Administrative Agent hereunder, to carry
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into effect the purposes hereof or better to assure and confirm the validity, enforceability and priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Pledged Collateral or permit the Administrative Agent to exercise and enforce its rights, powers and remedies hereunder with respect to any Pledged Collateral, including the filing of financing statements, continuation statements and other documents (including this Agreement) under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby wherever required by law to perfect, continue and maintain the validity, enforceability and priority of the security interest in the Pledged Collateral as provided herein and to preserve the other rights and interests granted to the Administrative Agent hereunder, as against third parties, with respect to the Pledged Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor shall make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file or refile and/or deliver to the Administrative Agent from time to time upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent such lists, schedules, descriptions and designations of the Pledged Collateral, as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request. If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may institute and maintain, in its own name or in the name of any Pledgor, such suits and proceedings as the Administrative Agent may be advised by counsel shall be necessary or expedient to prevent any impairment of the security interest in or the perfection thereof in the Pledged Collateral. All of the foregoing shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
Each Pledgor represents, warrants and covenants as follows:
SECTION 4.1. Title. Except for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and except for Permitted Liens, such Pledgor owns or has rights, and, as to Pledged Collateral acquired by it from time to time after the date hereof, will own or have rights, in each item of Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder, free and clear of any and all Liens.
SECTION 4.2. Validity of Security Interest. The security interest in and Lien on the Pledged Collateral granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties hereunder constitutes (a) a legal and valid security interest in all the Pledged Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, and (b) subject to the filings and other actions described in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate (to the extent required to be listed on the schedules to the Perfection Certificate as of the date this representation is made or deemed made), a perfected security interest in all the Pledged Collateral, except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement and subject to the limitations and deliveries contemplated pursuant to Sections 3.1 to 3.4 and the filings contemplated pursuant to Section 3.3. The security interest and Lien granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement in and on the Pledged Collateral, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement and subject to the limitations set forth herein, will at all times constitute a perfected,
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continuing security interest therein (to the extent such security interests can be perfected by filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 6 to the Perfection Certificate), prior to all other Liens on the Pledged Collateral except for Permitted Liens.
SECTION 4.3. Defense of Claims; Transferability of Pledged Collateral. Each Pledgor shall, at its own cost and expense, defend title to the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder and the security interest therein and Lien thereon granted to the Administrative Agent and the priority thereof against all claims and demands of all persons, at its own cost and expense, at any time claiming any interest therein adverse to the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party, other than Permitted Liens and except as to claims and demands that if determined adversely to such Pledgor would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as permitted by the Credit Agreement (including Permitted Liens and sales or other transfers permitted by Sections 8.07 and 8.10 of the Credit Agreement), this Agreement or any other Loan Document, there is no agreement to which any Pledgor is a party, and no Pledgor shall enter into any agreement or take any other action, that would restrict the transferability of any of the Pledged Collateral or otherwise impair or conflict in any material respect with such Pledgor’s obligations or the rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder.
SECTION 4.4. Other Financing Statements. It has not filed, nor to its knowledge has it authorized any third party to file, any currently valid and effective financing statement (or similar statement, instrument of registration or public notice under the law of any jurisdiction) covering or purporting to cover any interest of any kind in the Pledged Collateral, except such as have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement or in favor of any holder of a Permitted Lien with respect to such Permitted Lien or financing statements or public notices relating to the termination statements listed on Schedule 8(b) to the Perfection Certificate. No Pledgor shall execute, authorize or permit to be filed in any public office any financing statement (or similar statement, instrument of registration or public notice under the law of any jurisdiction) relating to any Pledged Collateral, except financing statements and other statements and instruments filed or to be filed in respect of and covering the security interests granted by such Pledgor to the holder of the Permitted Liens.
SECTION 4.5. Due Authorization and Issuance. All of the Pledged Securities issued by the Pledgor or a Subsidiary existing on the date hereof have been, and to the extent any Pledged Securities issued by the Pledgor or a Subsidiary are hereafter issued, such Pledged Securities will be, upon such issuance, duly authorized, validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable to the extent applicable. There is no amount or other financial obligation owing by any Pledgor to any issuer of the Pledged Securities in exchange for or in connection with the issuance of the Pledged Securities or any Pledgor’s status as a partner or a member of any issuer of the Pledged Securities, except as set forth in the organizational documents of such issuer of Pledged Securities with respect to non-corporate issuers.
SECTION 4.6. Consents, etc. In the event that, so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent desires to exercise any remedies, voting or consensual rights or attorney-in-fact powers set forth in this Agreement and determines it necessary to obtain any approvals or consents of any Governmental Authority or any
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other person therefor, then, upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, such Pledgor agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist and aid the Administrative Agent to obtain as soon as practicable any necessary approvals or consents for the exercise of any such remedies, rights and powers.
SECTION 4.7. Pledged Collateral. All information set forth herein, including the schedules hereto, and all information contained in any documents, schedules and lists heretofore delivered to any Secured Party, including the Perfection Certificate and the schedules thereto, in connection with this Agreement, in each case, relating to the Pledged Collateral, is accurate and complete when set forth or delivered, in all material respects.
SECTION 4.8. Insurance. In the event that the proceeds of any insurance claim are paid to any Pledgor after the Administrative Agent has exercised its right to foreclose after an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and promptly after receipt thereof shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for application in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE V
CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING SECURITIES COLLATERAL
SECTION 5.1. Pledge of Additional Securities Collateral. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.1 and 3.2, each Pledgor shall, upon obtaining after the Closing Date any Pledged Securities that are certificated “securities” for purposes of the UCC or Intercompany Notes of any person, accept the same in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and promptly (but in any event within 90 days after receipt thereof by such Pledgor or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) deliver to the Administrative Agent a pledge amendment, duly executed by such Pledgor, in substantially the form of Exhibit 2 hereto (each, a “Pledge Amendment”), and the certificates and other documents required under Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 hereof in respect of the additional Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes which are to be pledged pursuant to this Agreement, and confirming the attachment of the Lien hereby created on and in respect of such additional Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes. Each Pledgor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to attach each Pledge Amendment to this Agreement and agrees that all Pledged Securities or Intercompany Notes listed on any Pledge Amendment delivered to the Administrative Agent shall for all purposes hereunder be considered Pledged Collateral.
SECTION 5.2. Voting Rights; Distributions; etc.
(a) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Securities Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms or purposes hereof, the Credit Agreement or any other document evidencing the Secured Obligations; provided, however, that no Pledgor shall in any event exercise such rights in any manner which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(ii) Each Pledgor shall be entitled to receive and retain, and to utilize free and clear of the Lien hereof, any and all Distributions, but only if and to the extent made in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that any and all such Distributions consisting of rights or interests in the form of certificated securities shall be promptly (but in any event within 90 days after receipt thereof by such Pledgor or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) delivered to the Administrative Agent to hold as Pledged Collateral and shall, if received by any Pledgor, be received in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, be segregated from the other property or funds of such Pledgor and be promptly (but in any event within 90 days after receipt thereof by such Pledgor or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) delivered to the Administrative Agent as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
(b) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent shall be deemed without further action or formality to have granted to each Pledgor all necessary consents relating to voting rights and shall, if necessary, upon written request of any Pledgor and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, from time to time execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to such Pledgor all such instruments as such Pledgor may reasonably request in order to permit such Pledgor to exercise the voting and other rights which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) hereof and to receive the Distributions which it is authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) hereof.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default:
(i) All rights of each Pledgor to exercise the voting and other consensual rights it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(i) hereof shall immediately cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise such voting and other consensual rights.
(ii) All rights of each Pledgor to receive Distributions which it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 5.2(a)(ii) hereof shall immediately cease and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Administrative Agent, which shall thereupon have the sole right to receive and hold as Pledged Collateral such Distributions.
(d) Each Pledgor shall, at its sole cost and expense, from time to time execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent appropriate instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to permit the Administrative Agent to exercise the voting and other rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 5.2(c)(i) hereof and to receive all Distributions which it may be entitled to receive under Section 5.2(c)(ii) hereof.
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(e) All Distributions which are received by any Pledgor contrary to the provisions of Section 5.2(a)(ii) hereof shall be received in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, shall be segregated from other funds of such Pledgor and shall promptly (but in any event within 90 days after receipt thereof by such Pledgor or such longer period as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) be paid over to the Administrative Agent as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
SECTION 5.3. Defaults, etc.. Each Pledgor hereby represents and warrants that such Pledgor is not in violation of any provisions of any agreement to which such Pledgor is a party relating to Pledged Securities pledged by it, or otherwise in default or violation thereunder, except for such defaults or violations that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, no Securities Collateral pledged by such Pledgor is subject to any defense, offset or counterclaim, nor have any of the foregoing been asserted or alleged against such Pledgor by any person with respect thereto except as have been disclosed to the Administrative Agent, and as of the date hereof, there are no certificates, instruments, documents or other writings (other than the organizational documents and certificates representing such Pledged Securities that have been delivered to the Administrative Agent) which evidence any Pledged Securities of such Pledgor.
SECTION 5.4. Certain Agreements of Pledgors As Issuers and Holders of Equity Interests.
(a) In the case of each Pledgor which is an issuer of Securities Collateral, such Pledgor agrees to be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Securities Collateral issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it.
(b) In the case of each Pledgor which is a partner, shareholder or member, as the case may be, in a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, such Pledgor hereby consents to the extent required by the applicable organizational document to the pledge by each other Pledgor, pursuant to the terms hereof, of the Pledged Securities in such partnership, limited liability company or other entity and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the transfer of such Pledged Securities to the Administrative Agent or its nominee and to the substitution of the Administrative Agent or its nominee as a substituted partner, shareholder or member in such partnership, limited liability company or other entity with all the rights, powers and duties of a general partner, limited partner, shareholder or member, as the case may be.
ARTICLE VI
CERTAIN PROVISIONS CONCERNING RECEIVABLES
SECTION 6.1. Maintenance of Records. Each Pledgor shall keep and maintain at its own cost and expense accurate records of each Receivable in all material respects. Each Pledgor shall, at such Pledgor’s sole cost and expense, upon the Administrative Agent’s
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demand made at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, deliver all tangible evidence of Receivables, including all documents evidencing Receivables and any books and records relating thereto to the Administrative Agent or to its representatives (copies of which evidence and books and records may be retained by such Pledgor). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may transfer a full and complete copy of any Pledgor’s books, records, credit information, reports, memoranda and all other writings relating to the Receivables to and for the use by any person that has acquired or is contemplating acquisition of an interest in the Receivables or the Administrative Agent’s security interest therein without the consent of any Pledgor.
SECTION 6.2. Modification of Terms, etc. After the occurrence of and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Pledgor shall rescind or cancel any obligations evidenced by any Receivable or modify any term thereof in any manner that would adversely affect the value as Pledged Collateral or make any adjustment with respect thereto except in the ordinary course of business consistent with current or past business practice, or extend or renew any such obligations except in the ordinary course of business consistent with current or past business practice or compromise or settle any dispute, claim, suit or legal proceeding relating thereto or sell any Receivable or interest therein except in the ordinary course of business consistent with current or past business practice without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
SECTION 6.3. Collection. After the occurrence of and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Pledgor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be collected from the Account Debtor of each of the Receivables, as and when due in the ordinary course of business and consistent with current or past business practice (including Receivables that are delinquent, such Receivables to be collected in accordance with current or past business practice, except that any Pledgor may, with respect to a Receivable, allow in the ordinary course of business (i) a refund or credit due as a result of returned or damaged or defective merchandise and (ii) such extensions of time to pay amounts due in respect of Receivables and such other modifications of payment terms or settlements in respect of Receivables as shall be commercially reasonable in the circumstances, all in accordance with such Pledgor’s ordinary course of business consistent with its collection practices as in effect from time to time. The reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) of collection, in any case, whether incurred by any Pledgor, the Administrative Agent or any Secured Party, shall be paid by the Pledgors.
ARTICLE VII
TRANSFERS
SECTION 7.1. Transfers of Pledged Collateral. No Pledgor shall sell, convey, assign or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in a manner prohibited by the Credit Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
REMEDIES
SECTION 8.1. Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may from time to time exercise in respect of the Pledged Collateral, in addition to the other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to it, the following remedies:
(i) Personally, or by agents or attorneys, immediately take possession of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, from any Pledgor or any other person who then has possession of any part thereof, and for that purpose may enter upon any Pledgor’s premises where any of the Pledged Collateral is located, remove such Pledged Collateral, remain present at such premises to receive copies of all communications and remittances relating to the Pledged Collateral and use in connection with such removal and possession any and all services, supplies, aids and other facilities of any Pledgor;
(ii) Demand, xxx for, collect or receive any money or property at any time payable or receivable in respect of the Pledged Collateral including instructing the obligor or obligors on any agreement, instrument or other obligation constituting part of the Pledged Collateral to make any payment required by the terms of such agreement, instrument or other obligation directly to the Administrative Agent, and in connection with any of the foregoing, compromise, settle, extend the time for payment and make other modifications with respect thereto; provided, however, that in the event that any such payments are made directly to any Pledgor, prior to receipt by any such obligor of such instruction, such Pledgor shall segregate all amounts received pursuant thereto in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and shall promptly (but in no event later than three (3) Business Days after receipt thereof or such later date as may be agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) pay such amounts to the Administrative Agent;
(iii) Sell, assign, grant a license to use or otherwise liquidate, or direct any Pledgor to sell, assign, grant a license to use or otherwise liquidate, any and all investments made in whole or in part with the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, and take possession of the proceeds of any such sale, assignment, license or liquidation;
(iv) Take possession of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, by directing any Pledgor in writing to deliver the same to the Administrative Agent at any place or places so designated by the Administrative Agent, in which event such Pledgor shall at its own expense: (A) promptly cause the same to be moved to the place or places designated by the Administrative Agent and therewith delivered to the Administrative Agent, (B) store and keep any Pledged Collateral so delivered to the Administrative Agent at such place or places pending further action by the Administrative Agent and (C) while the Pledged Collateral shall be so stored and kept, provide such security and maintenance services as shall be necessary to protect the same and to preserve and maintain them in
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good condition. Each Pledgor’s obligation to deliver the Pledged Collateral as contemplated in this Section 8.1(iv) is of the essence hereof. Upon application to a court of equity having jurisdiction, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to a decree requiring specific performance by any Pledgor of such obligation;
(v) Withdraw all moneys, instruments, securities and other property in any bank, financial securities, deposit or other account of any Pledgor constituting Pledged Collateral for application to the Secured Obligations as provided in Article IX hereof;
(vi) Retain and apply the Distributions to the Secured Obligations as provided in Article IX hereof;
(vii) Exercise any and all rights as beneficial and legal owner of the Pledged Collateral, including perfecting assignment of and exercising any and all voting, consensual and other rights and powers with respect to any Pledged Collateral; and
(viii) Exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default under the UCC, and the Administrative Agent may also in its sole discretion, without notice except as specified in Section 8.2 hereof, sell, assign or grant a license to use the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, broker’s board or at any of the Administrative Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Administrative Agent may deem commercially reasonable. The Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party or any of their respective Affiliates may be the purchaser, licensee, assignee or recipient of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof at any such sale and shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Pledged Collateral sold, assigned or licensed at such sale, to use and apply any of the Secured Obligations owed to such person as a credit on account of the purchase price of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof payable by such person at such sale. Each purchaser, assignee, licensee or recipient at any such sale shall acquire the property sold, assigned or licensed absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of any Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. The Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Administrative Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.
SECTION 8.2. Notice of Sale. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent notice of sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof shall be required by law, ten days’ prior notice to such Pledgor of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition is to take place shall be commercially reasonable notification of such matters. No notification need be given to any Pledgor if it has signed, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, a statement renouncing or modifying any right to notification of sale or other intended disposition.
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SECTION 8.3. Waiver of Notice and Claims. Each Pledgor hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, notice or judicial hearing in connection with the Administrative Agent’s taking possession or the Administrative Agent’s disposition of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, including any and all prior notice and hearing for any prejudgment remedy or remedies and any such right which such Pledgor would otherwise have under law, and each Pledgor hereby further waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law: (i) all other requirements as to the time, place and terms of sale or other requirements with respect to the enforcement of the Administrative Agent’s rights hereunder and (ii) all rights of redemption, appraisal, valuation, stay, extension or moratorium now or hereafter in force under any applicable law. Any sale of, or the grant of options to purchase, or any other realization upon, any Pledged Collateral shall operate to divest all right, title, interest, claim and demand, either at law or in equity, of the applicable Pledgor therein and thereto, and shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against such Pledgor and against any and all persons claiming or attempting to claim the Pledged Collateral so sold, optioned or realized upon, or any part thereof, from, through or under such Pledgor.
SECTION 8.4. Certain Sales of Pledged Collateral.
(a) Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in law, rules, regulations or orders of any Governmental Authority, the Administrative Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, to limit purchasers to those who meet the requirements of such Governmental Authority. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the Administrative Agent than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions, and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such restricted sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that, except as may be required by applicable law, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales.
(b) Each Pledgor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws, the Administrative Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the Securities Collateral and Investment Property, to limit purchasers to persons who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Securities Collateral or Investment Property for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Pledgor acknowledges that any such private sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the Administrative Agent than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions (including a public offering made pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act), and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any Securities Collateral or Investment Property for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register it for a form of public sale requiring registration under the Securities Act or under applicable state securities laws, even if such issuer would agree to do so.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Pledgor shall, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, at the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, cause any registration, qualification under or compliance with any Federal or state securities law or laws to be effected with respect to all or any part of the Securities Collateral as soon as practicable and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors. Each Pledgor will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration to be effected (and be kept effective) and will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such qualification and compliance to be effected (and be kept effective) as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of such Securities Collateral including registration under the Securities Act (or any similar statute then in effect), appropriate qualifications under applicable blue sky or other state securities laws and appropriate compliance with all other requirements of any Governmental Authority. Each Pledgor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Administrative Agent to be kept advised in writing as to the progress of each such registration, qualification or compliance and as to the completion thereof, shall furnish to the Administrative Agent such number of prospectuses, offering circulars or other documents incident thereto as the Administrative Agent from time to time may request, and shall indemnify and shall cause the issuer of the Securities Collateral to indemnify the Administrative Agent and all others participating in the distribution of such Securities Collateral against all claims, losses, damages and liabilities caused by any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained therein (or in any related registration statement, notification or the like) or by any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein (or in any related registration statement, notification or the like) a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.
(d) If the Administrative Agent determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Securities Collateral or Investment Property, upon written request, the applicable Pledgor shall from time to time furnish to the Administrative Agent all such information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to determine the number of securities included in the Securities Collateral or Investment Property which may be sold by the Administrative Agent as exempt transactions under the Securities Act and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, as the same are from time to time in effect.
(e) Each Pledgor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 8.4 will cause irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties, that the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 8.4 shall be specifically enforceable against such Pledgor, and such Pledgor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
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SECTION 8.5. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
(a) No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent to exercise, no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay on the part of the Administrative Agent in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power, privilege or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power, privilege or remedy; nor shall the Administrative Agent be required to look first to, enforce or exhaust any other security, collateral or guaranties. All rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
(b) In the event that the Administrative Agent shall have instituted any proceeding to enforce any right, power, privilege or remedy under this Agreement or any other Loan Document by foreclosure, sale, entry or otherwise, and such proceeding shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Administrative Agent, then and in every such case, the Pledgors, the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party shall be restored to their respective former positions and rights hereunder with respect to the Pledged Collateral, and all rights, remedies, privileges and powers of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties shall continue as if no such proceeding had been instituted.
ARTICLE IX
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
SECTION 9.1. Application of Proceeds. The proceeds received by the Administrative Agent in respect of any sale of, collection from or other realization upon all or any part of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to the exercise by the Administrative Agent of its remedies shall be applied, together with any other sums then held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Agreement, in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. Concerning Administrative Agent.
(a) The Administrative Agent has been appointed as administrative agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement. The actions of the Administrative Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking action (including the release or substitution of the Pledged Collateral), in
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accordance with this Agreement and the Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact in connection herewith and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith. Each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Pledged Collateral hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Administrative Agent may resign and a successor Administrative Agent may be appointed in the manner provided in the Credit Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent by a successor Administrative Agent, that successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent under this Agreement, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation, the provisions hereof shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Agreement while it was the Administrative Agent.
(b) The Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Pledged Collateral in its possession if such Pledged Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Administrative Agent, in its individual capacity, accords its own property consisting of similar instruments or interests, it being understood that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of the Secured Parties shall have responsibility for (i) ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relating to any Securities Collateral, whether or not the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters or (ii) taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any person with respect to any Pledged Collateral.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any written notice, statement, certificate, order or other document or any telephone message believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper person, and, with respect to all matters pertaining to this Agreement and its duties hereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.
(d) If any item of Pledged Collateral also constitutes collateral granted to the Administrative Agent under any other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type, in the event of any conflict between the provisions hereof and the provisions of such other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type in respect of such collateral, the provisions of this Agreement shall control unless the other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type in respect of such collateral expressly states that such document.
(e) The Administrative Agent may rely on advice of counsel as to whether any or all UCC financing statements of the Pledgors need to be amended as a result of any of the changes described in Section 7.09 of the Credit Agreement. If any Pledgor fails to provide information
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to the Administrative Agent about such changes on a timely basis, the Administrative Agent shall not be liable or responsible to any party for any failure to maintain a perfected security interest in such Pledgor’s property constituting Pledged Collateral, for which the Administrative Agent needed to have information relating to such changes. The Administrative Agent shall have no duty to inquire about such changes if any Pledgor does not inform the Administrative Agent of such changes, the parties acknowledging and agreeing that it would not be feasible or practical for the Administrative Agent to search for information on such changes if such information is not provided by any Pledgor.
SECTION 10.2. Administrative Agent May Perform; Administrative Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. If any Pledgor shall fail to perform any covenants contained in this Agreement in any material respect or if any representation or warranty on the part of any Pledgor contained herein shall be breached in any material respect, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) do the same or cause it to be done or remedy any such breach, and may expend funds for such purpose; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent shall in no event be bound to inquire into the validity of any tax, Lien, imposition or other obligation which such Pledgor fails to pay or perform as and when required hereby and which such Pledgor does not contest in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Any and all reasonable and documented amounts so expended by the Administrative Agent shall be paid by the Pledgors in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.04 of the Credit Agreement. Neither the provisions of this Section 10.2 nor any action taken by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.2 shall prevent any such failure to observe any covenant contained in this Agreement nor any breach of representation or warranty from constituting an Event of Default. Each Pledgor hereby appoints the Administrative Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in the place and stead of such Pledgor and in the name of such Pledgor, or otherwise, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument consistent with the terms of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement and the other Collateral Documents which the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof (but the Administrative Agent shall not be obligated to and shall have no liability to such Pledgor or any third party for failure to so do or take action). The foregoing grant of authority is a power of attorney coupled with an interest and such appointment shall be irrevocable for the term hereof. Each Pledgor hereby ratifies all that such attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SECTION 10.3. Continuing Security Interest; Assignment. This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall (i) be binding upon the Pledgors, their respective successors and assigns and (ii) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and each of their respective successors, transferees and assigns. No other persons (including any other creditor of any Pledgor) shall have any interest herein or any right or benefit with respect hereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (ii), any Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer any indebtedness held by it secured by this Agreement to any other person, and such other person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Secured Party, herein or otherwise, subject however, to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and, in the case of a Secured Party that is a party to a
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Secured Hedge Agreement or a Secured Cash Management Agreement, such Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, as applicable. Each of the Pledgors agrees that its obligations hereunder and the security interest created hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as applicable, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of all or any part of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Pledgor or otherwise.
SECTION 10.4. Termination; Release. The Pledged Collateral and the Secured Obligations of any Pledgor shall be released from the Lien of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, including upon the transfer or Disposition of the Pledged Collateral in a manner not prohibited by the Credit Agreement. Furthermore, when all the Secured Obligations have been paid in full, the Commitments of the Lenders to make any Loan or to issue any Letter of Credit under the Credit Agreement shall have expired or been sooner terminated and all Letters of Credit have been terminated or cash collateralized in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement shall terminate. Upon termination of this Agreement the Pledged Collateral shall be automatically released from the Lien of this Agreement. Upon such release or any release of Pledged Collateral or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall, upon the request and at the sole cost and expense of the Pledgors, assign, transfer and deliver to Pledgor, against receipt and without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent except as to the fact that the Administrative Agent has not encumbered the released assets, such of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof to be released (in the case of a release) as may be in possession of the Administrative Agent and as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and, with respect to any other Pledged Collateral, proper documents and instruments (including UCC-3 termination financing statements or releases) acknowledging the termination hereof or the release of such Pledged Collateral, as the case may be.
SECTION 10.5. Modification in Writing. No amendment, modification, supplement, termination or waiver of or to any provision hereof, nor consent to any departure by any Pledgor therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent. Any amendment, modification or supplement of or to any provision hereof, any waiver of any provision hereof and any consent to any departure by any Pledgor from the terms of any provision hereof in each case shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. Except where notice is specifically required by this Agreement or any other document evidencing the Secured Obligations, no notice to or demand on any Pledgor in any case shall entitle any Pledgor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
SECTION 10.6. Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Credit Agreement, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be given in the manner and become effective as set forth in the Credit Agreement, as to any Pledgor, addressed to it at the address of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement and as to the Administrative Agent, addressed to it at the address set forth in the Credit Agreement, or in each case at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 10.6.
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SECTION 10.7. Governing Law, Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial. Sections 11.14 and 11.15 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if a part hereof.
SECTION 10.8. Severability of Provisions. Any provision hereof which is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 10.9. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of any executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
SECTION 10.10. Business Days. In the event any time period or any date provided in this Agreement ends or falls on a day other than a Business Day, then such time period shall be deemed to end and such date shall be deemed to fall on the next succeeding Business Day, and performance herein may be made on such Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on such other day.
SECTION 10.11. No Credit for Payment of Taxes or Imposition. Such Pledgor shall not be entitled to any credit against the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Credit Agreement, and such Pledgor shall not be entitled to any credit against any other sums which may become payable under the terms thereof or hereof, by reason of the payment of any Tax on the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof.
SECTION 10.12. No Claims Against Administrative Agent. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall constitute any consent or request by the Administrative Agent, express or implied, for the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof, nor as giving any Pledgor any right, power or authority to contract for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in such fashion as would permit the making of any claim against the Administrative Agent in respect thereof or any claim that any Lien based on the performance of such labor or services or the furnishing of any such materials or other property is prior to the Lien hereof.
SECTION 10.13. No Release. Nothing set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor the exercise by the Administrative Agent of any of the rights or remedies hereunder, shall relieve any Pledgor from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or
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agreement on such Pledgor’s part to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Pledged Collateral or from any liability to any person under or in respect of any of the Pledged Collateral or shall impose any obligation on the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on such Pledgor’s part to be so performed or observed or shall impose any liability on the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on the part of such Pledgor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on the part of such Pledgor contained in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or under or in respect of the Pledged Collateral or made in connection herewith or therewith. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Administrative Agent nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Pledged Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any Pledgor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any such contract, agreement or other document included in the Pledged Collateral hereunder. The obligations of each Pledgor contained in this Section 10.13 shall survive the termination hereof and the discharge of such Pledgor’s other obligations under this Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 10.14. Obligations Absolute. All obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:
(i) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment, composition, liquidation or the like of any other Pledgor;
(ii) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any Secured Hedge Agreement, any Secured Cash Management Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(iii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any Secured Hedge Agreement, any Secured Cash Management Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(iv) any pledge, exchange, release or non-perfection of any other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any guarantee, for all or any of the Secured Obligations;
(v) any exercise, non-exercise or waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect hereof, the Credit Agreement, any Secured Hedge Agreement, any Secured Cash Management Agreement or any other Loan Document except as specifically set forth in a waiver granted pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.5 hereof; or
(vi) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Pledgor.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Pledgor and the Administrative Agent have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, | ||
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as Pledgor | ||
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Name: Title: |
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent | ||
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Exhibit 1
[Form of]
ISSUER’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The undersigned hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of the Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement), dated as of October 15, 2012, made by X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party thereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), (ii) agrees promptly to note on its books the security interests granted to the Administrative Agent and confirmed under the Security Agreement, (iii) agrees that, so long as any Event of Default (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to in the Security Agreement) shall have occurred and be continuing it will comply with instructions of the Administrative Agent with respect to the applicable Securities Collateral (including all Equity Interests of the undersigned) without further consent by the applicable Pledgor, (iv) agrees to notify the Administrative Agent upon obtaining knowledge of any interest in favor of any person in the applicable Securities Collateral that is adverse to the interest of the Administrative Agent therein, and (v) waives any right or requirement at any time hereafter to receive a copy of the Security Agreement in connection with the registration of any Securities Collateral thereunder in the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee or the exercise of voting rights by the Administrative Agent or its nominee.
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Exhibit 2
[Form of]
SECURITIES PLEDGE AMENDMENT
This Securities Pledge Amendment, dated as of [ ], 20[ ] is delivered pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”; capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement), dated as of October 15, 2012, made by X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party thereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). The undersigned hereby agrees that this Securities Pledge Amendment may be attached to the Security Agreement and that the Pledged Securities and/or Intercompany Notes listed on this Securities Pledge Amendment shall be deemed to be and shall become part of the Pledged Collateral and shall secure all Secured Obligations.
PLEDGED SECURITIES
ISSUER |
CLASS OF STOCK OR INTERESTS |
PAR VALUE |
CERTIFICATE NO(S). |
NUMBER OF SHARES OR INTERESTS |
PERCENTAGE OF ALL ISSUED CAPITAL OR OTHER EQUITY | |||||
INTERCOMPANY NOTES
ISSUER |
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT |
DATE OF ISSUANCE |
INTEREST RATE |
MATURITY DATE | ||||
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as Pledgor | ||
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AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | ||
as Administrative Agent | ||
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Name: Title: |
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Exhibit 3
[Form of]
JOINDER AMENDMENT
[Name of New Pledgor]
[Address of New Pledgor]
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement;” capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Security Agreement), dated as of October 15, 2012, made by X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors party thereto and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity and together with any successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
This Joinder Agreement supplements the Security Agreement and is delivered by the undersigned, [ ] (the “New Pledgor”), pursuant to Section 3.5 of the Security Agreement. The New Pledgor hereby agrees to be bound as a Guarantor and as a Pledgor party to the Security Agreement by all of the terms, covenants and conditions set forth in the Security Agreement to the same extent that it would have been bound if it had been a signatory to the Security Agreement on the date of the Security Agreement. The New Pledgor also hereby agrees to be bound as a party by all of the terms, covenants and conditions applicable to it set forth in Articles VI, VII and VIII of the Credit Agreement to the same extent that it would have been bound if it had been a signatory to the Credit Agreement on the execution date of the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Pledgor hereby grants and pledges to the Administrative Agent, as collateral security for the full, prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured
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Obligations, a Lien on and security interest in, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Pledged Collateral and expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Guarantor and Pledgor thereunder. The New Pledgor hereby makes each of the representations and warranties and agrees to each of the covenants applicable to the Pledgors contained in the Security Agreement and Article VI of the Credit Agreement.
Annexed hereto are supplements to each of the schedules to the Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement, as applicable, with respect to the New Pledgor. Such supplements shall be deemed to be part of the Security Agreement or the Credit Agreement, as applicable.
This Joinder Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Pledgor has caused this Joinder Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
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AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | ||
as Administrative Agent | ||
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Name: Title: |
[Schedules to be attached]
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Exhibit 5.01(a)(iii)(D)
FORM OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE
Reference is hereby made to (i) that certain Security Agreement dated as of October 15, 2012 (the “Security Agreement”), between X. X. Xxxxxxxxx & Sons Company, a Delaware corporation (“Borrower”), the guarantors party thereto (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and the Collateral Agent (as hereinafter defined) and (ii) that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 15, 2012 (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Guarantors, certain other parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and as administrative agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement.
As used herein, the term “Companies” means Borrower and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries.
The undersigned hereby certify to the Collateral Agent as follows:
1. Names.
(a) The exact legal name of each Company, as such name appears in its respective certificate of incorporation or any other organizational document, is set forth in Schedule 1(a). Each Company is (i) the type of entity disclosed next to its name in Schedule 1(a) and (ii) a registered organization except to the extent disclosed in Schedule 1(a). Also set forth in Schedule 1(a) is the organizational identification number, if any, of each Company that is a registered organization, the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of each Company and the jurisdiction of formation of each Company.
(b) Set forth in Schedule 1(b) hereto is a list of any other corporate or organizational names each Company has had in the past five years, together with the date of the relevant change.
(c) Set forth in Schedule 1(c) is a list of all other names used by each Company, or any other business or organization to which each Company became the successor by merger, consolidation, acquisition, change in form, nature or jurisdiction of organization or otherwise, on any filings with the Internal Revenue Service at any time within the five years preceding the date hereof. Except as set forth in Schedule 1(c), no Company has changed its jurisdiction of organization at any time during the past four months.
2. Current Locations. The chief executive office of each Company is located at the address set forth in Schedule 2 hereto.
3. Extraordinary Transactions. Except for those purchases, acquisitions and other transactions described in Schedule 3 attached hereto, all of the Collateral has been originated by each Company in the ordinary course of business or consists of goods which have been acquired by such Company in the ordinary course of business from a person in the business of selling goods of that kind.
4. File Search Reports. Attached hereto as Schedule 4 is a true and accurate summary of file search reports from the Uniform Commercial Code filing offices in each jurisdiction identified in Section 1(a) or Section 2 with respect to each legal name of each Loan Party set forth in Section 1. A true copy of each financing statement, including judgment and tax liens, bankruptcy and pending lawsuits or other filing identified in such file search reports has been delivered to the Collateral Agent.
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5. UCC Filings. The financing statements (duly authorized by each Company constituting the debtor therein), including the indications of the collateral, attached as Schedule 5 relating to the Security Agreement or the applicable Mortgage, are in the appropriate forms for filing in the filing offices in the jurisdictions identified in Schedule 6 hereof.
6. Schedule of Filings. Attached hereto as Schedule 6 is a schedule of (i) the appropriate filing offices for the financing statements attached hereto as Schedule 5, (ii) the appropriate filing offices for the filings described in Schedule 11(c), (iii) the appropriate filing offices for the Mortgages and fixture filings relating to the Mortgaged Property set forth in Schedule 7(a) and (iv) any other actions required to create, preserve, protect and perfect the security interests in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents. No other filings or actions are required to create, preserve, protect and perfect the security interests in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
7. Real Property. (a) Attached hereto as Schedule 7(a) is a list of all (i) real property owned by each Company located in the United States as of the Closing Date, (ii) real property to be encumbered by a Mortgage and fixture filing (such real property, the “Mortgaged Property”), (iii) common names, addresses and uses of each Mortgaged Property (stating improvements located thereon) and (iv) other information relating thereto required by such Schedule. Except as described in Schedule 7(b) attached hereto: (i) no Company has entered into any leases, subleases, tenancies, franchise agreements, licenses or other occupancy arrangements as owner, lessor, sublessor, licensor, franchisor or grantor with respect to any of the real property described in Schedule 7(a) and (ii) no Company has any Leases which require the consent of the landlord, tenant or other party thereto to the Transactions. The Mortgages delivered as of the date hereof are in the appropriate form for filing in the filing offices in the jurisdictions identified in Schedule 6.
8. Termination Statements. Attached hereto as Schedule 8(a) are the duly authorized termination statements in the appropriate form for filing in each applicable jurisdiction identified in Schedule 8(b) hereto with respect to each Lien described therein.
9. Stock Ownership and Other Equity Interests. Attached hereto as Schedule 9(a) is a true and correct list of each of all of the authorized, and the issued and outstanding, stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other equity interest of each Company and its Subsidiaries and the record and beneficial owners of such stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other equity interests setting forth the percentage of such equity interests pledged under the Security Agreement. Also set forth in Schedule 9(b) is each equity investment of each Company that represents 50% or less of the equity of the entity in which such investment was made setting forth the percentage of such equity interests pledged under the Security Agreement.
10. Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. Attached hereto as Schedule 10 is a true and correct list of all promissory notes, instruments (other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper and other evidence of indebtedness held by each Company as of the date hereof, including all intercompany notes between or among any two or more Companies or any of their Subsidiaries, stating if such instruments, chattel paper or other evidence of indebtedness is pledged under the Security Agreement.
11. Commercial Tort Claims. Attached hereto as Schedule 11 is a true and correct list of all Commercial Tort Claims (as defined in the Security Agreement) held by each Company, including a brief description thereof and stating if such commercial tort claims are required to be pledged under the Security Agreement.
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12. Letter-of-Credit Rights. Attached hereto as Schedule 12 is a true and correct list of all Letters of Credit issued in favor of each Company, as beneficiary thereunder, stating if letter-of-credit rights with respect to such Letters of Credit are required to be subject to a control arrangement pursuant to the Security Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed this Perfection Certificate as of this 15th day of October, 2012.
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY | ||
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Title: | ||
XXXXX CORPORATION | ||
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XXXXX XXXXXXX NORTH AMERICA, INC. | ||
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OFFICETIGER HOLDINGS INC. | ||
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XX XXXXXXXXX FINANCIAL, INC. | ||
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X. X. XXXXXXXXX RECEIVABLES, INC. | ||
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RRD DUTCH HOLDCO, INC. | ||
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RRD SECAUCUS FINANCIAL, INC | ||
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XXX XXXXXXXX CORPORATION | ||
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XXX XXXXXXXX HOLDINGS INC. | ||
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Exhibit 7.02(c)
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Financial Statement Date: , 201
To: | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent |
Re: | Credit Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2012 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Agreement”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent. |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned Responsible Officer hereby certifies as of the date hereof that [he/she] is the of the Company, and that, in [his/her] capacity as such, [he/she] is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Company, and that:
[Use following paragraph 1 for the fiscal year-end financial statements:]
[1. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 is the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K required by Section 7.02(b) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries ended as of the above date.]
[Use following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements:]
[1. Attached hereto as Schedule 1 is the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q required by Section 7.02(a) of the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the Company and its Subsidiaries ended as of the above date]
2. A review of the activities of the Company during such fiscal period has been made under the supervision of the undersigned, and
[select one:]
[to the best knowledge of the undersigned as of the date hereof, no Default or Event of Default exists.]
[or:]
[the following is a list of Defaults or Events of Default existing on the date hereof, the details of such Defaults or Events of Default and the actions the Company is taking with respect thereto:]
3. Set forth on Schedule 2 are calculations of the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.05 of the Credit Agreement and such calculations are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of , 201 .
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Schedule 1 to Exhibit 7.02(c)
[Annual/Quarterly] Financial Statements
Schedule 2 to Exhibit 7.02(c)
Attachment to Officer’s Certificate
Computation of Financial Covenants
1. | Interest Coverage Ratio | |||||
(a) | Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four quarter period: | $ | ||||
(b) | Consolidated Interest Expense for the most recent four quarter period: | $ | ||||
(c) | Interest Coverage Ratio | to 1.0 | ||||
[1.(a) / 1.(b)] | ||||||
Minimum permitted: 3.0 to 1.0 | ||||||
2. | Leverage Ratio | |||||
(a) | Consolidated Debt as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter: | $ | ||||
(b) | Consolidated EBITDA for the most recent four quarter period: | $ | ||||
(c) | Leverage Ratio | to 1.0 | ||||
[2.(a) / 2.(b)] | ||||||
Maximum permitted: [3.75/ 3.5] to 1.0 |
Exhibit 7.02(g)
FORM OF PERFECTION CERTIFICATE SUPPLEMENT
This Perfection Certificate Supplement, dated as of [ ], 2012 is delivered pursuant to Section 7.02(g) of that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 12, 2012 (the “Credit Agreement”) among the X. X. Xxxxxxxxx & Sons Company (the “Borrower”), the Guarantors, certain other parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) and as administrative agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned in the Credit Agreement.
As used herein, the term “Companies” means Borrower and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries.
The undersigned, the [ ] of the Borrower, hereby certify (in their capacity as [ ] and not in their individual capacity) to the Collateral Agent and each of the other Secured Parties that, as of the date hereof, there has been no change in the information described in the Perfection Certificate delivered on the Closing Date (as supplemented by any perfection certificate supplements delivered prior to the date hereof, the “Prior Perfection Certificate”), other than as follows:
1. Names. Except as listed in Schedule 1(a) attached hereto and made a part hereof, (x) Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate sets forth the exact legal name of each Company, as such name appears in its respective certificate of incorporation or any other organizational document; (y) each Company is (i) the type of entity disclosed next to its name in Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate and (ii) a registered organization except to the extent disclosed in Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate and (z) set forth in Schedule 1(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate is the organizational identification number, if any, of each Company that is a registered organization, the Federal Taxpayer Identification Number of each Company and the jurisdiction of formation of each Company.
2. Current Locations. Except as listed in Schedule 2 attached hereto and made a part hereof, the chief executive office of each Company is located at the address set forth in Schedule 2 of the Prior Perfection Certificate.
3. Extraordinary Transactions. Except for those purchases, acquisitions and other transactions described in Schedule 3 attached hereto and in Schedule 3 to the Prior Perfection Certificate, all of the Collateral has been originated by each Company in the ordinary course of business or consists of goods which have been acquired by such Company in the ordinary course of business from a person in the business of selling goods of that kind.
4. [Intentionally omitted].
5. UCC Filings. Except as listed in Schedule 5 attached hereto and made a part hereof, the financing statements (duly authorized by each Company constituting the debtor therein), including the indications of the collateral relating to the Security Agreement or the applicable Mortgage, are set forth in Schedule 5 of the Prior Perfection Certificate and are in the appropriate forms for filing in the filing offices in the jurisdictions identified in Schedule 6 hereto and thereto.
6. Schedule of Filings. Except as listed in Schedule 6 attached hereto and made a part hereof, attached to the Prior Perfection Certificate as Schedule 6 is a schedule of (i) the appropriate filing offices for the financing statements attached hereto and thereto as Schedule 5, (ii) the appropriate filing
offices for the filings described in Schedule 11(c) hereto and thereto, (iii) the appropriate filing offices for the Mortgages and fixture filings relating to the Mortgaged Property set forth in Schedule 7(a) hereto and thereto and (iv) any other actions required to create, preserve, protect and perfect the security interests in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents. No other filings or actions are required to create, preserve, protect and perfect the security interests in the Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents.
7. Real Property. (a) Except as listed in Schedule 7(a) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 7(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a list of all (i) real property owned by each Company located in the United States, (ii) real property encumbered or to be encumbered by a Mortgage and fixture filing (such real property, the “Mortgaged Property”), (iii) common names, addresses and uses of each Mortgaged Property (stating improvements located thereon) and (iv) other information relating thereto required by such Schedule. Except as described in Schedule 7(b) attached hereto: (i) no Company has entered into any leases, subleases, tenancies, franchise agreements, licenses or other occupancy arrangements as owner, lessor, sublessor, licensor, franchisor or grantor with respect to any of the real property described in Schedule 7(a) or Schedule 7(a) of the Prior Perfection Certificate, other than those listed in Schedule 7(b) of the Prior Perfection Certificate, and (ii) no Company has any Leases which require the consent of the landlord, tenant or other party thereto to the Transactions other than those listed in Schedule 7(b) of the Prior Perfection Certificate.
8. [Intentionally omitted].
9. Stock Ownership and Other Equity Interests. Except as listed in Schedule 9(a) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 9(a) to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a true and correct list of each of all of the authorized, and the issued and outstanding, stock, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests or other equity interest of each Company and its Subsidiaries and the record and beneficial owners of such stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other equity interests setting forth the percentage of such equity interests pledged under the Security Agreement. Except as set forth in Schedule 9(b) attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 9(b) to the Prior Perfection Certificate sets forth each equity investment of each Company that represents 50% or less of the equity of the entity in which such investment was made setting forth the percentage of such equity interests pledged under the Security Agreement.
10. Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper. Except as listed in Schedule 10 attached hereto and made a part hereof, Schedule 10 to the Prior Perfection Certificate is a true and correct list of all promissory notes, instruments (other than checks to be deposited in the ordinary course of business), tangible chattel paper, electronic chattel paper and other evidence of indebtedness held by each Company as of [ ], 20[ ], including all intercompany notes between or among any two or more Companies or any of their Subsidiaries, stating if such instruments, chattel paper or other evidence of indebtedness is pledged under the Security Agreement.
11. Commercial Tort Claims. Except as listed in Schedule 11 attached hereto and made a part hereof, attached to the Prior Perfection Certificate as Schedule 11 is a true and correct list of all Commercial Tort Claims (as defined in the Security Agreement) held by each Company, including a brief description thereof and stating if such commercial tort claims are required to be pledged under the Security Agreement.
12. Letter-of-Credit Rights. Except as listed in Schedule 12 attached hereto and made a part hereof, attached to the Prior Perfection Certificate as Schedule 12 is a true and correct list of all Letters of Credit issued in favor of each Company, as beneficiary thereunder, stating if letter-of-credit rights with respect to such Letters of Credit are required to be subject to a control arrangement pursuant to the Security Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed this Perfection Certificate as of this [ ]th day of [ ], 20[ ].
X. X. XXXXXXXXX & SONS COMPANY | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
XXXXX CORPORATION | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
XXXXX XXXXXXX NORTH AMERICA, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
OFFICETIGER HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX FINANCIAL, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
X. X. XXXXXXXXX RECEIVABLES, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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RRD DUTCH HOLDCO, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
RRD SECAUCUS FINANCIAL, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
XXX XXXXXXXX CORPORATION | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: | ||
XXX XXXXXXXX HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
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Schedule 1(a)
Legal Names, Etc.
Legal Name |
Type of Entity |
Registered Organization (Yes/No) |
Organizational |
Federal |
State of Formation | |||||
1 | If none, so state. |
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Schedule 2
Chief Executive Offices
Company/Subsidiary |
Address |
County |
State | |||
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Schedule 3
Transactions Other Than in the Ordinary Course of Business
Company/Subsidiary |
Description of Transaction Including Parties Thereto |
Date of Transaction | ||
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Schedule 5
Copy of Financing Statements To Be Filed
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Schedule 6
Filings/Filing Offices
Type of Filing2 |
Entity |
Applicable Collateral Document [Mortgage, Security Agreement or Other] |
Jurisdictions | |||
2 | UCC-1 financing statement, fixture filing, mortgage, intellectual property filing or other necessary filing. |
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Schedule 7(a)
Real Property
I. Owned Real Property
Entity of |
Common Name |
Purpose/Use |
Improvements |
Approximate |
Legal |
To be Encumbered by Mortgage and Fixture Filing |
Option to Purchase/ Right of First Refusal | |||||||
[ ] | [ ] [COUNTY, STATE] |
[ ] | [ ] | [ ] | [See Schedule A to Mortgage and/or fixture filing encumbering this property.] | [YES/NO] | [YES/NO] |
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Schedule 7(b)
Required Consents; Company Held Landlord’s/ Grantor’s Interests
I. Landlord’s / Grantor’s Consent Required
1. [LIST EACH LEASE OR OTHER INSTRUMENT WHERE LANDLORD’S / GRANTOR’S CONSENT IS REQUIRED].
II. Leases, Subleases, Tenancies, Franchise Agreements, Licenses or Other Occupancy Agreements Pursuant to which any Company holds Landlord’s / Grantor’s Interest
1. [LIST EACH LEASE OR OTHER INSTRUMENT WHERE COMPANY HOLDS LANDLORD’S / GRANTOR’S INTEREST]
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Schedule 9
(a) Equity Interests of Companies and Subsidiaries
Current Legal Entities Owned |
Record Owner | Certificate No. | No. Shares/Interest | Percent Pledged | ||||
(b) Other Equity Interests
Current Legal Entities Owned |
Record Owner | Certificate No. | No. Shares/Interest | Percent Pledged | ||||
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Schedule 10
Instruments and Tangible Chattel Paper
1. | Intercompany Notes |
Lender |
Borrower | Currency | Amount | USD equivalent | Pledged | |||||
2. | Promissory Notes: |
Entity |
Principal Amount ($) |
Date of Issuance |
Interest Rate |
Maturity Date | Pledged [Yes/No] | |||||
3. | Chattel Paper: |
Description |
Pledged [Yes/No] | |
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Schedule 11
Commercial Tort Claims
Description |
Pledged [Yes/No] | |
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Schedule 12
Letter of Credit Rights
Issuer |
Beneficiary | Principal Amount |
Date of Issuance |
Maturity Date |
Subject
to Control Requirement [Yes/No] | |||||
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Exhibit 7.11A
[The aggregate maximum principal amount of indebtedness that may be secured hereby is $[ ].]1
MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS,
SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING
BY
[NAME OF MORTGAGOR],
as Mortgagor,
TO
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent,
Mortgagee
Dated as of [ ], 20[ ]
Relating to Premises in:
[ ] County, [STATE]
This instrument was prepared in consultation with
counsel in the state in which the Mortgaged Property is
located by the attorney named below and after
recording, please return to:
Athy X. X’Xxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
1 | TO BE INCLUDED ONLY IN MORTGAGE RECORDING TAX STATES. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
PREAMBLE |
1 | |||||
RECITALS |
1 | |||||
AGREEMENT |
2 | |||||
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | ||||||
SECTION 1.1. |
Definitions |
2 | ||||
SECTION 1.2. |
Interpretation |
5 | ||||
ARTICLE II. GRANTS AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS | ||||||
SECTION 2.1. |
Grant of Mortgaged Property |
5 | ||||
SECTION 2.2. |
Assignment of Leases and Rents |
6 | ||||
SECTION 2.3. |
Secured Obligations |
7 | ||||
SECTION 2.4. |
Future Advances |
7 | ||||
SECTION 2.5. |
Maximum Amount of Indebtedness |
7 | ||||
SECTION 2.6. |
Last Dollar Secured |
7 | ||||
SECTION 2.7. |
No Release |
7 | ||||
ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | ||||||
SECTION 3.1. |
Reserved |
8 | ||||
SECTION 3.2. |
Warranty of Title |
8 | ||||
SECTION 3.3. |
Reserved |
8 | ||||
SECTION 3.4. |
Reserved |
8 | ||||
SECTION 3.5. |
Reserved |
8 | ||||
ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS | ||||||
SECTION 4.1. |
Payment and Performance |
8 | ||||
SECTION 4.2. |
Title |
8 | ||||
SECTION 4.3. |
Reserved |
9 | ||||
SECTION 4.4. |
Limitation on Liens and Transfers |
9 | ||||
SECTION 4.5. |
Insurance |
9 | ||||
ARTICLE V. CONCERNING ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS | ||||||
SECTION 5.1. |
Present Assignment; License to the Mortgagor |
10 | ||||
SECTION 5.2. |
Collection of Rents by the Mortgagee |
10 | ||||
SECTION 5.3. |
Irrevocable Interest |
11 |
ARTICLE VI. TAXES AND CERTAIN STATUTORY LIENS | ||||||
SECTION 6.1. |
Payment of Charges |
11 | ||||
SECTION 6.2. |
Stamp and Other Taxes |
11 | ||||
SECTION 6.3. |
Certain Tax Law Changes |
11 | ||||
SECTION 6.4. |
Proceeds of Tax Claim |
11 | ||||
ARTICLE VII. CASUALTY EVENTS AND RESTORATION | ||||||
SECTION 7.1. |
Casualty Event |
12 | ||||
SECTION 7.2. |
Condemnation |
12 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES | ||||||
SECTION 8.1. |
Remedies in Case of an Event of Default |
12 | ||||
SECTION 8.2. |
Sale of Mortgaged Property if Event of Default Occurs; Proceeds of Sale |
13 | ||||
SECTION 8.3. |
Additional Remedies in Case of an Event of Default |
14 | ||||
SECTION 8.4. |
Legal Proceedings After an Event of Default |
15 | ||||
SECTION 8.5. |
Remedies Not Exclusive |
15 | ||||
ARTICLE IX. SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING | ||||||
SECTION 9.1. |
Security Agreement |
16 | ||||
SECTION 9.2. |
Fixture Filing |
16 | ||||
ARTICLE X. FURTHER ASSURANCES | ||||||
SECTION 10.1. |
Supplements; Further Assurances |
17 | ||||
SECTION 10.2. |
Reserved |
18 | ||||
SECTION 10.3. |
Reserved |
18 | ||||
SECTION 10.4. |
Additions to Mortgaged Property |
18 | ||||
ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||
SECTION 11.1. |
Covenants To Run with the Land; Joint and Several |
18 | ||||
SECTION 11.2. |
No Merger |
18 | ||||
SECTION 11.3. |
Concerning Mortgagee |
19 | ||||
SECTION 11.4. |
Mortgagee May Perform; Mortgagee Appointed Attorney-in-Fact |
20 | ||||
SECTION 11.5. |
Continuing Security Interest; Assignment |
20 | ||||
SECTION 11.6. |
Termination; Release |
21 | ||||
SECTION 11.7. |
Modification in Writing |
21 | ||||
SECTION 11.8. |
Notices |
21 | ||||
SECTION 11.9. |
GOVERNING LAW; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
22 | ||||
SECTION 11.10. |
Severability of Provisions |
22 | ||||
SECTION 11.11. |
Relationship |
22 |
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SECTION 11.12. |
No Credit for Payment of Taxes or Impositions |
22 | ||||
SECTION 11.13. |
No Claims Against the Mortgagee |
23 | ||||
SECTION 11.14. |
No Release |
23 | ||||
SECTION 11.15. |
Obligations Absolute |
23 | ||||
ARTICLE XII. [RESERVED] | ||||||
ARTICLE XIII. [RESERVED] | ||||||
ARTICLE XIV. LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS | ||||||
SCHEDULE A |
Legal Description |
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SCHEDULE B |
Prior Liens |
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MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS,
SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING
This MORTGAGE, ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS, SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING (the “Mortgage”), dated as of [ ] [ ], 20[ ], is made by [NAME OF MORTGAGOR], a [TYPE OF ENTITY AND JURISDICTION OF FORMATION] having an office at [ADDRESS], as mortgagor, assignor and debtor (in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, the “Mortgagor”), in favor of BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association having an address at Mail Code: TX1-492-14-11, Bank of America Plaza, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000-0000, Attention: Xxxxxxx Washington, in its capacity as Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), as mortgagee, assignee and secured party (in such capacities and together with any successors in such capacities, the “Mortgagee”).
R E C I T A L S :
A. R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., in its capacity as Administrative Agent, and the lending institutions listed therein have, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Mortgage, entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October [ ], 2012 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”; which term shall also include and refer to any increase in the amount of indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and any refinancing or replacement of the Credit Agreement (whether under a bank facility, securities offering or otherwise) or one or more successor or replacement facilities whether or not with a different group of agents or lenders (whether under a bank facility, securities offering or otherwise) and whether or not with different obligors upon the Administrative Agent’s acknowledgment of the termination of the predecessor Credit Agreement).
[B. The Borrower owns, directly or through its Subsidiaries, all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Mortgagor.
C. The Mortgagor has, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, unconditionally guaranteed the Secured Obligations of the Borrower.
D. The Mortgagor will receive substantial benefits from the execution, delivery and performance of the obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and is, therefore, willing to enter into this Mortgage.]2
E. It is a condition to (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans under the Credit Agreement, (ii) the obligations of the L/C Issuer to issue Letters of Credit and (iii) the performance of the obligations of the Secured Parties under Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements that the Mortgagor execute and deliver the applicable Loan Documents, including this Mortgage.
2 | INCLUDE ONLY IF THE MORTGAGOR IS NOT THE BORROWER BUT A GUARANTOR. |
F. This Mortgage is given by the Mortgagor in favor of the Mortgagee for its benefit and the benefit of the other Secured Parties to secure the payment and performance of all of the Secured Obligations.
A G R E E M E N T :
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Mortgagor hereby covenants and agrees with the Mortgagee for the benefit of the Mortgagee and the other Secured Parties as follows:
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein that are defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, including the following:
“Administrative Agent”; “Affiliate”; “Collateral Documents”; “Commitment”; “Default Rate”; “Events of Default”; “Flood Insurance Laws”; “Governmental Authority”; “Letter of Credit”; “Lenders”; “Lien”; “Loan Documents”; “Loan Parties”; “Loan”; “Material Adverse Effect”; “Net Cash Proceeds”; “Person”; “Perfection Certificate”; “Perfection Certificate Supplement”; “Requirements of Law”; “Secured Cash Management Agreements”; “Secured Hedge Agreements”; “Secured Obligations”; “Secured Parties” and “Security Agreement”.
(b) The following terms in this Mortgage shall have the following meanings:
“Bankruptcy Code” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.1(ii) hereof.
“Casualty Event” shall mean any loss of title or any loss of or damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking of the Mortgaged Property (including but not limited to any taking of all or any part of the Mortgaged Property in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any law, or by reason of the temporary requisition of the use or occupancy of all or any part of the Mortgaged Property by any Governmental Authority, civil or military, or any settlement in lieu thereof).
“Charges” shall mean any and all present and future real estate, property and other taxes, assessments and special assessments, levies, fees, all water and sewer rents and charges and all other governmental charges imposed upon or assessed against, and all claims (including, without limitation, claims for landlords’, carriers’, mechanics’, workmen’s, repairmen’s, laborer’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’ and warehousemen’s Liens and other claims arising by operation of law) judgments or demands against, all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property or other amounts of any nature which, if unpaid, might result in or permit the creation of, a Lien on the Mortgaged Property or which might result in foreclosure of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property.
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“Contracts” shall mean, collectively, any and all right, title and interest of the Mortgagor in and to any and all contracts and other general intangibles relating to the Mortgaged Property and all reserves, deferred payments, deposits, refunds and claims of every kind, nature or character relating thereto.
“Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Recital A hereof.
“Excluded Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.
“Fixtures” shall mean all machinery, apparatus, equipment, fittings, fixtures, improvements and articles of personal property now or hereafter both (a) attached to the Land or the Improvements and (b) are necessary or integral to the use, operation, maintenance or preservation thereof, which by the nature of their location thereon or attachment thereto are real property or fixtures under the UCC or any other applicable law, including, without limitation, all HVAC equipment, boilers, power, waste removal, elevators, maintenance or other systems or equipment, utility systems, fire sprinkler and security systems, drainage facilities, lighting facilities, all water, sanitary and storm sewer, drainage, electricity, steam, gas, telephone switching equipment or wires, and other utility equipment and facilities, pipes, , but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, furniture, trade fixtures, printing and related equipment and machinery, and other furniture, fixtures and equipment that are either (a) not attached to, forming a part of, or integrally related to Land or Improvements or (b) not necessary or integral to the use, operation, maintenance or preservation thereof (as distinct from the operation of the business of the Borrower).
“Improvements” shall mean all buildings, structures and other improvements of every kind or description and any and all alterations now or hereafter located, attached or erected on the Land, including, without limitation, (i) all Fixtures, (ii) all attachments, railroad tracks, foundations, sidewalks, drives, roads, curbs, streets, ways, alleys, passages, passageways, sewer rights, parking areas, driveways, fences and walls and (iii) all materials now or hereafter located on the Land intended for the construction, reconstruction, repair, replacement, alteration, addition or improvement of or to such buildings, Fixtures, structures and improvements, all of which materials shall be deemed to be part of the Improvements immediately upon delivery thereof on the Land and to be part of the Improvements immediately upon their incorporation therein.
“Land” shall mean the land described in Schedule A annexed to this Mortgage, together with all of the Mortgagor’s reversionary rights in and to any and all easements, rights-of-way, strips and gores of land, waters, water courses, water rights, mineral, gas and oil rights and all power, air, light and other rights, estates, titles, interests, privileges, liberties, servitudes, licenses, tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances whatsoever, in any way belonging, relating or appertaining thereto, or any part thereof, or which hereafter shall in any way belong, relate or be appurtenant thereto and together with any greater or additional estate therein as may be acquired by the Mortgagor.
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“Landlord” shall mean any landlord, lessor, sublandlord, sublessor, franchisor, licensor or grantor, as applicable.
“Landlord’s Interest” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.2 hereof.
“Leases” shall mean, collectively, any and all interests of the Mortgagor, as Landlord, in all leases and subleases of space, tenancies, franchise agreements, licenses, occupancy or concession agreements now existing or hereafter entered into, whether or not of record, relating in any manner to the Premises and any and all amendments, modifications, supplements, replacements, extensions and renewals of any thereof, whether now in effect or hereafter coming into effect.
“Mortgage” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
“Mortgaged Property” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.1 hereof.
“Mortgagee” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
“Mortgagor” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Preamble hereof.
“Permit” shall mean any and all permits, certificates, approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses, variances, franchises or other instruments, however characterized, of any Governmental Authority (or any person acting on behalf of a Governmental Authority) now or hereafter acquired or held, together with all amendments, modifications, extensions, renewals and replacements of any thereof issued or in any way furnished in connection with the Mortgaged Property including, without limitation, building permits, certificates of occupancy, environmental certificates, industrial permits or licenses and certificates of operation.
“Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean (i) “Permitted Encumbrances” as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement and (ii) the Liens identified in Schedule B annexed to this Mortgage.
“Premises” shall mean, collectively, the Land and the Improvements.
“Proceeds” shall mean, collectively, any and all cash proceeds and noncash proceeds and shall include all (i) proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof into cash or liquidated claims, (ii) proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty, guaranty or claim payable to the Mortgagee or to the Mortgagor from time to time with respect to any of the Mortgaged Property, (iii) payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to the Mortgagor from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property by any Governmental Authority (or any person acting on behalf of a Governmental Authority), (iv) products of the Mortgaged Property and (v) other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the Mortgaged Property including, without limitation, refunds of real estate taxes and assessments, including interest thereon.
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“Records” shall mean, collectively, any and all right, title and interest of the Mortgagor in and to any and all drawings, plans, specifications, file materials, operating and maintenance records, catalogues, tenant lists, correspondence, advertising materials, operating manuals, warranties, guarantees, appraisals, studies and data relating to the Mortgaged Property or the construction of any alteration relating to the Premises or the maintenance of any Permit.
“Rents” shall mean, collectively, any and all rents, additional rents, royalties, cash, guaranties, letters of credit, bonds, sureties or securities deposited under any Lease to secure performance of the Tenant’s obligations thereunder, revenues, earnings, profits and income, advance rental payments, payments incident to assignment, sublease or surrender of a Lease, claims for forfeited deposits and claims for damages, now due or hereafter to become due, with respect to any Lease, any indemnification against, or reimbursement for, sums paid and costs and expenses incurred by the Mortgagor under any Lease or otherwise, and any award in the event of the bankruptcy of any Tenant under or guarantor of a Lease.
“Tenant” shall mean any tenant, lessee, sublessee, franchisee, licensee, grantee or obligee, as applicable.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date hereof in the state in which the Premises are located; provided, however, that if the creation, perfection or enforcement of any security interest herein granted is governed by the laws of any other state as to the matter in question, “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in such state.
“UCC Collateral” shall mean that portion of the Mortgaged Property that constitutes personal property in which a security interest may be created under Article 9 of the UCC.
SECTION 1.2. Interpretation. The rules of interpretation specified in the Credit Agreement (including Section 1.02 thereof) shall be applicable to this Mortgage mutatis mutandis.
ARTICLE II. GRANTS AND SECURED OBLIGATIONS
SECTION 2.1. Grant of Mortgaged Property. In order to secure the payment and performance in full of all of the Secured Obligations, the Mortgagor hereby grants, mortgages, bargains, sells, assigns, transfers and conveys to the Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in and lien upon, all of the Mortgagor’s estate, right, title and interest in, to and under the following property, whether now owned or held or hereafter arising or acquired from time to time (collectively, the “Mortgaged Property”):
(i) Land;
(ii) Improvements;
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(iii) Leases;
(iv) Rents;
(v) Permits;
(vi) Contracts;
(vii) Records; and
(viii) Proceeds;
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property, together with all estate, right, title and interest of the Mortgagor and anyone claiming by, through or under the Mortgagor in and to the Mortgaged Property and all rights and appurtenances relating thereto, unto the Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties for the purpose of securing the payment and performance in full of all the Secured Obligations, provided, however, that if Secured Obligations shall be paid and performed in full in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents, then this conveyance shall be null and void and may be canceled of record at the request and cost of Borrower.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.1, the Lien created by this Mortgage shall not extend to, and the term “Mortgaged Property” shall not include, any Excluded Property.
SECTION 2.2. Assignment of Leases and Rents. As additional security for the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations and subject to the provisions of Article V hereof, the Mortgagor absolutely, presently, unconditionally and irrevocably assigns, transfers and sets over to the Mortgagee, and grants to the Mortgagee, all of the Mortgagor’s estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand, as Landlord, under any and all of the Leases including, without limitation, the following (such assigned rights, the “Landlord’s Interest”):
(i) the immediate and continuing right to receive and collect Rents payable by the Tenants pursuant to the Leases;
(ii) all claims, rights, powers, privileges and remedies of the Mortgagor, whether provided for in the Leases or arising by statute or at law or in equity or otherwise, consequent on any failure on the part of the Tenants to perform or comply with any term of the Leases;
(iii) all rights to take all actions upon the happening of a default under the Leases as shall be permitted by the Leases or by law including, without limitation, the commencement, conduct and consummation of proceedings at law or in equity; and
(iv) the full power and authority, in the name of the Mortgagor or otherwise, to enforce, collect, receive and receipt for any and all of the foregoing and to take all other actions whatsoever which the Mortgagor, as Landlord, is or may be entitled to take under the Leases.
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SECTION 2.3. Secured Obligations. This Mortgage secures, and the Mortgaged Property is collateral security for, the payment and performance in full of all of the Secured Obligations.
SECTION 2.4. Future Advances. This Mortgage shall secure all of the Secured Obligations including, without limitation, future advances whenever hereafter made with respect to or under the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents and shall secure not only Secured Obligations with respect to presently existing indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, but also any and all other indebtedness which may hereafter be owing by the Mortgagor to the Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, however incurred, whether interest, discount or otherwise, and whether the same shall be deferred, accrued or capitalized, including future advances and re-advances, pursuant to the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, whether such advances are obligatory or to be made at the option of the Secured Parties, or otherwise, and any extensions, refinancings, modifications or renewals of all such Secured Obligations whether or not the Mortgagor executes any extension agreement or renewal instrument and, in each case, to the same extent as if such future advances were made on the date of the execution of this Mortgage.
SECTION 2.5. Maximum Amount of Indebtedness. The maximum aggregate amount of all indebtedness that is, or under any contingency may be secured at the date hereof or at any time hereafter by this Mortgage is $[ ] (the “Secured Amount”), plus, to the extent permitted by applicable law, collection costs, sums advanced for the payment of taxes, assessments, maintenance and repair charges, insurance premiums and any other out-of-pocket costs incurred to protect the security encumbered hereby or the lien hereof, expenses incurred by the Mortgagee by reason of any default by the Mortgagor under the terms hereof, together with interest thereon, all of which amount shall be secured hereby.
SECTION 2.6. Last Dollar Secured. So long as the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations exceeds the Secured Amount, any payments and repayments of the Secured Obligations shall not be deemed to be applied against or to reduce the Secured Amount.
SECTION 2.7. No Release. Nothing set forth in this Mortgage shall relieve the Mortgagor from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on the Mortgagor’s part to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or from any liability to any person under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or shall impose any obligation on the Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on the Mortgagor’s part to be so performed or observed or shall impose any liability on the Mortgagee or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on the part of the Mortgagor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on the part of the Mortgagor contained in this Mortgage or any other Loan Document, or under or in respect of the Mortgaged Property or made in connection herewith or therewith. The obligations of the Mortgagor contained in this Section 2.7 shall survive the termination hereof and the discharge of the Mortgagor’s other obligations under this Mortgage and the other Loan Documents.
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ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 3.1. Reserved.
SECTION 3.2. Warranty of Title. The Mortgagor represents and warrants that:
(i) it has good and marketable fee simple title to the Premises; good title or valid rights and interests in and to the balance of the Mortgaged Property and the Landlord’s Interest under or in respect of the Leases, in each case subject to no Liens, except for Permitted Encumbrances;
(ii) there are no options or rights of first refusal to purchase or acquire all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property, and there are no Leases in existence relating to the Premises, other than, in each case, as disclosed in the Perfection Certificate or any Perfection Certificate Supplement; and
(iii) upon recordation in the official real estate records in the county (or other applicable jurisdiction) in which the Premises are located this Mortgage will create and constitute a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage Lien on the Mortgaged Property in favor of the Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and, to the extent any of the Mortgaged Property shall consist of Fixtures or other personal property, a first priority security interest therein, which first priority Lien and first priority security interest are subject only to Permitted Encumbrances and to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
SECTION 3.3. Reserved.
SECTION 3.4. Reserved.
SECTION 3.5. Reserved.
ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS
SECTION 4.1. Payment and Performance. The Mortgagor shall pay and perform the Secured Obligations in full as and when the same shall become due under the Loan Documents and when they are required to be performed thereunder.3
SECTION 4.2. Title. The Mortgagor shall
(i) protect, preserve and defend all its right, title and interest in the Mortgaged Property and title thereto except to the extent the same could not reasonably be expected to have a material Adverse Effect;
3 | Note: To be conformed globally if Mortgagor is not Borrower. |
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(ii) (A) comply with each of the terms, conditions and provisions of any obligation of the Mortgagor which is secured by the Mortgaged Property or the noncompliance with which may result in the imposition of a Lien on the Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Encumbrances, (B) forever warrant and defend to the Mortgagee the Lien and security interests created and evidenced hereby and the validity and first priority position (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) hereof in any action or proceeding against the claims of any and all persons whomsoever affecting or purporting to affect the Mortgaged Property or any of the rights of the Mortgagee hereunder and (C) maintain this Mortgage as a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage Lien on the Mortgaged Property and, to the extent any of the Mortgaged Property shall consist of Fixtures, or other personal property, a first priority security interest in such Fixtures and personal property which first priority Lien and security interest shall be subject only to Permitted Encumbrances; and
(iii) not initiate, join in or consent to any change in the zoning or any other permitted use classification of the Premises without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee except to the extent the same would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 4.3. Reserved.
SECTION 4.4. Limitation on Liens and Transfers.
(i) Except for Permitted Encumbrances, the Mortgagor may not, without the prior written consent of the Mortgagee, permit or grant any Lien on all or any part of the Mortgaged Property or suffer or allow any of the foregoing to occur by operation of law or otherwise, in each case in a manner prohibited by the Credit Agreement.
(ii) The Mortgagor shall not sell, convey, assign, lease or otherwise dispose of or grant any option with respect to, any of the Mortgaged Property in a manner prohibited by the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 4.5. Insurance. The Mortgagor shall obtain and keep in full force and effect the insurance policies required by Section 7.07 of the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, if any portion of any Mortgaged Property is at any time located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency) as a Special Flood Hazard Area with respect to which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (as now or hereafter in effect or successor act thereto), then the Mortgagor shall (i) maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in amounts and otherwise sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the Flood Insurance Laws and (ii) deliver to the Mortgagee evidence of such compliance in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Mortgagee.
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ARTICLE V. CONCERNING ASSIGNMENT OF LEASES AND RENTS
SECTION 5.1. Present Assignment; License to the Mortgagor.
(i) Section 2.2 of this Mortgage constitutes a present, absolute, effective, irrevocable and complete assignment by the Mortgagor to the Mortgagee of the Leases and Rents and the right, subject to applicable law, to collect all sums payable to the Mortgagor thereunder and apply the same as the Mortgagee may, in its sole discretion, determine to be appropriate to protect the security afforded by this Mortgage (including the payment of reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the maintenance, operation, insurance, taxes and upkeep of the Mortgaged Property), which is not conditioned upon the Mortgagee being in possession of the Premises. This assignment is an absolute assignment and not an assignment for additional security only. The Mortgagee hereby grants to the Mortgagor, however, a license to collect and apply the Rents and to enforce the obligations of Tenants under the Leases. Immediately upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of any Event of Default, whether or not legal proceedings have commenced and without regard to waste, adequacy of security for the Secured Obligations or solvency of the Mortgagor, the license granted in the immediately preceding sentence shall automatically cease and terminate without any notice by the Mortgagee (such notice being hereby expressly waived by the Mortgagor to the extent permitted by applicable law), or any action or proceeding or the intervention of a receiver appointed by a court.
(ii) The Mortgagor acknowledges that the Mortgagee has taken all reasonable actions necessary to obtain, and that upon recordation of this Mortgage, the Mortgagee shall have, to the extent permitted under applicable law, a valid and fully perfected, first priority, present assignment of the Rents arising out of the Leases and all security for such Leases subject to Permitted Encumbrances and in the case of security deposits, rights of depositors, Requirements of Law and to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The Mortgagor acknowledges and agrees that upon recordation of this Mortgage, the Mortgagee’s interest in the Rents shall be deemed to be fully perfected, “xxxxxx” and enforced as to the Mortgagor and all third parties, including, without limitation, any subsequently appointed trustee in any case under Title II of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), without the necessity of commencing a foreclosure action with respect to this Mortgage, making formal demand for the Rents, obtaining the appointment of a receiver or taking any other affirmative action.
(iii) Without limitation of the absolute nature of the assignment of the Rents hereunder, the Mortgagor and the Mortgagee agree that (a) this Mortgage shall constitute a “security agreement” for purposes of Section 552(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, (b) the security interest created by this Mortgage extends to property of the Mortgagor acquired before the commencement of a case in bankruptcy and to all amounts paid as Rents, and (c) such security interest shall extend to all rents acquired by the estate after the commencement of any case in bankruptcy.
SECTION 5.2. Collection of Rents by the Mortgagee.
(i) After the occurrence of and during the continuation of any Event of Default, any Rents receivable by the Mortgagee hereunder, after payment of all proper costs and expenses as the Mortgagee may, in its sole discretion, determine to be appropriate (including the payment of reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the maintenance, operation, insurance, taxes and upkeep of the Mortgaged Property), shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2(ii) of this Mortgage. The Mortgagee shall be accountable to the Mortgagor
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only for Rents actually received by the Mortgagee. The collection of such Rents and the application thereof shall not cure or waive any Event of Default or waive, modify or affect notice of Event of Default or invalidate any act done pursuant to such notice.
(ii) After the occurrence of and during the continuation of any Event of Default, the Mortgagor hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Tenant under each Lease to rely upon and comply with any and all notices or demands from the Mortgagee for payment of Rents to the Mortgagee, and the Mortgagor shall have no claim against any Tenant for Rents paid by such Tenant to the Mortgagee pursuant to such notice or demand.
SECTION 5.3. Irrevocable Interest. All rights, powers and privileges of the Mortgagee herein set forth are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, and the Mortgagor shall not take any action under the Leases or otherwise which is inconsistent with this Mortgage or any of the terms hereof and any such action inconsistent herewith or therewith shall be void.
ARTICLE VI. TAXES AND CERTAIN STATUTORY LIENS
SECTION 6.1. Payment of Charges. The Mortgagor shall pay or cause to be paid all Charges in accordance with Section 7.06 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.2. Stamp and Other Taxes. The Mortgagor shall pay any United States documentary stamp taxes, with interest and fines and penalties, and any mortgage recording taxes, with interest and fines and penalties, that may hereafter be levied, imposed or assessed under or upon or by reason hereof or the Secured Obligations or any instrument or transaction affecting or relating to either thereof and in default thereof the Mortgagee may advance the same and the amount so advanced shall be payable by the Mortgagor to the Mortgagee in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.3. Certain Tax Law Changes. In the event of the passage after the date hereof of any law deducting from the value of real property, for the purpose of taxation, amounts in respect of any Lien thereon or changing in any way the laws for the taxation of mortgages or debts secured by mortgages for state or local purposes or the manner of the collection of any taxes, and imposing any taxes, either directly or indirectly, with respect to this Mortgage or any other Loan Document on the Mortgagee, the Mortgagor shall promptly pay to the Mortgagee such amount or amounts as may be necessary from time to time to pay any such taxes, assessments or other charges resulting therefrom; provided, that if any such payment or reimbursement shall be unlawful or taxable to the Mortgagee, or would constitute usury or render the indebtedness wholly or partially usurious under applicable law, the Mortgagor shall pay or reimburse the Mortgagee for payment of the lawful and non-usurious portion thereof.
SECTION 6.4. Proceeds of Tax Claim. In the event that the proceeds of any tax claim are paid after the Mortgagee has exercised its right to foreclose the Lien hereof, such proceeds shall be paid to the Mortgagee to satisfy any deficiency remaining after such foreclosure. The Mortgagee shall retain its interest in the proceeds of any tax claim during any redemption period. The amount of any such proceeds in excess of any deficiency claim of the Mortgagee shall in a reasonably prompt manner be released to the Mortgagor.
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ARTICLE VII. CASUALTY EVENTS AND RESTORATION
SECTION 7.1. Casualty Event. If there shall occur any Casualty Event which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Mortgagor shall promptly send to the Mortgagee a written notice setting forth the nature and extent thereof. The proceeds payable in respect of any Casualty Event are hereby assigned to and, if so required pursuant to the Credit Agreement, shall be paid to the Mortgagee to be applied as Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 7.2. Condemnation. In the case of any taking, condemnation or other proceeding in the nature thereof, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Mortgagee may, at its option, participate in any proceedings or negotiations which might result in any taking or condemnation and the Mortgagor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Mortgagee all instruments reasonably requested by it to permit such participation. The Mortgagee may be represented by counsel satisfactory to it at the reasonable expense of the Mortgagor in connection with any such participation. The Mortgagor shall pay all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee in connection therewith and in seeking and obtaining any award or payment on account thereof. The Mortgagor shall take all steps reasonably necessary to notify the condemning authority of such participation.
ARTICLE VIII. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 8.1. Remedies in Case of an Event of Default. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Mortgagee may from time to time exercise in respect of the Mortgaged Property, in addition to the other rights and remedies provided for herein or in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or by law, statute or in equity, the following remedies to the greatest extent permitted by local law:
(i) personally, or by its agents or attorneys, (A) enter into and upon and take possession of all or any part of the Premises together with the books, records and accounts of the Mortgagor relating thereto and, exclude the Mortgagor, its agents and servants wholly therefrom, (B) use, operate, manage and control the Premises and conduct the business thereof, (C) maintain and restore the Premises, (D) make all necessary or proper repairs, renewals and replacements and such useful alterations thereto and thereon as the Mortgagee may deem advisable, (E) manage, lease and operate the Premises and carry on the business thereof and exercise all rights and powers of the Mortgagor with respect thereto either in the name of the Mortgagor or otherwise or (F) collect and receive all Rents. The Mortgagee shall be under no liability for or by reason of any such taking of possession, entry, removal or holding, operation or management except for liability arising from its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction) and except that any amounts so received by the Mortgagee shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2(ii).
(ii) with or without entry, personally or by its agents or attorneys, (A) sell the Mortgaged Property and all estate, right, title and interest, claim and demand therein at one or more sales in one or more parcels, in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2 or (B) institute and prosecute proceedings for the complete or partial foreclosure of the Lien and security interests created and evidenced hereby; or
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(iii) take such steps to protect and enforce its rights whether by action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity for the specific performance of any covenant, condition or agreement in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or in aid of the execution of any power granted in this Mortgage, or for any foreclosure hereunder, or for the enforcement of any other appropriate legal or equitable remedy or otherwise as the Mortgagee shall elect.
SECTION 8.2. Sale of Mortgaged Property if Event of Default Occurs; Proceeds of Sale.
(i) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Mortgagee may institute an action to foreclose this Mortgage or take such other action as may be permitted and available to the Mortgagee at law or in equity for the enforcement of the Credit Agreement and realization on the Mortgaged Property through power of sale (if then available under applicable law) or to final judgment and execution thereof for the Secured Obligations, and in furtherance thereof the Mortgagee may sell the Mortgaged Property at one or more sales, as an entirety or in parcels, at such time and place, upon such terms and after such notice thereof as may be required or permitted by law or statute or in equity. The Mortgagee may execute and deliver to the purchaser at such sale a conveyance of the Mortgaged Property in fee simple or otherwise, as appropriate, and an assignment or conveyance of all the Landlord’s Interest in the Leases and the Mortgaged Property, each of which conveyances and assignments shall contain recitals as to the Event of Default upon which the execution of the power of sale herein granted depends, and the Mortgagor hereby constitutes and appoints the Mortgagee the true and lawful attorney in fact of the Mortgagor to make any such recitals, sale, assignment and conveyance, and all of the acts of the Mortgagee as such attorney in fact are hereby ratified and confirmed. The Mortgagor agrees that such recitals shall be binding and conclusive upon the Mortgagor and that any assignment or conveyance to be made by the Mortgagee shall divest the Mortgagor of all right, title, interest, equity and right of redemption, including any statutory redemption, in and to the Mortgaged Property. The power and agency hereby granted are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable by death or dissolution, or otherwise, and are in addition to any and all other remedies which the Mortgagee may have hereunder, at law or in equity. So long as the Secured Obligations, or any part thereof, remain unpaid, the Mortgagor agrees that possession of the Mortgaged Property by the Mortgagor, or any person claiming under the Mortgagor, shall be as tenant, and, in case of a sale under power or upon foreclosure as provided in this Mortgage, the Mortgagor and any person in possession under the Mortgagor, as to whose interest such sale was not made subject, shall, at the option of the purchaser at such sale, then become and be tenants holding over, and shall forthwith deliver possession to such purchaser, or be summarily dispossessed in accordance with the laws applicable to tenants holding over. In case of any sale under this Mortgage by virtue of the exercise of the powers herein granted, or pursuant to any order in any judicial proceeding or otherwise, the Mortgaged Property may be sold as an entirety or in separate parcels in such manner or order as the Mortgagee in its sole discretion may elect. One or more exercises of powers herein granted shall not extinguish or exhaust such powers, until the entire Mortgaged Property is sold or all amounts secured hereby are paid in full.
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(ii) The proceeds of any sale made under or by virtue of this Article VIII, together with any other sums which then may be held by the Mortgagee under this Mortgage, whether under the provisions of this Article VIII or otherwise, shall be applied in the same manner described in Section 9.1 of the Security Agreement with respect to the application of proceeds of collateral thereunder.
(iii) The Mortgagee (on behalf of any Secured Party or on its own behalf) or any Secured Party may bid for and acquire the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof at any sale made under or by virtue of this Article VIII and, in lieu of paying cash therefor, may make settlement for the purchase price by crediting against the purchase price the unpaid amounts (whether or not then due) owing to the Mortgagee, or such Secured Party in respect of the Secured Obligations, after deducting from the sales price the expense of the sale and the reasonable out-of-pocket costs of the action or proceedings and any other sums that the Mortgagee or such Secured Party is authorized to deduct under this Mortgage.
(iv) The Mortgagee may adjourn from time to time any sale by it to be made under or by virtue hereof by announcement at the time and place appointed for such sale or for such adjourned sale or sales, and, the Mortgagee, without further notice or publication, may make such sale at the time and place to which the same shall be so adjourned.
(v) If the Premises are comprised of more than one parcel of land, the Mortgagee may take any of the actions authorized by this Section 8.2 in respect of any number of individual parcels.
SECTION 8.3. Additional Remedies in Case of an Event of Default.
(i) The Mortgagee shall be entitled to recover judgment as aforesaid either before, after or during the pendency of any proceedings for the enforcement of the provisions hereof and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the right of the Mortgagee to recover such judgment shall not be affected by any entry or sale hereunder, or by the exercise of any other right, power or remedy for the enforcement of the provisions hereof, or the foreclosure of, or absolute conveyance pursuant to, this Mortgage. In case of proceedings against the Mortgagor in insolvency or bankruptcy or any proceedings for its reorganization or involving the liquidation of its assets, the Mortgagee shall be entitled to prove the whole amount of principal and interest and other payments, charges and costs due in respect of the Secured Obligations to the full amount thereof without deducting therefrom any proceeds obtained from the sale of the whole or any part of the Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that in no case shall the Mortgagee receive a greater amount than the aggregate of such principal, interest and such other payments, charges and costs (with interest at the Default Rate) from the proceeds of the sale of the Mortgaged Property and the distribution from the estate of the Mortgagor.
(ii) Any recovery of any judgment by the Mortgagee and any levy of any execution under any judgment upon the Mortgaged Property shall not affect in any manner or to any extent the Lien and security interests created and evidenced hereby upon the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, or any conveyances, powers, rights and remedies of the Mortgagee hereunder, but such conveyances, powers, rights and remedies shall continue unimpaired as before.
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(iii) Any monies collected by the Mortgagee under this Section 8.3 shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.2(ii).
SECTION 8.4. Legal Proceedings After an Event of Default.
(i) After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and immediately upon the commencement of any action, suit or legal proceedings to obtain judgment for the Secured Obligations or any part thereof, or of any proceedings to foreclose the Lien and security interest created and evidenced hereby or otherwise enforce the provisions hereof or of any other proceedings in aid of the enforcement hereof, the Mortgagor shall enter its voluntary appearance in such action, suit or proceeding.
(ii) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Mortgagee shall be entitled forthwith as a matter of right, concurrently or independently of any other right or remedy hereunder either before or after declaring the Secured Obligations or any part thereof to be due and payable, to the appointment of a receiver without giving notice to any party and without regard to the adequacy or inadequacy of any security for the Secured Obligations or the solvency or insolvency of any person or entity then legally or equitably liable for the Secured Obligations or any portion thereof. The Mortgagor hereby consents to the appointment of such receiver. Notwithstanding the appointment of any receiver, the Mortgagee shall be entitled as pledgee to the possession and control of any cash, deposits or instruments at the time held by or payable or deliverable under the terms of the Credit Agreement to the Mortgagee.
(iii) The Mortgagor shall not (A) at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take any benefit or advantage of any stay or extension or moratorium law, any exemption from execution or sale of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants and terms of performance hereof, (B) claim, take or insist on any benefit or advantage of any law now or hereafter in force providing for the valuation or appraisal of the Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, prior to any sale or sales of the Mortgaged Property which may be made pursuant to this Mortgage, or pursuant to any decree, judgment or order of any court of competent jurisdiction or (C) after any such sale or sales, claim or exercise any right under any statute heretofore or hereafter enacted to redeem the property so sold or any part thereof. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Mortgagor hereby expressly (A) waives all benefit or advantage of any such law or laws, including, without limitation, any statute of limitations applicable to this Mortgage, (B) waives any and all rights to trial by jury in any action or proceeding related to the enforcement hereof, (C) waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding brought in connection with this Mortgage and further waives and agrees not to plead that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and (D) covenants not to hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power granted or delegated to the Mortgagee by this Mortgage but to suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law or laws had been made or enacted. The Mortgagee shall not be liable for any incorrect or improper payment made pursuant to this Article VIII in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.
SECTION 8.5. Remedies Not Exclusive. No remedy conferred upon or reserved to the Mortgagee by this Mortgage is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies,
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and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given under this Mortgage or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. Any delay or omission of the Mortgagee to exercise any right or power accruing on any Event of Default shall not impair any such right or power and shall not be construed to be a waiver of or acquiescence in any such Event of Default. Every power and remedy given by this Mortgage may be exercised from time to time concurrently or independently, when and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Mortgagee in such order and manner as the Mortgagee, in its sole discretion, may elect. If the Mortgagee accepts any monies required to be paid by the Mortgagor under this Mortgage after the same become due, such acceptance shall not constitute a waiver of the right either to require prompt payment, when due, of all other sums secured by this Mortgage or to declare an Event of Default with regard to subsequent defaults. If the Mortgagee accepts any monies required to be paid by the Mortgagor under this Mortgage in an amount less than the sum then due, such acceptance shall be deemed an acceptance on account only and on the condition that it shall not constitute a waiver of the obligation of the Mortgagor to pay the entire sum then due, and the Mortgagor’s failure to pay the entire sum then due shall be and continue to be a default hereunder notwithstanding acceptance of such amount on account.
ARTICLE IX. SECURITY AGREEMENT AND FIXTURE FILING
SECTION 9.1. Security Agreement. To the extent the Mortgaged Property consists of UCC Collateral or items of personal property which are or are to become Fixtures under applicable law, this Mortgage shall also be construed as a security agreement under the UCC. The Mortgagor, in order to secure the payment and performance in full of all of the Secured Obligations, hereby grants to the Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security interest in all of the right, title and interest of the Mortgagor in, to and under such UCC Collateral and Fixtures. Upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Mortgagee shall be entitled with respect to the UCC Collateral and Fixtures to exercise all remedies hereunder or any other Loan Document or available under the UCC with respect thereto and all other remedies available under applicable law. Without limiting the foregoing, the UCC Collateral and Fixtures may, at the Mortgagee’s option, (i) be sold hereunder together with any sale of any portion of the Mortgaged Property or otherwise, (ii) be sold separately pursuant to the UCC, or (iii) be dealt with by the Mortgagee in any other manner permitted under applicable law. The Mortgagee may require the Mortgagor to assemble the UCC Collateral and Fixtures, and make it available to the Mortgagee at a place to be designated by the Mortgagee. The Mortgagor acknowledges and agrees that a disposition of such collateral in accordance with the Mortgagee’s rights and remedies in respect to the Mortgaged Property as heretofore provided is a commercially reasonable disposition thereof; provided, however, that the Mortgagee shall give the Mortgagor not less than ten (10) days’ prior notice of the time and place of any intended disposition.
SECTION 9.2. Fixture Filing. To the extent that the Mortgaged Property includes items of personal property which are or are to become fixtures under applicable law, and to the extent permitted under applicable law, the filing hereof in the real estate records of the county in which such Mortgaged Property is located shall also operate from the date of such recording as a fixture filing with respect to such Mortgaged Property, and the following information is applicable for the purpose of such filing, to wit:
Name and Address of the debtor:
The Mortgagor having the address described in the Preamble hereof.
The Mortgagor is a [ ] organized under the laws of the State of [ ] whose Organization Number is [ ]. |
Name and Address of the secured party:
The Mortgagee having the address described in the Preamble hereof, from which address information concerning the security interest may be obtained. | |
This Financing Statement covers the following types or items of property:
The Mortgaged Property. This instrument covers goods or items of personal property which are or are to become fixtures upon the Premises.
The Mortgagor is the record owner of the Land. |
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In addition, the Mortgagor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Mortgagee at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any financing statements and amendments thereto that contain the information required by the UCC for the filing of any financing statement or amendment relating to the Mortgaged Property, including (i) whether the Mortgagor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to the Mortgagor, (ii) any financing or continuation statements or other documents without the signature of the Mortgagor where permitted by law and that describe the Mortgaged Property in any manner as the Mortgagee may determine, in its reasonable discretion, as is necessary to ensure the perfection of the Lien and security interest in the collateral granted to the Mortgagee in connection herewith and (iii) a sufficient description of the Premises. The Mortgagor agrees to provide all information described in the immediately preceding sentence to the Mortgagee promptly upon reasonable request by the Mortgagee.
ARTICLE X. FURTHER ASSURANCES
SECTION 10.1. Supplements; Further Assurances. The Mortgagor shall take such further actions, and execute and/or deliver to the Mortgagee such further acts, deeds, conveyances, mortgages, transfer, financing statements, continuation statements, amendments, assignments, agreements, supplements, powers and instruments, as the Mortgagee may in its reasonable judgment deem necessary or appropriate in order to convey, assign, mortgage, transfer or confirm the property and rights hereby conveyed or assigned, or to perfect, preserve and protect and the Lien on and security interest in the Mortgaged Property as provided herein and the rights and interests granted to the Mortgagee hereunder, to carry into effect the purposes hereof or better to assure and confirm the validity, enforceability and priority of the Mortgagee’s Lien on and security interest in the Mortgaged Property or permit the Mortgagee to exercise and enforce its rights, powers and remedies hereunder with respect to the Mortgaged Property, including the filing of financing statements, continuation statements and other documents (including this Mortgage) under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interest created hereby wherever required by law to perfect, continue and maintain the validity, enforceability and priority of the Lien on and security interest in the Mortgaged Property as provided herein and to preserve the other rights and interests granted to the Mortgagee hereunder,
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as against third parties, with respect to the Mortgaged Property. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Mortgagor shall make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file or refile and/or deliver to the Mortgagee from time to time upon reasonable request by the Mortgagee such lists, schedules, descriptions and designations of the Mortgaged Property, as the Mortgagee shall reasonably request. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Mortgagee may institute and maintain, in its own name or in the name of the Mortgagor, such suits and proceedings as the Mortgagee may be advised by counsel shall be necessary or expedient to prevent any impairment of the Lien on and security interest (or the perfection thereof) in the Mortgaged Property. All of the foregoing shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Mortgagor. In the event the Mortgagor shall fail after demand to execute any instrument or take any action required to be executed or taken by the Mortgagor under this Section, the Mortgagee may execute or take the same as the attorney-in-fact of the Mortgagor, such power being coupled with an interest and irrevocable.
SECTION 10.2. Reserved.
SECTION 10.3. Reserved.
SECTION 10.4. Additions to Mortgaged Property. All right, title and interest of the Mortgagor in and to all extensions, amendments, relocations, restakings, improvements, betterments, renewals, substitutes and replacements of, and all additions and appurtenances to, the Mortgaged Property hereafter acquired by or released to the Mortgagor or constructed, assembled or placed by the Mortgagor upon the Premises, and all conversions of the security constituted thereby, immediately upon such acquisition, release, construction, assembling, placement or conversion, as the case may be, and in each such case without any further mortgage, conveyance, assignment or other act by the Mortgagor, shall become subject to the Lien and security interest of this Mortgage as fully and completely and with the same effect as though now owned by the Mortgagor and specifically described in the grant of the Mortgaged Property above, but at any and all times the Mortgagor will execute and deliver to the Mortgagee any and all such further assurances, mortgages, conveyances or assignments thereof as the Mortgagee may reasonably require for the purpose of expressly and specifically subjecting the same to the Lien and security interest of this Mortgage.
ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.1. Covenants To Run with the Land; Joint and Several. All of the grants, covenants, terms, provisions and conditions in this Mortgage shall run with the Land and the Mortgagor’s interest therein and shall apply to, and bind the successors and assigns of, the Mortgagor. If there shall be more than one mortgagor with respect to the Mortgaged Property, all such Mortgagors’ covenants, warranties and undertakings hereunder shall be joint and several.
SECTION 11.2. No Merger. The rights and estate created by this Mortgage shall not, under any circumstances, be held to have merged into any other estate or interest now owned or hereafter acquired by the Mortgagee unless the Mortgagee shall have consented to such merger in writing.
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SECTION 11.3. Concerning Mortgagee.
(i) The Mortgagee has been appointed as Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement. The actions of the Mortgagee hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement. The Mortgagee shall have the right hereunder to make demands, to give notices, to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking action (including, without limitation, the release or substitution of the Mortgaged Property), in accordance with this Mortgage and the Credit Agreement. The Mortgagee may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact in connection herewith and shall not be liable for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it in good faith. Each Secured Party, by its acceptance of the benefits hereof, agrees that it shall have no right individually to realize upon any of the Mortgaged Property hereunder, it being understood and agreed by such Secured Party that all rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Mortgagee for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms of this Mortgage. The Mortgagee may resign and a successor Mortgagee may be appointed in the manner provided in the Credit Agreement. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Mortgagee by a successor Mortgagee, that successor Mortgagee shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Mortgagee under this Mortgage, and the retiring Mortgagee shall thereupon be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Mortgage. After any retiring Mortgagee’s resignation, the provisions hereof shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it under this Mortgage while it was the Mortgagee.
(ii) The Mortgagee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Mortgaged Property in its possession if such Mortgaged Property is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Mortgagee, in its individual capacity, accords its own property consisting of similar property, instruments or interests, it being understood that neither the Mortgagee nor any of the Secured Parties shall have responsibility for taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any person with respect to any Mortgaged Property.
(iii) The Mortgagee shall be entitled to rely upon any written notice, statement, certificate, order or other document or any telephone message believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper person, and, with respect to all matters pertaining to this Mortgage and its duties hereunder, upon advice of counsel selected by it.
(iv) With respect to any of its rights and obligations as a Lender, the Mortgagee shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder. The term “Lenders,” “Lender” or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include the Mortgagee in its individual capacity as a Lender. The Mortgagee may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with the Mortgagor or any Affiliate of the Mortgagor to the same extent as if the Mortgagee were not acting as Collateral Agent.
(v) If any portion of the Mortgaged Property also constitutes collateral granted by any Loan Party to the Mortgagee to secure the Secured Obligations under any other deed of trust, mortgage, security agreement, pledge or instrument of any type, in the event of any conflict between the provisions hereof and the provisions of such other deed of trust, mortgage, security
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agreement, pledge or instrument of any type in respect of such collateral, the Mortgagee, in its sole discretion, shall select which provision or provisions shall control, unless the Mortgaged Property to which such conflict relates constitutes personal property, in which case the provisions of the Security Agreement shall control.
(vi) The Mortgagee may rely on advice of counsel as to whether any or all UCC financing statements of the Mortgagor need to be amended as a result of any of the changes described in Section 7.09 of the Credit Agreement. If the Mortgagor fails to provide information to the Mortgagee about such changes on a timely basis, the Mortgagee shall not be liable or responsible to any party for any failure to maintain a perfected security interest in any portion of the Mortgaged Property, for which the Mortgagee needed to have information relating to such changes. The Mortgagee shall have no duty to inquire about such changes if the Mortgagor does not inform the Mortgagee of such changes, the parties acknowledging and agreeing that it would not be feasible or practical for the Mortgagee to search for information on such changes if such information is not provided by the Mortgagor.
SECTION 11.4. Mortgagee May Perform; Mortgagee Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. If the Mortgagor shall fail to perform any covenants contained in this Mortgage in any material respect or if any representation or warranty on the part of the Mortgagor contained herein shall be breached in any material respect, the Mortgagee may (but shall not be obligated to), do the same or cause it to be done or remedy any such breach, and may expend funds for such purpose; provided, however, that the Mortgagee shall in no event be bound to inquire into the validity of any tax, Lien, imposition or other obligation which the Mortgagor fails to pay or perform as and when required hereby and which the Mortgagor does not contest in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement. Any and all reasonable and documented amounts so expended by the Mortgagee shall be paid by the Mortgagor in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.04 of the Credit Agreement. Neither the provisions of this Section 11.4 nor any action taken by the Mortgagee pursuant to the provisions of this Section 11.4 shall prevent any such failure to observe any covenant contained in this Mortgage nor any breach of representation or warranty from constituting an Event of Default. The Mortgagor hereby appoints the Mortgagee its attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in the place and stead of the Mortgagor and in the name of the Mortgagor, or otherwise, from time to time in the Mortgagee’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument consistent with the terms of the Credit Agreement, this Mortgage and the other Collateral Documents which the Mortgagee may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof (but the Mortgagee shall not be obligated to and shall have no liability to the Mortgagor or any third party for failure to so do or take action). The foregoing grant of authority is a power of attorney coupled with an interest and such appointment shall be irrevocable for the term hereof. The Mortgagor hereby ratifies all that such attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SECTION 11.5. Continuing Security Interest; Assignment. This Mortgage shall create a continuing Lien on and security interest in the Mortgaged Property and shall (i) be binding upon the Mortgagor, its successors and assigns and (ii) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Mortgagee hereunder, to the benefit of the Mortgagee for the benefit of the Secured Parties and each of their respective successors, transferees and assigns. No other persons (including any other creditor of any Loan Party) shall have any interest herein or any right or benefit with respect hereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (ii), any
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Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer any indebtedness held by it secured by this Mortgage to any other person, and such other person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Secured Party, herein or otherwise, subject, however, to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and, in the case of a Secured Party that is a party to a Secured Hedge Agreement or a Secured Cash Management Agreement, such Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement, as applicable. The Mortgagor agrees that its obligations hereunder and the security interest created hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as applicable, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of all or any part of the Secured Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Pledgor or otherwise.
SECTION 11.6. Termination; Release. The Mortgaged Property and the Secured Obligations of the Mortgagor shall be released from the Lien of this Mortgage in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, including upon the transfer or Disposition of the Mortgaged Property in a manner not prohibited by the Credit Agreement. Furthermore, when all the Secured Obligations have been paid in full, the Commitments of the Lenders to make any Loan or to issue any Letter of Credit under the Credit Agreement shall have expired or been sooner terminated and all Letters of Credit have been terminated or cash collateralized in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, this Mortgage shall terminate. Upon termination of this Mortgage the Mortgaged Property shall be automatically released from the Lien of this Mortgage. Upon such release or any release of Mortgaged Property or any part thereof in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Mortgagee shall, upon the request and at the sole cost and expense of the Mortgagor, assign, transfer and deliver to the Mortgagor, against receipt and without recourse to or warranty by the Mortgagee, except as to the fact that the Mortgagee has not encumbered the released assets, such of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof to be released (in the case of a release) as may be in possession of the Mortgagee and as shall not have been sold or otherwise applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and, with respect to any other Mortgaged Property, proper documents and instruments (including UCC-3 termination statements or releases) acknowledging the termination hereof or the release of such Mortgaged Property, as the case may be.
SECTION 11.7. Modification in Writing. No amendment, modification, supplement, termination or waiver of or to any provision hereof, nor consent to any departure by the Mortgagor therefrom, shall be effective unless the same shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and unless in writing and signed by the Mortgagee. Any amendment, modification or supplement of or to any provision hereof, any waiver of any provision hereof and any consent to any departure by the Mortgagor from the terms of any provision hereof in each case shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which made or given. Except where notice is specifically required by this Mortgage or any other Document evidencing the Secured Obligations, no notice to or demand on the Mortgagor in any case shall entitle the Mortgagor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
SECTION 11.8. Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Credit Agreement, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be given in the manner and become effective as set forth in the Credit Agreement, if to the Mortgagor or the Mortgagee, addressed to it at the address set forth in the Credit Agreement, or in each case at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other party complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section 11.8.
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SECTION 11.9. GOVERNING LAW; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THIS MORTGAGE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE PREMISES ARE LOCATED, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VALIDITY OR PERFECTION OF THE SECURITY INTEREST HEREUNDER, OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR ITEM OR TYPE OF MORTGAGED PROPERTY ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SUCH STATE. THE MORTGAGOR IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.02 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE MORTGAGOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS MORTGAGE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). THE MORTGAGOR (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS MORTGAGE BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 11.10. Severability of Provisions. Any provision hereof which is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or affecting the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 11.11. Relationship. The relationship of the Mortgagee to the Mortgagor hereunder is strictly and solely that of lender and borrower and mortgagee and mortgagor and nothing contained in the Credit Agreement, this Mortgage or any other document or instrument now existing and delivered in connection therewith or otherwise in connection with the Secured Obligations is intended to create, or shall in any event or under any circumstance be construed as creating a partnership, joint venture, tenancy-in-common, joint tenancy or other relationship of any nature whatsoever between the Mortgagee and the Mortgagor other than as lender and borrower and mortgagee and mortgagor.
SECTION 11.12. No Credit for Payment of Taxes or Impositions. The Mortgagor shall not be entitled to any credit against the principal, premium, if any, or interest payable under the Credit Agreement, and the Mortgagor shall not be entitled to any credit against any other sums which may become payable under the terms thereof or hereof, by reason of the payment of any Charge on the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof.
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SECTION 11.13. No Claims Against the Mortgagee. Nothing contained in this Mortgage shall constitute any consent or request by the Mortgagee, express or implied, for the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of the Premises or any part thereof, nor as giving the Mortgagor any right, power or authority to contract for or permit the performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in such fashion as would permit the making of any claim against the Mortgagee in respect thereof or any claim that any Lien based on the performance of such labor or services or the furnishing of any such materials or other property is prior to the Lien hereof.
SECTION 11.14. No Release. Nothing set forth in this Mortgage, nor the exercise by the Mortgagee of any of the rights or remedies hereunder, shall relieve the Mortgagor from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on the Mortgagor’s part to be performed or observed under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or from any liability to any person under or in respect of any of the Mortgaged Property or shall impose any obligation on the Mortgagee or any other Secured Party to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on the Mortgagor’s part to be so performed or observed or shall impose any liability on the Mortgagee or any other Secured Party for any act or omission on the part of the Mortgagor relating thereto or for any breach of any representation or warranty on the part of the Mortgagor contained in this Mortgage, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or under or in respect of the Mortgaged Property or made in connection herewith or therewith. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Mortgagee nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any contracts, agreements and other documents included in the Mortgaged Property by reason of this Mortgage, nor shall the Mortgagee or any other Secured Party be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of the Mortgagor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any such contract, agreement or other document included in the Mortgaged Property. The obligations of the Mortgagor contained in this Section shall survive the termination hereof and the discharge of the Mortgagor’s other obligations under this Mortgage, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
SECTION 11.15. Obligations Absolute. All obligations of the Mortgagor here-under shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any Secured Hedge Agreement, any Secured Cash Management Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
(ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any Secured Hedge Agreement, any Secured Cash Management Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;
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(iii) any pledge, exchange, release or non-perfection of any other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to any departure from any guarantee, for all or any of the Secured Obligations;
(iv) any exercise, non-exercise or waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege under or in respect hereof, the Credit Agreement, any Secured Hedge Agreement, any Secured Cash Management Agreement or any other Loan Document except as specifically set forth in a waiver granted pursuant to the provisions of [Section 10.5] hereof; or
(v) any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Mortgagor.
ARTICLE XII. [RESERVED]
ARTICLE XIII. [RESERVED]
ARTICLE XIV. LOCAL LAW PROVISIONS
[Local counsel to provide any provisions necessary under applicable state or local law]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Mortgagor has caused this Mortgage to be duly executed and delivered under seal the day and year first above written.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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Schedule A
Legal Description
Legal Description of premises commonly known as [COMMON NAME, IF ANY] and located at [INSERT ADDRESS]:
[to come from title policy]
Schedule B
Prior Liens
Each of the Liens and other encumbrances excepted as being prior to the Lien hereof as set forth in Schedule B to the marked [Pro Forma Policy] issued by [Title Insurance Company], dated as of the date hereof and delivered to the Mortgagee on the date hereof, bearing [Title Insurance Company] reference number [Title Number] relating to the real property described in Schedule A attached hereto.
Exhibit 11.06(b)
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each]5 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “Assignor”) and [the][each]6 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “Assignee”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees]7 hereunder are several and not joint.]8 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (the “Credit Agreement”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of [the Assignor][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below (including, without limitation, the Letters of Credit included in such facilities9) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of [the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “Assigned Interest”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.
5 | For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language. |
6 | For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language. |
7 | Select as appropriate. |
8 | Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees. |
9 | Include all applicable subfacilities. |
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4. | Administrative Agent: Bank of America, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement | |||||
5. | Credit Agreement: Credit Agreement, dated as of October 15, 2012, among X. X. Xxxxxxxxx & Sons Company, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and L/C Issuer |
6. | Assigned Interest: |
Assignor[s]10 |
Assignee[s]11 | Facility Assigned12 |
Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans for all Lenders13 |
Amount of Commitment/Loans Assigned |
Percentage Assigned of Commitment/ Loans14 |
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[7. | Trade Date: ]15 |
Effective Date: , 20 [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:
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10 | List each Assignor, as appropriate. |
11 | List each Assignee, as appropriate. |
12 | Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g. “Revolving Commitment”, etc.). |
13 | Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date. |
14 | Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder. |
15 | To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date. |
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16 | To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
17 | To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties (e.g. the L/C Issuer) is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement. |
ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1. Assignor. [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee. [The][Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b) of the Credit Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.02 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, [the][any] Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it
shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of [the][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.